Night At the Museum

Secret of The Tomb

"This is it" Larry says. I smile at the familiarities around me

"Perhaps I should accompany you in"

"No, I think we got it from here" thank you!
Lancelot needs to leave us be, I know that sounds mean, but we will get this done so much quicker.

"Really?"

"'''Yeah. No, we're good

"Right. Well.. friends... Larry.. clown-faced keeper of the magic tablet... I shall never forget your bravery. Nor your jests" they shake hands

"Bye" we turn around but we're stopped by
Lancelot

"I shall not say goodbye...."

"I am"

"What?"

"I'm gonna say goodbye. I have to go, I'm sorry. I'll see you"

"I haven't seen these walls for many a moon"

"It's like we're at home"

"Ahkmen? Anippe?" Shepseheret says running over to us

"Mother" Ahk and I hug our mother. Then our father appears

"Father"

"Welcome home, my son and daughter. "

Merenkahre hugs them both Ahk and I can feel the emotions

"I want you to meet my friends"

"I am Merenkahre... Pharaoh of the Nile and Father to the Son of the Sun"

"And I am Shepseheret... the Glittering Jewel of the Nine Kingdoms"

"I am Larry"

"Guardian of Brooklyn" Ahk adds

"I actually live in Manhattan now"

"I know, but it doesn't sound as cool"

"We would be very honored if you could take a look at the tablet. There's something happening with it.
We don't understand what it is"

"You are speaking with a pharaoh. Kiss my staff" father has always been like that he was very authoritative when he was Pharaoh. Larry blows a kiss at the staff making me raise an eyebrow

"Is it okay if I don't"

"You will show respect. I am the descendant of Ra, the sun god"

"I understand that and I totally respect you. I just don't pray to Ra, so..."

"The Egyptian gods are the only true gods"

"Well, we try to stay a little more open-minded. I mean, Sacajawea, she honors her spiritual ancestors... and you pray to some sort of goat god, Attila? I'm half-Irish, half-Jewish..."

"You are? I love Jews! We owned 40,000 of them."

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"You were born at midnight. I was Pharaoh... and I had seen wonders most men only dream of. But when I first gazed upon you... you were instantly more precious to me... than all the wonders of the ancient world. I knew I could never bear to say goodbye.  I commanded the High Priest to create a gift to you, my son... using all we had learned of the mysteries of the afterlife. Forged in the temple of Khonsu, god of the moon... and watcher over nighttime travelers... the Tablet of Ahkmenrah. Our tomb was designed to channel Khonsu's rays down to the tablet... rejuvenating its powers every night. The moon god bestowed his power upon the tablet... so that, as long as it bathed in his light... our family could be together forever, and not even death could part us. It's been away from Khonsu's light too long"

the tablets erodes and I begin to cough up dust

"My son, my daughter. What is happening to you?" Shepseheret comes over to us as our dad goes over to Larry

"It needs moonlight... otherwise we shall all be dead by sunrise. Hurry! If the tablet dies... nothing can bring it back!" he shouts and Larry and Nicky are sprinting away. Father helps holds me up.