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Chapter 4: Ardeth Bay
Ardeth sighed. It was the second night in the row he had had those dreams. They didn't make any sense to him. Why did he have them now?
Ardeth stopped his horse. He heard familiar voices not far away.
"Oh Jonathan stop complaining. We'll soon be back in Cairo." Evy said
"I've heard that before. You always say that Evy, and the next thing we know. Boom! A mummy or something else shows up." Jonathan said
Jasmine and Alex laughed.
"Do whatever you want but I am not going into that pyramid. Did you not read the warning?" Jonathan said
"What's the worse that could happen?" Jasmine asked
"Oh I don't know. We might wake up another mummy to life who has plans on taking over the world or we could wake Imhotep back to life." Jonathan said sarcastically
"And people say I have a bad sense humor." Jasmine said
"Come on Uncle John, it'll be fun. This is the last pyramid before heading back to Cairo." Alex said
"Why don't you go with Alex and Jasmine?" Rick said"Please Uncle John." Alex said
Jonathan sighed.
"The things I do for family." He said
Ardeth wasn't sure if he should come up to them or not. Maybe he could wait until after they had come out from the pyramid. Then again, his instinct told him that something was going to happen.
After a while of thinking, Ardeth decided that maybe it was best to follow them from a distance. If his instinct was right, he had to keep an eye on them, just in case.
"Look at these hieroglyphs." Evy said
The hieroglyphs in the pyramid sure were something, nothing like Evy had seen before.
"Look at these inscriptions." Evy said
"What does it say?" Jasmine asked
"'Those who walk the path of death, will pay the price of the undead king.'" Evy read
"Enough said." Jonathan said
Jonathan turned around.
"Don't be such a coward." Rick said
"Coward? Me?" Jonathan asked
Jonathan turned back around.
"No silly instruction's going to scare me off." He said
"The undead king? Wonder what that is." Alex said
"I have no idea, I've never heard of him." Evy said
They continued walking. Suddenly, a cold breeze swept through them.
"Did someone leave the window open?" Jonathan said
"I got a weird feeling about this place." Evy said
Evy and Rick continued walking. Alex, Jasmine and Jonathan went off on their own.
"Is this really such a good idea?" Jonathan said
"Mom and dad said it was ok just as long as we stick together." Alex said
"This pyramid gives me the creeps. Path of death. You know you shouldn't ignore things like that." Jonathan said
"Relax Jonathan." Jasmine said
"Yeah, nothing's going to happen." Alex said
The three of them continued walking.
"This is absolutely incredible." Evy said
"What is?" Rick asked
"The hieroglyphs. It's like nothing I've ever seen before. It seems like a really evil king or pharaoh was buried here in ancient Egypt or even earlier."
"He must've done something really bad."
"Trying to kill the king and all the guards and using some sort of a spell book to make the whole of Egypt and the rest of the world his own. That's what it says here."
"He doesn't sound any worse than Imhotep."
"According to the inscriptions, he was much more powerful than Imhotep."
"Good thing he's not alive then."
"He's buried in this pyramid though."
Evy looked closer at the hieroglyphs.
"That way." Evy said
"You're not going to take a look at him are you?" Rick asked.
"Why not?"
"If he's as bad as it says, maybe we should just leave him alone. I really don't want to go through the same old saving the world process again. It takes on your powers I'm telling you."
"I'm just going to have a look."
"Alright, if you have to."Ardeth followed Jasmine, Alex and Jonathan from a distance. He knew Evy and Rick could take care of themselves. But he wasn't to sure about the others. Especially since they had Jonathan with them. Also, Ardeth wanted to find out more about Jasmine. She looked somehow familiar.
"This must be him." Evy said
Evy opened the sarcophagus. As expected a mummy was lying inside. Evy looked at him. Then she noticed a necklace with a symbol lying next to the mummy.
"I wonder what this is." Evy said
"How about you take it outside and we can figure it out later. This place is starting to give me the creeps." Rick said
"Oh alright, we'll find Alex, Jasmine and Jonathan on the way."
Rick and Evy started walking back. Suddenly, the building started shaking.
"Whoa." Rick said
"Hurry up." Evy said
They started running.
"What was that?" Jasmine asked
"I'm not sure." Alex said
Alex turned around and looked at Jonathan.
"What? I didn't do anything." Jonathan said
"Oh no." Alex said
"What is it?" Jasmine asked
"Jonathan, move your feet." Alex said
Jonathan moved his feet from where he was standing. A round circle with a symbol on was revealed.
"A booby-trap. Run." Alex said
"Hurry up Evy." Rick said
Evy and Rick ran as fast as they could while stones were falling down from the roof.
"We need to find the others." Evy said
"Oh I wouldn't worry about that." Came Jonathan's voice from behind them
"Are you guys alright?" Rick asked
"Yeah, but we won't be if we don't hurry out of here." Alex said
They ran but suddenly the floor split in half. Rick, Jasmine, Evy and Alex managed to get over but Jonathan slipped, although luckily he got a grip of the edge.
"Uncle John." Alex said
"A little help here?" Jonathan said
As from out of nowhere, Ardeth jumped in front of Jonathan and help him up.
"Ardeth?" Evy said
"How are we going to get over?" Jonathan asked
"We jump." Ardeth said
"You're not serious." Jonathan said
"Just jump Jonathan." Rick said
Jonathan and Ardeth jumped and luckily they managed to get over safely.
"Now let's get out of here." Rick said
They all got out of the pyramid safely and in time. After everyone managed to catch their breaths, Evy spoke.
"What are you doing here Ardeth?" She asked
"I was nearby when I heard your voices. I had a bad feeling about the pyramid so I followed you inside." Ardeth said
"See, I told you the pyramid wasn't safe." Jonathan said
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. You were right. We were wrong. It's no big deal." Rick said
"Hey mom, what's that?" Alex asked and pointed to the necklace
"Oh, I forgot about that." Evy said
"What is it?" Jasmine asked
"It's a medallion I found in the undead king's sarcophagus." Evy said
"The undead king?" Ardeth asked
"Yes." Evy said
"He was said to be the most powerful and evil man in all of Egypt." Ardeth said
"You know about him?" Rick asked
"Yes. Long ago a prophecy was written, which said that the king would once again wake up and try to take over the world. Although he could only do so with help from a certain medallion and a powerful spell book."
"And if he gets to the book and the medallion he will be unstoppable." Jasmine said
"How did you know that?" Jonathan asked
"That's always the story." Jasmine and Rick said in unison
Ardeth turned to Jasmine.
"I don't believe we've met before." Ardeth said
After Ardeth and Jasmine had been introduced to each other by Evy, Jasmine once again had to explain how she had gotten to Egypt in the first place. Surprisingly, Ardeth too believed her.
"Tomorrow we're going back to Cairo. I need to find out more about this necklace." Evy said
"Finally, some sense." Jonathan said
Alex looked at Jasmine and smiled.
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