"Open the book, Jonathan! Open the book! That's the only way to kill him!" Maggie and Evy scream at their brother. Rick racks and chops at the attacking Priest-mummies, fighting his way to Maggie. The skeletal creatures wildly swing their swords, trying to stab him. Jonathan fumbles with the book, struggling to open it, but he can't,
"I can't open it! It's locked or something!" Jonathan yells back
Rick cuts two of the mummies in half, then swings his sword down at Maggie breaking one of her chains, "We need the key!" Jonathan yells, "What do I do guys? What do I do!"
"Read the inscription on the cover!" Maggie yells out as Rick cuts another chain. Evy was free but Maggie still had two limbs chained. More mummies attack Rick and force him back. Jonathan quickly starts translating the cover inscription, but his ancient Egyptian is clearly awful.
"Keetash-something, naraba-something." He translates out miserably, Jonathan starts to backpedal through the cemetery, clutching the golden book; wide-eyed, as Imhotep moves in on him, "Ebarra im hatu Kashka ummmmm-" Jonathan trips and falls on his ass. Imhotep charges forword. Rick slashes another chain. Only one more left holding Maggie. Jonathan sits up and quickly looks back at the cover, "Rasheem Aaaaa Anubis!"
Imhotep raises the sacrificial sword, about to kill Jonathan. That's when the giant statue of Anubis suddenly crashes through the wall, shades of Ray Harryhausen. only better. The god of Death, horrible, decrepit stone face stares angrily down. Jonathan stares back, "Oh boy." Jonathon breathes out.
Rick decapitates a mummy and looks up at Anubis, "This just keeps getting netter and better!"
Imhotep leaves Jonathan and heads for the giant statue and Evy runs to Jonathon. Rick leaps over and with one last swing of the sword, frees Maggie from her chains. More Priest-mummies attack, forcing him away. Maggie jumps off the altar and starts to head for Rick, a skeletal hand grabs her! Spins her around. It's Anck-su-namun's rotted corpse. Maggie punches her.
Imhotep looks up at Anubis, points to Rick, and in Ancient Egyptian commands him to attack. Anubis moves for Rick, stomping over mausoleums and through the detritus moat on his way. Rick quickly backs away, "Do something Jonathon! Kill it!" Rick yells out at his brother-in-law.
"You've got to be joking!" He stutters out and Evy hits him on the back of the head.
"Jonathon do it!" Maggie screams out backing away from the female mummy she just punched.
"Finish the inscription, idiot!" Evy yells at him as well, hitting his arms.
"Oh!" Anck-su-namun attacks Maggie. She fends her off as best
she can. Jonathan quickly looks back at the hieroglyphs on the book cover, fumbling badly under the pressure, "Ummm, Hootash im, Hootash im now what is this last symbol here?"
"What does it look like?!" Maggie yells out before Anck-su-namun grabs Eher by the throat. The statue of Anubis corners Rick reaches down and grabs him with its massive talons. Rick hacks away at it. Jonathan stares at the inscription, slightly oblivious.
"It's an Anck symbol, with two little squiggly lines above it, and a bird, a stork! on either side!"
"Its Ahmenophus!" Evy yells at him from his side.
"Ah- Ahmenophus!" Maggie chokes out.
"Yes I see- Hootash im Ahmenophus!" The giant statue of Anubis instantly freezes in it's tracks. It's off balance. Starts to fall. Rick slides free of its talons. Maggie breaks free and shoves Anck-su-namun away, Anck-su-namun looks up and opens her fetid mouth to scream just as Anubis crashes down on top of her, smashing her to powder and driving her into the ground.
Imhotep shrieks in rage and horror, then turns and angrily heads for Jonathan. Jonathan and Evy quickly backpedal.
Rick leaps to his feet, sword in hand, and runs for Imhotep. Imhotep grabs Jonathan, lifts him up, rips the golden Book Of The Living out of his hand, and pins him to a wall.
Rick runs up and swings his sword at Imhotep and slices his right arm off. It drops to the ground, still clutching The Book Of The Living. Imhotep drops Jonathan and spins around, facing Rick. Rick grins, "Okay pal, let's see how tough you are without your right arm."
Imhotep grabs Rick with his left arm and throws him halfway across the cemetery. He slams into a gravestone, bounces off, and crashes to the ground. He shakes it off, "Alright, so he's left-handed" he grumbles out.
Imhotep is already striding towards him. Jonathan lifts up his hand, holding the key, "I got it." The girls run over to their brother.
Rick swings his sword and cleaves a big chunk of molten flesh rot out of Imhotep's stomach. on the outside, Imhotep looks human, but on the inside, he is still a rotten old mummy. Imhotep backhands Rick. Knocks him twenty feet back. Rick staggers to his feet. Imhotep is right there. clubs him hard with his left arm. Rick spins through the air and slams into the side of a mausoleum. Imhotep approaches, rage in his eyes. Rick l gets up, quickly pivots, and hacks into Imhotep's head. Imhotep grins and punches Rick in the face. He is thrown back, pulling his sword with him. He bounces hard off the mausoleum. Lands on his feet. Totally beat-to-shit. Knees buckling. He can barely stand.
Jonathan lifts up the heavy gold book, Imhotep's severed
hand still clings to it. Jonathan cringes in disgust. Evy yanks it off and throws it away, and Maggie starts furiously working the key into the series of locks, unlocking each of them.
Imhotep strides forward. Rick backs into the mausoleum and swings the sword, Imhotep tries to catch it, it cleaves through his palm and deeply embeds itself into his forearm. No matter, Imhotep rips the sword away from Rick and casually flings it away.
The Golden Book Of The Living opens with a hiss. Jonathan holds it tight as Maggie quickly turns the heavy gold pages Looking for something.
Rick turns to run, but Imhotep grabs him by the throat and lifts him off his feet. Rick hangs there, a dazed mess. Imhotep grins, says something in ancient Egyptian and then starts to strangle Rick. He chokes. About to die.
Maggie turns and faces Imhotep and reads an inscription: "Kadeesh mal! Kadeesh mal! Pared oos! Pared oos!"
Imhotep pivots and looks at Maggie, a look of sheer terror on his face. Then he looks over at the detritus bog. Which starts to bubbleshift. The swirling hole begins to open. And then suddenly the spirits waft out of the black bog and swirl around the Priest-mummies. The mummies all collapse and turn to dust. And then the spirits attack Imhotep. Lifting him and Rick up into the air.
Imhotep lets go of Rick, who falls to the ground and Maggie runs to him. Evy and Jonathan fearfully stumble away from the spirits, Jonathan trips and falls and accidentally throws The Book of The Living into the detritus bog. Evelyn watches as the golden book sinks into the black putrescence. Jonathan looks like he's about to cry. Ten feet off the ground, the spirits swirl around Imhotep's body, twisting, turning, and slowly shriveling it.
Accompanied by the same strange flashing lights we saw at the beginning of the movie when Anck-su-namun was cursed. One last huge flash, accompanied by a blast of wind, and Imhotep is spit out and thrown to the floor. He staggers to his feet, he looks perfectly normal. His body is completely intact, "I thought this was gonna kill him!" Rick groans out
Rick pushes Maggie behind him and swings his sword. Imhotep jerks back. The sword scrapes Imhotep's chest, and a swath of blood appears across Imhotep's chest where the sword hit him. Imhotep touches the blood on his chest, amazed and horrified, "He's mortal!" Maggie exclaims.
Rick runs Imhotep through with the sword and shoves him backward. Imhotep stumbles back and falls into the detritus bog. The sword was still in his stomach. Evy and Jonathan run up next to Rick and Maggie. They watch as Imhotep gently sinks into the fetid swamp, slowly dying. And then, just before his head goes under, Imhotep looks up at them, grins broadly, and says something in ancient Egyptian.
Maggie translates: "Death is only the beginning."
A/N: Midterm week at college is over so in celebration I updated! Like one more chapter is left and I'm emotional! I have decided that my twilight book will be called Daylight (after my lovely fav lover song daylight t swizzle for the win). It is a Paul fanfic! I think you guys will love it!
