Hey guys! Sorry for the long wait. These past couple of days I've been wrapped up with National Novel Writing Month, and I'm way ahead of where I should be in the game so spending some time writing fanfiction should hold me over until I can get back in the groove of writing my story.

That being said, this story is almost done. I believe it's this chapter and maybe two more, and then I'll start working on the tie-over and the brand new story that I have.

Enjoy!

"There you are, Horus ol' boy!" Jonathon cried when they ran up to the statue.

"Let's start digging," Kelly urged.

"It should be in the base, like the Black Book was in Anubis," Fallon reminded them.

Rick started going at it with a crowbar.

Fallon heard groans coming from the corridor they just came through. She ran towards to see if she could investigate how close the threat was and then stopped abruptly when she saw the shadows.

"Rick!" She cried.

He stopped and began to search through his pack, grabbing out a stick of dynamite. He ran up to Ardeth, brought out a match, struck it on Ardeth's rough jawline, and lit the stick. With an amused and excited nod, Rick through the dynamite into the corridor, then grabbed Ardeth by the shoulder.

"Everyone over here!" Rick shouted. Kelly and Fallon grabbed at each other and threw themselves behind the statue as the dynamite exploded, tearing apart the mummies and causing a cave in.

They all let out a sigh of relief and stumbled quickly back to their feet to resume their digging at the base of Horus. Rick and Jonathon get to it, as Fallon, Kelly, and Ardeth stand by reloading their guns.

Fallon didn't have any extra ammo, and neither did Kelly nor Ardeth, but that didn't stop her from opening the barrel to check how many she had left. Only 3 bullets left, and little to no experience using the gun. She would have to use them wisely. She closed the barrel and looked up to see Ardeth reloading his large gun with expertise. When their eyes met, she couldn't help but feel subconscious and looked away first.

"Fallon-" Ardeth began to say. Fallon looked at him hopefully, not quite sure what she wanted him to say, but perhaps anything just to hear him say it to calm her nerves.

More scratchy moans were heard from another corridor and every snapped their heads and gazes to it. Ardeth turned to Rick and Jonathon.

"Keep digging," he ordered them and then started to walk towards the tunnel. Rick and Jonathon dug even faster and harder. Ardeth didn't go inside, instead as the mummies started turning the corner towards their room, Ardeth shot the bullets nonstop into them. Kelly had grabbed Fallon by the arm to pull her back and away from the firing bullets. The mummies were getting injured, bits of their dusty flesh and wrappings flying off them. It was hindering their progress getting to them, but it wasn't enough as they still kept limping towards them. When Ardeth ran out of bullets, he chucked his gun at them. Then he grabbed out his scimitar, reading to plunge head first into the action.

"Kill the Creature! Save the girl!" He cried. Fallon snatched his arm before he could jet off into the corridor.

"Wait, you don't have to go in there!" Fallon told him, her eyebrows knitted together in concern.

"I have to hold them off until they find the Book," Ardeth explained.

"I understand, but I'm asking you not to," Fallon said. She could feel tears start to form in her eyes, and this time she let them form without feeling guilty about them. "There's...we can take them on here. We almost have it."

"There's too many of them and I have to ensure that you all get out with the book to kill the Creature," Ardeth said.

"Yes, but there's no guarantee that you'll come back," Fallon told him.

"You have to do this," Ardeth replied.

"I'm not leaving here without you," Fallon argued, stepping forward and shoving his sword down to his side. She hadn't realized how close she had gotten to him, their faces only inches away from the other. And once more, she didn't care.

"With or without me," Ardeth started to say, his eyes searching hers, "you will succeed and live, Fallon." He brought a hand up to her face, and for a split second cupped it and stroked her cheek with his thumb, wiping away a feathery light tear that had somehow managed to escape her eye. Then he pulled back and ran headlong into the corridor, giving out a prolonged war cry and hacking away at the priests.

Ardeth!" Fallon screamed. She would have run right in after him if Kelly hadn't grabbed her by the shoulders to hold her back.

"Go!" Ardeth cried. The mummies crowded around him until he was consumed within the mass of bodies, letting out screams of pain.

"Get back!" Rick suddenly cried from behind them.

They turned and saw a handful of mummies coming from another corridor they hadn't checked. But a cloud of salty mist sprayed them from within the base of the statue. The priests let out ghastly screams as the fronts of them began to melt and crumble away. Rick and Jonathon pushed them away and grabbed out the large chest from within the base. Fallon ran to help them and when they opened the box they all gasped with wonder, golden light glowing up at them.

"The Book of Amun-Ra," Jonathon breathed, taking it into his arms.

"We need to go," Rick announced. He broke out another stick of dynamite and a match. Once he lit it he threw it against a wall next to the corridor Ardeth had gone into.

"What are you doing?! Ardeth is in there!" Fallon shrieked. Rick and Kelly held her back as the dynamite exploded, and the corridor that Ardeth was in, was now blocked by stone, dust, and smoke.

"Come on, Fallon, we need to get to Evy," Kelly reasoned with her, holding her back from running to the caved in corridor.

"ARDETH!" Fallon screamed once more. She knew she wouldn't hear a response, but it still comforted her that he might be alive somewhere in there and able to hear her.

"Come on!" Kelly urged, yanking on Fallon's arm. Fallon finally resigned and let Kelly drag her out of the chamber.

I know it's a short one. It just felt right to end it right there. Only two more chapters left to write. Thank you all for following it this far, especially since this was my first published fanfiction. There is nothing I love more than The Mummy, and writing fanfiction for it is something that I have always loved to keep me in touch with it regularly.

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