The Mummy: Amelia O'Connell

Race to Hamunaptra

They had reached the Bedouin trading post when the sun had risen. Some of the women offered robes for Evy and Amelia, Evy accepted the robes, but Amelia got the smallest size of men's trousers and shirt she could find before changing. After Amelia had changed, she walked out of the tent and saw her brother and Jonathan. Amelia walks over, with Anubis at her side, to join her brother and Jonathan, who is arguing with the man selling camels.

"I only want four! Four! I only want four, not a whole bloody herd!" Jonathan yelled at the man before turning to Rick and Amelia, "O'Connells! Ohh! Can you believe the cheek?"

"Just pay the man, Jonathan!" Amelia told him.

Jonathan sighed before he thrust the money into the man's hand. Rick and Jonathan took two camels each while Amelia took one.

"Oh, for heaven's sake. Can't believe the price of these fleabags. Yes, happy. Veeeeery good," Jonathan grumbled.

"You probably could've got them for free. All we had to do was give him your sister," Rick said.

"Yes. Awfully tempting wasn't it."

"Yeah.... Awful," Rick muttered as he stared at Evy walking toward them.

After getting the Warden, the five of them hopped on their camels and continued their journey to Hamunaptra. Amelia had sat Anubis, lying on his stomach, behind her on the camel.

"Never did like camels," Jonathan complied along the way, "Filthy buggers. They smell, they bite, they spit," The Warden then spits onto the sand, "Disgusting."

"I think they're adorable," Evy said with a smile as she pets her camel's head. The Warden starts to sing as they journeyed into the night.

They ventured deeper and deeper into the desert with each passing hour. During the day, the desert felt as if it were on fire, but the moon brings a cool night. As the moon shines down on them as they trek across the sand.

Jonathan is sound asleep, his head bobbing to the rhythm of his camel. On the camel next to him, the Warden snores loudly. In the front, Evy slowly starts to slide off her saddle. Rick reaches over and stops her, then gently pushes her back up onto her saddle, while not waking her. For a long moment, his eyes watch Evy. Amelia smirks at her brother before something in the far distance catches her eye. Amelia gently hits her brother on his arm gaining his attention before pointing to the distant ridge. They saw what appeared to be the silhouettes of riders.

"Let's make sure not to let our guard down, Rick," Amelia told her brother.

"Got it," He responded.

A few hours later, in the early hours of the morning, the five had reached their destination. And so did Beni, the other Americans, and their diggers. While the diggers and Americans were on horses, Beni was on a camel and the Eypitologist was on a donkey.

"Good morning, my friends," Beni greeted Rick and Amelia, who nodded in response.

The two parties come to a stop a hundred feet apart. The two O'Connells turn and stare out across the endless horizon, and Beni does the same. But the other Americans look puzzled.

"Well, what the hell we doin'?" Daniels asked.

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

"Remember our bet, O'Connells. First one to the city, five hundred! Cash bucks!" Henderson told them before turning to Beni, "A hundred of them bucks is yours if you help us that bet."

"Oh, my pleasure," Beni responded, "Hey, O'Connells. Nice camels."

The O'Connells and Beni just stare out at the flat nothingness. Evelyn and Jonathan share a look. And then, the sun begins to rise in the distance, breaking the flat horizon.

"Get ready," Rick said.

"For what?" Evy asked.

"We're about to be shown the way," Amelia answered.

As the sun rose, the ruins of the ancient city of Hamuaptra appeared in the distance before them.

"Will you look at that," Henderson said.

"Can you believe it?" Daniels asked.

"Hamuaptra," Burns breathed.

"Here we go again," Rick said.

A moment later, The O'Connells and Beni began their race and were followed by the rest of their parties. Beni was in the lead, but Rick and Amelia quickly caught up to him as they rode on either side next to him. Beni hits Rick with the whip before he grabs it and throws it away.

"I've been wanting to do this again!" Amelia said to Beni before knocking him off the camel and he tumbled onto the sand.

Evy managed to catch up to them before taking the lead and going ahead of them.

"Go, Evy! Go!" Jonathan cheered as his sister reached Hamuaptra first.

"Way to go, Evy!" Amelia cheered for her friend.

Amelia, Rick, Jonathan, Anubis, and the Warden arrived at Hamuaptra a few seconds after Evy and they got started on unpacking. The Americans, Benji, the Egyptologist, and their diggers arrived a minute later.

"Think we should collect our money now?" Amelia asked.

"Can't think of a better way to start the day," Rick said before they and Anubis walked over to the losers of the bet.

As the brother and sister got closer, they could tell that the Americans and Beni were a bit upset about losing the bet.

"Good morning, Gentlemen," Amelia greeted the Americans before glancing over at Beni, "And Beni. I believe you boys owe me and my brother some money."

The Americans looked over at each other before Henderson pulled the money out of his pocket. He walked over to the O'Connells and gave the money to Amelia. She started counting the money and smiled when all of it was there.

"Pleasure doing business with you," Amelia said.

"Hey, you think we can get drinks when we return to Cairo, or should we get to know each other by the fire tonight?" Henderson asked in a flirting manner.

Rick took a step forward and was about to say something when Amelia put the back of her hand to his chest, stopping and pushing him back. Amelia took a step toward Henderson, keeping a space between him and her brother.

"Look, I'm flattered. I really am, but I make it a rule to not get up with men who are associated with that scumbag of a backstabber named Beni over there," Amelia said, "But thanks for the money."

Amelia, Rick, and Anubis walked back to their dig site with five hundred dollars and smiles on their faces. When they returned, Evy put them to work right away.