Imhotep's Obsession
By
Darlene Evelyn
Title: Imhotep's Obsession
Author: Darlene Evelyn
Rating: PG. (for now)
Feedback: Please let me know what you think but please don't be rude.
Short Summary: Basically this story picks up a year later after the movies
events take place. It's what I'd like to see happen in the sequel.
Copyright: All Characters except for Angela O'Connell,Anton,Vinnie,David
Richardson, and Lewis Calabar are sole property of Universal Pictures. No
profit is being made with this story.
Chapter 1
*~~~London Museum of Antiquities~~*
"I can't believe it! Do you expect me to believe that you lost all the money
from selling your part
of Seti's treasure...in a game of poker!!" Evie shouted angrily
"Oh mum, don't remind me it's hard enough that I won't be able to have a
decent drink for a
few months" Jonathan replied guiltily
"Evelyn, calm down the upside to this is that Johnny here will be sober for
a while" Rick said
with a wide smile of utter jokester.
"O shut up O'Connell!" Jonathan snapped back angrily
"Jonathan!! Watch your manners! don't you ever yell at Rick or anyone else
like that for that
matter you should be grateful that you won't have a drink! Now you won't be
so bloody drunk
everyday!! as for the treasure..we can't do anything about it now..oh god! "
Evelyn said
stressfully as she sat down at her desk.
Without another word Jonathan stormed out of the office and left to go find
a lad who could
spare a drink or two. Rick suddenly sat down and put his hands on his face
trying to conceal
the sadness that had just overcome him. Evelyn turned towards him and at the
sight of
seeing him there almost about to tear his hair out, she sighed.
"What's wrong?" Evelyn asked softly “Was it something we said?”
"No...Today is my sister's birthday, if she's alive she'll be twenty one"
Rick said sadly
"Oh Rick, don't worry we'll find her and I bet you wherever she is she
misses you just as much
as you miss her" Evelyn said as she sat down next to him.
"I hope so Evelyn, I hope so" Rick sighed as he stood up
"I have a feeling we'll be seeing her again soon enough" she said happily
There was suddenly a loud knock on the door and before Evie could answer in
came David
Richardson, a worker from the museum, a sly, greedy person that really can't
be trusted at all.
All he loves is money,fame,and women. Very power hungry. He'll do anything
to get what he
wants. With people like that around you, you have to be extremely careful
what you say and
Evelyn knew all too well not to say anything obvious.
"Good news Evelyn! the workers down in Cairo have found Hamunaptra! , well
actually the ruins,
but still, that plan to search for it worked!" he said excitedly
"Have they found anything?" Evelyn asked worryingly
"Yes, in fact they found a book and star shaped thing, but they still don't
know what it's for...I
wonder what they could be? Perhaps they’ll lead us to the location of
treasure what do you
think,Evelyn?" David said suspiciously
"Oh my!!!"
Evelyn's heart froze and she was left speechless, she tried really hard not
to faint. The year
had gone so well, and life was great without any troubles and now she
couldn't believe this was
happening. David looked over at Rick who was also in a state of shock, yet
wasn't showing it as
much as Evie was. David thought for a while about what the workers had told
him and he
remembered what the thing was. He wanted to get as much information as
possible out of
Evelyn, but with Rick there he couldn't. So he decided for honesty as the
best policy.
"The Book of the Dead I think is what they found but they are still looking
for the famed Book of
Amun-Ra...I wonder if it exists?" David said suddenly remembering what it
was the workers
had found...he was now getting really happy with this thought.
"No, get them out of there as soon as you can" Rick said nervously
"But Why?" David asked
"Just do it" Evelyn said sternly
David walked out of the office slamming the door behind him as he left. Rick
walked over to the
window overlooking the sculpture garden and just stared blankly outside.
Everything was
happening at the same time and all too fast for him. He couldn't stand it
anymore...no matter how
strong he was... the thought of Imhotep coming back made him tremble and
feel chills every
where. In the meantime, Evelyn had slipped out of the office to get some tea
and do some
errands.
"What if my sister really is alive? Where could she be? and What's going to
happen now?" Rick
thought to himself.
Suddenly he heard a loud clap of thunder and in the horizon he could see the
hazy mist of
rain. The clouds were rolling in slowly and sure enough it would start to
pour any minute. The
sound of thunder still made him jump, it was just a fear he had developed
over the year. From
the outside you could say that Rick had absolutely no weaknesses, but he
did, he really did...
the love he had for Evelyn and his sister....was his greatest weakness. This
was something the
rest of the world was not to know about at all. He closed his eyes and
listened to the pitter
patter of the rain on the windows... but quickly opened them as the rumble
of the thunder
roared all around and the lightning flashed brightly in the sky.
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Bam!! David slammed the door hard behind him as he stormed into his office
like a bull on a
rampage.
"There is absolutely no way I'm turning back now that we have found the book
and Hamunaptra!
I will be famous...no matter what!"
He paced back and forth thinking about his next move. After about ten
minutes he finally came
up with an idea. Smiling and wanting to jump up and down and shout at the
top of his lungs he
instead thought to himself.
"I'm just simply leaving for Egypt the day after tomorrow, but before I do
I'll tell Evelyn I called
them to let them know, she'll never know that those idiots are still working
their asses off for
me!"
He laughed and sat down at his desk to enjoy a cigar and to contemplate his
new, and brilliant idea. The weather had gotten worse by the in these past
few minutes but nonetheless.... He
would be rich...and nothing was going to get in his way...nothing at all.
*~~~~In Downtown London~~~~*
Evelyn stopped at the local cafe and bought some tea and cookies for the
afternoon.
Afterwards she had driven the Dusenberg by the detective's office to check
up on her results
of finding Rick’s sister. The detective was sitting at her desk reading the
newspaper when
Evelyn walked in. As soon as Rick had told her about Angela and his past,
Evelyn had hired
her to search for the lost girl.
"Hello Miss Carnarvon" said the detective
"Hello Mrs.Cunningham, do you have any other results from the search?"
"No unfortunately all I have found is that she had lived in Chicago until
she was seven then her
parents sent her to a Boarding School here in London" said the detective
sternly.
"Anything else?" Evelyn anxiously asked
"She escaped from the St. Mary's Boarding School seven years ago and hasn't
been seen
since, that is all of the information I have so far" she replied
"Thank you very much detective, keep me informed on the latest news" Evelyn
said as she
stood up and shook the detective's hand. "Good bye"
Evelyn then walked out of the office and drove home to clear up her mind,
she needed a good
rest from all this commotion. Though, her mind now couldn't stop thinking
about the plagues,
Imhotep,and Hamunaptra. Everything from the year before seemed to be
resurfacing in her
conscience as if it had happened only yesterday.
When she got home Jonathan
was in the
library reading and Rick had just arrived from the museum. Evelyn walked
into the library trying
not to show her fear, that same horrid fear that had literally consumed her
when she had
been on the sacrificial alter about to be killed in order to resurrect
another. Overall she tried
to pay attention and focus her mind on the paintings and the photos of her
parents...Now the
house was beautifully decorated with things that had belonged to Evelyn's
parents, that they
had gotten from their digs down in Egypt...it was like a museum of its own.
"So Rick tells me that some people found Hamunaptra and the bloody Book of
the Dead"
Jonathan said nervously
Evelyn sighed and replied "Yes Jonathan some workers have found the Book of
the Dead
and Hamunaptra....now we have to-"
"Go back to Egypt" Rick interrupted suddenly
"What!" Jonathan shouted. "No,no,no way I'm not going back to that messed up
country!...there
is just absolutely no possible way I’m going"
"We might find treasure, Johnny...lot's and lot's of treasure...or don't you
remember the
enormous room full of gold back at Hamunaptra...maybe this time we'll get
twice as much as we
did last time" Rick said slyly
"Okay count me in! but if something happens I'm coming straight
home...nothing is going to
stop me...absolutely nothing!!" Jonathan said earnestly
"Sure Jonathan..we believe you" Rick said
While this was happening Evelyn had called the airport to reserve tickets.
All of them then
walked upstairs and started packing for their trip to Cairo unaware of what
was already going
to happen. Two hours later they got into the Dusenberg and left for the
airport.
*~~~~~Back at David's Apartment~~~~*
David was looking out his window overlooking the many buildings of London
which were wet
from the rain. The rain had been on and off for an hour and a half
already,but it was actually
starting to clear up and become sunny...that's London weather for you.
"I'm going to Cairo and I will declare that I, David Richardson, have found
the Book of the Dead
and the ruins of Hamunaptra...I'll be famous!" he shouted joyfully. "That
will be my grand
moment!"
There was suddenly a knock at the door and in walked a small boy about age
twelve or so
scrawny looking and dirty...your typical poor child from the slums of
England..sad but money is
a necessity to the poor. People will take advantage of them so they do their
dirty work..such
as spying in this case.
"Excuse me sir, but I have just found out that Mr. O'Connell,Miss
Carnarvon,and Mr.Carnarvon have just purchased some tickets for Cairo
today...the plane leaves in one hour"
"What!! It can’t be! ok.... I'll just have to go with them now won't I, now
leave me!!!" he said
shouted sternly
The boy ran out of the room in a flash. David stopped for a moment and
looked around at his
tiny apartment in disgust he hated it...with all his heart.
"I will be famous and I'll finally be able to get out of this hellhole for
an apartment!"
He quickly stuffed some clothes in a suitcase and set out for the airport
just outside the city of
London. On his way there he smiled to himself thinking about one of the
workers in particular
....a girl who he had become fascinated with when he had first seen her.
Her beauty was unlike
any other, he knew he would see her again,but his thoughts now switched and
the rest of
way they were:
"Fame, money,and more fame" then he would set his sights on Angela,the girl
he had hired to
go on the dig down in Hamunaptra.While everyone was busy getting ready to go
to Egypt,
thousands of miles away something else was getting ready to make a come
back too....a very
big come back.
"I can't believe we're going back" Jonathan said nervously as they drove to
the airport in the Dusenburg. "I have a bad feeling about this trip"
"Oh Jonathan please we're worried enough...we don't need your comments to
worry us even
more." Evelyn said uneasily.
"Jonathan, nothing is going to happen so don't be such a wimp....and if
something does
happen well then uh, I'll give you four hundred dollars" Rick said calmly
"Okay fine it's a deal if nothing happens we're good, something happens I
get the money, that
is if you don't get killed" Jonathan said seriously
"Would you two please leave money out this...partly that's the reason of
last years frightful happenings, so be quiet!" Evelyn interrupted and said
angrily.
"But mum! We're making a deal here!" Jonathan whined
"No buts, let's try to have a fairly normal trip without any trouble...now
please you two no more
talk about money...it always lead to trouble and even worse...death" Evelyn
said.
Rick said "Oh all right, but I still say nothing is going to happen"
Jonathan shook his head and didn't say anything else, so Evelyn wouldn't get
mad at him or
Rick. They continued on their way to the airport in silence and David was on
the way there
coming from the opposite end of town as well. He needed to get on the same
plane they did,he
needed to know what they were going for...it was something big he knew that
much...but what
was it? As the sands of the Sahara, not far from the ruins of Hamunaptra
stirred, they were all
much too late.....and Death was only the beginning.
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