The Mummy Page #9

DANIELS:

Where'd all these camels come from?

BENI:

They belong to the dead. They

will wait years for their

masters to return before leaving.

EXT. OUR HEROES DIG - DAY

O'Connell, Evelyn, Jonathan and the Warden are working next

to a narrow CREVICE, which weaves it's way through the ruins.

O'Connell ties a rope around a pillar and throws the rest of

the coils into the crevice, about to rappel down. Jonathan

bends over to have a look, his ass hits something, he YELPS

and backs away. It's the decrepit FACE OF ANUBIS.

JONATHAN:

That thing gives me the creeps.

O'CONNELL

Be nice. That thing saved my life.

Evelyn is positioning ancient MIRRORS along the crevice.

EVELYN:

That "thing" gets me excited

O'CONNELL

(sarcastic)

The things that get you excited.

EVELYN:

According to Bembridge Scholars,

inside the statue of Anubis was

a secret compartment, perhaps

containing The Book Of The Living.

O'CONNELL

What are those mirrors for?

EVELYN:

Ancient Egyptian trick. You'll see.

O'Connell shrugs, then rappels down into the crevice

INT. EMBALMER'S CHAMBER - DAY

O'Connell- waves a TORCH as Jonathan, Evelyn and the warden

drop down next to him. Evelyn peers into the spooky darkness.

EVELYN:

Do you realize, we are standing

inside a room that no one has

entered in over four thousand years.

WARDEN:

Who cares? I don't see no treasure.

O'CONNELL

You're welcome to my share of

the spider webs.

JONATHAN:

And it stinks to high heaven in here.

Evelyn just rolls her eyes.

EVELYN:

Cretins.

Jonathan sniffs the foul air, then he looks at the warden and

realizes where the smell is coming from. He stops sniffing.

Evelyn brushes COBWEBS away from a METAL DISK on the wall,

then repositions it on it's pedestal, aiming it at a RAY OF

LIGHT shining in from the outer mirrors. --THE RAY OF LIGHT

HITS THE DISK AND QUICKLY SHOOTS AROUND THE ROOM FROM ONE

DISK TO ANOTHER UNTIL THE WHOLE CHAMBER IS LIT UP. LIGHT RAYS

SHOOT OFF DOWN THE PASSAGEWAYS. It's the embalmer's chamber.

O'CONNELL

That is a neat trick.

EVELYN:

Oh my god, It's a preparation room.

O'CONNELL

Preparation for what?

EVELYN:

For entering the afterlife

O'Connell quickly draws his gun. Jonathan gently nudges him,

JONATHAN:

Mummies, my good son, this is

where they made the mummies.

Evelyn heads down a narrow passageway. The others follow.

INT. LABYRINTH - DAY

O'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan crouch as they make their way

through a narrow, COBWEB INFESTED LABYRINTH. The short, squat

warden can stand straight up. Then they hear something and

freeze. It sounds like somebody is clawing inside the walls.

They share looks. Then slowly move forward. Getting darker

and darker as they go. The strange sound getting louder and

louder. And then it stops. Evelyn holds her breath. Jonathan

licks his lips. O'Connell c*cks his pistol. The warden FARTS.

O'Connell, Jonathan and Evelyn glare at him.

ANUBIS CHAMBER - DAY

They slowly creep -out of the labyrinth and up to the foot of

an enormous half-buried statue. The lower half of Anubis.

Then they hear the sound again, coming closer now, from the

other side of the statue. And closer. O'Connell pulls Evelyn

behind him. And closer. O'Connell raises his gun. And CLOSER!

O'Connell LEAPS OUT. --THREE HORRIBLE SWEATY FACES LUNGE AT

HIM. O'Connell REACTS. But doesn't pull the trigger because

it's just the Americans, their guns are up, cocked and aimed.

HENDERSON:

Ya scared the bejeezus out of

us, O'Connell.

O'CONNELL

Likewise.

But nobody lowers their guns. Daniels grins, the tough one.

DANIELS:

This here is our statue,...friend.

O'CONNELL

Don't see your name on it,...pal

And that's when Beni, five Diggers and the Egyptologist step

out of the shadows, --all holding guns aimed at O'Connell.

BENI:

Ten to one, O'Connell, your

odds are no-so-good.

O'CONNELL

I've had worse

Jonathan clenches a tiny derringer.

JONATHAN:

Yes, me too,

O'Connell gives him a sideways glance. Beni c*cks his gun,

grinning, he wants it to happen. The tension thickens. Then

Evelyn gently takes O'Connell's gun hand and pulls it down.

EVELYN:

Let's be nice, children, if

we're going to play together,

we must learn to share.

Evelyn pulls O'Connell away. Jonathan and the Warden follow.

Beni and the Americans slowly lower their guns, laughing. The

Egyptologist excitedly begins translating the hieroglyphs.

INT. IMHOTEPIS CHAMBER - DAY

O'Connell and Jonathan are using sledge-hammers against the

ceiling. Evelyn is gently chipping away with a tiny chisel.

EVELYN:

According to my calculations,

we should be right under the

statue. We'll come up right

between his legs.

(she blushes and laughs)

Oh my.

JONATHAN:

And when those dirty Yanks go

to sleep--

(looks at O'Connell)

No offense.

O'CONNELL

None taken

JONATHAN:

--We'll sneak up and steal that

book right out from under them.

O'CONNELL

And you're sure you can find the

secret compartment?

EVELYN:

Yes, if their Egyptologist hasn't

already found it.

Jonathan looks around.

JONATHAN:

I say, what's our smelly little

friend got himself up to?

INT. SCARAB CHAMBER - DAY

The Warden crawls into a DARK CHAMBER and LIGHTS A TORCH.

A mural wall comes alive. Embedded into it are dozens of

black amethyst SCARABS; glittering images of the sacred

beetles. Awestruck, the Warden pulls out a pocket knife and

starts prying away at one of the precious bugs.

INT. ANUBIS' CHAMBER - DAY

Beni and the Americans hover around the Egyptologist, who's

found the SECRET COMPARTMENT inside Anubis. The Egyptologist

brushes sand away from the seam . Henderson steps forward and

grabs the seam, --the Egyptologist quickly stops him.

EGYPTOLOGIST:

Seti was no fool.

Henderson sees the intense look in the Egyptologist's eyes

HENDERSON:

Yeah, sure....

He looks back at the native Diggers.

HENDERSON:

We'll let him open it.

The Egyptologist nods, then YELLS IN EGYPTIAN at the Diggers.

The Diggers hesitate, filled with fear. Daniels pulls out his gun,

aims it at three of the Diggers. The three Diggers hesitantly step

forward with crowbars and stick them into the seams. The other

Diggers back away, scared shitless. Beni and the Americans

exchange looks, and then they back away as well.

INT. IMHOTEPIS CHAMBER - DAY

Three Heroes are still digging into the ceiling

O'CONNELL

Lemme get this straight, they

stuck a sharp, red hot poker up

your nose, cut your brain into

small pieces, then ripped it

all out through your nostrils?

JONATHAN:

OWCH! That's really got to hurt.

EVELYN:

It's called mummification.

You're dead when they do this

JONATHAN:

still....

O'CONNELL

Yeah, that'd bring you back to life.

EVELYN:

You two are worse than a couple

of schoolboys.

And that's when a huge chunk of the roof suddenly GIVES OUT.

O'Connell GRABS Evelyn and JERKS her clear. Jonathan DIVES

for the far wall. A MASSIVE STONE CASEMENT DROPS OUT OF THE

CEILING AND CRASHES to the floor. DUST FLIES. Fills the room.

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