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 3 : Secret Revealed
Evy died in Ricks arms and he was beside himself. Getting up he told Jonathan to stay with Alex, he was going to find them and destroy them once and for all. He walked into the pyramid. Jonathan and Alex sat there with the body of Evy.
"Uncle Jon, what did Imhotep shout as he left?"
"Something about using the black book. No idea what he meant"
They sat there for a while, both of them still upset over Evy and Jonathan was trying to comfort Alex. Suddenly Alex jumped up and pulled at his uncle.
"I do…come on Uncle Jon…bring mum"
"Where…what are you going to do?"
"He said use the black book…that's it…it will bring mum back…come on…we have to get it"
Jonathan picked Evy up and followed Alex into the pyramid, hoping that this was going to work. They followed the writing that led to the Scorpion King and saw that the black book was laying on a chest. Alex took it and went to where Jonathan had laid his mum, while the man confronted Ancksunamun. Imhotep was no-where to be seen.
After getting a few hints of Jonathan at the same time, Alex found that the black book worked and Evy was brought back from the dead. Then she took over from Jonathan and told them to go and help Rick.
"How did you return…oh the black book" said Ancksunamun.
"Yes and I am going to kill you" replied Evy.
They fought for a while and then Evy punched her on the face, making her stagger back. Then the woman pushed Evy against the wall and held a dagger to her throat.
"I will kill you and then destroy Imhotep. I will command the Army of Anubis and rule the world. That was my plan always, to have power that no-one and nothing else could have"
"Leave us alone, we will destroy you and the Army will never walk the earth again"
The fought again and she demanded to know what hold Evy had over Imhotep that he wouldn't kill her himself and he had had several chances. Evy told her in no uncertain terms.
"Alex is his son, that's why"
"His son…you bitch and I thought he loved me and would take no-one but me. I am going to kill you"
She chased Evy through the passageway that led to where the Scopion King was chasing Rick. After a lot of exchanges, the stick that Jonathan carried was actually a spear and Rick threw it at the Scorpion King and sent him and his army back to the underworld.
The whole place seemed to be falling apart after this and they all had to try and escape. Rick and Imhotep fell into a pit and grabbing onto the edge, tried to save themselves. Ancksunamun ran out and left Imhotep hanging there.
A look of disbelief on his face, he thought she loved him and now realized that all she had wanted was the power and had left him to die. Tears filled his eyes as he watched her disappear up a passage. He looked over at Rick who had just about climbed over the edge. Evy was watching them.
Rick shouted at her to get out but she refused and running over to the two men, dodging the falling rocks, she pulled Rick the last few feet over the edge. They ran to the wall and watched as Imhotep struggled to climb over. This became too much for her and leaving Rick where he was, went to run over to Imhotep. Rick grabbed her.
"What the hell do you think you are doing, leave him, he is going to be destroyed, which is what we want and then we can get out of here"
"No..I can't leave him there, I have to save him"
"You're insane…come on…we have to leave, this place is falling apart…why are you doing this?"
"He is Alex's father, that's why" she shouted running over.
Dodging the falling rocks that were getting worse now, she grabbed Imhotep by the arms and pulled him, but he was too heavy.
"Leave me Evy…you have no choice…go back to Rick and get out of here"
"I'm not leaving you here, come on help me" she yelled to him.
Rick stood there stunned for a few seconds and then thoughts flashed though his mind, suddenly he ran. Evy felt the man suddenly become lighter and looking saw Rick beside her.
"Come on you SOB…lets get you out of here and then I'm going to kill both of you"
Within seconds they were running with Jonathan and Alex to find a way out of the pyramid. Finding none because the whole of Ahm Shere was dissolving into the sand, they had to climb up to the top of it. Realizing that they were all trapped and about to die, Alex hugged his mother. Then a voice from above made them look up and they saw Izzy in the balloon, telling them to get on board quickly. This they did, including Imhotep, however Jonathan had to grab the diamond from off the top of the pyramid before they flew off.
Imhotep went and stood at the bow of the balloon while the others got their breath back. Then they stood up and saw Ardeth down below them and they waved at him to let him know that they were safe. Just as he was about to ride off, he spotted Imhotep on the balloon and wondered what the hell was going on. He would ride to the Magic Carpet place of Izzys and find out.
Rick grabbed Evy and marched her to where Imhotep was standing and demanded to know what was going on and why they had saved this 'creature'
"So an explanation please Evy…telling me how HE is the father of Alex and not me and why on earth have you never told me till now…hang on that means that you went with him…you're sick…you've lived with me all these years and have lied to me the whole time. There is me thinking that Alex is mine and all the time he belongs to a 3000 year old mummy. Come on…I am dying to hear this and it had better be good"
She explained as best she could what had happened, at the market place and then how she found out she was pregnant. She did not tell him that she had been with Imhotep in the jungle. It would serve no purpose with things the way they were.
Rick went mad and flew at Imhotep who tried to defend himself. He was still mortal. Jonathan and Alex stood and watched what was happening then Izzy came running up and told them to stop fighting or the whole thing would end up in the desert. Evy ran in between the two men.
"That is enough…what the hell do you think you are doing. Don't you think we have all been through enough without fighting up here. Alex is the one we should think of, not ourselves. Rick get over there, Imhotep stay up here and don't move. Alex come with me"
She went to explain to Alex and try and selvedge something from the mess she had made. But he stopped her.
"I know mum, I've always known. Don't ask me how but I have. Seeing the pictures of him, things that I can do, memories that I shouldn't have. Maybe I should be angry with you but I'm not. You had your reasons for not telling, I understand that now but although Imhotep is my father, Rick is my dad."
She hugged him, tears running down her face, Jonathan was listening to what he said and walked over to where Imhotep was. Evy went to talk to Rick but he didn't want to know. As far as he was concerned they were through, he would leave as soon as they got back to Cairo.
"Dad you can't go, I love you" said Alex.
"I love you son, no matter who your real father is but I can't forgive your mother for what she has done. Nothing can change that, I can't live with her anymore, she lied for too long"
Evy tried to change his mind but he would have none of it.
"Do you love him Evy?" he asked.
She never answered so he asked her again, anger showing in his voice.
"I don't know Rick…yes…I suppose I love you both, in different ways. I wish I didn't but…."
He walked off and stood behind Izzy, tears pricking his eyes. He loved this woman so much and she had betrayed him with this 'thing' He could never believe or trust her again. Imhotep walked over to Evy who was looking out across the desert.
"Evy…are you alright…why did you safe me, you should have left me there and then none of this would have happened"
"I couldn't leave you…I love you…as insane as that sounds, I do. I also love Rick. I know…you should be destroyed but I can't do it and I couldn't leave you there…God what are we going to do" she replied.