"BLASTED THIS STUPID STORM!"
Natty looked down as rain pored outside of the small tent. The Camel had given up and decided to fall asleep. Natty and Fin glanced at each other while inside the tent.
"Sallah, I can get out so you can come in." Fin offered.
Sallah shook his head. "You kids stay in there. I'll be fine."
"Sallah, are you sure?"
"Natty," He said looking in. "Your grandparents would have wanted me to protect you kids. Let me do this."
Natty shook and Fin stared.
"Even me?"
Sallah nodded. "Well of course! You're practically a part of the Jones family!"
Fin stared and nodded.
A while passed and Sallah groaned with a shiver. Natty sighed and got out of the small tent and climbed off the camel onto the went sand of the desert. Fin came behind and used his jacket as an umbrella while Indiana Jones's hat was Natty's umbrella.
Rain pored down and Sallah looked up.
"Natty, Fin, I'm—"
"Sallah, just go in please." Natty said with concerned eyes. "Grandpa wouldn't want you to suffer."
Sallah looked down and forced a nod.
"Well, alright then. Don't do anything stupid."
Natty nodded as rain poured down. She stood there for a second and tapped her foot on the sand.
"So..."
"So...?"
Fin shrugged and looked around. "This is awkward."
"Tell me about it." Natty sighed.
Fin nodded and looked south west. His eyes widened and he tapped Natty repeatedly.
"What do you want now?"
"What is that?"
Natty looked up as Fin pointed. In the distance was a large mountain looking thing. Problem, there aren't many mountains in Sudan.
Natty whipped rain off of her glasses.
"We should explore." Fin said softly.
Natty looked up and raised an eyebrow. "A biologist wanting to do an archaeologist's job? What a twist."
"Listen Jonesy, I don't want to stand here like this." He said firmly, still holding his jacket up.
"Fare point." Natty mumbled. She looked inside the tent to see Sallah asleep. "Let's go, Sallah will be out for a long while."
Fin nodded and Natty put a hand on her whip.
The two walked for about half an hour before stopping at the mountain.
"It has no shelter." Fin said disappointedly. "This is rubbish."
Natty rolled her eyes and watched some sand come off from the rain. Her eyes widened as she looked at the mountain as an inscription shown.
"Fin you son of a gun." Natty mumbled.
"What does that mean?!" Fin asked. "I'm not American." The rich British boy groaned.
Natty rolled her eyes.
"This isn't a mountain."
"What do you mean? It's tall, and made of rock. That is a mountain."
"It's made of granite and sandstone." Natty snapped.
"That's a mountain." Fin mumbled.
"No it's not idiot!" She snapped. "Look."
Fin walked over as Natty pointed to the inscription.
"Okay, some old dead people wrote stuff on a mountain." Fin said with a shrug. "Not a big deal."
"For you." Natty snapped. She whipped away more sand as the rain pored. "They're hieroglyphics of the Kush."
"You act like I'm supposed to know what that rubbish means."
Natty rolled her eyes and read the inscriptions carefully. Her eyes widened.
"It's... it's a tomb."
"Pft, it's a mountain!"
"It's a pyramid!" Natty snapped.
"That, is not a pyramid."
"That's because it's made of sandstone, and over time it dissolves moron." Natty snapped.
"Alright then," Fin said turning to Natty. "Let's pretend that this is a tomb. Who's in there?"
Natty whipped more sand as thunder boomed in the distance. A flash of lightning cackled, giving her enough light to read the rest.
Her eyes widened.
"I... it's here."
"What is."
Natty took a step back ignoring Fin. She swore and cracked her fingers.
"WHAT IS IT?!" Fin demanded angrily.
"It's what Hans is looking for." Natty mumbled.
"WHAT IS?!"
Natty looked up. "The first Kush King."
"The first what?" Fin asked folding his arms.
Natty rolled her eyes and placed a hand to the wall. "I'll explain when we get in, but there should be a... oh hello there." She said softly.
She found a carving in the rock, and pressed into it. The ground rumbled as the sand fell, revealing a passageway.
"We're not going in are we?"
"We're not, I am." She said walking in.
She looked to her left and saw an old dry piece of wood. Natty put it down, and grabbed two rocks from the ground and struck them together. Fire shot to the stick and she picked it up and smiled.
"See you around Henderson." Natty said tipping her hat to him.
Fin glared and looked around. The walls started to close and seal the entrance and Fin's eyes widened. He jumped in as the entrance was blocked off. The only light came from the torch in Natty's hand.
"I really hate you, you know that right?"
Natty rolled her eyes. "I hate you too, now let's go."
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Indiana Jones and the Lost Kingdom of Kush// Book 1
Fanfiction(THIS STORY TAKES PLACE 9 YEARS AFTER DIAL OF DESTINY) *** Henry Jones IV wasn't a boy. She was a girl named Henry. What a stupid family name. She was lucky that her family was aloud to choose their own name. So, Henry IV chose Nefertiti, or 'Natty...
