The Pendent of Ra.
Summary- Three weeks after the events of Lost and Found, Samantha Carnahan finds a pendent that could not only bring trouble into the world, but also bring trouble into her family. Also, she learns about how her parents met and what exactly went on that night when Jonathan left.
Disclaimer- I do not own The Mummy or The Mummy Returns. I do not own any of the characters (Shame!). I do own Samantha, the cat and the pendent idea though. I now also own Rashidi, Aziza, Hondo, and Femi. I hope you like this one. If any bits of the story sounds like it belongs to anyone else, tell me, don't sue me.
Reviews- I would like to thank everyone who's reviewed so far. I'm so happy! I'm really getting into writing fan fiction. I would like to mainly thank jonnycarnahan for all her reviews and work on this story, giving me ideas and that.
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Chapter 8- Trouble in the Manor
"Now, why don't you be a good girl and get your father for us? I want to get this thing over and done with" Steve asked with a hint of anger in his voice.
Samantha stood paralyzed in fear, not daring to do what he said and let Jonathan get into more trouble or go through more pain. Besides, she remembered that she put the real pendent under Jon's bed when Evy gave it back.
"No, I will not let you hurt him anymore! You get out of this house NOW!" Sam shouted at Steve. He looked at her with pure rage in his eyes and slaps her across the face, causing her to fall to the floor.
"Leave her alone! I'll go and get Jonathan, trust me?" Rick said, walking from where he stood with his wife and son to where Steve stood holding Samantha.
"No, I don't trust you! You are Jonathan's brother-in-law, aren't you? You will help him escape; I know you will. So for added interest, I'll hold on to your precious niece! In case you do try to escape, she gets a hole in the head. If you're good enough to do that, I'll let you in on my plan!"
Steve yanked Sam up sharply by her arm and pulled her close to him, putting one arm around her neck and the other hand holding a gun to her temple.
"Alright, alright! I'll get him and bring him down; just don't hurt her anymore, please."
Rick made his way up the stairs towards Jon's room. When he left, Ardeth stood up quickly and brought out his sword, pointing it at Steve. "Release her at once or else!"
Steve just calmly whistled and the two big thugs that he hired before grabbed each of Ardeth's arms and held them tightly, making him release his sword.
"Threats never get you anywhere, do they?" Steve said with a sneer.
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Rick got to Jonathan's room and stopped. Could he really put his brother-in-law through more injury and danger? So, he and Jon didn't get on well from time to time, but Jon was family, Evy's older brother and his younger brother if only by a year! He didn't deserve this!
Rick's mind went back to the mental image of Samantha being manhandled by that evil monster, the gun on her temple if he didn't bring her father down. Opening the door, Rick walked inside to find Jonathan asleep in his bed. He looked tired and weary, but peaceful at least.
Hating what he had to do next, Rick walked over to Jon and gently shook his shoulder.
"Jonathan, wake up. We need you downstairs for a while. It's Sam; she's in trouble. Steve's back and has her at gunpoint."
Jon woke up straight away at this news, his blue eyes focusing on Rick. "What, Sam's in trouble? What can we do?"
Rick shook his head. "Nothing. We can't do anything but take you downstairs. He won't let her go until then. I've tried to come up with a better option, but Steve has us right where he wants us."
Jonathan looked shocked and almost panicked at first, but soon became calm and very angry, his eyes turning steely blue.
"Fine." His voice was silky smooth, his words like ice. "I may need help, then. I'm still weak and I don't think I can make it downstairs by myself."
Rick nodded in understanding and gathered his broken brother-in-law gently in his arms. There were a few moans of pain from Jon while they made their way downstairs.
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Downstairs, Steve still had his steel-tight grip on Sam and the thugs had Ardeth. They heard a noise and saw Rick cradling Jonathan, clearly still wounded, his face showing the pain he was feeling.
Steve grinned and ordered Rick to stand Jon up. Rick's heart pounded in his chest at Steve's demand while he set Jon down onto his feet very carefully, still getting a few moans of pain from Jon.
Rick was livid and Ardeth had never seen Rick more upset. His eyes glaring at Steve, Rick steadied Jon as best he could.
"Don't you DARE even think about hurting him anymore! He's in enough pain as it is! Haven't you done ENOUGH to my family?"
Evy was trembling, her heart breaking from seeing her brother and niece being put through more torment, but Rick needed her and he hoped she would be strong enough to help him.
Rick tried to make his voice steady so as not to betray the fear he was feeling for his brother-in-law.
"Evy, honey? Can you come here, please? I need some help standing him up properly." Evy nodded and after squeezing her son's shoulder, left Alex's side and stood on the other side of her brother, helping to prop him up. Seeing Jonathan in this much pain caused tears to fall freely from her face.
Sarah stared at the state her own brother had left Jonathan, her new lover. She gave a shocked sob, which caused Jonathan to look directly at her, love in his eyes at her recognition. Steve saw this and flew into a terrible rage.
"Did I say you could look at my sister like that? Did I?"
Quickly, he shoved Samantha roughly to the floor and ran up to Evy and Rick, yanking Jon out of their hands. Unfortunately, he grabbed Jonathan's injured arm and pulled him into his grasp, causing Jon to cry out in pain.
Steve pressed his gun to Jon's temple. Samantha saw this and leapt at Steve, only to be held back by another thug who made his way into the living room. He held her so tight, she couldn't move.
Alex dared to take his eyes off his Uncle Jon and saw the third lackey enter the room and take hold of his cousin.
"Hey! How many more goons are going to come out of the woodwork, huh?" Sarah looked over at young Alex, who was now standing, his fists clenched at his sides in rage, tears standing out on his baby soft skin.
She looked closely and saw Jonathan's nose in his features and it broke her heart to see Jon's nephew watching this. Alex then turned to face Sarah, noticing her fully for the first time.
His mind was racing but his anger subsided a bit as he figured Sarah was trying to show her concern for him. 'Who is this woman? She is very pretty, but if she thinks I'm coming near her, she can think again! But she doesn't seem to want to hurt me. Should I judge her because of her evil brother?' More confused than not, Alex hurried over and stood between his parents, his eyes never leaving his hurt uncle as he began to tremble in fear, his anger surfacing once again.
Steve rolled his eyes at everyone and held Jonathan bruisingly close, not caring how much he hurt the Englishman. "Alright, alright! No more tears or I am going to throw up!"
"Now, where's the real Pendent? Yes, I know the one you exchanged in the trade for your father was fake, young Carnahan!" He saw the shocked expression on Sam's face. "Now, who's going to be a star and get it for me?"
Steve held Jonathan so close that he could feel the younger man tremble with fear and pain. The arm that went across Jonathan's chest pinning him pulled him in closer still. Jon gasped as Steve's elbow dug into his broken and bruised ribs, eliciting another smile from the madman holding the gun to his temple.
No one moved or said anything, which enraged Steve even more.
"Fine then! If that's how it's going to be …" Steve shoved Jonathan so hard onto the wooden floor that it caused him to scream in pain as his wrist snapped. Jon struggled to fight back, but he was in agony, so he tried not to cry out, not wanting to give Steve the satisfaction of knowing he was hurting so, but the pain was robbing him of any self-control over his emotions.
Steve then proceeded to viciously kick Jonathan in his already broken ribs, causing Jon to curl up into a tight ball and cry out in pain again and again! Samantha, horrified, couldn't take it anymore.
"No! Leave him alone! I'll get the Pendent, just don't hurt him anymore!" Sam broke down into tears at the sight of her father being beaten even more, causing him more pain.
Steve laughed. "That's a good girl. It had better be the real one this time or else Jonny boy here is going to feel pain like he's never felt it before!"
Samantha shot Steve a desperate look, nodding so that he would see she was going to help him by getting the Pendant. At this point, she would agree to anything just so that he would stop hurting her father. Her worry for Jon and her anger towards Steve were the only things on her mind as she made her way up the stairs towards her father's room.
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In the room, Samantha felt underneath Jon's mattress and found the chain on which the pendent rested. When she pulled it out, she held it close to her body and felt power coursing from it, bringing another vision of her past life...
Three thousand years ago: The Temple of Ra.
Aziza ran though the temple towards the main prayer area. She stopped in front of a giant statue of Ra and started praying.
"Great god Ra, I have just overheard my uncle Hondo talking about killing my father because he's married to uncle Hondo's sister, who is also my mother. Please, I need you to help look after my father, protect him from any harm that may befall him. I cannot live my life without him".
She heard heavy footsteps that could belong to only one person, Hondo. Quickly, Aziza hid herself behind the statue, noticing how it concealed her body. Hondo walked into the room and started looking around. He had steel-gray eyes and messy brown hair, a look of bloodlust in his eyes.
Soon, more sounds of footsteps could be heard, one male and the other female, she surmised.
'Mother, Father!' Aziza thought, fear creeping into her mind as she saw Hondo patiently standing by, waiting for them to come closer.
Walking into the room was Rashidi, the most trusted priest of Ra and his wife Femi; the most trusted priestess of Sekhmet. Arm in arm and talking lovingly to each other, they didn't notice Femi's jealous brother waiting for them.
"Rashidi! You have dishonored me by marrying my sister! You are also Ra's most favourite priest, but I should have been Ra's favourite and for these discretions you shall die!"
Rashidi simply shook his head. "No, brother! I will not fight you! It is not true, you should not be jealous of me for I am not the favourite! You are also a favourite of Ra! Ra told me that when I die, you are chosen to take my place and become his new priest on earth!"
"No! You do not understand! If that is Ra's decision, then you shall surely die! It is the only way I can get my sister back and the position I want now!"
Hondo ran towards his brother-in-law and leapt at him. Rashidi pushed his wife away from him, which caused him to become unsteady on his feet. He had wanted to be ready for Hondo, but almost falling made him unable to take the brunt of the attack head on. Both men fell to the floor before Rashidi could get his bearings.
Hondo was much larger and heavier than his younger brother, and with the younger man already startled, Hondo had the advantage. He started punching Rashidi in the abdomen, face,and chest. Rashidi did his best to fight back, but Hondo had him pinned beneath his enormous body. Groans of pain could be heard which caused Aziza to run out of her hiding place.
"No, leave him alone Uncle Hondo! Leave him alone!" Aziza leapt on top of her uncle and pulled him off her father who was now doubled over in pain.
Femi ran over to help her husband while her daughter kept Hondo busy. A scream could be heard and then the couple saw their daughter lying on the floor holding her chest, crying. Her uncle hovered over her and pulled a dagger from inside his robes. He then pulled Aziza's head up by her hair and pushed the dagger to her throat.
"Sister, if you do not kill your husband for me now, your precious little girl will die instead! Do it now with the power of the pendent!"
He sneered at Femi, who looked at her husband shocked.
Rashidi looked her in the eyes and sighed. "Do it! Kill me to save our daughter. Don't argue, just do it! You must!" Hardly able to turn his head to look at his brother-in-law, Rashidi did his best.
"Hondo! Do not dare let Aziza see this! Have mercy enough for this one last request, I beg of you!"
Brother and sister nodded and Hondo covered his niece's eyes with his hand. Femi backed away from her brave husband, tears in her eyes, her entire body trembling uncontrollably as she took the Pendent off from around her neck and started chanting. While she did this, Rashidi cried out in pain as he felt his life leaving his body.
When Femi finished chanting, her husband, already on the floor from the beating he had endured, gasped for air, his body racked with pain. Femi then ran over to him and Hondo released Aziza so she could see her father before he died.
The two females took either side of Rashidi and held his hands, his chest heaving as he struggled for each and every breath.
With his voice weak and barely audible, Rashidi swallowed hard, beads of sweat standing out on his skin, his brilliant blue eyes fading to dull, sightless orbs.
"Femi, Aziza ... I want you both … both to know how much I love you. I love you with all of my heart ... and … and all of my soul. Never forget me. I will be with you forever, watching … watching over you. Be strong for each other and know … know how very proud I am of you, for now … I … I must go."
With that, he took his last breath and his body ceased to struggle against the pain. Aziza started crying while Femi stood up and faced her brother with a fierce raging anger she had never felt before. She started chanting and screams of pain could be heard from Hondo.
As soon as she finished chanting, she walked over to her fallen brother and said plainly as he died, "That was for both my daughter and my husband. You will never be jealous of anyone ever again!"
A crack of thunder could be heard and out of the shadows came Ra himself! He looked down sadly at Rashidi's body and his daughter crying next to him. Then his face contorted in anger as he looked down at Femi and her dead brother.
"Femi! You have taken two human lives with the Pendent when I forbid you to do so; even worse, one was your blood brother and the other, your soul mate! For that, I am afraid you must be banished into exile in the desert. You are never to step foot in this temple again and never allowed to see your daughter again! She will stay here under the protection of me! Now get OUT!"
Femi watched in horror as her daughter looked at her with disappointment and despair in her eyes. But before either mother or daughter could speak, Femi was gone from view in a whirlwind of sand.
Ra turned to the now orphaned girl still holding her father's hand.
"Do not worry little one. I will make sure he is mummified and sent onto the afterlife in a ceremony fit for Egypt's greatest pharaoh!
"For your uncle, I cannot promise such, as Hondo has angered me beyond human comprehension! He will be buried in a common grave rather than fed to the jackals, though he does not deserve even this smallest of kindnesses.
"I want you to look after the Pendent for me so this never happens again. I want you to hold onto it for me, understand? Can you do that?"
Aziza nodded and watched as Ra picked up the discarded Pendent from where her mother had just been standing and started chanting.
As he chanted, he placed the Pendant around Aziza's neck and lifted Rashidi's body tenderly into his arms, cradling it close to his chest as he began to walk from the room. Aziza followed, keeping in mind what Ra said, accepting the Pendant and her fate.
Samantha woke from the vision trembling, her body slick with sweat. She sat on her father's bed, letting everything she had just seen and heard sink in, her mind doing it's best to make sense of it all as she clutched the Pendant of Ra in her hand.
But then she heard a voice more familiar to her than her own scream out in agony from downstairs. "Father!" Gasping, Sam looked down at the Pendent and knew what to do.
Holding the beautiful but cursed Pendant in the light streaming in from her father's window, Samantha felt the power one last time before storming off downstairs.
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When Sam arrived downstairs, Rick was looking at Steve with utter disgust. He wasn't sure how much more abuse Jonathan could take and he was very worried.
"Leave him alone, you bastard! He hasn't done anything wrong! So he loves your sister, BIG DEAL! I love his sister and he has never and will never do anything like this to me! You're just a jealous bastard who can burn in hell for all I care!"
Evy, her eyes red and swollen from her tears, gasped as she realized Rick's temper might have caused more harm than good. She gripped Rick's upper arm and pulled him to her, shaking her head in disbelief as she whispered.
"No, Rick! Stop! No more!"
Meanwhile, Steve had now reached his breaking point. "How dare you say that about me! I do not want anyone near my sister, especially Jonathan Carnahan!"
Again he kicked Jonathan in the ribs, this time harder than ever before! Everyone except Steve winced as they heard what seemed to be another rib crack and Jon scream in pain.
Steve was totally detached from reality now, his temper out of control and his body shaking with rage! He then kicked Jon in the jaw and cut open his chin, splattering blood all over Jonathan and himself.
Jonathan's cries of pain were now soft protests, his voice giving out just as his body began to do the same. His moans and whimpers of pain now became the only sound in the room.
Jonathan fought to stay conscious while at the same time he wished the darkness would claim him, to put him out of his misery, but it was not to be.
Besides, he knew he had to stay awake to look out for Sam and Sarah, and for Evy and Alex. Unmercifully, Jon remained aware of his pain and of everything that was going on around him.
As Jon's fight to remain alive took a sudden turn for the worse, Evy, Sarah, and Sam were sobbing while Rick was being held back by one of the guards that had been holding Ardeth.
Alex couldn't stand it any longer and he ran, putting himself between Steve and his uncle as he shouted out. "Leave him alone! My Dad said so and I say so … so DO it!"
Living his worst nightmare, Rick broke free of the guard holding him and tried to lunge forward to grab his son and get him out of the way of the next punch, but Sarah beat him to it, picking Alex up and delivering him into his father's arms.
But Sarah was unable to get out of the way fast enough and she was the one to receive the next punch by her brother that was intended for Jonathan.
Sarah fell to her knees from the blow, somehow managing to scramble out of the way, crawling back to the sofa as she held her hand to her left eye. She was going to have one heck of a black eye; she could feel it already starting to swell.
Now it was Jon's turn to feel rage. His voice all but gone, his throat raw from screaming, Jon did his best to be heard. "Leave her alone!" He was crying now, the pain and fear and anger overwhelming him.
Steve didn't care and he was about to kick Jonathan again until Sam appeared at the door, holding the Pendent by its chain in her hand.
Steve was momentarily distracted. "Good girl! Now give me the Pendent and no one else will get hurt."
But Sam held it back from him and looked him in the eye.
"No! I don't think I will, not before I do THIS!" She started chanting what Ra told her to chant in her vision to neutralize the Pendant's power. When she had finished, everyone in the room watched her put the pendent gently down on the floor, even her father, who was now in the fetal position curled over in pain, was able to catch a glimpse of what Sam had done.
"Now the Pendant's power is no more! I guess no one is going to die after all! You are just as jealous of my father now as you were in your past life! That's why you want to kill him, isn't it Steve? My father loved your sister in our past lives and he loves your sister now. But it's too late for you Steve; thanks to me!"
Steve, still in a complete rage, picked up his gun, let out a cry of anger and aimed it at Sam. Everyone in the room shouted for him not to do it, but he pulled the trigger. Samantha felt pain as the bullet went into her upper arm and she felt wet, hot blood spill down towards her elbow.
She saw everyone's horrorstruck faces as she fell to the hard wooden floor next to her father, hitting her head as she did. In a daze, she then saw Steve laughing maniacally as he aimed the gun at Jonathan, shooting him in the leg, just above the knee! Looking up into Steve's satisfied face, Sam could hold on no longer and allowed blackness to take her.
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There we go then. Chapter 8 is finally done. The past life idea took me a while to think up, but I like it. Sam's in trouble again, will she and Jonathan ever escape Steve's clutches? I think they might. Please keep reading and reviewing. Thanks! I would like to also thank jonnycarnahan for her help on this chapter. From: chugirl2526.