Ch. 2~ Dude, Where's My Car?

After they managed to get out of the museum, Evie stopped to pull a bench across the doors.

"Honey, whacha doin'?" Rick grabbed her, "These guys don't use doors. Where's Jonathan?" he yelled as they neared the car, only to see the very person drive up in the most ostentatious vehicle ever built. "What's wrong with my car?"

"I was forced to procure other means of transportation."

"A double-decker bus?!"

"It was his idea!" Jon pointed at Alex.

"Was not."

"Was too."

"Was not!"

"Just drive!" Rick yelled right as Ardeth Bay was pushing Jeweli up the stairs, causing both of them to lose their balance momentarily.

"Quickly, go!" the Madji pushed on her back.

"I'm trying!"

With everyone safely aboard, Jonathan floored it. They watched as the Mummy Soldiers busted through the walls and ran over Rick's car.

"No, no, not my car. Ugh, I really hate mummies. Alright, I'm gonna go up top. Jewels, stay back and keep Evie and the boys safe. Let Ardeth Bay take care of these bastards. If they get by him, you have permission to blow their asses to Kingdom Come."

"With pleasure," she said, cocking her pistols. After Rick left, Ardeth Bay gave her a look. "What?"

"You two really are related. One might think you were siblings rather then cousins. It really is quite-"

"Focus! You can analyze my relationship with Rick after we kill these suckers!"

"Right."

Luckily, Rick took care of one before it even reached the bus, and the Madji blasted another to smithereens. Two down, two to go. Suddenly, things took a turn for the worst. the Madji lost his gun to half a mummy and was fighting it hand-to-hand. he wasn't even able to draw his sword. Then, when the monster had him pinned, he slashed out with extended claws and bloodied the man in black. Taking this as the mummy getting past him, Jeweli started shooting, only to run out of bullets and be next target. As the creature came for her, it was blasted away.

"Stay. Away. From my. Family!" Evie shot with each word, again and again, until the thing finally flew out the window. "Are you alright, Jeweli?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Where's the guy?" all she got was a groan in response, which she ran to. He was covered in rubble from Jonathan driving under a low bridge and smashing the top layer of the bus. So, she took his hand and pulled him up. "You ok?"

"Yes, thank you." Then he bumped his shoulder against the rail and hissed.

"You'd better let me take a look at that."

"It is nothing." He looked up from his wound to her face, and hesitated. "It...it is merely a scratch."

"Yeah, maybe. But, how would you like it to get infected, and then die a slow, agonizing death? Just because you were too manly to let me check it?"

He just chuckled and shook his head as he exited the bus. Sighing, she followed him and the rest of the adults onto the bridge. As they were standing there, Alex screamed, the same man who had been standing next to the Curator at the museum had a hold of the young boy.

"ALEX! yelled both the boy's parents and his aunt as they ran after the car. But, it was too fast, and they raised the bridge up before anyone could cross it.

Jeweli fell to her knees, "No." This was the second time in one night that she had lost a family member. "No, Alex. Oh, God, why?" she sobbed into her hands. She felt a comforting arm around her shoulders, making her look up...right into the tattooed face of the Madji in black.

"The Gods work in strange ways. They will not take an innocent from this world when he has such a long life ahead to live," the man helped her stand.

"Sometimes...the Gods are bitter, cruel, bloodthirsty beings, hungry for the souls of innocent young.

They all headed back to the house to prepare for a long journey the next morning.

A/N: I don't know exactly what Ardeth Bay believes...whether it's the many Egyptian gods or the one Allah. Anyone have any idea? Thanks for reading.

I will eventually get back to my other stories, but if I don't do this one now, I will never get it done. Read and Review, peeps.

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