The Mummy Page #14

EXT. CREVICE - NIGHT

SAND and WIND whip through the ruins as O'Connell and Evelyn

stumble up out of the crevice and COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH TEN

ARMED MUMIA. The Mumia quickly raise their guns. O'Connell

and Evelyn quickly raise their hands. Jonathan, Henderson,

Daniels and the Egyptologist are already on their knees,

hands over their heads. Ardeth Bay steps forward.

ARDETH BAY:

I told you to leave or die, you

refused, and now you may have killed

us all. For you have unleashed the

creature that we have feared for

more than four thousand years.

O'CONNELL

Relax, I got him.

ARDETH BAY:

No mortal weapons can kill this

creature. He is not of this world.

O'CONNELL

Are we talkin, about the same

creature? The walking corpse?

Really big mouth? Really bad breath?

INT. ANUBIS' CHAMBER - NIGHT

Beni sloway backs up around Anubis, eyes wide, gun up. He

turns around, --IMHOTEP IS RIGHT THERE! Beni SCREAMS, backs

away and OPENS FIRE. Six GUNSHOTS perforate Imhotep, but have

no effect except to SPLATTER molten flesh rot onto the back

wall. Beni retreats into a corner, scared shitless. Imhotep

moves forward, his one hand trying to stop the molten mummy

guts from oozing out of the large shotgun hole in his side.

Beni drops his gun and grabs at the CHAINS around his neck,

'RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS AND ICONS dangle from each chain. Beni

holds the first one up: A CHRISTIAN CRUCIFIX. He quickly

makes the sign of-the cross and blesses himself in English:

BENI:

May the good Lord protect and watch

over me as a shepherd watches over

his flock. And may Satan in all his

forms be vanquished forever.

It has no effect on Imhotep, who continues forward. Beni

quickly grabs at the other symbols and icons, holding them

out towards Imhotep, one after the other, trying to slow his

progress:
an Islamic Sword and Crescent Moon necklace; a

Hindu Brahma medallion; a small Buddhist Bodhisattva statue.

All while blessing himself in Arabic, Hindi, Chinese and

Latin. Nothing works. Imhotep's skeletal hand reaches for

Beni's throat. Tears run down Beni's cheeks he's so freaked.

And that's when he holds up THE STAR OF DAVID and blesses

himself in HEBREW. Imhotep stops in his tracks. His hand

lowers. His grotesque new eyeballs stare at Beni.

IMHOTEP (subtitled)

The language of the slaves.

Looks at him quizzically. Imhotep takes a step back.

IMHOTEP (in Hebrew - subtitled)

I may have use for you. And

the rewards will be great.

Imhotep reaches into his tattered robe, and then holds out

his fetid hand, filled with squirming MAGGOTS. Beni cringes,

about to throw up, but then the maggots part, --revealing a

tiny pile of little JEWELS. Beni's eyes widen. Imhotep raises

his other hand, it holds Anck-su-namun's BROKEN CANOPIC JAR.

IMHOTEP (subtitled)

Where are the other sacred jars?

EXT . CREVICE - NIGHT

Several Mumia drag Burns up, he stares out with vacant

sockets. Daniels and Henderson are especially horrified.

DANIELS:

You bastards!

HENDERSON:

What did you do to him!?

ARDETH BAY:

We saved him! Saved him before

the creature could finish his work

Now leave, all of you, quickly,

before he finishes you all.

JONATHAN:

You're not going to kill us?

Evelyn ELBOWS Jonathan in the ribs.

ARDETH BAY:

We must now hunt him down, and

try and find a way to kill him,

before he consumes the earth.

Allah be with us.

Ardeth Bay and the Mumia start heading down into the crevice.

O'Connell yells at them, trying to convince himself-

O'CONNELL

I told ya, I already got him!

Ardeth Bay stops and looks back, deadly serious.

ARDETH BAY:

Know this, the creature will be

coming for you. He must consummate

the curse. And until he does, he

will never eat, he will never sleep,

and he will never stop.

Ardeth Bay turns and jumps down into the crevice,

EXT. RUINS - NIGHT

O'Connell and Jonathan boost Evelyn up onto a camel. Daniels

and Henderson throw Burns up onto another. The Egyptologist,

still clutching The Book Of The Dead, gets up on yet another.

They all head off into the dark, windblown desert ..........

And then in the extreme foreground, A SKELETAL HAND SUDDENLY

PUNCHES UP OUT OF THE SAND, ACCOMPANIED BY THE MOST HORRIFIC,

PRIMORDIAL SHRIEK IMAGINABLE---

IMHOTEP:

ANCK-SU-NAMUUUUUN!!!!

EXT. BRITISH FORT - CAIRO - DAY

A British flag flies over BRITISH SOLDIERS manning the front

gate. our tired, disheveled Heroes saunter up on their dusty

camels. The Soldiers check their papers, then let them enter.

INT. EVELYN'S QUARTERS - DAY

A steamer trunk is slammed to the floor and thrown open.

O'Connell chucks a load of DRESSES into the trunk.

O'CONNELL

I thought you didn't believe

in this stuff!?

O'Connell heads for the closet. Evelyn UNPACKS the dresses

EVELYN:

Having an encounter with a four

thousand year old walking-talking

corpse tends to convert one.

O'CONNELL

Forget it, we're out the door

down the hall and gone.

EVELYN:

No, we are not,

O'Connell throws a handful of her underthings into the trunk,

O'CONNELL

Oh yes we are.

O'Connell continues to PACK Evelyn's clothes as she continues

to UNPACK them:

EVELYN:

No we are not. We woke him up,

and we must try and stop him.

O'CONNELL

We?! What we?! You didn't

read that book. I told you not

to play around with that thing.

EVELYN:

Alright then, Me, I, ...I read the

book, I woke him up and I intend

to stop him.

O'Connell angrily stretches a bra between his hands.

O'CONNELL

How!? You heard the man, no mortal

weapons can kill this guy.

Evelyn grabs the bra and throws it into a drawer.

EVELYN:

Then we'll have to find some

immortal ones.

O'CONNELL

There goes that alieff again. Not

me, I am outta here!

O'Connell stuffs a pile of Evelyn's shoes into the trunk.

Evelyn KICKS the lid shut, slamming it on his fingers.

O'Connell YELPS and angrily storms around the room sucking

his fingers as Evelyn follows him.

EVELYN:

According to that Book, once

this creature has been reborn,

his curse will spread, and as

he grows in strength, so will

his curse grow, infecting the

people until the whole of the

earth is destroyed.

O'CONNELL

Yeah? So? Is that My problem?

EVELYN (incredulous)

It's everybody's problem!

O'CONNELL

Look lady, I appreciate you

saving my life and all, but

when I signed on, I agreed to

take you out there and bring

you back, and I did, now were

even, end of job, end of story,

contract terminated.

EVELYN:

That's what I am to you? A contract?

O'CONNELL

You can either tag along with me,

or you can stay here and play

around with Mister Maggot.

EVELYN:

I'm staying.

O'CONNELL

FINE:

O'Connell storms out and SLAMS the door. A BEAT. Then the

door opens and O'Connell's hand reaches back in and throws a

handful of frilly panties to the floor. SLAM goes the door.

EXT. BRITISH FORT COMPOUND - DAY

O'Connell angrily strides through the compound. He sees Beni

coming up the path with a MAN dressed in hooded robes, his

face covered by an ornate death mask. Imhotep disguised.

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