: : Summary : : Alex O'Connell is all grown up now, going on his own digs and such. He's even started a family. His wife, Emily Neilson O'Connell, and their son Joshua Alexander O'Connell love Egypt as much as Rick and Evie do. After a dig in which Evelyn and Rick stumble upon a famous ring that is saught after by a certain buyer. Adventure hits the two families head on as they get thrown into another precarious perdicament.
breaking the silence that had a firm grip on the weary travelers.
Evelyn smiled at her husbands attempt to lighten the situation, but the
three had been on the lookout all day. She walked away from the two and over
to a large pillar and looked out into the vast nothingness. A firm hand on
her shoulder made her scream, and she spun to see Ardeth's laughing brown
eyes and still boyish manner standing before her, Emma at his side.
"How do you DO that?!" she growled, her hand over her heart as she
leaned against the pillar for support. Rick and Alex ran up guns ready, and
breathed a sigh of relief as they saw the Med-jai.
Ardeth merely smiled as Emma laughed and hugged Evelyn. "He has his
ways." She grinned and Rick walked up to his brother-in-law, and good friend.
"Well, here we are again. Did you have to bring my sister?" he grumbled
and pulled Emma to him for a hug. "I'm assuming that you got the word, and
I'm hoping you can help us. We need to know about that ring."
"All we know about the ring is that it holds mighty large amounts of
power from the god Osiris. If worn by any one person they have the ability
to control the sands, just as Imhotep did."
"Look, a train Abu." Yalda announced and the people ducked behind the
pillar as the locomotive came to a screeching halt.
"Everyone off the train!" a gruff voice yelled and the group tried to
get a good look at the face. A large beard covered his chin and a curled
mustache made him look a bit like a circus ringleader. "Get the girl!"
Alex grabbed his gun and checked the chambers, seeing he had enough
bullets. "Alex no. I'll give you a bit of advice. Live today, fight
tomorrow." Ardeth grabbed his hand.
"He's right son. It's better that they don't know we're here yet."
Evelyn laid a comforting hand on his tense shoulder and smiled lightly.
Fifteen men in all stepped off the train, and Emily had yet to appear.
"Coming down." Someone called, and she was pushed off the train by rough
hands, landing hard on the supposedly soft sands of Egypt.
"Come on little lady, we have to set up camp." He hauled her up by her
hair and she stood on wobbly feet as he bound her hands with the scabrous
rope. He shoved her forward and pushed her to the ground. "Stay here while
we unload the train. Move and inch and I won't hesitate to shoot you." he
ran a finger along her bruised cheek and she glared coldly up at him,
whipping her face away from his touch.
"She look's awful Rick." Evie whispered into her husbands ear so Alex
wouldn't hear.
He merely nodded and continued to watch.
"Come, we will need to set up ourselves." Ardeth pulled them reluctantly
away and over to the out skirts of Karnak where the proceeded to set up their
own small encampment.
"Father, there are at least twenty men down there, how will we be able to
fight them all?" Joseph asked quietly as he polished his scimitar.
Ardeth smiled at his son. "The Med-jai are everywhere my son. We aren't
fighting alone." He grinned and winked, seeing the amusment on Yusuf's face.
Rick and Alex walked over, their own weapons tied tight around their
waists and in their holsters. "It's almost time. Here's the plan." Alex
ordered them into a circle and proceeded to give the directions. "I'm going
to walk into the encampment and get their attention. I need you to get my
wife. I'll say a secret word in a sentence, the word will be ring. Once I
say it, dad and Ardeth, you'll open fire. That will give Joseph and Yalda
time to get Emily away from the gunfire. I won't say the word until the
three of you are away from the fight. Understood?" the men nodded, and the
plan was set into play.
Alex strode forward and waited for the men to acknowledge him. The
second they did all fifteen had their guns trained on him.
He held up his hands in defeat, and he looked over to where Emily was
sitting. She smiled the instant he looked at her and he focused his
attention on the men in front of him.
"That's my wife, and I have the item you requested." He called out and
Greg stepped forward.
"Give it to me." He ordered, holding his hand out and Alex slipped a
ring box into his hand. The man jiggled it around and heard the rattling of
an obviously gold abject and pocketed it. "Thank you sir, but I'm afraid you
won't be able to see your way out of this one." he trained his gun on Alex
and he raised his hands up. He noticed Ardeth's sons had Emily and were
slowly pulling her back. They nodded over to him and he looked Greg straight
in the eye.
"You have your ring, what more do you want?"
"Show time." Rick whispered to Ardeth as he leveled his shotgun directly
to the hand of Greg Williamson and fired. The gun flew out of his palm along
with parts of his fingers.
Ardeth fired the semi-automatic Thompson at the men and leveled a few
before the began to return fire. Alex dove down in the sand and crawled over
a small dune, pain searing through his back. He knew he'd been hit. Must
have just grazed him he thought as he tried to stand, but failed. He cried
out as he reached his hand back to the spot that he had been shot and pulled
it back. Blood soaked his fingers as he just lay on his stomach gasping for
air. Soon the firing stopped and Rick and Ardeth stood, looking for Alex.
"Alex, come on, let's go home." Rick called and Emily stood after Joseph
untied the ropes. She hugged him tight and then stood and crossed over to
Evelyn and Rick. She wrapped her arms around both of them and then moved
forward.
"Over here." He tried to speak, but it came out as only a whisper.
Breathing became more difficult as he rolled onto his back.
"Alex…" Emily cried as she ran to where he was lying on the sand.
"Alex, are you okay?" she asked and leaned down to kiss his forehead and
cheeks.
"Em…I'm sorry about the fight." He choked out and picked his hand up
lightly to touch her cheek.
"No Alex, you'll be okay." She began to cry then, knowing it wasn't so.
She looked up at Rick and Evelyn, noting they were speechless as well as
Ardeth's family.
"I love you. And Josh." He breathed and she saw blood soaking into the
sand around his upper back. She lightly lifter his head to her lap and
brushed his hair away from his face as she nodded.
"I love you too." She sobbed and placed a light kiss on his cheek, then
on his lips.
"I don't �want to leave." he moaned as hot tears leaked from his eyes
and landed on her dress.
"You have to baby." She rubbed her hands over his face as he closed his
eyes, and his grip on her hand went loose as Alex O'Connell died in his
Emily's arms, and on the sands of Egypt.
The End