Chapter 24. Thanks to the reviewers BeyMistress05, TALA MINE-TALA HOT, CrystallineAngel, Cali Maxwell, Ashley, Kairi-Hiwatari13, and MyHeroKai. Specail thanks to Cali Maxwell and Ashley for this chapter. Their reviews inspired me, and I'm going to do a story similar to this. Dedicating it to them. So, if you like this chapter, keep your eyes out, and consider this a sneak peak. It will be the next story I post. Co-authored by BeyMistress05.

Chapter 24. The sneak peak.

"Tyson, why on earth are we here?" Ray asked

There was sand as far as the eye can see.

"We're here to see the legendary Pizza Tut." Tyson said

"Pizza Tut?" asked Ray, Mariah, Hilary, and Kenny.

"Yeah, you know, the guy who made the pizza restaurant." Tyson said

"..."

"You mean Pizza Hut?" Max asked

"Whatever, we're to see the ancient egyption who made the place." Tyson said

"Tyson, pizza didn't origionate in Egypt." Kenny said

"Then how do you explain all the Pizza Tuts?" Tyson asked

"Its Pizza Hut, Tyson." Max said

"King Tut is a mummy who is supposedly cursed." Kenny said

"Yeah, cursed with genius!" Tyson said, "Maybe I can find the deed to Pizza hut!"

"Tyson, King Tut did not come up with Pizza Hut." Kenny said

"But..."

"Shut it, Tyson!" Kai snapped

"Fine, whatever, lets just find the place." Ray said, and they venture into the dessert, away from the camper.

-Later-

"Awe, man, I'm so thirsty. Kenny, can I have some water?" Tyson said

"Sure." Kenny said, and turned around. He walked five steps to the camper, and goes inside. He comes out a minute later with a glass of water. "Here you go."

"You mean to tell me, we only took fivr freakin steps!" Tyson whined

"Lets go." Kai said, irritated. He started walking into the dessert, followed by Ray, Mariah, Hilary, Max, and finally Tyson. Kenny decided to stay at the camper.

-Later-

"Man, I'm so thirsty." Tyson whined, again.

"KENNY!" Hilary shouted, "TYSON NEEDS WATER!" she walked the ten steps back to the camper, and Kenny came out with a glass of water, and they gave it to Tyson. Kenny took the glass, and went back to the camper.

-Later-

"Awe, man, I'm parched." Tyson said

"Tyson, we're to far from the camper to go back now, so deal with it." Hilary said

"But..."

"Shut up, Tyson." Kai said

"Man, what crawled up your butt and died?" Tyson asked

"Your brain." Kai said, Tyson growled.

"Now, you two, stop fighting." Ray said, "We need to work together if we are to fing the tomb."
"What tomb?" Tyson asked

"King Tut's tomb." Ray said
"Isn't a tomb like a grave?" Tyson asked

"Yeah, it is." Hilary said

"So, the founder of pizza hut...is...Dead?" Tyson cryed

"Yeah, but for the last time, Tyson. It was NOT King Tut!" Hilary screamed, angrily.

"Okay, geez, calm down." Tyson said, "Why is everyone in a bad mood today?"

"I'm not!" Max protested, "I'm in a good mood." He smiled.

"Well, almost everyone." Tyson correected himself. They walked for another hour when Tyson tripped an a pointy rock. "Stupid rock!" He said, and kicked it. A sharp pain shot up his leg. And a vibtation shook the sand from under their feet. They fell for a minute before launding in the sand.

"Is everyone okay?" Ray asked, as he got up, and helped Mariah.

"Yeah." they said, and got up.

"Feh! Felf fe!" came a voice. The others looked and saw Tyson's lower half sticking out of the sand, feet kicking wildly.

"Tyson, stop kicking and we'll help you." Hilary said

"We will?" Kai asked, Hilary glared.
"Yes, we will." she said

"Hn!" Kai said, as he and the others gabbed Tyson's legs and pulled. Soon, they pried him out of the sand. He spit out some sand, and looked around.
"Thanks guys!" He said

"You're welcome, now get off of me!" Kai said, and Tyson looked to see he was sitting on kai's back.

"Oh, sorry, Kai," He said, and got up, "I didn't see you there."

"Look!" Mariah said, and pointed to their newly discovered pyramid.

"This must be an undiscovered pyramid." Hilary said, and they went inside. They pulled out flash lights and looked at the hyrogliphics on the wall.

"This would be an archeologist paradise." Ray said, lost in awe.

"Hey, look!" Tyson said, "It says theres a cure in here."

"You can read the hyrogliphs?" Hilary asked

"Yeah, my dad taught me." Tyson smiled, finally finding something he could do the others couldn't, aside from eating.

"Its true." Ray said, Tyson's face of glory fell.

"You can read them to?" he asked

"Yeah, your dad taught me." Ray said

"What?"

"I found his old notes, and learned through them." Ray clearified, as the batteries to the flashlights went died, "The batteries died." he said.

"Can we not use that word?" Hilary asked

"What word? Died, dead, death?" Ray asked, earning him not one, but two slaps.

"You're not funny Ray Kon!" both Hilary and Mariah said, angrily. He stod there dazed for a minute, before he let out a scream. As soon as his voice faded the flashlights came back on. They all pointed to where Ray was standing, to find his back and flashlight on the floor, but no Ray.

"RAY!" Mariah yelled, and ran to the spot where he was. She moved her hands on the ground, but felt nothing. "RAY!"

"What just happened?" Hilary asked

"Ray fell victim to the curse." Kai said, "Tyson, what else does it say?"

"It says one will fall victim to the curse of the lost pharoh, Tuharuken. That will will be his way back to life." Tyson said, and his face paled, "He'll come back to like by sucking the life out of his victim! He'll then take over the planet using the power of the dead!" Mariah broke down crying, and everyone else had scoked faces, Kai and PD included. Hilary tried to comfort Mariah.
"We'll save him." she said

"But what if its already to late. Ray's last memory will be of me slapping him." Mariah cried.

"Lets go." Kai said, "Even if it is too late for Ray we can't let Tuharuken leave this pyramid." Mariah got up, turned Kai to face her, and grabbed his shirt.

"How can you say that?" She asked, infuriated, "Ray could be dead, and you don't even care!"

"Its not that I don't care, I do." Kai said, "But do you think Ray would want us to let this guy take over the world?" Mariah let go of Kai.

"You're righ." Mariah said, "I'm sorry."

"Lets go." Kai said, and once again headed down the cold stone halls of the tomb. Before long they came across a split in the path.

"Which way do we go?" Max asked, when a familiar scream filled their ears.

"Ray!" they all said, and ran in the direction the scream came from. Then ended up in a room lit with torches. There were two sarcophagus lined next to eachother. One was open, and nothing in it, but the other was closed. They went over to the one that was closed, an uneasy feeling in the pits of their stomachs.

"Be ready for anything." Kai said, before he slid off the top. What was inside made them gasp, and Hilary and Mariah break out in tears. Inside was Ray, but he looked like he had been dead for years. They couldn't take their eyes off of him. They knew it was him because he still had his clothes on. And Driger was in his hands. They were all lost in thought when they heard something fall behind them. They turned around to see a young man with long black hair, amber eyes, pointed ears, and fangs.

"R-Ray?" Mariah asked, hopeful that this was Ray playing some cuel joke.
"No, I am Tuharuken." said the Ray look a like. "I took the boys life, and his image. Do you like?" He had an evil smile on his face. This made Mariah cry even harder.

"How dare you!" came the very angy voice of Kai Hiwatari. His eyes no longer their violet color, but a crimson red. "You already died, you had NO right to take his life!"

"You want to do something about it?" asked Tuharuken, smirking evily.

"Yes, I do." Kai said, walking over to him. He stopped when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked to see Mariah.
"Please, let me avenge him." she said, her eyes full of a sorrowful rage. She walked ast Kai and right up to Tuharuken. She then slapped him in the face, which sent him flying into the wall.

"Give Ray his life back!" Mariah said, her voice was now void of emotion. She only showed a calm anger.

"Alas, I cannot. His life is now bound to me." Tuharuken said, "If you kill me, then he can never be revied."

"I'm sure he would rather never be able to be revied, them have you have his life, and hurt innocent people. She lunged at him, and punched him into another wall, which he flew through into the next room.

"H-how can a normal human posses such strength?" Tuharuken asked, standing up.

"Who said anything about me being a normal human?" Mariah asked, and kicked him into the ceilling.

"You are a person like Bast(1)!" Tuharuken said, fearful, "Bast was the one who stopped me the first time, and she made sure someone would be around to stop me again!"

"I don't know what you are talking about, but I am but one of an entire village of Neko jin." Mariah said.

"Hm, perhaps now is not the time for my rule." Tuharuken said, "I bid you farwell, however, I will NOT restore you boyfriends life." He glew a bright white, which flew into the open sarcoficus. The lid closed, and a mist like substance came from it. "This is the boys soul, you have one minute to return it to him, before he passes on." came Tuharuken's voice.

"How are we going to do that?" Tyson asked

"Driger!" Mariah said, and ran to Ray, pulling Driger from his hand, being careful not to damage him. Once she did, she held him out to the mist, and a green light came from the bit chip, and guided the mist to Ray's body. Ray's body glew a birght green color, which made everyone close their eyes. When the light faded everyone opend their eyes to see a very confused Ray looking at them.

"What happened? How did I get in here?" He asked, only to get trapped in a Mariah hug. She cried into his shoulder, "Mariah?"

"Ray, I'm so sorry!" she said
"Can we get out of here? This place give me the creeps." Ray said

"Yes, lets go." Mariah said

"Yeah! We're not done with my list yet!" Tyson said.

End Chapter. If you liked this chapter, keep an eye out for the actual fic, called The Mummies Curse. It'll be up later this week.

R&R.