Fire And Desire

"We're here... Hamunaptra"

(Bold is always going to be Ancient Egyptian or Arabic)

~Desire's POV~

"We're here. Hamunaptra." I state breathlessly. We all immediately get to work as well as the Americans. Their diggers got to work fast. Evie started to set up some mirror type thing. I think it will capture sunlight to give us light underground.

Rick hit the Warden repeatedly with his rope as he was standing too close. "That's statue of Anubis." Evie starts to inform us as she adjusted her mirror and points it to the sun. "Its legs go deep underground. According to Bembridge Scholars, that's where we'll find a secret compartment containing the Golden Book of Amun Ra." She finished as she looked towards the sun and she positions her mirror to where the sun is shining on it. She looks towards Johnathan. "Uh, Johnathan you're meant to catch the sun with that. Des, can you help him please?" She pleaded. I walked toward Johnathan. "Here let me." I offered smiling kindly at him. I saw Rick walk towards Evie. He gave her a tool kit that I'm assuming he stole. I wolf whistle and look at him smirking. He playfully glares at me as he walks over. "You have a crush on Evie." I state more than question. "Is it obvious?" He ask blushing. "Considering the fact that you are already giving her gifts and are blushing, I would say so." I state as we look at her and she smiles at the gift.

"Come on." He beckons as he grabs the rope and goes underground. We all follow down." Hey look for bugs. I hate bugs." The Warden tells us before he comes down. " Do you realize that we are standing inside a room that no one has entered in over 3,000 years?" Evie questions in awe. "What is that God awful stench?" Johnathan ask as he came down. "Oh." He says as he smells the Warden. I can smell him from where I am standing. He smells really vile. Evie adjusted the last mirror. "And then there was light." She says as the light beam reflects off of of all the mirrors. "Hey? That is a neat trick." Rick says in awe as he looks around. "This is a preparation chamber!" I exclaim excitedly. "Preparation for what?" Rick questions incredulously. "For entering the afterlife." Evie says in a spooky voice and chuckles as Rick pulls his gun from the holster. "Mummies my good sir. This is where they made the mummies." Johnathan said walking forth.

Rick walked through the tunnel with me behind him and the others following. We heard a strange noise that sounded like bugs. "What was that?" John asked  "It sounds like... bugs." Rick days after a dramatic pause. "He said bugs." I said to the rest of them. "Bugs? What do you mean bugs? I hate bugs!" The warden exclaims looking around behind him. 

We get to a dark tunnel and see the legs of Anubis.  We hear a strange noise then what sounded like voices. We ready our guns and slowly move around the statue.  It was the Americans with their guns pointed at us. "You the bejesus outta us O'Connell." Henderson said in relief that it was us as we all put our guns down. "Likewise." Me and Rick say in unison smiling sarcastically. "Hey? That's my tool kit." Burns stated advancing towards Evie. "I don't think so." Me and Rick state in unison as everyone raised their guns again. "Perhaps I was mistaken." Burns said backing away as everyone put away their guns once again . "Well have a nice day gentlemen. We have a lot of work to be getting along with." Evie says trying to get them to leave. "Push off this is our dig site!" The Egyptianologist says rudely. "We got here first." Evie says glaring at him. Everyone put their guns up again.

"This here is our statue, friend." Daniels says looking at Rick. "I don't see your name written on it, pal." Rick replied looking back at him. "Yes well, there are only 4 of you and 15 of me. Your odds are not so great O'Connell." Benny says and ready his gun to shoot at Rick. "I've had worse." Rick says through gritted teeth and moves to stand in front of me. "Yeah. Me too." John states trying to sound tough. I look down and see a crack in the floor. I move my foot and see the sand go down. I look at Evie and know she saw what I did. She nods at me as walks forward. "Oh look, for goodness sakes let's be nice children. If we are going to play together we must  learn to share." She starts for me pushing down people's guns. "There are other places to dig." I state staring at Rick with a knowing look as Evie puts her hand on his arm that is holding the gun to push it down slightly.

He looks at us knowing what we mean and lowers his gun. We walk off around them and go further underground. "According to these hieroglyphics, we're underneath the statue." Evie states excitedly as she walk around to where Rick is digging into the ceiling. "We should come up right in between his legs." She continues as she looks up at where Rick digs. "What are we going to do in between his legs Evie?" I tease her, giggling as she blushes bright red. Rick and John chuckle but say nothing. "When those damn yanks go to sleep, no offense." He starts and says to me and Rick. "None taken." Rick says brushing it off for the both of us. "We will dig our way up and slide in from under them." John continues as Rick hits the ceiling again. "Are you sure you can find this secret compartment thing?" Rick ask Evie. "Of course. If those beastly Americans haven't beaten us to it." She replies and tries to help the men and chisels the ceiling. "No offense." She says looking at us. "None taken." I reply this time taking a tool from John and hitting the ceiling. "Where did our smelly little friend go?" John ask as he looks around. "Don't know. Don't care." I grunt out as I keep digging into the ceiling.

~With the Americans~
"Well let's get busy gentlemen." Henderson says eagerly as he hits the base of the statue with his tool. "Stop!" The Egyptianologist exclaims to him and holds his hand up for effect. "Seti was no fool. Maybe we should let the diggers handle this?" He ask look at the diggers and back at Henderon with a 'Trust me' look. "Maybe we should listen to the good doctor aye Henderson?" Burns cuts in looking at the diggers then his friend too. "Alright then. Let them do it." Henderson says warily putting his tool down. "Come on. Let's get to work."  (I really don't know what he said so I'm gonna guess...)  The Egyptianologist beckons to the diggers in Arabic. The diggers began trying to get the compartment open. "Dig. Get in there. Dig." He says to then."Dig!" He exclaims. "Dig!" He exclaims louder "Dig!" He exclaims louder and louder as it is almost open. Once open pressurized salt acid shoots out burning the diggers, killing them in a slow and painful way of death.

~Desire's POV~

"Let me get this straight, they ripped out your guts and stuffed then in jars?" Rick asked wary of the answer. "Then they take out your heart as well. Oh and you know how they take out your brain?" She tries to elaborate. "Evie I don't think we need to know this." John says looking sick to his stomach. "They take a sharp, red hot poker, stick it up your nose, scramble things about a bit and rip it all out through your nostrils." I explain and demonstrate with the chisel she had in her hand. "Oh, that's gotta hurt." Rick says like he's going to be sick too as he touches the bridge his nose.

"Well  it called mummification you'll be dead when they do this." She tries to ease his nerves. "For the record, if I don't make it out of here, don't put me down for mummification." He says looking at me as I get up and start hitting the ceiling again. "Likewise." John says as he swings the tool and hit a rock and it hits the ceiling. The ceiling suddenly came caving in. "Oh my god. It's a sarcophagus." I started as Rick helps me off the ground because I fell. " Buried at the base of Anubis. He must have been someone of great importance." Evie continued for me as she look us from where it fell. "Or he did something very naughty." I finished looking at her nervously. We dust off the sarcophagus and look to see who it is. "He who shall not be named." Evie reads off the sarcophagus. "He did something very bad then." I state slightly nervous. "This looks like some sort of lock." Rick replies as he blows off some dust from what looks like a key hole. "Well whoever's in here, sure wasn't getting out." John says looking at the key hole. "It'll take about a month to crack open this thing without a key." Rick says looking at John.

Realization dawned on Evie's face. "A key! Now that's what he was talking about." Evie says going into her bag. "What who was talking about?" Rick ask as he looks at me and John confusedly. "The man with the mask! The one with the hook. He kept asking for a key." Evie explained opening up the key. "Hey that's mines!" John exclaimed childish. "Actually it's mine." Rick retorts as him and Evie look at him. Evie places the key in the hole. I just stand there smiling excitedly. Evie goes to twist the key in the hole when we all hear screaming and run towards the sound. It was the warden. He pushed past us holding his head screaming. He ran until he crashed his head into the wall. He fell to the floor dead. "Oh my god. He's dead!" I cried out and hid my face in Rick's shoulder and he hugged me close. We all made our way out if the tomb. We started to set up camp as it was dark time.