Chapter 2: Cleo, and the Awakening

Upon leaving the ship the boys found themselves in a city with fast moving cars, huge buildings and many citizens walking across streets and sidewalks.

"Well this is a lot more populated then my old town" Hogarth remarked.

"Come on dude let's go."

They walked through the city but couldn't find anything interesting until they came across a huge museum.

"What are you thinking Dexter should we go on in?"

"Well it's better than walking around doing nothing."

They ran up the steps and went through the front door. "Wow this is pretty cool, look at all this stuff" Dexter said.

Dexter was pretty much your basic school nerd who was always engrossed in a lot of boring stuff, Hogarth even though not a nerd did find a lot of stuff in the museum kind of cool.

"Why hello there" a man in a suit walked up to them.

"Welcome to the museum, I'm Professor Behdety the manager."

"I'm Dexter."

"I'm Hogarth."

"Anyway welcome to the museum would you mind helping us set up a couple things."

"Sure" they said. "Is that a mummy tomb you're working on?" "Yes" a fairly attractive lady walked up and said.

"Gentlemen this is my assistant Dr. Roxanne Vanderwheele." "A pleasure to meet the both of you the doctor responded."

"You too" the boys said in response.

"This tomb belonged to a pharaoh named Tutankensetamun, we found him buried in Egypt and took him to the museum to make an exhibit."

"That sounds pretty cool" Hogarth responded.

The boys helped out the professor unpack artifacts that had belonged to the pharaoh and placed them in the exhibit room. Professor Behdety placed a scepter known as the Scepter of Was onto a stand close to the entrance.

Just as he finished this a young girl ran into the room sounding excited.

"Wow is that really him Tutankensetamun, greatest pharaoh of all time, warrior, king, and ruler."

"Yes Cleo, but if you don't mind we're busy here" Behdety said a little annoyed.

"Hold up professor the scepter must be kept next to the sarcophagus if not the pharaoh could get into major trouble in the afterlife."

Cleo placed the scepter next to the coffin but Behdety spoke. "Cleo when I told your mother you could help I didn't mean that you could run the place." "Oh look at the time shouldn't you be going."

Cleo a little discouraged said goodbye and left while Behdety put the scepter back on the stand.

"Well I guess we'll be going too" Hogarth said. "Alright then boys have a good night" Dr. Vanderwheele said. Dexter and Hogarth went outside the museum and left.

A young security guard was sleeping against a wall until Behdety alerted him. "Jacobs", Behdety said annoyed, the lights. "Uh what about them", Jacobs responded. "Turn them off you ninny", and he did so.

As Dexter and Hogarth left the museum they saw the girl named Cleo sitting on the steps. "Hey there" Hogarth said politely.

"Oh hello there" Cleo responded "who are you guys." "I'm Hogarth." "I'm Dexter." "My names Cleo" she said nicely.

"Sorry about the professor back there" Dexter said. "No, don't worry about him he's always like that, always being a pain."

"You seem to know a lot about Egyptian culture" Hogarth said as he took a seat next to Cleo on the step.

"Of course, um hey would you like to come home with me for a while." "Sure" Dexter said. "Alright then follow me Cleo said and she led them to her house." Hogarth and Dexter were welcomed into her home by her mother and her cat that was named Luxor.

She led them to her bedroom where she showed them her extensive collection of Egyptian things. "My father was an archaeologist who worked in this kind of stuff he disappeared a while ago."

"That must have been terrible." "It was at first but I got over it quickly." Cleo looked through her books and found a page stating that the scepter should be next to the coffin.

"I knew I was right Professor Behdety is such a pain." "Well he seemed like a nice guy" Dexter stated.

"Yeah he is a nice guy but he always thinks he's right about everything."

Just then lightning struck outside and Luxor who was sitting on Cleo's bed seemed to be in a trance. "Cleo what's wrong with Luxor" Hogarth said.

"I don't know, Luxor are you alright?" Luxor went out the window and walked down the street.

"Crazy cat" Cleo muttered under her breath. "Come on let's follow him" Hogarth said.

Luxor went down to the museum which was closed only with the dim-witted security guard Jacobs there. Hogarth, Dexter, and Cleo followed Luxor down there. Luxor stood by the coffin holding the mummy.

"Looks like he's hypnotized or something" Dexter said. "Yeah thanks Captain Obvious" Hogarth said. Cleo took the scepter by the entrance and placed it by the coffin just as lightning struck again.

"Freaky" they all said. "Quite amazing" isn't it a voice said.

Looking down they saw that Luxor was talking. "Luxor you can talk" Cleo said surprised. "Why of course something it just came to me in a flash."

Hogarth looked shocked and said under his breath, "wow I didn't think I was gonna see this today a talking cat."

Luxor then said, "Like my ancestors before me I must assume my duty as loyal servant to my pharaoh." "Who's your pharaoh" Dexter asked. "Tutankensetamun, tonight he will rise and I will take my place beside the ruler of the world." "I gotta check the brand of your catnip" Cleo stated. Lightning struck again and it hit the coffin which then unleashed a mighty light. Luxor stated "Tutankensetamun my pharaoh, my master, my king." A mumble come from the coffin Hogarth and Luxor walked over to the coffin and saw something rising out of it. Hogarth frightened yelled at the top of his lungs

"THE MUMMY'S ALIVE, ALIVE, it's. The mummy jumped out of the coffin. To his surprise the mummy was just a kid about Hogarth's age.

"It's a kid?" The child mummy stated, "Hello, glad to meet you, where's the bathroom I have to go?

The mummy ran to the bathroom as Cleo hid and gasped. "Oh Jesus" Dexter said "we just brought a mummy back from the dead what do we do." "Dex I think that this mummy might be harmless" Hogarth stated he didn't try to harm us or anything he just randomly ran to the bathroom.

"What if he tries to eat our brains?" "Well we'll see." The mummy came out of the bathroom and let out a relieved sigh.

"Geez I needed that, I've been holding that in for so long." "For some reason I feel kind of dead."

"Technically you are dead sire you're a mummy and my name is Luxor I will serve as your loyal protector and servant."

"Excellent talking cat always wanted one." "Now who in the Underworld are these three commoners" the mummy said?

"Uh hello my name is Hogarth this is Dexter and Cleo we sort of brought you back we're sorry if we're disturbing you or anything."

"Oh well my sincere thanks I must reward you with something."

"See I told you he's harmless" Hogarth said to Dexter and Cleo. "Wow he's a real monster" Cleo said "like Frankenstein he's Tutenstein."

"Pardon me for not introducing myself but my name is Tutankensetamun, I'm the ruler of all, pharaoh of Egypt."

"Do you mind if we call you Tut" Dexter said.

"Why sure not at all." Looking up at old paintings they discovered Tut's short lifespan.

"You died very young huh" Hogarth said.

"Yes alas my life was cut short, being Pharaoh can be hazardous to your health."

Tut saw the scepter on the stand next to his coffin, Ah the Scepter of Was, the pharaoh who rules the world is worthy of this Tut said in a proud speech.

"Anyway sire is there anything you have in mind" Luxor asked. "Yes Luxor I would like to greet my fellow subjects."

"Well I'm not sure that would be such a good idea" Cleo said nervously.

"Nonsense", Tut said "a pharaoh must always watch over his subjects."

Hogarth saw that Cleo was looking nervous and whispered to her. "Don't worry we'll just say that's he's a kid in a mummy suit."

"Come along now, my loyal subjects let's greet my followers." " Yes sire" Luxor said. They walked outside the museum little did they know someone was watching them.

"The puny pharaoh has awakened" he said. This was Set the God of Chaos.

Set was a malicious god who has been bent on conquering Egypt and destroying all of its inhabitants. He was banished to the Underworld after attacking his brother Osiris whose son Horus later banished him.

"If I can obtain the Scepter of Was the world shall be under my control." "I will send my two servants Kehsaf and Sekham to bring the pharaoh to me where I will eliminate him once and for all" Set said with a sadistic grin and laugh that followed.