The Wizard of Hamunaptra.
Summary- A hurricane hits the London Carnahan manor and sends Evy and Alex to the magical land of Eygpt, where they will find old faces and new friends, who'll help them get home.
Disclaimer- I do not own any of the characters from The Mummy or The Mummy Returns. I would like to own Jonathan and Rick though. I only own Samantha. I also do not own any of the ideas from the Wizard of Oz.
Author's Notes- Takes place between the stories Lost and Found and Pendent of Ra.
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Chapter Three- The Wicked Witch and the Straw Adventurer.
Up in her temple in Luxor, Anck-sun-namun was looking in her magical pool, the glittering water sparkling back at her. She waved her hand over the water and saw Evy and Alex walking, or rather stumbling over the sand dunes. Her eyes narrowed in anger, but also happiness.
"So, these are the people that silly old fool of a wizard to destory me. But that's not going to happen now, is it?" She motioned her anubis warrior captain over with her finger.
"They will be going to the nearest pygmy village. Take ten of your best warriors and destory them and anyone who gets in the way" The captain bowed down low and walked out of the temple.
She looked back into her pool to watch the entire carnage. 'Destory me indeed, you may have picked the wrong people to do that, Imhotep' She sneered to herself.
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Evy and Alex finally got to the village feeling famished, thirsty and tired. A pygmy saw them coming and walked over to them "Welcome to our village, I'm Paul" it said, surprizing the visitors.
"Yes, you may be shocked by my speech, but let me assure you, I was just as shocked when the Good Witch granted it to me. She also told me to greet you and welcome you here, also to get food and water for you. You may also rest in my hut, but it'll have to be on the floor. Is that alright?"
Evy and Alex both nodded, and relaxed when they heard that Samantha sent him to help them "I must thank you for your hospitatlity, but won't the power of speech you posess fade away when we've left the village?" Evy asked, curiously.
"Yes, but I will not miss it. I have only had it for a few hours and I hate it. No-one of my other villagers understand the English language, so I do not mind it going" He took them to his hut where they had a meal of snake meat and rice, which actually tasted like chicken. Then they rested.
After a few minutes, noises could be heard outside the hut. Paul told Evy and Alex to stay where they were, and went outside. He quickly came back in and shut the door of the hut.
"What's happening?" Alex asked, afraid. "The Wicked Witch has sent her Anubis warriors here, must be after you for some reason. I will help you escape from the village to our scarecrow, but then you're on your own" They nodded and followed Paul out the back of the hut.
"Why have you got a scarecrow in the desert?" Alex asked again "I don't really know. Samantha told us to keep him near by, and we would never defy her" Paul said, fear creeping in his voice. Alex felt sorry for him, no male would ever want to be castrated.
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After a few minutes of hiding behind other huts, Evy, Alex and Paul finally got to the scarecrow "This is where I must leave you. I'm sorry I can no longer be any futher help" Paul gave them a last favewell and wvaed them goodbye as he scurried off back to the village.
Evy took the opportunity to get a good look at the scarecrow. They were facing the back of the scarecrow, so they could only see his clothes and hair. The clothes were brown with a golden rope wrapped around the waist, with also a gun belt and holsters around the waist as well. A rifle was crossed over with a shotgun on his back, slung over both his shoulders.
When she walked round him to see the face, she let out a little scream. Alex rushed over to her and looked up and the face as well, and gasped loudly. It was Rick, her husband. His eyes were open and showed brown, his straw hair a golden blond. On the front of his shoulders were two holsters holding hand guns.
Evy was about to reach out her hand to touch the scarecrow's face, when a sudden noise scared her out of her thoughts. Behind a bush, they could see shining eyes staring at them. Then, the Anubis warrior attacked them.
Evy screamed, Alex got out his magic slingshot and aimed, but a shot rang out and the warrior fell down, headless. They looked up and saw the scarecrow aiming one of the hand guns in the fallen warrior's direction. Suddenely, all the other Anubis warriors ran out from behind other bushes and dunes and attcked them. Again shots rang out and nine warriors fell, leaving the captain to ran away.
When everyone settled down, the scarecrow introduced himself "Hi, I'm Rick, the Straw Adventurer. Samantha made me out of magic to help you along your journey as your bodyguard. She also gave me brains, but I don't know how to use them, unless it's to shoot anything that'll hurt you" After introducing each other, they got up and started to walk in the direction of the oasis, their next desination.
"We are going to see the Wizard of Hamunaptra. Maybe when we've finished the task he sent us here for, he might help you learn how to use your brains" That made a smile go on Rick's face and they walked talking about each other.
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Anck saw what had happened to her precious Anubis warriors and screamed in rage. Her hand flew over the pool of water and the view went blank.
"No, they must have under esimated them. Now I'll have to try something better" She told herself, laughing evily to herself.
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Next chapter: Evy, Alex and Rick meet Ardeth, the Tin Med-jai and trouble brews at the oasis.
From chugirl2526.