err... who am i?- XD Yep, I'm back from outer space. : P Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. It most defiantly was. He'll be making an appearance later on. Oh, the plans for his appearance later on are going to be similar to that. I won't say anything else, may give too much away. Don't worry, they have a small part in this chapter where we see what they are up to. XD
Little Miss Bump-Yep, good ol' Alex. XD That they are. Ha-ha! That is a good phrase! Oh, they'll be safe on the way there…for the most part. ;) Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. XD
Pinkranger888- XD I'm glad you like him. Yep, he is one of my favorite characters in The Mummy series. Yep, they know where the book is and are off to find it. Yep, that is a bad think and it's only going to get worse for them. XD And that is precisely why they told him. Of course I will. Good to hear that you made it in one piece. I would think so. Never been there myself but I have traveled to the east coast before and the weather change totally screwed up my allergies once I got home. I can only image the contrast between the two this time of year. XD
foxee-chik-Hey! Good to see you back! Of course I'm going to keep writing and I'm glad you like it. XD
Chapter Nineteen- The Golden Book of Amun Ra
Just over an hour after leaving the Bethlem Royal Hospital, John and Evelyn were stepping out of the rented car outside a large mansion that rivaled Lady Penelope's in size. A few feet away from them, Lady Penelope, Parker, Fermat, Tin-Tin, and Kaphiri stepped out of FAB 1 and joined the siblings as they stood near the entrance to the mansion.
"Incredible," Evelyn murmured as the group approached the entrance to the mansion, the gravel of the drive way crunching beneath their feet. Beside her, Tin-Tin nodded her head in agreement as she looked at the mansion with wide eyes.
Pulling the note out of his pant pocket, John stepped up to the keypad just beside the large, oak double doors. The keypad chimed with each button that John pushed. He then glanced down at the paper and double checked the code before pressing 'enter'. "Access granted. Security system disabled," a feminine monotone computer voice announced.
Taking a deep breath, John grasped the large, ornate handle and the door swung open. The foyer was light from natural light from the stained glass windows on each side of the door and reflected off the black and white marble tile. Another set of double doors sat before them, these also containing a large amount to stained glass. As John closed the main doors behind the group, Evelyn opened the next set of doors and entered the next room.
Most of the room was done in wood paneling and a large, white marble fireplace stood off to the left while beside it an open door led to a room full of coats while directly across from them was another pair of double doors and a grand staircase leading up to the second floor of the mansion. Evelyn was immediately drawn to the marvelously restored sarcophagus on the far side of the fireplace. Evelyn examined the sarcophagus in awe, running her fingers over the inscription on its front. "Nefertiti, daughter of Seti the first," she read softly. "How in the world-"
"Evie."
Evelyn turned around at the sound of her brother's voice to see the group was standing at the bottom of the staircase waiting for her. John simply had an eyebrow raised while the others in the group were smiling at her. She grinned sheepishly as she stepped away from the sarcophagus and joined the group in heading upstairs. Kaphiri chuckled and shook his head as he let her pass him and join her sibling at the front of the group beside her brother.
John looked up from the paper as she fell into step beside him. "It says up the stairs, first door you see," he stated as they reached the top of the staircase. Unlike the ground floor that was done in dark wood paneling, the wooden paneling on the second floor had been painted a crisp, clean white and let you look down into the living room below. Bookshelves lined the walls. John and Evelyn led the way to the door at the top of the stairs. John grasped the handle, turned the knob, and pushed the door open.
It was a large study, done in dark paneling like the ground floor with two large window's that were framed by dark green drapes. A leather couch and chair sat a few feet in front of the desk. John looked down at the last line of the instructions that Alex had written. 'Wooden chest on bookcase between the windows'.
Looking up from the note, the siblings looked towards the shelf between the windows as the group entered the room behind them. A large, wooden chest sat on the middle shelf with a lock done in gold. The two glanced at each other and smiled before swiftly walking across the room. John removed the chest from the shelf and then set it on the desk as Evelyn unclasped the locket from around her neck.
Looking down at the locket and to the lock on the chest, Evelyn realized that the strange carvings on the lockets face that she had always been curious about would fit perfectly into the lock. Evelyn bit her lip as she pressed the locket into the lock. The lock clicked and the fastening that held it closed popped open. As she replaced the locket around her neck, John held his breath and opened the chest. Inside was a large object wrapped in a gray cloth.
John felt all breath leave him as he pulled back the cloth and bright, glowing gold shinned through the small break in the covering. The eyes of all those in the room went wide as John unwrapped the book and pulled it out of the chest. The book was solid gold and contained several tablets within it that were also gold, hieroglyphs covered its cover. The bind of the book was steel as well as the broken lock. He then set it on the desk beside the chest.
"The Book of Amun Ra," Kaphiri muttered as he stepped up to the desk and ran his fingers over its cover, taking in the symbols with wide eyes.
Lady Penelope had a hand over her mouth as she looked down at the Book. Parker stared at it for several moments before looking towards Evelyn. "Miss Tracy, is that really-"
"Pure gold?" she finished for him, tearing her eyes away from the Book to look at him. "Yes, it is. It's not called the golden Book of Amun Ra for nothing."
"When you called it golden, I never thought you meant it was literally gold," Tin-Tin stated with a slight chuckle, shaking her head in disbelief at the sight of the Book on the desk.
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In the Sahara desert, the captured Tracy's along with Kyleigh and Narmer continued to trail after their captors. The sun shinned hot down on them, turning their skin pink. Their hair was full of sand and their faces had scratches from the times they had tripped in the sand. Blisters were beginning to form on their feet from walking, while their oppressors sat comfortably on camels around them. They had only stopped walking during the night and sleep did not come easily when you were surrounded by men who would not hesitate to kill you.
Jeff raised his bound hands and whipped the sweat from his brow. His back was still sore from where he had been kicked, though the pain was probably nothing to the tenderness to Gordon's ribs or the large bruise on the side of Scott's face that was now a dark purple. He trailed after his sons as they walked in silence, the heat of the day even silencing Gordon where he walked beside Alan with Virgil and Scott a few feet behind them.
Last night when they had stopped, and after they had been given a bucket of water to be split between the seven of them, Kyleigh and Narmer filled the family of what he had heard the night the Tracy's had been captured and had explained to them who the Medjai were. The fact that someone may be following them and be able to get news to John and Evelyn was a relief to the family. All of them knew that should Evelyn follow them, and that was something she was highly likely to do, that she would be doing exactly what Yuja and Saadia wanted.
Then the question came about, even if she did come after them, there was still no way to kill Yuja. Virgil and Alan answered this question, telling their family, Kyleigh, and Narmer of what they and Evelyn had found just before they had left the island. Now all they could do was hope that Alex knew where the book was.
"Whoa!"
"Alan!" Gordon cried Jeff looked up to see his youngest son trip. Gordon tried to grab his younger brother but only succeeded in falling himself. The two of them tumbled down to the bottom of the sand dune.
"Alan! Gordon!" Scott and Jeff yelled and they, along with Virgil ran down to where they lay at the bottom of the dune.
Alan was pushing himself up, spitting out the sand that had gotten into his mouth while Gordon simply rolled over and lay on his back, panting as he wrapped his arms around his middle as best he could with his bound hands. Virgil dropped down into the sand beside Alan and helped him sit up while Scott and Jeff knelt beside Gordon.
"Gordon, you alright?" Jeff asked as he and Scott helped Gordon sit up. Gordon gave them a wry smile.
"I've been better," he answered, his breathing beginning to even out though he still kept his arms around his middle.
"Jeff!"
The family looked up at Kyleigh's yell to see her and Narmer standing at the top of the dune, the former of which was looking to something beyond Alan and Virgil. Seeing the family looking towards her, Kyleigh pointed in the direction Narmer was looking.
The caravan of camels had stopped and the three that had been in the lead were turned towards them. Jeff felt panic begin to rise within him when he caught sight of Saadia moving towards them, pulling the knife out of her belt. His son's followed his gaze and quickly set to action of getting their fallen sibling off the ground.
Saadia stopped her camel a few yards from them as Gordon stood, Jeff and Scott's hands on his arms as the family faced the women. Saadia's lips curled into a sneer as her dark eyes scanned the family.
"I see you have learned your place. It better stay that way because I am just inching to use this," she stated, holding up the knife for them to see before replacing it into her belt. She then turned her camel around and riding back to where Yuja and the Hood waited for her.
As Saadia rejoined the front of the caravan, Yuja roared orders in Egyptian and the party began moving once more. Jeff heaved a heavy sigh as he and Scott helped Gordon back up the dune. Lucy, please let help find us soon. If anything were to happen to the boys, I don't know what I would do. It was heard enough to lose you. Another lose would destroy this family. Protect our boys Lucy. Help John and Evelyn find the Book of Amun Ra, and protect them on their journey.
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"Well, that rules out FAB 1," Tin-Tin stated where she sat on the leather couch beside Lady Penelope and Fermat in the study of O'Connell manor. John and Evelyn had just relayed the tip that Alex had given them regarding how to go after Yuja. "We would stick out like a sore thumb."
"Whatever way you shall get there," Kaphiri began, pushing himself away from where he had been leaning against the desk. "I will follow with my people on the ground."
Evelyn nodded, leaning back into the chair behind the desk. The Book of Amun Ra sat before her on the desk, open to the page that the spell to rob Yuja of his immortality was written. "As long as we fly, we should be able to pass them and get to Amarna before them. We'll just need something small and relatively quiet. But what."
The study went quiet as each thought about what they could possibly take that fit this description. The silence was broken after several minutes by Fermat.
"Sam," he stated, looking towards Evelyn.
"Sam?" she repeated. "What are you-oh! That's prefect! Fermat you are a genius!"
"Who's Sam?" John asked where he stood beside Evelyn, looking between his sister and Fermat with a raised eyebrow.
"Sam Connors is the one who taught me and Fermat how to fly ultra lights," Evelyn explained, looking up at her brother as she sat forward in the chair. "They can go roughly twenty five miles an hour, can carry two people, easy to fly, and with some work they can be relatively quiet. By flying at a high altitude we should be able to avoid being seen."
"Sounds great," John commented, smiling down at his sister. "How many does he have?"
"Four I think," Evelyn replied. "Plus mine, means that five of us can fly and one of them can fly with each of us."
"And my people and I can take care of Kyleigh and Narmer," Kaphiri added as Evelyn pulled her cell phone out of her pant pocket. She flipped her phone open and scrolled through her phonebook until she found the number she was searching for. She pushed the call button and held it up to her ear.
"Hello," a male voice stated after a few rings.
"Hey Sam, this is Evelyn," she answered. The study went silent once more as they listened to Evelyn's side of the conversation.
"Good to hear from you Evie. How ya doing?" he asked. By the tone of her friend's voice, Evelyn knew that the man was smiling
"Been better," she replied. "Listen, I need a favor."