Hamunaptra- 1923 A.D

A garrison of the French Foreign Legion, who had found the ruins of the ancient city, set up their post within the crumbling walls. Among them are Rick and Amelia O'Connell, Americans serving in the legion, looked behind them to see their leader running off on his horse as a great army of Tuareg warriors gets closer before looking at Beni.

"You just got promoted," Beni said to Rick.

The three then took their aim at the warriors closely approaching.

"Prenez Voz Positions! Steady!" Rick ordered before asking Beni," You're with me on this one, right?"

"Oh. Your strength gives me strength," Beni answered.

"Steady!"

Beni then took off running after the general shouting, "Wait! Wait for me!"

"Steady!" Rick ordered again, waiting for the army to get closer," Fire!"

They all fired their guns, taking out some of the riders and more after they reloaded. The riders fired at them and took out some of their men. Rick and Amelia backed up while reloading their guns as the riders got even closer, jumping over the ruined walls, and taking out some of the men with their swords. With their guns reloaded, Rick and Amelia fired at the riders. A rider was getting close to them, and as the rider lifted his sword, Amelia threw one of her knives, hitting him in the chest and falling off his horse. Rick then hits a rider in the face with the butt of his gun before throwing it to the ground and pulling out his two pistols, and Amelia the same.

Rick runs out of bullets and tosses the pistols before pulling out two more. They shot one rider after another and another as they race their way to the temple. Many riders were coming at them and they shot at the rider as they jumped over the crumbled ruins.

"Run, Beni! Run! Get inside! Get inside!" Rick shouted. Beni runs behind the stone door and tries to close it, "Hey! Don't you close that door! Don't you close that door!" Rick and Amelia hit the stone door a second after it closed.

"Next time we see Beni, remind me to throw him in a river," Amelia told her brother.

Bullets hit the side of the stone wall, missing the two. They run away as the riders chase after them. As they jumped over the ruins, Rick saw a pistol, but when he went to get it, the riders fired shots at his hand. Amelia pulls her brother back before he was shot, and they run away and through the ruins. They see some more riders blocking their path and coming towards them. They run through a path of ruins as the rider chase after them. They eventually reach a dead end and turn to face the riders, who aim their rifles at them. They close their eyes and brace themselves for death. They hear the gun's cock but soon, they open their eyes in disbelief as they see that the riders have disappeared.

Their ears perk open, and they look around as they heard a voice whispering. They turn around to see a chipped statue of Anubis.

"You will die. You will die," The two heard the whispers say, followed by howling.

Suddenly they are attacked by small waves of sand rising, and they run away towards the desert. They stumbled their way into the desert, then they felt that they were being watched. They stop and turn around and look up at the cliffs. They see ten men on horses watching them before continuing their long journey through the desert.

Cairo, Egypt- 1926 A.D

Amelia and Anubis, her two-year-old Basenji, walk into the Museum of Antiquities. Amelia was there to speak with Dr. Bey when he saw her walking in as he left his office.

"Ah, Miss O'Connell, how is your brother?"

"He's as well as of the last time I saw him, which was when I was getting him out of trouble," She answered him, "It seems that every time I see him, I have to save his ass, and I'm getting tired of it."

"Perhaps he needs to, as you Americans say, learn his lesson. How was your trip to Alexandria?" He asked, changing the subject.

"It was very educational. I was able to find information for the museum-"

Amelia was cut off by a crashing sound coming from the library. They rushed out of the office, and when they entered the library, they saw that all the book-filled shelves had been knocked over.

"What. . . How. . . c- I... H- How," Dr. Bey stuttered in a gasp until he saw Evy Carnahan. He shouts as he and Amelia walk over to her, "Oh, look at this! Sons of the pharaohs! Give me frogs! Flies! Locusts! Anything but you! Compared to you, the other plagues were a joy!"

"I am so very sorry. It was an accident," Evy apologized.

"My girl, when Ramses destroyed Syria, that was an accident. You… are a catastrophe! Look at my library! Why do I put up with you?" He wondered.

"W- Well, you put up with me because I can- I can read and write ancient Egyptian… and I can- I can decipher hieroglyphics and hieratic… and, w-well, I am the only person within a thousand miles… who knows how to properly code and catalog this library, that's why."

"I put up with you because your father and mother were our finest patrons. That's why! Allah rests their souls. Now, I don't care how you do it, I don't care how long it takes Straighten up this meshiver!" Dr. Bey told her before storming off.

Amelia stays in the library and walks over the fallen bookshelves and books on the ground to get to Evy.

"Care to explain what chain of events caused this to happen?" Amelia asked.

"I was putting the books back on the shelves when I saw that some idiot had put Tuthmosis in the "S". So, naturally, I went to put it in its proper place but I, sort of, lost my balance on the ladder," Evy answered.

Amelia tries to hold back a chuckle and put a hand on Evy's shoulder, "Next time Evy, climb down the ladder and move it to the desired shelf. Now, c' mon let's get this place fixed up."

But before they could start cleaning, the two women heard a sound from the next room and went to investigate.

"Hello?" Evy called out as she and Amelia scanned the room.

Amelia takes one of the flaming torches from a statue and pulls her Smith & Wesson Revolver from her huckleberry holster. They walk further into the large filled with antiquities and ancient Egyptian artifacts.

"Abdul? Mohammed? Bob?" Evy called out.

They heard a thudding sound and turned in the direction it was coming from. Evy peers into one large casket when a mummified corpse springs up. Evy screams, and Amelia aims her revolver at the mummy. Anubis lets out a yodel since his breed does not bark. Then they heard laughing and Jonathan, Evy's older brother, sat up.

"Have you no respect for the dead?" Evy asked him.

"Of course I do. But sometimes I'd rather like to join them," Jonathan answered.

"I can arrange that," Amelia threatened.

"Well, Jonathan, I wish you would do it sooner rather than later before you ruin my career the way you've ruined yours," Evy said as he carefully placed the corpse back, and she slapped him on his head, "Now, get out."

"My dear, sweet baby sister," He climbs out but almost falls, and they help him down, "I'll have you know that, at this precise moment, my career is on a high note."

"High note, ha!" She scoffed, "Oh, Jonathan, please, I'm not really in the mood for you. I've just made a bit of a mess in the library, and the Bembridge scholars have rejected my application form again."

"Why?" Amelia asked her.

"They say I don't have enough experience in the field," Evy answered.

Jonathan then squats in front of her and takes her hands, "You'll always have me and Amelia, old mum. Besides, I have just the thing to cheer you up."

Jonathan goes back to the casket and looks around.

"Oh, no, Jonathan, not another worthless trinket. If I have to take one more piece of junk to the curator to try and... sell for you," Evy said, but he hands her an ornate and somewhat circular box, "Where did you get this?

"On a dig down in Thebes. My whole life, I've never found anything, Evy. Please tell me I've found something," Jonathan told his sister.

Evy fiddles with it and it pops open in a star shape, and a piece of folded paper is inside, "Jonathan."

"Yes?"

"I think you found something."

Evy takes the piece of paper out and unfolds it. She opens it to reveal a map. Evy gets up and rushes to Dr. Bey's office, with Amelia and Jonathan close behind. Evy places the map on Dr. Bey's desk.

"You see the cartouche there? It's the official royal seal of Seti the First, I'm sure of it," Evy pointed out to Dr. Bey.

"Perhaps," He said.

"Two questions: who the hell was Seti the First and was he rich?" Jonathan asked his sister.

"He was the second pharaoh of the nineteenth dynasty, said to be the wealthiest pharaoh of them all," Evy explained to him excitedly.

"Good. That's good. I like this fellow. I like him very much."

"I've already dated the map. It's almost 3,000 years old. And if you at the hieratic just here, well, it's Hamunaptra," Evy told him. Hearing Hamunaptra made chills roll down Amelia's spine.

"Dear God, don't be ridiculous. We're scholars, not treasure hunters. Hamunaptra's a myth told by ancient Arab storytellers to amuse Greek and Roman tourists," Dr. Bey told them.

"Yes, yes, I know all the silly blather about the city being protected by the curse of a mummy nonsense, but my research has led me to believe that the city itself may have actually existed," She explained to Dr. Bay with confidence.

"Are we talking about "the" Hamunaptra?" Jonathan asked.

"Yes. The City of the Dead. Where the earliest pharaohs were said to have hidden the wealth of Egypt," Evy answered.

"Yes, yes, in a big underground treasure chamber."

"Heh!" Dr. Bey chuckled at Jonathan.

"Oh, come one. Everybody knows the story. The entire necropolis was rigged to sink into the sand on Pharaoh's command. The place would disappear beneath the dunes, taking the treasure with it," Jonathan explained.

"Please, Jonathan. Hamunaptra disappeared around 2,134 B.C." Amelia told him.

Dr. Bey holds the map closer to the burning candle lamp, "As Ms. O' Connell's people would say, it's all fairy tales and hokum. . ." The map is caught on fire by the flames, "Oh, my goodness! Look at that!" He throws it to the floor.

Jonathan and Evy drop to their knees and quickly pat it out before they carefully lift it. The left third of the map is now missing.

"You've burnt it!" Jonathan yelled angrily, "You've burned off the part with the lost city."

"It's for the best, I'm sure. Many men have wasted their lives in the foolish pursuit of Hamunaptra, no one has ever found it, and most have never returned," Dr. Bey then reaches for the box but Evy quickly snatches it off the desk and gives him a very angry, suspicious look. All three of them leave the room.

"Jonathan?" Amelia said.

"Yes?"

"Could you take us to the person who gave you the box?" She asked.

"Well, I don't know. I mean the amount of time it would take to track him down, not to mention confirming his whereabouts, and then-" Johnathan began.

"I'll give you fifty dollars," Amelia told him.

"I can take you there right now."