Chapter 2: Egypt
"Are you the Soviet archaeologists?" asked the border guard.
"Yes, we are." answered the driver, "Do we have clearance to pass?"
"Yes, comrade, move right on ahead. The dig will be waiting for you at the Pyramids."
The date was December 19th, 1977. Arriving at Egypt was a Soviet truck containing a driver, a supervisor by the name of Nikolai Papizarov, two professional archaeologists, a surveyor, three workers, shovels, archaeological equipment, and food to last them the dig and the trip from home, to Cairo, then back. It also towed a giant industrial steam shovel which the crew called, "the Beast." All of the crew members were all appointed by the Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev himself. The truck made its stop near the Egyptian Pyramids, close to where the Egyptian Heroes once stood. The comrades took camp next to the archaeological dig. The surveyor marked the posts of which area to dig under. The Beast dug for quite a bit before all the area was in a hole. They built a stairway using the wood that they packed.
After five days of digging, excavating, and plenty of work for the same price, one night, one of the workers found something by the click of his shovel. It said to be Anubis's tomb. The archaeologists stepped in after that and brushed the dirt off of the roof of the so called tomb. The archaeologists were looking for chisels so they can separate the bricks. They chiseled the bricks away and discovered that the tomb has been covered in bars. With advanced planning, they sent down a welder. The bars were welded off easily. A volunteer worker was set into the hole where he had found the sarcophagus of Anubis.
He yells up to his fellow comrades, "I think the hole needs to be wider."
"Roger that, Comrade." The archaeologists chiseled and welded a bigger hole to lift the casket of Anubis. The archaeologists sent down an electric crane to lift Anubis up. The worker connected the corners of the sarcophagus to the pulley. He signaled to pull the casket out. Anubis' body was freed from its hidden tomb. The worker inside the tomb saw something underneath the tomb. It was a golden jewel, the Golden Chaos Emerald. The worker yelled out, "I found something else."
"What is it, comrade?" Papizarov got involved and yelled back.
"It's a golden jewel"
"Perfect!" The supervisor was excited to know that he found the golden emerald. "Grab it and get back onto solid ground."
As he was raised by the pulley, he carried the chaos emerald with him to solid ground lifting it up for his comrades to admire. It caught the eye of the eight workers who were astounded by the beauty of its golden lustre.
At that night, the eight celebrated victory. Papizarov stood up and made a speech, "This will be a great day for Communism and the Soviet empire. This dig will go long and far into the eventual spreading of the Communist society in this world, and into the other world. The power of Anubis is in our hands."
The other seven cheered and they all drank a shot of celebratory vodka. Once daylight sprang, the Soviet mining crew used the Beast to rebury the tomb to make sure that nobody else will find it. They packed up and left Egypt to Moscow to present to Brezhnev Anubis' sarcophagus and the golden chaos emerald. They arrived at December 31st. After their work was reported, Brezhnev was pleased.
"I cannot believe you did this work in only five days." Brezhnev commented.
"Thank you, comrade." Papizarov responded. "My comrades did great work for you. They should deserve full pay."
"That they may receive." Brezhnev assured, "I will take this over, personally, to our best scientist to clone him. I will make sure that 1978 will be the year of Communism."
Brezhnev then began a journey through the Siberian tundra under military escort with his new friend, Anubis. The secret base was located deep into Siberia many kilometers away from any public roads. The people over there were welcoming Brezhnev and Anubis' casket into the secret laboratory which was constructed underground. The truck backed into the shipping area of the lab. The lab was filled with computers and tape drives. The Soviet military escorts accompanied Brezhnev as he was pushing the sarcophagus by a trolley. They entered the main room of the laboratory.
"Comrade Robotnik, I have another project for you."