The Mummy
Summary: It's basically like the original movie EXEPT Rick has a sister named Esmerelda. The story starts on the boat before the Medjai attack. It will include the following pairings: Rick/Evelyn, Imhotep /Anck – su – namun, and Ardeth/O.C. (implied).
Notes: Big thanks to Linzi, one of my friends, for her support and for reviewing this story. Whatever's in italics is spoken in Arabic, asterisks are thoughts, bold italics are Egyptian; bold is words that are exaggerated, and underlined means two people said it at the same time. This is my first fiction so if you don't like it, too bad, so sad.
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN THE MUMMY OR ANYTHING RELATED TO IT. ALL I OWN IS ESMERELDA.
Chapter 3: First Sight
Those men in black were back again. Esmerelda picked off two right at the start. She noticed Eve and Jonathan hadn't listened to them. Suddenly, she heard Jonathan scream "O'Connell!" and he ran past. A man was chasing him on a horse. She aimed her gun, but before she could shoot, Rick jumped out and knocked the man off his horse. She ran over to help, but by the time she got there, Rick had pulled out a stick of dynamite. The man ceased fighting. "Enough! We will shed no more blood. But you must leave. Leave this place or die." Then he looked at 'Elda. Her heart skipped a beat. He was gorgeous, with chocolate eyes, black hair, dark skin, and two identical tattoos on his cheeks. He mounted a gray horse. "You have one day. Allah! Emshi!"
Ardeth had just been knocked off his horse. His opponent – probably one of the Americans – was strong. Finally, he pulled out a stick of dynamite. Ardeth froze. "Enough! We will shed no more blood. But you must leave. Leave this place or die."He heard someone approach and turned his head to see whom it was. To him, it seemed time had stopped. The young woman had brown hair like his opponent – it was lighter though, like honey – and enchanting eyes. They seemed to be both green and brown. Finally, after an eternity it seemed, he mounted a horse. "You have one day! Allah! Emshi!" Then, he rode away, followed closely by the rest of the Medjai that were alive.
Esmerelda sat away from Rick and Eve. They sounded like they were having a great time. She was thinking about that man. She desperately wished she knew his name. Silently, she opened her journal and began to write, addressing her deceased parents. It had become a habit of hers, to pretend she was talking to them through it.
Mother and Father,
Today was interesting. We discovered a sarcophagus buried at the base of a statue of Anubis. The odd thing is, there's no name on it and it's locked. Unfortunately, the warden passed away. We don't know what killed him, but I think he went mad and slammed his head into the wall. He missed all the excitement, though. Just earlier the same people who attacked us on the boat ambushed us.
One of them – I think he's their leader – looked at me. You know I'm not usually one to gush about a guy's looks, but he has beautiful eyes. Their deep brown, like chocolate. His hair is as black as his robes and goes down to his shoulders, plus he has two identical tattoos on his face – one for each cheek. Oh, listen to me, going on like some lovesick schoolgirl. I wish I could go on about him forever, but I need to sleep. Good night.
"I've been dreaming about this since I was a little girl." "You dream about dead guys?" "Rick, shut it." "Look, the sacred spells have been chiseled off. This man must have been condemned not only in this life but in the next." "Tough break." "Yeah, I'm all cheers. Let's see whose inside, shall we?" Jonathan twisted the key, and then he and Rick began to pry off the lid. It fell on the floor, causing the mummy to jump forward, and that made Eve and 'Elda to scream. "I hate it when these do that." "Is it supposed to look like that?" "No, he's still, still…" "Juicy." "Yes. He must be more than three thousand years old and yet, it looks as if he's still . . . decomposing." "Look at this."
Everyone crowded around the cover of the sarcophagus. There were marks scratched into the inside, as if the man had tried to claw his way out. "Oh my god, these marks were made with fingernails. This man was buried alive, and he left us a message. 'Death is only the beginning.'" They all turned to stare at the mummy, whose mouth hung open and twisted to one side, as if he had just spoken along with Evelyn's voice.
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