Disclaimer - I own no-one, Steve Sommers does
Genre: Romance
Rating: NC 15
Pairing - Evy/Imhotep
Summery - Sequel to Brief Encounter with alternate ending to TMR
Chapter 1 : Secret Revealed
Imhotep had been raised again and had come face to face with Ancksunamun reincarnated at the museum as Meela. He was going to raise the Army of Anubis and take over the world. Seeing the woman walking towards him he hears the curator speak.
"Do not be frightened" said the curator.
"I am not afraid - I am Ancksunamun reincarnated" she said to the mummy.
"Only in Body at the moment" he replies. "But soon I shall bring your soul back from the underworld. And our love shall once again be whole"
"I have a gift for you" said Meela
She took him over to the gurney where Evy was now sitting, her hands and feet tied where they had kidnapped her from the house. He was shocked to see her there and thoughts of their last meeting came back to him.
"Her" he said.
Saying something in Egyptian to meela, the woman took offence and realized that something was not quite right here. Imhotep had told her not to harm Evy and to let her go. She replied to Imhotep and then turned to Evy.
"Burn Her!" she shouted.
Imhotep glared at the woman and then back at Evy who luckily was being rescued by Rick as Ardeth blazed away with a Thompson from the balcony. He was glad in a way although he wanted to kill Rick. There was no way he wanted to murder Evy.
A battle ensued and resulted in the destruction of part of the museum. Then it continued to Egypt in the pursuit of the Scorpion King and the fact that Alex had been kidnapped wearing the bracelet of Anubis. On the train he spoke to Alex because the Bracelet would lead them to Ahm Shere where the Scorpion King lay.
There was something about this boy but he couldn't put a finger on it. After all he was 'Ricks' son and yet. He wasn't going to kill him deliberately but he didn't know that Lock-nah would given the chance, at least not yet he didn't.
For three days Evy and the others pursued Imhotep and Alex then found themselves at Ahm Shere. The balloon crashed into the jungle and they would have to walk to the pyramid and try and find Alex on the way. They didn't know that he had to be inside the pyramid before the end of the seventh day or he would die.
About a mile away, Imhotep and his entourage arrived too, it was dark but he told Meela to stay with the men as he wanted to look around and only wanted two men with him.
"I am safe, nothing can harm me or you. I won't be long" he said.
"Yes my Lord, we will wait then we'll take over the world" she replied.
He kissed her and she watched with Lock-nah and the men. As he walked through the jungle towards the pyramid, he saw the torchlight of Rick and the others. Somehow he had to get Evy alone. He told the men to get Rick and the others to chase them leaving Evy by herself.
It didn't take long and Evy was very good with a rifle and she waited for the others to return. Hearing a rustle behind her, she turned thinking it was the men back. She was wrong.
"Hello Evy"
"Imhotep - what do you want, where is Alex?"
"He is safe for the moment" he replied.
She hated this man and yet she loved him too, after all he had given her a son. But he had kidnapped him and she didn't want anything to do with him, so she thought.
"Ri…." She started to shout.
But he raised his hand and shook his head. She stopped, why she didn't know but they could have been back in minutes if she had wanted them to. Imhotep walked towards her, he was very handsome, even more so than she remembered and then she thought of the museum.
"Thank you for trying to save me at the museum" she said.
"I don't want you dead, but Anksunamun does and she will kill you given the chance"
The closer he got the more a fire grew, she tried to ignore it and wanted to shout for Rick but her voice didn't work. She started to feel hot and giddy with this man so close, she remembered the market place and how he made her feel, Rick had never been able to do that.
Suddenly for some reason, everything started to fade out and Imhotep grabbed her as she passed out. Sweeping her up into his arms, he walked into the thickest part of the jungle and laid her on the fern covered floor.
"Evy…can you hear me?" he asked patting her face.
She opened her eyes and backed away slightly as she realized who it was, then she calmed down.
"I could never hurt you, not now" he said softly.
Still Evy's head told her to shout for Rick but her heart was winning. As he held her, she snaked a hand round his neck and pulled him down for a kiss.
"I must be insane but I want you…damn how I want you" she gasped.