A lost Love: Found
A/n: Welcome back my fellow readers :) if you are new here I encourage you to check out my first story called A Lost Love. I will try yo make this last a little longer then my last on, it's just so different for me cause I'm used to doing TV shows lol. Well anyways I hope you enjoy :) Happy Reading.
Five thousand years ago...a fierce warrior known as the Scorpion King...led a great army on a campaign...to conquer the known world. After a vicious campaign which lasted seven long years...the Scorpion King and his army were defeated...and driven deep into the sacred desert of Ahm Shere. One by one, they slowly perished Under the scorching sun...until only the great warrior himself was left alive. Near death...the Scorpion King made a pact with the dark god Anubis...that if Anubis would spare his life... and let him conquer his enemies...he would give him his soul. Anubis accepted his offer And spared his life. Anubis gave the Scorpion King Command of his army... and like an evil flood, they washed away...all that lay before them. When his task was done... Anubis forced the Scorpion King to serve him for all time. His army was returned to the sands from whence they came...where they wait, silently...to be awakened once again.
8 Years Later...
It's been 8 years since Hamunaptra, since Evy, Jonathan and Rick deafeated Imotep. Rick and Evy were now married with an 8 year old son named Alex, Jonathan wel..he was continuing to spend his money one either women or booze, as for me, I tagged along on the digs Evy would do, mostly just to keep an eye on Alex but also to help Evy out and make sure she doesn't raise anymore dead people.
"Alexander O'Connell where did you wonder off to?" I asked him as he walked back into the temple where I was in.
"Just looking around." He told me, he was certainly his parents son that was for sure.
"Well you need to stay where I can see you. You never know what kind of scary things are lurking in these halls." I said getting closer and he chuckled at me.
"Nice try aunt Rose."
I sighed hanging my head then looked at him, "Can't blame me for trying." I mentioned and ruffled his hair.
"Hey."
"Alright I have an idea, you go over there and I'll go over here and we can see who will find the coolest thing in here. Deal?" I asked him and he smiled
"Deal" He says and ran over to the other side of the room. I chuckled then turned around heading to the other side. That little boy was a menace but at least we bonded like we should, and I loved it. I ended up wondering into a hall and peaked back around the corner seeing Alex look through some stuff so I continued looking. Something about this place seemed familiar, like I had seen it in a dream. Speaking of dreams that's the only reason we are here, Evy has been having similar dreams and unlike Rick I kind of began to believe her, especially when my own started. I put my hand on the wall walking along side it then everything changed in front of me. I looked around and the hall now had gold walls, plants everywhere, fancy chairs and curtains blowing in the wind. I seen a figure walking down the hall in front of me with long black hair, a gold and white dress, and a gold and jeweled head piece but I couldn't see their face. The figure came towards me but then stopped, looked around then went down another hall, I went to follow when suddenly the whole place started to shake and I was brought back to the crumpled palace.
"Evy what did you do?" I asked myself and ran back to the room Alex was in seeing the pillars in the room knocked down in a circle around him and he looked at me, "Like mother like son." I said then one of the pillars that was leaning against the wall started to push on it more so me and Alex went over to try and hold it, silly I know, but hey gotta try something, "Alex move it's gonna go." I tell him pulling my nephew away and the pillar smashed into the wall, water came pouring out so we ran then I saw Rick and Evy come sliding across the ground coughing up water.
"Mom? Dad? I can explain everything." Alex says and I stiffled a laugh.
After we got back to our house, or well mansion I should say, I got my bags out of the car and headed inside with Rick and Evy as Rick carried her bags and Alex ran inside.
"l think the bracelet is some sort of guide...to the lost oasis of Ahm Shere." Evy says as we walked into the house.
"Evy, I know what youre thinking...and the answers no. We just got home." Rick told her setting the bags down and I chuckled
"Thats the beauty of it. Were already packed."
"Why dont you just give me one good reason?" Rick asked her
"Its just an oasis...darling. A beautiful...exciting...romantic...oasis." Evy says and I groaned
"Alright you two, before I hurl I'm gonna head up and shower." I tell them and carried my bag up the stairs and into my room. It seemed weird to me that I lived with my sister and her family along with Jonathan but this way I could go on adventures. After I set my bag down on the bed I opened it up and pulled out Ardeth's sword, I sighed and looked at it, it's been a while since I saw him last, we occasionally bumped into each other when we went on a dig and he was there doing Medjai business, talked a few times to catch up then he would leave. We never really talked about the kiss, or should I say kisses that we shared. When we would run into each other I would catch him looking at me and give a small smile but that was mostly it. Was it silly holding a torch for a man who lived out in the dessert with his tibe? Maybe, but there was something about him, something that drew me to him.
I set the sword back in its holder that I had next to the bed then gathered up some clean clothes, walked into the wash room and showered. After I was done I walked back into my room ringing out my hair when I heard a squawking sound. I turned to my window seeing a hawk sitting there, "Odd." I said to myself and walked over to the bird seeing something on it's leg. I pulled it off and read the message that was there.
Grab the sword, be ready.
I looked around outside confused then rubbed the hawk's chest, "Go on." I told it and it flew away. I went back over to where my sword was, just then my bedroom door burst open and I saw two men standing there then they came towards me. I grabbed the sword and began to fight them taking both on them down then a few more came in, same thing, I fought them taking them down.
"Impressive," I heard someone say and I raised my sword at the man that walked in, "For a women." He said and 4 more men joined him.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?" I asked him
"I'm here to retreive something, and you are going to help me."
"Like hell." I tell him and he chuckled
"Oh I'm afraid you won't have a choice unless you would like me to kill the woman and her child downstairs." He said and I gripped my sword handle then lowered it, "Good girl." He gestured to a man behind him and he came towards me, grabbed me and the took my sword then we all walked out of my room and down to where Evy and Alex were, "Good evening." The ma says to Evy as we walk around the corner and I looked at her and mouthed I'm sorry to her.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Evy asked him
"Im looking for the chest, of course." He told her and Alex grabbed the chest moving behind Evy, "Give it to me now." He demaded and Evy went over pulling out oone of the many swords we have and pointed it at him
"Let my sister go and get out of my house."
"Whoa, Mom. Maybe not the best idea." Alex says to her
"Alex, get back there." She told him and more of the men came in behind us.
"Definitely not the best idea. I think its time to yell for Dad now."
"I will kill you and take it anyway." The man says to her
"I think not." I heard a familiar voice say and I saw Ardeth walk into the room as the men behind me drew their swords and Ardeth looked at me.
"Ardeth. What are you doing here?" Evy asked him
"Perhaps explanations are best kept for later."
"Ardeth Bay." The man next to me said to him
"Lock-Nah." He greeted back and I could hear the anger in his voice, "You will let her go and leave this place. Now."
"I don't think so." Lock-Nah tells him and I looked back at Ardeth, he gave me a subtle motion with eyes and I turned my eyes down the look at my sword in my capters hand. When I looked back at Ardeth he nodded his head and I quickly grabbed the mans hands twisting itand making him cry out in pain making him drop my sword. I ducked as another one of the men swung his sword at me, I kicked him in the gut grabbing my sword moving over to Ardeth raising it up. Lock-Nah ordered something to the other men and Ardeth whipped off the cover of his robes and the men came towards me, him and Evy and we began fighting them. I had two men fighting me and I kept dodging their attacks, I knocked one man's sword out of his hands then hit him in the face with the hilt of the sword then swung my foot up kicking him in the head. Just then the other man grabbed me by the hair, but before I could do anything I heard him make a grunt noise then turned seeing Ardeth behind him with his sword through him, I nodded thanks then continued fighting a couple others.
"What's in the chest?" Ardeth asked us.
"The bracelet of Anubis!" Evy answered as the three of us take on our attackers, I see one of them try and grab the chest from Alex then tossed him to the ground, I did a cartwheel kicking my attacker in the face then grabbed the man in front of Alex killing him. Seriously? Where did I learn that? I thought to myself.
"Get over there and stay." I tell Alex pushing him next to a book shelf when a sword came swinging at me and I dodged it doing a back flip then stabbed him. I see Lock-Nah go towards Ardeth as I contiued fighting my attacker.
"They must not get the bracelet. Get it and get out of here!" Ardeth yells
"Mom, look out!" I hear Alex yell and I watched a man go at her knocking her out.
"Evelyn!" Ardeth yells
"Evy!" I yelled too taking down my attacker just as Lock-Nah sliced Ardeth's shoulder and knocked him away. Ardeth rolled over to the wall by me and Lock-Nah threw a knife at him but Ardeth ducked and they leave, "Alex!" I yelled rushing over to him and pulled him into a hug, "Are you okay?" I asked him
"What about mum?"
"We'll get her back I promise." I tell him and Ardeth walked over, I stood up and looked at him then his shoulder, "Are you o-"
"I am fine. We must go." He said cutting me off and we ran outside seeing Rick and Jonathan hiding behind a statue in the driveway.
"Dad! Dad!" Alex yells running over to him and Jonathan looked at me checking me over, I nodded and told him I was fine.
"Are you all right?" Rick asked Alex
"Yeah."
"O'Connell." Ardeth says and Rick grabbed him pushing him against the statue.
"What the hell are you doing here? Scratch that. I dont care. Who are those guys and where are they taking my wife?"
"My friend, Im not sure...but wherever this man is...your wife will surely be." Ardeth tells him holding up a picture that Alex takes from him
"Hey, I know him. Hes the curator. He works at the British Museum."
"Are you sure?" Ardeth asked him
"Better believe him. He spends more time there than he does at home." Rick said and we make our way to Rick's car.
"Okay, you're here. The bad guys are here. Evy`s been kidnapped. Let me guess.." I began to say.
"Yes. They once again removed the creature from his grave." Ardeth says
"I dont't mean to point fingers, but isnt it your job to make sure that doesnt happen?" Jonathan asked him.
"That woman with him knows things, things no living person could possibly know. She knew exactly where the creature was buried. We hoped she would lead us to the bracelet. She obviously did. Now they have it."
"I wouldnt get too nervous just yet." Alex says pulling up the sleeve of his shirt and there was a hug gold bracelet on his arm.
"Is that gold?" Jonathan asked and I smacked his arm.
"When I stuck it on, I saw the pyramids at Giza. Then whoosh- straight across the desert to Karnak." Alex tells us
"You have started a chain reaction that could bring about the next apocalypse." Ardeth says and I shook my head.
"You, lighten up." Rick said to him, "You, big trouble." He says to Alex, "You two, get in the car." He tells me and Jonathan and we all pile in.
"I am sorry if I alarmed your son, but you must understand. Now that the bracelets on we only have seven days before the Scorpian king awakens." Ardeth says to Rick as we head to the museum.
"We? What we?" Rick asked him
"If he is not killed, he will raise the Army of Anubis."
"I take it thats not a good thing." Jonathan says
"Oh, he'll wipe out the world." Rick pointed out
"The old ""wipe out the world`` ploy."
"Who never can kill the Scorpion King... can send his army back to the Underworld...or use it to destroy mankind and rule the Earth." Ardeth mentioned
"They dug up Imhotep `cause hes tough enough to take out the Scorpion King." I said and Ardeth looked at me.
"That is their plan." He replied and we pull up to the museum
"Alex, I got a big job for you. Stay here and protect the car." Rick told him
"I could do that." Jonathan says and I rolled my eyes.
"Protect the car? Come on. Just because Im a kid doesnt mean I'm stupid." Alex says to Rick who ruffles his hair
"I know."
"Dad!" Alex groaned
"If you see anyone come running out screaming, it`s just me." Jonathan says
"Maybe you should stay here and watch him." Rick tells him
"Now youre talking."
"Rose-" Rick started to say
"Don't even say it. I'm coming." I tell him and get out then him and Ardeth followed going to the trunk of the car and Rick opened a box full of guns.
"You want the shotgun?" He asked Ardeth
"No, I prefer the Thompson." He says and they grabbed their guns and I grabbed one plus a couple of pistols. Over the years I became a pretty good shooter with Rick's help, I though prefered my sword though, "If I were to say to you, Im a stranger travelling from the east...seeking that which is lost-" Ardeth started to say and before Rick answered a voice in my head said the same thing Rick says to him
"Then I would reply that I am a stranger travelling from the west it is I who you seek. Wha.."
"Then it is true, you have th sacred mark." Ardeth tells him holding up Rick's wrist.
"What that? No that got slapped on me in an orphanage in Cairo."
"That marks means you are a protector of man, a warrior for God, a Madjai." Ardeth says and I looked at Rick.
"Sorry. You've got the wrong guy."
We made our way through the museum with our guns raised when suddenly a mummy rose of out of a coffin, we moved back then one in the display case behind us banged on the glass making us jump and we see others do the same as we continued through the museum reaching the basement seeing men in red robes around Evy as the curator chanted from the book then Imotep popped out of the gel thing he was in and I tensed. We hear a door open and I looked to see a woman with dark hair walk towards them as my mind switched to seeing her walking down a golden hallway, similar to the one I saw back at crumbled palace then I was brought back as she walked up the Imotep.
"Do not be frightened." The curatot tells her
"I am not afraid." She says to him, "I am Anuck-su-numun reincarnated." She tells Imotep, Anuck-su-numun? I asked myself and looked at Ardeth who was looking forward.
"Only in body. But soon, I shall bring your soul back from the underworld and our love shall once again be whole."
"You know, a couple years ago. This would've seemed really strange to me." Rick says slapping his hand on Ardeth's shoulder and walked away from us and we stayed hidden behind the wall waiting. I hear Evy grunting and I peaked around the wall to see the men carrying her on a platform over to the fire.
"You wait. I'll put you in your grave again." She says to Imotep.
"Our thinking was, not if we put you in your grave first." The curator says and I cocked my gun.
"You bas-" Evy started to say then screamed but I heard her call Rick's name, me and Ardeth started firing at the people down below, then they started firing back and we ducked then started firing again and we moved from our spot and met up with Evy and Rick as they came up the stairs.
"Collect your bones! Gather your limbs! Shake the earth from your flesh!Your master is here!" Imotep says and we see him open a jar releasing dust that turned into mummies
"Oh, no. Not these guys again." Rick says and I feel Ardeth grab my hand and we run out of the room then run out of the museum, him and Rick open the doors while Ardeth still holds my hand.
"Where the hell's Jonathan?" Rick asked as we run back to the car and a double decker bus pulls up.
"Alex!" Evy yells and we get on the bus followed by Rick
"Whats the matter with my car?" Rick asked Jonathan
"I was forced to find an alternative means of transportation."
"A double-decker bus?" Rick asked
"It was his idea." Jonathan says pointing to Alex
"Was not!"
"Was too!"
"Just go!" Rick yelled and I threw my gun onto a seat, it was out of bullets then Jonathan started to drive as I moved back to Evy and Alex while Rick and Ardeth stayed in the back.
"No, not my car!" I hear Rick say as I faintly see the mummies follow us, "Oh, I hate mummies."
"Glad to see me now?" Ardeth asked him
"Just like old times, huh?" Rick says and headed to the upper level. I hear him shooting then one swung in where Ardeth was who quickly shot at it but the top half came back in knocking the gun out of his hands then knocked Ardeth around swinging from the poles as Ardeth tried to fight it. It got up and I saw it's nails grow then claw Ardeth's arm.
"Turn, turn! Turn! Turn!" I yelled at Jonathan who turned the bus making the mummy and Ardeth hit the side. Next thing I know I hear a thumping sound and turned to see Rick's shotgun fall onto the hood, I quickly reached my arm out and grabbed it, just as the mummy was about to claw Ardeth again I shot at it moving it back, cocked it again the fired sending it out the back window and looked at Ardeth. We hear a crashing noise from above then the bus stopped as we got on the bridge. Rick came back down and I went over to Ardeth taking off my sweater and put it on his wound.
"You all right?" Rick asked him
"This was my first bus ride." Ardeth says and I chuckled then Evy and Rick embraced each other and I rolled my eyes.
"Are you sure you're alright?" I asked him and he smiled
"I am alright habibata." He told me and I looked at him shocked then I had a vision,
Two people were standing on the side of a palace, the man had hiw hands on the woman's face, "I should go with you." The woman says to the man and he moved his face closer to her.
"It is to dangerous. I need you here safe my love." He told her and they kissed then looked at each other.
"As do I my warrior."
My warrior
"Muharabaa" I said looking away and I could feel Ardeth's eyes on me then I hear a muffled scream and saw Alex getting dragged off the bus.
"Alex!" Rick yelled as went after him followed by me, Evy and Ardeth chasing after the car that took Alex but the bridge started to go up and Rick was hanging on it.
"Please do not fear for your son, my friends. They cannot hurt him, for he wears the bracelet of Anubis." Ardeth says to Evy and Rick.
"Alex is wearing the bracelet?" Evy asked looking at Rick
"When he put it on, he said he saw the pyramids at Giza, the temple at Karnak."
"At Karnak, the bracelet will show him the next step of the journey." Ardeth adds
"If we dont get to Karnak before them, we wont know where to look for him." I pointed out.
"Seems to me...like we need a magic carpet." Rick says.