Last chapter of the re-written version ! Hope you liked it. I find it better then the original. And just wait for the second version of The Mummy Returns. I chaged pretty much everything! Thanks to a few awesome idea's froma reviewer (i think you know who you are *wink wink*)
Anywho, thanks for readin'!
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magiie
"I'd take those bigger stones first. And take them from the top, otherwise the whole thing will cave in on us. Come on, put your backs into it," Jonathan called, watching as we all pulled at the large rocks, not at all bothering to help us.
"Jonathan." I snapped, turning and pushing my now short hair out of my face. "Either help, or shut up!" Rick and Ardeth turned and gave him a look that screamed how much they agreed with me.
"Yes, well, you've get the idea. Chop-chop." Jonathan smiled, before taking off somewhere, leaving us to work.
"I swear, if he wasn't funny, I'd shoot him." I muttered as we all got back to work.
"I say! Gents, you should come and have a look at this." Jonathan called suddenly, and I simply shook my head as we all ignored him. That was until he cried out.
"What?" Rick asked, turning around as we rushed to his aid.
"My arm! My arm!" Jonathan yelled.
"Get his sleeve!" I cried out, just as Rick took hold of the fabric and ripped it to reveal a rather large lump moving upwards under his skin.
"Whoa!" Rick said.
"What is that?" I gasped.
"Do something!" Jonathan yelled with terror.
"Hold him!" Rick exclaimed, as Ardeth took hold of Jonathan's back, while I held onto his other arm.
"Do something! Do something!" Jonathan said, just as Rick pulled out his knife, flipping it open. "Not that, not that!"
"Stop moving!" I cried out, just as Rick pushed the blade into Jonathan's skin, releasing what turned out to be a scarab, sending it flying towards me. Quickly I cried out, jumping back and clinging to Ardeth, who wrapped his arm around me as Rick pulled his gun out and shot the scarab.
"Jonathan..." Rick called, turning and looking at the man. "Don't touch anything."
"Right...right no problem." Jonathan mumbled, placing his hand over the wound.
"S...sorry about that." I whispered, slowly pulling away from Ardeth.
"It was...no trouble at all." He said calmly, watching me intensely.
"I should...look at that. Jonathan!" I cried out, turning fast and rushing over to him, grabbing him fast and tending to his wounds as Ardeth and Rick continued with the dig.
"Hey! We're through!" Rick called after a while, and we all stepped into the next room.
"I can't see a damn thing!" I moaned, stumbling around, hitting someone. "Sorry." I whispered.
"It's okay." Ardeth answered, and I felt my cheek go red in the dark. Quit suddenly a shot went off and I scream, jumping right back into Ardeth's arms.
"This is a frequent thing you do, isn't it?" He asked, as light suddenly shone into the room.
"Apparently." I whispered back, before i started to look around, not even getting an inch of distance between us. "Oh...my...god." I gasped, looking at the all the wonderment and gold that surrounded us.
"Wha-wha-" Jonathan said, too shocked to speak as we started down the stairs, everyone on alert.
"My god..." I called softly, reaching over and touching Rick's arm.
"Can you see?" Jonathan said.
"Yeah," Rick and I both answered.
"Can you believe- -"
"Yeah."
"Can we just- -"
"No." We all said sternly. Jonathan moaned in displeasure.
"There are more important things to look...after right now..." I gasped, watching as suddenly the ground started to shake, before mummies started to immerge. "Oh jee, would you look at that." I groaned, pulling out my gun.
"Who the hell are these guys?" Rick asked.
"Priests. Imhoteps' priests." Ardeth answered.
"All right, then." Rick called, before we started shooting, Jonathan pulling out two of Rick's handguns to join in along with us as we moved into next room.
"There he is! Hello, Horus, old boy!" Jonathan said, looking up at the large statue before us. Suddenly, Rick handed Ardeth his rifle and pulled out a stick of dynamite out of his pack, before striking a match, on Ardeth's face and lighting it.
"That was rude." I growled, looking to Ardeth who looked just as displeased.
Rick simply shrugged, and looked to the entrance we had come from. "Time to close the door." Rick said, before throwing the explosive at the mummies. Quickly i was swept up into Ardeth's arms as he pulled me aside, just as the explosive went off, with my clinging to him for dear life as he shielded me from the blow.
"Thanks." I mumbled, looking up at him as he shifted away. He simply nodded as more groaning sounds arose from the location of the blast.
"Damn, these guys just don't quit, do they?" Rick asked through gritted teeth.
"Keep digging!" Ardeth said to them, as he and i both started shooting yet again.
"The Book of Amun-Ra," Jonathan breathed out suddenly, and we both turned and watched as he pulled the golden book out.
"Well hurry up! Get on with it!" I cried out, turning back and starting to shoot once again.
"Ellen." Ardeth said suddenly, stopping my assault. "Save the girl. Kill the creature," HE said, looking from me to Rick, and then back to me. "Stay safe." He added, his eyes locking onto me for a moment, and then with a battle cry, charged into the hallway with the mummies
Shock rushed through me as he took off, endangering his life. "Ardeth!"
"What are you waiting for? Get out! Get out!" His voice grew fainter.
"No!" I yelled back angrily, before i charged in after him, my gun up and ready.
"ELLEN!" I heard Rick and Jonathan both scream out as I rounded a corner.
"Save Evy!" I yelled to them both, moving faster and faster to catch up to Ardeth.
"Ellen!" Rick's cry grew more and more distant as i gained on Ardeth.
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I found him almost instantly, tussling with more then his fair share of mummies.
"Hold still!" I cried out, shocking him as he turned and looked at me, stopping instantly just as i pulled my handgun up and started firing at the mummies, hitting each of them and sending them down into the sand, crumbling into a million pieces.
"Look out!" Ardeth cried out, as i spun around, a larger and rather disgusting dummy falling onto me, it's hands at my neck, finger nails scratching my skin.
"ARH!" I screamed, trying to push it off without success.
"Ellen!" Ardeth cried out, just as the mummy was lifted from my and slammed into the ground, where he shot it. "Are you alright?" He asked, turning fast and helping me up, more and more mummies surrounding us.
"Not really." I mumbled, seeing that our out come in this fight might very well end with us dead. "I don't see us getting out of this." I said, out back against each other, as a circle of mummies got closer and closer.
"It is an honor to die protecting the world." He called out, his breathing heavy. "And...along side you." HE added, looking over his shoulder and glancing at me.
I twisted myself around slightly to look at him, taking deep breaths as my mind raced. "God dammit, if we're gunna die, to hell with it." I cried out, turning right around and wrapping my free hand around his neck, pulling him around and down to me, before pressing my lips to his in a fiery kiss that sent my skin a blaze as his free arm went around and wrapped around my waist, pulling me closer, the whole world practically dissolving around us.
I pulled away from him much to soon, and raising my gun up, smiling at him. "To the death." I whispered, looking deeply into his eyes.
"To the death." He repeated, before we both spun around and started our war against the undead.
It waged on for what seemed an eternity. The living against the dead. And sadly, i noticed as my ammunition started running low, we were losing.
But then, just as i feared all hope was lost, and i was back to back with Ardeth, the hoard of mummies coming closer and closer, a rush of warm wind hit us and everything went still, before the mummies crumbled to the floor, in pieces and dust.
"Wha...what the hell happened?" I asked, looking around, my heart racing and my breathing coming in short.
"The creature." Ardeth quickly spun around and looked down at me, grabbing my arms. "Your brother! He must have defeated him!"
I looked around once again, still awe struck. "You mean...i mean...we won?" I mumbled, before my eyes went back to his, seeing him smiling.
"We're alive." He said softly, his smile turning downward into a simple curve of his lip. "We're alive." He repeated huskily, as he leaned down and pressed his lips to mine tenderly at first, but then with more passion as I wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling myself closer to him.
We broke apart, breathless and, on my part, hotter then i had been a moment ago, as the ground below us started to shake.
"I think..." I whispered, in halling deeply as I slowly let my arms slip down from around his neck to rest on his chest. "We should get out of here."
"Agreed." He nodded, before he took my hand and pulled me along, and out of the temple.
AS we rushed out, everything started to collapse around us.
"Go!" Ardeth called to me, pushing me along. "I'll get camels!" He explained, before racing away. "Go!" He called again, as i started running to the desert before me, looking for any sign of my brother, Jonathan and Evy.
Just then, to my right, i saw them come speeding out, all three of them, and my heart did a leap.
"Rick!" I screamed out, as i too started running in the same direction, catching his eye as we went, and the shock and happiness i saw cross his face that he saw i was alive.
Just as we reached the city limits, everything crumbled to the ground, a cloud of sand rising up and covering us as we reached each other.
"Ellen!" I heard Jonathan cry out, before i was suddenly swept up into a hug. "Good to see you!" He smiled, as i hugged him back.
"You too." I smiled, as he released me and i turned to Rick. "You okay?"
"Yeah." He nodded, catching his breath. "You?"
"Yeah." I nodded, before jumping into his arms and hugging him tightly. "The things you drag me into." I whispered, tears coming to my eyes.
A suddenly scream erupted from Jonathan, breaking us apart as i turned and looked up to see Ardeth atop a camel, smiling down at us.
"Oh! Thank you, thank you very much," Jonathan said to Ardeth, with a hand over his heart.
"You've earned the respect and the gratitude of me and my people," Ardeth said to us, his eyes stopping on me for a moment, as he bowed his head slightly.
"Yes, well, it was nothing," Jonathan replied with a chuckle, waving him off.
"May Allah smile upon you always," Ardeth continued, bidding us farewell.
"Wait...wait your..." I rushed up to the camel, stopping him. "You're leaving?" I whispered softly.
"My life, is not you're life." He explained, looking down at me sadly. "May you bring bright light into the world Ellen." He called, reaching down and taking my hand in his. "As you have in mine." In finished, before kissing my fingers, and letting my hand drop.
"And yourself," Jonathan replied, looking a little confused.
Ardeth gave me one last longing look before he clicked his tongue, and the camel turned around leaving me there watching as he road off into the distance, before he was nothing but a blur in the sand.
"Yes, anytime," Jonathan said.
"Stay out of trouble," Rick called, before he glanced at me and i simply shook my head.
"He's just...leaving us here." Jonathan said, before he turned and looked to me. "He's just leaving you here!"
I nodded, feeling a slight twinge of pain in my chest, before smiling. "I'm sure this wont be the last time we see him."
"You would hope so." He called, giving me a good reason to smack him on the arm. "Well, I guess we go home empty-handed...again."
"I wouldn't say that," Rick said, looking down at Evy, smiling.
"Oh, please!" Jonathan moaned, as Rick leaned down and kissed Evy.
"How 'bout you, darling? Would you like a little kissy-wssy?" Jonathan asked one of the camels, who lowered its head breathed at Jonathan. "Whew!" He complained.
"You might never get anything better." I laughed, as I got up onto the camel Jonathan was holding onto. "Might wanna get used to it." I finished, as he jumped up behind me on the camel, taking the reins.
I simply chuckled, smiling at his expression, before turning and looking to Evy and Rick on their camel, as we heading into the sunset, out adventure over.