The Lost, The Stupid, & The Mummy

By Better-Things-To-Do28

Chapter Sixteen: Sand Castles and Water Falls

"Kaylee, wake up!" Alex whispered.

Kaylee sat straight up and glared at Alex sleepily, "Don't you knock?"

He looked at her in disbelieve. "We're outside, you idiot!"

Kaylee looked around, "Oh yeah, the whole kidnapped thing. I totally knew that. Where is everyone?"

"Imhotep took Anuck-su-namun down by the river. But that's not important, come look at what I made." Alex said excitedly.

They walked behind a rock and saw...Alex's coat. "Wow, you made a coat."

"No," Alex snapped lifting the coat up to reveal a sand castle in the shape of a pyramid.

"Okay, I admit...that's pretty cool." Kaylee said examining the detail. "But why?"

"I heard Imhotep talking to Anuck-su-namun, the temple is just down the river."

"Okay?" Kaylee said throughly confused.

"They gang's looking for us! I've been leaving sand castles from them ever since we left Karnak."

"Why didn't you tell me about this?"

"You never asked and you were always away with Imhotep, duh."

"Gotcha, so are they far behind?"

"I have no idea, I hope they can figure out my clues." Alex said with a nibble of his bottom lip.

"It's Disney Land." Naylor said cocking his head to the side as they stared at an oldly shaped sand castle.

"No, it's Mount Rushmore." Rick said.

"Oh for heaven sake! It's a rock!" Evy said. "That's the message!" she pointed at the clearly written message...THIS WAY! SAVE US!

"Oh," Everyone said.

Amber was sitting next to Ardeth, crying on his shoulder. "There, there Amber. We're getting closer, I just know it."

"I killed her!" Amber sobbed.

"Amber! It was in the past, you haven't killed anyone!" Ardeth said grabbing her chin and tilting it up to look at her.

Amber sighed, then nodded. She threw her arms around his neck in a gentle hug. He smiled and patted her head. He looked closer at her neck and almost crushed Amber. "Amber what's that on your neck?"

Amber sat back quickly, "What is it? Is it a bug?! Get it off!"

"No, where did you get that mark?"

Amber blushed slightly and tried to cover it up with her hair, "I've had that forever."

"What is it, let me see." Ardeth said grabbing her hand.

"What are you doing?" Amber demanded trying to wriggle free.

He pushed her hair aside and saw the rest of the mark on the nape of her neck. "Oh my god,"

"Ardeth, get off!" Amber screamed.

"Hey, what the hell's going on here?" Rick said running up with Naylor and Eve.

Naylor pulled Amber out of Ardeth's grip and stared at him angerly. "What's the matter with you?"

Ardeth just sat there staring at Amber with his mouth open wide. "It's...really you."

"Um, you feeling okay, buddy?" Rick said.

Ardeth snapped his head up and glared at Rick. "Don't you see it!?"

Rick gave a nervous look around, "Um...what?"

"Her!"

"Um, Ardeth. That's Amber, she's been here since the beginning of this little adventure." Rick said slowly.

"What is your problem!?" Amber demanded.

He got to his feet quickly, causing everyone to take a step back. He slowly walked over to Amber and touched her cheek. "It's really...really you!" He said hugging her tightly.

"Ardeth!? What's gotten into you, man?" Johnathan said taking a side step out of the way of him swinging Amber around.

"This," he said setting a very terrified Amber back on her feet. "Is my daughter."

Everyone stared at Amber, then at Ardeth. "You know, I did kinda think you guys had the same hair color."

"Now, that you mention it, they have the same eyes." Rick said.

"And the same skin color." Naylor pointed out.

"And the same facial structure...only Amber's prettier." Johnathan said. "No offense, Ardeth."

"Wow, we suck at pointing out obvious things, guys." Evy whispered.

"You're...my father?" Amber said softly. "I...I mean how can you be sure?"

"You were born in June and you're mother took you away. I thought I'd lost you."

"But how do you know for sure?"

"This," He pointed at her birthmark. It was in the perfect shape of a ellagant heart. "I haven't seen that in..."

"Twenty-seven years?" Amber asked.

Ardeth smiled and hugged her gently. "My darling Nakia, I looked for you for so long."

"Nakia, where did you come up with that and why did you call me that?" Amber said.

"I gave it to you at birth! It means pure and faithful."

Naylor scoffed, "Pure."

Ardeth glared at him suddenly, "What did you say?"

"I just mean...um...I'm done talking."

"Nakia? Is that what Imhotep called you in our...um...little episode just now?" Eve asked.

"If my memory serves me correctly..."

"Which doesn't it." Naylor whispered.

"Damn it Naylor! Shut up!" Amber snapped.

For several moments, no one talked. Then Naylor piped up, "I'm I secrately related to anyone?"

"Imhotep?" Anuck-su-namun whispered dreamily as she went to touch his face.

"My job is done." He said scooting away from her. "I brought you're soul back. Don't touch me."

"All this hostility, over her!" She snapped. "Don't forget, Imhotep. It was I who gave you your mortality and it will be you by my side when we take over the world." She smiled. "And bring our child into the world we've created."

Imhotep didn't say anything, he simply closed the Book of the Dead and sat there. She frowned as she got to her feet. She kissed him on the cheek, "You better start thinking about baby names." Then she walked further down the river bank towards the rapids. Where unbeknownst to Imhotep, Kaylee was sitting with her feet in the water, deep in thought. Anuck-su-namun looked up to see a strage looking balloon float into the canyon and knew it must be that O'Connell boy's father. She smiled at it, then ran back to Imhotep.

"Imhotep, Kaylee's signaled for the O'Connell's." She pointed at the diarigiable. "She doesn't care about you, she betrayed you!"

Imhotep looked at Kaylee and then at Anuck-su-namun. He glared at the diarigable, "Stand aside."

"Whose bright idea was it to let you drive?" Naylor snapped at Tiffany who was at the helm of the diarigiable.

"Shut up, we're doing just fine!" Tiffany snapped. "What's you're problem anyway?"

"We're lost, we've been lost since the start of this misbegotten adventure. You have no idea where we are or where we're going!"

"Shut up!" Amber snapped.

"You know as well as I do, Amber..."Naylor started.

"No, I mean shut up. I hear something."

Sure enough, a low rumbling noise was growing louder and louder. Everyone turned around to see a giant wall of water twisting and turning towards them.

"Oh come on!" Tiffany said hitting the gas.

"Weee." Amber squeeled as she was thrown backwards from the exelaration.

"Tiffany! Turn hard starboard!" Rick shouted

"What?!"

"RIGHT!!!!"

"GO!" Naylor snapped.

"No?" Tiffany asked looking at Naylor now.

"No, GO!"

"Make up your minds later! I'm turning right!" Tiffany screamed. She steared out of the way and took a sigh of relief when Izzy walked up to her.

"Good driving, sweety." He said. "Bad listening, but good driving."

"Hey guys! I think you should have a look at this." Amber said.

In the distance, the canyon opened up into a huge oasis and at the other end...was the pyramid. "Great." Rick said looking at it through a telescope.

"G-Guys!" Naylor shouted. "He's back!"

Amber stepped foreward just before they were hit, with orage water wings and screamed, "Bring it on!"

Imhotep walked out of the river after making sure the O'Connell's were disposed of and looked around for Kaylee. "Where's Kaylee?"

Anuck-su-namun looked down at the ground, "She's dead. She slipped in the water and was drug over the rapids. I'm sorry." She turned and left him standing there in disbelieve with a smile on her face. The smile of a woman with something to hide.

"You lie!" He shouted.

She stopped and held up her bracelet Kaylee had been wearing. "I tried to save her." She tossed it aside, "I'm sorry."