"So how exactly are you going to fix this?" I asked Rath, still unable to get my head around the fact that I was stuck in a cartoon series. When he didn't answer looking through a scroll in his hands I rolled my eyes.
"Patience, Miss..." Rath began until I grabbed the scroll from him and he blinked at me as I tried to read it. "I was reading that!" He argued, grabbing for the scroll which I held behind my back.
"The name is Jade, Jade Price." I replied, handing it back once I noticed it wasn't in English. "Can't you just cast a spell and send me back?"
"It's a little more complicated than that, Miss Price." Rath explained, searching for the spot where he had been reading. "I need to know exactly what caused the spell to go wrong in the first place. A missing ingredient or a single word can have disastrous effects."
"You're telling me." I answered with a faint smile, stretching my arms above my head. "At least the pain's gone. Too bad I'm not exactly one of the living anymore but it could be worse I guess. Oh and you can call me Jade you know." I pointed out though he seemed more interested in the scroll than me.
Shaking my head I decided to take a tour of the room I had woken up in so while Rath studied his scroll I wandered around noting the TV and the couch. Past that I saw a set of sarcophagi lining the wall, four in all and with a grin I decided to check them out.
As quietly as I could I headed towards them noting that Rath wasn't paying me the slightest attention though once I was standing in front of the sarcophagi reaching for one my fingers barely brushing the snake engraving on it when I heard someone call out to me and I stumbled, turning around to find Rath staring at me with one eyebrow raised.
"Would you mind not touching that? That is mine after all." He asked, still holding the scroll between his hands as I slowly backed away from his sarcophagus.
"I wasn't going to break it." I protested as I headed back to where he stood. "I was only looking at it."
"Next time I would appreciate it if you asked first." Rath told me and I snorted at him, crossing my arms against my chest with a slight frown. "Yes what is it now?"
"Hey I wasn't asked before you dragged me here so you could try and be a little nicer to me." I pointed out and he blinked at me, tilting his head to one side when I stared back at him. Not understanding he continued to stare until I finally just shook my head at him. "Never mind, Rath. So this is yours huh?" Another nod. "It's pretty cool."
"Thank you?" Rath answered, both of us turning when we heard footsteps heading our way. This time along with Nefer-Tina we were joined by Ja-Kal and Armon the two male mummies stopping the instant they saw me. "Yes we have another mummy in our midst."
"I'm Jade Price and like Rath pointed out I'm a mummy. Though I wasn't one an hour ago." I introduced myself and both Ja-Kal and Armon waved before they froze their attention moving to Rath who just shrugged. "Yeah it's his fault I'm here and like this."
"It was an honest mistake. Besides I'm close to figuring out what went wrong with the spell. Once I'm finished I can change Miss Price back to the way she was." Rath explained and I just gave him a smile looking towards the rest of the mummies with a grin.
"While you're figuring it out what do I do in the meantime?" I asked and everyone just stared at me until I waved a hand. "You don't expect me to just stay inside until Rath figures out where he went wrong do you?"
"You really don't have a choice, Miss Price. I need time to decipher these hieroglyphs and then I can try and fix this mess." Rath told me and I narrowed my eyes as he picked up another scroll. "Jade, please understand that this could take some time."
"Alright then I'll let you work in peace. I'm going for a wander." I agreed, heading towards the archway as everyone watched. "If I'm going to be stuck here for the time being I might as well go for a walk."
I didn't even wait for a response ducking through the arch and as I headed deeper into the building I sighed to myself, pulling on the edge of one of my bandages as I tried to work out where I should go.
I've seen the way people in this city freak when they see the mummies but I can't just stay cooped up either. A few hours and I'll lose my mind.
"Jade?" Nefer-Tina called out and I slowed looking over my shoulder to see her waving me over. Stopping I turned around walking towards her and once she saw the frown she gave me a smile. "What's with the long face?"
"Just trying to get my head around suddenly being changed into a mummy." I muttered and she nodded. "I know I shouldn't be upset but it's not right dragging someone from their own world and changing them on top of it."
"Don't worry about it, Jade. Rath means well but good luck getting him to admit when he makes a mistake." Nefer-Tina answered and I let out a laugh.
"Yeah so I've noticed. Hopefully he'll figure something out." I told her as we headed through the pyramid. "I've spent the last twenty years alive and this is a huge change for me." I added tugging on my bandages with a slight grimace on my face.
"How about I show you something cool?" Nefer-Tina asked and I shrugged, giving her a nod as I followed the female mummy through the pyramid. We soon arrived at the garage and I grinned at the sight of the Hot-Ra. Once I hurried towards it Nefer-Tina grinned, watching the smile on my face grow at the sight of their car. "Cool huh?"
"Very cool." I said looking at the seats with a smile. "Could I...?"
"Go for a ride? Of course, Jade. Don't tell Rath or Ja-Kal or I'll never hear the end of it." Nefer-Tina answered, climbing into the driver's seat and I laughed climbing into the vehicle. "Hold on tight."
She wasn't kidding and I gripped the dashboard as she sped out of the pyramid though after the shock wore off I started laughing enjoying myself for the first time and Nefer-Tina laughed with me.
"How are you going with that...whatever, Rath?" Armon asked and Rath shook his head, looking up to see Armon standing over him with a stack of pancakes.
"It is very troubling. I did find one misspoken word but even that should not have caused this mess. As to why Miss Price ended up here well I haven't the faintest clue." Rath replied, brushing crumbs from his shoulder. "Would you mind moving out of my light?" He asked and Armon just grinned at him munching on the pancakes as he watched Rath work.
"What's the problem?" Ja-Kal asked and Rath groaned, looking over as their leader walked over to join his friends. "You never have this much trouble fixing a magic spell."
"I've been going over my notes for the last hour and I cannot find a possible reason as to why this happened . At least it should not have brought Miss Price to San Fransisco and especially not to our home." Rath explained, straightening before he stretched. "I wish I knew why this phenomenon happened."
"What are you talking about, Rath?" Armon asked and Rath pulled a face as he chewed his food at the same time.
"I mean that I can't send Miss Price back to her own home. I also have no idea why she's a mummy which means until I know why she's stuck as a mummy." Rath sighed, shaking his head at Armon. "I don't know why she's so upset about being a mummy."
"How are you going to break this to Jade?" Ja-Kal asked and Rath blinked, his eyes widening when their leader gave him a pat on his shoulder. "You did promise you would find the answer for her and since you can't you need to tell her that."
"Oh no. Ja-Kal, I am not going to be the one to tell Miss Price that I can't fix this. You didn't see how she reacted after she teleported here." Rath argued and Armon sniggered getting a look of annoyance from Rath. "If you saw how mad she was you would not be laughing." He added, giving Armon a poke with his finger.
A few minutes later Rath went looking for Jade, his hands clutched behind his back. "This is not my fault so why should I be the one apologizing to Miss Price? I may have read one word slightly incorrectly but it should not have done this much damage." He muttered to himself, walking into the garage only to stop staring at the Hot-Ra or where it should have been parked.
"Where did the Hot-Ra go? Nefer-Tina's missing too and now why do I think those two problems are related?"