"Is it dead?" Rick poked the body lightly. It fell onto the floor, breaking into a thousand pieces. A few seconds later, the pieces rose up in a fine, black dust. Then, just like that, the whole things disappeared from sight. The entire room was filled with an erie silence. "Wow." Jonathan burst out. "We should be partying right now! No more mummies... For now anyway!"

Adam shook Rick to get his attention. "Max! What about Max?" he cried.

Rick went over to the dog, and felt for a pulse. "He's still alive." he said, picking him up.

Evi looked at Rick. "Will he make it?"

"Hopefully so, but we better hurry!"

"Let's go! Let's go!" Adam said, pushing them forward.

"Can I just say one more thing?" Rick held up his finger. "can you please promise me that we will never go into any more catacombs? This place is starting to freak me out."

"My thoughts exactly." Evi smiled.

Adam took her hand, and Jonathan's with the other, and walked towards the exit.

Jonathan stopped, and so did the others. He looked back longingly at the treasure. "I guess we're going home empty handed... again." Rick gazed at his wife, and thought about how lucky he was to be there alive. "I wouldn't say that!" he laughed. Evi looked up at him, smiled, and kissed him passionately. Adam stuck his finger in his mouth. "Why must history repeat itself?" Jonathan looked up at the sky.

"You don't know how long I've waited to do that again!" Rick laughed.

"Me too." Evi stayed in his arms, never wanting to let go.

"Well," a voice came from behind them. "Some things just never change!"

Evi and Rick swiveled around to see their son standing there, arms folded. He had a look of pure vengeance in his eyes. "mother." he said through clenched teeth. Evi smiled reassuringly at him. "We're just touring though, that's all!"

"We thought that." Lin smirked, "then we checked the forecast for Moscow!"

"Oh, I am sure of that." Rick muttered.

"And you know what's funny?"

"I have absolutely no idea." Evi said.

"Seeing a fifty percent chance of world domination by a Russian mummy!"

"On the weather?"

"I was being sarcastic."

"Okay, fine! We woke up a mummy, killed him, and if you don't mind, we have a dying dog on our hands!" Evi said, remembering Max was still with them. "Don't think this changes anything." Alex glared, turning to his son. "What did they do to you?"

Adam looked at him like he was crazy. "Grandma and grandpa took me to save Jonathan, we woke up a mummy, found a dog, and saved the day!"

"Welcome to the family!" Jonathan grinned, giving him a high five.

"Now you know how my life was when I was your age!" Alex laughed.

"I missed you so much!" Lin said, giving him a hug.

"No time for that!" Adam pushed her away. "My dog is dying!" tears began to pout down his face. Rick bent down, and checked for a pulse. He looked up, grim faced. "I'm sorry." he whispered to Adam.

"He can't be dead!" he pushed everyone aside to see his friend. "Max." he breathed, unable to control his emotions. "I don't care if you're a God or not, you're my dog and I will always love you!" he thought for a moment, and then put a gentle hand on his side. "If I really do have powers, then let me use them!" he almost shouted at the empty sky. When nothing happened, Adam put his head down in defeat. "I knew it was too good to he true."

A light finger touched his shoulder, making him jerk his head up. Right before his eyes, the glimmering reflection of Horus above Max's body. "Young one, arise." he spoke just above a whisper. "I think he means you." Jonathan shoved him forward. "Yes?" he yelped. "Your bravery inspires me, chosen one."

"Well, um, thanks." Adam stammered.

"My destiny is complete, thanks to you all," he turned to the rest of the family. "This child has a gift beyond measure. You should be proud of his achievements."

"Oh we are!" everyone said in unison, accept for Jonathan. He finally let out a faint "hmph,"

"I must leave now, for I can't stay in this world too long." he turned around to leave. "Wait!" Adam gathered up his strength to face him. "Please, I want my dog back."

Horus gave him a lingering stare, lost in thought. "Hmm... You are a very noble one... I will grant your wish." he waved a hand over the body. Immediately, a tail started to thump against the ground. "Max?" he whispered. A head popped up, its black eyes full of a new energy. "Max!" he gave him a hug. Max licked his face, like an I- missed- you- too present. "Didn't see that coming!" Evi laughed, sitting down to face the dog. "I'm sorry for being so vile to you this whole time." she gave him a sad smile. She hesitated for a second, then pushed her fears aside. She wrapped her arms around the dog, feeling its warm body against hers. "Thank you for saving my grandsons live." Rick put a hand on his wife's shoulder. He patted Max on the head, and then eventually joined into the hugging circle. Jonathan, feeling strangely alone and awkward being next to Alex sighed and gave Max a rub on the back. "Can we keep him daddy?" Adam looked at Alex with his big brown eyes glistening off the sunlight. "We can't, with your mom being allergic in all."

Adam looked desperately at his mother. "But- but- why?"

"I'm really sorry Adam." she sighed.

The tears came back again, these ones more violent than the last. Evi looked desperately at Rick, not knowing which path to take. When he didn't seem to show any signs of helpfulness, Evi had to do what she thought was right. "He can stay with us."

Everyone looked at her like she was mistaken or something. "No, I mean it!" she could obviously see their doubts. "Max can live at our house, where Adam can visit him whenever he wants!"

Alex laughed. "this is coming from the person that wouldn't take me to parks because she was afraid a dog would trample me!"

Evi looked at him skeptically. "Okay, we'll let him go free, who knows who will almost kill him on the road next?"

"Okay fine he won't be road kill." Alex sighed.

"See, I always get my way in this family!" she smiled at Rick.

"So- um, where's your car?" Lin asked, seeing nothing but a barren wasteland from all directions. "Oh, that old thing." Rick envisioned his poor car with dust covering the exterior, the paint peeling, the rusting... "Guess we're walking!" he tried to forget his car nightmares. Evi took her sons hand in hers, and smiled. "It's really good to see you again."

"Always the pleasure, mom."

"Hey?" everyone turned to the seven year old. "Do you wanna hear the whole story?"

"We are in the middle of nowhere... why not?" Lin smiled.

"Well," he looked around. "It all started when I took grandma to school..."