Chapter six
The Mummy Arises
Angelica's POV:
I woke up to Evelyn saying we needed to get ready to go back into the tomb. She was very energetic this morning, which blew my mind because she drank so much the night before. "In a minute, Evie." Jonathan mumbled. "Come on, guys! I'm sure we're going to find lots of cool things down there!" She was way too cheerful. "I'm hungover so give me a few minutes." I told her. "Well, hurry up." I rubbed at my eyes and realized I was laying on someone's chest. I looked over and saw Jonathan curled up across from me. I gulped and realized the only other person it could've been was Rick. "Good morning." Rick said, his voice laced with sleep. "Good morning." I replied. I slowly sat up and his arm was wrapped tightly around my waist. I bit my lip and looked down at him. His eyes were closed and his hair hung in his face. "Mr. O'Connell, I don't have much recollection of last night." "You were drunk. Nothing happened. You did try to kiss me though." He chuckled and my eyes widened. I immediately remember leaning to kiss him and then passing out. "Mr. O'Connell, please excuse the events last night." "You can call me Rick, you know." I half smiled and said "Rick-" "Hey, I've done worse things while drunk." He sat up and leaned over to whisper in my ear. "If it makes you feel any better, I was hoping you kissed me." My breath quivered and he removed his arm that I forgot was around my waist. He then stood up and walked off. I stared at him in shock. "Why are you staring at him like that?" Naomi asked from beside me. I jumped and said "no reason." She quirked an eyebrow and said "are you sure?" "I almost kissed him last night because I was drunk. He just told me about it. I feel so embarrassed." "I'm sure he won't think too much of it. He's probably just blaming it on you being drunk." I nodded and said "yeah." "I kissed Troy." I looked at her and said "what?" "Yeah. He was drunk. I was buzzed. And he just kept rambling. He wouldn't shut up. So, I kissed him so he'd shut his damn mouth. But, as soon as I kissed him, I realized I kinda liked it. And he moaned!" She said the last part in a whisper yell. "Really?" I said, in shock. She nodded. "I didn't expect him to do that." I nudged her and said "he must like you." "He doesn't. There's no way a prince like him would want someone like me. That's just common knowledge." The bad part about what happened last night was, I wanted to kiss Rick. But, I wanted to do it sober. I found myself slowly falling for him. And I don't know why. Maybe it was because of the way he held me last night when he helped me off the ground, maybe it was the way he always made sure I was ok. Maybe it was the fact that we bickered but at the same time liked each other's company. I shook out my hair and Rick brought over some water. I took a cup of water from him and Naomi went off to wake up Troy. I quickly downed the cup of water and Rick grabbed my arm. I made a surprised noise and he said "just checking your bruise." The wind blew softly, his bangs blowing in the wind. I brushed my hair out of my face and he said "I wish I could ice that for you."

"It's just a bruise." I said. "Still. That asshole didn't have to bruise you up. Knocking over a man is one thing but knocking down a woman, that's something totally different. You're small. And fragile." My lips parted and I went to reply when Jonathan moaned. "Oh, I'm gonna be sick." He quickly stood up and rushed away from us. Francisco sat up and said "shit." "Everyone try to sober up, please. We got stuff to do." Rick said.

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Everyone had sobered up enough to go down into the tomb. Evelyn wanted to open the sarcophagus we found yesterday. Rick and Troy pushed it up against the wall and Evelyn said "this is so exciting. I've dreamt about this since I was a child." Rick looked at her and said "you dream about dead guys?" Jonathan looked at Rick and I held back a laugh.

"Let's pry it open." She said. Rick and Jonathan then went to open it. We all approached the sarcophagus slowly and then the mummy popped out. Evelyn and I let out a small scream and Francisco groaned in disgust. "Wait, isn't he supposed to look different?" Naomi asked. "He looks like he's still decomposing. He looks..." Evelyn didn't finish because Rick and Jonathan interrupted her. "Juicy." They said in unison. I reached for Jonathan's arm as Evelyn examined the mummy. "Don't get too close to it." Rick said. Jonathan yawned and Evelyn looked at the cover of the sarcophagus. "These scratches were made from fingernails. And it says he suffered an ancient Egyptian curse. The worst one ever. The Hom Dai. I've never even seen any actual evidence of it being performed." I leaned my head on Jonathan's arm and Francisco said "so this guy had one of the worst curses done to him?" Evelyn nodded. "What do you think he did?" "Probably got caught messing around with the pharaoh's daughter." Rick said while sniggering. Troy did the same and Jonathan let out a chuckle. Naomi rolled her eyes and Evelyn shook her head at them.

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Later that night, Chamberlain's group of treasure hunters came to gloat that they had indeed found treasure. Naomi and I were coming back from using the restroom and I noticed Beni sitting in my seat. "That's her seat." Rick said to the much smaller man who didn't move. "Move. Now." Beni then jumped up and moved so I could sit back down in between Rick and Jonathan. "We heard you guys found a gooey mummy." Mr. Henderson said. Evelyn nodded and said "yes, we did." "I'm sure you guys could sell him as firewood and make a profit." Mr. Daniels said in a snarky tone. Francisco smiled sarcastically at him and said "who knows? Maybe that gold you're holding is cursed." Mr. Burns adjusted the glasses on his face and then looked down at the gold item in his hand. "Cursed?" Francisco shrugged and said "better be careful." Mr. Henderson scoffed and flipped his hair out of his face as he stood up. The other two men followed him and I yawned. "You all should get some sleep." Rick said. Jonathan immediately laid down on the sand, not saying good night to anyone. Rick looked at Troy and said "you ok with taking watch tonight?" Troy nodded and said "yeah. I'm all good." Rick then laid down and I was in between Jonathan and Rick. I didn't know if I should face Rick or Jonathan since I never sleep on my back. Jonathan was my ex and Rick was the guy I was catching feelings for. Rick opened his arm and gestured for me to come closer to him. I shook my head and he said "just come on." He pulled me onto his chest and I said "why?" "I watched you shiver the first night we were here. Last night, you didn't." He said. I nodded and closed my eyes, sleep taking over my body.

Naomi's POV:
I noticed earlier that Chamberlain had the Book of the Dead. I waited till he was asleep and took it from him. "That's called stealing, you know." Troy said. I shook my head and said "well Rick and Jonathan say it's borrowing." I set the book up onto a rock and Troy said "good lord, that's the Book of the Dead." I nodded and said "yes, it is. I'm very tempted to open it." Troy adjusted his glasses and said "you have the key?" I saw that Jonathan had it in his pocket. I slipped my hand inside and took it from him. He rolled onto his side, facing Angelica. I looked over at my best friend who was snuggled up with Rick. Rick's lips were parted as he slept, his hair in his face. I hadn't seen him that relaxed since I'd known him. Angelica looked to be calm and was actually resting. Troy cleared his throat and I said "sorry. I'm just making sure she's ok." "She's fine. Rick isn't going to let anything happen to her." Troy replied. I furrowed my eyebrows and said "what does that mean?" He adverted his eyes away from me and said "it doesn't mean anything. Just that he's looking out for her. While we're here." I nodded and used the key to open the book. An eerie whoosh happened when I did so. Troy clicked his tongue and said "that happens a lot around here." I opened the book and my eyes scanned the pages. Everything was in ancient Egyptian. Troy's fingers ran across the pages and he chuckled in disbelief. I started to read from a page, muttering the words softly. Then all of a sudden a large gust of wind blew by. "No! You're not supposed to read from the book!" Chamberlain yelled. The sound of wind howling erupted into the air and everyone began to wake up. Rick sat up, holding Angelica to his chest. Evelyn looked around and Angelica began to stir. Jonathan was the last one to wake up, besides Beni who fell out of the hammock he was sleeping in. Everyone was looking around. The sky looked like as if a storm was going to start. But we were wrong. It was locusts. "Run!" Rick said. Everyone jumped up and ran into the tomb. I watched Jonathan grab Angelica's hand and pull her towards the tomb. Rick grabbed Francisco and followed. Evelyn was trying to get to her brother and Troy grabbed my hand. "Come on!" We followed after Rick and the others, going inside. We reached a room which had scarabs inside. Flesh eating beetles. We headed back the other direction. Jonathan grabbed his sister and made sure she was out of harms way. Francisco hopped up onto a platform, panting. Rick grabbed Angelica at the waist, pulling her with him. She gripped a handful of his shirt, staring at the scarabs in shock. Troy and I ended up getting separated but we were safe. I leaned against the wall, out of breath. I watched the scarabs scurry by and all of a sudden I fell through a trap door. I landed on some soft sand in a dark room. I looked around and saw Mr. Burns. "Mr. Burns, thank god you're here. I was scared I was alone." I grabbed him by his shoulder and he turned around to face me. His eyes were gone. I gasped in shock and he said "my eyes." I then bumped into someone. I turned around to see a mummy, the one we had dug up. I screamed and backed to the wall out of fear. Mr. Burns fell onto the ground and I said "please don't leave me." He was trying to scurry away from the tall decaying mummy in front of us. "My tongue. He took my tongue." I shook my head in disbelief and the mummy looked at me. I panted and wished anyone from my group would get here. The mummy went to grab me and then stopped. "Anck Su Namun?" He said. My eyes widened and I heard Rick's voice coming towards me, along with Troy's. "There you are! Come on, Let's get out of here!" Rick had Angelica at his side and then went to lead me out of the room but then saw the mummy. "Woah!" He yelled. Angelica quickly hid behind Rick, gripping his arm. Jonathan stumbled into the room and Francisco ran into him. Mr. Henderson looked at the mummy in shock. "Jonathan, is that...." Francisco began. Jonathan nodded and said "uh huh." Troy quickly got on the other side of me and was shielding me from the mummy. The mummy didn't like that. He roared at Troy and I flinched. Angelica's eyes got big and she tried so desperately to hide herself behind Rick. Rick yelled back at the mummy and then shot him. "Everyone, come on!" Rick said.

We rushed outside to be met with the Medjai once again. "You've unleashed the creature that we've feared for 3'000 years. Now we, the Medjai, must kill it." "I got him." Rick said. The Medjai leader looked at Rick and said "no mortal weapon can kill this creature. It's now up to me and my men to stop him." "I told you I got him." Rick said again. The leader looked at Angelica who was clinging to Rick and his arm was wrapped protectively around her waist. "All of you must leave. We'll destroy the creature. You all have done so much damage already. Just leave." Rick didn't have to hear that twice. He ordered us all to get on the camels so we could hightail it out of there and get back to civilization.

Ok ok first long chapter!! I had fun writing this and as the movie goes on, I'm going to have more fun writing it!! There should be another update up tomorrow or later tonight! If not, it'll be up Thursday! Stay tuned and I hope you're all enjoying this!!
~skylar🧡🧡🧡🧡