“Rick, look at this! With the bracelet, we can find Ahm Shere. We can be the first people there in thousands of years.”
“I d like to stay at home for a week for two,” Rick said.
“But Rick, Ahm Shere is an important place in the middle of a desert. It has beautiful green trees and blue waters and a wonderful pyramid.”
So, it’s beautiful and wonderful. Right? There s nothing dangerous in Ahm Shere. Right?”
“The Scorpion King and his soldiers are there. But they are dead, or asleep,” Evelyn said
“And, when is that?”
“This year,” answered Evelyn quietly. “But it’s only a story!”
“I remember the story,” said Rick. “The Scorpion King and his soldiers are going to wake up. They are going to kill everybody and everything. Let’s forget about the bracelet. Let’s leave the Scorpion King and his soldiers in Ahm Shere.”
Lock-Nah’s eyes looked dangerous.
In the room below his parents, Alex looked into his dad’s bag and found the strange box. It looked interesting, so he turned the Scorpion King’s head to the west and then to the east.
Suddenly, the boy saw a different world in front of him. It was 4000 BC, and he was in Egypt. He was in the great desert at Giza, and he could see three very large pyramids. He flew over the Nile River and saw the temple of Karnack.
Then, Alex was black in his house in London.
“Alex.” His mother called. Are you OK down there?”
“I am fine, Mom,” The boy answered.
He quickly pulled his shirt over the bracelet. Then, threw a heavy book into the box and closed it.
Suddenly, the box opened and Alex saw a beautiful gold bracelet inside.
“I have to get this bracelet off before my mother opens the box again.” He thought.
“Is everything all right, Alex?”Evelyn asked when she walked into the room
“Oh, yes! Everything is great!”
In the room above, Rick put clothes into the closets. Then, he heard something in the next room. He opened the door and saw Jonathan, Evelyn’s brother.
“That’s him!” shouted Jonathan. “He’s O’Connell, not me!”
Four Egyptian soldiers in red hats and a beautiful woman looked at Rick. They had guns and did not look friendly.
“Are you O’Connell?” it was Meela.
“Yes. Who are you?” asked Rick.
“My name is not important. Give me the box with the Bracelet of Anubis or these men will kill you and stupid little man.”
“I am not stupid or little!” cried Jonathan.
“Be quiet, Jonathan. Ma’am, this is my house. You and your friends have to leave now.”
“I am not leaving without the bracelet. Shoot them!” she shouted to the four Egyptians.
Rick jump across the room and took two large knives from the wall. He threw one knife to Jonathan and killed the Egyptian next to him with her other. Rick and Jonathan ran into the bathroom and closed the door.
“What do they want?” shouted Jonathan.
“Evy found an old box and brought it home. They want the gold bracelet inside it. Now, let’s go!”
Rick pushed Jonathan through the bathroom window and jumped out after him .They ran out of the yard.
Evelyn heard something above her, but she had problems, too. Lock-Nah stood at the door with three soldiers.
“Give me the box. Now!” he shouted at Alex. The boy had the box in his arms.
“Get out of my house or I will call the police,” Evelyn said to Lock-Nah and his men.
“Mom, is that a good idea?” asked Alex
“I will take the box and kill your son,” said Lock-Nah.
“No, you won’t,” said a man in black clothes. He stood at the door and carried a large knife in his hand.
The three Egyptian soldiers in red hats moved away from Evelyn and Alex
“Ardeth Bay!” one man said quietly.
Ardeth Bay was the greatest of the Med-Jai soldiers. They guarded the mummies in Egypt night and all day. The mummies were very dangerous. They had to stay asleep. Ardeth Bay first met Evelyn and Rick in 1923. He helped them win their fight with the mummy Imhotep. He sent Imhotep black to the world of the undead.
Lock-Nah jumped on Ardeth Bay and stared of fight. Evelyn took a large knife from the wall and helped the Med-Jai.
“Mom! You’re great! You are really strong!” shouted Alex. “How can you do that?”
“I do not know,” Evelyn shouted back.
A soldier took the box from Alex. Ardeth Bay pushed his knife into the man’s back, and Alex had the box again
“What is in the box?” Ardeth Bay shouted to Evelyn.
“The Bracelet of Anubis!”
“Get it! Get it now and run!” shouted Ardeth Bay. “Now! Quick! Lock-Nah cannot have the bracelet.”
Evelyn took the box and began to run .A soldier stopped her. He carried Evelyn took the box to Lock-Nah’s car outside.
Lock-Nah hit Ardeth Bay and the Med-Jai fell to the floor. Then Lock-Nah and his soldiers ran to the car. In the house, Alex set on the floor next to Ardeth Bay. He called for his father, but nobody answered.
Ardeth Bay was the greatest of the Med-Jai soldiers.
Outside, Rick and Jonathan heard the car start and ran to the front of the house. Rick saw Evelyn in the car with Lock-Nah, Meela, and some soldiers in red hats.
Then, Alex and Ardeth Bay ran out of the house.
“Dad!Dad!”Alex shouted. “They took Mom with them!”
“We’re going after her now,” said Rick. “Ardeth Bay, what are you doing
here?”
“I’m following Lock-Nah and that woman, Meela. They have the mummy of Imhotep in the British Museum.”
“What? Why didn’t you are your men stop them?”
“The woman, Meela, know about mummies. She found Impotep under the ground easily. She is very dangerous.”
“And now what is going to happen?” asked Rick.
“They have Imhotep and the Bracelet of Anubis. They will use those powers,” said Ardeth Bay.
“They have Mom, but I have the bracelet,” Alex said.
“They have Mom, But I have the bracelet,” Alex said to his dad. He Showed his arm.
Ardeth Bay looked afraid.
“Mr. O’Connell, this is very bad. With the bracelet on your young son’s arm, we have only seven days before the Scorpion King wakes up.”
“I am not interested in the Scorpion King, “shouted Rick. “I want Evy back.”
“The Scorpion King will wake up, and he and his soldiers will kill everybody and everything.”
“The end of the world?” asked Jonathan.
“That is right,” Ardeth Bay answered. “But one person can kill the Scorpion King and take his powers.”
“And that is Imhotep is job?” asked Jonathan.
“Right again. Lock-Nah and Meela are going to wake up imhotep. He will be their king. The world will be theirs.”
“We have to stop them and get Evy away from them.” shouted Rick.
At the museum, Rick and Ardeth Bay jumped out of the car with their guns and knives.
“Stay here! Watch the car!” Rick shouted to Alex and Jonathan.
He gave the bigger gun to Ardeth Bay. At the same time, the Med-jai saw the tattoo on Rick’s hand. He looked into Rick’s eyes.
“I am a stranger from the East. I am looking for an important person,” he said, slowly and carefully.
Rick stopped. He remembered a time when he was very young and very sad. He had nobody-no parents, no sisters, and no brothers. But he remembered the friendly face of an old man. The old man told the young boy. “Don’t be sad. You will have a better life with a happy home one day.” And, you will help many people. Remember these words …”
Rick remembered the words and said to Ardeth Bay, You are looking for me.”
“Mr. O’Connell, you can help me and my people. You are a Masonic Templar.*you have the tattoo.”
“I got it when I as a child in Hong Kong. What does it mean?”
“You are a soldier for God. You will help many people.”
“No,” said Rick. “It is a mistake. You are talking to the wrong man.” He turned and ran into the museum, with Ardeth Bay behind him.
It was the middle of the night and the museum was dark and full of strange sounds. Rick and Ardeth Bay found the great Egyptian Room and stopped at the door. They saw Evelyn and the people around her, and watched quietly.
The soldiers in red hats carried Evelyn to the middle of the room. There she saw the ugly mummy of Imhotep.
*Masonic Templar : an important soldiers from old times.
“Wake up and live! Wake up and live! Wake up and live! Lock-Nah and the other men called to Imhotep.
A light shone on the mummy’s face, and slowly it began to move. First, its eyes opened, then its head moved, then its arms and legs. But they were not the arms and legs of a man. The mummy was to dead, but it was not of this world. It was undead, and it wanted its life back again. It spoke to Lock-Nah and Meela in the language of old Egypt.
“What is the year?”
“Great Imhotep, it is the year of the Scorpion” said Lock-Nah.
Imhotep laughed and then looked at Meela.
“Anck-su-namun,is it really you?”
“I am here, my love. I am waiting for you,” The young woman answered.
Then Lock-Nah showed the Scorpion King’s box to Imhotep.
“This is very good!” said the mummy. “Open it for me!”
But when they opened the box, they found an old book.
The mummy was not dead, but it was not of this world.
“Where is the Bracelet of Anubis?” cried Meela.
“The boy!” shouted Lock-Nah.
“We will get the bracelet,” said Meela. “But look, we have this woman for you. We will watch her die.”
Imhoted looked at Evelyn and shouted, “Kill her!”
The soldiers built a fire and carried Evelyn to it. Suddenly, Rick and Ardeth Bay ran into the room with guns in their hands. Ardeth Bay killed two soldiers and shot two other men. They fell into the fire and died.
Rick shot at Imhoted, but guns couldn’t hurt a mummy.
Imhoted had a bottle of water from Hamunaptra and he threw some of this water on the floor.
“Come, my soldiers. Move your hands and feet.”
Suddenly, four soldier- mummies came up through the floor and stood in front of Imhotep.
“Not more mummies!” shouted Rick. “Let’s get out of here!”
He took Evelyn’s hand, and they ran from the museum. Ardeth Bay followed them. Alex and Jonathan were outside in a big red bus.
“Where’s my car?” Rick shouted at Jonathan.
“A small problem, but we found this,” Jonathan said.
“Forget the car!” shouted Evelyn. “Let’s go!”
The four soldier-mummies ran behind the bus. They were very fast.
“I hate mummies,” said Rick.
Then, one mummy jumped on the top of the bus. From a window, Rick shot into its face. He couldn’t kill the mummy, but he could stop it. The mummy looked at Rick with half a face and climbed in through a window.
At the same time, Aedeth Bay saw two mummies at his window and shot off their legs. The legs fell into the street, but the mummies moved down the bus with their hands.
Evelyn saw the mummies inside the bus and shouted, “Turn! Turn!” at Jonathan.
When the bus suddenly turned, Ardeth bay fell to the floor. The two mummies fell on him. They cut his arms and face with their long, ugly teeth.
Evelyn took Ardeth Bay’s gun and shot at the mummies. Their heads flew out the window. Ardeth Bay pushed them through the door, and they fell onto the street.
Evelyn heard a noise above her.
“Turn! Turn! Turn!” she shouted again to Jonathan.
Above them, Rick fought with the mummy with half a face. The mummy was stronger than Rick. It took him in its arm and hit his head on the top of the bus. Suddenly, the bus turned again and Rick had a minute. He got his gun and shot the mummy again and again. But the mummy didn’t stop. It threw Rick to the floor. It put one foot on Rick’s gun and one on his head.
Jonathan saw a bridge in front of them.
“Oh, no!” he thought. “That it’s very high.”
The bus hit the bridge hard. The bridge cut off the top of the bus. Glass flew into the street, and the mummy fell to the ground. The bottom of the bus moved quickly away from the bridge. Rick slowly climbed down the stair and saw his family and Ardeth Bay.
“You’re a great driver, Jonathan,” he said. “Is everybody OK?”
“We’re OK, but I hate mummies!” said Alex. He smiled at his dad, and then sat next to Jonathan, near a window.
A mummy’s arm suddenly came through the window.
“Help!” Alex shouted.
Rick ran to the front of the bus, but the arm pulled Alex out of the bus. It pushed him into Lock-Nah’s car. Rick and Evelyn watched the car drive away with their son inside.
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