章 55: Ch.55 Jebber Jabber I don't own...
Currently Zheng, Yinkong, Heng, and Kris were charging towards the museum. As they approached it the crashing of glass windows could be heard ahead.
A while ago...
O'Connell's group had just left the inn. Even though they'd made a deal with Zheng to steal the mummies, before leaving for the museum they went back to the inn to put down their luggage and have lunch.
"Do you believe it? That wine tasted like blood. No, it turned into blood… I've never had red brandy before that…" O'Connell complained.
Evelyn said, "All the rivers in Egypt turned red and all the water turned into blood. This is one of the curses from the resurrection of the mummy. Did you see the meteors? He has come to Cairo!"
O'Connell said, "I don't care about anything else. Once we steal those mummies, we will find a ship to leave Egypt. I don't want anything to do with mummies… Leave the monsters to the professionals. Zheng's group have it all handled."
Evelyn stepped in front of O'Connell and yelled, "Are you saying we should abandon our responsibilities? So we could run away? We are the ones that released that monster! Even if Zheng's group is helping, we can't just run away ourselves!"
"Wait, wait." O'Connell glared at her and shouted in reply. "It was you who released that monster, not us! Don't drag us into the responsibility! We don't have the obligation to save the world! Plus that monster is impossible to kill."
While they were argueing, Team India was up on the near by roof observing their actions...
O'Connell scratched his head as if he had a headache. "Wait, what does that have to do with me? Why should I do this? I am thankful that you saved me from the jail. That was why I went to the city of the dead with you and brought you back safely! That was what I promised you and I accomplished it. Why do I still have to help you with your responsibility? Who was the one that read the words copied from the Book of the Dead?"
Evelyn was shocked and muttered, "It's, it's me… but am I only a promise to you?"
O'Connell pushed her away lightly and walked toward the museum. "You either choose to stay here and save the world, or come with me and leave this place. It's your choice."
Evelyn followed behind him. She clenched her teeth and said, "I choose to stay!"
O'Connell looked at her in surprise then uttered the words, "Fine. Whatever you want!"
"Of course it's whatever I want. I don't need you to care!"
"Whatever…"
Jonathan shook his head. They seemed like two children in his eyes. Even though they cared about each other, yet they were acting like this.
It wasn't long before they reached the museum. To their surprise, they saw the two Americans approaching them with pale white faces.
Jumping over to O'Connell, they said hurriedly, "God, we saw him, that monster. You won't believe it, he found the bodies from the desert and sucked them dry. Those dried bodies are still in the inn. Fortunately a cat passed by and scared it away. Or else we would've become mummies also…"
It wasn't until the two of them calmed down and repeated the words that O'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan understood what they'd seen.
After the Americans received the gold bars, they came back to Cairo and found a ship. Although they were willing to pay generously, the ship wouldn't leave until the next day. So they went back to the inn. Once they entered their room, they saw a half-rotted mummy carrying two dried bodies.
The Americans' minds went blank and fired at the mummy. Yet, the normal bullets were ineffective against the mummy. As the mummy was walking over to them and they were about to be sucked dry also, a cat walked by scaring the mummy away and saving their lives.
"Yes!" Evelyn said with excitement. "In Egyptian mythology, cats are the guardians at the gates of the underworld. Mummies belong to the dead so cats are their nemesis. Do you remember that Zheng carried a cat along the whole time? So that's why. They knew we were going to encounter mummies. Can't we also carry a cat with us?
"Right, cats are the guardians of the underworld. Before he completely comes back to life, cats can suppress him. But that's only before he complete resurrects. Once he resurrects… we won't be able to do anything!" The five of them entered the museum from the main entrance. As they were discussing the mummy, a cold voice interrupted them. They raised their heads and saw the curator standing alongside a man in black… that man was the the one that had attacked them several times!
Evelyn immediately hid behind O'Connell. Jonathan also wanted to hide but O'Connell grabbed him. He and the Americans pulled out their guns and pointed them at the man in black.
The old curator shrugged. "Do you want to shoot or know why he's here? Take a seat. I will tell you what's happening."
They looked at each other and finally sat down. Humans would die from gunshots after all, unlike the mummy. So they would rather sit face to face with their enemy than the mummy.
"… That's the situation. We belong to a secret organization that guards the city of the dead and its secret. It has been like this for over three thousand years. We killed anyone and any organization that attempted to lay their hands on the city. We vowed to protect everything, using whatever means necessary. We wanted to prevent Imhotep from returning to the human world at any cost!" The curator said loudly.
The man in black frowned. "Yet we failed our mission because of you!"
Just about when they were to continue their discussion a skinny man holding an unusual curved blade Broke in from the secind floor window, and was now standing on the windowsill. He jumped down while laughing arrogantly, swinging the blade at Evelyn's head!
Pah!Pah!
The skinny man was hit by a series of gunshots while midair, sending him back almost ten meters, and knocking down several bookshelves. At the same time, Zheng and his group broke in from another window.
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