Reincarnation: The Mummy Fanfic

Arriving at Hamunaptra

Heather's POV

"Are we almost there?" I ask Rick as I fan myself with a hand fan.

"We're almost there" Rick assures me.

"Are you sure?" Evie asks him. Rick looks down at the ground.

"Pretty sure" he tells her. The others look down and see dozens of skeletons sticking out of the ground. Bleached and eaten away. Some of the skeletons look like they're trying to crawl up out of the desert floor.

"What the bloody hell is this?" Jonathan demands.

"Other seekers of Hamunaptra" the warden states. The American Expedition rides out from behind the far end of the dune. The Americans are accompanied by two dozen native diggers and an Arab Egyptologist. Beni rides lead on a camel, the rest ride horses.

"Good morning my friend" he says as he pulls up beside Rick. The two parties come to a stop a hundred feet apart. Rick turns and stares out across the endless horizon. Beni does likewise.

"What the hell are we doing?" one of the American's demand.

"Patience, my good sahib, patience" Beni tells him.

"First one to the city, O'Connell! Five hundred! Cash bucks!" another calls.

"Oh you men are on" I tell them smirking. "But if I win you both owe me five hundred" I state.

"Get ready" Rick tells us.

"For what?" Evie and I ask him.

"We're about to be shown the way" he says nodding to the endless horizon. Far off to the right, a huge shape begins to rise with the sun; a volcano. The Americans take off, racing towards the rising volcano. I roll my eyes, idiots.

Suddenly, the volcano shifts across the horizon. Passing across the sun as it goes. It's a mirage. The Americans crash their horses to a stop and race the other way, after the volcano. Evelyn, Jonathan and I smile, amazed. The volcano comes to a stop on the far left of the horizon. The Americans are on the far right.

Beni and Rick take off towards Hamunaptra. Evie, Jonathan, the Warden and I take off after them. My camel catches up to the other two as Rick made Beni fall off of his camel. I encourage my camel to go faster as we pass Rick. "Heather, slow down!" he shouts.

"Not a chance!" I shout back.

"SERIOUSLY SLOW DOWN! THERE'S A REALLY BIG..." he starts to shout. But he was to late as I go ass-over-teacups through the air and crash lands in a sand dune. I sit up, stunned, sandy hair in her eyes. I shake my head and laugh.

"That was fun" I say as I stand up and Rick chuckles shaking his head. The Americans ride up and look in wonder at the ruins inside the volcano. "You boys owe my five hundred bucks" I tell them and Rick. They all grumble as they hand me the money. I smile happily as I put it in my bag.

We all set up camp before getting to work. The Americans have the native diggers get to work by the doorway. Our group is working by a narrow crevice in the ground. Rick ties a rope around a pillar and throws the rest of the coils into the crevice, about to rappel down. Jonathan bends over to have a look, his ass hits something. He yelps and backs away, it's the decrepit face of Anubis.

"That thing gives me the creeps" he grumbles.

"Be nice. That thing saved my life" Rick tells him. Evelyn is positioning ancient mirrors along the crevice with my help.

"That thing gets me excited" she tells us.

"The things that get you excited" I say sarcastically.

"According to Bembridge Scholars, inside the statue of Anubis was a secret compartment, perhaps containing The Book Of The Living" she explains.

"That is exciting" I tell her smiling.

"What are the mirrors for?" Rick asks her.

"Ancient Egyptian trick. You'll see" Evie tells him. He shrugs and rappels down into the crevice. I go next followed by Evie. Then Jonathan and the Warden join us.

"Do you realize, we are standing inside a room that no one has entered in over four thousand years" I tell the others.

"Who cares? I don't see no treasure" the Warden whines and I roll my eyes.

"You're welcome to my share of the spider webs" Rick tells him. I go brush cobwebs away from a metal disk on the wall. Then repositions it on it's pedestal, aiming it at a ray of light shining in from the outer mirrors. The ray of light hits the disk and quickly shoots around the room. From one disk to the other, until the entire chamber is lit up. Light rays shoot off down the passageways. "That is a neat trick" he states.

"Is this an embalmer's chamber?" I ask Evie excited.

"Yes, it's a preparation room" she says smiling.

"Preparation for what?" Rick asks.

"For entering the after life" Evie and I say spookily.

"Mummies, my good son, this is where they made the mummies" Jonathan clarifies. Evelyn and I head down the narrow passageway. The men follow us. We soon hear something that sounds like somebody is clawing inside the walls and freeze. We share looks and slowly move forward. Getting darker and darker as we go. The strange sound getting louder and louder. And then it stops. Evelyn holds her breath as Jonathan licks his lips. Rick cocks one of his pistols and I nick the other doing the same.

We slowly creep out of the labyrinth and up to the foot of an enormous half-buried statue. The lower half of Anubis. Then we hear the sound again, coming closer now, from the other side of the statue. Rick pulls Evelyn and I behind him, as the sounds gets closer. Rick and I raise our guns. Rick leaps out and three horrible sweaty faces lunge at him.

I relax, it's just the Americans. "Ya scared the bejeezus out of us, O'Connell" one states.

"Likewise" Rick tells him.

"This here is our statue friend" another states.

"I don't see your name on it, pal" I tell him. That's when Beni, five Diggers and the Egyptologist step out of the shadows. All holding guns aimed at us.

"Ten to one, O'Connell, your odds are no-so-good" Beni tells him.

"I've had worse" Rick tells him.

"So have I" Jonathan agrees. Then Evelyn gently takes Rick's gun hand and pulls it down. Doing the same with one of the Americans.

"Let's be nice, children, if we're going to play together, we must learn to share" she tells us. "There are other places to dig" she adds giving us a look. We nods our heads and I return Rick's gun. We follow her as Americans remain.

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Gif above of Hamunaptra appearing and picture on the external link of Heather's necklace.