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.

P.S. Sorry this took so long. I was busy with college work and 'Trapped Alive'.

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Chapter Five- The Cowardly Drunk and the Pit of Scarabs.

Anck-su-namun looked down at her looking pool, and saw her enemies coming towards Hamunaptra. Then she smiled, remembering that there was a moat of scarabs that they would never past. Only residents of Hamunaptra could cross the moat.

"Let's see how they get past this challenge" She cackled. And for good measure, she sent out more Anubis warriors after the small group.

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Evy, Alex, Rick and Ardeth were walking briskly along the pale sand dunes (Well, slipping mostly) when they got to some big rocks sticking out of the sand. A strange noise could be heard behind them, like some kind of wild animal. Rick immediatly cocked one of his guns and peered behind the rocks.

To his surprize, there was just a man sleeping with a silver flask in his hand. He was obviously drunk, he was wearing a cream suit covered in sand and stains and had short curly sandy-brown hair. The others knew it was safe, so they came over to see who it was for themselves.

Evy gasped as she saw her brother lying there in front of her, while Alex just said "Hasn't changed a bit, as he mum?". Suddenly the man woke up and looked up at the barrel end of Rick's gun. Instintivly, he jump up and put his hands up in a sign of surrender.

"Listen, chaps. I don't know who you guys are, but please don't shoot me" He begged, shaking as he kept staring at the gun. Rick looked down at the object in his hand and put it away. The drunken man's expression soon changed, as he put his hands into fists and walked nearer to Rick. All of a sudden, he punched Rick in his stomach. It didn't hurt Rick, because he was made out of straw, but it unbalanced him and he fell on his butt.

"That's what you get for waking up and threating a drunk". Then the drunk turned to Ardeth and punched him, but because Ardeth was made of solid tin, the drunk nearly broke his hand. As he shook his hand about, the drunk turned to Alex and nearly punched him, until Evy stood in front of her son and slapped the drunk across the face.

He reeled back and started shaking again at the woman's anger "Don't you dare hit my son, he's just a kid" She shouted at him "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hit anyone, but I am a big coward at heart really. The only things that make me brave is when I'm drunk or if I have a rifle".

After apologising to everyone, he introduced himself as Jonathan "I can't remember how I got here, but I can remember someone called Samantha giving me this flask and told me to walk in this direction while drinking"

"What is that flask?" Asked Alex "This flask allows me to have any drink I desire, as much as I want. Never-ending supply of liquids". Evy then got up from where they were sitting for a rest and said "Well, let's get going. We'll never get to Hamunaptra at this rate"

"Do you think the Wizard will give me something for corage?" Jonathan asked "I'm sure he will" Evy said.

They all got up and started walking towards a big palace in the distance. Getting nearer, they saw a massive moat filled with black liquid, light shimmering in it while it moved slowly.

"How are we going to get across it? There's no boats to cross it with" Alex moaned. Evy however, was more concered about the liquid inside the moat. Upon closer inspection, she could see they were scarabs, flesh eaters.

"Alex, they're flesh eating scarabs. We should be very careful on how we're going to get across" She knew Rick and Ardeth would be alright because they have no flesh. But herself, Alex and Jonathan do.

Noises could be heard from a small forest and she saw Ardeth cutting down trees to make a raft. Rick was tying it together and Jonathan was just drinking from his flask. Soon it was ready and they layed it on the scarabs ready to cross.

Soon more noises came from inside the forest. The gang curiously stood where they were to listen to the noises, when all of a sudden, Anubis warriors came out from the trees. Evy, Alex and Jonathan (he is a coward after all) screamed and ran towards the raft and got on it. They watched as Rick and Ardeth shot and stabbed the warriors, but no matter how many they took down, more would come out of the trees.

Evy shouted at them to forget the fighting and get on the raft, which luckily could hold the weight of Ardeth (he is made of tin after all). He pushed them off by pressing his sword againest the side of the moat and pushed hard, the raft floating gently towards the other side where the city of Hamunaptra stood.

"Er, mom? You know you said they were flesh-eating scarabs" Alex asked, nervously "Yes" Evy answered, suspiciously "Well, the Anubis warriors have no flesh and they are coming towards us. They all turned around and saw six Anubis warriors wading towards them, swords held high in the glaring sun.

Evy, Alex and Jonathan screamed once again and Rick gave Ardeth a hand gun and they both started shooting. They took down four warriors, but they came quicker. Evy then noticed the rifle on Rick's back, took it off him and handed it to Jonathan "You said this would make you braver, so use it and be brave" He nodded at her, took a swig from his flask and took it.

Jon aimed at the closest warrior and took him down, while Rick took down the last warrior. Once they'd finished, they were surprized to find they had made it to the other side. They got off the raft, celebrated a little bit and then took a rest before walking towards the doors to the city.

"Well, get ready everyone. We now here" Evy said, happy and excited. Alex, Rick and Ardeth were also excited, while Jonathan just drank again from the flask to calm down his nerves.

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Anck-su-namun was beyound the point of pure rage. She ranted around the looking-pool room, that even made her warriors scared. 'Fine, no more miss nice witch' She thought as she left the room.

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Next chapter- The gang arrives at the city of Hamunaptra and meet the wizard. But what is the task he has set for them?

Here we go. Next chapter up, so please read and review. From chugirl2526.