On the camel ride back from Hamunaptra:

 

Rick O'Connell and Evelyn Carnahan knew as they rode off into the golden sunset that they were meant for each other. They were falling more in love by the second. Jonathan tried his best to ignore the fact that his baby sister was in love. The amount of kissing that they did was driving him crazy. He was so unused to this, for his sister had never even seemed to notice men. He was so used to seeing her cooped up in the library reading away about her beloved land. He was no novice to the world of dating, but his baby sister loving someone was a big surprise to him. Rick O'Connell was the dashing young legionaire and adventurer that Evelyn Carnahan was unseperable from.

 

While Rick was driving the camel, having not noticed yet the loot that Beni had left for them, Evie was very content sitting on her beloved's lap. They would give each other little hugs and kisses while Jonathan tried to find something else to do besides watching his sisters display of affection for the dirty inmate he had seen in the Cairo prison only days before. Rick was indeed a dashing legionaire and adventurer, and Evelyn loved him with all of her heart.

 

Before long, the camels started getting tired and sluggish. O'Connell suggested that they rest and sleep for the rest of the night and continue in the morning.

 

Rick and Evie decided to snuggle up in a make-shift bed that they had put together out of the upper camels blankets. Jonathan made one for himself as well, but he was careful to make sure Rick and Evie had their privacy.

 

As they laid there, Evie asked about Rick's life before she knew him. He told of his experiences with the French Foreign Legion and how he came to Egypt. He also told that he lived in a orphanage in Cairo for most of his later teenage years. Rick then asked Evelyn, what she thought of him. She simply answered that he was the only man besides her brother that had ever been apart of her life. Rick took Evie into his arms and hugged her as if he had just lost her. He said that no one would ever separate them for as long as they lived.

 

Jonathan who was listening to much of the conversation, knew that his baby sister and her beloved O'Connell were unseperable, and he did listen until he drifted fast asleep.

 

Rick told Evie that he had wanted to give her a kiss like he had wanted to back at the Cairo prison. Evie admitted that she had not expected that kiss, especially since she never had seen him before in her life before then. Evie detested the fact that her brother was addicted to booze, and she knew he had a knack for pickpocketing. She realized that one good thing had come from his pickpocketing. Jonathan had pickpocketed Rick and had gotten that evil little puzzle box, though that was what lead her to her love and Rick knew that without Evelyn, that he would have been a dead man.

 

Rick finally gathered up the courage to try to say what he had wanted to say ever since the night that Evie had been drunk with the Warden's bottle of Glenlivet. He knew that he wanted Evie and no other woman. He couldn't fathom a day more without her. She was his life, and he knew that protecting her would be a full time job, and he knew that he wanted to be the one protecting her. He finally said those words that he wanted to say so bad. "Uh...Evie...i was uh--wondering if--if you and i--could--get--uh--married." He had said it. He knew he sounded like a schoolboy, but he had said it. He was more scared of what her answer would be more than he would be battling millions of mummies. He would battle twenty Imhoteps before he could imagine the two lettered answer. He was hoping he would get a three lettered answer... he knew he would be so excited if he received that three lettered answer. He grabbed in his pocket something that he had grabbed in the treasure room when Ardeth and Jonathan had not been looking. He had been imagining that moment for days. He picked up her slim little hand and carefully put the little gold ring upon her finger. It was made of pure gold. Studded in its middle was a beautiful ruby surrounded by many little diamonds, giving it the appearance of a ruby colored sun disc surrounded by diamonds. Then he heard it. Had she just said yes! Yes! She said yes! Rick was giddy over with glee. He jumped up, threw Evie into his arms and gave her the biggest kiss he had ever given her.

 

Nightime:

 

Rick was so crazily in love with this girl. He knew exactly what he wanted to share with her, it would have to wait until their wedding night. He knew that Evie would want to keep her innocence until she was married. Evie was a bookie and rather unexperienced in love, but she knew what they both wanted. Being proper didn't matter to her anymore though she still wanted to keep her dignity. She was in love and so was he. They wanted each other, and they planned to get each other. He would do anything for her. As they lay on the sandy camel blankets, Evie could feel her beloved touching her. She knew it was dangerous to do so with her brother so close by, but she had to feel her beloved near her. Rick had spent the time on the camel ride getting to know every detail of his beloved Evelyn. She had simply cuddled in his lap in a hug that lasted hours. He made sure that he was as carefull of her dignity as possible with her. After the traumatic experiences they had just gone through, he was going to have his girl.

 

Rick looked up and down his beautiful wife-to-be. Evie carefully and slowly unbuttoned Rick's shirt, careful not to hurt him for he had many wounds especially on his back, but she didn't want to hurt him. The back of his shirt was shredded to bits, and so some of the fabric that wasn't blood stained yet was ripped into long bandages by Rick. Evie took care in cleaning his wounds with a soft cloth and water. She carefully bandaged her love's wounds. After that, Rick put on a nice clean shirt and they cuddled together and drifted off into a deep sleep. They were together at last and they never wanted to leave each other's arms.

 

The next morning:

 

As Evie layed with her head on one of Rick's strong muscular arms, cuddled there while Rick had his strong arms around her, keeping her close. Rick had been awake for a while now but he didn't want to disturb his Evelyn as she slept there so beautiful, and he knew that he had the love of a woman who would love none other. He stroked her brunette locks as she slept there so peacefully. He was head over heels in love with her, and he could not imagine being that close to anyone else.

 

Slowly Evelyn awoke to find her Rick staring down at her with his beautiful baby blue eyes. He was the most handsome man she had ever seen in her life. She loved this man more than life itself.

 

They both got up and straightened each other out, while Rick was putting all of the blankets back on the camels, Jonathan woke up to find his sister and O'Connell straightening up the camp. Jonathan quickly got up and started putting his blankets on his camel. Soon they were ready to finish "the two days by camel barat'm (a quote from Beni in one of the deleted scenes)," as O'Connell's little buddy of a weasel would say.

 

Rick lifted Evie up onto the camel as it was still in the boarding position, down low to the ground. Rick swung himself up and put Evie on his lap while Evie hugged him, not wanting to let go. Rick gave the camel a kick, that got the camel up onto its feet. Jonathan did the same. They headed again off into the desert, giving kisses and hugs every so often.

 

The second day on the camels:

 

Rick loved the way Evie hung on to him and the way that they didn't have to hide any of their emotions. Jonathan detested, but the two lovers gave him little thought as Evie sat in the lap of her American love. Rick thought Evelyn was the most beautiful thing that he had ever seen. Her brunette curls that were now windblown, seemed to make her even more beautiful.

 

Jonathan, knowing exactly what Rick and Evie were up to and the fact that they weren't going to be paying attention to anyone else but themselves, humored himself with some of Beni's loot, that was moved onto his camel to balance out the weight since one camel was carrying two people and the other only one. Jonathan had already found his favorite piece. It was a golden stick (the Spear of Osiris) that had a pretty little emblem on the top. It was a star like symbol with an almost complete circle of leaves around it. One side of the emblem was a bit missing, but it was a sight to behold.

 

Rick and Evie were now kissing passionately. Rick mumbled sweet words into her sweet ears. "Oh Evelyn, there is so much that I would do to show how much that I love you. I would save you from walking, talking corpses everyday for the rest of my life, if that meant being with you..." "Mr. O'Connell, I will never leave you." "Call me Rick" "Oh...Rick." Rick and Evie kissed the very kiss that they had wanted a few nights back. This time Evie's lips met Rick's in pure ecstasy, instead of Evie's cute drunkness making her pass out in Rick's lap like last time. Evie smiled and asked about what happened that night when she had passed out. Rick told her that he didn't even move her from where she had fallen asleep for hours. He just had sat stroking her hair with her sweet head asleep on his lap. When he finally had gotten tired, he had layed her down next to the fire, and layed down next to her. He admitted that he had also given her a good night kiss on her forehead as well. Evie looked up at Rick and smiled the sweetest and most beautiful smile that Rick had ever seen. He was in love with the most beautiful woman alive, he thought to himself. He knew that he would love her for the rest of his life.

 

Nightime:

 

That night, Rick decided that he would stay awake so they could travel all night, so they could get back in later that night. Jonathan's camel was attached to Rick and Evie's so that it would be forced to follow each other without Jonathan having to be awake. Jonathan dozed off early, and Evie soon followed. Rick figured out how to let her lay down on the camel by supporting her in his arms. They went off into the night heading back to Fort Brydon. They knew the Fort would be a mess, but they decided they would stay there a few days and then head off to Evie and Jonathan's parent's manor in the outskirts of London. This is where they planned to live and even if they couldn't kick Jonathan out, they had decided that they would be fine if he lived with them. Rick was already making plans for the life he would have with his beloved Evelyn.

 

Fort Brydon:

 

As the moon shone across the Sahara Desert, O'Connell quickly got the camels to Fort Brydon as quickly as he could without waking Evelyn or Jonathan. It was about three in the morning when he got there and he was exhausted. He found one of the Fort's accomedation managers and made the arrangements for a room. He was able to get Jonathan awake long enough for him to get on the couch in the parlor of the quarters. Rick carried Evie into the bedroom, where he layed her down and very carefully, so he would not wake her, took off her beige and cream high-heeled shoes that she hadn't taken off for more than a week. He would have slipped her into her nightgown but he wasn't sure if she would exactly appreciate that. He carefully layed out his gun bag and his guns on the table next to the bed. He then covered her up with the sheets and some blankets, and then he layed down on top of the sheets with his boots still on his feet.

 

The latter part of the morning:

 

Evie, who was the first to awaken, found herself in the presence of Rick who was quite content sleeping like a baby, laying on top the covers ulmost as if he was ready to jump up and go, for he still was wearing his boots and even his leather arm brace, his leather vest, and everything else. She even noticed that he had taken the time to take off her shoes. She got up and decided to go get something for herself, her brother and Rick to eat. She quickly cleaned up and headed downstairs to get something. When she came back, she found Rick up and he was actually trying to wake up Jonathan, as if Jonathan had been the one that had been up all night. When Jonathan finally got up, Evie got the food and they started eating. There was a pleasant array of good food for them to choose from. Everthing from sweet breakfast sausages to scrambled eggs and fresh fruit. There was also small turkey, ham and cheese mini sandwiches that they all enjoyed. When they had finished their meal, Rick and Evie spent the rest of the day in their quarters while Jonathan headed off to the bar.

 

That evening:

 

Jonathan who knew that if he managed to get drunk, that he would never hear the end of it from his sister. He ended up going back to their rooms and decided he would just spend some quality time with his sister and O'Connell. When he arrived, he discovered Rick and his sister kissing in the parlor. He let out a sigh and muttered under his breath, "oh, please." Evie looked up as he muttered and told him to go run a few errands for her while she spent time with Rick.

 

That night:

 

When Jonathan returned, he found Rick and Evie had already went off to their bedroom. On the far right wall, a twin bed had been placed near the window. Jonathan quickly got in and fell asleep.

 

Meanwhile though, Rick and Evie spoke of their undying love for one another. Rick told of his troublesome and traumatic childhood and why he had joined the legion. After all of that was done, he simply asked Evelyn when she wanted to get married. She simply said, "as soon as possible." And with this, they fell asleep in each others loving arms. They were one. They knew true love.

 

The next day:

 

As the light of the rising sun peeked through the blinds of their bedroom, Evie awoke with a start. Rick quickly had his arms around her and asked her what was the matter. She started to say that it was nothing, but then she finally admitted what happened. She said that she had dreampt that she was at their wedding, and he had not shown up, and that he had left her there alone. Rick hugged Evie and said that nothing like that would ever happen. He would never leave her alone for a minute. He asked her if there was anything he could do to prove his love for her, and Evie just smiled and said that she would like to marry him that day. Rick stared at her in surprise. This was a lot sooner than he had imagined, and he wondered if you could get married that quickly. Finally it was settled. The were going to have a private ceremony, and Jonathan would give her away, since both of her parents were dead, and he was the only relative she had. Since Rick, who had never particularly had any friends that he could think of since he had never seemed to stay out of trouble, and the few he had made all died in the battle against the Tauregs back in Hamunaptra, realized that he didn't even know anyone that he would be able to invite. So it was settled. The only persons besides them would be Jonathan and the minister.

 

Later that afternoon:

 

Rick was able to find a retired minister in one of the less honorary bars in Cairo, and Evie had found herself a simple khaki skirt with a pretty white blouse that she would wear. She couldn't get Rick to get anything, since Rick refused to try on any of the nice things that she had shown him. He ended up just wearing basically the same outfit he had worn on the day that they had met at the Giza Port. Nothing much more than the same things that he wore everyday with the exception that he promised not to wear any of his ammunition or firearms. Jonathan didn't particularly dress up either. That was the extent of their wedding preparations.

 

They got married late in the afternoon, where afterwards they headed out to one of the more respectable restaurants in Cairo. There they enjoyed a meal of chicken with a white wine sauce with capers and mushrooms with some sweet raspberry chocolate mouse cake to follow. It was probably the best meal that O'Connell had ever had, and the same for Evelyn and Jonathan.

 

That Night:

 

Rick, Evelyn and Jonathan headed back to their rooms at Fort Brydon. As they reached the front gates, Rick caught Evelyn by surprise as he picked her up in his arms and carried her to their rooms. Evie reached up and gave O'Connell a big kiss. Jonathan knowing that he would not be noticed much for the time being, simply headed downstairs to the bar. Rick took Evelyn and placed her on the couch near the fire place that was already ablaze, courtesy of Rick telling the Fort's manager to do so. Rick sat next to her and started to talk to her. The snuggled together before the orangy glow of the dancing fire before them. Evie asked Rick the question that she had been wanting to ask for quite some time. She asked her beautiful husband, if he wanted any children. He simply answered back, "If they are with you, I'd have a million..." O'Connell could see his new wife blushing as he said that, and he knew that they were meant to be together for "all eternity." Without telling Evelyn why, O'Connell took her into his arms and gave her a big kiss right on her lips. He picked her up and threw open the doors to the bedroom and laid her down on the soft feather stuffed pillows. He quietly got up and closed the heavy doors. As he came back, Evelyn was bright scarlet as she had figured out what he had meant for them to do.

 

"If we are going to have that many, we need to try right away." Rick took her into his arms and gave her a quiet kiss and spoke into her ear, "I promise I will never hurt you." She smiled with a very shy look upon her face and said, "I know you wouldn't."

 

Rick started to unbutton her blouse as Evelyn started to the same with his shirt. He slowly took her blouse off and he quickly tossed his own on the floor. He looked down at his now very embarrassed wife, who had never shown herself to anyone except for the time when she wore a very wet nightie in front of Rick, her brother and the warden. If she had only been wearing her bra, she had thought then. She knew that a few of the others had also seen her, but it was probably O'Connell that she had been the most embarrassed in front of. She didn't particularly mind her brother much, though he did make a point of teasing her about it, and she barely noticed that the warden was there at all and she really didn't care because he never got out of Hamunaptra to tell anyone.

 

He very slowly leaned over her and carefully unhooked the back of her bra. Evie had finally gotten through her mind, that he would end up seeing her completely naked sooner or later, so she decided to go along with it, though she was still quite unsure of all of it. Of course she knew what they were going to be doing...she didn't fall off a turnip wagon...she had made a point of reading every book she could get her hands on in Cairo, so she did know a little about the basics of "love-making."

 

Finally it was over. The best night that O'Connell and Evie had ever known. Yes, as we all found out with O'Connell's good friend Izzy, O'Connell did have previous girls that he was with aka "the bellydancer." Though this was the first time he had ever truly been in love.

 

Jonathan, when he got back, found that the bedroom door was slightly cracked, so he knew that nothing was currently going on. He peeked in and found his sister carefully nuzzled into O'Connell's loving arms. Jonathan headed back to the parlor, where his bed was set up, and got into bed and fell asleep as well.

 

The next morning:

 

O'Connell awoke to find his beautiful wife laying beside him, right where he had laid her down late last night. He knew that love was a rather new experience for both of them. Yes, O'Connell had been around some of the other girls, but he barely cared about any of them. He had only loved one girl in his entire life, and that was Evelyn. He would do anything for her. He was madly in love and even though he ended up looking like a school boy every time he talked to her, he loved her with all of his heart. Before he had met Evelyn, he had pretty much given up on love. He never had been very good at telling his feelings anyway, and now he was desperately in love with someone he barely knew. Sure he knew all about her goals in life and that she was a very strong willed librarian, but he really didn't know much else. He decided that he would ask her to tell him about herself later that day. He had already told most of the good parts of his life, but he really hadn't heard much about her.

 

Rick sat stroking Evelyn's long brunette curls until she finally started to wake up. As Evie awoke, she grinned up at her husband as he leaned forward to give her a kiss. She said, "That...was the best night of my entire life..." Rick smiled at her with that handsome smirk of his, and looked at her through those beautiful baby blues of his. Evie knew that she was under his spell, and Rick knew he was under hers. After being kissed, she started to stroke his cheek with her hand. Rick took her into his embrace and hugged her like there was no tomorrow. They kissed deeply and fell back to sleep, cuddled in each others arms.

 

Jonathan, who was still recovering from the late night at the bar, decided to check on his sister. He peeked in, first he only cracked the door to make sure he wasn't interupting anything and when he found his sister cuddled with Rick, he couldn't have felt more prouder of his sister in his life. She had finally found her true love. He quietly walked over to her side of the bed and gave her a little kiss on the side of her cheek. He quickly walked out so that neither would wake up to find him there and went downstairs to get some breakfast for the three of them.

 

Evie, who had felt the kiss on her cheek, knew that it had not been O'Connell who had given that quick little kiss. She knew it had been her brother and realized then how much her brother cared for her. She looked up at her husband, who had just then woken up again and was staring down at her. He couldn't help thinking to himself about how beautiful his wife was and how close he had been to losing her. He had loved her the minute he had seen her. He had been the first man to ever see all of her hidden beauty. The beauty that she had hidden deep within her trapped in a world of books and learning. He was the first and would be the only to have her true devotion, and for that matter, she was the only one that he had ever cared about.

 

She stared up at his beautiful blue eyes that seemed to suck her in. She had never thought in her wildest dreams that this once dirty ragamuffin of a prison inmate and convict, could ever win her heart. He was the most beautiful man alive.

 

She always seem to lose all of her senses of being a proper lady, when she was with her husband. She was so madly in love with him. She couldn't stand it that she couldn't control her feelings when she was with him. She had always been so good at that before she had met Rick, but that was no longer. That look that O'Connell always gave her when they were together, always won her heart. She had no clue that she would ever be anything different than what she had been, but she knew that would never have that innocent, bookyish way about her ever again. She was in love, and there was no going back. Rick O'Connell had won her heart, and she would love none other.

 

Rick got out of bed, threw on a pair of pants and a shirt and came over to the bed, swung Evie up into his arms and carried her out of the room and over to the couch, where he sat down next to her and gave her a kiss. Just then, Jonathan came back with some breakfast, consisting of various breakfast items and a few other little treats. Evelyn leaned over to the tray of food that Jonathan had set down on the little table. She picked up a plate of eggs and bacon and two forks and set it between her and Rick. Rick took his fork and got some of the beautifully non-scorched scrambled eggs on the fork and carefully brought it up to Evelyn's lips. Evelyn ate it and smiled. He then took some for himself and gobbled it down in one bite.

 

They continued eating and Jonathan couldn't stop thinking how sick he was getting watching his sister with O'Connell. All they did when they were together was kissing and romantic stuff. He truly hoped that they would get over this mushy stuff very soon, because he was starting to feel rather put-aside by his sister. Maybe he thought this because he was so used to being the only man in his sisters life...for that matter, he had basically raised her! He felt it was his responsibility to protect and watch over his baby sister...and O'Connell seemed to have taken over his prided job. He had no idea what he should do about it...if he asked his sister, she'd probably think that he was drunk or something. He finally just decided to let it go and to learn to let O'Connell have the full love of his only sister. He would try to stay out of their love life as much as possible. But boy, was he getting a little tired of watching the two love birds kiss and hug everytime they were in the same room. Oh well, he could live with it for now.

 

Evie, noticing her brother on the other couch, seeming rather worried, asked him what the matter was. Jonathan shrugged and just gave a fake little smile. Evie, who knew her brother way too well to be fooled by this, told him to tell her everything that was on his mind. Jonathan finally after much debate, decided to let it out. After hearing all that, Evie got off Rick's lap and went over and sat next to her brother. She told him that he was one of the most important people in her life. Rick, knowing that he would have to say something to the Carnahan family problems, just said that he had never meant to steal his baby sister away from him. He just loved her more than everything in the world. Evelyn hearing this, went on to say that she would have had to fall in love with somebody someday sooner or later and that she had just done. She felt sorry for her brother, but she just decided that it would be better if she spent a little more time with him instead of 24/7 with her new husband, Rick. Evelyn got back up and sat down again in Rick's lap. Rick whispered in her ear, that they should let Jonathan live with them as long as he wanted to. Evie repeated the idea to Jonathan, and Jonathan seemed to look as though he would cry. He started to apologize over and over again. He started to say that he couldn't possibly interupt his sister's and the man's who she loved lives by staying and annoying them with his way of life, but Rick finally insisted that he stay with them. Anyway, Rick knew he owed him everything he had, for without Jonathan, he would have been chopped to bits by the undead army if it hadn't been for that little measly bit of that ancient egyptian stuff that Jonathan had remembered. That alone was reason to let Jonathan live with them, and anyway, he and Evie would be able to control some of Jonathan's drinking habits a bit more, even though Rick himself used to drink and get drunk all the time, though he promised himself he would never get drunk ever again if he could help it. Jonathan finally agreed and decided it would be a lot better for all of them to stay all together.

 

A few days later:

 

Rick finally had Evie back to himself. Evie was again sitting in his lap as they talked about what they wanted to do with the rest of their lives. Rick was set on leaving Egypt, though it took quite a bit of persuading to get her to want to leave. He was not about to fight any more of those mummies for a very long time, actually he planned to never see a living mummy again and he would keep Evelyn as far away from anything with any sort of curse on it as long as he could. London seemed the perfect place to go.

 

Evelyn said to Rick, "I know that you don't want me in Egypt because you don't want me to wake up any two thousand year old curses and all that, but Egypt is in my blood...you remember the night I told you about that..." Rick looked at his cute innocent faced wife staring at him with those big brown eyes of hers. "And you also passed out that same night and jipped me of my second kiss and what I had hoped to be the first real one. Your thoughts weren't all there, but you were a very beautiful drunk!" "Oh! And to think I married you!" "You sure did, and I am very proud that you married me. You are my entire life. I wouldn't give you up for anything."

 

Jonathan walked in the room as he heard their conversation. "Well you jolly sure shouldn't! She's a good baby sis, she is." Rick looked up and saw Jonathan. Rick was very surprised and rather embarrassed. Evie looked up and simply said, "Oh Jonathan, why do you always have to eavesdrop on me. I don't like it one bit." Rick gave Jonathan a "you better go away or I'll punch your lights out" look and Jonathan got the drift that he hadn't come in at the right time. "Oh well, I'll just head back down to the bar and give myself a hangover." Evie looked a little niffed and said, "Oh certainly not Jonathan! We will be heading off to the airport tomorrow and we don't need you recovering from a hangover in public." Jonathan glanced at Rick who had Evie now sitting beside him on the couch with his arms around her, and said, "You just go to bed here and we'll head off into the other room. We need to go to bed too," he said with a devilish grin directed at Evie, who blushed at the thought. "Oh please. Just let me get some sleep, promise not to be too loud for me, I have a splitting headache from all that Bourbon and Whisky." Evie looked very angry as she looked over at her brother as he seemed to be having fun watching his sister fume. Rick saw the tension and took Evelyn up into his arms and headed into the other room. He looked back at Jonathan who had just sat down on the couch with a funny expression on his face.

 

In the bedroom:

 

Evelyn who was quite embarrassed to her brother having the knowledge of what she had been up to with Rick lately, knowing her brother to never forget anything that she did, and she especially was rather new at this field and didn't need him knowing about anything she did. Yes, she knew her brother was a pro in this field, for all of those girls he kept bringing over. It was enough to drive her mad since her old bedroom had been directly next to her brothers and the walls were terribly thin. She just hoped that the fort walls were about twenty feet thick.

 

Rick asked Evie if her brother had always been like that, since it sounded like he had eavesdropped on her before. Evie said that he was infamous for eavesdropping on everything, it was his second specialty besides pickpocketing. Rick asked her then in a very sincere tone, if she had ever loved any other man or if she had ever made love to anyone else besides him. Evie looking rather surprised at her husbands directness, aswered a meek "no" to this very embarrassing question. She looked up into her husbands baby blue eyes that always seemed to melt her heart away, and asked, "Have you?" Rick seeing a sore subject started to derobe Evelyn. Evelyn asked again, "Have you or have you not? You asked me." Rick slowly answered back, "Ok, I have...It wasn't nearly as fun or sincere as I was with you." Evelyn looked up and crossed her arms over her still bra covered chest, "And when did you plan to tell me this?!" "Well...I didn't exactly plan to...It was a long time ago anyway. Before I went to the Cairo Prison...About three or so years ago...nothing special. Remember the Warden said I was just looking for a good time. That's kind of what he meant. I used to be a drunk, remember. Much like your brother except I didn't have that knack for pickpocketing. Everyone always seemed to be watching me real close for some reason, as well as the fact that I was the tallest man in my end of the French foreign legion. I was a very high rank actually. I didn't have to wear those stupid white hats with the little white jumper suits like the regulars. I had quite a few medals too. I wish I still had that uniform. I liked it a lot, made me look kind of handsome." Evelyn looked very intrigued at this part. She hadn't known that he wasn't just one of the on foot soldiers. This made her feel a little better at her choice for a husband.

 

"What happened the first time you went to Hamunaptra?" she asked now very interested. Rick looked at her finally feeling a bit better since he had moved her mind off the other subject. He started telling all the nitty gritty details. "It was in 1923. Our colonel had heard years of folklore of Hamunaptra. He was a regular English man himself, but not very courageous. When we were in the line of fire, he ditched us and ran. I later found out that he had been butchered like the rest of the legion. We were attacked by the Tauregs. I believe you know of them. What I later found to be Ardeth and some of the other Medjai, watched us get butchered. I was chased that day. I ran out of bullets in my rifle and I quickly pulled my twin guns from my bandaliers. Those ran out of bullets before I reached the door of the temple. Beni was there, trying to get that heavy door to close. He didn't wait for me to get in. He betrayed me and left me to the Tauregs. I was chased all over that city. I finally decided to give up. I walked up to the statue of Anubis and closed my eyes, hoping that they would spare me. That is when they started to freak out...the horses I mean. They started to act real funny. That's when I heard the murmering from behind me. I didn't know if I was going skitso or that statue was talking to me. The sands beneath my feet began to shift. A face appeared in the sand. It was that living mummy's face. Imhotep. He knocked me off my feet! I ran. As I headed off into the desert on foot, I saw the shadowy black figures of Ardeth and his team looking at me. I kept on going, until I ended up in Cairo. There I got drunk and was sent off to the Cairo prison when they found out I had been a ditcher, or actually made me say I had ditched though I had fought the whole way through. I was drunk and ready to say anything. So I spent almost three years just being beaten to pieces by the Warden's command. Then I met you on the day I was scheduled to be hung. I fell in love and you know the rest."

 

Evelyn was still enthralled at her husbands wonderful story. She finally asked why he loved her. She started to mumble that she wasn't particularly beautiful and not exactly appealing to most men for the reason that she tended to be far to brainy for their liking. She was a scholar, and a rather geeky one at that... Rick stared at her as she started to talk like that about herself. It was so cute. He quickly started to say that she wasn't even close to geeky or ugly for that matter. He repeated over and over again how beautiful she was. When Evie heard this, she hugged Rick with her arms around his neck and rested her head against him and started to cry. Rick started to ask her what was the matter, but she just cried even harder. "I--I never thought that I would ever fall in love with--with anyone. I thought I was going to just live with my brother for the rest of--of my life and just be who I had always been. It was such a surprise to meet you. I--I never could see myself falling in love with anyone, but--but then you kissed me...You kissed me and saved--saved me from him. The creature. I love you O'Connell, I mean Rick. I love you." Rick stared down at his sobbing wife who had watery eyes that sparkled in the candle glow and who's tear stained face seemed to make her that much more beautiful to him. He wanted to love this sweet girl forever.

 

He lifted her chin and looked into her eyes. He saw only love and compassion. They started to kiss. Carefully and innocently at first, but they soon were kissing madly. They finally stopped when Rick noticed that Evelyn was about to fall off the side of the bed. Rick carefully pulled her back onto the bed where Evie yawned and fell asleep, after saying, "I love you, Rick." Rick cuddled her into his arms and rested his chin on her head and fell asleep as well.

 

The next morning:

 

Rick was the first to wake up. He looked down at his wife as she was still asleep. Her eye makeup and mascara was down her cheeks from all that crying she had done the previous night. Her little flaws seemed to make Rick love her even more everytime he saw them. He didn't want to wake her up, but he knew he needed to get up. He carefully unclasped her arms from his neck and then carefully scooted off the side of the bed. He got up, grabbed a shirt and threw it on still open and went out of the room, carefully closing the door. The first thing he saw was that Jonathan hadn't made it to his little bed near the window. He fell asleep on the couch and was still sleeping through his tiny hangover that he still had. Rick buttoned up his shirt, pulled on his boots, straightened himself out a bit and went down for something to eat.

 

When he returned, he found Evelyn sitting next to her brother on the couch. Jonathan was still asleep and Evelyn was all cleaned up, her face washed, her makeup redone and she wore a very pretty khaki traveling suit. Much like the one she had worn before. Her hair was pinned up and she had her hat on the table in front of her. Evelyn had packed all of their belongings into suitcases and had left out some travel wear. Rick smiled at her and gave her a hug. Rick carefully scooted Jonathan over and sat down besides Evelyn. He scooted her onto his lap and gave her a kiss and said, "So you already packed for us." Evelyn grinned and said, "I packed up everything and got out your nice pants and a nice clean shirt and your khaki jacket. I also left out some clothing for Jonathan. I think we might have to try to wake him up soon or else you are going to have to carry him out to the taxi and i'm going to have to well...dress him..." Evie gave that embarrassed look over to Rick who couldn't help but smiling. Rick said, "I'm pretty sure I can wake anyone up and scare them to bits, hangover or not!" Evelyn smiled and got up and started to try to wake Jonathan up. He only groaned and turned the other way. Rick got up and grabbed him and lifted him inches above the ground by the collar. Jonathan quickly woke up and said, "What did you bloody do that for?!" Evelyn answered, "We have a plane to catch and I don't feel like missing it." Jonathan grumbled and quickly got into the clothes that had been put aside for him. Rick did the same, stopping to do a quick shave and brush his hair the way he had had it that day at the Giza Port. Jonathan tossed on his pit helmet and stuffed his clothes into one of the suitcases. Rick did the same. They were ready to go.

 

The Airport:

 

Now this airport is nothing like the ones today. It was more advanced than Winston's and certainly more advanced than Izzy's. It had three hangers and three airplanes. Each held about twelve passengers each. They boarded the plane that would take them to Munich. From Munich they would go straight to London.

 

On the plane (Cairo-Munich):

 

On both sides of the plane were two seats in each row. Rick and Evie took their seats together on the right. Rick sat next to the window and Evie sat next to the aisle, where Jonathan sat to an older lady in the aisle seat directly across from Evie. The aisle itself was barely two feet wide (If you are wondering about Rick's gun collection and the way airlines are about checking for anything of the sort, I don't think they had those rules yet back in 1925. It was still the early days of passenger planes.)

 

Rick looked over at Jonathan who was already falling back asleep. The plane took off. He had been on numerous boat rides and had walked and rode across deserts but never had he been on a plane ride that took him out of one country. It had always been little joy rides (oh yeah, the last one was such a joy! ha, yeah right!) on antique aircraft that was as old and frail as ancient rubbish. Winston's plane was only 9 years old, but it had seen better days. Izzy's on the other hand, was amazing to see just because it looked more like a rubbish heap that looked like a pile of scrap metal and who knows what else. It worked though, not exactly well, but it flew.

 

Evelyn was reading another book on Egypt. This one was about Ramses II. That's all Rick needed to see to know that he wouldn't have any company until she finished her book. He was rather bored so he started reading over her shoulder. Evie noticed this and started to explain everything. Now, Rick did know about some of the temples...well not exactly the temples, but where they were. He did know a lot about geography, since he was in the legion and did walk across the Sahara desert from Hamunaptra to Cairo. Ok, so he wasn't a wiz at Egyptology. He knew his "treasure" not history. Ramses seemed pretty interesting. Evelyn talking about it made it twice as interesting though. She could have been talking about a guy that swung from tree vines, banged into trees, wore a loin cloth and talked to animals (would this by chance be about him?), and he would have listened. He loved the sound of her sweet voice. She was his treasure. She knew it too.

 

Jonathan then leaned over after waking up and whispered in Rick's ear, "Is she boring you with her knowledge yet, O'Connell?." Rick looked at Evelyn who was completely consumed in her book and then glanced back at Jonathan. "She never bores me...I only love her more for it." Jonathan gave Rick a little smirk and said, "That girl right there is worth more than the world. You are very lucky. She never fell in love with anyone before you. You won her heart, and you better not break it, because that's my baby sis there." Rick looked back at Evie who was now giving Jonathan a funny look. Rick leaned over and gave her a little kiss and said, "Don't worry, I will always love you. That's a promise." Evie gave that innocent little smile of hers back and started to point out more in her book. "Ramses had over two-hundred children..." Rick was quite content just to stare at her, but found this a perfect time to make a little joke. "How many kids do you want?" Evie blushed like she always seemed to when this sort of stuff was mentioned. "I don't know. As many as you want." Rick smiled and said, "We sure will have fun then." Evie blushed but also smiled. Rick gave her another kiss. Jonathan who had again been eavesdropping, was getting pretty tired of all the mushy talk. "Oh, please. Is this really the best place to be..." Jonathan quickly noticed that Rick and Evie really didn't want to hear him whine about their romantic mushy talk and kissing, so he shut up real quick when Evelyn flashed him a bad look.

 

The rest of the plane ride to Munich was rather uneventful, though Rick and Evie enjoyed it. It was now late evening. The German city was very beautiful. Rick carried the gold stuffed luggage bags and finally managed to get Jonathan to carry a few of the lighter ones. Evie nearly toppled over when she picked up on of the bags. Rick handed her the lightest one he could find. Gold wasn't particularly the lightest thing to be hauling around. They took the taxi to their hotel. On the way they saw the Glockenspeil and many beautiful buildings. The hotel was very nice. The hotel had a small restaurant directly down a small corridor from the lobby. They enjoyed a fine meal of good German food. They had ox-tail soup and some German meatloaf with a mushroom gravy with a few sides of potato pancakes. Evie was limited to one glass of burgundy. The meal was scrumptous and they then headed off to their rooms to go to sleep since the plane left at seven thirty the next morning.

 

The rooms that they were staying in only had one room and the bathroom. The beds were just two queens (how typical, it's a regular "Holiday Inn" (It's a Brendan Fraser joke for those who haven't seen Blast from the Past) though make that soft water and a nice view of the street. Lets even make it the 18th floor where Brendan looks younger.). Rick and Evie shared one and Jonathan got the other. They all collapsed on the beds as soon as they got in the room.

 

The next morning:

 

Seven thirty came before they knew it. Evie only fixed up her hair a bit and they were off. The second plane was a good deal bigger and newer. All three of them boarded and fell back asleep very quickly.

 

Rick woke up about half way through the flight and just wrapped his arms around Evie and just looked at her sleepily for the rest of the trip. They arrived in London late that afternoon. The time jump made it a lot later in their time, but they had slept so much that it was fine. They did a little sight seeing, before Jonathan directed the cab driver to the Carnahan family mansion that had been in the family for years. Jonathan started to tell some of the Carnahan family secrets to Rick, so he knew what he would be dealing with, since he was now part of the family. The place was rather unkept since it had been uninhabited since their parents had been killed by that car crash ten years ago. Jonathan had been just old enough to keep his sister from going to an orphanage. She had only been thirteen at the time. He was nineteen. They had moved back to Cairo when their parents died. Elizabeth is what everyone called their mother, even though she was Egyptian. Their father was Howard. That year in 1915 had been very hard. Jonathan had moved himself and Evelyn to Cairo because that was their second home and Evie had been having nightmares and he wanted her out of London for a while, plus he prefered the nightlife in Cairo. The mansion had been home, but Evie had been having nightmares every night following the car crash. That is why they left.

 

Evie had been very upset about going back. She had now just accepted the fact that she had to go to that mansion. As the car came near the driveway that led to the front iron gates, Evelyn told the cab driver to stop. Rick asked why they were stopping there since it was a very long walk and they had a lot of luggage and it wasn't very light. Jonathan whispered to Rick that Evelyn wanted to show Rick something. They told the cab driver to wait a minute until they came back.

 

Evelyn led them into a little area where the trees were very dense. Rick gasped. One of the trees was broken in half and somewhat charred. Scraps of metal still layed on the ground. This is where the car had crashed. Evie bent down and laid a few flowers that she had plucked on the way through the shrubbery. Rick lifted Evelyn up into his arms, who was now crying hysterically with her head on his shoulder and her arms around his neck. Rick carried her back to the front gate and set her down upright. Jonathan started to wipe her tears away saying it was ok, as Rick started unloading the luggage. Soon he was done and the cab drove off. It was starting to rain, so they quickly picked up as much as they could and hurried up to the house. Rick ran back to get the rest of it.

 

Evelyn now sat on the couch in the living room. It was a homey little room, though now covered in cobwebs. Jonathan decided to light the fireplace which already had some wood in it ready to be engulfed in flames. The orangy glow brightened up the room a bit and soon Evelyn had fallen asleep. Rick entered completely drenched from head to toe. He took off his muddy boots near the doorway and came into the living room. Rick walked over to where Evelyn lay and carefully picked her up and went off to find their new bedroom. Now the house had twenty bedrooms and over a hundred rooms for that matter. Rick only hoped he wouldn't get lost. Jonathan led the way over to the main bedrooms.

 

Rick chose the one with the pretty red velvet curtains edged with golden cords and large golden tassels were at the ends of the cords. It had a pretty mahogany dresser and matching chester drawers and a beautiful desk of the same wood. Rick had never seen anything like it. He had no idea that Evelyn and Jonathan had so much. The furniture was highly covered in dust, as was with the rest of the house. He sat Evie in a red velvet upholstered chair. He carefully took off her high heeled shoes and her jacket. He went through her belongings till he found her nightgown. After he took off her shirt, he slipped the nightie down over her head and put her arms through the sleeves. He undid her skirt and took it off. He then picked up Evie and put her under the thick covers of the bed. She hadn't even noticed anything. She was dead tired. He then commenced to take off his dripping wet clothes that he still wore. He finally got cleaned up and headed for bed. He was absolutely exhausted as well.

 

The next morning:

 

Evelyn was the first one to wake up. She found herself already in her nightgown but she couldn't remember actually putting it on herself. She realized that Rick must have gotten her into her nightie. She smiled and went over to the other side of the bed and gave Rick a kiss on the cheek.

 

This was the same room that had been hers as a child. It was the second largest in the house and one of the most beautiful. This was automatically going to end up being their bedroom for reason that the largest and most beautiful had been her parents' room. Nobody would ever be allowed in there. It was locked and the only key that opened it was in a hiding place that only Jonathan and herself knew of. She would tell Rick about that room when they went on a tour through the entire house.

 

Jonathan was all set in his old room. He had already spread out his share of the gold pieces. The spear of Osiris being among them. His room was dark green, again accented with gold. But this room was clearly his. Even at nineteen he had had a drinking problem. A few bottles unopened still were on his mantle over the large fireplace that was on the far wall. Jonathan was very content with this room.

 

When Rick woke up, he was met by Evie who gave him a kiss as he looked down at her. She was laying crossways on top the covers still awake with her head facing Rick's on his chest, her feet dangling off the side of the bed. Rick moved sideways on top the covers so he was now face to face with his darling wife. He stroked her cheek and couldn't stop looking into her beautiful big brown eyes.

 

He started to speak to her. "And to think that you fell in love with me. I had pretty much accepted the fact that my life was over. You were my last hope. That's why I gave you that kiss. I thought I might as well take one last bit of enjoyment before I was finished. I'm glad it partially saved me...well actually the fact that I knew where that city of the dead was did, but anything at that point helped." Evelyn looked almost as if she was going to burst out in tears. "That kiss might have not have been as much of a big deal for you then, but it was my very first." Rick almost laughed. "That was your first?" Evie looked slightly embarrassed. "It was. You gave me my first hug from a man other than my brother and my father when I was a little girl." Rick looked into Evie's eyes and answered, "No wonder you took a long time to finally fall in love with me. I was trying to hint it to you days before you finally did. The first time you gave any way of showing that you even cared for me back was the night that you were drunk. Gee did I want that kiss. I would have asked you to marry me right then if you did. That whole night before we reached Hamunaptra, all I was thinking about was you. To tell you the truth, I was scared. I tried not to give it all away that I loved you right away. I even pushed you back onto you saddle when you were falling off with your head almost on my shoulder. Believe me, if you had been more open before, I would have moved you over onto my camel so I could have you on my lap with my arms around you, but I knew that you would probably be ashamed of me if I had." "I admitt I might have not been too happy about it, especially with my brother there, but to tell you the truth I was thinking about that kiss you gave me at the prison. I wasn't exactly asleep either. I positioned myself like I was about to fall over and I wanted to see if you would notice if I was about to fall. My head on your shoulder was to try to get your attention. I wasn't really in love with you, but I was curious to see how much you really cared about me. You have no idea how upset I was when you said "Contract terminated." I really thought you cared more about me then. Maybe I over reacted, but I still didn't give up on the possibility that you loved me too. It was that time when you picked me up when I fell over from the blast from that absolutely gigantic gun of yours, that is when I fell in love with you. I wanted to return the kiss that you had given me from that time when you held me in your arms. That right there had been the closest I had ever been to you. That toolkit that you gave me meant a lot to me as well, though I admitt then I saw it more as a friendly gesture. I didn't figure out until later what you meant by that." Rick leaned forward and gave Evelyn a kiss that lasted at least a minute. "I was afraid you'd think I was some sappy schoolboy. I even looked like a dork giving you Burns' toolkit. Yes, I admitt. I stole it from Burns." Evie smiled. "I figured that. I was touched when you gave me that. It was really thoughtful. Something that only a person that really cared about me would do. I really liked you then. Though I still only thought of you more as a friend, but a friend that I was rapidly falling in love with. I had never even had a crush before I met you. I was only interested in intellectual endevours and the search for knowledge. Love really scared me." Rick smiled. "I might have had other girls that I had known, but you were different from them. You were innocent from the rest of the world. You...were beautiful. I was head over heals in trying to impress you into liking me. I think it worked. The first thing in my life that finally went right."

 

Evie gave Rick a surprise kiss and hug and whispered, "Something I am forever greatful for." "Evie, you think we should be doing anything romantic. You know how Jonathan is. He might walk in. It's only safe when it's night since he is usually drunk and falls asleep." "Don't worry, we can just get up and lock the door. He'll figure it out that we need our privacy. He'll probably go and do some grocery shopping anyway. He always did the grocery shopping. He was always afraid that I would get lost in the alleys of Cairo. We'll be fine. Just lock the door, it has a little latch there." Rick got up without breaking the kissing and picked up Evie in his arms and carried her over to the door. He fiddled with the lock until he got it latched. He walked back towards the bed and layed down still not breaking the kisses. He would do anything to be with her forever.

 

After all "this" they both fell asleep. It was about an hour later when Rick awoke startled when he heard someone knocking on the door. He got Evie up and they quickly got cleaned up and dressed. As they had thought it was, Jonathan was at the door. He looked very happy that morning and asked Rick and Evie if he could take Rick on a little tour of London. Evie said he could and that she had a few arrangements to be made with hiring gardeners, groundskeepers, maids and so on. Plus she needed to desperately get the house in order and she would start some of the cleaning herself.

 

Jonathan explained that he wanted to get Evie a few little surprises and he wanted Rick along to help pick out a few things. Rick was pretty sure of what he planned to get. He was going to get a brand new car (this wont obviously be the same one as in The Mummy Returns since that would make it ten years old and from the way Rick reacts to it being crushed by the mummy army, it sounds like it's new.). He found a brand new black car. He noticed that he would have to get used to the steering wheel being on the other side (in America it's on the left, in Europe it's on the right). They also visited the jewelry shop. Rick looked for something to go with the ring he had given her. He finally found a beautiful little gold bracelet and a pair of little saphire earings that would complement her very well.

 

Jonathan also bought Evie a few new books when they stopped at the small bookstore on the corner. Jonathan did the book shopping since he knew what kind of books she liked and already had read or owned. They finally stopped at a bakery and picked up a few pastries for an afternoon snack. The headed home as soon as they paid for the pastries.

 

When they returned home, Evie was just setting up some of the requests for a gardener. She herself had already begun to clean the living room and was just about to start the front walkway near the front door.

 

Rick snuck up behind Evie and threw her into his arms. Evie screamed in surprise. "O'Connell, what do you think you are doing?!" "Jonathan and I have a few little surprises for you." "Put me down, put me...thank you." Rick put Evie on her feet and brought out the bracelet and earings. "These are beautiful! Oh thank you, thank you, thank you! I love you!" Rick smiled and told Evie that Jonathan had something for her too. Jonathan got out the books that he had bought and Evie immediatly gave Rick and Jonathan kisses on the cheek. Rick picked up Evie again and carried her outside, followed by Jonathan. Evie stared in disbelief at the car that was sitting in the driveway. It was brand new. Evie was close to tears when she saw it. "I love you two, so much! Thank you for everything." Evie this time clung to Rick and Jonathan couldn't have been prouder in his life.

 

When they headed back inside, Jonathan got out some of the pastries that they had picked up. They all enjoyed eating them and soon they had had enough and began the tasks of cleaning the downstairs when the cleaning people came. Soon the front part of the downstairs of the massive four story house sparkled. They knew that the house would take weeks of work to get cleaned but they were willing to try. The gardener was going to come the next morning to start the upkeep of the yard.

 

Later:

 

Evie went into the kitchen to start making dinner. Rick and Jonathan also went in to help her. Soon the kitchen was filled with the sweet smells of marinated chicken with asparagus and rice. Soon the meal was finished. Since the dining room was not yet cleaned they just sat at the little table in the kitchen to try their masterpiece. It was one of the best meals that they had had. Rick and Evie did the clean up. Jonathan got out of his chores very quickly and headed off to find some of his old spots around London.

 

After all the hard work, Rick and Evie headed into the living room where Rick and Evie shared a glass of red wine. Rick could tell Evie was near her limit and finished off the glass.

 

Rick and Evie resumed their discussions of themselves before they met. Evie had been noticing for some time the little tatoo on Ricks hand. It was a little eye of Horus (it's there in The Mummy and gone in The Mummy Returns (It's not the "It has the two pyramids, the eye, the two pharaohs and everything" one, it's another one)). Rick replied that it was slapped on him in the orphanage in Cairo. Evie wondered also why he never took off his arm brace. Evie carefully took his hand and unclasped the arm brace and took it off. There was another tatoo (you know which one I mean). Rick looked up from the tatoo and said that he didn't like it that much and so he never showed it to anybody. It had also been slapped on him in the orphanage in Cairo, but he prefered the little eye one to the rather large and ugly one on his wrist. He also said that he had been wearing that arm brace since he was seventeen. The tatoos had been put on when he was sixteen. He never could understand why he was chosen to be marked, and for that matter he had been the only one. He finally just left it at because he was the only American born in the orphanage. He still wondered why they chose those symbols though. Evie still hadn't figured out what they meant, but she figured out more of what the picture was of than Rick had. Rick only knew that there were two pyramids, an eye simular to the one lower on his hand and that's it. Evie figured out that the two figures of men on it were pharaohs. Rick asked why there were two then. Isn't there supposed to only be one king. Evie said that she would check up on it in her books and tell him if she found out anything about it.

 

Evie asked him how he had ended up in an orphanage in Cairo. Rick said that when he was fourteen, he had run away from home. He was from Chicago and had taken the train to New York City. He had been in steerage on a ship leaving from New York that was headed for London. From London he had gone to Paris and signed up to be a French Foreign Legionaire. He learned French fluently with the legion. With the legion he was taken to Egypt. It was in Egypt that they found out that he wasn't eighteen. He had passed at first because he was very tall and big for his age. But he had blurted out that he was only fifteen one night when he was drunk. His buddies turned him in and he was sent to the nearby orphanage. When he was eighteen he joined the legion again and was shoved off to Merakesch.

 

Rick finally got tired of telling his story and asked Evie about hers, which he barely knew much yet about. All he knew is she was a librarian with an Egyptian mother and English explorer father that died ten years ago in a car crash. Oh, and she also got rejected numerous times by the Bembridge Scholars.

 

Evie finally started her story. She had been born into a happy family. Jonathan was already six when she was born. She was born in England but lived in Egypt until she was nine when her father and mother got jobs at the British Museum. The house had been her father's childhood home which he was left when his parents died. The house had been in the Carnahan family for over a hundred years. Technically the house was her brothers, since he would always carry the Carnahan family name, but her fathers will had been never found, since it was hidden somewhere in the house and no one knew but him where it was. The court had decided that until the will was found, that the house was joint custody of the closest living adult relative and the two Carnahan children, Jonathan and Evelyn. That relative was her father's oldest brother, her Uncle. He had died only a month later. He was the only relative that existed. After her Uncle died Jonathan took Evie back to Egypt, since he now was her guardian until she was eighteen. He was nineteen at the time so he was finally given custody of his sister. The reason that they had to do it that way is because she would have been sent to an orphanage if he hadn't. Most of the people that knew her parents blamed the family deaths on ancient curses. Evie still didn't believe that her parents died because of a curse but she knew she didn't quite know the full story.

 

Rick finally asked about how she became so interested in Egypt and how she became a librarian at the Museum of Antiquities. She said that her mother and father had sent a lot of donations to the museum and had donated all of the artifacts that the museum wanted. The curator had known the Carnahan family for years. When she was in her early teens that she started helping out in the library. She had been trying to get noticed by the Bembridge scholars for years. Jonathan always was very supportive when she came to him crying because of the many rejection letters she received. It was always the same. "They say I don't have enough experience in the field." Rick looked lovingly at Evelyn and said, "If they don't except you now, it's probably because you know more than they do. You even said yourself that the Bembridge scholars must have mixed up the books. We've seen things that the could only think of in their wildest nightmares. A few things that I hope we never have to see again." "You have given me an idea. If I write a paper about what I saw, though leaving out the walking talking corpse for the sake of not making them think that i'm out of my mind, and they'd have to accept me.

 

I've actually been figuring out Imhotep's story. You see, Seti I was the second pharaoh of the nineteenth dynasty. He was murdered, and it was Imhotep and Ancksunamun who did so. I believe that he had tried even then to raise her from the dead. He never succeeded and he must have been caught. That is why he suffered the Hom-dai. I did a bit of research on Ancksunamun. She was not his daughter like you had said that one night, the same as the one that the Medjai attacked us ("He must have been a little too frisky with the pharaoh's daughter."), he was actually his wife, his mistress (The funny thing about all this is the fact that Rick is the one that is being a little too frisky with the pharaoh's daughter. Well the reincarnation anyway.). Well, she wasn't in love with him and Imhotep and Ancksunamun wanted to get rid of him so they could be together. That much I know. I plan to do a full study of this story. If only Hamunaptra hadn't collapsed. I'm sure more of the story is there..." "Ok, let me make this very clear. We don't go any where that has to do with the ancient dead, curses or anything of that sort. If we even go to Egypt again, I want to hear a full preview story of any information, including supposed curses and the sort. You don't, we don't go." "Oh! Why I should..." "Look, I love you with all my heart, but I don't want to lose you. You are my entire life."

 

"O'Connell, I may not be all that strong or able to defend myself very well, but I should be free to do what I enjoy most." "Uh, huh and you also are supposed to call me Rick, remember?" "Oh fine. I'll call you Rick." "Why do you insist on being called Rick when everyone that I've ever heard spoken to you, calls you O'Connell?" "O'Connell is the name that everyone gave me in the legion. I always wanted them to call me by my first name but no one ever did. The same with Burns, Henderson and Daniels, they told me one day at Hamunaptra. They never were called by their first names. Come to think of it, it's all the Americans. Well anyway, my full name is Rick O'Connell. My parents never gave me a middle name and my first name never was Richard like everyone thinks. It's always been Rick, even on my birth certificate." "Your parents never gave you a middle name and gave you a nickname for your first name?" "How uncommon is it really? What would your middle name be?" "Well I don't know how common or uncommon or anything like that. My middle name is Elizabeth. Evelyn Elizabeth Carnahan O'Connell! My now full name!" "That's awfully long isn't it?" Well not really, especially before you came about, but I like the name Evelyn O'Connell. It has a nice ring to it." "Evie O'Connell is even better." Rick who had Evie in his arms, leaned over and gave her a full kiss right on the lips. Evie who had seen that kiss coming returned the kiss as well.

 

"Rick, I have a little question for you." "What would you name our first child if we were to have one?" "Well, I don't know, I never thought about it really." "What is your favorite names then?" "Well, since I was given a nickname for a full name, I tend to like those much better." "What are they then?" "I have no idea, maybe Lizzie and Alex. Why?" "I'm pregnant Rick. I found out when you were out shopping with Jonathan. I couldn't believe it myself, but it's true. We are going to have a child." "When...when did I get you pregnant...is this soon possible?" "It only takes once and well I think it might have been on our wedding night." "I didn't think it would happen this soon...I'm going to be a dad, Evie! I'm going to be a dad!" Rick got up with Evie still in his arms and gave her a big kiss on her cheek. "So Elizabeth if a girl and Alexander if a boy?" "Alex not Alexander but the rest is fine." "Rick, do you love me?" "I love everything about you and inside of you. I still can't believe that we are going to be parents. We've only each other about three weeks!" "The best three weeks of my entire life. I will always love you Rick. Always."

 

A small while later Evie fell asleep in Rick's arms right there in the living room. Rick just kept her there in his arms as she layed curled up next to him on the sofa. Rick who wasn't particularly tired just let Evie sleep there with his arms around her.

 

About an hour or so later:

 

After a few hours at the bar, Jonathan realized that wasn't really where he wanted to be and headed home. Jonathan came in the front door and stopped as he reached the door to the living room, where he saw Rick and Evie on the couch. Rick who looked up and saw Jonathan. "Am I interupting anything?" "No, Evie's just asleep. Come over here and sit down." Jonathan came over and sat in the big plush chair. "Is anything wrong?" "Far from it."

 

Rick gently started to try to wake Evie up and finally she sat up and Rick did the same having Evie sit right next to himself with his arms around her. "Jonathan's here. We should tell him the news." "Rick, should we tell him now. It's nearly two in the morning..." "I'm too proud to not." "Oh fine. Jonathan, you're going to be an uncle." "That means you're, you're..." "Yes Jonathan, Rick and I are going to have a child." "When, when did you find that out?" "Today while you were shopping." Rick was already rubbing Evie's now flat tummy. Jonathan looked very shocked and could barely speak. Rick said, "I used to think that I was destined to have bad luck for the rest of my life, and now it seems I have all the luck in the world." Rick gave Evie an other kiss. "And you brought me all that luck and more. I thought I was destined to either be dead or a good for nothing that can't seem to be in the right places at the right times. And then you popped up in the same place that I have seen grown men suffocate just from the stench in. You more than stood out and to tell you the truth, I loved you right there and then. You saved my life and you even fell in love with me, and now I am going to be the father of a child whose mother is the woman that I love." Evie looked into Rick's eyes and knew what he spoke was completely true.

 

Jonathan was starting to get a tad tired of this talk, but still was amazed at what he just had found out. "You're joking right?" Evie smiled and said, "Nobody's joking here. It's all true. Every single bit." "When...when will the child be due?" "Well it's now November, so probably sometime in August next year." Rick smiled at this and said, "And I will enjoy every minute of it." Rick gave Evie a hug as Evie started to cry with her head on his shoulder. Jonathan decided to go to bed and Rick carried Evie up to their room as well. Soon everyone was sound asleep.

 

A few days later:

 

Evie had finally secured herself a job in the British Museum's library. The only reason that Rick was letting Evie do this is because she would have it no other way and she promised that she wouldn't do anything strenuous and quit the library when she went into the later stages of her pregnancy. Evie let Rick come with her to the museum that day to help her start on the cataloging and shelving of new books. Rick ended up spending the day just handing Evie books to put up on the shelves.

 

"Rick, could you tell me something." "What do you want me to say?" "Rick, will you still love me when I start to get bigger?" "Of course I will love you. The bigger you get, the closer I'll be to seeing our child. I have not one but two to love now. Evie, let me just say this. You're the only woman that I ever truly loved and you have made me the happiest man alive." "Rick, I love you, but I'm scared. It was so unexpected and well...I barely know what to expect. I never really lived in the real world. I lived in more of a dream world, one that was closed from life." "Evie, I am sure we can figure it out. I might not know much along the lines of babies, but I'm sure it will all be fine." "I hope so Rick, I hope so." "Anyway, we can always hit the books if we have any questions. You probably already know more than me. I only know about the first half of making babies. All I know is what is obvious. The baby grows in the womb and a while later is born. That's the extent of my pregnancy knowledge. I never even thought about children before now." "To tell you the truth, I always wanted a child, but I never had the guts to fall in love with anyone. I made a pact when I was younger, that I would only love one man in my entire life, of course excepting my brother, which I love dearly. You are that man. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if you ever left me..." "Evie, don't ever talk about me leaving you. I couldn't live a day without you." Evie got down off the ladder and stood in front of Rick. Rick embraced Evie and said, "The little one, the one that is both of us, I couldn't bear to leave knowing that I shall soon have a son or a daughter. I promise that I will be the best father that I can be." "Rick, you already are the best husband. I am proud that you are the father of our child. I don't know what I'd do without you." Rick hugged Evie even closer. "Part of both of us is inside you. Even if it wasn't, I would still spend the rest of my life with you. I love both of you." Rick and Evie kissed and Evie finally resumed her work.

 

As Rick and Evie got home from the museum, Evie started telling the little bits she knew. Rick was amazed that she she knew as much as she did. "Where did you get all of that information?" "Well, I read the entire library, and well there were a few of those books in there as well." "I'd be surprised if I've even stepped in a library more than twice, neither the less read more than a few books. Most of what I read was old discarded newspapers that a few of the legionnaires had. A few of them had some small books and pamphlets that everyone barrowed. It never amounted to much." "That's ok, I'm pretty sure that I've read more books than most would ever care to read. Sekhem-na em anu. I have obtained the mastery in the writings." "More than I know. That's for sure." "Rick, I might know more about history and literature and so on, but you know more about life and how to defend ones self more than I'll ever know." "I can teach you self defence. Believe it or not, you have a very strong right-hook." "It was? Oh well, I probably don't even remember what a right-hook is. I believe it was the night that I had a bit much to drink." "It was." "Could you show me again?"

 

"Maybe sometime. Right now, I think we should just go and find Jonathan and see what he's up to." As they said this, the door opened and Jonathan had with him a young blonde with a low cut red-sequined dress. "Jonathan, what now?" "Well sis, meet Nell. She's a good friend of mine." Evie glared at Jonathan as she put on a smile for Nell. Rick just smiled on and told Jonathan to bring Nell into the living room to talk. "Johnny, who is this?" "That's my sister Evie and her husband, Rick O'Connell. They just married." Soon all of them where sitting on the nice couches in the living room.

 

"Hello, my name is Nell. Nell Carter." Rick looked over at Evie who had just gotten up. "Would you like some tea or something, Miss Carter?" "Some water maybe, thank you." Rick could tell Nell didn't really want to just be chatting away with Jonathan's family, but she was nice enough not to really show it. "So what bar did you find Nell, Jonathan?" "Oh just in one of the local ones. She's an actress." "I actually am in a play at the local theater right now. Our American Cousin is the play (Oh, I wonder! (It's the play that in 1865 was at Ford's theater and Abraham Lincoln was assasinated by John Wilkes Booth. Another Brendan Fraser joke (Bedazzled))." "Oh, how interesting." "It's an American play actually. You are American, are you not?" "Yes, I'm American, though I've spent most of my life in Egypt and a few other places with the French Foreign Legion." "So you were in the legion. I knew someone that was in the legion once too. His name was Beni. He had been stealing from a Church. I hid him in my apartment. Rather a weasely character though. I could never find my diamond earings though after that. I believe he took them." "That sounds like my little buddy Beni." "You knew him?!" "Sure, he almost left me to die and the last time we met up he got what he deserved." "You killed him?" "No, I wish I did, but no, he died by his own weaselness." "What did he do to you?" "He slammed the door shut on me and left me to the enemy. I'm lucky to be alive."

 

Evie just walked in as Rick said this. Evie looked into Rick's eyes. "And what is this about, might I ask?" "If I hadn't made it, I wouldn't of ever had my beautiful wife." Evie hearing this looked a bit happier and sat next to Rick as well as handing the water to Nell. Rick popped a little kiss on Evie's cheek. Jonathan looked over at Nell and said, "Well, we won't keep you up, so how about we go and do our thing and we'll leave you to yourselves." "Jonathan, promise me one thing." "What is it?" "When the baby comes, please stop bringing girls into the house." "Oh fine!"

 

As Nell and Jonathan left the room, Nell asked "Your sister is pregnant?" "Yes, yes, she and O'Connell are going to have a child. I myself just found out about it recently. The've only been married about two weeks or so." "Two weeks and already expecting...why that's sure fast." "It is isn't it."

 

Later with Rick and Evie:

 

"Rick, what were you, Jonathan and Nell talking about when I was away?" "Remember Beni? Well he stole from her two diamond earings." "Well that doesn't surprise me. What a coincidence then." "Sure. A coincidence. But you and I sure aren't." "Rick, I love you. I really do. I love our child just as much as well." "Evie, you know what's in my heart. I will do anything to keep you and our child. Soon there will be three of us, well four I guess if we count your brother, and I would do anything for any of you." "Rick, do you by chance have any family?" "I have three older brothers. Well I guess I have a niece as well. She is...she was three. That would make her fourteen then." "What's her name?" "Kat." "Kat? What sort of name is that?" "Kathryn. Kathryn O'Connell. Everyone calls her Kat." "Why don't you try to find your family then?" "I haven't seen them in eleven years." "So, now's time to see them then. What about your parents." "Dead. All dead. My mother died when I was born, my father was a drunk. He died a month before I left." "I had no idea. I'm so sorry." "It's fine. I hated my father. He hated everyone even more. Two of my brothers are also dead." "I had no idea that you had such a sad childhood." "It was fine and sort of strange at the same time. I was already an uncle at eleven." "You should really invite them to stay here, or at least to visit." "I know where they probably are. When my brother married, he and Virginia moved to Boston." "They're in a flat near the warf." "Well we can always try to contact them. Do you know the address?" "Yes, believe it or not, I do." "Well then, we'll write a little letter to them then."

 

A month later:

 

Evie's tummy was starting to show. Rick was prouder than ever and Jonathan was ecstatic about being an uncle soon. A letter came. It was written in neat, tidy cursive. It was Kat who wrote the letter. Rick's brother had died three years ago and Kat's mother was on her death bed with Tuberculosis. Kat told how she would soon be sent to an orphanage. Her mother was about to die any day now. The consumption was getting worse. She asked if she could get some help and if they would take her in so she wouldn't have to go to the orphanage. Evie wrote a letter, stating that she could come and live with Rick and herself as soon as she wanted. They also sent their sorrow for both her mother and father.

 

A few weeks later:

 

A return letter arrived. It was a thank you, as well as a message that Kat's mother was dead. She was being sent overseas to England and would be arriving soon.

 

A week later:

 

The ship arrived. Kat disembarked from the ship and stood with her two suitcases in a navy blue dress with a matching hat and jacket. Rick noticed her by her brownish-blonde hair and hazel eyes. She was extremely pale, and looked as if she had not seen sunlight in years. She was by herself, very quietly gazing across the hoards of people greeting other passengers. Rick, Evie and Jonathan went up to this girl and asked her, her name. "I'm Kat. Kathryn O'Connell." Evie stooped down and lifted the young girl's chin. "I'm Evelyn. And this here is your Uncle Rick and my brother Jonathan." "You're my Aunt Evie?" "Yes. I'm your aunt." "Now lets go home, and we can get you situated."

 

Rick loaded Kat's suitcases into the car and they all got in. Rick drove, Evie sat in the passenger seat and Kat and Jonathan sat in the back.

 

"Uncle Rick." "Yes, Kat." "Why hadn't I ever heard much about you from my father?" "I left America when I was only fourteen. You were three. Joined the legion, met Evelyn in Egypt and we got married and moved to her family home." "I had no idea about any of that. Are you sure your home is big enough for an other person. I see that there is already three of you and soon four. My house was only three rooms. Two bedrooms and a kitchen-living room. It was terribly small." "You won't have to worry about any of that."

 

As Rick said this, he pulled up in the driveway of the massive house of thick grey stone that stood looming over them. "This, this is your house?! I had no idea." "Welcome home," Rick said as he helped Evie out of the car. Jonathan quickly got out of the car and said, "Well Kat, what do you think?" "It's--it's a mansion." "Yes, it sure is, isn't it?" Rick went to the trunk and got Kat's suitcases. Evie said, "You may have almost any room you like."

 

The quietly walked into the front doorway and into the living room. "This is the biggest house I have ever seen." Jonathan said, "It's not really the biggest. Many homes in England are quite big. I'm sure there are some that are even bigger in America." "Well, true. In maybe Marblehead, that's real close to Boston. Near the ocean. I lived in the poorer section." Evie took Kat upstairs to find her a room. Rick and Jonathan followed, Rick carried the suitcases and Jonathan left with Evie's and Kat's coats. "Pick any room you like in this part of the house. Kat finally came across a pretty blue one and decided on that one. Rick put the two suitcases on the bed and Kat went over to them to unpack. On top in the one suitcase was a pretty porcelin doll with a white dress and a pink ribbon around her waist tied in a pretty bow and golden curls and blue eyes. It was very old and rather tattered, but it was very special to Kat. It was put on the dresser and Kat went back to her suitcases. Next were three dresses. All of which were getting rather worn. Next was a jacket a handknit scarf, cap and gloves. In the other suitcase was a pair of boots, a nightgown and a little antique jewelry box that opened up and had a little ballerina doll that spun as music played. Evie was already in her room pulling out some dresses that she had bought Kat before she had come. There were probably a dozen or more. Evie asked Kat to try some of them on and to everyone's surprise they all fit.

 

They all headed downstairs and went into the living room. Kat all at once headed up to the library. "I have never seen so many books all in one place before." Evie smiled. "What sort of books do you like? I'm afraid most of these are about ancient civilizations and so forth. There are a few classics as well." "I love ancient civilizations. I can read heiroglyphics you know. I taught it to myself." Evie looked very impressed with the young Kat. "I'm very impressed. However did you decide to study Ancient Egyptian? You don't find many people in America that teach themselves a completely unused language just for the sake of that they feel like it." "I don't know. It always called out to me. Ever since I started to have these dreams. Awful dreams they were, though the last time they came, everything turned out rather well. Something about a lost city. Then a terrible monster. Oh I don't know. You'll probably think I'm crazy." "Kat. I don't think you are crazy at all. What happened at the end?" "The monster, yet he didn't look like a monster, yet he was, died. Something happened. The room started to collapse. But three made it out. One did not. The one that caused the collapse. The three people that survived, it was like a fairy-tale. They rode off on camels. I never saw anymore visions after that." "When exactly did you have these visions?" "About three months ago. That's when they ended though. I don't know what they were trying to show." "Were the people in them, the ones that go off into the desert, two men and a woman?" "Yes, I believe so. The woman was sitting on the lap of one of the men. The other was also on a camel. A separate one." "Before they got on the camels, did the woman kiss the one man?" "How did you know?" "I have a feeling I know who the people are in your visions. I am that woman, Rick is the one man and Jonathan is the other." "Oh my god. You are them. I saw you. I saw all of you. Who was the monster then?" "Imhotep. High priest of Osiris. A living mummy. What was the first thing you saw in the first of your visions?" "A woman in a library. She toppled down the shelves and was fired. Something to do with her brother. He was sort of drunk. Found something." "Just what I thought. Did you see everything that happened? Quite a bit. I remember that I woke up screaming a few times." "I know exactly what you saw. You know our story." "So my uncle was in a prison and that's where you met?" "I'm afraid so." "Aunt Evie, I'm scared." "Oh don't be. Please don't be." "I swore that I would never tell a single soul what I dreamt. I was afraid that the person I told wouldn't believe me. At least you know what I saw." "You can tell Rick, Jonathan or I--anything that you see. We'll believe you. I promise."

 

A bit later:

 

"Evie, what was all that about?" "Rick, your niece, well she knows everything." "So she's smart then." "No, that's not what I meant. She knows about us, Imhotep and everything. The whole nightmare." "Why'd you tell her, she probably doesn't need to be thinking about that right after she lost her mother." "I didn't tell her. She has visions." "Visions. You said visions. Evie, I'm about to believe a lot of things that I never thought existed, but visions...no. I'm sure you're mistaken." "Rick. She's seen everything. Everything from the creature, to us riding into the sunset. Everything." "Evie, maybe this wasn't such a good idea." "Rick. She's your niece. A fourteen year old at that." "I'm sorry to tell you this, but most fourteen year olds don't have visions of their aunt, uncle and their aunt's brother battling the undead. Evie, a couple of years ago I would have found this very strange myself." "Rick. I think there was a reason she came here. I am sure of it."

 

"Well even if there was, I'm not so sure about the vision bit. How about you just sit down and rest. You've been on your feet all day." "I'm fine really." Rick even then sat Evie down. Evie's stomach was now really starting to show quite a bit. "Oh Rick, this whole thing is really starting to slow me down. Some of the things that used to be so easy are getting harder to do by the day. I love our child dearly, though I wish it would just hurry up." "Six months more. Still waiting. I love this child just as much as you do." "I know Rick. I know."

 

Evie of course could sense the life that was growing inside of her. Rick was growing quite fond of the bulge that was her stomach. He had never been happier in his life. It was one of the first things that he had been able to be proud of. The first of course being that he had the love of Evie; his life, pride and joy. Evie of course was just as proud as Rick of the fact that she would soon have a child to call her own. Rick was pretty sure it would be a boy, though she didn't really know. Rick loved to spend as much time as he could just sitting with Evie on his lap. He especially liked to press his ear against her stomach and rub it gently. Though kissing Evie was even better.

 

"Evie, when we have this child, how do you think everyone is going to take it. Jonathan so far is happy about being an uncle, but we don't know about Kat. She doesn't know any of our history, or at least the parts she hasn't seen yet. How do you think the people we know will take it. My past history will not help any at all." "No one will need to know will they." "Look, there is something that I've wanted to tell you for awhile now." "What's that then?" "Evie, I'm no goody-two-shoe innocent ruffian that just did a few little hands of poker and blackjack. I'm wanted in almost every major city in Africa as well as some in Europe. I was broke before I met you. I was a worse drunk than your brother and most thought I was up to no good. I have a weakness. It's pretty girls like you. Beni even told me, and it's completely true, i've got more balls than brains. I've already promised myself that I will only love one girl for the rest of my life. That is you Evie. I love you." "Rick...that is the sweetest thing anybody has ever told me. I love you too. You are not so bad as you think. You are the most loving man alive. You're very smart too. I don't fall for just anybody, you know. You captured my heart. I love you so much...without you, I wouldn't know what to do. You didn't just save me from a living curse. You saved me from a life of loneliness. You brought me into the world that I had never been apart of. I love you Rick. I will tell you that as many times as you want. It's the three truest words that I've ever spoken. I love you."

 

Later that night:

 

Evie suddenly awoke that night when she heard screaming. Evie quickly woke up Rick who was deep asleep. Rick took a few seconds to realize what he had been woken up for. He quickly pulled on a pair of pants and ran as quickly as they could over to Kat's room, where the screeches and screams were coming from. As Evie reached the doorway, she saw Kat was in a terrible state. She had her eyes closed and she was holding on to her bed posts and was kicking and screaming. Rick and Evie were soon joined by Jonathan who had woken up from all of the commotion. Rick, Evie and Jonathan quickly grabbed Kat by her limbs and tried to get her to stop. Rick finally yanked her hands off the bed posts and shook her out of it. Kat awoke as if she had been sleeping. Her eyes started a tidal wave of tears and sobs. Evie propped Kat against a large pillow and sat down next to her on the end of the bed. Jonathan handed Evie a handkercheif and Evie wiped Kat's eyes with it. Jonathan had also gone downstairs to get some water to help Kat calm down a little.

 

After sipping the water, Kat was calm enough to tell what happened. "I had an other one of those...those..." Evie helped Kat find the words and said, "Visions." "Yes, visions...It was strange. It was like what I had read in those books. That creature..." Evie helped again, "Imhotep." "Yes, that was him...Imhotep was undergoing his trial before the gods. That god...the one that sort of is like a dog with a crocodiles head and sort of a piggish body...the devourer." "Ammit." "Ammit, that's right. When Im--Imhotep's heart was weighed against the feather, his heart was almost too heavy for the scale. Imhotep was taken to the devourer who sits behind Thoth. Oh, it was so vivid! That's when I started to scream. Ammit, he devoured him and suddenly he was in hell. Flames engulphed him along with all these hands and mummy-like creatures reaching out towards him. He was pulled into the walls of this pit after he seemed to have been ripped apart. Oh, it was so scary. I've never seen anything so horrifying." "Do you realize, Kat, that you have seen the next world...? What you saw was something that most people have to be dead to see. Kat, you have a gift."

 

Rick of course was trying to understand to the best of his ability, to get all of this information about postmortum technicalities. The Devil/Diable/Diablo (actually Diabla since it's a girly devil and Spanish is anal about that kind of stuff)/The Barbara Streisand of Evil/Satan/Lucifer/Bielsabob/The Prince of Darkness...well the Princess of Darkness anyway (hmm...would that be...Elizabeth Hurley?!). She herself couldn't have said it any better,"All that everyone wants to know about is Him, like he's so bloody fascinating." Lets just say a very close relative of O'Connell's had a little run with a very devilish devil.

 

Since the run through with Imhotep, the O'Connell/Carnahan family had been very aware that the Ancient Gods of the Egyptians did exist.