Sorry, I just keep doing other things and it only feel like a few days pass. It's been too long. And do anyone have any request for me to put in the story. I can't guaranty anything, but I'll try.
The others were getting ready to leave when I pulled Mr. Bey to the side. The other man, Ardeth, followed. I glanced around making sure no one else was listening. They already knew so much about Aziza, but something confused me. "Mr. Bey, something is not adding up. You said it was in my blood to protect Evy."
He nodded his head, "I see that you already know." I nodded my head, "Well Aziza was protector of Nefertiti."
"But what does that have to do with Evelyn?" I asked afraid of the answer.
The look on his face didn't ease my mind. "We're still trying to figure that out ourselves."
That information did unsettle my stomach, but it didn't matter at least not at the moment. "Thank you." With that I turned and left with the group who were on edge from the sun being blocked out.
Rick followed by Henderson and Daniels walked out of the building first. They made sure everything was clear before we went out into the streets.
It was silent until Jonathan spoke up, "So, Aziza," he said dragging my name out. I didn't stop, but I turned to look at him. "What did Mr. Bey mean by-"
"Nothing, I have no idea what he was talking about." I said cutting him off, rather ticked about the question. "We should be focused on the mummy walking around the city."
Evy decided to join in on our conversation, "Well we are curious as to why he said that and you didn't seem surprised." She walked closer to us saying, "What did you want to say to them that you couldn't say in front of us?"
I stopped walked and grabbed both of their shoulders. "All I wanted to know is why they thought I was a reincarnation. I've been in that library for a while and not once did I see a picture of me lying around or any information of a woman with the same name as me."
"You can tell us anything, Aziza." Evy said trying to be calm about it.
I shook my head, "Not now. First we need to focus on the problem at hand. It doesn't matter what they say I am."
For the rest of the walk no one said anything until we got to the room.
Back to the hotel we sat in a room trying to come up with a plan. I sat on a chair furthest from the others still thinking about what Ardeth said. I remember the men said that I was a protector of Nefertiti, but what did that have to do with Evelyn. I also remember the inner hatred I felt once I saw the mummy up and walking.
"We must stop him from regenerating. Who opened that chest?" Evy said standing by the men while Rick stood by the window watching the darkened sky. I watched him from where I sat and stayed silent.
"There was me and Daniels here, and Burns, of course, and that Egyptologist fellow." Mr. Henderson said.
Rick turned from the window, "What about my buddy Beni?" Eh, that skinny fellow.
Daniels said, "No, he scrammed outta there 'fore we opened the thing."
"Yeah, he was the smart one." Henderson said taking a drink making me wish I had mine.
"We must find the Egyptologist and bring him back to the safety of the fort... before the creature can get to him." Evy said, the only reasonable one trying to make an effort to stop him.
"Right," Rick said. "You two stay here," he pointed to Evy and me. "You three come with me."
All at once everyone started talking over one another. "Rick I don't think that's wise. A mummy is after us and he will use Evy as a sacrifice." I said, but Evy was the loudest one protesting and went to give him a lecture, but he wasn't having it. He picked her up and threw her over his shoulder. You can't leave me behind like some old carpetbag.
"Who put you in charge? O'Connell, what do you think you are doing?" He went in the room and threw her on the bed. "Jonathan, Aziza, O'Connell." She said calling out our names, but we just ignored her.
"This door doesn't open. She doesn't come out, and no one goes in, right?" Rick say dragging Daniels by the door.
"Right," he replied.
Rick then looked to Henderson, "Right?"
He nodded his head, "Right."
"Let's go, Jonathan." Rick said walking to the door.
"Um, Mr. O'Connell aren't you forgetting something?" I asked him with my hands on my hips. We'll have better luck finding the man if I was with them.
Jonathan nodded his head, "Let Aziza go with you. I thought l could just stay at the fort and, uh, reconnoiter."
Rick knew I was going with them rather he liked it or not. "Fine." He said to me and started out the room and I followed. To Jonathan he shouted, "Now." Before I left I shouted a good luck to Evy which made her bang on the door.
Jonathan walked closely behind us, "So where are we going?" I asked Rick. He seemed like he had a plan already.
"Daniels told me he had an office nearby. We're going to see if he decided to stay there." he said holding his gun in his hand.
"Good, let's get this over with." I said and we all headed to our next destination.
As we got to the man's office there was a rustling noise. It sounded like someone was digging through papers and throwing stuff around. I knew the mummy wouldn't be doing it, but someone who was helping him. Rick had the same thoughts and put his gun away.
"Well, well, well. Let me guess, spring cleaning." Rick said once he stepped in the room then me and last Jonathan.
The little weasel of a man started to run once he seen Rick. He singled handedly picked up a chair and threw it right at the man causing him to fall. I out right laughed, not able to hold it in.
"Nice shot." Jonathan said.
"The hell it was." My giggles stop and everything turned serious.
Rick went to the man and picked him up from the ground and harshly slammed him into a book case while gripping his shirt in his hands. "You came back from the desert with a new friend, didn't you, Beni?"
Rick always had a way with people, note the sarcasm. He threw the man around the room trying to get information out of him. Beni was looking for something and it wasn't good. All of this was just giving me a headache.
"The book! The black book they found at Hamunaptra. He wants it back. He said to me it would be worth its weight in gold." I whipped my head to look at him. The book that Evy had read. I can't even remember what happened to it. Maybe she still has it.
"What does he want the book for?" Rick asked holding him up to the ceiling fan.
"Oh come on, I don't know," he said until he was lifted closer to the fan. "Something about bringing his dead girlfriend back to life. But that's all. He just wants the book, l swear. Just the book, l swear. And your sister. But other than that-"the man was cut off by a scream.
It was the Egyptologist. When we turned our heads, Beni kneed Rick. I was going to shot him, but he jumped out of the window. "That little shit."
The three of us ran to the window. Down, below us, there was a group of people who backed away from the horrible sight. The Egyptologist was now a skeleton on the ground. Standing above him was the mummy. Slowly he turned his head to look up at us. He was looking more alive, but with decay still on his face. I gripped Rick and Jonathan's arm.
It opened its mouth up wide and bugs started to fly at us. I backed away as they both closed the windows before they could get in and locked them.
"That's two down, two to go."
"Then he'll be coming after Evy." Jonathan said making a hidden anger resurface.
I turned and ran out the room, but not before I shouted, "Over my dead body."
We ran through the halls and in minutes we came into the room. I only wanted to keep Evy safe. However, Rick held me back. Henderson was on the floor, dead. I shook my head at the poor man. I saw the cat in the corner of my vision and picked him up remembering that they were the guardians of the underworld. "Now we have a plan." I nodded my head to the door. Rick went up and kicked it in.
"Hey, get your ugly face off of her." he shouted to the monster. You can tell that he sucked the life out of Henderson. His face was different from before.
Evy jumped on the other side of the bed and I handed the cat to Rick. The mummy started to speak ancient Egyptian, but Rick cut him off with the cat. He lifted him up and the cat hissed making the mummy scream. He screeched and made a mini sand storm in the room. Rick covered me as he left out of the window.
"You alright," I asked Evy walking over to the bed. I stopped for a moment when Jonathan answered making me glare at him. I kneeled beside her and wrapped her in a hug.
She hugged me back then pulled away, "He's gone now. But we have to get out of here." She said and looked at us. I pulled her up and reached for her robe.
"Then what are we waiting for." I handed her the robe.
Someone walked in the room. We all turned to see Daniels come in. He held some glasses in his hands. "What's going on?" he asked. For a moment he was distracted. He saw Henderson on the floor.
"Don't worry, we're going to stop him once and for all." I said. "Grab anything you need. We're getting out of here."
Evy put her hand on my arm, "I know exactly what we can do to stop him."
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