The Lost, The Stupid, & The Mummy

Chapter Nineteen: My Immortal

The jungle enclosed around Amber and her heart rate soared. She placed a hand to her forehead and spun around on the spot for a moment before whispering to herself. "Man, I'm so lost. This place needs road signs." Suddenly something rustled in the bushes next to her. "Hello? Is someone there?"

"Ow, get off me!" Naylor said falling through the bushes with Alex on his back.

"You're not a very good rescuer." Alex said getting off Naylor's back. "Rescuers don't fall on their face or yell at helpless plants."

"Listen here, I'm not you're pack mule and you could be a little bit more grateful that we came at all." Naylor stood up angrily. "And another thing… Hey Amber… Amber!"

"Hey to you two." Amber said hugging Alex gently. "Where's everyone else?"

"You mean you haven't found them either?" Naylor asked with a sigh.

"If I had found them, dear Naylor, would I be asking you if you've seen them?" Amber said crossing her arms over her chest.

Naylor rolled his eyes, "No."

"Good boy," Amber patted him on the head. "Now, Alex you and me will go find everyone else and Naylor will go find my dad."

"You want me to turn around and go back the way I just stumbled through?" Naylor asked with a hint of fear in his voice.

Amber nodded, "That sounds about right."

Naylor gulped, "Ok guys, if I don't make it…Amber there's something I always wanted to tell you. You're so…"He turned around and found no one there. He looked around, but there was no sign of them anywhere. "STUPID!" He yelled.

A couple yards away Amber looked down at Alex, "Did you hear something?"

"Nope." Alex shook his head.

"Good, cause for a second there I thought I was losing my mind." Amber said taking Alex's hand and pushed through the thick jungle plants. "Let's find your family. You know, Kaylee's been worried sick about you."

Alex looked at her in shock. "Kaylee made it!?"

Amber looked at him strangely. "Of course she did, why wouldn't she have?"

Alex grabbed her hand, "We've got to find her. I have this really bad feeling."



"Oh come on, Kaylee's fine. She's just hiding." Amber said. "I hope." She whispered to herself.

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"I'm so sick of being lost!" Kaylee said to herself walking over a fallen tree like a balance beam. She didn't dare look down; it would be her luck it dropped down like 800 feet. She reached the other side and looked over her shoulder. A small creek flowed under the tree and off into the jungle.

"Well, that was anticlimactic." Kaylee whispered ruefully.

She shrugged her shoulders and continued to walk through the jungle. She reached the edge of the jungle and could see the pyramid towering just in front of her. She slowly pushed aside a branch that was blocking her view. She gasped slightly when she saw Anuck-su-namun with Imhotep by her side.

"Darling, you stay here while I find the way in."

"Gag me with a rusted spoon." Kaylee whispered as she watched Anuck-su-namun disappear towards the pyramid. She slowly crept out of the bushes and hid behind a statue. She peeked around to see Imhotep…just standing there.

"Imhotep." She whispered. He turned around and stared at her strangely. "Come on let's get outta here."

"Who are you?" He said still looking at her like she had just popped out of a tea kettle.

"Damn it, what did she do to you?" Kaylee said taking his hand. "Come on, we have to leave."

He wretched his hand away from hers, "No, I have no idea who you are! Now leave."

"I'm not leaving without you." Kaylee said staring at him desperately. "Get that through your head."

"Kaylee!" Amber's voice called. She burst through the trees with the gang at her side.

Kaylee turned to look at her best friend before feeling the searing pain in her stomach. Time seemed to have slowed as she saw Amber's eyes widen and her mouth open to scream. Kaylee slowly looked back at Imhotep. His face had no expression and his eyes seemed empty. She slowly brought her hand up her stomach and brushed a warm wet spot on her shirt. She lifted her hand to find blood smeared on her fingers. She looked back up at him shakily before pushing herself onto the knife even more. Imhotep stared at her in surprise as she brought her shaky lips to his. Once her knees gave out he stood back and looked at her desperately.

"Kaylee," He whispered. He looked at his hands and saw the bloody knife. He dropped it quickly like it had the ability to bite him. He took several steps back in dismay. "W-What have I done?" He turned and fled into the pyramid.



"Kaylee!" Amber screamed running to her side. She hit her knees next to her fallen friend and scooped her up in her arms. She cried out uncontrollably as she saw the blood blossoming out from the wound. "It's ok, I'm here." She whispered placing her hand over the wound in an attempt to stop the bleeding. "Oh god." She whispered.

"Jonathan, keep Evy and Alex back there." Rick waved them off coming to Amber's side. He got to his knees next to Amber to examine the damage. Kaylee was losing a lot of blood and was starting to shake.

"Rick, give me something to stop the blood." Amber commanded.

Rick tore off a sleeve from his shirt and handed it to Amber. She took it and placed it on Kaylee's wound, putting gentle pressure on it. But it took only a few second for the blood to soak through. Amber stared at her blood smeared hand.

"Amber." Kaylee whispered.

Amber looked down and held her close, "I'm here."

"I'm s-sorry." Kaylee whispered weakly.

"There's nothing to be sorry about." Amber said staring at her with tears streaming out of her eyes.

Kaylee nodded, "I'm sorry that I got us lost."

Amber laughed a little taking her hand, "We were never lost. We just…we just took a creative detour."

Kaylee smiled when suddenly she was overcome with pain. She tried to cough but only blood trickled out the corner of her mouth.

Amber tried to wipe away her tears. "This has been the greatest adventure a best friend could ever ask for"

"It w-was only great, because you were there." Kaylee squeezed her hand gently.

"Listen to me, we're gonna get you outta here and we're going to go home like none of this ever happened." Amber cried into Kaylee's shoulder. Rick looked up at Evy who was in tears as he shook his head. "When we get back we're going to go down to that coffee shop you like so much and get whatever you want…" Amber stopped in mid sentence as Kaylee's hand fell from her grasp. Amber stared at her desperately. "No, I can't go home without you." She whispered touching her still warm face. Kaylee's eyes stared up at nothingness. Amber let out a heartbreaking scream as she rocked her best friend in her arms.

Amber wiped away her last tear and looked mournfully to Rick. "I'm going to kill him." She whispered.