20 CHAPTER NINETEEN

Flashback. The sandstorm soon subsided and the plane, with its engines burnt out, crashed to the desert below. As Ardeth, Jonathan and MacGowen got off of the plane.

The sands gave way to the plane as Ardeth shouted for MacGowen and Jonathan to step back from the wreck, taking down with his plane.

Taking a moment of silence out of respect for the fall of the plane MacGowen own it.

"She's my wife". said MacGowen.

"Sorry to see her wreck inside this desert". Jonathan said. "Maybe we could get you a new one. After this".

MacGowen stare on Jonathan, said. "This plane not like piece of paper that you can buy from the catalogue. Its precious. Precious to me".

"We don't have a time to crying about your plane, Arthur. We're on assignment to rescue Evelyn, beside I had never before flown on a plane, and I was enjoying the experience".

Ardeth eyes watching the desert eat the plane, buried it inside. "As we all riding through the air and reaching the ruins, the creature spotted the plane and used his powers to conjure up a sandstorm that impeded your plane. So this is his fault".

"Yes. We blamed the creature". The group then began their walk to the ruins.

Day. Hamunaptra. Inside Hamunaptra stairway, carrying torches Ardeth bay, Jonathan and MacGowen make their way down a long, winding, narrow staircase.

Heading into the bowels of the necropolis. A passageway to hell. Evelyn follows Imhotep into the underground cemetery.

She stops at the sight of all the big hairy rats scurrying through the mausoleums and over the gravestones.

Evelyn watch the rats ran and hide behind of the tomb.

Passageway. Ardeth Bay and MacGowen are busy digging out a collapsed doorway. That were blocking off an entrance, and Jonathan, who was holding a torch for them, was sidetracked by a mural on the wall with large shiny stones in it.

He walks over and tries to jiggle it free. It comes loose in his hand. He looks at the scarab in his palm. It starts to glow. And then something inside it starts to wiggle.

Jonathan look curious in his palm hand.

The wiggling continues, a long, agonizing beat, and then the scarab breaks out of it's cocoon and instantly burrows into Jonathan's palm.

Jonathan starts to freak out and scream. Ardeth runs up and rips the arm off Jonathan's shirt. The scarab is now burrowing up Jonathan's arm.

Ardeth whips out his butterfly-knife, snaps it open and grabs Jonathan's arm. Jonathan's eyes widen in terror as the knife passes in front of his face.

Jonathan screams louder, obviously being cut open. Ardeth's hand flicks something away. The scarab hits the floor and immediately starts scurrying back towards Jonathan, wanting to finish the job. MacGowen shot it dead with a revolver.

In cemetery. Imhotep, however, had heard the shot and, knowing that his foes had survived.

Imhotep and Evelyn step up to the strange altar, Imhotep scowls at the sound and angrily, he look over his shoulder.

"Don't t look at me you idiot!" Evelyn grit her teeth. "Well, they survived".

Imhotep look tense, said. "Then you will know what next I can do". He smirk. Evelyn gulping.

He reach into a Canopic jar, he pulls out the crusted and crushes it to dust then he blows the dust against a mausoleum wall.

Evelyn stare at the wall eyes wide open two forms emerge from the mausoleum wall, horrific looking mummified corpses, two of Imhotep's long dead priest he know.

They bow to Imhotep then turn and move off down a passageway,

and ordered them to kill off the resisters and awaken the other priests.

As the mummified priests woke each other up. Ardeth, MacGowen and Jonathan all reached the treasure chamber of Hamunaptra, which shone brightly with many gold statues and other priceless artifacts.

"Don't touch anything that wasn't belong to you". said Ardeth in warning tones to Jonathan.

Jonathan swallows hard and nods vigorously.

As the three men stood within the chamber, taking in the sight of the golden valuables, they heard a low croaking sound that came from behind them, the sound being a mummy that was emerging from the sandy floor, along with other mummies that came from the floor as well, and from the corridors near the chamber entrance.

Ardeth identified the mummies as Imhotep's priests, and the group began to open fire on them, escaping just in time, and finding the statue of Horus, which Ardeth and Jonathan were about to pry open, when a pair of mummies erupting from the floor, threw them aside and began to pry at the compartment of the statue.

The compartment then released a burning jet of salt acid that incinerated the mummies, allowing Ardeth and Jonathan to continue their work.

"Who the hell are these thing?!"

"Imhotep priest".

MacGowen laugh. "I always wanted to kill the priest. This is my chance wasn't it?"

"If you want. Today is your lucky day brother. Now, kill the priest".

The mummies kept coming in greater numbers when MacGowen decided to stave them off by running from the other two men and driving the mummies away.

MacGowen ran into a corridor that was filled with mummies and, fighting his way out, he drew the mummies away.

After MacGowen had drawn them away, He escaped back up to the surface.

Ardeth fires with his gun. Smoke and flame shoot out. Blast one of the mummies. Blows it's upper torso clean off. He pumps the gun, the huge spent catridge flips through the air.

He fires again, blast the other mummy, blows this one's torso clean off as well. The smoke clears.

Jonathan can't believe it.

"Oh, come on! Why don't just he gave my sister back. I'd just want my sister that's all not a mummified priest".

"Tell that creature!" said Ardeth.

He scream. "Give my sister back you bastard!"

And then the disemboweled upper torsos start to move, turning over and crawling towards them who start to back away.

Imhotep turns from the altar as he hears more gunshots echoing out of the passageways. He angrily reaches into another canopic jars, and crushes it to dust and blows the dust down a passageway.

"Will you stop blows that dust. You idiot, there's my brother out there! Sending those mummies to killed them!"

She spatted prepared to attacked him from behind. "I'm not gonna let you do this!" She ride on his back again. This time she lost her temper.

"Take back your cursed, you bloody bastards priest! TAKE THAT BACK! I command you this instant!"

Imhotep not trying to hurt her, as she punch him so hard on the back. Carefully not hitting her head on the wall. She claw his head.

"Get of off me, Woman! Don't make me pinning you down on the ground again!"

"You touch me! I'm gonna killed you with my finger nails, how dare you touch me, raped me while Nefertari inside my body. Seeking your revenge I'm your victim. The bloody Pharaoh wasn't my father either. You take an advantage on me!"

She scream. Imhotep bending down his knee on the ground. He turn her body, push her down to the ground. He stop her by his kiss.

"JONATHAN!"