The next destination in the search for Pac-Man's family was an area that resembled ancient ruins. It was more on the Egyptian side than most except it was more in the style of Pac-Man's world.
"Etta," Meloetta spoke in awe about the place.
"What is this place?" Eve asked.
"They look like ruins. More Egyptian-ish, I think," (Y/N) pondered.
"Alright. Let's stick together while we go in. It'd be catastrophic if either one of us gets lost," Pac-Man said.
"Yeah. And let's watch out for the ghosts, too. I have a feeling they're here, too thanks to Toc-Man," Goh said.
Everyone then moved forward throughout the ruins. The heroes moved through the dark caves with bridges, some still in tact, some ready to break. They next went inside temples with not only monsters and ghosts, but also dangerous traps and bubbling magma to fall in if they're not careful. Luckily, they saw this coming as Pac-Man was ready to gobble up the ghosts and the others were about to take the other baddies out of the picture. Suddenly, they heard a sound somewhere.
"What was that?" Ash asked.
"Sounded like a dark barking," (Y/N) said.
Pac-Man then took a moment to get another hear of the dog's bark. Then, he noticed something familiar about it.
"Pac-Dog! They even got him, too!" He exclaimed.
"Pika-pi!" Pikachu said, ready to rescue Pac-Dog.
"Let's hurry!" (Y/N) said.
Everyone then rushed to the source of the dog barking until they saw a dog being trapped inside a cage in the distance. Pac-Dog then turned to his owner and began to bark and howl for help.
"Don't worry little buddy! We'll get you out of there!" Pac-Man shouted.
Everyone then began to charge at the enemies while watching their step, trying not to fall into the hot lava. After dealing with the enemies, (Y/N) destroyed the cage, breaking Pac-Dog out. Pac-Dog then happily ran up to Pac-Man before licking his face, making his owner give him pets.
"There you are, boy! Are you okay?" Pac-Man asked, in which the dog responded with a happy bark.
"Alright! I'll take you back to safety. Hold still," (Y/N) said before using her magic to teleport Pac-Dog outside the ruins.
"Phew. I feel bad for the poor little doggie," Eve said.
"Don't we all?" Goh said.
"Surely. Anyway, let's get outta here," Ash said.
As everyone was about to leave the ruins, they heard the sound of groaning from somewhere.
"What was that now?" Eve asked
"Etta...?" Meloetta said puzzled
"Hopefully, We're just going crazy," Goh said.
Meanwhile, (Y/N) began to shiver in fear, getting the idea of who was making that dreadful sound.
"(Y/N)? Are you okay?" Pac-Man asked the (H/C)-ette.
"I... I think I know what that sound is..." (Y/N) whimpered.
"Pika?" Pikachu spoke, tilting its head.
"S-Since we're in some kind of ruins, that could mean..." (Y/N) said before pointing her finger at a shadow at an end of an hall. Then, the shadow was revealed to be a mummy.
"M-M-Mummy!" The (H/C)-ette female screamed.
"Let's run!" Pac-Man said.
Everyone then began to make an escape the other way to escape the mummy. However, it won't be easy due to the traps that were heading their way. Luckily, as soon as the door in the distance opened, they finally made it out, leaving the mummy inside the ruins.
"Phew... Close call," Eve said.
Suddenly, a familiar laugh could be heard from the distance. They looked up at an Anubis statue and saw Toc-Man.
"Why can't you just quit already?!" Ash said.
"'Quit'? Oh, my friend, I'm just getting started!" Toc-Man said as he revealed some kind of crystal. "It's your turn, Anubis! Knock them flat!" He then inserted the crystal inside Anubis' core, making it come to life before he flew away. A barrier then appeared around Anubis' core, shielding from damage.
"Melo!" Meloetta spoke in shock.
"How do we take it down?" Ash asked.
Pac-Man then looked around and saw the four switches that were keeping the barrier around the core powered. "Let's try powering those off. If we use them to shut down that barrier, we can strike Anubis when he's open!" He said.
Everyone split up and went to the switches to power them off. It wasn't easy due to Anubis spitting fireballs at them, which they had to dodge or block. Finally, they let down the barrier, giving Pac-Man the chance to attack the exposed core.
As the fight went on, Anubis started to become more serious, using his strength to destroy parts of the stone bridge, causing everyone to be careful not to fall in the magma. Anubis had to fire more fireballs and even shoot a laser beam at them to prevent them from destroying his core. However, even with all of his effort to keep them at bay, the heroes still prevailed, attacking the core three more times until the Anubis was finally defeated.
"Never tamper with ancient relics, as they say," (Y/N) said.
"But we haven't even touched anything, (Y/N)," Goh said with a sweatdrop.
"That's true. Anyway, let's get back," Pac-Man said.
To be continued...

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