Chapter 10.

"Evy!" Jonathon shouted. Imhotep looked up the flight of stairs to see Jonathon and Rebekah with the golden book of Amun-Ra. "We found it! We found the book!"

"Where is the key?" Rebekah shouted.

"It's in his robes!" Evy shouted back.

Rebekah took the book from Jonathon and said to him, "Get the key and then I can read it." Jonathon nodded and headed towards Imhotep. Rebekah jumped down from the flight of stairs, rolling until she hit the wall. She got up and breathed deeply. After getting her breath back, she looked at the hieroglyphics on the cover and began to read them.

She read to the end of the fifth sentence when she heard a pair of double doors open and saw mummified warriors storm through. Rebekah groaned and looked at the golden book. "Finish it Rebekah! Finish it and then you can control them!" Evy shouted to her.

Rebekah swallowed the lump in her front and ran round a coffin, crouching and continuing on the inscription. She continued until she reached the final hieroglyphic and realised she couldn't remember it. "Crap." She whispered. "I can't remember this symbol!" She called out.

After a few seconds, "What does it look like?" Evy called back.

Rebekah took a quick glance at it and then called back, "A stork!"

A few more moments passed and then Evy gasped out, "A…Amenophus!"

Rebekah looked to the final sentence and smiled, Evy was right. "Whotashi Amenophus!" Rebekah shouted and saw the mummified warriors stop an inch before cutting Rick into pieces, who was on the floor. Imhotep, who was walking towards Rebekah, whirled round and tried to get the mummies to obey him, which failed.

Rebekah then gave a new order to the warriors and watched as they marched to the mummified Anck-Su-Amun, who was attacking Evy. Imhotep stopped approaching Jonathon and started for Rebekah but heard his love scream, watching in horror as the shadows showed his lover being stabbed repeatedly until her screams stopped altogether. Rebekah dropped the book and backed up against the wall as Imhotep approached her, "Now you die."He said to her in Arabic.

He grabbed her by the neck and pushed her up against the wall even more, but Rebekah managed to get her hand through the robes, feeling for the object she needed and when she found it, she saw Rick slash his arm of. Rebekah fell to the floor, watching as Imhotep pick up his arm and after attaching it again, started going after Rick. "Evy? I got it." Rebekah called, holding the key up.

Evy and Jonathon ran to her, Jonathon taking the book and Evy grabbing the key. "Keep him busy!" Evy ordered to Rick. The trio didn't hear the reply as Evy opened the cover and the two women began reading.

Jonathon kept glancing to Rick and Imhotep and on his fifth glance he urged the pair, "C'mon girls hurry."

"Not helping." Rebekah muttered.

They continued reading when Evy exclaimed happily. "Got it! Kadishmal, Kadishmal! Paradoose, Paradoose!" The four watched on, seeing a blue ghost of a man on a chariot come down the staircase and flying through Imhotep, to quickly turn around and back up the stairs to the portal is once came.

Rick stumbled as he picked up his sword, asking Evy as he stared at Imhotep, "I thought that was meant to kill him?" Imhotep stared at them all, walking towards them but as he came close to Rick, the American lifted his sword and stabbed him in the stomach.

"He's mortal." Evy said softly.

They watched as Imhotep walked backwards, into a black pool. As he slowly sunk deeper into it, he spoke in Arabic. When he was fully under, Rebekah translated what he said, "Death is only the beginning." Suddenly, they heard rumbling and saw the walls starting to close.

"Time to go." Rick said, grabbing Evy and all running out. Jonathon had the book of Amun-Ra, which slipped out of his hands and landed in the black pool. Rebekah helped him with his balance, running further away.

Evy ran back and started to complain, "You dropped the book of Amun-Ra!" Rebekah rolled her eyes and ran back, grabbing the woman's hand and pulling her out. The group ran as they neared closer and closer the entrance of the chambers. When they reached outside, they watched as columns fell and the floor collapsed in on itself. They then watched as the City of the Dead collapsed altogether and becoming nothing but buried sand.

The four tried to catch their breath when Jonathon had a hand touch his shoulder, making him jump and all of them whirl round to see Ardeth on a crouching camel. "Oh! Thank you! Thank you very much!" Jonathon exclaimed clutching his heart.

"You have earned the respect and gratitude of me and my people." Ardeth said to the four. He then turned to Rebekah, "May you remember me."

"Why does that sound like a goodbye?" Rebekah asked.

Ardeth looked down and then at her, giving it a moment till he replied, "My people, they would not accept you."

"Why? Because I'm blonde? Because I'm English? Or because you're scared they might like me? That I love you." Rebekah gasped, just realising after all the death and chaos she had gone and fallen in love.

"I have feelings like that as well for you. I'm sorry." Ardeth simply said, trying hard to find the right words. He clicked his tongue and after getting his camel to stand up, he walked away.

Rebekah watched as she heard Jonathon ask, "He's leaving us here, with nothing?"

"Not quite." Rick said. Rebekah looked at him and Evy as they stared at each other, leaning slowly in to kiss.

Rebekah looked quickly away and climbed onto a camel, watching Jonathon as he asked his camel, "Would you like a kissy-wissy?" The camel blew onto his face and Jonathon waved his hand. He then climbed on and so did Rick and Evy on one camel, starting the trip back to Cairo.