The Mummy - O'Connell's love story

Chapter 9

Outside of the Temple - Night

"What do you suppose killed him?" ask Evie still shaken up by the incident.

"Did you ever see him eat?" answer Jonathan trying to make his sister feel better.

"Our American friends had their little misfortune of their own today. Three of their diggers were... melted," said O'Connell when he sat next to Sophie.

"What?" ask Evie in disbelieve.

as Jonathan was saying, "How?"

"Salt acid, pressurized salt acid. An ancient boobytrap," answered O'Connell while he was looking at Sophie expecting an explanation from her as she always did but not right now.

Sophie was in her own mind, she was tired of everything and what happen today made her remember somethings she would wish to never remember. O'Connell saw that look Sophie always had when something was bordering her. He wanted to help her or at least make her feel better but was distracted when Jonathan said something about the place being curse and strange wind moved the fire almost going out.

Now the two man looked at each other nervous and Evelyn shaking her had said to them, "Oh for goodness sake you two!"

"You don't believe in curses uh?" ask O'Connell.

"No, I don't. I believe if I can see it and can touch it then it's real. That is was I believe," reply Evelyn waiting for Sophie to back her up, but she was not paying attention to them, she was just looking straight ahead, on her own thoughts.

"I belive in being prepare," said O'Connell and grab and loaded his Rifle.

"Lets see what our smelly little friend believed in," said Jonathan taking the Warden's bag and look for whatever was inside of it. As he was searching the bag O'Connell, Evelyn, and even Sophie pulling out of her deep thoughts. Jumped when Jonathan let out a scream and grab his hand.

"What? what is it?" ask finally Sophie integrating herself back in the group.

Jonathan pulled out a broken bottle and looking what it was started smiling and said, "Glenlivet, twelve years old. Well he might have been a stinky fellow, but had a good taste." and toked a swing of the bottle.

Some of the horses could be heard from afar and O'Connell looked around to see what was going on.

"Stay here!," order O'Connell as he was walking away and gave Evie the shotgun.

Sophie took her knifes and gun and went after him.

Evelyn and Jonathan looked at each other and Evie followed her sister.

"Evie wait! didn't you hear the man say to wait here! EVIE!" said Jonathan not really wanting to go but had to, only because he did not wanted to leave his sisters alone. Or he was too scare to be alone.

In the camp Medjai warriors were killing everything in their sight.

The diggers were trying to defend themselves as well as the Americans. However; the Egyptologist was running and screaming scare out of his mind trying to find a safe place to hide.

Sophie now forgetting the bad mood she was in, smile when she saw the Egyptologist running away. But it did not last long as one of the Medjai started to attack her.

Evie was trying to find her sister when on of the warriors was about to kill her and scare she shot the gun and killed him.

Jonathan in the other hand was hiding with one hand his pistol and the other was the bottle, he was taking swings out of the bottle and shot a man that was running with his horse.