Disclaimer: Refer to chapter one.

Thanks for reviewing and to tell you the truth now: No, she doesn't fall in love with Ardeth. If you remember Henderson, that's who she falls in love with. I thought he was hot so I used him!

Cairo prison. In my opinion, it's one of the worst hell holes on earth. Every low life scumbag can be found here.

"You told me you got it in a dig down in Thebes." Evie whispered to Jonathon. The two of them were arguing over that silly box still.

"I was mistaken."

"You lied to me!" Evie huffed.

"He lies to everybody what makes you so special?" I asked her.

"I'm the younger sister."

"Yes, well that just makes you more gullible." Jonathon told her. She glared fiercely at Jonathon and then spoke.

"You stole it from a drunk at the local Casbah?"

"I knew it!" I exclaimed.

"Picked his pocket actually." Jonathon whispered in my ear. I laughed.

"What's he in prison for?" Evie asked.

"I do not know, so when I heard you were coming I ask him that myself." The warden told us.

"And what did he say?" I asked curiously.

"He said…he was just looking for a good time."

"Ha, same old Rick." I turned my head as the interior cell door bursts open and out comes Rick in chains with his hair a mess. Rick was shoved into the cell and he looked up at us.

"You know him?" Evie asked me looking at him in disgust.

"Yes, I know him." I smiled.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't my buddy Laurie." Rick stated.

"Nice to see you again. I love the whole beard thing you got going on."

"Ha, still as mean as ever."

"He's just a filthy criminal?" Evie asked.

"Way to go Evie." Jonathon replied cringing.

"Who are they?" Rick asked me giving my sister a look over and then he started to study Jonathon.

"This is my brother Jonathon." I said pulling Jon beside me.

"Nice to meet you ol' chap." Jonathon smiled nervously. Rick nodded and then glanced at Evie.

"And who's the broad?" He asked smiling.

"Broad?" Evie exclaimed.

"This broad is my sister, Evelyn. Everyone calls her Evie."

"Yeah well…I'm sure she's not a total loss." I glanced at Evie. She was staring furiously at Rick.

"I'll be back in a moment." The warden told us heading towards the door.

"I tremble with anticipation." Rick muttered sarcastically.

"It's good to see you haven't changed…personality wise, of course." I told him.

"Yeah, the beard wasn't exactly my choice." He murmured. "How did you get out of jail?"

"Bail." He looked at Evie and then at Jonathon.

"Oh. Rich family?"

"Not really, just lucky I guess."

"We, uh, found your puzzle box and we've come to ask you about it." Evie said pushing herself in front of me.

"No." Rick told her with a blank look on his face.

"No?" Evie asked.

"No." He replied. "You came to ask me about Hamunaptra." Evie's eyes lit up.

"How did you know the box pertains to Hamunaptra?"

"Because that's where I found it…I was there." Evie fell back a bit but Jonathon grew closer.

"How do we know that's not a load of pig swallow?" He asked.

"Hey, don't I know you?" Rick asked looking at Jon with a glint of recognition.

"Um, well you see…" Before Jonathon had anytime to respond Rick's hand flew through the bars and punched my brother right in the face. Jonathon fell back and I caught him as we fell on the floor.

"Ouch." I muttered landing hard on the ground with Jonathon's head on top of my legs. I looked up at Rick and saw he get a beating but he showed no sigh of pain.

"You were actually at Hamunaptra?" Evie asked moving closer to the bars.

"I just decked your brother." He told her.

"Yes, well…" She shrugged. "I know my brother." Rick almost smiled and stared at Evie.

"Yeah, I was there." Rick told her referring to her question.

"You swear?"

"Every damn day."

"That's not what I meant."

"I know what you meant, I was there alright. Seti's place. City of the Dead."

"What did you find there?" Evie asked excitedly.

"Death, sand and blood."

"I am back." The warden shouted from behind me.

"Do you have to scream!" I shouted angrily.

"Yes."

"Shut the hell up…fatty."

"I see she hasn't changed." Rick commented.

"She's like my brother." Evie sighed.

"I heard that." I told them both.

"Could you tell me how to get there? The exact location?" Evie said ignoring me and moving even closer to the bars.

"You want to know?" Rick asked surprised.

"Yes." She said leaning in more.

"Really want to know?"

"Yes." She said with her face right at the bars. Rick grabbed her face and kissed her forcefully right on the lips.

"Then get me the hell out of here." He told her as he let go. Evie stepped back a bit. She looked startled.

The guard whacks Rick off the back of the head with a club and his face goes flying forwards into the cell but before he can react he was dragged into the room.

"Where are they taking him?" I demanded pushing Jonathon off of me.

"To be hanged."

"What?" I shouted.

"Apparently, he had a very good time." The warden smirked.

GALLOWS COURTYARD - DAY

Hundreds and thousands of prisoners look at the gallows as the noose is being tied around Rick's neck. Jonathon and I watch from the ground as Evie tries to bargain away to let Rick go free.

"No ladies allowed." A man told me. He pulled out his pistol and pointed it at me. Jonathon turned around and his eyes went wide.

"I am no lady." I assured him. He looked confused but Jonathon grabbed me and led me into the courtyard. The men stopped chattering and looked at me; like jackals staring at fresh meat.

"The views not to bad." Jonathon proclaimed. I punched him in the arm and glared at him. "Oh yes, he's being hanged."

"I hate it down here."

"Why, it's not too bad."

"Do you have men staring at your chest right now?" Jonathon looked around and shuddered.

"Actually, yes." I laughed.

"Any last requests pig?" The hangman asked Rick.

"Yeah, loosen the knot and let me go." Rick spat. The hangman looked up at the warden and spoke. After a moment, he hit Rick on the back of the head.

"PROCEED!" The warden yells and Rick falls through the door.

"NO!" I scream at try to get to Rick. I was so close but I got caught by a big, tall ferocious looking man.

"His neck didn't break." Someone yelled. I looked at Rick and saw he was struggling for air.

"This is wrong." I shouted.

"Ten." Evie shouted.

"Fifty." The warden yelled back.

"Thirty." I looked up and saw Evie arguing with the bloody warden. Evie hesitated and bit her lip.

"Give him….give…" Rick tried to say. He was looking at Evie with his eyes bulging.

"Cut him down!" The warden yelled and with that Rick fell to the floor and I sighed.

"Thank God!" I said to myself. As I looked up, Rick's eyes were fixated on Evie who at the moment, was smirking at him.

"See you tomorrow O' Connell." Jonathon shouted running for his life.

"Yeah…see yeah." Rick replied.

"Bye Rick."

"See you Laurie." He actually smiled.

GIZA PORT - DAY

"Do you really think he'll show up?" Evie asked for the third time.

"Undoubtedly, I know the breed, he may be a cowboy but is word is his word."

"In other words…yes Evie, he'll show up." I reassured her.

"Personally…" Evie began as she dropped her bags. "I think he's filthy, rude and a complete scoundrel. I don't like him one bit."

"Anyone I know?" Came a voice from behind us. We turned around and saw a better looking Rick O' Connell. He shaved off his beard, slicked his hair back and was wearing presentable clothes.

"Oh…um, hello." Evie gulped looking over Rick. She was impressed.

"Smashing day for the start of an adventure, eh O' Connell?" Jonathon exclaimed shaking Rick's hand.

"Yeah, smashing." Rick said, checking his pockets for his wallet. He relaxed when he felt it.

"Mister O' Connell can you look me in the eye and guarantee me this is not some sort of flimflam? Cause if it is I am warning you…"

"You are warning me? Listen to me, my whole damn Garrison believe in this so much that he marched us half way across the desert and all we found when we got there was sand and blood. Let me get your bags." Rick smiled.

"Whatever happened to Garrison?" I asked him.

"I don't know but do you really care?"

"No." I smiled.

"Thought so…I'll be seeing you all this evening." Rick walked away and Evie's eyes followed him wistfully. Jonathon and I noticed.

"Yes, your completely right…" I began.

"Filthy…" Jonathon said.

"Rude…"

"A complete scoundrel, nothing to like there at all." Jonathon finished. Evie gave us both looks and smiled.

"A bright good morning to all." A man from behind us shouted. I turned around and my jaw dropped. The warden.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"I am here to collect my investment." He said walking up the gangplank. Evie and Jon sighed.

"Whew, he smells bad." I frowned walking up the gangplank behind him.

THE BAR AT THE BOW – NIGHT

"Sit down O' Connell, sit down. We could use another good player." Jonathon said dealing out the cards. They were playing poker.

"I only gamble with my life, never my money." Rick told him.

"Never? What if I were to wager you five hundred dollars says we get to Hamunaptra before you?" Daniels said cockily.

"Yer on." Rick replied with a cocky look.

"What makes you so confident?" Burns asked slipping on his bifocals.

"What makes you?" Rick asked.

"We got us a man who's already been there." Henderson replied spitting into a spittoon.

"Well, what a coincidence Rick and my sister…" Rick swung his bag over his shoulder and accidentally hit Jonathon on the head.

"Whose deal is it? Is it mine?" Jon asked changing the subject.

"Gentlemen…Jonathon." Rick smiled squeezing Jon's shoulder.

BARGE - NIGHT

"Evie…are you still reading that bloody book?" I asked taking out my weapons.

"Yes." She said looking at me. "What are you doing?"

"Getting prepared." I smiled loading both my revolvers. There was a loud smash followed by Evie screaming so I looked up with my gun ready.

"Sorry." Rick smiled sheepishly. "Didn't mean to scare ya."

"The only thing that scares me, Mr. O' Connell, are your manners." Evie huffed looking at her book.

"Still angry about that kiss, huh?" Rick asked sitting down next to me.

"If you call that a kiss."

"Ouch." I muttered looking at Rick. He frowned. He began pulling out his weapons and Evie watched.

"That's where my dagger went you thief!" I shouted grabbing it.

"You gave it to me."

"Liar." I said putting it in my boot.

"Did I miss something?" Evie asked as Rick loaded his shot gun. "Are we going into battle?"

"There's something out there." I told her taking some dynamite from Rick.

"And you call me a thief."

"Oh shut up."

"Something out there?" Evie asked.

"Ya, under those sands." Rick said.

"Yes, I'm hoping to find a certain artifact, a book, actually. What do you think is there?"

"Evil." Rick replied.

"The Tuaregs called it 'the doorway to hell." I told her sharpening my other hunting knives.

"Ahmar is Ossirion. "Passageway to the underworld", actually." Evie said giving me a know-it-all grin.

"I don't believe in fairy tales and hokum, Mister O'Connell, but I do believe that one of the most famous books in history is buried out there, The Book Of The Living. It's what first interested me in Egypt as a child. It's why I came here, sort of a life's pursuit." Evie said.

"You never shut up about that damn book." I moaned.

"And the fact that it's made out of pure gold means no never mind to you right?" Rick asked.

"Rick, if she were to choose between gold and a book…she'd choose a book."

"That's not true." Evie frowned. "I am amazed though that you know your history Mr. O' Connell."

"I know my treasure." Rick grinned.

"By the way…" Evie began to stutter. "W-why did you kiss me?"

"I was about to be hanged seemed like a good idea at the time." I slapped my forehead and Evie stomped away.

"What?...what did I say?" He asked.

"You're an idiot." I told him.

"Why?"

"It seemed like a good idea at the time? You never say that to a lady Rick!"

"Oh." I looked around and heard some snickering coming from behind a post. I slowly grabbed my gun and walked over there.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" I smirked. I pushed Beni out and Rick jumped up angrily. "A rat."

"Well, if it isn't our little buddy Beni. I think we should kill him."

"Oh, I agree." I smiled cocking my gun.

"You were never good with the ladies O' Connell." Beni whimpered as Rick poked the barrel of his gun into his chest.

"So you're the one leading the Americans. I should have known so what's the plan this time Beni? You get 'em out to the middle o' the desert and leave 'em to rot?"

"Unfortunately no, these Americans are smart. They only pay me half now and half when I get them back to Cairo."

"Life's a bitch…then you die." I told him aiming right in between his eyes. Rick lowered his weapons and looked at me. I lowered them too.

"You never believed in Hamunaptra O' Connell. Why are you going back?" He asked but turned his attention over to the camels. Evie was yelping as the camels were nipping at her.

"You see that girl?" He asked. Beni nodded and Evie walked out of sight. "She saved my neck."

"You always did have more balls than brains." Beni snickered. Rick narrowed his eyes but ignored the insult.

"Oh Beni…you're so funny." I laughed throwing my arm around his shoulder and walking with him to the railing.

"Really?" He smiled.

"No." I told him and threw him over the railing.

"Thank you." Rick smiled.

"No problem."

"O' Connell, Carnahan…I'm going to kill you for this!" Beni screamed from the water.

"Sounds familiar." Rick shouted back.

"Um, Rick." I said pointing to three pairs of wet footprints leading from here onto the lower deck. Rick looked at it and immediately pulled his guns out looking around. I took out my gun and peered over the railing.

"There you are…help me!" Beni shouted.

"If you're down there then…" I turned around as I heard gunfire. I cocked my gun and ran to the noise. I looked around and there were the Americans behind a table fighting, laughing and having a good time.

"American's." I muttered shooting a guy in the head. This was going to be one hell of a fight.

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