The whirlpool continued to spin Corey and the gang for a long time pulling them much deeper into its dark center like a water monster devouring its prey whole. Everyone was hoping not to puke in the midst of this as the churning liquid would just come back to them mixed with someone else's. After about ten minutes of the spinning and stomach churning action. The whirl pool suddenly stopped and dropped the gang on solid ground. The gang was surprised. They had expected themselves to be lifeless skins full of liquid by now but instead they had all survived a twisting turn of events.
"Where are we?" Kate and Allie asked groggily.
"I don't know." Mina answered while trying hard to not to throw up.
It was pitch black where they had arrived. Kin squinted around trying to see where they had landed. It felt like they were all in a very old room because he could smell the dust lingering in the air and the sour smell of cobweb covered walls. He thought he heard the scurrying of rats in the distance. Suddenly several torches on the walls lit up illuminating the room before them. What they saw was a huge chamber with light-brown brick walls covered with strange picture- like writings which looked like they were telling a story. Kin studied the writings before them and mouthed the words to himself before removing his glasses and rubbing his eyes in disbelief.
"What's up Kin, something bugging you?" Laney had stepped up behind him trying to figure out what he was doing.
"I don't believe it." Kin whispers.
"Don't believe what?"
"Guys, do you even realize where we are?"
"We are in an ancient room full of centuries old dust that is crawling with scorpions." Trina hissed. The trick they played on her back at camp still creeped her out.
"Not just any ancient room," Mina's face dawned with realization. "We're in an ancient pyramid chamber!"
"WHAT?!"
(Pyramid Transition)
"So we're trapped inside a pyramid with no clue as to where we're headed, and there's a good chance of one of us triggering another booby trap which might kill us all." Laney stammers as they all try to maneuver their way around the pyramid's secret passages. So far Kon almost fell into a ditch full of spikes. Kate and Allie accidently crushed a mummy's bones, Trina nearly got stung by a handful of a new species of bugs still unknown to science and Corey just happened to gain possession of a centuries old book that looked like it could be used to summon souls from the Egyptian underworld.
"Are you sure you wanna keep that book Corey? Cause the cover looks pretty scary. "Kin motions with his eyes towards the book. It was indeed frightening. The cover displayed a picture of a lake of fire and people with heads of hawks being called up to the earth to submit to a pharaoh's orders.
"Relax Kin, I don't know how to read this stuff." Corey replied.
"Allie can read hieroglyphics." Kate pipes up.
"Really?" Nick asks.
"Sure, but I can't read because my glasses fell off when we were hanging upside down from the vines back in Hawaii remember."
"Here, try these." Mina handed Allie an extra pair of square rimmed glasses she was carrying.
"I can see clearly, thanks Mina." Corey handed Allie the book he was holding. Allie flipped through several torn and spotted pages before coming across an illustration of mummies being wrapped up in bandages.
"What does it say?"
Allie cleared her throat loudly before reciting a passage in the book.
"Arise your majesty from your deep sleep."
"The mourners cry, the people weep."
"When you arise, we all will dance."
"Your soldiers will come out of their trance."
"Destroy all who cross their paths."
"An army to the very last."
Everyone was startled by what Allie just read.
"We're in trouble Core." Laney announces.
"Trouble, Lanes?" Corey asked unmindful of what he just heard.
"Nothing's gonna happen Laney." Kon answered.
"Yeah, Lamey"
"It's Laney!"
They continued arguing for a while before coming across what looked like an old throne room. To Trina's luck there was an old chest overflowing with gold, rubies, other precious stones.
"Eeeeeeeeekkk!" Trina dove into the chest retrieving all kinds of clothing and bangles.
"Pretty, ooohh, this one's mine, all mine!" She screamed and ran behind the throne clutching her findings to her chest.
"Trina's gone crazy!" Laney whispered.
"Nick Mallory thinks the same."
"Bow before me you worthless peasants!" The gang turned around to see Trina dressed from head to toe in jewel encrusted cotton robes. Gold and silver bracelets jingled from her wrists. She had applied black eyeshadow to her eyelids and wore red lipstick and right on top of her head was an Egyptian Queen's crown covered in gold. Just then a loud groan came from across the room, the gang fearfully turned around to see someone standing near the entrance to the throne room covered in dirty bandages from head to foot, his eyes looked more like black dots that seemed to burn into your soul. It was the pharaoh.