I do not own The Mummy or any of the plot or characters. However I do own Lexi.
Story start
We continued to ride and soon we stopped at a very flat area of the desert. The sun was rising in the sky and the group I was supposed to be in appeared. I sighed and shook Johnathon awake. He quickly woke up and quickly threw my hand away from him. I wiggled my fingers to get the circulation back in them. Having my hand held tightly in his hands had made it fall asleep.
"Lexi," Dr. Chamberlain yelled from the donkey he was on. I scowled before looking over at my boss. Johnathon had caught my scowl and I thought I saw a glimpse of sympathy in his eyes. "Oh well, I don't need sympathy," I thought as I made my camel head over to Dr. Chamberlain. The sexist Egyptologist went on and on about how he could have died without me there to protect him. I just rolled my eyes at his stupidity. He was in a much larger and better equipped group than I had been and yet he was mad that I was missing. I sighed and shook my head.
"Well you didn't die so shut up," I snapped with a glare. Dr. Chamberlain quickly shut up as I moved the camel over closer to Henderson. He winked at me and I just rolled my eyes. I could hear Dr. Chamberlain calling me almost every foul name in the book. "It'll all come back to him," I thought as I stared ahead. My eyes widened when a city started appearing out of thin air. "Hamunaptra," I heard a few people whisper and I heard the diggers shake in fear.
"It's beautiful," I whispered before the race to the city began. However I stayed back. There was no way I was going to race to the city, when I can take my time and enjoy the scenery. I would probably get yelled at later, but that's bound to happen regardless of whether I race or not. "Hmm maybe Dr. Chamberlain will get lost in the tombs," I thought hopefully.
When I finally entered the city, I saw Dr. Chamberlain ordering the diggers and I saw Evelyn and the others at a different part of the city. I sighed and slipped off of the camel. I tied its reins to a stand and walked over to the equipment. Burns walked over to me and sat down beside me. He sighed as he wiped some sweat off of his forehead. "Why does it have to be so hot?" he asked.
"It's the desert, what did you expect?" I said and he just gave me a small glare before sighing. "Do you hate us or something?" he asked.
I shook my head and said, "No, I don't hate you, your friends, or the diggers. I just hate my coward of a boss." Burns looked over at Dr. Chamberlain before looking at me. He took off his glasses and started cleaning them.
"I don't blame you," he said and I laughed. Burns smiled and joined me in my laughter. It felt good to laugh like this, because it had been a while since I had laughed. My chest and stomach hurt when I finally quit laughing. I looked over at Burns and said, "Thanks I needed a good laugh."
"No problem," he said with a smile before Henderson and Daniels called him over to the group. They had finally gotten the entrance open and they were about to head inside. Dr. Chamberlain headed back over to me. "Grab the bag and come on," he ordered as he pointed to one of the bags of equipment.
I quickly stood up and pushed the bags in his arms. "I told you before we came here that I was not going in that place. So you can make one of the diggers carry your bag, because I'm not going in that place," I said outraged at him.
Dr. Chamberlain was quiet for a moment before scowling at me. "Fine, a woman should not be sent to do a man's work anyways," Dr. Chamberlain said before turning away from me.
I laughed harshly before yelling at his retreating form. "Then maybe you should grow some balls and learn how to protect yourself for once," I yelled. Dr. Chamberlain paused and threw me a harsh glare before giving one of the diggers the bag. Everyone soon disappeared down the tunnels and I laughed again. "Oh that felt great to say, or in this case yell," I thought with an accomplished smirk on my face.
A big sigh escaped me as I looked around the ruined city. "I bet this place was pretty amazing when it was in its glory days," I said as I started walking around the place. I kept an eye out on the equipment left behind, but I wasn't too worried about it. I doubted anyone would be coming here. I doubt that the diggers even want to be here. They were shaking like crazy when I watched them opening the entrance.
"Wonder what Evelyn, Rick, and Johnathon are doing?" I thought as I paused in front of a statue of Anubis. As I stared directly in the eyes of the statue, my vision started blurring in and out. I gasped as I fell to my knees. The world around me was no longer the same.
The sky was dark and the city was no longer in ruins. It was in its pride and torches lit the streets. Screams of pain and terror were heard from one part of the city. I quickly stood up and ran to the area of the screams. My heart almost stopped at what I saw.
Blood and bodies were everywhere. Warriors were standing in a circle around a figure. I fell to my knees when I saw who the figure was. It was me. My eyes were crazy and filled with bloodlust. Blood was splattered all over my body and hair. Two blades were in my hands and I was crouched ready to attack with a sinister smirk.
I started shaking as I saw the mark of Anubis on the other me's shoulders. "I'm a warrior of Anubis, or it seems like I'm the killer for Anubis," I thought with a shudder. The other I looked over at me and I felt my body freeze. Pain laced through my shoulders as our eyes met. My eyes widened as my mouth opened in a soundless and painful scream.
"Glad to have you back, my little bringer of death," a dark and chilling male voice sounded in my head. I gasped before seeing my other self be killed. My other self was laughing crazily while she was killed. This time I truly did scream out loud. It seemed that my voice had come back to me. I closed my eyes and shook my head to try and make this all go away, but the burning on my shoulders was still there.
"Lexi," the sound of someone screaming my name made me open my eyes again. The world around me was back to normal. It was no longer the past. My shoulders burned so badly but it seemed like the heat of the pain was starting to slowly disperse. The sound of my name being yelled once again made me stumble to my feet. I looked around and saw Evelyn, Rick, and Johnathon running towards me.
Worry was on their faces as I leaned against the statue of Anubis. My body felt weak at the moment and I hated it. Weakness bugs me more than anything. "I'm alright Evelyn," I said trying to show a small smile as I rested.
Evelyn gasped when she arrived closer to me. "No you are not fine, your shoulders are bleeding," Evelyn shouted. I gave her a confused look before looking at my shoulders. My eyes grew wide when I saw that blood was staining my white shirt on both shoulders.
"Wow, I really am bleeding," I whispered before pushing away from the statue.
"What are you doing?" Evelyn cried as she went to catch me. I gently pushed her hands away and started walking over to the equipment, where I knew a medical kit to be.
"I'm going to get some bandages, you can help me if you want to," I said in a strained voice as I stumbled over to the bags. I dug in one of them and sighed when I found the small medical kit. I started unbuttoning my shirt and hissed in pain when I slipped it off my shoulders.
"Oh dear lord," Evelyn cried out in a panicky voice. Rick quickly took charge of the situation and he cleaned off the blood the best he could to see the damage. He quickly wrapped my shoulders, since I didn't need stitches. "Those will leave scars," he mumbled and I heard him and sighed. "I knew I should have not come here," I thought with a frown as I saw Johnathon and Evelyn looking on at me in worry.