Trapped Alive!

Summary- A year later, during an excavation with the O'Connell family, Jonathan and Samantha get caught in a landslide which traps them in the Temple of Bast. With Samantha badly injured and unwell, father and daughter learn even more about each others lives while trying to escape.

I would like to thank everyone who's reviewed and/or read my story so far. I love you all.

P.S. I'm sorry if this story seems rushed, but I have a lot of college work and I've got another two Mummy stories to write.

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Chapter Nine- The Judgement of Samantha.

A bright, white light filled Samantha's vision as she opened her eyes. She felt herself floating in the light, then she felt herself falling slowly into a stone chamber. As she landed on her feet, she saw high alters surrounding her.

In front of her was a giant stone door, with a smaller alter in front of it. As Sam edged closer to the door, she felt a presence behind her. As she spun around, she saw a woman who she hasn't seen since she was ten. A Eygptain woman stood in front of her, wearing the red dress she had on, when she first whent out with Jonathan. Her bushy brown hair blew in the breeze of the chamber and her brown eyes glamed with recognition.

"Samantha, my darling" She held out her arms and enveloped her daughter in a hug "Mom, I have missed you so" When they parted, They sat down on some rocks and talked about Sam's life "Dad's been taking good care of me, and I've got a new step-mom. She's nice, but she'll never replace you"

Sheba smiled "That's good then, I'm glad your father has moved on" then she looked over to the main alter by the stone door. Samantha also looked in that direction, and puzzled asked her mother what's going on "You are here to be judged by the Gods to see if you can take your place in the afterlife"

Samantha jumped off her rocks angerily and yelled "I can't go to the afterlife yet, I can't leave my family like that" Suddenly, A booming voice echoed in the chamber "Samantha Carnahan. You are here to be judged by the god Osiris. If your heart is lighter then the feather of Ma'at, your soul may pass on to the afterlife. If it isn't, your heart will be eaten and you may never pass"

A puff of smoke appeared and a man with green skin, wrapped in white dressings was sitting on a stone throne. He had a crook in one hand and a frail in the other. By the small stone alter, there was a man with the head of an ibis, writing something down on a piece of papyra paper. A golden scale set appeared in front of Osiris with a feather on one of the scales, beside it was a man with a jackel head who was ready to measure the results.

Samantha saw her heart appear on the other scale and saw it moving upwards slowly, until it finally got to the top. Anubis told Thoth about the result and Osiris smiled down at her "Congratulations young lady. You have earned the chance to go on to the afterlife"

"But I don't want to go on, I want to go back home to my family. Please" Osiris looked down on her with pity "I'm sorry, but once you've been jugded you must go on" Sam sat down near the throne and started crying, she knew there was some way to go back and she knew she'd never find it.

"My lord, Osiris. Look at the scales" A bright light came from an object on the higher scale, Sam's heart was glowing. When the glowing stopped, the heart had turned a solid gold. The three Gods looked in shock, then turned to the young girl "How did you do that?"

"I'm not sure, I was thinking about my family. I would love to back to them so badly" A crack of thunder came from by the throne, and a falcon headed God walked over to them. Ra smiled down at Samantha "Hello, young Aziza. How is your father, Rashidi and your mother, Femi?"

Sam looked down to the floor sadly and Ra realised the mistake he made "Oh, I'm so sorry. If there is anyway I could help you, please let me know" she nodded, but continued to look at the floor. Ra walked over to Osiris and asked what was going on "My lord, Ra. She has the heart of gold, she is the one from legend"

"I'm sorry, what legend am I from?" Sam asked suddenly intrested "It is said that there is one person who will always come back from the dead and also bring others back from the dead, without any spells or the book of the dead. They also have the power of healing, can heal themselves and others they love"

Samantha smiled as an idea crossed her mind "Does that mean...I can go back?" Ra smiled at her and nodded. He walked down to her and held her hand "Now listen to me and lsiten well, do not tell anyone about this gift apart from your family. Some people out there will kill for your gift, or kill your loved ones. They will use your gifts for evil. Do you promise me?"

Samantha nodded and promised and turned around to her mother, who watched the entire thing "Mother, if you want to, I could bring you back with me" Sheba shook her head "No, you now have a new mother to look after you, my time has come and gone. Take care of Jonathan for me, he hasn't been having the best of luck. I'm so sorry about my act of Jealousy"

Sam hugged her "If you hadn't have had that act, I would never have met the rest of my family. I will miss you so much, but it's so good to see you again" Ra coughed and asked "Are you ready, Aziza?"

Sam let go of her mother and moved towards him "Yes, what must I do?" "Go towards the light and you will wake up back in your body. You will still be hurt, but I'm sure you will use your new gift to heal yourself"

"How can I do that?" Sam asked "It will come to you naturally, my dear" They hugged and Sam said goodbye to Anubis, Osiris and Thoth and walked into the light.

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A bright light made Samantha shut her eyes again. Slowly, she opened them to find she was back in her tent, lying on her cot. She turned her head to see Jonathan lying down near her, his face tear-stained. His hands were bandaged more heavily on one hand, two fingers taped together.

She tried sitting up, but the pain mada her utter a moan of pain. Jonathan mumbled something in his sleep that sounded like 'Sam, please come back...'. Tears formed in her eyes and she called out to him, making him move to his side and mutter 'Sam?'

"Yes, dad. Please open your eyes and see" He sat up and stared in disbelief at the sight in front of him. Samantha, though pale and still clearly in pain, was awake and alive "No, it can't be true, I held you while you died"

Tears welled up in her eyes at those words "Please, dad. I am alive, please believe me" Jon couldn't help but brake down at that plea, getting up and gathering his daughter in his arms.

"I'm so sorry, Sam. It's just... seeing you alive after what happened. I... it's just shock really, but I am happy now you are back with us now" Samantha was quietly sobbing at this point, until she saw his injured hand again "Dad, what happened to your fingers?"

He looked down and gave a low chuckle "Oh, it was my way of letting out some anguish and anger. Two of them are broken, but they'll heal soon" She laughed as well, while saying "Bloody idiot" causing Jon to laugh more.

Then a bright light came from Sam's eyes, causing Jonathan to gasp from shock and relief. He could feel his strengh coming back, bones and cuts healing. When the light stopped, he saw that all of his daughter's wounds have healed, not a scratch on her.

The bright light bought the others from outside the tent, with looks of disbelief on their faces as well. They saw Sam getting up without any pain showing on her face, but she did stumble a bit "Samantha, wait. You still could be a bit weak" Jon said as he caught her.

She shook her head "No, I'm only weak from healing us. It must take some of my strengh to do so" 'Thank you Ra, for leaving that out' She thought to herself.

"Healed us? how?" her father asked with a puzzled look on his face, the others also had the same expression "Well, when I died, I was judged by Osiris, Anubis and Thoth. They weighed my heart on the Scales of Truth and my heart weighed less then the feather of Ma'at. I was given the chance to go to the afterlife, but I wanted to come back home to you guys" Everyone nodded to tell her they were understanding her so far.

"Well, my heart started glowing gold and they were all shocked and puzzled at what was happening. Then, Ra appeared and called me Aziza" She smiled as she remembered her past life "He told me I was in a legend. I was this person who could never die, who could heal who I wish and bring back to life who I wish. That's why I healed us, that's why I came back, because of this legend"

Everyone looked dumbstruck again as they let the infomation sink in. "But, you guys have got to promise me you will not tell a soul, you will keep it in this family only. Dad, you can tell mom, but no-one else. Promise me" She pleded. Everyone promisedand saw Samantha's eyelids getting heavy. They moved out of the tent to let her sleep, even Jonathan left her to her sleep.

"Wait, dad. There's something I need to tell you" He motioned to the others that he would follow them, and sat next to his daughter "I saw my real mom while being judged" His face became sober as he asked "What did she say?"

"She said she was sorry about what happened that night, and she asked me to look after you because you haven't been having very good luck lately. I have told her about Sarah and she is pleased for you" Jon smiled at this "At least I got to say goodbye and see her again one last time"

"Yes, well it's time for you to get some sleep. We'll talk more about it in the morning" She nodded and let sleep take over her. Jonathan stroked a strand of hair of her forehead and went outside, trying to work out what she said about her new gifts.

He sat with the others around the campfire where they were talking about Sam's new gifts "Listen everyone, we must never tell anyone about this. We must keep it between ourselves and Sarah and no-one else. We never know who would want to use them from evil" Everyone agreed and went into their seperate tents.

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Ra looked down at the campsite and "Well, at least I can trust her family to look after her. But, I will keep a watch over her just in case" Then he dissappeared, knowing everything will be alright.

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Finished! Big chapter, with a promise of a sequal! I would to thank who reviewed this story, and who gave me ideas for it as well. Now, I will finish off my other two stories now. From chugirl2526.