Campsite
Kryptonite
Summary: Alex is now sixteen going on seventeen; it has been about seven-eight years since the O'Connell's were in Egypt. Back in Egypt at the dig site and we meet Dr. Johannasen and his two rugrats (aged 18 and 16).
Rating: PG-13 for later violence
Disclaimer: I do not, nor have I ever owned The Mummy or The Mummy Returns, though I would dearly love to be in one of them… I want them to make a third Mummy movie…
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" And while we could probably break our way in," Kassidy heaved herself out from the hole in the floor. " It would be much easier in the long run if we didn't use crowbars. Especially since I've been looking at the doors and they probably have a tendency of closing soon after being opened. Hello."
" Hello." Evy answered, looking at the girl. " You mentioned a key." Kassidy nodded her head, walking around to the slab of stone that was lying on the side of the opening.
" I'm closing it up!" Kassidy shouted. A few reassuring noises responded. Most were prayers. Kassidy nodded at one of the muscled men. He took a crowbar and held it in place along the edge. Another man came to help Kassidy flip the heavy block of stone.
" See, right here. Obvious place for a key to work a lock which keeps it in place." Nodding to the men again, the stone slab was returned to its original place. " We're open!"
" Do both doors have a place for a key?" Evy asked, not bothering to ask Dr. Johannasen, even though this was supposed to be his dig.
" Yep, same key, as far as I can tell. Isn't a bit of difference between this lock and the one on the door. I did a rubbing of the two locks to get a basic look at the shape."
" Identical?" Evy questioned, sitting on one of the chairs that had been placed in the room.
" Exactly. Same as the locks down there too." Kassidy answered, indicating the hole in the floorboards. " Only problem is that I've emptied out every box, pot and hidey hole that we've found in the rooms we have access too. No key."
" That could be a problem." Rick answered.
Kassidy turned so that she was addressing both adults. " I'm thinking if there is a key somewhere down there, it would have been on one of the guards or workers that were left down there when this place was sealed up."
" Which makes it inaccessible and considerably dangerous for us if we decide to get it."
" Why can't we just make another key?" Randy piped up for the first time since his daughter had appeared in the floor.
" We have the equipment and supplies needed but even one single difference and we've just wasted all of that metal. Not to mention it will take several days to make it." Kassidy pointed out. " We only have enough supplies for one key. It would have to be perfect the first time around."
" If we mold it based on the lock we should be able to make a key that fits the lock exactly." Evy added in. " You mentioned supplies?"
" This way." Kassidy motioned for the group to follow her. Walking a short distance from the doorway Kassidy entered another tent. " Akili? We need to make a key to fit the locks on the doors." A burst of excited chattering between Kassidy and Akili broke out, as the two practically ran out of the tent.
" Well, we'll have a key in four days if we can just drag that heavy stone door over here." Kassidy whistled sharply and four large, muscle-bound men appeared all over the camp, converging on her spot.
" On three, alright?" She asked once the five of them were positioned around the door. " One… Two… Three." With much straining they managed to lift the door off the ground far enough to drag it over to the metalworker's tent.
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A/N: I actually planned out this entire story on a white board with a friend… lets not go into how complicated that turned out to be. Hopefully I'll be able to write more soon.
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