The Lost, The Stupid, & The Mummy

By BTTD28

Chapter Fourteen: Coincidences

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"Wake up guys; we've got a lot of desert to cover." Rick said loudly, trying to wake everyone up. "Ardeth, try and wake up Amber."

Ardeth sat up, stretched, and then looked down at Amber who was suddenly sleeping very close to him. "Um…A-Amber, wake up."

Amber groaned and rolled over to face him, eyes still closed. "Five more minutes."

"It's time to wake up." Naylor yawned. "No time to hit the snooze button Amber. We have to save Alex, The World, and I guess we can save Kaylee too."

"You're so mean." Amber complained.

"I was joking." Naylor pointed out. "Kaylee and Alex are as good as saved."

"Oh, that too." Amber said lazily.

"Wow, whose mean now?" Ardeth said with a little chuckle.

"Can't talk…sleeping." Amber muttered.

"You have three minutes." Naylor commanded.

Amber hissed loudly and Ardeth decided to up the anti. "Three and a half minutes?"

"Deal." Amber whispered before drifting off to sleep.

"Ardeth, what the hell are you doing?"

"Letting her sleep, she had a long night."

Naylor raised his eyebrow, "Doing?"

"No, she had a nightmare." Ardeth said glaring at Naylor.

"Right, I know how that goes. Just last night I had a nightmare about me defeating the Army of Anubis."

"And that's…bad?" Ardeth asked.

"It wasn't until I realized I was in a pair of pink bunny pajamas."

Amber stifled a giggle. "Pink bunny."

Naylor grabbed a little spider that just so happened to be crawling by and threw it on to Amber's face. "Amber you have something on your face."

Ardeth didn't have to see Amber's reaction, he heard it loud and clear. "SPIDER! AHHHH! GET IT OFF ME!"

"You're mean." Ardeth whispered to Naylor.

It didn't take long until everyone was fully awake or in Naylor's case threatened with a golden scepter Jonathan had found. "Hey, hey, give it here. That's mine!"

"No it isn't, I gave it to Izzy." Rick said.

"You did what?" Jonathan demanded. "You can't just take peoples gold-stick-thingy and give them away to someone else without their permission, it's just not right."

"Jonathan, I don't care." Rick said.

"Rick, you're not being fair about this. You have to take Jonathan's feelings into consideration, after all he is my brother." Evy said.

Rick looked at Naylor for support, "Help me!" He whispered.

Naylor cleared his throat, "Evelyn you bring up some excellent points, but seeing as Jonathan is a rather…how do I put this…shady individual."

"Shady?" Jonathan snapped.

"Naylor, what are you talking about?" Amber snapped.

"What, you don't think he is?" Naylor asked Amber.

"Naylor, you can't just waltz up to someone and ask them that sort of question." Amber said.

"What sort of question, I didn't ask a question." Naylor said. "I commented."

"Well what if I walked up and asked you to sleep with me?" Evy said.

The group fell silent, then Rick piped up. "What?"

"Naylor, would you sleep with me?" Evy repeated.

Naylor looked desperately around fro help, "Wait, what?"

"It's a simple question Naylor, would you sleep with me?" Evy snapped.

"That's…not a question that is appropriate to answer." Naylor blurted out.

"Why?" Evy said impatiently.

"You're married." Naylor said taking a sideways glance at Rick.

"Alright, that's not an appropriate question to ask because I'm married." Evy grabbed Amber's hand. "What about Amber."

"Oh come on!" Naylor demanded.

"What's the matter Naylor, am I too hot?" Amber winked.

"What, yes, no! AHHH!" Naylor balled up in a corner for a while.

"Job well done." Amber said. "Evy, what's the matter?"

"I'm slightly disappointed he said no." She laughed.

"Evelyn!" Rick shouted. "I heard that."

"Look, I can see Karnack and there's a train down there. It's got to be them." Ardeth shouted.

"How do you know it's their train?" Rick asked.

"Rick," Amber said walking over to the railing where Rick was standing. "How many bad guys do you know that travel to Karnack by camel?"

"Well, they could've."

"No, Kaylee's not a camel person." Amber said looking at Naylor. "They would've never gotten her on one."

"Oh yeah," Naylor laughed. "Her birthday party at the zoo."

"FLASHBACK!!" Amber sang.

Kaylee is running through the zoo screaming being chased by a large camel. Naylor and Amber are chasing after the camel shouting as they go.

"Don't, wait. Bad Camel! Leave our best friend alone!" Amber shouted.

"Kaylee! Stop, Drop, and Roll!"

"Naylor, don't be ridiculous, that'll never work." Amber snapped

Just then Kaylee stopped, dropped, and rolled under a nearby fence and out of harms way. "Ha, take that you stupid camel!"

"Damn the logic of any of this." Amber said trying to catch her breath.

Naylor started to laugh, "Or the irony…" he pointed to the sign on the fence that read "KEEP OUT: GIANT LOCUST EXHIBIT."

"Oh that's not fair." Amber sighed.

"AHHH!" Kaylee screamed. "BIG BUGS!"

"The end, " Amber said brightly.

"Sorry I asked." Rick said.

"I remember that, Mom and I had to come pry her out of a corner." Tiffany laughed.

Amber smiled, "Good times."

"What are you talking about, that's not funny. Kaylee must have been a terrified little girl."

Naylor laughed even harder, "Little girl? This was a year and a half ago."

"Oh," Evy laughed. "That is a little funny."

"Says you. I hate bugs." Izzy shuddered.

Naylor stood behind the group, gazing across the desert. He looked over to Amber, her dark hair glinting in the sunlight. He noticed Ardeth standing next to her. He had the same bronze skin, the same dark hair. Maybe it was because they were of the same race, but it was odd to have such similarities. He shook it off and watched the horizon, searching for any potential danger.