The Mummy Page #15

O'CONNELL

Beni ya little stinkweed,

where did you slink off to?

BENI:

You left me! You left me in

the desert to rot.

O'CONNELL

Oh yeah, ....sorry bout that

(gestures to Imhotep)

So who's this guy?

BENI:

This is Prince Imhotep, High

Priest of Osiris.

O'CONNELL

Oh, hey, how ya doin'?

O'Connell sticks out his hand, --Imhotep instantly recoils

O'Connell gives him the once-over. Beni quickly covers.

BENI:

The Prince does not like to be

touched by other humans. A Silly

eastern superstition, I'm afraid.

O'CONNELL

Yeah, well, we all got our

little problems today don't we?

BENI:

He has come to help Mister Burns

Somehow I feel responsible.

O'CONNELL

Don't gimme that, you never had

any scruples.

BENI:

Do you know where I can steal some?

O'Connell fake-punches him. Beni flinches. O'Connell gives

Imhotep a look as he strides off.

O'CONNELL

See ya around, Padre.

Imhotep's grotesque new eyes glare out from behind the mask.

INT. CASBAH - DAY

The proverbial den-of-iniquity. Hard men, hard women and hard

liquor. Lots of deals going down. An OLDER GUY with a walrus

mustache is drunk and talking to some tough customers. He

wears British WWI fighter pilot gear. Meet WINSTON HAVLOCK.

WINSTON:

I'm the last of the Royal Force

still stationed here, you know?

All the other laddies died in the

air and were buried in the sand.

The tough customers shove him away. Winston staggers over to

O'Connell and Jonathan at the bar, not missing a beat.

WINSTON:

Ever since the end of the Great

War, there hasn't been a single

challenge worthy of a man like me.

O'CONNELL

I've heard it before, Winston,

O'Connell shoves him away. Winston staggers back to Jonathan.

WINSTON:

I just wish I would've chucked

it with the other laddies,

gone down in a flame of glory,

instead of sitting around here,

rotting from boredom and booze!

Jonathan shoves him towards another group of unlucky sods

Henderson and Daniels sidle up to the bar next to them.

Burns, now tongue-less, talks with a severe impediment

BURNS:

The drawer there, spectacles.

(tries to laugh)

As you see, I won't be needing them.

Imhotep opens the drawer and pulls out some bifocals. He puts

the bifocals on over his death mask, --and grins broadly, his

rotted teeth showing through the mouth hole.

BENI:

Mister Burns, Prince Imhotep

thanks you for your spectacles,

- and for your eyes, ....and

for your tongue.

The expression on Burns' face starts to change, very puzzled.

BENI:

But I am afraid more is needed,

the Prince says he must finish

the job, consummate the curse

which you and your friends have

brought down upon yourselves.

A look of pure fear registers on Burns, face. Beni quickly

backs away and runs out of the room. Imhotep picks up the

sacred canopic jar, then removes the death mask, revealing

his hideous, shattered CORPSE-SKULL.

INT. CASBAH - DAY

Three shot glasses clink together. O'Connell, Jonathan and

Henderson slug 'em down, --all three of them instantly SPIT

OUT the liquid. Half the bar SPITS OUT their drinks as well.

HENDERSON:

Sweet Jesus! That tasted just

like, ....like...

O'CONNELL

Blood.

They all look at each other, even more nervous.

JONATHAN:

"And the rivers and waters of

Egypt went red and were

as blood."

A look passes over O'Connell's face, a realization.

O'CONNELL

He's here

He sudden1y jumps away from the bar and runs for the door.

JONATHAN:

Who's here!?

O'CONNELL

The guy! The Priest! THE MUMMY!

EXT. BRITISH FORT COMPOUND - DAY

LIGHTNING FLASHES as O'Connell races across the compound,

knocking several Soldiers out of his way, panic stricken.

O'CONNELL

Evelyn!! EVELYYYYNN!!!

EXT. BRITISH FORT COURTYARD - DAY

Evelyn calmly steps into a courtyard carrying a handful of

books. A BLAST OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING scares her. She drops

half the books. Then a HAND GRABS HER! She jumps again and

drops the rest of the books. It's O'Connell, breathing hard.

O'CONNELL

We got problems.

And that's when a barrage of HAIL AND FIRE slams into the

courtyard. O'Connell and Evelyn jump back. A water fountain

bursts into STEAM. A wooden trellis catches FIRE. O'Connell

and Evelyn run under the eaves as SOLDIERS, SERVANTS and

CAMELS run in every direction, trying to avoid the maelstrom.

O'CONNELL

He's here! I saw him! That thing

is here!

EVELYN:

The creature!? Are you sure!?

O'Connell gives her an incredulous look and gestures at the

HAIL and FIRE.

O'CONNELL

Pretty sure!

The HAIL and FIRE come to a stop. Everything goes dead quiet.

O'Connell and Evelyn freeze. And then a BLOOD CURDLING SCREAM

is heard coming from the living quarters directly above them.

O'Connell and Evelyn race up the stairs.

INT. BURNS' QUARTERS - DAY

O'Connell and Evelyn race into the room, past the Servant who

is running out SCREAMING. They skid to a stop as they spot

Burns, or what's left of him, lying dead on the floor, --HIS

BODY IS SHRIVELLED TO HALF IT'S SIZE. Drained of all organs

and liquids. O'Connell and Evelyn are shocked. Then they hear

a LOUD MOAN and notice Imhotep standing on the far side of

the room. O'Connell draws his gun.

Imhotep is REGENERATING: A thick skin FORMS over powerful new

musculature. His tendons RIPPLE. His bones BULGE and REFORM.

His mouth opens to an inhuman size as he MOANS and CRYS OUT,

in severe pain. And then it's over. And he looks like an

incredibly muscular, corpse-like vision from hell. The

'Terminator' Mummy. O'Connell and Evelyn are stunned.

O'CONNELL

we are in serious trouble.

Imhotep starts to move towards them, staring at Evelyn.

O'CONNELL

Back off, creep

Imhotep keeps coming. O'Connell OPENS FIRE. BLASTING Imhotep

Bullets RIP through his body. Imhotep doesn't seem to mind.

Jonathan, Henderson and Daniels run into the room. They're

all stunned at the sight of Imhotep.

O'Connell steps forward, throws a RIGHT HOOK, punches Imhotep

in the face, --HIS FIST GOES THROUGH IMHOTEPIS SKULL AND GETS

STUCK DEEP INSIDE HIS HEAD. O'Connell stares at it, shocked,

then quickly YANKS his fist back out. The area of Imhotep's

face that came into contact with O'Connell's fist quickly

DEGENERATES and DECAYS, right down to the bone, as if

O'Connell's hand instantly infected it.

Imhotep angrily turns, grabs O'Connell, and with no effort,

THROWS him across the room and into Jonathan and the others

knocking them down. Imhotep looks at his hand, the one that

just grabbed O'Connell, --IT STARTS TO SHRIVEL and DECAY.

He quickly turns to Evelyn. Evelyn backs away into a wall,

terrorized. Imhotep steps up to her.

IMHOTEP (subtitled)

You saved me from the undead.

For this, I shall make you immortal.

He leans in, about to kiss her with his decayed face.

And that's when a WHITE CAT jumps onto the piano, HISSING.

Imhotep SHRIEKS. The balcony doors BLOW OPEN. Imhotep spins

into a BLAST OF WIND AND SAND and SWIRLS out the doors. Gone.

O'Connell, Evelyn, Jonathan and Daniels stand transfixed.

Henderson kneels next to Burns, shriveled body, horrified.

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