A Lost Love
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"Hi, Winston." I heard Rick say as me and Jonathan sat at the bar back in Cairo
"Ye- Uh- You know, O'Connell. Ever since the end of the great war... there hasn't been a single challenge...worthy of a man like me." The old man told him
"Yeah? We all got our little problems today, Winston." Rick told him sitting in between me and Jonathan
"I just wish I could have chucked it in with the others... and gone down in flame and glory...instead of sitting around here...rotting of,"
"Boredom and booze." Both Winston and Rick said at the same time and the man took Jonathan's drink from him
"Cheers. Mmm. Mmm. Oh, well, back to the airfield." Winston told us and left
"Tell me, has your sister always been-" Rick started to ask us
"Oh, yes, always." I answered
"We're alI packed up, but the damn boat doesn't leave till tomorrow morning." Henderson says walking over with Daniels
"Tail set firmly between your legs, I see." Jonathan mentioned to him
"You can talk. You don't have some sacred walkin' corpse after ya."
"So, uh, how's your friend?" I asked Daniels
"He had his eyes and tongue ripped out. How would you be?" He asked and walked away
"Good luck, boys and...girl." Henderson says as we clink our shot glasses then as I poured mine into my mouth I quickly spit it out as did everyone else, "Sweet Jesus! Tasted just like-"
"Blood." Rick said walking over to the fountain
"And the rivers and waters of Egypt ran red...and were as blood." I quoted
"He's here." Rick tells us and I looked at Jonathan
As Rick went off to find Evy I went with Jonathan and Henderson to get Daniels when suddenly fire balls started raining from the sky, "Come on!" I yelled at the others and we heard a roaring noise come from upstairs so we ran to it and into the room Rick and Evy were in seeing the mummy going towards Rick as he shot at it but the mummy was unaffected. It pushed Rick back making him land into us and we fell to the ground, I then see the mummy move towards Evy, I went to get up pulling out the sword I still had from that rider but I heard a cat meow and the mummy looked at in then roared turning into sand then disappeared out the window.
"We are in very serious trouble." Rick says
"He does seem to like you Evy." Jonathan pointed out as we walked through the storage area of the museum to find Dr. Bey.
"Yeah, what's that about?" Rick asked
"What's this guy want anyway?" Henderson asked as well
"There's only one person that can give us any answers." Evy says and we turned the corner seeing Dr. Bey standing there with the rider who attacked our camp, the one I fought, "You!" Evy exclaimed as Rick and the others drew their guns.
"Miss Carnahan, Rosaleigh, Gentlemen." Dr. Bey greeted
"What is he doing here?" Evy asked him and I noticed the rider look at me for a moment then eyed his sword that was by my side.
"Do you really want to know, or would you prefer to just shoot us?"
"After what I just saw...I'm willing to go on a little faith here." Rick told him and they put their guns away.
"We are part of an ancient secret society. For over 3,000 years, we have guarded the City of the Dead. We are sworn at manhood to do any and alI in our power to stop the High Priest Imhotep...from being reborn into this world." Dr. Bey told us as we all gathered around.
"Because of you, we have failed." The rider who's name we learned was Ardeth mentioned looking at Evy.
"You think this justifies the killing of innocent people?" She asked them
"To stop this creature? Let me think."
"Yes!" Dr. Bey and Ardeth both answered
"Question: Why doesn't he like cats?" Rick asked
"Cats are the guardians of the underworld." I told him and both Dr. Bey and Ardeth looked at me
"That is correct. He will fear them until he is fully regenerated." Dr. Bey says
"Then he will fear nothing." Ardeth added
"You know how he gets hisself fully regenerated?" Daniels asked us
"By killin' everyone who opened that chest." Henderson answered
"And suckin' 'em dry that's how!" Daniels adds
"Jonathan, will you stop playing with that?" Evy told him as he sat in the chariot playing with a bow, "When I saw him alive at Hamunaptra, he called me Anck-su-namun." She tells them and I saw Dr. Bey and Ardeth share a look, "And then just now in Mr. Burn's quarters, h-he tried to kiss me."
"It's because of his love for Anck-su-namun that he was cursed. Apparently, even after 3,000 years-" Dr. Bey started to mention
"He is still in love with her." Ardeth finished and I saw him give me a quick glance
"Yes, that is very romantic, but what has it got to do with me?" Evy asked them
"Perhaps he will once again try to raise her from the dead." Ardeth pointed out looking at Dr. Bey
"And it appears he has already chosen his human sacrifice." Dr. Bey adds and they both look at Evy.
"Bad luck, old mum." Jonathan says and I shoot him a glare.
"On the contrary, it may just give us the time we need...to kill the creature." Dr. Bey mentioned and I see Ardeth look up.
"We will need all the help we can get. His powers are growing." Ardeth said and we all look up seeing the moon go over the sun.
"And he stretched forth his hand towards the heavens and there was darkness throughout the land of Egypt." I quoted.
"We must stop him from regenerating. Who opened that chest?" Evy asked as we gathered in Mr. Burns quarters.
"There was me and Daniels here. And Burns, of course." Henderson answered
"And that Egyptologist fellow." Daniels added
"What about my buddy Beni?" Rick asked them
"No, he scrammed outta there 'fore we opened the thing." Daniels told him
"Yeah, he was the smart one." Henderson adds
"Well, that sounds like Beni."
"We must find the Egyptologist and bring him back to the safety of the fort...before the creature can get to him." I pointed out
"Right. You two stay here." Rick indicated to me and Evy, "You three, come with me." He said to the others and they all started to argue with him
"You can't leave me behind like some old carpetbag. Who put you in charge?" Evy asked him moving around the table the Rick walked over to her picking her up, "O'Connell, what do you think you are doing?" She asked him as he brought her into the bedroom, "Jonathan! Rose! O'Connell!" She yells again
"Sorry, but he's a bit... tall." Jonathan told her as Rick walked back out and shut the door then locked it.
"Coward that you are! O'Connell, you are not leaving me in here! Jonathan, if you don't open this door in one minute flat-O'Connell, let me out of here."
"This door doesn't open. She doesn't come out, and no one goes in, right?" Rick asked Daniels after pulling him over to the door.
"Right."
"Right?" He asked Henderson
"Right."
"O'Connell! Jonathan! Rose!" Evy continued shouting.
"I'm going with you." I said to Rick standing up and he looked at me, "Before you say it, I am going. We need to stop this and I wanna help. It's either I go with you or I go by myself." I tell him and he sighed
"Fine. Let's go, Jonathan."
"Oh, I thought I could just stay at the fort and, uh, reconnoiter..." Jonathan began to say
"Now!"
"Yeah, right. We're just gonna rescue the Egyptologist." Jonathan says and we left.
"Well, well, well. Let me guess. Spring cleaning." Rick said as we walked into the archeologists office seeing papers everywhere and Beni digging through the drawers. Once he saw Rick he tried to run but Rick picked up a chair and threw it at Beni knocking him down.
"Nice shot." Jonathan says as Rick went over to Beni and grabbed him.
"Oh, Beni, did you fall down? Let me help you up." Rick told him shoving Beni against a cabinet, "You came back from the desert with a new friend, didn't you, Beni?"
"What friend? You are my only friend." Beni said and Rick carried him over to a desk and slammed him down on it.
"What the hell are you doing with this creep? What's in it for you?" Rick asked him
"It is better to be the right hand of the devil than in his path. As long as I serve him, I am immune."
"Immune from what?" Rick asked
"Piszkas allat."
"What did you say?" Rick asked tightening his grip.
"I don't wanna tell you. You'll just hurt me some more."
"He called you a dirty animal." I said and Rick looked at me, "What? I speak Hungarian."
"What are you looking for? And try not to lie to me." Rick asked moving Beni to the middle of the room then lifted him up to the moving ceiling fan.
"The book! The black book they found at Hamunaptra. He wants it back. He said to me it would be worth its weight in gold."
"What does he want the book for?" I asked him as Rick lowered him down
"I don't know." He said and Rick raised him back up, "Something about bringing his dead girlfriend back to life. But that's all. He just wants the book, I swear. Just the book, I swear. And your sister. But other than that-" Beni says and we hear a scream from outside. Beni kneed Rick in the gut and ran away then we looked outside seeing people gathered around a robed figure and they moved back, we see the dead body of the archeologist on the ground and the figure turned to look at us, he wasn't just a mummy anymore, he was starting to become whole again. He opened his mouth sending a swarm of bees around the village and at us then Rick and Jonathan closed the shades.
"That's two down, two to go." Rick pointed out
"Then he'll be coming after Evy." I added.
We get back to the room and see that Daniels is gone and Hendersons dead, shriveled up body was on the ground. Rick burst into the bedroom Evy is in and we see the creature kissing Evy, "Hey, get your ugly face off of her!" Rick yelled and the creature stood up as Evy rolled off the bed and he started to come towards us, "Look what I got." Rick says and held up a cat causing the creature to back off and once again turn into sand then go out the window.
"You all right?" Rick asked Evy as she sat up from the side of the bed.
"Well, I'm not sure." Jonathan says and I shook my head.
"Well, according to legend, the black book the Americans found at Hamunaptra...is supposed to bring people back from the dead." Evy says as we walk up the stairs in the museum following Ardeth and Dr. Bey to a piece of art that will tell us where to find the other book, "Until now it was a notion I was unwilling to believe."
"Believe it, sister. That's what brought our buddy back to life." Rick tells her
"I'm thinking that if the black book can bring dead people to life-"
"Then maybe the gold book can kill him." I added as we continued walking up the stairs.
"That's the myth. Now we just have to find out where the gold book is hidden." She says as we reached the top.
"Imhotep. Imhotep." We hear from outside and move over to the window seeing a big crowd of people marching towards the museum.
"Last but not least...my favorite plague-boils and sores." I mentioned
"They have become his slaves. So it has begun, the beginning of the end." Ardeth says from beside me.
"Not quite yet, it hasn't. Come on." Evy tells us and we move over to the stone, "According to Bembridge scholars, the golden Book of Amun-Ra...is located inside the statue of Anubis."
"That's where we found the black book." Daniels says to her
"Exactly."
"Looks like the old boys at Bembridge were mistaken." Jonathan pointed out
"They mixed the books up. Mixed up where they were buried. So if the black book is inside the statue of Anubis...then the golden book must be inside-" Evy said then the doors of the museum bust open and the crowd pours in.
"Come on, Evy. Faster." Jonathan tells her
"Patience is a virtue."
"Not right now it isn't." Rick says
"Uh, I think I'll go and get the car started." Jonathan says and takes off
"Jonathan!" I quietly yelled at him
"I've got it. The golden Book of Amun-Ra is at Hamunaptra inside the statue of Horus. Take that, Bembridge scholars." Evy tells us
"Time to go." I said and we all headed down the stairs and outside running over to the car.
"Let's go, let's go, let's go! Get this thing in gear, boy. Let's get outta here." Daniels says to Jonathan running ahead of us.
"Evy! Come on, Evy. Hurry up." Jonathan tells her and Rick helped her into the car, I fell a pair of hands on my waist then I was lifted in. I turned to see Ardeth get in after me sitting down in the seat behind me.
"Imhotep!" Beni yells seeing us
"You're gonna get yours, Beni! You hear me? You're gonna get yours!" Rick said to him as we drive away with a crowd of people following us. Suddenly Jonathan brings the car to a stop and we see more people in front of us, we sat there for a moment then Rick pushed his foot on the gas peddle moving us forward towards the crowd and they started to grab onto the car trying to grab at us. I didn't want to use the sword I had on them because they were still innocent. They continued to try and get us but I punched one then another grabbed me followed by another, I got the one off but before I could get the other he was pulled off of me and Ardeth pushed him off the car. I gave him a nod then I hear Daniels screaming from the back and I see a couple men pull him off, I went to move forward but Ardeth stopped me. Just then we crash into a water bin, Ardeth gets out and I grabbed the sword taking his hand that he offered and we all run towards a part of the market that had no exit.
"Imhotep. Imhotep." The crowd chants as they stop in front of us then the creature, now fully regenerated, walks through them towards us.
"It's the creature. He's fully regenerated." Dr. Bey says
"Keetah mi pharos...aja nilo, isirian." The creature said to Evy
"Come with me, my princess. It is time to make you mine forever." Beni translated and I rolled my eyes
"For all eternity, idiot." I tell him and he looked down thinking about it
"Koontash dai na...aja nilo."
"Take my hand...and I will spare your friends. " Beni says
"Oh, dear. Have you got any bright ideas?" Evy asked Rick
"I'm thinkin', I'm thinkin'."
"You better think of something fast, because if he turns me into a mummy... you're the first one I'm coming after." Evy told him and move towards Imotep, I tried to stop her but Jonathan stopped me as Rick pulled out his gun.
"Don't!" She says and looked at him, "He has to take me to Hamunaptra to perform the ritual."
"She is right. Live today, fight tomorrow." Ardeth says to Rick, he hesitated then put his gun away.
"I'll be seeing you again." Rick said to Imotep and they begin to walk away, "Evelyn!" Rick says trying to move forward again but Ardeth stopped him and Beni walked over to Jonathan taking the key from him
"Hey, that's mine."
"Thank you." Beni said and followed, Imotep says something to the crowd and they began to move towards us again.
"No! Let go of me!"
"Imhotep." They chanted
"Let go of me!"
"Good-bye, my friend." Beni said to Rick
"Come here, you little-"
"Imhotep. Imhotep." The crowd continued to chant then Rick threw his torch at them then pulled a sewer cover over grabbing Jonathan.
"Come on!"
"What about my sister?" He asked Rick
"We're gonna get her back! Go!" He told Jonathan who went down into the hole then he pulled me to it, "You too."
"No wait!" I yelled but I was forced to go in
"Are you alright?" Jonathan asked me but it was dark and I couldn't see him
"We need to get Evy."
"We will Rose don't worry." He told me then someone else came down causing me to jump, but from the shadow I saw that it was Ardeth, then shortly after Rick joined us.
"Come on let's go." He says and we try to make our way threw the sewer.
"Where are we?" Rick asked as we continued to walk using only Jonathan's lighter as light.
"I want to say that we are somewhere under the museum." I mentioned
"So that means there should be another man hole cover somewhere." He said and I tripped over something bumping into Ardeth
"Sorry." I tell him and I faintly see him look at me.
"It is alright."
"Oh um here," I said and held up the sword, he reached for it but with the lack of light he touched my hand. For some reason it sent electricity through my body then he grabbed the sword, "Sorry for um..taking it from you."
"Do not be sorry. You fought well that night, you are a strong woman."
"Yeah, a strong woman who let some powerful creature take her baby sister." I point out
"We will get her back, and stop the creature." He says then stopped, "Here," He said and handed the sword back to me, "Keep it, it'll help protect you in the battle that is approaching."
I hesitated for a moment then took the sword, but I noticed it was inside a sheath this time and I looked at him then put it through the belt on my pants, "Thank you." I tell him and we continue to follow the others.