Mia put her heads in her hands and walked back to the main desk. "What has he gotten himself into?" she whispered.
It's okay," said Jed, looking up at her. "We have the home advantage. Everyone here is on our side. I doubt any of them would turn away from your uncle and join up with Kahmunrah."
"But he said he's going to…kill us," said Mia.
"Honestly, I don't think he has the guts to," said Jed.
"I thought he almost killed you," she told him.
"He did," said the cowboy. "But he said he was going to kill Gigantor like 10 times and he didn't."
"I hope you're right, Jed." said Mia.
*^^*
"You really think I'm going to just give you my Tablet?"
"It's not yours!"
"Then why is it called 'the Tablet of Ahkmenrah'?"
"Well, it's my gate."
"Your gate doesn't work without my Tablet. Besides, you don't know the combination or the secret codes."
"Who says I don't?"
"Mother and Father never gave them to you."
"Oh, I did my research." Kahmunrah went up to the Tablet and pressed the numbers 1,7,6,8,2. As he did so, he lights flickered and dimmed into almost complete blackness.
Larry gulped. He could see the outline of Kahmunrah as he stalked away down the corridor towards the main hall.
"No," breathed Larry. "Mia's there." He raced up behind Kahmunrah, who stopped and put his hand up and spun around.
"You say she's your niece?" Larry could see his mouth turn upward into a cold smirk.
"Don't you dare lay a hand on her!" he said.
"Oh, I can do much more damage without touching her," chuckled Kahmunrah. He walked toward the Tablet. Ahkmenrah flung his arms out across it protectively. "Move, brother!" ordered Kahmunrah, shoving his brother to the ground. Ahkmenrah gave out a yelp or pain as he crashed nosefirst into the ground.
Kahmunrah mumbled in Egyptian and pressed the buttons 4,6,6,6,4,2,7. The Tablet shone a light which streaked brightly through the darkness, illuminating Kahmunrah's face and shining on his malicious grin. The light swirled and traveled into the main hall and stopped at the desk. Mia, who was sitting on the desk, turned around with a look of horror. The light hit her full in the face, and as it did so, burst into flames which quickly engulfed the girl. When it subsided, nothing remained in the place where Mia had sat seconds ago.
Everyone in the museum turned to look at Kahmunrah.
"You've killed her," hissed Larry.
"Not killed," said Kahmunrah. "Merely changed the circumstances a bit."