The Mummy Page #16

HENDERSON:

The curse the curse

INT. MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES - DAY

O'Connell, Jonathan, Henderson and Daniels follow Evelyn

across the Ramesseum.

EVELYN:

There's only one person I know

who can possibly give us some

answers.

They round a corner and come upon the Curator, --who is

talking with Ardeth Bay. Everybody stops.

EVERYBODY:

YOU!

O'Connell and the American's quickly draw their guns.

Ardeth Bay just scowls. The Curator nods his head.

CURATOR:

Miss Carnavon. Gentlemen.

EVELYN:

What is he doing here?

CURATOR:

Do you truly wish to know? or

would you prefer to just shoot us?

Everybody tenses, guns up. Then O'Connell uncocks his .38.

O'CONNELL

I just saw my fist vanish into

some guy's head.

He slides his gun back into his shoulder-holster.

O'CONNELL

I'm willin, to go on a little

faith, here.

CURATOR:

You will not believe it

O'CONNELL

Try me.

INT. RAMESSEUM - MOMENTS LATER

Everyone is assembled around the tomb display of Seti The

First. We recognize his chariot and sword. The Curator sits

on Seti's throne.

CURATOR:

We are part of an ancient secret

society, the cult-of-the-Mumia,

and we have a sacred mission,

passed down through thirty-nine

generations. For over four thousand

years we have guarded The City Of

The Dead. we are sworn at manhood

to , do any and all in our power to

stop the High Priest Imhotep from

being reborn into this world.

ARDETH RAY:

And because of you, we have failed.

EVELYN (appalled)

And you think this justifies

killing innocent people!?

CURATOR:

To have stopped this creature? Yes!

O'CONNELL

Okay, let's cut to the chase. He's

afraid of cats, what's that about?

CURATOR:

According to the ancients, cat's

are the guardians at the gates of

the underworld. Imhotep will fear

them until he is fully regenerated,

and then he will fear nothing.

Daniels is totally wigged-out, he looks at O'Connell.

DANIELS:

Right! And ya know how he gets

fully regenerated?! By killing

everybody who opened that chest

and sucking us dry! That's how!

CURATOR:

Yes, the creature must first try

and regenerate, and then he will

attempt to resurrect the one he

has loved for more than four

thousand years.

EVELYN:

Anck-su-namun.

The Curator and Ardeth Bay look at Evelyn, thunderstruck.

EVELYN:

In the necropolis, when I saw him,

alive, ...walking, he called me

Anck-su-namun. And then in Mister

Burns' quarters he tried to kiss me.

CURATOR:

It is because it was you who read

from the Book. He has chosen you to

be-the human sacrifice needed to

regenerate the body of Anck-su-namun.

Jonathan scratches his ear with the barrel of his pistol.

JONATHAN:

This is not good. Not good at all

Ardeth Bay has been staring out a wall of windows.

ARDETH BAY:

Tonight is the full moon. The moon

of Osiris. It will begin tonight.

Everyone follows Ardeth Bay's eyes, through the windows we

can see the SUN, --which is now going into a FULL ECLIPSE.

JONATHAN:

"...and he stretched forth his

hands towards the heavens, and

there was darkness throughout

the land of Egypt."

EXT. BRITISH FORT - WINDOW - DAY FOR NIGHT

O'Connell looks out a window at the British Soldiers manning

the walls. Above and beyond them, --is the BLACK SUN.

EXT. EVELYN'S FOYER - DAY FOR NIGHT

Evelyn and Jonathan are pacing the foyer

EVELYN:

we must stop him from regenerating.

She turns to Daniels and Henderson

EVELYN:

Who opened that chest?

HENDERSON:

Well, there was me and Daniels here

and then poor Burns of course, oh

yeah, and that Egyptologist fella.

O'Connell turns from the window

O'CONNELL

What about my buddy, Beni?

DANIELS:

Naw, he scrammed outta there,

EVELYN:

We must find the Egyptologist

and bring him back here to the

safety of the fort, before the

creature can get to him.

O'Connell looks at Evelyn, Daniels and Henderson.

O'CONNELL

Okay, ...Evelyn, you wait here,

you two come with me.

All three of them pounce on him at once--

HENDERSON:

The hell with that! I'm not

goin' nowhere! we're safe here.

DANIELS:

Yeah, I'm not leavin, this

fort for nothin'.

EVELYN:

Who put you in charge? You can't

just leave me behind like some old

suitcase. I'm the one responsible

for this mess and I intend to be

the one to clean it up.

O'Connell just shakes his head and SIGHS. Totally put-upon.

Then he takes Evelyn, shoves her into the bedroom, slams the

door and locks it with a skeleton key. From inside her room

we can hear Evelyn POUNDING on the door and YELLING.

O'Connell throws the skeleton key to Daniels.

O'CONNELL

Keep an eye on her. If you leave

her door, I'll rip your spleen out

C'mon, Jonathan.

Jonathan swallows hard and points to himself

JONATHAN:

Me?

CAIRO ALLEYWAYS - BAZAAR - DAY FOR NIGHT

The Egyptologist stumbles through the dark alleys, looking

haunted. He clutches the Book of The Dead in one hand and his

SACRED CANOPIC JAR in the other. Imhotep is stalking him. A

STREET VENDOR turns and sees Imhotep's horribly decayed face.

He reacts and scurries away. Imhotep lifts his robe, covers

his face, and moves in on the Egyptologist, who is heading

into the bazaar. WE PAN UP TO--

THE EGYPTOLOGIST'S OFFICE - DAY FOR NIGHT

Beni is RANSACKING the joint, pulling out drawers and files

and throwing them on the floor. He finds a silver pocket

watch, shakes it, then throws it into his pocket, then he

starts tipping over bookcases and clearing shelves.

O'CONNELL(o.s.)

well, well, well.

Beni spins around. O'Connell and Jonathan stand in the door.

O'CONNELL

Lemme guess, spring cleaning?

Beni turns and runs for an open window. O'Connell grabs a

chair, FLINGS IT into his path. Beni TRIPS and CRASHES into a

wall. O'Connell strides over, grabs him and lifts him up the

wall. Beni's feet dangle off the floor.

O'CONNELL

Where's your new friend?

BENI:

what friend? You're my only friend

O'Connell quickly slides his knife up under Beni's chin

O'CONNELL

Then you got no excuse for living.

What the hell you doin, being

buddies with this creep, Beni?

What's in it for you?

BENI:

It is better to be the right hand

of the Devil,....than in his path.

As long as I serve him, I am immune.

O'CONNELL

Immune from what?

BENI:

You shall see.

O'CONNELL

What are you looking for?

Lie, and I'll slit your throat

O'Connell shoves the knife deeper into Beni's skin.

BENI:

The book! The black book they

found at Hamunaptra! Imhotep

wants it back. Said to me it

would be worth it's weight

in diamonds.

O'CONNELL

What does he want the book for?

BENI (shrugs)

Something about bringing his

dead girly-friend back to life

He needs the book....

(looks at Jonathan)

And your sister.

O'Connell looks at Jonathan. Beni seizes the moment and KNEES

O'Connell in the balls. O'Connell doubles over and collapses.

Beni leaps out the window. Jonathan cringes.

JONATHAN:

That looked rather painful

O'CONNELL (wincing)

Ya know, ever since I met you,

my luck has been for crap.

JONATHAN:

Yes, I know, I do that to people

And that's when they hear a BLOOD CURDLING SCREAM coming from

down in the bazaar. O'Connell and Jonathan scramble to the

window and look out--

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