The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Page #2

into this point.

They're still waiting

to get orders from him.

Then where is he?

I still think some bloody grave robbers,

have beaten us to the prize, do you?

No, he's still here, let's see,

this is the Feng Shui compass.

Okay... now!

This... this is true north.

The Feng Shui compass,

is set the opposite direction.

- Alright, we need to realine it.

- Right.

- Right, realine.

- Alright, here we are.

Ahh...

Alex!... Alex, speak to me!

You alright?

- Alex!

- I'm fine.

Tell me, have we found the Emperor?

Alex?

What is it?

We've got one of the greatest

finds, since King Tut.

"He is awakening".

"All mortals despair".

It's definitely him!

Wough... he had his concubines

buried alive with him.

Egotistical bastard.

Hey, Professor Wilson, you wanna

come down and take a look?

Or you, huh... so overwhelmed,

you can't talk.

Wilson!

Let's go, Professor.

- We've got a lot'a work to do.

- Right.

First of all,

I just want to say...

the Foreign-office appreciates

what all you did, during the war.

But, I've been send to offer

you, one last assignment.

I'm afraid, we've retired

from the espionage game...

- haven't we, dear?

- Yeah! We don't do it anymore.

We finished,

we're completely done.

Well, just out of curiosity,

what is the mission anyway?

We need you to courier this...

to Shanghai.

- It's a piece of eyes.

- It's the "Eye of Shangri-la".

If you believe the legend, it points

the way to the pool, of eternal life.

It was smuggled

out of China in 1940...

and now the government, would like

to return it to the Shanghai Museum...

as a sign of good faith,

to the Chinese people.

And with your expertise

in the field, we naturally...

thought of you.

Oh, we would be so flattered!

Oh... huh, but Rick and I,

we made a promise to each other...

after the war... that we would,

hm'mm... calm down.

That's right, dear,

we did, didn't we...

I see.

Well, I must admit,

I'm a little disappointed...

first of all China is... very

dangerous...

their are a lot of factions...

would love to get their hands,

on the "Eye of Shangri-la".

If it left our hands...

the "Eye" could be lost forever.

Oh, we couldn't let

that happened, could we?

No, that could... could

be bad for the... world.

- It be terrible.

- Mm'hmm.

You know, she has a brother

that lives in Shang...

Jonathan!

Yes, he owns a Night-club,

if I'm not mistaken.

We have been meaning to visit,

we could... drop in and surprise him.

- We will?...

- Why not?

Does this mean, we can count

on you, one last time?

Yes!

Shanghai, CHINA

CHINIESE NEW YEAR, 1947

Here's to you, princess.

And I'm gonna tell you,

may the bugger actualy stay there.

- Now, "Skol".

- "Bingo"!

Hi, can you buy a drink for me?

Exuse me, Alex, hey!

Alex, you're back again!

Come here, Alex!

Let me get you a drink.

John's special,

for the top pharaoh explorer.

Make that two...

sorry uncle John, but...

- I got a better offer.

- No, no Alex, no, look...

listen, huh...

okay, come here, to put it

in archeological terms...

that's the Tomb, in which

many pharaohs' have been laid.

Now listen, listen... just think

about me for a moment, alright?

Your discovery is going

public in a few days...

your parents are sure to find out.

They're not gonna be happy,

you dropped out of school...

Will you relax, uncle John, okay?

I'm here, and they're

a long way away.

Excuse me, okay?

I have some excavation to do.

Jonathan!

You're in China! Evey!...

Rick! What're you?...

It's so...

- nice, for you to drop in!

- Brother, we love to see you!

I had no idea he was here...

- Who's here?

- Who?

You stay away from her.

- Dad?

- Alex?

Now, look! What did he do!

- Jonathan, what's going on?

- I don't know!

- Go away, and let her go.

- You better go and tell him...

or, I will kill the kid.

Not so fast, that's my... kid.

- "Mad Dog" McGuire?

- "Ricochet" O'Connell!

Alex, sweetheart, are you alright?

Friends, it's just a

little family reunion...

so, let's get back and

have a good time. Music!

- How long has it been!

- Egypt, 23, French Foreign Legion.

This guy can land

a plane on anything.

Ricochet, let me tell you, he

had his hands on my little girl.

Now, Son or no son,

I gotta give him a beating.

- Oh yeah, what you gonna do?

- Back off!

As much as I really like to

teach him a valuable lesson...

His mother would be upset,

very upset.

- You have a lot to explain.

- With the wife now, and the kid...

things are a little bid different,

I'm sure you understand.

- Yeah.

- Let me make it up to you.

- Sorry, mom.

- I'm just suprised to see, that's all.

- Comming.

- Alright?

I'm not here 5 minutes, and I'm already

pulling your fanny out of the fire.

- You're going back to college.

- I think it's not gonna be worth it.

You two show up,

and tell me what to do?

Honey! We should sit down and

discuss this like a family.

No offense mom, but we haven't

been a family in a long time.

Hey, don't you turn

your back on me, Alex!

Alex, don't...

Alex, come here.

Did you...

Don't look at me like that.

Huh...

- It's all your fault.

- My fault?

You're the one who's always

smothering him...

you can't even look at him for

Perhaps I was over

compensating for the fact...

that you've never took

an interest in his life.

His life...

is my top priority.

How many time I saved that

kid from breaking his neck?

A little warmth and encouragement,

would have been nice.

I'm his father...

It's implied.

We spent our entire life,

searching for priceless artefacts...

and the one thing that's most

precious to us, we've lost.

We can't let Alex become...

a stranger, in pictures,

on our mantle.

- We can't let it happen.

- No, we can't.

How will we fix this?

We need to do it together.

PARAMILITARY OUTPOS WESTERN CHINA

The O'Connell's are in Shanghai.

Do they have the Eye of Shangri-la?

Our spy says they do.

Good.

Assemble the troops!

Yes, Sir.

Attention!

Soldiers!

Soon all our training and sacrifice...

will bear great fruit.

It is my dream to raise

our Emperor from his Tomb.

Only he can bring order

out of this chaos.

Soldiers...

tonight our great battle begins!

- Hail! Hail!

- Hail!

I think walking is faster,

or if we take a ricksaw.

It's Chinese New Year.

Don't you love this country?

With so many extra little holidays...

and drinking is mandatory.

I can't believe, we get to

see your first big discovery.

- It's so exciting.

- Well, after last night...

I'm surprised,

we get to see it at all.

This car will pick you up

in about an hour.

- You're not coming?

- Oh, no.

I've seen enough mummies,

to last a lifetime.

There he is.

Oh, my darling,

very impressive.

When you get to open

the sarcophagus?

Well, I have to wait for the

official red tape's been cut.

The words "Rest in Peace"

mean anything, to you two?

So mom, why don't you stick

around for the next few days...

and we can open it together?

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