The Night I Changed

The Escape

I go to get a closer look at the mummy but I hear my mother calling.
'Bring Suzie we have to go'
I have got to get away to look at this diary. I don't want my parents seeing it and taking it from me. Not after I just found it. I scan the lobby for some place to hide and spot the elevator. Hmm maybe I can duck in there and zoom to the top of the pyramid, finish reading the diary before someone finds me and then go back. Or I could keep It hidden and wait. I don't want to get in trouble with mum and dad. And besides the hotel isn't too far away. I can sneak back here tonight and see if the mummy really does escape. Yeah I will come back tonight. A dead mummy come back to life I sure I want to see that.
I hold the diary in my shirt and look around for Suzie.
'Coming mother' I yell, 'see you later' I whisper to the mummy. He looks completely dead but I know I saw his arm move.

Keeping the book hidden is harder then I thought it would've be. It been under my jacket all day and I haven't even had a chance to read any more.

Back at the hotel, Suzie is hungry again. She insists on ordering from room service, but they never show up. She wants to stay up waiting but eventually our parents make us all go to bed.
Finally when everyone is asleep, I sneak out of the hotel. The cool night air makes me shiver as I walked the two blocks the the pyramid. Thank God the streets are empty at this time of night. When I reach the budding I slip through the open front door and find the lobby guard asleep. He is sitting on a stool slumped over on the reception desk. A small light on the desk gives the room an eerie glow. I step past the guard towards the display and wait for my eyes to adjust to the dimness.
That's when I Spot it. The case holding the mummy is broken. And the mummy is gone!
Staring at the case my hands get clam my and my heart beats faster. I can't believe it the mummy tale ally did escape. The other cases are fine only the mummy is gone. I missed it. I'm too late. Broken glass litters the floor at my feet. It seems like the mummy exploded out of it's case! Slowly I inch closer and glance down avoiding the glass. That's when I soot it. A trail of old, cloth bandages. Nor just one either but a whole bunch of them. I know this sounds crazy but it is like it unwrapped itself and ran away!
Hearing footsteps I freeze. Someone is coming from the far side of the lobby. I better move it fast. I'll hide so I can get  a better look at those bandages. Hands shaking I grab a long piece of the cloth. Can this rally be the bandages that wrapped that Mummy? Almost I  a trance, I stare at the ancient fabric in my hands. my eyes glaze over. All I can think m about I'd the mummy... Out there somewhere...alive. I'm snapped or of my thoughts by footsteps I glance behind me and she a shadow moving my way.
Uh oh time to hide.