"The Mummy" -- by Stephen Sommers

THE MUMMYBy Stephen SommersThe UNIVERSAL PICTURES globe spins. Then comes to a stop on the Africancontinent. A golden papyrus MAP of ANCIENT EGYPT rises up. WE PUSH IN onit, towards a CITY along the Nile, it's name written in hierarchic. WE KEEPPUSHING IN until the golden map turns to golden sand and we find ourselvesDESCENDING on this ancient Egyptian city. Only it's not ancient.SUPERIMPOSED across the SCREEN are the WORDS. TREBES - 2,134 B.CAccompanied by a NARRATOR with a very thick Egyptian accent: NARRATOR Thebes. City of the Living. Crown jewel of Pharaoh Seti the First.The CAMERA sets-down in an open plaza. An Arabian horse-drawn CHARIOT comesbarreling right at us, driven by PHARAOH SETI; an aristocratic, virile oldman. The chariot WIPES FRAME.INT. ANCK-SU-NAMUN'S BALCONY WINDOW - PALACE - DUSKGlaring out over the city at the setting sun is a handsome, muscular MANwith intense, evil eyes. This is IMHOTEP. NARRATOR Home of Imhotep, High Priest of Osiris, Keeper of the Dead.A gorgeous, olive-skinned goddess enters the outer foyer. It takes us amoment to realize that the skin-tight dress she's wearing isn't a dress atall, but rather her entire naked body has been PAINTED in the ancientEgyptian manner She's a stunning sight to behold. This is ANCK-SU-NAMUN. NARRATOR Birthplace of Anck-su-namun. Pharaoh's Mistress. No other man was allowed to touch her.She makes her way through the ornate statuary. The CAMERA comes to a stopon a CRACKED STONE FACE. A BEAT. And then it's eyes suddenly POP OPEN. It'sreally a strange looking TATTOOED MAN. Several more of these hideous, baldMEN stand nearby. They are the PRIESTS of Osiris. Imhotep's guys. Theireyes watch Anck-su-namun vanish through the bedroom curtains. Anck-su-namunembraces Imhotep, they kiss passionately, feverishly. Imhotep's hands roamover her perfect body, smearing the paint. The Narrator's VOICE fills withlust: NARRATOR But for our love, we were willing to risk life itself.And we realize that the Narrator is actually Imhotep himselfon the other-side of the curtains, the bald Priests rush over and close thedoors. But just as they do, the doors suddenly BURST OPEN. Pharaoh angrilystrides in, looks at the Priests. The following DIALOGUE is in ANCIENTEGYPTIAN, --SUBTITLED.) PHARAOH What are you doing here?The Priests back away, scared shitless, obviously his arrival wasunexpected. Pharaoh strides for the curtains. Throws them back.Anck-su-namun stands alone. Gives him a sexy smile. Pharaoh sees thesmeared body paint. Points his finger. PHARAOH WHO HAS TOUCHED YOU?!From behind him, his sword is ripped out of its scabbard. Pharaoh spinsaround. It's Imhotep. Pharaoh is shocked. PHARAOH Imhotep? .... My priest.Behind him, Anck-su-namun lifts a dagger and plunges it into his back.Pharaoh SCREAMS. Imhotep raises Pharaoh's sword. The hideous bald PriestsSLAM the doors and bolt them tight. Through the curtains, they see theSHADOWS of Anck-su-namun and Imhotep stab away at Pharaoh. Suddenly, thedoors are RAMMED from the other side, --WHAM! Imhotep and Anck-su-namunturn and look. --WHAM! The doors are RAMMED again. The two lovers sharedesperate looks. --WHAM! The bald Priests run up and grab Imhotep and tryand pull him towards the balcony. PRIESTS Pharaoh's bodyguards!Imhotep tries to break free, but Anck-su-namun rips Pharaoh's sword out ofhis hand and pushes him towards the balcony. ANCK-SU-NAMM You must go. Save yourself. Only you can resurrect me.Imhotep's face fills with despair. The DOORS EXPLODE OPEN. MEN withBLUE-TINTED SKIN and strange PUZZLE-TATTOOS over their bodies stride in,armed to the teeth. These are the MUMIA. The Priests hustle Imhotep outonto the dark balcony just as the Mumia rip through the curtains.Anck-su-namun points at Pharaoh and hisses-- ANCK-SU-NAMUN My body is no longer his temple!She PLUNGES the sword into her own heart. out on the balcony, Imhotep'smouth opens into a horrible silent scream ......... NARRATOR/IMHOTEP For murdering Pharaoh, Anck-su-namun's body was to be cursed. And it was I, the High Priest, whose duty it was to curse it.EXT. SAND DUNES - NIGHTImhotep leads-a TORCH-LIT procession across the dunes. Anck-su-namun'smummy is carried by NUBIAN SLAVES. They pet her down in the sand along withFIVE JEWEL ENCRUSTED JARS. IMHOTEP Her body was mummified, her vital organs removed and placed in sacred canopic jarsImhotep, filled with dread, reads from a OBOOKO made out of pure GOLD. THISIS THE BOOK OF THE LIVING. IMHOTEP The Book of The Living contained sacred incantations that would send the evil dead on a journey into the dark underworld.Strange LIGHT suddenly FLASHES across Anck-su-namun's body and across thefaces of the slaves and the EGYPTIAN SOLDIERS Suddenly, everyone'sfear-filled eyes all rise, as if watching Anck-su-namun's body rising. Thenone last HUGE FLASH, accompanied by a BLAST OF WIND, and it's over.Anck-su-namun's body now lies twisted on the ground.Imhotep's Priests place the body into a stone sarcophagus. The Nubianslaves lower it into a hole and bury it with sand Imhotep then signals tothe Soldiers, who throw their spears at the Nubians. Killing them. INHOTEP The slaves were killed....Imhotep's knife-wielding Priests attack the now unarmed Soldiers, hackingat them in the flickering darkness as Imhotep and the Mumia solemnlywatches. IMHOTEP .... and the soldiers who killed them were also slain, so that no unholy person should ever know the exact location of the burial site.The Mumia walk off across the sand and then, one by one,the Priests stop their frenzied stabbing and stare off at thevanishing Mumia. As the last Mumia disappears over a distantdune, Imhotep nods, and the Priests leap onto Anck-su-namun'sgrave and begin digging it back up with their hands.EXT. SAHARA DESERT - NIGHTCHARIOTS race out into the moonlit desert. Imhotep leads the way. A"hearse" carries Anck-su-namun's mummy. THE MAP OF ANCIENT EGYPT FADES UP.The chariots race across the map. IMHOTEP But there was another book, The Book Of The Dead, which was never to-be opened, never to be read, for it contained the incantations that could bring a dead body back to life a most unholy thing.The chariots arrive at a place marked on the map in hieratic. They race upthe stone ramp and in through the city gates. SUPERIMPOSED across theSCREEN are the WORDS: KANUNAPTM - City of the Dead IMHOTEP It was hidden at Hamunaptra, City of the Dead, inside the statue of Anubis, so that no such sacrilege might ever disgrace Egypt.EXT. HAMUNAPTRA - ANUBIS SITE - NIGHTImhotep pulls an ORNATE CHEST out of a SECRET COMPARTMENT inside the giantSTATUE OF ANUBIS. He opens the chest and lifts out THE BOOK OF THE DEAD,made of black stone. IMHOTEP But for my love of Anck-su-namun I was willing to defy the gods.INT- UNDERGROUND NECROPOLIS - NIGHTBig hairy RATS scurry through the mausoleums and over the headstones ofthis very large, scary, UNDERGROUND CEMETERY. A DETRITUS MOAT surrounds thecemetery, --muck made out of filthy water and human remains. Skulls bob inthe goop. The Priests have gathered in a circle. Their hooded, lifelesseyes seem dead to this world. Their bald heads rock back and forth as theyCHANT, a quiet eerie HUM. Heinous creatures. In the middle of the circle isa strange, twisted ALTAR.' Imhotep has unwrapped Anck-su-namun's gorgeous,lifeless body and placed her five sacred canopic jars around her. IMHOTEP Anck-su-namun's vital organs were still fresh, so a human sacrifice would not need be madeAs Imhotep begins to read from The Book of The Dead, a large SWIRLING HOLEstarts to open in the detritus bog. Several Priests look over at it,frightened, then quickly look back down and resume CHANTING. A strange MISTwafts up out of the swirling hole and over to the jars, it passes throughthem and into Anck-su-namun's body. One of the jars SHUDDERS, the heartinside begins to BEAT. The CHANTING PRIESTS, SWIRLING HOLE, WAFTING MIST,BEATING HEART and IMHOTEP'S READINGS are reaching a crescendo.Anck-su-namun's EYES suddenly FLY OPEN. IMHOTEP Anck-su-namun soul had come back from the dead! Now all that was needed, was to return her organs to their rightful place within her body.Imhotep lifts a sacrificial knife above Anck-su-namun's breast, about toplunge it down. The CHANTING, SWIRLING and BEATING heart CLIMAX. And that'swhen the Mumia BURST IN and storm through the startled Priests. The HEADMUMIA SMASHES the jar with the beating heart. The MIST instantly sucks backout of Anck-su-namun's body and IMPLODES back into the swirling hole.Anck-su-namun's eyes close. Dying once again. Imhotep SCREAMS in rage. TheMumia grab him and his Priests. IMHOTEP My Priests were condemned to be mummified alive.INT. EMBALMF.RIS CHAMBER (necropolis re-vamp) - NIGHTInside a TORCH-LIT CHAMBER, Imhotep is held by Anubis-headed EMBALMERS. Hecringes at the flickering, impressionistic glimpses of his Priests beingembalmed and mummified alive. The horrid-looking Embalmers, using knives,needles and thread, calmly perform their ghastly surgery on the SCREAMINGPriests, who are going insane from the procedure.A red hot POKER is pulled out of a pit of burning coals.A Priest's head is wedged between two strong boards. His eyes widen interror as an Embalmer moves to insert the red hot poker up his nose. Butjust before he does, WE QUICKLY CUT TO IMHOTEP'S FACE, horrified, as OFFCAMERA, the Priest SCREAMS.WE GO WIDE on the chamber. All twenty-one of Imhotep's Priests squirminside their wrappings. Imhotep is forced to his knees. His arms are heldback. His mouth is pried open. IMHOTEP As for me, I was condemned to endure the HOM-DAI. The worst of all ancient curses. one so horrible, it had never before been bestowed.Using a pair of tongs, an Embalmer slowly pulls Imhotep's TONGUE out of hismouth, then places a very sharp knife on top of it. WE-GO TIGHT onIMHOTEP'S EYES as his tongue is apparently cut out. The Embalmer flingsImhotep's tongue onto the floor. The Mumia's dogs attack and quickly eatit.Imhotep is WRAPPED AL M . Only his mouth, nostrils and fear-filled eyes areleft free of the slimy bandages. Detritus muck boils inside a blackcauldron. Embalmers scoop out the fetid muck and apply it to Imhotep'swrappings as he squirms. He's then laid in a wooden COFFIN inside a stoneSARCOPHAGUS. An Embalmer with a BUCKET steps up and looks into the coffin.Imhotep's wild eyes stare back. The Embalmer empties the bucket overImhotep's chest: dozens of SCARABS, disgusting dung beetles. They scurryacross Imhotep's SCREAMING face. Some vanish into his tongue-less mouthand up his nostrils. INHOTEP By eating the sacred scarabs, I would be cursed to stay alive forever. And by eating me, they were cursed just the same.The lid to the coffin is SLAMMED SHUT. Then, using a strange four-sidedYCEY, the Head Mumia locks the coffin lid tight. The heavy sarcophagus lidis shoved into place and with a loud WHOOSH seals itself airtight. onceagain, the Head Mumia uses the strange key, locking the sarcophagus lidtight. IMHOTEP I was to remain sealed inside my sarcophagus, the undead for all of eternity.The blue-skinned, strangely tattooed man carefully collapses the sides ofthe key, --turning it into a little puzzle BOX. INHOTEP They would never allow me to be released. For I would arise a walking disease, a plague upon mankind, an unholy flesh-eater, with the strength of ages, power over the sands, and the glory of invincibility.Imhotep's sarcophagus is dropped into a DETRITUS PIT. The disgusting muckSPLASHES up, drools down it-s sides, and then is mysteriously sucked intoIt's seams, vanishing clean. INHOTEP And if I could raise my beloved Anck-su-namun from her place in hell, together, we would be an unstoppable infection upon this world. The Apocalypse. The EndImhotep's horrifying tongue-less SCREANS can be heard coming from insidehis sarcophagus as grave diggers shovel dirt onto it. THE MAIN TITLE ISSUPERIMPOSED ON THE SCREAM: THE MUMMYThe heavily armed Mumia stand guard around Imhotep's grave. Looking down onthe burial site is the huge statue of ANUBIS, the jackal-headed god ofdeath. it stares at us. Then begins to DECAY before bur very eyes, aging4.159 years in only seconds. And then we find ourselves and the decrepit,half-buried statue of Anubis out in the middle of the desert.EXT. SAHARA - HAMANAPTRA RUINS (1925) - DAYImhotep's horrifying SCREAMS become the SCREAMS of a TUAREG HORSEMAN.Racing across the desert with two thousand of his warrior brethren. Armedto the teeth. SUPERIMPOSED across the SCREEN are the WORDS: TEE SARKRA -1925A mile across the scorching desert TWO HUNDRED FRENCH FOREIGN LEGIONNAIRESscurry through the ruins, preparing for the onslaught. OUR HERO is up onthe wall. His Kepi sits at a jaunty angle. Dashing and handsome. This isRICK O'CONNELL. He looks out at the massive SCREAMING horde galloping athim. O'CONNELL I knew this was gonna be a lousy day.A doughy little Frenchman joins him as he makes his way across the top ofthe wall. This is BENI. BENI Personally, I would like to surrender. Why can we not just surrender? O'CONNELL Shut-up and gimme your bandolier,Beni pulls off his cartridge belt. Hands it to O'Connell. BENI Then let's run away. Right now. while we can still make it.O'Connell throws it on, crisscrossing his own bandolier. O'CONNELL Now gimme your revolver, you'll never use it anyway.Beni pulls out his pistol and chucks it to O'Connell BENI Then let's play dead, huh? Nobody ever does that anymoreO'Connell slides it into his belt, next to his own revolver O'CONNELL Now go find me a big stick. BENI in the desert? What for?O'Connell turns and goes nose-to-nose with him. O'CONNELL So I can tie it to your back, you appear to be without a spineThe horde of warriors THUNDERS forward. Now a half mile out. ScimitarsRATTLING. O'Connell and Beni run through the ruins. O'CONNELL How'd a guy like you end up in the Legion anyways? BENI I got caught robbing a synagogue. Lots of good stuff in them holy places; churches, temples, mosques, and who's guarding them? O'CONNELL Altar boys? BENI Exactly! I speak seven languages, including Hebrew, so my specialty was synagogues. How about you? Kill somebody?Beni trips and accidentally tackles O'Connell to the ground. O'Connellgives him a nasty look. O'CONNELL No, but I'm considering it.They get up and run out the gate and down the stone ramp BENI What then? Robbery? Extortion? Kidnapping! O'CONNELL None of the above, thank you BENI Then what the hell are you doing here!?They both skid to a stop at the front line as they see the horde ofwarriors.-The SOUND of CHARGING HORSES is deafening. O'Connell gives Beni abig cheesy smile. O'CONNELL I was just looking for a good time.And that's when the cowardly Legionnaire Colonel suddenly panics, cuts andruns. O'Connell instantly stiffens. O'CONNELL Oh shit Steady!Gives the men around him courage. But onward comes the horde Hoofs poundingthe sand. Several more Legionnaires take off. O'CONNELL STEADY! (to himself) What the hell am I sayin'?The Tuaregs let loose with those horrifying oooo-loo-loog SCREAMS. MoreLegionnaires haul-ass. Beni is one of them. O'CONNELL STEADY!! (to himself) What the hell am I doin'?The Tuaregs set their rifles and take aim. O'Connell steels himself, cocksand locks. The cartridge in his mouth suddenly snaps, he spits it into thesand. Another BEAT. And then-- O'CONNELL FIRE!The Legionnaires on the ground FIRE. The rifles report with a CRASH. TheBLAST blows dozens of Tuaregs clean off their mounts. The proneLegionnaires quickly begin to reload. O'CONNELL FIRE!The kneeling Legionnaires FIRE. More Tuaregs bite the sand. The remainingwarriors OPEN FIRE. THUNDER and SMOKE rip the hot air. A third of theLegionnaires are killed instantly. O'CONNELL FIRE!The remaining standing Legionnaires FIRE. Tuaregs spin off their mounts.Crash to the sand. And then the entire Tuareg force plows into the ruinsand through the Legionnaires. O'Connell grabs the barrel of his rifle andstarts CLUBBING riders off their steeds, fighting like a man possessed.Beni on the other hand, is bellycrawling across the sand, whimpering infull retreat as Legionnaires fall dead all around him. He crawls throughthe front gate.O'Connell throws his rifle down and goes for his guns. He cross-draws, gunin each hand, starts blowing riders off their mounts.Beni crawls faster, and then he spots an open TEMPLE DOORWAY amongst therocks. He gets up and sprints for the door as the last of the Legionnairesare shot off their feet behind him. O'Connell's guns go empty. O'CONNELL Son-of-a-bitch.He turns and runs like hell, right through the front gate. Four Tuaregwarriors on massive Arabians haul-ass after him. O'Connell hurdles a stonecolumn, hits the ground running. He spots Beni inside the Temple doorway,trying to close the heavy sandstone door. O'CONNELL Hey! Beni! Wait up!Beni has no intention of waiting up, he pushes harder. O'CONNELL What are ya doing?! Wait up!O'Connell runs faster. Beni pushes harder. The four Horsemen LEAP the bigcolumn and CHARGE after him. HOOFS POUNDING. O'CONNELL Don't you close that door! DON'T YOU CLOSE TRAT DOOR!Beni closes the door just as O'Connell reaches it. O'Connell SLAMS his bodyinto the door. It doesn't budge O'CONNELL I'm gonna get you for this!He turns and bolts off around the rocks. Running for his life, weavingthrough the ruins. The Arabians getting closer and closer. The POUNDINGhoofs getting LOUDER and LOUDER. O'Connell finally spins around and faceshis attackers. The four massive horses crash to a stop in front of him.The vicious Tuaregs raise their rifles to finish him off. O'Connell juststands there, exhausted and beaten, then he slowly lifts his right hand andgives them the bird.And that's when the horses go ape-shit. All four of them REAR UP. Two ofthe Riders are THROWN to the ground. The horses SCREECH and BELLOW andSNORT in fear, then buck like fury and haul-ass away as if the devilhimself had scared them. The thrown Riders get up and race off after theirmounts.O'Connell just stands there, stunned, then he lifts his right hand andchecks out his middle finger. And then he feels the evil himself, and turnsaround. --The shattered, decrepit statue of Anubis stares back at him.Suddenly, the sand begins to shift under O'Connell's feet. He starts toback away, keeping his eyes on the transforming sand, it looks like hugesnakes are wiggling and writhing beneath it, forming lines and shapes,--drawing a picture. O'Connell quickly turns and runs off through theruins. The sand stops moving, and we can now see that, drawn in the sand,is a picture of IMHOTEP'S SCREAMING FACE.EXT. RIDGE - DAYUp on a ridge, A GROUP OF RIDERS watch O'Connell stumble clear of thedecrepit city. O'Connell feels their presence and looks up. Very differentfrom the Tuaregs, they have BLUE TINTED SKIN and faces covered in strangePUZZLE-TATTOOS. The Mumia. Still watching Imhotep's grave after all thistime.The MUMIA LEADER is a huge, fierce Man in black robes, with dual scimitarsacross his waist. His face is both handsome and horrible, blue andtattooed. Meet ARDETH BAY. His dark eyes watch O'Connell stagger off intothe open desert ........EXT. CAIRO - DAYCairo, a city so old the stars have actually changed their positions in thesky since it's birth. A city teeming with every form of life. A strange,mysterious, wonderful city. WE SUPERIMPOSE it's name across the SCREEN:CAIROINT. CAIRO MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES - DAYDeep in the bowels of the museum lie the STACKS. Rows upon rows of toweringbookshelves. Filled with literature on the Antiquities. Standing at the topof a tall ladder between two of these rows and leaning against one of thebookshelves, is a rather uninteresting British GIRL: eye-glasses,hair-in-a-bun, long boring dress, your typical prudish nightmare. This isEVELYN CARNARVON. We're going to fall in love with her.Evelyn pulls a book out from a stack under her arm, blows the dust off it,then places it on a shelf with other books whose titles all begin with theletter "O". Then she grabs another book out from under her arm and readsthe title. EVELYN Tuthmosis? .... Now how did you get up here?Carefully, so as not to lose her balance, she looks over her shoulder tothe bookshelf behind her, where all the titles begin with the letter 'TO.Then she looks down. It's a long way to the bottom. Evelyn gently sets theother books down on the top shelf, then turns and gingerly starts to reachacross the aisle with the Tuthmosis book. It's a little too far, so shestretches, reaching, holding the top of the ladder withher fingertips, she's almost got it, closer now closer.And that's when the ladder pulls away from the shelf. Evelyn YELPS, flingsthe Tuthmosis book and grabs the top of the ladder, which stands straightup. Evelyn holds her breath, swaying precariously, a long BEAT, and thenshe loses her balance, the ladder swings around and Evelyn startsstiltwalking down the aisle. EVELYN OHEIUGM! ! AHHHHHH!The ladder crosses the aisle, does an about face and heads back the way itcame. Evelyn clings to the top, struggling for balance. The ladder teetersout into the main aisle and picks up speed. Evelyn SCREAMS as it does a180, spins into another aisle and finally crashes to a stop at the top of abookshelf. Evelyn holds her breath, then SIGHS HEAVILY.And that's when the bookshelf falls away from her and CRASHES into the nextbookshelf. Evelyn slides down the ladder and plops to the floor. She looksup just as the domino effect kicks-in: each bookshelf crashing into thenext. And onward it goes. Bookshelf after bookshelf. Thousands of volumesflinging off shelves and scattering across the floor. It finally ends asthe last shelf CRASHES into a wall. Evelyn's eyes are closed. She opens oneeye. Looks left. Then right. Then opens the other eye and stares at thehuge mess. EVELYN Oops.The Egyptian CURATOR storms in. CURATOR Look at this! Sons of the Messiah! Give me frogs, flies, locusts, Anything but this! Compared to you, the other plagues were a joy!Evelyn quickly gets up and starts gathering books. EVELYN I'm sorry, it was an accident. CURATOR When Ramesses destroyed Syria, it was an accident. You are a catastrophe! Why do I put up with you?Evelyn turns to him, trying to contain herself. EVELYN You put up with me, because I can read and write ancient Egyptian, decipher hieroglyphs and hieratic, and I'm the only person within a thousand miles who knows how to properly code and catalogue this library. CURATOR Who needs smart women? I put up with you because your mother and father were our finest patrons, Allah rest their souls. Now straighten up this mess!The Curator storms out. Evelyn just stands there, steaming. And then shehears a NOISE and quickly turns around. A BEAT. EVELYN Hello?Quiet. Eerie. And then she hears it again, like feet, slowly shufflingacross the floor, coming from a nearby gallery. EVELYN Abdul? Mohammed? Bob?Evelyn walks through the stacks and enters--INT. THE RAMESSEUMFilled with treasures and plunder from the Middle Kingdom. it's very darkand quiet in here, the only LIGHT is from FLICKERING TORCHES at either endof the spooky gallery.The NOISE again! From the far side of the room. Feet, slowly shuffling,plodding across the floor. Evelyn grabs a torch. Looks around,-at a statueof Anubis, another of Horus, they stare down at Evelyn, who is starting toget scared now. She walks down the aisle. Past a closed sarcophagus. Pastcases of ancient artifacts. Past another sarcophagus, --only this one isOPEN! Evelyn freezes, swallows hard, nervously looks around to see whocould have opened it. Then she slowly leans forward with the torch, andpeers inside.--A hideous rotted MUMMY sits up and SCREECHES at her! EvelynSCREAMS, drops the torch and backs away, scared out of her wits. And then,coming from inside the sarcophagus, she hears a Man LAUGHING. Her eyesnarrow as a foppish cad crawls out from behind the Mummy, laughing his assoff, half drunk. EVELYN You... ! YOU... ! JONATHAN Drunkard? Fool? Rat-bastard? Please call me something original.Meet JONATHAN CARNARVON. As he crawls out of the sarcophagus, Evelyn pullsa cigarette out of the mummy's mouth. EVELYN Have you no respect for the dead? JONATHAN Right now, I only wish to join them.He grins drunkenly. Evelyn punches him hard in the chest. EVELYN Well I wish you'd do it sooner rather than later, before you ruin my career the way you've ruined yours. JONATHAN My dear, sweet, baby sister, I'll have you know, that at this moment my career is on a high note.He BELCHES, then falls back and sits on the edge of a tomb. EVELYN High note? Ha! For five years you've been scrounging around Egypt, and what have you to show for it? Nothing.Jonathan excitedly starts scrounging around in his jacket. JONATHAN oh yes I do! I have something right here! EVELYN Oh no, not another worthless trinket, Jonathan, if I bring one more piece of junk to the Curator to try and sell for you.Jonathan pulls out a small, ancient BOX; the collapsed KEY to Imhotep'ssarcophagus and coffin. Evelyn is instantly curious, she grabs the box outof his hand. EVELYN Where did you get this?Jonathan knows her weaknesses, gives her a mischievous smile. JONATHAN On a dig, down in ThebesEvelyn rolls the box around in her hands, mumbling to herself as shetranslates the hieratics and hieroglyphs covering it. Jonathan licks hislips in anticipation. JONATHAN My whole life I've never found anything, Evy Tell me I've found something.Evelyn's fingers play with the various little slats on the box, shiftingthem this way and that way, it's like a puzzle box. Then suddenly, itUNFOLDS ITSELF, almost-mechanically, turning itself into the KEY. Sittinginside the open key/box is a folded piece of GOLDEN PAPYRUS. An ANCIENTMAP. EVELYN Jonathan? JONATHAN Yes? EVELYN I think you found something.INT. CURATOR'S OFFICE - DAYThe Curator sits at his desk, staring through a jeweler's eyepiece at the key/box.Evelyn hovers behind him, excited. EVELYN See the cartouche there, it's the official royal seal of Seti the First, I'm sure of it CURATOR PerhapsJonathan leans in from across the desk. JONATHAN Two questions. Who the hell is Seti the First? And was he rich? EVELYN He was the last Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom, said to be the wealthiest Pharaoh of them all. JONATHAN Alright, good, that's good. I like this fellow, like him very much.The Curator picks up the MAP. It's actually the exact same map that weestablished in the opening scenes of the movie. EVELYN I've already dated it, this map is almost four thousand years old. And the hieratics over here.... (Inhales deeply) It's Hamunaptra.The Curator freezes, suddenly very nervous, then he recovers CURATOR My dear girl, don't be ridiculous, we are scholars, not treasure hunters. Hamunaptra is a myth. JONATHAN Are we talking about the Hamunaptra? EVELYN Yes. The City of The Dead. Where the early Pharaohs were said to have hidden the wealth of Egypt. JONATHAN Right, right, in a big underground treasure chamber. Everybody knows the story. The entire necropolis was rigged to sink into the sand. On Pharaoh's command, a flick of the switch! And the whole place could disappear beneath the dunes. EVELYN All we know is that the city mysteriously vanished around 2,134 B.C.The Curator holds the map closer to the burning CANDLE-LAMP. CURATOR As the Americans would say: it's all fairy tales and hokum.The map 'accidentally,' CATCHES ON FIRE. The Curator throws it to thefloor. Jonathan drops to his knees and quickly puts it out. Lifts it up.The left third of the map is now missing. JONATHM You burned it! You burned off the part with the lost city! CURATOR It's for the best, I'm sure. Many men have wasted their lives in the foolish pursuit of Hamunaptra, no one has ever found it, most have never returned. JONATHAN (devastated) You killed my map. CURATOR I'm sure it was a fake, anyway, I'm surprised at you, Miss Carnarvon, to be so fooled.The Curator reaches for the key/box. Evelyn quickly snatches it off thedesk and gives him a very angry, suspicious look.EXT. CAIRO PRISON - GALLOWS COURTYARD - DAYCairo prison. One of the worst hell holes on earth. Every low-life form ofscumbag can be found here. The WARDEN, a first rate scumbag himself,escorts Evelyn and Jonathan across the gallows courtyard. Evelyn whispersto Jonathan. EVELYN You told me you found it on a dig down in Thebes! JONATHAN I was mistaken. EVELYN lied to me! JONATHM I lie to everybody, what makes you so special? EVELYN I'm your sister. JONATHAN That just makes you more gullible. EVELYN You stole it from a drunk at the local Casbah?! JONATHAN Picked his pocket, actuallyEXT. VISITORIS PEN - DAYThe Warden ushers Evelyn and Jonathan into the holding pen. EVELYN and what is he in prison for? WARDEN I did not know, so when I heard you were coming, I asked him that myself. EVELYN And what did he say? WARDEN He said,....he was just looking for a good time.The interior cell door BURSTS OPEN. O'Connell is in chains, dragged by FOURGUARDS, they shove him up to the cell bars. From the looks of it, he's beenhere awhile; his face is half hidden by long hair, a scraggly beard andmany new bruises. Evelyn looks at him, disgusted by his appearance. EVELYN But he's just a filthy criminal? JONATHAN (cringing) Way to go, Evy.O'Connell gives Evelyn the once over, then looks at Jonathan. O'CONNELL So who's the broad? EVELYN Broad?! JONATHAN She's my sister, actually. O'CONNELL Yeah? Well, ....I'm sure she's not a total loss.Evelyn is stunned and furious. The Warden heads out the door. WARDEN I'll be back in a moment. O'CONNELL (sarcastic) I tremble with anticipation.A Guard CLUBS O'Connell across the head, O'Connell's face bounces off themetal bars. He shows no pain, but just looks back and gives the Guard anasty look. Evelyn steps closer. EVELYN We uh,...found .... your puzzle box, and we've come to ask you about it. O'CONNELL No. EVELYN No? O'CONNELL No. ...You came to ask me about Hamunaptra.Evelyn and Jonathan quickly look around, hoping the guards didn't hear him.They step closer. Evelyn plays coy. EVELYN How do you know the box pertains to Hamunaptra? O'CONNELL Because that's where I found it. I was there.Evelyn is dumbstruck. But Jonathan looks suspicious JONATHAN How do we know that's not a load of pig swallow?O'Connell looks closer at Jonathan, a glint of recognition. O'CONNELL Hey,....don't I know you? JONATHAN Um, well, you see....O'Connell's FIST comes flying through the bars, hits Jonathan square in thejaw, DECKS HIM. He hits the floor. Out cold. A Guard CLUBS O'Connell. Hishead bounces off the bars again. He shows no pain, but gives the Guardanother nasty look. Evelyn looks down at her brother, then back atO'Connell. EVELYN You were actually at Hamunaptra? O'CONNELL I just decked your brother EVELYN Yes, well, (shrugs) I know my brother.O'Connell almost smiles. There's a bit of spark to this girl. O'CONNELL Yeah, I was there. EVELYN You swear? O'CONNELL Every damn day EVELYN No, I mean-- O'CONNELL --I know what you mean. I was there, alright. Seti's place. The City Of The Dead. EVELYN What did you find? What did you see? O'CONNELL I found sand. I saw death.The warden enters. Evelyn quickly leans closer to O'Connell. EVELYN Could you tell me how to get there? The exact location? O'CONNELL Want to know?Evelyn leans in even closer EVELYN Yes. O'CONNELL Really want to know?She leans her face right up to the bars, nervous and excited EVELYN Yes.O'Connell steps forward and KISSES her full on the lips. O'CONNELL Then get me the hell outta hereEvelyn is stunned. A Guard CLUBS him, his face bounces off the bars again,but before he can react the Guards GRAB him, YANK him away from the barsand DRAG him out of the room. EVELYN Where are they taking him? WARDEN To be hanged.Evelyn is shocked. The warden shows-off his green teeth WARDEN Apparently, he had a very good time,EXT. GALLOWS COURTYARD - DAYHundreds of filthy PRISONERS stare down onto the gallows as the hangman'snoose is draped over O'Connell's head and cinched tight around his neck.Evelyn follows the warden onto a balcony above the gallows. The prisonersall go dead quiet at the sight of her; like jackals staring at fresh meat. WARDEN No women allowed. EVELYN I am an English woman.This seems to confuse the Warden, he shrugs and sits down.O'Connell looks up as Evelyn plops down beside the Warden EVELYN I will give you one hundred pounds to spare his life. WARDEN I would pay one hundred pounds just to see him hang. EVELYN Two hundred pounds. WARDEN Proceed! EVELYN Three hundred pounds!O'Connell can hear every word, he looks hopeful. Other thanEvelyn, you could hear a pin drop. The HANGMAN turns to him HANGMAN Any last requests, pig? O'CONNELL Yeah, I'd like ya to let me goThe Hangman grabs the lever to the trapdoor. EVELYN FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS!The Warden sets his greasy, lecherous hand on Evelyn's leg. WARDEN And what else?Evelyn is revolted, she quickly shoves his hand away.-Insulted, the Warden angrily turns and gestures to theHangman, who pulls the lever. The trapdoor DROPS AWAY. EVELYN NOOO!O'Connell DROPS through the hole. The rope pays-out. ThenJERKS TAUGHT. O'Connell's body SNAPS at the end of the rope.But he's still alive, because-- WARDEN His neck did not break! Good!Now we watch him strangle to death.The prisoners go ape-shit, SCREAMING and SHOUTING in anger.The GUARDS look around, nervous. O'Connell struggles at theend of the rope, gagging. Evelyn is horrified, she quicklyturns to the warden, leans forward and whispers in his ear. EVELYN He knows the location to Hamunaptra.The warden spins around and faces her WARDEN You lie. EVELYN I would never!At the end of the rope, O'Connell is choking and gagging andturning several shades of red. The Warden stares at Evelyn. WARDEN Are you saying this filthy godless son of a pig knows where to find The City Of The Dead? Truly? EVELYN Yes and if you cut him down, we will give you ten percent. WARDEN Fifty percent. EVELYN Twenty. WARDEN Forty.Evelyn hesitates, bites her lip. O'Connell's eyes bulge as helooks up at her, he can't believe this girl. O'CONNELL Give .... give him .... give him GLAAAA--! EVELYN Twenty-five percent, and not one single farthing more.The warden flashes a big green smile, then YELLS in ArabicA scimitar SLASHES the air. The rope is CUT. O'ConnellCRASHES to the ground. Half dead. Rolls over. GAGGING.All of the prisoners BURST INTO CHEERS. O'Connell looksup at Evelyn. She smiles broadly and waves down at him.CURATOR'S OFFICE - NIGHTCANDLE LIGHT FLICKERS across the Curator's face. CURATOR She must dieStanding in the shadows across from his desk are THREE MUMIA:blue tinted skin, hideous facial tattoos, --the works. One ofthe Mumia has a rusty metal HOOK for a hand. He shrugs. HOOK She is like all the others. She will die in the desert. CURATOR No! She has seen too much. She knows too much.The Curator leans across his desk, fear in his eyes. CURATOR Not only does she have a map, but she has the key.Spooks the hell out of the Mumia guys. HOOK The key!? She has the lost key!? CURATOR Yes. No one has ever had so much, been so close. We must stop her, or it will be the end of us all. HOOK Then we will kill her, we will kill her and all those with her. CURATOR And burn the map and retrieve the key. HOOK It will be done. But what of the American expedition? They leave tomorrow as well. CURATOR Forget the bumbling Americans, they will be like all the others. without the map to guide them, how can they possibly find Hamunaptra?EXT. GIZA PORT - DAYSMASH CUT TO: our old traitorous friend BENI, BENI It is three days down the Nile, then two days by camel, sahibs.WE CRANE BACK: to reveal Beni standing on the bow of aPASSENGER BARGE. Surrounded by DANIELS, HENDERSON and BURNS, DANIELS For all the money we're paying you, something better god-damned well be under that sand.WE KEEP CRANING BACK: as Henderson slaps Daniels on the back. HENDERSON "Hamunaptra," Daniels, that's all ya gotta keep sayin, to yourself, "Hamunaptra."Now we see all of GIZA PORT: Team of explorers swarm thedocks. Across the Nile, the PYRAMIDS spike the sky. Evelynand Jonathan walk along the boardwalk besieged by HAWKERSselling everything from toy tombs to King Tut action figures. EVELYN Do you really think he'll show up? JONATHAN Undoubtedly, I know the breed, he may be a cowboy, but his word is his word. EVELYN Personally, I think he's filthy, rude and a complete scoundrel. I don't like him one bit. O'CONNELL (o.s.) Anyone I know?They both turn. O'Connell walks up; shaved, showered, spitand polished, with a new haircut and clothes. He looks moredashing and handsome than ever. Evelyn is suitably impressed. EVELYN Oh .... um,...hello.Jonathan grabs O'Connell's arm and shakes his hand. JONATHAN Smashing day for the start of an adventure, eh, O'Connell?O'Connell quickly checks his pockets. O'CONNELL Yeah, sure, smashing.He finds his wallet and relaxes. DIRECTLY ABOVE HIM: on thebow of the barge, Burns wipes his bifocals and turns to Beni. BURNS You're sure Hamunaptra is out there? BENI Along with the scorched bones of my entire garrison, sahib.And that's when Beni spots O'Connell. Beni shakes his head,as if seeing a mirage, then starts backing away from the men. BENI A thousand pardons, my good sahibs but there is much work to be done.Beni quickly scurries off, vanishing down into the hold.BACK DOWN WITH: Evelyn, recovering, she clears her throat. EVELYN Mister O'Connell, can you look me in the eye, and guarantee me this is not some sort of flimflam? Because if it is, I'm warning you----O'Connell steps up close to Evelyn, invading her spacelooks her straight in the eye. Evelyn doesn't back away. O'CONNELL All I can tell you, miss, is that my Colonel found that map in an ancient fortress, and the whole damn garrison believed in it so much, that without orders, we marched halfway across Libya and into Egypt to find that city. Like I told ya, all I saw was sand. Everybody else was wiped-out by Tuareg warriors. I'll take your bags.O'Connell takes her bags and heads up the gangplank and ontoTHE SAME PASSENGER BARGE THAT BENI AND THE AMERICANS ARE ON.Evelyn's eyes follow him, a bit wistfully. Jonathan sees it. JONATHAN Yes, yes, you're right, filthy, rude, a complete scoundrel, nothing to like there at all.Evelyn gives him a look. Jonathan just grins. And that's whenthe warden suddenly brushes past, tipping his raggedy hat. WARDEN A bright good morning to all. EVELYN What are you doing here? WARDEN I have come to protect my investment, thank you very much.And up the plank he goes. Evelyn and Jonathan share a look.WE GO WIDE AGAIN: as the barge pulls out and heads down theNile. WE TILT UP: to the SUN, which then DISSOLVES into--EXT. RIVER NILE - NIGHT--The MOON, shining down on the desert. The THREE VICIOUSMUMIA quietly glide a narrow skiff out onto the river. Theone with the hook sits in the middle of the skiff, the othertwo row, heading for the PASSENGER BARGE coming their way.EXT. THE BAR AT THE BOW - NIGHTJonathan and the three Americans are playing poker. O'Connellcomes out a door carrying a GUNNY-SACK. JONATHAN Sit down, O'Connell, sit down, we could use another good player. O'CONNELL I only gamble with my life, never my money. DANIELS Never? What if I were to wager five hundred dollars says we get to Hamunaptra before you?O'Connell returns Daniel's cocky look. O'CONNELL Yer on.Burns slips on his dirty bifocals. BURNS What makes you so confident, sir? O'CONNELL What makes you?Henderson spits a wad of chew into a spittoon. HENDERSON We got us a man who's actually been thereO'Connell's poker face drops, perplexed. Same with Jonathan JONATHAN I say, what a coincidence, why----O'Connell 'accidentally' hits him in the ribs with thegunny-sack, shutting him up. Jonathan quickly covers. JONATHAN --whose deal is it? Is it my deal? I thought I just dealt?EXT. BARGE - NIGHTEvelyn sits on a table, staring out over the passing river.The gunny-sack DROPS onto the table, startling her. O'CONNELL Sorry, didn't mean to scare ya ELVELYN The only thing that scares me, Mister O'Connell, are your manners, O'CONNELL Still angry that I kissed ya, huh? EVELYN If you call that a kiss.O'Connell reaches into the gunny-sack and starts pulling outrevolvers, pistols, hunting knives, a massive elephant gun,and a half dozen carefully wrapped sticks of dynamite. EVELYN Did I miss something? Are we going into battle? O'CONNELL The last time I was at that place everybody I was with died.This takes the smile off Evelyn's face. O'Connell startsdismantling and cleaning the guns. O'CONNELL There's something out there, you know, something under that sand. EVELYN Yes, I'm hoping to find a certain artifact, a book, actually, my brother thinks there's treasure. What do you think is out there?O'Connell looks into Evelyn's eyes. O'CONNELL Evil. The Tuaregs and the Bedouin believe that Hamunaptra is cursed, they call it, "the doorway to hell" EVELYN Ahmar is Ossirion. "Passageway to the underworld", actually.She gives him a know-it-all grin. EVELYN I don't believe in fairy tales and hokum, Mister 0'Connell, but I do believe that one of the most famous books in history is buried out there, The Book Of The Living It's what first interested me in Egypt as a child. It's why I came here, sort of a life's pursuit. O'CONNELL And the fact that they say it's made out of pure gold, makes no nevermind to you, right?Evelyn is surprised by his knowledge. EVELYN You know your history. O'CONNELL I know my treasure.-Evelyn gets up to go, then she hesitates, nervous, she turnsback to O'Connell, and as matter-of-fact as possible says: EVELYN By the way, ...why did you kiss me?O'Connell, cleaning his guns, just shrugs his shoulders O'CONNELL I was about to be hanged, seemed like a good idea at the time.Evelyn's eyes widen, furious, she turns and storms off.O'Connell looks up, watching her leave, a bit perplexed O'CONNELL What? .... Wha'd I say?Then he hears someone SNICKERING under the table. He quicklyreaches down, grabs that someone and lifts him up. It's Beni. BENI My very good friend! What a surprise O'CONNELL Why if it ain't my little buddy, Beni. I outta kill you.O'Connell sticks a knife under Beni's throat. Beni swallowshard, then tries to weasel his way out with a big grin. BENI You never were any good with the ladies, O'Connell. O'CONNELL So you're the one leading the Americans, I shoulda figured. So what's the scam? You get 'emout in the middle of the desertthen leave 'em to rot? BENI Unfortunately no, these Americans are smart, they pay me only half now, half when I get them back to Cairo, so I must go all the way.O'Connell pulls the knife away. Beni relaxes, rubs his neck. BENI You never believed in Hamunaptra, O'Connell. Why are you going back? The devil himself lives out there.They look as they hear Evelyn YELP. A single CAMEL in theHORSE PADDOCK takes another bite at her. She YELPS again andbacks away. O'Connell grins as Evelyn flees down the deck. O'CONNELL The girl saved my life, figured it was the least I could do, keep her out of trouble. BENI You always did have more balls than brains.O'Connell's eyes narrow at the insult, he looks back at Beni O'CONNELL Let's make us even, shall we? BENI Even?O'Connell grabs him and chucks him over the side of thebarge. Beni SPLASHES into the river. O'Connell takes hisgunny-sack and starts walking off down the deck. BENI(o.s) O'Connell! I am going to kill you for this! O'CONNELL Sounds familiar.And that's when he spots THREE SETS OF WET FOOTPRINTS, comingup over the railing from the river and heading down the deck.O'Connell quickly looks around, immediately on the alert.INT. EVELYN'S CABIN - NIGHTEvelyn, wearing a nightgown, stands in front of a mirror. Shegives her head a good shake, letting her hair fall loose overher bare shoulders. Then she turns around, RIGHTTHERE IS ONE OF THE HIDEOUS MUMIA! It's Hook. He slams hishand over her mouth and lifts up his hook, ready to strike. HOOK Where is the map?Evelyn's terrified eyes glance down. Hook looks over, seesthe map lying next to a flickering candle on a nearby table, HOOK And the key? Where is the key?Evelyn's eyes look confused. She shakes her head. Hook grins, HOOK Then I'll find it myself,He cocks his hook, about to kill her. And that's when thedoor is KICKED OPEN. O'Connell BURSTS IN, gun in each hand.Hook spins Evelyn around and holds her out in front of him.O'Connell looks at her. O'CONNELL Friend of yours?Evelyn's eyes widen. And that's when the candle on the tableFLICKERS. Everything happens at once, READ FAST: O'Connellspins around just as a window BURSTS OPEN. A Mumia leans in.FIRES A GUN. Woodchips BLAST OFF the wall next to O'Connell'shead. He returns FIRE. Kills the Mumia. The Mumia falls back.FIRING BLINDLY.-A LANTERN in the room is BLASTED. KeroseneSPLASHES across the wall. BURSTS INTO FLAMES. Evelyn grabsthe candle on the table and JAMS IT back over her shoulder,right into Hook's EYE. He SCREECHES in pain and lets her go.O'Connell grabs her and YANKS her out of the FLAMING ROOM.HALLWAY - NIGHTO'Connell pulls Evelyn down the hall, she tries to jerk free. EVELYN The map! We need the map!He shoves her up against a wall. O'CONNELL Relax! I'm the map! (taps his forehead) It's all up here. EVELYN Oh that's comforting.O'Connell gives her a look, then pulls her forward O'CONNELL C'mon, there's still one more of those guys around here somewhere.EVELYN'S FLAMING ROOM - NIGHTHot melted wax covers Hook's face as he holds his sore eyeand struggles to the door. Then he notices the key/box on thefloor. He bends over to pick it up. And that's when the dooris KICKED OPEN again, it hits him in the ass and knocks himinto the fire. Jonathan leans in. Sees nothing but flames. JONATHAN EVY!!Then he sees the key/box on the floor and picks it up,A HAND suddenly snatches the key/box away from him. JONATHAN Hey that's mine---it's Hook. His backside is now ON FIRE. He lifts his pistol.Jonathan quickly backpedals out the door as Hook OPENS FIRE.EXT. CAMEL PADDOCK - NIGHTO'Connell and Evelyn race out onto the deck near the horsepaddock. People are SCREAMING and SHOUTING, lots of panic.BLAM! A chunk of the wall is BLOWN OFF next to Evelyn's head.O'Connell pivots and FIRES BACK. It's the last Mumia, on theother side of the paddock. He and O'Connell exchange GUNFIRE.Another LANTERN BURSTS INTO FLAMES. O'Connell SHOOTS OFF thepaddock lock. The horses go nuts. O'Connell FIRES over theirheads. They CHARGE FORWARD and CRASH through the door. TheMumia SCREAMS as the horses STAMPEDE over him. FLAMES sweepup the walls and race across the roof. Half the barge is nowON FIRE. O'Connell throws the gunny-sack over his shoulder. O'CONNELL Can you swim? EVELYN well of course I can swim, if the occasion calls for it. O'CONNELL Trust me,He picks her up and throws her over the side O'CONNELL The occasion calls for it.Evelyn SPLASHES into the water. O'Connell dives in after her.EXT. BARGE BOW - NIGHTJonathan runs out onto the bow, sees the three Americans,guns in every hand, fanning their pistols, SHOOTINGeverything in sight. Jonathan just shakes his head. JONATHAN Americans.Hook suddenly stumbles up behind him, --now a FLAMING TORCH.Jonathan turns around, Hook grabs him by the throat with hisFLAMING ARM and pins him to the cabin wall. Jonathan's eyeswiden as he sees a hook rising up inside the FLAMES about tostrike him. The Americans pivot and OPEN FIRE. Blow Hook overthe railing. Jonathan turns to the Americans and smiles. JONATHAN I say! Good show!Then he points his thumb at himself JONATHAN And did I panic?He lifts up his other hand, --he has the key/box back. JONATHAN I think not.And that's when the horses STAMPEDE onto the bow. Jonathandives over one side, the three Americans dive over the other.NILE RIVERBANK - NIGHTO'Connell, Evelyn, Jonathan and the Warden wade out of thewater. Evelyn's nightgown clings tight to her body as shewrings it out. She looks good. O'Connell notices. Everybodyelse, including the horses, is getting out on the far shoreO'Connell spots Beni running up to the Americans. BENI Hey O'Connell! Looks to me like I got all the horses! O'CONNELL Hey Beni! Looks to me like your on the wrong side of the river!Beni looks up at the stars, then angrily KICKS the sandCURSING. The FLAMING barge drifts off, slowly sinking ........BEDOUIN TRADING POST - DAYO'Connell barters in ARABIC with a CAMEL TRADER at a tradingpost. Jonathan forks over some cash. The Trader hands themthe reins of four ugly old camels. JONATHAN I can't believe the price of these fleabags. O'CONNELL We coulda had 'em for free, all we had to do was give 'em your sister. JONATHAN Yes, awfully tempting, wasn't it? O'CONNELL Awfully.And that's when Evelyn steps out of a trading tent. She'schanged into a gorgeous, tightly fitted, Bedouin dress. O'CONNELL Then again....SAHARA DESERT SAND DUNES - DAYO'Connell, Evelyn, Jonathan and the warden are on camels inthe middle of the frying pan; the endless, sunbaked Sahara. JONATHAN Never did like camels. Filthy buggers. They smell, they bite, they spit. Disgusting.The warden savagely attacks a chicken wing with his vilegreen teeth. Flies buzz around his head. He sucks at hisgums, then spits out some gristle. O'Connell watches him. O'CONNELL Yeah, disgusting.Evelyn is having the time of her life on top of her camel. EVELYN Well I think they're cute.WE DO SEVERAL TIME DISSOLVES: showing the majesty of thedesert, and our heroes getting deeper and deeper into it.FRYING PAN - NIGHTThe MOON shines down an four lone camel rider's trekkingacross the vast wasteland.Jonathan is sound asleep, his head bobbing comically tothe rhythm of his camel. on the camel next to him, theWarden SNORES LOUDLY. Up in front of them, Evelyn slowlystarts to slide off her saddle. O'Connell reaches over andstops her, then gently pushes her back up onto her saddle,never waking her. For a long moment, his eyes watch Evelyn,and then he looks up at a distant ridge----where Ardeth Bay and a group of MUMIA RIDERS are pacing them.EXT. GIANT SAND DUNE - ENDLESS HORIZON - DAYThe dawning sun hasn't yet crested the distant horizon asJonathan and the Warden ride alongside a giant sand dune. JONATHAN And you snore! WARDEN I do not snore! JONATHAN All night you snored! WARDEN I have never snored!Up in front of them, O'Connell looks at Evelyn. O'CONNELL We're almost there. EVELYN Are you sure?O'Connell looks down at the ground. O'CONNELL Pretty sure.The others look down and see DOZENS OF SKELETONS sticking outof the ground. Bleached and eaten away. Some of the skeletonslook like they're trying to crawl up out of the desert floor. JONATHAN what in bloody hell is this?The Warden shivers in fear. WARDEN Other seekers of Hamunaptra.The American Expedition rides out from behind the far end ofthe dune. The Americans are accompanied by TWO DOZEN NATIVEDIGGERS and an Arab EGYPTOLOGIST. Beni rides lead on a camel,the rest ride horses. BENI Good morning, my friend!O'Connell just nods. The two parties come to a stop a hundredfeet apart. O'Connell turns and stares out across the endlesshorizon. Beni does likewise. The Americans look puzzled. DANIELS Well, what the hell we doin'? BENI Patience, my good sahib, patience.Henderson looks over at O'Connell. HENDERSON First one to the city, O'Connell! Five hundred! Cash bucks!O'Connell and Beni just stare out at the flat nothingness.Evelyn and Jonathan share a look. And then, the SUN starts torise in the distance, breaking the flat horizon. O'CONNELL Get ready.Evelyn can feel the suspense and the majesty of the moment. EVELYN For what? O'CONNELL we're about to be shown the way.Far off to the right, a HUGE SHAPE begins to rise with thesun. A VOLCANO. O'Connell and Beni watch it, expressionless.Daniels, Henderson and Burns share a look, and then-- DANIELS/HENDERSON/BURNS HEYA!The Americans take off. Racing towards the rising volcano. DANIELS SEE YA THERE, O'CONNELL!Evelyn and Jonathan give O'Connell anxious, sarcastic looks. JONATHAN Ah, begging your pardon, but shouldn't we be going? EVELYN After all, you rode us night and day to win that bet.O'Connell doesn't say a word, staring hard.Beni watches the Americans and spits into the sand. BENI FoolsAnd then suddenly, the volcano SHIFTS ACROSS THE HORIZON.Passing across the sun as it goes. --It's a MIRAGE.The Americans crash their horses to a stop and race the otherway, after the volcano. Evelyn and Jonathan smile, amazed.The volcano SHIFTS AGAIN, floating across the watery horizon.The Americans crash to a stop again and chase after thevolcano. All three of them confused and CURSING. O'Connelland Beni just stare, waiting. The volcano SHIFTS AGAIN. Andthe Americans crash to a stop again. Burns is THROWN from hishorse. Henderson angrily rips his hat off and chucks it tothe ground. Daniels just curses as they give up the chase.The volcano comes to a stop on the far left of the horizon.The Americans are on the far right. Nothing moves. A BEAT.And then O'Connell grins. So does Beni. They share a look.And then SWAT their camels and RACE AWAY. Everybody elsehauls-ass after them. O'Connell and Beni are neck-and-neck.And then Evelyn comes galloping up, hair flying in the wind.Beni takes out his camel whip and starts WHIPPING O'Connell.Trying to knock him off his camel. once. CRACK! Twice. CRACK!But on the third try O'Connell grabs the whip and JERKS Benioff his camel. Beni SLAMS to the ground and TUMBLES.Evelyn and O'Connell race across the desert. Evelyn has neverfelt so alive. She LAUGHS. O'Connell grins; he likes thisgirl. Beni stumbles to his feet, then quickly dances out ofthe way as Jonathan and all the other riders stampede pasthim. Evelyn beats O'Connell to the stone ramp, racing hard. O'CONNELL Evelyn! Slow down!Evelyn ignores him as she races up the ramp towards the gate. O'CONNELL SLOW DOWN, EVELYN! SLOW DOWN! THERE'S A REALLY BIG--INT. HAMUNAPTRA - DAY--Evelyn goes ass-over-teacups through the air and crash landsin a sand dune. She sits up, stunned, sandy hair in her eyes.O'Connell stops at the edge of the ramp next to her camel. O'CONNELL Never mind.The Americans ride up and look in wonder at the ruins insidethe volcano. O'Connell gives them a big, shit-eating grin. O'CONNELL You boys owe me five hundred dollars.ext. HAMUNAPTRA - DAYUnder the guidance of the Egyptologist, the Diggers are busyhauling rock and dirt out of the Temple doorway. The threeAmericans are playing poker. Beni smokes a hookah and swatsflies. Dozens of stray CAMELS roam the decrepit city; dustybackpacks and old saddlebags still slung over their humps. DANIELS Where'd all these camels come from? BENI They belong to the dead. They will wait years for their masters to return before leaving.EXT. OUR HEROES DIG - DAYO'Connell, Evelyn, Jonathan and the Warden are working nextto a narrow CREVICE, which weaves it's way through the ruins.O'Connell ties a rope around a pillar and throws the rest ofthe coils into the crevice, about to rappel down. Jonathanbends over to have a look, his ass hits something, he YELPSand backs away. It's the decrepit FACE OF ANUBIS. JONATHAN That thing gives me the creeps. O'CONNELL Be nice. That thing saved my life.Evelyn is positioning ancient MIRRORS along the crevice. EVELYN That "thing" gets me excited O'CONNELL (sarcastic) The things that get you excited. EVELYN According to Bembridge Scholars, inside the statue of Anubis was a secret compartment, perhaps containing The Book Of The Living. O'CONNELL What are those mirrors for? EVELYN Ancient Egyptian trick. You'll see.O'Connell shrugs, then rappels down into the creviceINT. EMBALMER'S CHAMBER - DAYO'Connell- waves a TORCH as Jonathan, Evelyn and the wardendrop down next to him. Evelyn peers into the spooky darkness. EVELYN Do you realize, we are standing inside a room that no one has entered in over four thousand years. WARDEN Who cares? I don't see no treasure. O'CONNELL You're welcome to my share of the spider webs. JONATHAN And it stinks to high heaven in here.Evelyn just rolls her eyes. EVELYN Cretins.Jonathan sniffs the foul air, then he looks at the warden andrealizes where the smell is coming from. He stops sniffing.Evelyn brushes COBWEBS away from a METAL DISK on the wall,then repositions it on it's pedestal, aiming it at a RAY OFLIGHT shining in from the outer mirrors. --THE RAY OF LIGHTHITS THE DISK AND QUICKLY SHOOTS AROUND THE ROOM FROM ONEDISK TO ANOTHER UNTIL THE WHOLE CHAMBER IS LIT UP. LIGHT RAYSSHOOT OFF DOWN THE PASSAGEWAYS. It's the embalmer's chamber. O'CONNELL That is a neat trick. EVELYN Oh my god, It's a preparation room. O'CONNELL Preparation for what? EVELYN For entering the afterlifeO'Connell quickly draws his gun. Jonathan gently nudges him, JONATHAN Mummies, my good son, this is where they made the mummies.Evelyn heads down a narrow passageway. The others follow.INT. LABYRINTH - DAYO'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan crouch as they make their waythrough a narrow, COBWEB INFESTED LABYRINTH. The short, squatwarden can stand straight up. Then they hear something andfreeze. It sounds like somebody is clawing inside the walls.They share looks. Then slowly move forward. Getting darkerand darker as they go. The strange sound getting louder andlouder. And then it stops. Evelyn holds her breath. Jonathanlicks his lips. O'Connell cocks his pistol. The warden FARTS.O'Connell, Jonathan and Evelyn glare at him.ANUBIS CHAMBER - DAYThey slowly creep -out of the labyrinth and up to the foot ofan enormous half-buried statue. The lower half of Anubis.Then they hear the sound again, coming closer now, from theother side of the statue. And closer. O'Connell pulls Evelynbehind him. And closer. O'Connell raises his gun. And CLOSER!O'Connell LEAPS OUT. --THREE HORRIBLE SWEATY FACES LUNGE ATHIM. O'Connell REACTS. But doesn't pull the trigger becauseit's just the Americans, their guns are up, cocked and aimed. HENDERSON Ya scared the bejeezus out of us, O'Connell. O'CONNELL Likewise.But nobody lowers their guns. Daniels grins, the tough one. DANIELS This here is our statue,...friend. O'CONNELL Don't see your name on it,...palAnd that's when Beni, five Diggers and the Egyptologist stepout of the shadows, --all holding guns aimed at O'Connell. BENI Ten to one, O'Connell, your odds are no-so-good. O'CONNELL I've had worseJonathan clenches a tiny derringer. JONATHAN Yes, me too,O'Connell gives him a sideways glance. Beni cocks his gun,grinning, he wants it to happen. The tension thickens. ThenEvelyn gently takes O'Connell's gun hand and pulls it down. EVELYN Let's be nice, children, if we're going to play together, we must learn to share.Evelyn pulls O'Connell away. Jonathan and the Warden follow.Beni and the Americans slowly lower their guns, laughing. TheEgyptologist excitedly begins translating the hieroglyphs.INT. IMHOTEPIS CHAMBER - DAYO'Connell and Jonathan are using sledge-hammers against theceiling. Evelyn is gently chipping away with a tiny chisel. EVELYN According to my calculations, we should be right under the statue. We'll come up right between his legs.(she blushes and laughs) Oh my. JONATHAN And when those dirty Yanks go to sleep--(looks at O'Connell) No offense. O'CONNELL None taken JONATHAN --We'll sneak up and steal that book right out from under them. O'CONNELL And you're sure you can find the secret compartment? EVELYN Yes, if their Egyptologist hasn't already found it.Jonathan looks around. JONATHAN I say, what's our smelly little friend got himself up to?INT. SCARAB CHAMBER - DAYThe Warden crawls into a DARK CHAMBER and LIGHTS A TORCH.A mural wall comes alive. Embedded into it are dozens ofblack amethyst SCARABS; glittering images of the sacredbeetles. Awestruck, the Warden pulls out a pocket knife andstarts prying away at one of the precious bugs.INT. ANUBIS' CHAMBER - DAYBeni and the Americans hover around the Egyptologist, who'sfound the SECRET COMPARTMENT inside Anubis. The Egyptologistbrushes sand away from the seam . Henderson steps forward andgrabs the seam, --the Egyptologist quickly stops him. EGYPTOLOGIST Seti was no fool.Henderson sees the intense look in the Egyptologist's eyes HENDERSON Yeah, sure....He looks back at the native Diggers. HENDERSON We'll let him open it.The Egyptologist nods, then YELLS IN EGYPTIAN at the Diggers.The Diggers hesitate, filled with fear. Daniels pulls out his gun,aims it at three of the Diggers. The three Diggers hesitantly stepforward with crowbars and stick them into the seams. The otherDiggers back away, scared shitless. Beni and the Americansexchange looks, and then they back away as well.INT. IMHOTEPIS CHAMBER - DAYThree Heroes are still digging into the ceiling O'CONNELL Lemme get this straight, they stuck a sharp, red hot poker up your nose, cut your brain into small pieces, then ripped it all out through your nostrils? JONATHAN OWCH! That's really got to hurt. EVELYN It's called mummification. You're dead when they do this JONATHAN still.... O'CONNELL Yeah, that'd bring you back to life. EVELYN You two are worse than a couple of schoolboys.And that's when a huge chunk of the roof suddenly GIVES OUT.O'Connell GRABS Evelyn and JERKS her clear. Jonathan DIVESfor the far wall. A MASSIVE STONE CASEMENT DROPS OUT OF THECEILING AND CRASHES to the floor. DUST FLIES. Fills the room.INT. ANLIBIS CHAMBER -Having heard the crash, Beni and the Americans have theirguns pointed at the floor. The Egyptologist could care less,he looks at the Diggers, gripping their crowbars, and YELLS-- EGYPTOLOGIST FENI!The three Diggers PULL HARD. The ancient seams start to give,The Egyptologist YELLS again. The Diggers PULL HARDER. Thecompartment starts to loosen. Again he YELLS. The Diggersgive one final pull and----AN INTENSE BURST OF LIQUID SPRAYS OUT OF THE SEAM. HITS THETHREE DIGGERS. MELTS THEIR SKIN CLEAN OFF. They SCREAM. Dyinghorribly. HALF SKELETAL by the time they hit the ground ......INT. IMHOTEPIS CHAMBER - DAYThe dust is starting to clear. O'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathanslowly get up and step over to the massive stone casement.We immediately recognize it as IMHOTEPIS SARCOPHAGUS. EVELYN Oh my god, ...it looks like, it looks like a sarcophagus. O'CONNELL Why would they bury somebody in the ceiling? EVELYN They didn't, they buried him at the foot of Anubis. He was either someone of great importance. or he did something very naughty.INT. SCARAB CHAMBER - DAYThe warden drops an amethyst-scarab into his pouch, thengreedily-starts prying away at another. It rips off, he dropsit into his pouch, --only he misses, and this scarab quietlyfalls to the sandy floor without the Warden noticing.CLOSE ON: the scarab on the floor. It begins to TRANSFORM.The amethyst starts to glow. Something inside starts toWIGGLE; as if the amethyst were some sort of strange cocoon.Then it splits open and a real live hideous SCARAB--BEETLEscurries out. It races over to the warden's shoe, quicklyburrows into the leather and vanishes inside.The Warden's eyes FLY OPEN. He starts to SCREAM, drops hisknife and frantically starts clawing away at his pant leg,higher and higher until he rips open his shirt revealing alarge, hideous LUMP, BURROWING UNDER HIS SKIN. IT BURROWSIT'S WAY UP HIS FAT BELLY AND ACROSS HIS HAIRY CHEST. TheWarden claws and scratches at it, trying to stop it. The lumpBURROWS UP HIS NECK. The Warden starts GAGGING and COUGHING.And then the scarab-lump VANISHES INTO HIS HEAD.INT. IMHOTEPIS CHAMBER - DAYOur Heroes clear the dirt off the top of the sarcophagus,revealing a single, ominous hieroglyph. Evelyn stares at itJonathan impatiently strums his fingers across the lid. JONATHAN Well? .... Who is it?Evelyn stares at the hieroglyph, confused and concerned. EVELYN 'He that shall not be named.O'Connell dusts off the huge LOCK O'CONNELL There's some sort of lock here. You say these thing's are made of granite with a steel interior? EVELYN Quarried granite with a cobalt lining. JONATHAN Whoever's in here, sure wasn't getting out. O'CONNELL No kiddin', without a key, it'll take us a month to crack this thing, EVELYN A key! That's it! That's what he was talking about. O'CONNELL Who was talking about what?Evelyn starts rummaging through the pack on Jonathan's back. EVELYN The man on the barge. The one with the hook, he was looking for a key.Evelyn pulls out the key/box. Jonathan tries to take it back, JONATHAN Hey that's mine!Evelyn slaps his hand and quickly unfolds the box, --it's nowshaped exactly like the LOCK'S KEYHOLE. Evelyn smiles. Andthat's when they hear the Warden's SCREAMS echoing throughthe labyrinth. All three of them turn and take-off running.INT. LABYRINTH - DAYThe Warden is SCREAMING and dancing insanely around thelabyrinth, totally freaked from the extreme pain in his head.O'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan run up just as the Wardenstarts RIPPING his own hair out of his head. O'Connell andJonathan grab at the Warden's hands, but he's far too crazed,he shoves them aside, runs full bore down the length of thelabyrinth and SLAMS his head straight into a rock wall. TheWarden drops to the ground. Dead as lead. Eyes wide open.O'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan just stand there staring,breathing hard, wide-eyed themselves ..............EXT. BASE CAMP - NIGHTEvelyn and Jonathan are nuzzled up to a campfire. EVELYN What do you suppose killed him? JONATHAN Did you ever see him eat?O'Connell comes up over some rocks. O'CONNELL Seems the Americans had a little misadventure of their own today, three of their diggers were killed. EVELYN How? O'CONNELL Salt acid. Pressurized salt acid. Some sort of ancient booby-trap. JONATHAN Maybe this place really is cursedA GUST OF WIND blows through the camp. The campfire FLICKERSO'Connell and Jonathan share a nervous look. Evelyn laughs. EVELYN two! O'CONNELL don't believe in curses, huh? EVELYN No. I believe if I can see it and I can touch it, then it's real. That's what I believe.O'Connell cocks his rifle, KA-CHANK! Gives her a big grin. O'CONNELL I believe in being prepared.Jonathan opens the Warden's POUCH, the one that held thescarabs. He reaches in, starts scrounging around. WE SLOWLYPUSH IN. Waiting for the attack. THE MUSIC BUILDS. And then,--Jonathan SCREAMS in pain and RIPS his hand back out of thepouch. O'Connell and Evelyn both jump. O'CONNELL/EVELYN WHAT?! WHAT IS IT?!Jonathan sucks his finger, then reaches back into the pouchand pulls out a LIQUOR BOTTLE, the top has been chipped off. JONATHAN Seagrams!Jonathan smiles at the bottle, then turns the pouch inside-out and shakes it, nothing but SAND is inside it. JONATHAN Well, he may have been a stinky fellow,....but he had good tasteJonathan takes a swig. O'Connell and Evelyn laugh, guiltilyAnd then O'Connell suddenly kneels down and sticks his ear tothe sand. Evelyn and Jonathan watch him. A BEAT. And then aBARAGE OF GUNFIRE IS HEARD coming from the American camp.O'Connell jumps up and throws the elephant gun to Evelyn. O'CONNELL Stay here!He takes off running through the ruins. Evelyn immediatelygets up and runs after him. Jonathan grabs a gun, holds thebottle of Seagrams; tight and dashes after her. JONATHAN Evy! Excuse me! But didn't the man just say--!EXT. AMERICAN CAMP - NIGHTThe American camp is under siege. Two dozen MUMIA RIDERSgallop through. FIRING RIFLES. Several Diggers are killed asthey run. The Americans leap out of their tents FIRING. Killmultiple Riders. Daniels is shot, spins and falls, keepsSHOOTING. Henderson and Burns run to his aid, BLASTING AWAY.O'Connell races through the ruins and SLAMS right into Beni,who is obviously trying to high-tail-it out of there. O'CONNELL Goin' somewhere? BENI Just looking for you, O'Connell! I wanted to be with my friend!O'Connell drags him back towards the American camp. O'CONNELL C'mon, friend. BENI (struggling) Why do you like to fight so much? O'CONNELL 'Cause I look good doin, it.Ardeth Bay gallops through the camp, cutting Diggers downwith his scimitar. O'Connell runs up on top of some rocks,LEAPS OUT and TACKLES him off his horse. The two men SLAM tothe ground. O'Connell spins up onto one knee and FIRES, pointblank. Blows the scimitar out of Ardeth Bay's hand. O'Connellis about to shoot again when a horse rides up between them.A scimitar swoops down, almost takes O'Connell's head off,misses him by an inch. O'Connell leaps up and blows the Rideroff his mount. The horse BOLTS. --But Ardeth Bay is gone.Evelyn hides behind some rocks, watching the scene, suddenly,she hears something coming up behind her and spins around.A vicious tattooed Mumia Rider races at her. Evelyn quicklybackpedals over the rocks, terrified. The Mumia Rider raiseshis scimitar, about to strike. Evelyn SCREAMS, trips over arock and FIRES the elephant gun, --BLAM! Blows the Rider offhis mount and CATAPULTS him twenty feet back into some ruins.At the same time, the kick blows Evelyn off her feet and overa ridge. She FLAILS through the air and lands in a sand dune.Jonathan and some - Diggers are holding their own near thetemple door. Four Riders come CHARGING right at them.Jonathan takes a swig off the Seagrams. JONATHAN Let 'em have it, boys!Jonathan and the Diggers OPEN FIRE. When the smoke clears,the Riders are either dead or gone. Jonathan grins. JONATHAN I say, bloody good show.And then several more Mumia leap off the temple and landbehind them. Jonathan and the remaining Diggers spin aroundand suddenly find themselves in hand-to-hand combat.O'Connell is quickly loading his pistol. He hears somethingTHUNDERING UP behind him. He spins around just as Ardeth Bayon a horse swings his scimitar. O'Connell instinctivelyraises his hands to protect his face, the scimitar STRIKES!Hits his gun, --CHING! O'Connell's gun flips away. Disarmed,O'Connell dives and rolls and suddenly comes up with a stickof dynamite in his hand. He shoves the fuse into a fire. ItIGNITES. He faces Ardeth Bay, towering above him. The two menlock eyes. The fuse continues to burn down. Ardeth Bay pointshis scimitar at O'Connell's head. ARDETH BAY LEAVE THIS PLACE! .... LEAVE THIS PLACE OR DIE!Ardeth Bay GALLOPS OFF. The remaining Mumia Riders race afterhim, vanishing into the night. O'Connell watches them leave,then turns to the burning fuse, ....and blows it out. Evelynstaggers up, looking very shaken. O'Connell gently takes herand holds her close. O'CONNELL You alright?Evelyn looks up into his strong eyes. It's the first timehe's shown genuine concern for her. And she likes it. He'salso holding her a little too close. And she likes that too. EVELYN Yes, ...fine, ...thank you.Beni crawls out from under some pillars as Henderson andBurns help Daniels to his feet. DANIELS See! That proves it! Old Seti's fortune's gotta be under this sand! HENDERSON For them to protect it like this, you just know there's got to be treasure down there.O'Connell looks up into the surrounding ridges, unsatisfied. O'CONNELL These men are a desert people they value water, not gold.Evelyn looks at O'Connell, suddenly very worried. EVELYN Where's Jonathan?EXT. BASE CAMP - NIGHTJonathan falls into FRAME. Hits the ground. Eyes wide open.Mouth agape. Clearly dead. A BEAT. And then his eyes closeand his mouth widens into a goofy smile. Shit-faced drunk.O'Connell and Evelyn laugh, both half-in-the-bag themselves,the bottle of Seagrams is almost gone. O'Connell offers thebottle to Evelyn, she waves it away, slurring badly-- EVELYN Unlike my brother, sir, I know when to say no.O'Connell polishes off the bottle and chucks it away. O'CONNELL Unlike your brother, Miss, you I don't get. You're a whole new brew. EVELYN I know, you're wondering, what's a place like me doing in a girl like this? O'CONNELL Something like that. EVELYN Egypt is in my blood. My father was a famous explorer, he loved Egypt so much that he married an Egyptian my mother! who was quite an adventurer herself O'CONNELL Okay, I get your father, I get your mother and I get your brother, but what are you doing here?Evelyn is insulted, she staggers to her feet. EVELYN I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure hunter, or a gunfighter! Mister O'Connell But I'm proud of what I am. O'CONNELL And what is that?Evelyn plops back down beside him, really drunk, she grinsand proudly lifts her head high. EVELYN ..... am a librarian!She leans in, very close to his face, looks him in the eyes, EVELYN I'm going to kiss you, Mister O'Connell. O'CONNELL No you're not. EVELYN I'm not? O'CONNELL Not unless you call me Rick EVELYN Why would I do that? O'CONNELL Because that's my name.She gives him a goofy smile. He leans forward and KISSES HER.Evelyn's eyes slowly close. And then she passes out, slumpinginto his arms. O'Connell looks down at her, and just smiles.INT. IMHOTEPIS CHAMBER - DAYEvelyn's HAND slips the KEY into the sarcophagus, lock andturns it. A series of STRANGE MECHANICAL-LIKE SOUNDS areheard, and then the sarcophagus unlocks with a GIANT HISS.O'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan all look very, very hungover.They start to slide the heavy lid off the sarcophagus.PUSHING, SHOVING and GROANING, the lid budging, inch by inch. EVELYN .I can't believe I allowed the two of you to get me drunk. JONATHAN Don't blame me, I don't even remember being there. EVELYN well neither do I, thank you.O'Connell gives her a hurt look. O'CONNELL You don't?Evelyn gives O'Connell a nervous look. EVELYN No . .... Why? .... Should I? O'CONNELL Gee, yeah, you told me it was the best time you ever had.O'Connell gives her a big cheesy smile. Evelyn's face drops,appalled and embarrassed. And that's when the lid FALLS OFFand LOUDLY CRASHES to the ground. All three of them instantlygrab their sore heads and MOAN.INT. ANUBIS' CHAMBER - DAYSeveral fear-filled, sweaty-faced Diggers reach into thesecret compartment. Henderson and Burns hold guns on them.Daniels has his arm in a sling. The Diggers slowly pull outthe ORNATE CHEST. They set the chest down on the sandy floor.Beni watches as the Egyptologist translates the hieratics. EGYPTOLOGIST There is a curse upon this chest. DANIELS Curse My ass. HENDERSON Yeah, who cares.The Egyptologist gives them the evil-eye EGYPTOLOGIST In these hallowed grounds, that which was set forth in ancient times, is as strong today, as it was then. HENDERSON Yeah, yeah, okay, what's itThe Egyptologist slowly and carefully reads the inscription: EGYPTOLOGIST "Death will come on swift wings to whomever opens this chest".A GUST OF WIND blows through the chamber. TORCHES FLICKERAll-the Diggers suddenly turn tail and run off SCREAMING.The Americans look at each other, suddenly very nervous. EGYPTOLOGIST It says, there is one, the undead, who if brought back to life, is bound by sacred law to consummate this curse. HENDERSON Yeah, well, let's just make sure we don't bring anybody back from the dead then, huh? The three Americans laugh. EGYPTOLOGIST He will kill all who open this chest, ...and assimilate their organs and fluids. DANIELS Assimilate their organs and fluids? Ya mean eat 'em? EGYPTOLOGIST And in so doing he will regenerate. And no longer be the undead, but a plague upon this earth.The WIND WHISTLES. Torches FLICKER. VERY SPOOKY. Beni and theEgyptologist share a fear-filled look. Henderson just shrugs. HENDERSON Ah hell, let's open it anyways,INT. IMHOTEP'S CHAMBER - DAYWHAM! Imhotep's wooden coffin is DROPPED to the ground nextto his stone sarcophagus. Evelyn is very excited. EVELYN Oh my god, love dreamed about this ever since I was a little girl. O'CONNELL You dream about dead guys?Evelyn just gives him a look, then starts brushing dirt andcobwebs off the top of the coffin. Then she freezes. EVELYN Look, all the sacred spells have been chiseled off. The hieratics and hieroglyphs that protect the deceased on his journey into the afterlife, they've been removed. This man was cursed, ....doomed.O'Connell and Jonathan are too excited to care O'CONNELL Tough break. JONATHAN Yes, I'm all tears, now let's see who's inside, shall we?Evelyn can't believe these guys. Jonathan inserts the key/boxinto the coffin's lock. Turns it. The lid cracks open with aHISS. They all react to the FOUL STENCH. Then O'Connell grabsthe lid. It's stuck. He pulls with all his might. Jonathanhelps him. It starts to give way. Slowly. Slowly. Slooooowly.And then it suddenly POPS OPEN and THE MOST HIDEOUS, MAGGOT-INFESTED, ROTTEN CORPSE IMAGINABLE JUMPS UP! O'CONNELL/EVELYN/JONATHAN AHHHHH!!!They all jump back. Scared to death. Imhotep is now the'Elephant Man' of corpses; twisted and deformed. The yearshave not been kind. He slumps back into his coffin.INT. ANUBIS'-CHAMBER - DAYHenderson and Daniels start to pry at the lid of the woodenchest. Beni and the Egyptologist watch. In the background,Beni starts backing away, filled with fear, sweating buckets. BENI The curse, ....beware the curse!turns and bolts from the chamber. Daniels spits. DANIELS Stupid superstitious bastard.And that's when the seal breaks, --A BLACK VAPOR BLASTS OUTOF THE CHEST. Everybody vanishes into the strange cloud.INT. IMHOTEPIS CHAMBER - DAYO'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan slowly creep forward andcarefully look back inside Imhotep's coffin, creeped-out O'CONNELL is he supposed to look like that? EVELYN No. I've never seen a mummy look like this. He's, he's still... JONATHAN Juicy? EVELYN Yes. He's more than four thousand years old and still decomposing. O'CONNELL And look at this.O'Connell points at the inside of the COFFIN LID, where thereare FINGERNAIL SCRATCHES and DRIED BLOOD all over the inside. EVELYN Oh my god, he was buried alive,This sends a chill through everyone. Evelyn leans in closer, EVELYN And he left a message.WE PUSH IN on a grouping of hieratics WRITTEN IN BLOOD. EVELYN It says: 'Death is only the beginning*Jonathan shivers. O'Connell looks around. O'CONNELL Where's my gun? JONATHAN What are you going to do? Shoot him? O'CONNELL If he decides to wakes up, hell yes!INT. ANUBIS' CHAMBER - DAYThe vapor is settling. The Americans have their guns aimed atthe chest. The Egyptologist slowly steps up, reaches inside,and lifts out a heavy burlap bag. Everyone's eyes widen inexcitement as he sticks his hand into the bag and slowlypulls out the black BOOK OF THE DEAD, the same book Imhotepused in his attempt to bring Anck-su-namun back to life. EGYPTOLOGIST I have heard told of this book, but I never truly believed it existed. This, good gentlemen, is a most priceless treasure.Henderson kicks the sandy floor in anger. HENDERSON I wouldn't trade ya for a brass spittoon! DANIELS Yeah! It's supposed to be made outta pure gold!Daniels kicks the chest. it breaks open, unfolding to reveala lower compartment. Inside, are Anck-su-namun's FIVE JEWELENCRUSTED CANOPIC JARS (one is shattered and without jewels)EXT. BASE CAMP - NIGHTThe two camps have now joined together. O'Connell and Beniare roasting chunks of hairy meat over a fire. Jonathanwrinkles his nose, disgusted by the smell. JONATHAN What is this stuff? It smells like our late friend, the warden.O'Connell and Beni both grin. Jonathan looks horrified. JONATHAN You did not!? .... We're not!? O'CONNELL Rat gizzards. They smell bad and taste worse, but that's the best the desert has to offer.The gloating Americans sit down, fondling their jeweled jars. HENDERSON Say O'Connell, whadaya think these honey's'll fetch back home? BURNS we hear you gentlemen found yerselves a nice gooey mummy. Congratulations. DANIELS Ya know if ya dry him out, you can sell him for firewood.The Americans laugh. Evelyn walks up, sits down and drops apile of big dusty BUG SKELETONS onto the ground. EVELYN Scarabs, flesh eaters, I found them inside our friend's coffin. They can stay alive for years living off the flesh of a corpse, or in this case ........She shrugs, then looks at the roasting meat EVELYN famished.O'Connell and Jonathan stare at the bug skeletons, disgusted. O'CONNELL Are you saying somebody threw these things in with our guy, and they slowly ate him alive? EVELYN Very slowly. JONATHAN He certainly was not a popular fellow when they planted him. O'CONNELL Must of got a little too frisky with the Pharaoh's daughter. EVELYN According to my readings, our friend suffered the HOM-DAI, the worst of all ancient Egyptian curses, one reserved for only the most evil blasphemers. In all of my research, I've never read of this curse actually having been performed. O'CONNELL That bad huh? EVELYN Yes, they never used it because they feared it so. it's written, that if a victim of the HOM-DAI should ever arise, he would bring with him the ten plagues of Egypt. O'CONNELL The ten plagues? ... You mean all ten plagues. BENI Like what that Moses guy did to that Pharaoh guy? EVELYN That's one way of putting it. JONATHAN Let's see, there was frogs, flies, locusts.... BURNS Hail and fire. HENDERSON The sun turning black. DANIELS Water turning to blood. JONATHAN And my personal favorite: people covered in boils and sores.All the men share nervous looks, really spooked. Evelyn justlaughs at them, then pulls a meat stick out of the fire. EVELYN Fried gizzard anyone?EXT. CAMP - LATER THAT NIGHTHaving just freshened up for bed, Evelyn exits the temple andsteps past the sleeping Diggers. She spots the Egyptologist,his jeweled canopic jar snug under one arm, the Book Of TheDead laying loose under the other. Evelyn stares at the Book,nervously biting her lip, then she sneaks over, carefullysteals it, and quickly tip-toes away.Lying on some blankets by the campfire, O'Connell rolls overand sees Evelyn, sitting wide-eyed, staring at the Book. O'CONNELL You sure you outta be playin, around with that? EVELYN It's just a book, no harm ever came from a book.Evelyn opens the cover. THE FIRE FLICKERS. She and O'Connellshare a nervous look, then Evelyn shrugs and starts reading. EVELYN Ahm kum Ra. Ahm kum Dei.Evelyn continues READING THE BOOK ALOUD IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN.INT. IMHOTEPIS CHAMBER - NIGHTEvelyn's VOICE is OVERLAID as WE START WIDE on Imhotep'schamber and SLOWLY PUSH IN on his sarcophagus. WE PUSH INover the lip of the coffin, then closer and closer towardsImhotep's rotten, twisted head, until his putrid face fillsFRAME, --and then suddenly his crusty eyelids Pop OPEN!Revealing EMPTY SOCKETS. --BIG SCARY MUSIC STING.EXT. BASE CAMP - NIGHTThe Egyptologist sits bolt upright. Quickly looks around,sees Evelyn reading the Book. He gets up and runs for her. EGYTOLOGIST NO! NOOOO! YOU MUST NOT!He skids to a stop as a strange, piercing WHINE is heard,coming from out in the desert. O'Connell and the others allleap to their feet. The Americans run out of their tents.The SOUND gets LOUDER and CLOSER. And then from out of thedarkness a HUGE WALL OF LOCUSTS SWIRLS into camp and envelopseveryone. O'Connell grabs Evelyn, and with Jonathan at theirside they race for the crevice, trying to fend off the horridvermin as they go. Beni and the Americans run for the temple.The Egyptologist is covered in locusts. He stares at The BookOf The Dead, looking haunted. EGYPTOLOGIST What have we done?The campfire is SUCKED UP INTO THE AIRINT. LABYRINTH CORRIDOR - NIGHTO'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan race down the labyrinth,slapping at themselves and picking locusts out of their hair JONATHAN Did you see that!? Grasshoppers!Billions of grasshoppers! O'CONNELL That's one of the plagues, right? The grasshopper plague! EVELYN This is not a plague. It's generational. Every so many years the locusts of Egypt have a population explosion and they all take flight.Evelyn steps forward, something SQUISHES. O'Connell lowershis TORCH, --the entire floor is FILLED WITH SLIMY FROGS. O'CONNELL Okay, ....and what about frogs?INT. LABYRINTH PASSAGEWAY - NIGHTThe Americans, Beni and the Diggers race into a passageway.Burns is knocked down, his bifocals skitter across theground, they get CRUSHED in the stampede. Burns staggers tohis feet, squinting. BLURRY FIGURES vanish into the darkness, BURNS Daniels! Henderson!INT. LABYRINTH CORRIDOR - NIGHTThe ground under O'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan starts toSHAKE. Then suddenly, right in front of them, --HUNDREDS OFCHITTERING SCARAB-BEETLES BOIL UP OUT OF THE SAND. Startscurrying towards them. Evelyn SCREAMS. Jonathan SCREAMS.Even O'Connell almost screams. They turn around and haul-ass.INT. PASSAGEWAY - NIGHTBurns staggers down a passageway, squinting, his hands out infront of him, groping, trying not to bump into anything. Thenten feet in front of him, a dark, blurry FIGURE steps out. BURNS Daniels? .... is that you?Burns half-blindly staggers forward. The Figure doesn't move. BURNS Henderson?Burns TRIPS, stumbles forward, towards the Figure, his handsreach out and SINK INTO IMHOTEPIS PUTRID CHEST CAVITY. Burnsjumps like a scalded cat, pulls his hands out and looks atthem, --HIS HANDS ARE COVERED IN MOLTEN FLESH ROT. He startsto SCREAM. A SKELETAL HAND clamps over his mouth.LABYRINTH STAIRCASE - NIGHTO'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan race up the staircase,just ahead of the mass of SCURRYING, CHITTERING SCARABS.O'Connell leaps out onto a pedestal. Jonathan jumps up nextto him. Evelyn jumps up into a grotto on the other side ofthe narrow stairway. The horrible herd of vicious scarabsscurries between them, their ear-piercing CRITTERS sendshivers up Evelyn's spine. She leans back. THE WALL MOVES.Evelyn falls backwards through an opening. O'Connell andJonathan watch the scarabs vanish up the staircase. Thenthey look across the way. Evelyn is gone. JONATHAN EVY!?SCARAB CHAMBER - NIGHTEvelyn sits up, shakes the sand out of her hair, fearfullylooks around. It's almost PITCH BLACK. She gets up and feelsher way along the dark walls. She rounds a corner. A shaft ofMOONLIGHT filters in through a crack in the ceiling. A MANstands in the middle of the room. Evelyn walks towards him. EVELYN Oh thank goodness, you're one of the Americans, aren't you?Just as she reaches him he turns around. It's Burns. BOTH OFHIS EYES ARE MISSING. He stares at her with vacant sockets.Evelyn SCREAMS in horror and backs away, hyperventilating,she bumps into something. She SCREAMS again and spins aroundIt's Imhotep. With two fresh EYEBALLS in his sockets.Evelyn SCREAMS again and backs away into a wall. Her hair isdown, her face is dirty and sweaty, her blouse is ripped, herdress is torn, she's never looked sexier. Imhotep SQUINTS. IMHOTEP Anck-su-namun?LABYRINTH STAIRCASE - NIGHTO'Connell is feeling his way around inside the grotto O'CONNELL Damn-it! Must be a trap door around here or somethin'.And then they heat MEN SCREAMING, and suddenly, Henderson,Daniels and one of the Diggers come running down the stairs. HENDERSON RUN, YOU SONS-A-BITCHES! RUUUUN!O'Connell and Jonathan join them as they hear the herd ofCHITTERING scarabs coming their way. The Digger suddenlytrips and falls. O'Connell slows down, about to go back andhelp him. But it's too late. The Digger SCREAMS in horror asthe herd of scarabs run over him, eating straight throughhim, leaving behind the Digger's half eaten skeleton. DanielsHenderson and Jonathan react in horror. O'Connell's alreadyrunning, races right past them. The others turn and haul-ass.SCARAB CHAMBER - NIGHTImhotep steps forward, --the sand around him seems toMAGNETIZE, swirling and dancing around his flaking skeletallegs. Evelyn starts backing away, horrified, looks at Burns EVELYN Help me, ...please, ...help me.Burns opens his mouth, but can only GURGLE and MOAN becauseHIS TONGUE IS MISSING. Imhotep grabs him, throws him to theground and sets his skeletal foot on Burns' chest, like a biggame hunter standing on his kill. Imhotep then parts hisfetid lips, --A FRESH TONGUE FLAPS BETWEEN HIS ROTTED TEETH. IMHOTEP Kadeesh pharos Anck-su-namun!Evelyn shivers in fear. Suddenly, O'Connell comes flyingaround the corner and runs right up to her. O'CONNELL Would you quit playin, around! Let's get outta here already!O'Connell sees the look in her eyes and turns around, --atthe sight of Imhotep, O'Connell jumps back in fright. O'CONNELL WHOA!O'Connell and Evelyn start backing away down the wall.Imhotep glides sideways with them, like a tiger cornering hisprey, the sand around him SWIRLS and DANCES. Burns starts tocrawl away, whimpering as he goes. Imhotep suddenly stops andUNHINGES his skeletal jaw, his skinless mouth stretches to aninhuman size, and he lets out a horrific, primordial SHRIEK. IMHOTEP ANCK-SU-NAMUUUUUN!!!!Evelyn SCREAMS. O'Connell shudders, then, embarrassed by hisfear, he opens his own mouth and ROARS right back at him-- O'CONNELL Ahhhhhhhh!!Then BLASTS him with the elephant gun, --BLAM! Through theSMOKE AND FLAMMAGE we see Imhotep blown off his feet, hisribcage half torn away. O'Connell grabs Evelyn and runs.EXT. CREVICE - NIGHTSAND and WIND whip through the ruins as O'Connell and Evelynstumble up out of the crevice and COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH TENARMED MUMIA. The Mumia quickly raise their guns. O'Connelland Evelyn quickly raise their hands. Jonathan, Henderson,Daniels and the Egyptologist are already on their knees,hands over their heads. Ardeth Bay steps forward. ARDETH BAY I told you to leave or die, you refused, and now you may have killed us all. For you have unleashed the creature that we have feared for more than four thousand years. O'CONNELL Relax, I got him. ARDETH BAY No mortal weapons can kill this creature. He is not of this world. O'CONNELL Are we talkin, about the same creature? The walking corpse? Really big mouth? Really bad breath?INT. ANUBIS' CHAMBER - NIGHTBeni sloway backs up around Anubis, eyes wide, gun up. Heturns around, --IMHOTEP IS RIGHT THERE! Beni SCREAMS, backsaway and OPENS FIRE. Six GUNSHOTS perforate Imhotep, but haveno effect except to SPLATTER molten flesh rot onto the backwall. Beni retreats into a corner, scared shitless. Imhotepmoves forward, his one hand trying to stop the molten mummyguts from oozing out of the large shotgun hole in his side.Beni drops his gun and grabs at the CHAINS around his neck,'RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS AND ICONS dangle from each chain. Beniholds the first one up: A CHRISTIAN CRUCIFIX. He quicklymakes the sign of-the cross and blesses himself in English: BENI May the good Lord protect and watch over me as a shepherd watches over his flock. And may Satan in all his forms be vanquished forever.It has no effect on Imhotep, who continues forward. Beniquickly grabs at the other symbols and icons, holding themout towards Imhotep, one after the other, trying to slow hisprogress: an Islamic Sword and Crescent Moon necklace; aHindu Brahma medallion; a small Buddhist Bodhisattva statue.All while blessing himself in Arabic, Hindi, Chinese andLatin. Nothing works. Imhotep's skeletal hand reaches forBeni's throat. Tears run down Beni's cheeks he's so freaked.And that's when he holds up THE STAR OF DAVID and blesseshimself in HEBREW. Imhotep stops in his tracks. His handlowers. His grotesque new eyeballs stare at Beni. IMHOTEP (subtitled) The language of the slaves.Looks at him quizzically. Imhotep takes a step back. IMHOTEP (in Hebrew - subtitled) I may have use for you. And the rewards will be great.Imhotep reaches into his tattered robe, and then holds outhis fetid hand, filled with squirming MAGGOTS. Beni cringes,about to throw up, but then the maggots part, --revealing atiny pile of little JEWELS. Beni's eyes widen. Imhotep raiseshis other hand, it holds Anck-su-namun's BROKEN CANOPIC JAR. IMHOTEP (subtitled) Where are the other sacred jars?EXT . CREVICE - NIGHTSeveral Mumia drag Burns up, he stares out with vacantsockets. Daniels and Henderson are especially horrified. DANIELS You bastards! HENDERSON What did you do to him!? ARDETH BAY We saved him! Saved him before the creature could finish his work Now leave, all of you, quickly, before he finishes you all. JONATHAN You're not going to kill us?Evelyn ELBOWS Jonathan in the ribs. ARDETH BAY We must now hunt him down, and try and find a way to kill him, before he consumes the earth. Allah be with us.Ardeth Bay and the Mumia start heading down into the crevice.O'Connell yells at them, trying to convince himself- O'CONNELL I told ya, I already got him!Ardeth Bay stops and looks back, deadly serious. ARDETH BAY Know this, the creature will be coming for you. He must consummate the curse. And until he does, he will never eat, he will never sleep, and he will never stop.Ardeth Bay turns and jumps down into the crevice,EXT. RUINS - NIGHTO'Connell and Jonathan boost Evelyn up onto a camel. Danielsand Henderson throw Burns up onto another. The Egyptologist,still clutching The Book Of The Dead, gets up on yet another.They all head off into the dark, windblown desert ..........And then in the extreme foreground, A SKELETAL HAND SUDDENLYPUNCHES UP OUT OF THE SAND, ACCOMPANIED BY THE MOST HORRIFIC,PRIMORDIAL SHRIEK IMAGINABLE---IMHOTEPANCK-SU-NAMUUUUUN!!!!EXT. BRITISH FORT - CAIRO - DAYA British flag flies over BRITISH SOLDIERS manning the frontgate. our tired, disheveled Heroes saunter up on their dustycamels. The Soldiers check their papers, then let them enter.INT. EVELYN'S QUARTERS - DAYA steamer trunk is slammed to the floor and thrown open.O'Connell chucks a load of DRESSES into the trunk. O'CONNELL I thought you didn't believe in this stuff!?O'Connell heads for the closet. Evelyn UNPACKS the dresses EVELYN Having an encounter with a four thousand year old walking-talking corpse tends to convert one. O'CONNELL Forget it, we're out the door down the hall and gone. EVELYN No, we are not,O'Connell throws a handful of her underthings into the trunk, O'CONNELL Oh yes we are.O'Connell continues to PACK Evelyn's clothes as she continuesto UNPACK them: EVELYN No we are not. We woke him up, and we must try and stop him. O'CONNELL We?! What we?! You didn't read that book. I told you not to play around with that thing. EVELYN Alright then, Me, I, ...I read the book, I woke him up and I intend to stop him.O'Connell angrily stretches a bra between his hands. O'CONNELL How!? You heard the man, no mortal weapons can kill this guy.Evelyn grabs the bra and throws it into a drawer. EVELYN Then we'll have to find some immortal ones. O'CONNELL There goes that alieff again. Not me, I am outta here!O'Connell stuffs a pile of Evelyn's shoes into the trunk.Evelyn KICKS the lid shut, slamming it on his fingers.O'Connell YELPS and angrily storms around the room suckinghis fingers as Evelyn follows him. EVELYN According to that Book, once this creature has been reborn, his curse will spread, and as he grows in strength, so will his curse grow, infecting the people until the whole of the earth is destroyed. O'CONNELL Yeah? So? Is that My problem? EVELYN (incredulous) It's everybody's problem! O'CONNELL Look lady, I appreciate you saving my life and all, but when I signed on, I agreed to take you out there and bring you back, and I did, now were even, end of job, end of story, contract terminated. EVELYN That's what I am to you? A contract? O'CONNELL You can either tag along with me, or you can stay here and play around with Mister Maggot. EVELYN I'm staying. O'CONNELL FINEO'Connell storms out and SLAMS the door. A BEAT. Then thedoor opens and O'Connell's hand reaches back in and throws ahandful of frilly panties to the floor. SLAM goes the door.EXT. BRITISH FORT COMPOUND - DAYO'Connell angrily strides through the compound. He sees Benicoming up the path with a MAN dressed in hooded robes, hisface covered by an ornate death mask. Imhotep disguised. O'CONNELL Beni ya little stinkweed, where did you slink off to? BENI You left me! You left me in the desert to rot. O'CONNELL Oh yeah, ....sorry bout that (gestures to Imhotep) So who's this guy? BENI This is Prince Imhotep, High Priest of Osiris. O'CONNELL Oh, hey, how ya doin'?O'Connell sticks out his hand, --Imhotep instantly recoilsO'Connell gives him the once-over. Beni quickly covers. BENI The Prince does not like to be touched by other humans. A Silly eastern superstition, I'm afraid. O'CONNELL Yeah, well, we all got our little problems today don't we? BENI He has come to help Mister Burns Somehow I feel responsible. O'CONNELL Don't gimme that, you never had any scruples. BENI Do you know where I can steal some? O'Connell fake-punches him. Beni flinches. O'Connell gives Imhotep a look as he strides off. O'CONNELL See ya around, Padre.Imhotep's grotesque new eyes glare out from behind the mask.INT. CASBAH - DAYThe proverbial den-of-iniquity. Hard men, hard women and hardliquor. Lots of deals going down. An OLDER GUY with a walrusmustache is drunk and talking to some tough customers. Hewears British WWI fighter pilot gear. Meet WINSTON HAVLOCK. WINSTON I'm the last of the Royal Force still stationed here, you know? All the other laddies died in the air and were buried in the sand.The tough customers shove him away. Winston staggers over toO'Connell and Jonathan at the bar, not missing a beat. WINSTON Ever since the end of the Great War, there hasn't been a single challenge worthy of a man like me. O'CONNELL I've heard it before, Winston,O'Connell shoves him away. Winston staggers back to Jonathan. WINSTON I just wish I would've chucked it with the other laddies, gone down in a flame of glory, instead of sitting around here, rotting from boredom and booze!Jonathan shoves him towards another group of unlucky sodsHenderson and Daniels sidle up to the bar next to them.Burns, now tongue-less, talks with a severe impediment BURNS The drawer there, spectacles. (tries to laugh) As you see, I won't be needing them.Imhotep opens the drawer and pulls out some bifocals. He putsthe bifocals on over his death mask, --and grins broadly, hisrotted teeth showing through the mouth hole. BENI Mister Burns, Prince Imhotep thanks you for your spectacles, - and for your eyes, ....and for your tongue.The expression on Burns' face starts to change, very puzzled. BENI But I am afraid more is needed, the Prince says he must finish the job, consummate the curse which you and your friends have brought down upon yourselves.A look of pure fear registers on Burns, face. Beni quicklybacks away and runs out of the room. Imhotep picks up thesacred canopic jar, then removes the death mask, revealinghis hideous, shattered CORPSE-SKULL.INT. CASBAH - DAYThree shot glasses clink together. O'Connell, Jonathan andHenderson slug 'em down, --all three of them instantly SPITOUT the liquid. Half the bar SPITS OUT their drinks as well. HENDERSON Sweet Jesus! That tasted just like, ....like... O'CONNELL Blood.They all look at each other, even more nervous. JONATHAN "And the rivers and waters of Egypt went red and were as blood."A look passes over O'Connell's face, a realization. O'CONNELL He's hereHe sudden1y jumps away from the bar and runs for the door. JONATHAN Who's here!? O'CONNELL The guy! The Priest! THE MUMMY!EXT. BRITISH FORT COMPOUND - DAYLIGHTNING FLASHES as O'Connell races across the compound,knocking several Soldiers out of his way, panic stricken. O'CONNELL Evelyn!! EVELYYYYNN!!!EXT. BRITISH FORT COURTYARD - DAYEvelyn calmly steps into a courtyard carrying a handful ofbooks. A BLAST OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING scares her. She dropshalf the books. Then a HAND GRABS HER! She jumps again anddrops the rest of the books. It's O'Connell, breathing hard. O'CONNELL We got problems.And that's when a barrage of HAIL AND FIRE slams into thecourtyard. O'Connell and Evelyn jump back. A water fountainbursts into STEAM. A wooden trellis catches FIRE. O'Connelland Evelyn run under the eaves as SOLDIERS, SERVANTS andCAMELS run in every direction, trying to avoid the maelstrom. O'CONNELL He's here! I saw him! That thing is here! EVELYN The creature!? Are you sure!?O'Connell gives her an incredulous look and gestures at theHAIL and FIRE. O'CONNELL Pretty sure!The HAIL and FIRE come to a stop. Everything goes dead quiet.O'Connell and Evelyn freeze. And then a BLOOD CURDLING SCREAMis heard coming from the living quarters directly above them.O'Connell and Evelyn race up the stairs.INT. BURNS' QUARTERS - DAYO'Connell and Evelyn race into the room, past the Servant whois running out SCREAMING. They skid to a stop as they spotBurns, or what's left of him, lying dead on the floor, --HISBODY IS SHRIVELLED TO HALF IT'S SIZE. Drained of all organsand liquids. O'Connell and Evelyn are shocked. Then they heara LOUD MOAN and notice Imhotep standing on the far side ofthe room. O'Connell draws his gun.Imhotep is REGENERATING: A thick skin FORMS over powerful newmusculature. His tendons RIPPLE. His bones BULGE and REFORM.His mouth opens to an inhuman size as he MOANS and CRYS OUT,in severe pain. And then it's over. And he looks like anincredibly muscular, corpse-like vision from hell. The'Terminator' Mummy. O'Connell and Evelyn are stunned. O'CONNELL we are in serious trouble.Imhotep starts to move towards them, staring at Evelyn. O'CONNELL Back off, creepImhotep keeps coming. O'Connell OPENS FIRE. BLASTING ImhotepBullets RIP through his body. Imhotep doesn't seem to mind.Jonathan, Henderson and Daniels run into the room. They'reall stunned at the sight of Imhotep.O'Connell steps forward, throws a RIGHT HOOK, punches Imhotepin the face, --HIS FIST GOES THROUGH IMHOTEPIS SKULL AND GETSSTUCK DEEP INSIDE HIS HEAD. O'Connell stares at it, shocked,then quickly YANKS his fist back out. The area of Imhotep'sface that came into contact with O'Connell's fist quicklyDEGENERATES and DECAYS, right down to the bone, as ifO'Connell's hand instantly infected it.Imhotep angrily turns, grabs O'Connell, and with no effort,THROWS him across the room and into Jonathan and the othersknocking them down. Imhotep looks at his hand, the one thatjust grabbed O'Connell, --IT STARTS TO SHRIVEL and DECAY.He quickly turns to Evelyn. Evelyn backs away into a wall,terrorized. Imhotep steps up to her. IMHOTEP (subtitled) You saved me from the undead. For this, I shall make you immortal.He leans in, about to kiss her with his decayed face.And that's when a WHITE CAT jumps onto the piano, HISSING.Imhotep SHRIEKS. The balcony doors BLOW OPEN. Imhotep spinsinto a BLAST OF WIND AND SAND and SWIRLS out the doors. Gone.O'Connell, Evelyn, Jonathan and Daniels stand transfixed.Henderson kneels next to Burns, shriveled body, horrified. HENDERSON The curse the curseINT. MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES - DAYO'Connell, Jonathan, Henderson and Daniels follow Evelynacross the Ramesseum. EVELYN There's only one person I know who can possibly give us some answers.They round a corner and come upon the Curator, --who istalking with Ardeth Bay. Everybody stops. EVERYBODY YOU!O'Connell and the American's quickly draw their guns.Ardeth Bay just scowls. The Curator nods his head. CURATOR Miss Carnavon. Gentlemen. EVELYN What is he doing here? CURATOR Do you truly wish to know? or would you prefer to just shoot us?Everybody tenses, guns up. Then O'Connell uncocks his .38. O'CONNELL I just saw my fist vanish into some guy's head.He slides his gun back into his shoulder-holster. O'CONNELL I'm willin, to go on a little faith, here. CURATOR You will not believe it O'CONNELL Try me.INT. RAMESSEUM - MOMENTS LATEREveryone is assembled around the tomb display of Seti TheFirst. We recognize his chariot and sword. The Curator sitson Seti's throne. CURATOR We are part of an ancient secret society, the cult-of-the-Mumia, and we have a sacred mission, passed down through thirty-nine generations. For over four thousand years we have guarded The City Of The Dead. we are sworn at manhood to , do any and all in our power to stop the High Priest Imhotep from being reborn into this world. ARDETH RAY And because of you, we have failed. EVELYN (appalled) And you think this justifies killing innocent people!? CURATOR To have stopped this creature? Yes! O'CONNELL Okay, let's cut to the chase. He's afraid of cats, what's that about? CURATOR According to the ancients, cat's are the guardians at the gates of the underworld. Imhotep will fear them until he is fully regenerated, and then he will fear nothing.Daniels is totally wigged-out, he looks at O'Connell. DANIELS Right! And ya know how he gets fully regenerated?! By killing everybody who opened that chest and sucking us dry! That's how! CURATOR Yes, the creature must first try and regenerate, and then he will attempt to resurrect the one he has loved for more than four thousand years. EVELYN Anck-su-namun.The Curator and Ardeth Bay look at Evelyn, thunderstruck. EVELYN In the necropolis, when I saw him, alive, ...walking, he called me Anck-su-namun. And then in Mister Burns' quarters he tried to kiss me. CURATOR It is because it was you who read from the Book. He has chosen you to be-the human sacrifice needed to regenerate the body of Anck-su-namun.Jonathan scratches his ear with the barrel of his pistol. JONATHAN This is not good. Not good at allArdeth Bay has been staring out a wall of windows. ARDETH BAY Tonight is the full moon. The moon of Osiris. It will begin tonight.Everyone follows Ardeth Bay's eyes, through the windows wecan see the SUN, --which is now going into a FULL ECLIPSE. JONATHAN "...and he stretched forth his hands towards the heavens, and there was darkness throughout the land of Egypt."EXT. BRITISH FORT - WINDOW - DAY FOR NIGHTO'Connell looks out a window at the British Soldiers manningthe walls. Above and beyond them, --is the BLACK SUN.EXT. EVELYN'S FOYER - DAY FOR NIGHTEvelyn and Jonathan are pacing the foyer EVELYN we must stop him from regenerating. She turns to Daniels and Henderson EVELYN Who opened that chest? HENDERSON Well, there was me and Daniels here and then poor Burns of course, oh yeah, and that Egyptologist fella.O'Connell turns from the window O'CONNELL What about my buddy, Beni? DANIELS Naw, he scrammed outta there, EVELYN We must find the Egyptologist and bring him back here to the safety of the fort, before the creature can get to him.O'Connell looks at Evelyn, Daniels and Henderson. O'CONNELL Okay, ...Evelyn, you wait here, you two come with me.All three of them pounce on him at once-- HENDERSON The hell with that! I'm not goin' nowhere! we're safe here. DANIELS Yeah, I'm not leavin, this fort for nothin'. EVELYN Who put you in charge? You can't just leave me behind like some old suitcase. I'm the one responsible for this mess and I intend to be the one to clean it up.O'Connell just shakes his head and SIGHS. Totally put-upon.Then he takes Evelyn, shoves her into the bedroom, slams thedoor and locks it with a skeleton key. From inside her roomwe can hear Evelyn POUNDING on the door and YELLING.O'Connell throws the skeleton key to Daniels. O'CONNELL Keep an eye on her. If you leave her door, I'll rip your spleen out C'mon, Jonathan.Jonathan swallows hard and points to himself JONATHAN Me?CAIRO ALLEYWAYS - BAZAAR - DAY FOR NIGHTThe Egyptologist stumbles through the dark alleys, lookinghaunted. He clutches the Book of The Dead in one hand and hisSACRED CANOPIC JAR in the other. Imhotep is stalking him. ASTREET VENDOR turns and sees Imhotep's horribly decayed face.He reacts and scurries away. Imhotep lifts his robe, covershis face, and moves in on the Egyptologist, who is headinginto the bazaar. WE PAN UP TO--THE EGYPTOLOGIST'S OFFICE - DAY FOR NIGHTBeni is RANSACKING the joint, pulling out drawers and filesand throwing them on the floor. He finds a silver pocketwatch, shakes it, then throws it into his pocket, then hestarts tipping over bookcases and clearing shelves. O'CONNELL(o.s.) well, well, well.Beni spins around. O'Connell and Jonathan stand in the door. O'CONNELL Lemme guess, spring cleaning?Beni turns and runs for an open window. O'Connell grabs achair, FLINGS IT into his path. Beni TRIPS and CRASHES into awall. O'Connell strides over, grabs him and lifts him up thewall. Beni's feet dangle off the floor. O'CONNELL Where's your new friend? BENI what friend? You're my only friendO'Connell quickly slides his knife up under Beni's chin O'CONNELL Then you got no excuse for living. What the hell you doin, being buddies with this creep, Beni? What's in it for you? BENI It is better to be the right hand of the Devil,....than in his path. As long as I serve him, I am immune. O'CONNELL Immune from what? BENI You shall see. O'CONNELL What are you looking for? Lie, and I'll slit your throatO'Connell shoves the knife deeper into Beni's skin. BENI The book! The black book they found at Hamunaptra! Imhotep wants it back. Said to me it would be worth it's weight in diamonds. O'CONNELL What does he want the book for? BENI (shrugs) Something about bringing his dead girly-friend back to life He needs the book.... (looks at Jonathan) And your sister.O'Connell looks at Jonathan. Beni seizes the moment and KNEESO'Connell in the balls. O'Connell doubles over and collapses.Beni leaps out the window. Jonathan cringes. JONATHAN That looked rather painful O'CONNELL (wincing) Ya know, ever since I met you, my luck has been for crap. JONATHAN Yes, I know, I do that to peopleAnd that's when they hear a BLOOD CURDLING SCREAM coming fromdown in the bazaar. O'Connell and Jonathan scramble to thewindow and look out--EXT. BAZAAR - DAY FOR NIGHTDown in the bazaar, people are SCREAMING and quickly backingaway from the SHRIVELLED CORPSE OF THE EGYPTOLOGIST.A partially decayed HAND reaches down and takes the sacredcanopic jar out of the Egyptologist's shriveled hand. It'sImhotep, having regenerated even further. He looks up andcatches eyes with O'Connell. Imhotep grins, then UNHINGES; hisjaw, his mouth stretches to an inhuman size, and then a hugeSWARM OF FLIES comes out of his mouth and races straight upat O'Connell and Jonathan. They both SLAM the shutters.The flies SLAM into the closed window and immediately spreadthroughout the bazaar. Sending people SCREAMING and running.EGYPTOLOGISTS OFFICE - DAY FOR NIGHTO'Connell and Jonathan look at each other, panicked O'CONNELL Damn-it! That's two down and only two to go. JONATHAN And then he'll be coming after Evy.They turn and race out of the office.BRITISH FORT - WINDOW --NIGHTDaniels stares out a window, watching the British Guards atthe front gate. more Soldiers march the encircling parapet. SOLDIER Ten O'clock! All is well!The lights and MUSIC from the Casbah come up from belowINT. EVELYN'S FOYER - NIGHTDaniels turns from the window. Henderson sits in a chair nextto Evelyn's door, chain smoking. Both look wired with fear. DANIELS The hell with this. I'm goin, downstairs to get me a drink. You want somethin,? HENDERSON Yeah, get me a glass of bourbon, a shot of bourbon and a bourbon chaserDaniels nods and heads out. Henderson just sits there, alone,smoking. He reaches into his jacket pocket, pulls out hisSACRED CANOPIC JAR and fondles it. A BREEZE suddenly comes inthrough the open window. The curtains flutter. Henderson getsup and goes over to shut it. He looks out the window.The CAMERA races over the compound, into the window and HITSHenderson square in the FACE just as he's about to scream.Henderson is lifted into the air by a mass of SWIRLING SAND.His body TWISTS and TURNS and Slowly SHRIVELS as the life isSUCKED out of him. Then he COLLAPSES to the floor. On thewall above him, the SHADOW of the SWIRLING SAND condenses,forming a SHADOW of a human body. The SHADOW CONVULSES as thebody REGENERATES. And then it's over.Imhotep steps into view. He's regenerated even further andlooks almost normal now, his face no longer decayed. He stepsover Henderson's shriveled body and up to Evelyn's door,rattles the knob. it's locked. Imhotep grins.EVELYN'S ROOM - NIGHTEvelyn is asleep in her bed as SAND begins streaming in throughthe keyhole, pouring onto the floor, forming a large mound. Evelynstarts to toss and turn. WE PAN BACK OVER TO THE DOOR: The moundof sand is gone and in it's place is Imhotep.INT. FOYER - NIGHTO'Connell and Jonathan race into the foyer and skid to astop as they see Henderson's shriveled body on the floor.O'Connell runs up to Evelyn's door and rattles the knob,still locked. He bends down and looks in through the KEYHOLE.EVELYN'S ROOM - NIGHTImhotep leans down towards Evelyn, about to kiss her as shesleeps. The door starts to CRASH and BANG from O'Connell.Imhotep ignores it. And KISSES Evelyn. His lips and mouthinstantly start to DEGENERATE and DECAY. Right down to thebone. The door BURSTS OPEN. Evelyn wakes-up. Sees Imhotep'srotted mouth kissing her. She SCREAMS and shoves him away.Imhotep's putrid mouth grimaces in sadness. O'CONNELL Get your hands off my girl, pal.Imhotep's sadness turns to anger as he spins around and facesO'Connell. Imhotep licks his fetid lips. O'Connell smirks. O'CONNELL Nice lips.Imhotep starts to move for O'Connell. O'CONNELL I figured you might be here, so I brought a friend.He throws the white cat at Imhotep. Imhotep instinctivelycatches it. He SHRIEKS, drops the cat and stumbles backtowards the window, --which suddenly BLOWS OPEN. Imhotepspins like a dervish and BURSTS INTO A WHIRLWIND OF SAND.Everybody covers their eyes. The Imhotep/sand-devil EXPLODESout the window and vanishes over the compound.Jonathan aims his gun at the window, his hand shaking badly.O'Connell hugs Evelyn as she wipes her mouth in disgust.Daniels walks in, looks at Henderson's shriveled body onthe floor . .... and drops the martini glasses.INT. 1923 CONVERTIBLE DUSSENBERG - NIGHTJonathan races his big convertible through the streets,HONKING constantly. Evelyn sits between him and O'Connell,looking scared and nervous, then she gives O'Connell a look. EVELYN You called me your girl? O'CONNELL What? ... Oh yeah, that was just um, you know, figure a speech. EVELYN I think you were jealous O'CONNELL Jealous? You kiddin' me? Did you see that guy's face?Daniels leans forward from the back seat, filled with fear, DANIELS Shut-up! JUST SHUT-UP! We gotta do somethin'! we gotta do somethin, NOW! Before it's too late!They race into the driveway of the museum of Antiquities.EXT. CAIRO BAZAAR - NIGHTA FULL MOON now shines down on the bazaar, still bustlingwith activity. Suddenly, a BREEZE kicks-in. GREEN MIST beginsto SWIRL down the street and through the stalls. The peoplebegin to CHOKE and COUGH and RETCH, as if being hit by asevere sickness. --It's already too late.Imhotep strolls through the sickened mob, his face halfrotted off, his deformed mouth grinning happily. Beni isat his side, looking very nervous. And then, one-by-one',the people silently begin to follow Imhotep, their skinnow covered in disgustingly hideous BOILS AND SORES.INT. MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES - NIGHTO'Connell., Jonathan, Daniels, the Curator and Ardeth Bayfo11ow Evelyn as she strides through the museum. EVELYN Last month I came across an inscription that mentioned The Book Of The Dead. DANIELS That book we found at Hamunaptra? EVELYN Yes. I dismissed it, because it talked about bringing people back from the dead. A notion I was unwilling to believe. O'CONNELL Believe it, sister. That's what brought our buddy back to life. JONATHAN And now he's going to use it to bring his girlfriend back ARDETH BAY And if he succeeds, the two of them together will bring about the apocalypse.The Curator joins Evelyn at her side as she heads up thestairs, everyone else in hot pursuit. THE CURATOR The plagues we have seen so far, are merely Imhotep flexing his muscles. only at the moment of Anck-su-namun's resurrection will he be truly invincible.They reach the display cases. Evelyn quickly opens them. EVELYN I'm thinking that if the black Book Of The Dead can bring people back to life-- CURATOR --then perhaps, the golden Book Of The Living can return them to the underworld. EVELYN Exactly - O'CONNELL So your sayin', if we find the book made outta gold-- CURATOR --And read the sacred incantations contained inside it. O'CONNELL You think it'll send this guy back to hell? CURATOR Correct,And that's when LOUD CHANTING is heard coming from outsideThey all rush over to the upper windows and look down--OUTSIDE: A large, CRAZED MOB covered in hideous boils and sorescomes CHANTING up the driveway: 'Anck-su-namun! Anck-su-namun! ARDETH BAY it has begun. The beginning of the end. EVELYN Not quite yet it hasn't. C'mon,Evelyn dashes back to the display cases. Everyone follows.EXT. MUSEUM - NIGHTThe crazed mob CRASHES into the huge front doors, which arelocked. They pound furiously, throwing themselves at it whileCHANTING CONSTANTLY. Imhotep solemnly comes up the driveway.INT. MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES - UPPER BALCONY - NIGHTThe BANGING on the doors can be heard as Evelyn and theCurator quickly sort through broken pieces of stone tablets.The others watch. Evelyn pulls out a large piece. EVELYN Got it! O'CONNELL Got what?The BANGING gets LOUDER. Multiple windows SHATTER. Evelyntalks while quickly translating the tablet: EVELYN Since the black Book of The Dead was found inside the statue of Anubis, then according to this, the golden Book of The Living should be inside ........Evelyn finds the translation in the tablet and smiles. O'CONNELL what? JONATHAN What? DANIELS WHAT!? EVELYN The golden Book Of The Living, is inside the statue of Koz-us. CURATOR Which would be located not far to the east of the Anubis statue. O'CONNELL Don't tell me we gotta go back out there? CURATOR If we want to kill the creature, yes.TWO HIDEOUS BOIL & SORE-COVERED MEN charge out of a doorway,SCREAMING. O'Connell and Ardeth Bay grab them and chuck themover the railing. The men fly through the air and CRASH intothe lower display cases. The front doors suddenly BURST OPEN,The crazed mob pours into the museum. our heroes haul-assacross the balcony and down the staircase.EXT. MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITY - NIGHTJonathan sneaks out of some bushes and quickly heads for hisconvertible. Suddenly, a splinter group of the diseased mobcomes around the side of the museum. Jonathan instantly bugshis eyes out, starts drooling, and begins CHANTING--- JONATHAN Anck-su-namun! Anck-su-namun!The crazed group runs past him and heads into the front doorsof the museum. Jonathan leaps into the convertible, fires itup and 180's it back over to the bushes.O'Connell, Evelyn, Daniels, Ardeth Bay and the Curator jumpinside the car. Beni steps out of the museum and sees them. BENI Imhotep! IMHOTEP!Imhotep looks out of the museum from the shattered upperwindows just as the convertible PEELS OUT. O'Connell points afinger at Beni as they race past him. O'CONNELL You're gonna get yours, pal!Imhotep UNHINGES his jaw, his mouth stretches to an inhumansize, he lets out one of his horrific, primordial SHRIEKS.His disease-ridden disciples immediately begin pouring outof the front doors of the museum and chasing after the car.EXT. BAZAAR - NIGHTThe convertible hauls-ass down the narrow bazaar street.Crazies start jumping out of stalls and LEAPING onto thecar. O'Connell and the others fight them off, throwing themoverboard. More people JUMP on. Jonathan SWERVES the car,CRASHES through some stalls, knocking them off, but notbefore they manage to open the back door and YANK Danielsout. He TUMBLES across the pavement. Gets up SHOOTING. Backsinto a corner, FIRING his pistol into the hideous rabble,killing several, keeping them at bay. His gun goes empty,CLICK! CLICK! CLICK! But the mob stays back, looking at himlike rabid vultures. Daniels eyes them, filled with fear.The mob parts like the red sea as Imhotep walks through themand up to Daniels. Daniels whimpers in fear, tears pour downhis cheeks. Then he gets an idea, reaches into his pocket,and pulls out his jewel encrusted SACRED CANOPIC JAR. Heholds it out for Imhotep. Imhotep takes it and grins. Throughhis tears, Daniels grins back, hopeful that he'll be spared.WE CUT WIDE: Somewhere in the middle of the crazed, diseasedmob, we hear Daniels give out A BLOOD CURDLING SCREAM ........INT./EXT. CONVERTIBLE - STREETS - NIGHTThe convertible slowly motors down the narrow alleys. WEDOLLY across the hood of the car from Jonathan to Evelyn toO'Connell. Ardeth Bay and the Curator are still in the back.All of them staring out the front windshield. Freaked-out.Then suddenly one of the hideous ghouls CRASHES through thewindshield! Everybody SCREAMS. Jonathan hits the gas, losescontrol, the car SLAMS into a wall. O'Connell grabs Evelyn. O'CONNELL C'mon! C'mon! Let's go! Let's go!They all leap out of the car. But the angry, festering mobquickly surrounds them. O'Connell quickly reaches into hisgunny-sack, pulls out a stick of dynamite, then reaches intohis pocket and pulls out a match. He looks around for a wayto light it, then reaches over and strikes it across ArdethBay's stubbly face. Ardeth Bay YELPS. O'Connell holds the litmatch near the fuse.The crazed, CHANTING mob gives O'Connell a wide berth,staring at him and the others with insane, bloodshot eyes.And then Imhotep steps through, --having fully regenerated,he now looks as young and handsome and muscular as he did theday he was buried alive. Evelyn stares at him. EVELYN He's gorgeous.O'Connell gives her a look, the match burns his fingers. HeYELPS and throws it down, grabs another match and strikes itacross Ardeth Bay's face again. Ardeth Bay YELPS and givesO'Connell a look to kill. The Curator shakes his head. THE CURATOR He has consummated the curse, now all he need do is raise Anck-su-namun from the dead, then it will be the end of us, and the beginning for them.Imhotep moves forward, heading right for them. O'ConnellLIGHTS THE FUSE. Imhotep steps up to O'Connell and stops,watching the fuse burn down. it's a game of chicken. Thetension mounts. The LIT FUSE is about to vanish inside thestick of dynamite, blowing it up, --when Evelyn leans forwardand blows it out. O'Connell exhales, but keeps his eyes onImhotep, who extends his hand to Evelyn. IMHOTEP Koontash dai na.Beni steps through the swarming mass, translating. BENI Take his hand and he will spare the others.Evelyn hesitates, looks around at the huge, bloodthirstycrowd surrounding them, holding axes, picks and scimitars,waiting to pounce, then she looks at Imhotep, confident,powerful, invincible. Then she looks at O'Connell. EVELYN Any bright ideas?O'Connell talks through angry, grit teeth. O'CONNELL Sorry, fresh out.Evelyn looks back at Imhotep, then starts to reach out totake his hand. Both O'Connell and Jonathan move to stop her,--but Ardeth Bay grabs them both and holds them tight. O'CONNELL Don't do it, Evelyn. EVELYN I have no choice.Evelyn's trembling hand touches Imhotep's: His hand closesaround hers. Nothing happens. Imhotep smiles. IMHOTEP Keetah mi pharos, aja nilo, isirlan. BENI Come with me my princess. It is time to make you mine, forever.Evelyn gives Beni a nasty look, correcting him-- EVELYN All eternity, idiot,Then she looks at O'Connell and puts on her best face. EVELYN You better think of something, because if he turns me into a mummy, your the first one I'm coming after.O'Connell almost smiles O'CONNELL Got guts, lady. EVELYN Yes, I know, and I'd like to keep them.Imhotep suddenly notices something. He reaches forward and--RIPS THE KEY/BOX OUT OF JONATHAN'S UPPER JACKET POCKET. JONATHAN Hey that's mine--!Ardeth Bay holds Jonathan back. Imhotep pulls Evelyn away.O'Connell can't take it anymore, he tries to break free ofArdeth Bay's grip. O'CONNELL Evelyn!The huge, powerful man holds him tight. ARDETH BAY Be calm. There is still time. we can stop him yet.The crowd parts for Imhotep and Evelyn. And then Imhotepstops and looks back at O'Connell. IMHOTEP Pared oos.Evelyn SCREAMS. EVELYN NOOO!!Beni smiles. BENI Kill them.Imhotep pulls her away. O'Connell breaks free of Ardeth Bay'sgrip and stumbles forward. O'CONNELL EVELYN!But the rabid vultures are already moving in for the kill.O'Connell quickly bends down, pulls open a CISTERN/MANHOLECOVER and shoves Jonathan down inside it, then jumps in afterhim. The Curator pushes Ardeth Bay towards the cistern hole. CURATOR Go! Find a way! Kill the creature!The Curator turns and throws himself at the mob as Ardeth Baycrawls down into the hole. The mob tears the Curator apart.INT. CATACOMBS - NIGHTO'Connell, Jonathan and Ardeth Bay slosh their way down thewatery catacomb, crazies pouring in behind them. Up ahead, aLIGHT suddenly shines in from another cistern hole, and thenmore of the infected crowd drop down, SCREECHING like rats.O'Connell jags right, pushing Jonathan and Ardeth Bay aheadof him, he strikes a match off the wall, lights the nubbyfuse on a stick of dynamite, throws it, and runs like hell.FIRE BLAST incinerates a bunch of crazies.STREET - ALLEY - NIGHTThe EXPLOSION blows a cistern cover fifty feet into the air,followed by a mass of FLAMMAGE ..............EXT. ALLEY - NIGHTA sewer grate is kicked out of a wall. O'Connell, Jonathanand Ardeth Bay climb out of the hole and into AN ALLEY. O'CONNELL We gotta get her back. JONATHAN I'm with you, old man. No one touches my sister like that and gets away with it.O'Connell looks at Ardeth Bay, O'CONNELL You know where he's taking her? ARDETH BAY Yes. To Hamunaptra. To perform the ritual.Jonathan looks worried. JONATHAN And what ritual would that be? ARDETH BAY The ritual to bring the body of Anck-su-namun back to life. JONATHAN And how does one do that? ARDETH BAY By reading the Book Of The Dead. JONATHAN Oh yes, of course. ARDETH BAY And then killing your sister. JONATHAN Excuse me?Ardeth Bay looks at O'Connell, ARDETH BAY Imhotep is now able to cross the desert with great haste.Jonathan taps him in the shoulder, JONATHAN Begging your pardon, but I wasn't quite clear on that last part.Ardeth Bay ignores him, ARDETH BAY If he arrives before us, it will be too late. JONATHAN Did you say 'kill' my sister?O'Connell smiles O'CONNELL I know how to beat him to it.And on that WE SMASH CUT TO-- THE ERFOUD DUNES - DAWNJonathan's bashed-in convertible steams it's way up to a setof semi-abandoned Quonset huts. A single WWI BIPLANE withR.A.F. INSIGNIAS sits in the sand beside them. A SIGN READS:HIS MAJESTY'S ROYAL AIR CORPEXT. QUONSET HUT - DUNES - MINUTES LATERO'Connell, Jonathan and Ardeth Bay stand before WinstonHavlock, the massive dunes of Erfoud as our background. WINSTON So what's your little problem got to do with His Majesty's Royal Air Corp? O'CONNELL Not a god-damned thing.Winston looks intrigued. WINSTON is it dangerous? O'CONNELL You probably won't live through it,This really interests him. WINSTON By Jove, do you really think so? JONATHAN Everybody else we've bumped into has died, why not you?Winston nods his head, he's hooked. WINSTON So what's the challenge then? O'CONNELL To save the damsel in distress, kill the bad guy and steal his treasure.A slow grin spreads across Winston's face, then he gives thema snappy salute. WINSTON Winston Havlock at your service, sir!SAHARA - DAYWay off across the desert, a large SAND-DEVIL races over thedunes. The SANDY WHIRLWIND comes to a stop and starts todissipate. Evelyn and Beni are suddenly ejected out of it,they land in a dune. The SWIRLING SAND CONDENSES AND FORMSINTO IMHOTEP. He looks up into the sky, listening carefully.Evelyn shakes the sand out of her hair and looks at Beni. EVELYN what just happened? BENI All I remember is him turning into a blast of sand, ....and then I remember nothing. then they hear a plane in the sky and look up.INT. BIPLANE - DAYThe WIND whips at Winston in the cockpit. O'Connell sits inthe gunner's compartment. Jonathan is strapped spread-eagleacross the left wing, Ardeth Bay is tied tight to the right.Both men are scared out of their wits and SCREAMING in fear.EXT. SAHARA - DAYImhotep's jaw UNHINGES, his mouth opens to an inhuman size,he lets fly with another one of his horrible SHRIEKS. --Anda massive WALL OF SAND rises up out of the desertBIPLANE - DAYO'Connell watches the desert below him come alive and riseup towards the plane. Winston looks over the side and seeswhat's coming. He laughs, throws the throttle, and puts theplane into a dive. WINSTON Hang on, men!WE GO WIDE AS: The sandstorm chases the diving, twistingbiplane. Getting closer and closer, about to engulf it.O'Connell looks back into the blinding sand and sees a GIANTFACE forming inside the sandstorm. It's Imhotep. Grinning.O'Connell grabs the Lewis machine-gun, cocks the bracket andFIRES, blasting away at Imhotep's giant face inside thesandstorm. Imhotep's face begins to laugh, then his jawunhinges, his mouth opens wide, and he ENGULFS the plane.Winston blindly fights for control, elated. WINSTON We're going down!The biplane SPINS inside the BLOWING SAND. Engines ROARING.Wind HOWLING. Jonathan and Ardeth Bay SCREAMING. WinstonHavlock LAUGHING. WINSTON Here I come, laddies!O'Connell braces himself for impact,SAHARA - DAYEvelyn leaps to her feet and runs over to Imhotep. EVELYN Stop it! You'll kill them!Imhotep grabs her, pulls her close, her beautiful eyes stareinto his shockingly intense ones. Then he kisses her, hard.Evelyn's eyes widen, stunned and mesmerized, then she pushesherself away and falls back into the sand. Imhotep laughs.EXT. BIPLANE - DUNES - DAYThe biplane SMASHES over a dune, ROLLS OVER and CRASHESupside-down into another dune. The SAND SWIRLS as O'Connellfalls out of the gunner's compartment. The left wing isjammed into the dune, Jonathan hangs upside down. JONATHAN Excuse me. ...A little help would be useful. ...IF IT'S NOT TOO MUCH TROUBLE!!O'Connell goes to help Jonathan. Ardeth Bay stumbles over tothe gunner's compartment and tears the Lewis gun off it'smount. He throws the machine-gun over one shoulder, acartridge belt over the other and staggers away. O'Connelland Jonathan look into the cockpit. Winston Havlock is dead.A smile on his face. The plane suddenly starts to move, thesand sinks under their feet, they quickly high-tail-it away.O'Connell, Jonathan and Ardeth Bay make it to some rocks andlook back. The biplane, with Winston Havlock inside, slidesaway over a dune. O'Connell gives it a salute. The planevanishes over the dune and into the SWIRLING SAND ...........HAMUNAPTRA - DAYO'Connell, Jonathan and Ardeth Bay come down a ravine in thevolcano and look out over the ruins of Hamunaptra. O'CONNELL Okay, now what the hell does this Horus guy look like? JONATHAN He's a big fellow with pointy ears and a face like a falcon. O'CONNELL Got itHAMUNAPTRA STAIRWAY - DAYCarrying TORCHES, O'Connell, Jonathan and Ardeth Bay maketheir way down a long, winding, narrow staircase. Headinginto the bowels of the necropolis. A passageway to hell.NECROPOLIS - DAYEvelyn follows Imhotep into the underground cemetery.She stops at the sight of all the big hairy rats scurryingthrough the mausoleums and over the gravestones. Beni shoveshis rifle into her back and pushes her forward. BENI Keep movingEvelyn gives him a look. EVELYN You know, nasty little fellows such as yourself, always get their comeuppance.Beni suddenly looks worried. BENI Yeah? EVELYN Oh yes, always,Beni looks even more worried, he nervously starts chewing onhis lip. All three of them walk over the bridge crossing thedisgusting DETRITUS MOAT. Evelyn looks down at it, horrified.INT. PASSAGEWAY - DAYO'Connell and Ardeth Bay are busy digging out a collapseddoorway. Jonathan notices an AMETHYST SCARAB on the far wall. JONATHAN I say, look at that.He walks over and tries to jiggle it free. It comes loose inhis hand. He looks at the scarab in his palm. It starts toglow. And then something inside it starts to WIGGLE. JONATHAN Say, gents! You should come have a look at this.The wiggling continues; a long, agonizing BEAT, and then thescarab breaks out of it's cocoon and instantly BURROWS intoJonathan's palm. Jonathan starts to freak out and SCREAM.O'Connell runs up and rips the arm off Jonathan's shirt. Thescarab is now BURROWING UP JONATHAN'S ARM. O'Connell whipsout his butterfly-knife, snaps it open and grabs Jonathan'sarm. Jonathan's eyes widen in terror as the knife passes infront of his face. Jonathan SCREAMS LOUDER, obviously beingcut open. O'Connell's hand flicks something away.The scarab hits the floor and immediately starts scurryingback towards Jonathan, wanting to finish the job.O'Connell pulls out his gun and blows it away, --BLAM!INT. CEMETERY - DAYThe GUNSHOT echoes into the cemetery as Imhotep, Evelyn andBeni step6up to the strange ALTAR, where four thousand yearsago Imhotep tried to bring Anck-su-namun back to life.Imhotep scowls at the sound and angrily reaches into aCANOPIC JAR. He pulls out the crusted remains of Anck-su-namun's heart, crushes it to dust in his hand and startsreading from The Book Of The Dead. Then he BLOWS the dustagainst a mausoleum wall, --THE WALL STARTS TO COME ALIVE.Evelyn and Beni stare at the wall, both of them wide-eyed.TWO FORMS emerge from the mausoleum's wall. Horrific-lookingmummified CORPSES. , Two of Imhotep's long dead Priests. Theybow to Imhotep,-then turn and move off down a passageway.INT. PASSAGEWAY - DAYO'Connell helps Ardeth Bay mend Jonathan's wound. O'CONNELL From now on, don't touch anything. Not a damn thing. Keep your hands off the furniture, got it?Jonathan swallows hard and nods vigorously.INT. CEMETERY - DAYImhotep prepares the altar while speaking in HEBREW. Beniholds his gun on her, translating: BENI Prince Imhotep wants your heart.Evelyn blushes, feeling complimented by the handsome prince. EVELYN Tell him, I'm truly flattered. ... but that it's already taken.Imhotep continues SPEAKING while laying the four jewelencrusted canopic jars next to the shattered one. BENI He wants your heart and your brain, your liver, your kidneys...Evelyn's eyes widen BENI ... and how do you say? Those slimy things, in your stomach? EVELYN Intestines BENI Yeah! Them.Evelyn can't believe it, she furiously turns to Imhotep. EVELYN You only want me for my organs?!Imhotep looks at her and grins, then BACKHANDS her --WAP!Evelyn goes down for the count. Imhotep stares at her, cold,malevolent, then h e turns and walks off into the mausoleums.Beni nervously glances around, then quickly scurries away.TREASURE CHAMBER - DAYO'Connell squeezes through a small crevice in a wall anddrops to the floor of a dark chamber. He picks up his gunny-sack and scans the darkness. Something GLITTERS. Jonathan andArdeth Bay crawl in behind him.O'Connell notices a SHAFT OF LIGHT, high above him, shootingthrough a small hole in the ceiling and stopping against awall next to one of those mirror disks. O'Connell aims hisgun. FIRES. The bullet STRIKES the disk's pedestal, spinningthe mirror into the shaft of light, --And WHAM! THE SHAFT OFLIGHT HITS THE DISK AND QUICKLY BOUNCES AROUND THE ROOM FROMONE DISK TO ANOTHER UNTIL THE WHOLE CHAMBER IS LIT UP.It's an enormous TREASURE CHAMBER. Filled to overflowing.Everything sparkles and shines. The wealth of Egypt.O'Connell, Jonathan and Ardeth Bay are speechless.that's when the two mummified Priest-mummies walk in. O'CONNELL who the hell are these guys? ARDETH BAY Priests. Imhotep's priests.O'Connell pulls the elephant gun out of his gunny-sack. O'CONNELL I never killed a priest before, ARDETH BAY They are evil, cursed, they matter not. O'CONNELL Well, okay then.O'Connell FIRES the elephant gun. SMOKE and FLAME shoot out.BLASTS one of the mummies. Blows it's upper torso clean off.O'Connell pumps the gun, the huge spent cartridge flipsthrough the air. He FIRES again. BLASTS the other mummy,b1ows this one's torso clean off as well. The smoke clears.The two sets of LEGS keep walking forward, unaffected by theloss of their upper torsos. O'Connell can't believe it. O'CONNELL Oh come on, gimme a break here.And then the disemboweled upper torsos start to move, turningover and crawling towards our heroes, who start to back away.INT. CEMETERY -DAYImhotep turns from the altar as he hears more GUNSHOTSechoing out of the passageways. He angrily reaches intoanother of Anck-su-namun's canopic jars, pulls out her crustyliver and crushes it to dust, then quickly starts reading apassage from the Book and BLOWS the dust down a passageway. IMHOTEP (ancient Egyptian - subtitled) Kill them! Kill them all! And bring me the Book Of The Living!INT. TREASURE CHAMBER - DAYA dusty BREEZE blows into the chamber as O'Connell, Jonathanand Ardeth Bay back away from the mummy pieces. The floorwhere they were just standing suddenly STARTS TO MOVE. Twomore mummies slowly dig their way up out of the floor. Moremummies start coming out of the walls and crawling out of thepiles of gold. All the mummies head for our heroes. O'Connelllifts the elephant gun. Ardeth Bay stops him. ARDETH BAY My turn.Ardeth Bay OPENS UP with the Lewis gun. BLASTING the shit outof the mummies. They keep on coming. Even more now. O'ConnellOPENS FIRE with the elephant gun, pumping and FIRING as allthree of the men back away and haul-ass. The mummies andmummy pieces follow them into the passageway.Then Beni creeps into the chamber. He stares in wonder at allthe treasure. Then falls backwards into a pile of jewels androlls about.INT. CEMETERY - DAYEvelyn-wakes up, lying chained to the top of the altar. She blink!, then turns her head, --and looks right intothe ROTTED FACE of Anck-su-namun's corpse. Evelyn SCREAMS.INT. LABYRINTH PASSAGEWAYS - DAYThe elephant gun FIRES, blasting FLAME and SMOKE right intothe LENS. O'Connell, Jonathan and Ardeth Bay race down apassageway, a dozen mummies striding after them. O'CONNELL This whole place is comin, alive!The men race around a corner. More mummies. They race aroundanother corner. More mummies. Onward they come. Methodical.Relentless. Boxing in our heroes. O'Connell and Ardeth BayFIRING as they go. Ardeth Bay goes empty. ARDETH BAY I'm outHe throws the machine-gun down and they all race into--HORUS CHAMBER - DAY--A small chamber. The lower half of the giant statue ofHORUS stands in the middle of the chamber. JONATHAN There he is!They run up to the base of the statue, JONATHAN Hello Horus old boy.O'Connell looks back at the mummies coming down thepassageway. He reaches into his gunny-sack and pulls outa stick of dynamite. Ardeth Bay taps him on the shoulder. ARDETH BAY Allow me.O'Connell hands him the dynamite and a match, then turns tolook at the statue. Ardeth Bay reaches forward and strikesthe match off O'Connell's stubbly face. O'Connell YELPS.Ardeth Bay lights the dynamite and throws it down thepassageway. They all hit the deck. The dynamite EXPLODES.Ripping apart the creatures, causing a CAVE-IN and sealingthe passageway with rock and dirt. Now there's only one wayout, --another dark, creepy passageway.INT. CEMETERYChained tight to the top of the altar, Evelyn hopelesslystruggles to free herself. She stops as Priest mummies startsurrounding the altar. Evelyn is horrified as the hideousmummies kneel down and begin to CHANT, --which now soundseven more horrific due to the lack of tongues, jaws andmouths in the room.Imhotep steps up carrying the black Book Of The Dead.His hand reaches out and lovingly caresses Anck-su-namun'sdecayed cheek.INT. HORUS CHAMBER - DAYO'Connell and Jonathan are digging away at the seams of thesecret compartment, it starts to give. And that's when ArdethBay spots another group of rotting mummies coming down thedark passageway, heading right for them. O'Connell looks up. O'CONNELL These guys just don't quit.Ardeth Bay grabs the elephant gun and a handful of shells andruns off towards the mummies. ARDETH BAY Keep digging!O'Connell and Jonathan redouble their efforts, pulling harderon the seam. The compartment starts to loosen. About to give.The last time this happened, salt acid sprayed out, remember?Our heroes keep tugging. The tension mounts ................And that's when a SKELETAL HAND BURSTS UP OUT OF THE GROUNDand grabs O'Connell's ankle. Several more moldy hands BURSTup out of the ground. O'Connell and Jonathan struggle withthe mummies as they crawl up out of the dirt floor.One of the mummies violently shoves O'Connell away. Anothergrabs Jonathan by the throat and starts to strangle him. Athird mummy grabs at the secret compartment and pulls hard.AN INTENSE BURST OF ACID SPRAYS OUT OF THE SEAM AND HITS ALLTHREE OF THE MUMMIES. The one strangling Jonathan gets it inthe back and drops him. All three mummies melt horribly.INT. CEMETERYImhotep begins to read from The Book Of The Dead.A large SWIRLING HOLE starts to open in the detritus bog.Evelyn's eyes widen in amazement and horror.IINT. HORUS CHAMBER - DAYArdeth Bay BLASTS AWAY at the oncoming mummies.over at the base of the statue, O'Connell and Jonathan pullan ornate chest out of the secret compartment. O'Connell ripsoff the lid, reaches inside and pulls out a heavy burlap bag.He and Jonathan exchange nervous, excited looks. Then hereaches into the bag and slowly pulls out the SOLID GOLD BookOf The Living- GOLDEN LIGHT reflects off their faces as theystare at it in wonder.The elephant gun goes empty. Ardeth Bay takes it by thebarrel and wades into the remaining mummies swinging. ARDETH BAY Save the girl! Kill the creature!The mummies quickly overwhelm and start to tear him apart.O'Connell lights the last stick of dynamite and throws itagainst the far wall. He and Jonathan hit the deck. O'CONNELL That's the last one, we better get lucky.The wall BLOWS. Debris COLLAPSES, --but now here's a hole forthem to get out. O'Connell and Jonathan race out through thehole just as the remaining mummies enter the chamber.EXT. HAMUNAPTRA RUINS - DAYOutside, Beni staggers across the sand with a saddlebagfilled with treasure. He throws it over the rear of a camel.Starts to climb up. Hesitates. Looks back at the temple door.Licks his lips. And then his greed gets the better of him andhe quickly climbs down and scurries back towards the door.INT. CEMETERY - DAYImhotep READS from the Book. The rotten Priest-mummies rockback and forth, CHANTING. Evelyn struggles.Then suddenly, the strange MIST wafts up out of the swirlinghole and over to the sacred jars, it passes through them andinto Evelyn. Evelyn JERKS as though she's been electrified.The MIST passes through her and into Anck-su-namun's body.The CHANTING PRIESTS, SWIRLING HOLE, WAFTING MIST andIMHOTEPIS READINGS reach a crescendo. Anck-su-namun's crustyEYELIDS suddenly POP OPEN. Evelyn stares at her in disbelief.Anck-su-namun's rotted head turns and looks at Evelyn withempty sockets. Evelyn freaks out and struggles wildly, thenshe notices Imhotep holding the ancient sacrificial knife. IMHOTEP (subtitled) with your death, my love and I will be invincible!He raises it up over Evelyn's chest, about to plunge it down.Evelyn's eyes widen in horror And that's when O'Connelland Jonathan BURST IN. Imhotep spins around and faces them.Jonathan beams as he holds up the golden Book Of The Living. JONATHAN I found it, Evy! I found it EVELYN Shut-up and get me off of here!O'Connell grabs an ancient sword out of a statue's hand,jumps up onto a gravestone and leaps out over the Priests.The Priest-mummies stop chanting. The MIST vanishes.Imhotep steps forward. O'Connell STRIKES the sacrificialknife out of his hand. Imhotep BELLOWS a command. The Priestsstand up, swords and knives in hand, they ATTACK O'Connell.EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT ONCE, READ FASTER: EVELYN Open the book, Jonathan! Open the book! That's the only way to kill him!O'Connell RACKS and CHOPS at the attacking Priest-mummies,fighting his way to Evelyn. The skeletal creatures wildlySWING their swords, trying to STAB O'Connell. Jonathanfumbles with the book, struggling to open it, --he can't. JONATHAN I can't open it! It's locked or something!O'Connell CUTS two of the mummies in half, then swings hissword down at Evelyn, --CLANG! One chain breaks free.Jonathan spots a series of SOLID GOLD, FOUR-SIDED LOCKSalong the binder. It hits him like lightning-- JONATHAN We need the key!Imhotep grins, then grabs the KEY/BOX hanging from a chainaround his neck, rips it off and shoves it into his pocketHe picks up the sacrificial sword and heads for Jonathan. JONATHAN What do I do, Evy!? What do I do!? EVELYN Read the inscription on the cover!O'Connell swings his sword down again, --CLANG! Evelyn nowhas one hand and one leg free. More mummies attack O'Connellforce him back.Jonathan quickly starts translating the cover inscription,but his ancient Egyptian is clearly awful. JONATHAN .Keetash-something, naraba-something.Jonathan starts to backpedal through the cemetery, clutchingthe golden book; wide-eyed, as Imhotep moves in on him. JONATHAN Ebarra im hatu Kashka ummmmm--?Jonathan trips and falls on his ass. Imhotep CHARGES FORWARD.O'Connell SLASHES another chain. Only one more left holdingEvelyn. Jonathan sits up and quickly looks back at the cover. JONATHAN Rasheem Aaaaa ANUBIS!Imhotep raises the sacrificial sword, about to kill Jonathan.And that's when the giant statue of Anubis suddenly CRASHESthrough the wall, --shades of Ray Harryhausen. only better.The god of Deaths, horrible, decrepit STONE FACE staresangrily down. Jonathan stares back. JONATHAN Oh boyO'Connell DECAPITATES a mummy and looks up at Anubis. O'CONNELL (sarcastic) This just keeps gettin, better and better.Imhotep leaves Jonathan and heads for the giant statue.O'Connell leaps over and with one last swing of the sword,frees Evelyn from her chains. More Priest-mummies attack,forcing him away. Evelyn jumps off the altar and starts tohead for O'Connell, --a SKELETAL HAND grabs her! Spins heraround. It's Anck-su-namun's rotted corpse. Evelyn reacts.Imhotep looks up at Anubis, points to O'Connell, and inANCIENT EGYPTIAN commands him to attack. Anubis moves forO'Connell, STOMPING over mausoleums and through the detritusmoat on his way. O'Connell quickly backs away. O'CONNELL Do something, Jonathan! Kill it! JONATHAN You have got to be joking?Evelyn is backing away from Anck-su-namun. EVELYN Finish the inscription, idiot! JONATHAN Oh.Anck-su-namun ATTACKS Evelyn. Evelyn fends her off as bestshe can. Jonathan quickly looks back at the hieroglyphs onthe book cover, fumbling badly under the pressure- JONATHAN Ummm, Hootash im .... Hootash im now what is this last symbol here? EVELYN What's it look like!?Anck-su-namun grabs Evelyn by the throat. The statue ofAnubis corners O'Connell, reaches down and GRABS him withit's MASSIVE TALONS. O'Connell HACKS away at it. Jonathanstares at the inscription, slightly oblivious. JONATHAN It's an Anck symbol, with two little squiggly lines above it, and a bird, a stork! on either side,Evelyn is being STRANGLED by Anck-su-namun, EVELYN -Ah! Ah! Ahmenophus! JONATHAN Yes, ...I see.The talons lift O'Connell up and start to CRUSH him. JONATHAN Hootash im Ahmenophus!The giant statue of Anubis instantly freezes in it's tracksand PETRIFIES. It's off balance. Starts to fall. O'Connellslides free of it's talons. Evelyn SHOVES Anck-su-namun away,Anck-su-namun looks up and opens her fetid mouth to screamjust as Anubis CRASHES DOWN on top of her, SMASHING HER topowder and DRIVING her into the ground.Imhotep SHRIEKS in rage and horror, then turns and angrilyheads for Jonathan. Jonathan, sitting on his ass, quicklybackpedals on his hands and heels.O'Connell leaps to his feet, sword in hand and runs forImhotep. Imhotep grabs Jonathan, lifts him up, rips thegolden Book Of The Living out of his hand and pins him to awall.O'Connell runs up and swings his sword at Imhotep, --WAP!SLICES Imhotep's 'right arm off. It drops to the ground, stillclutching The Book Of The Living. Imhotep drops Jonathan andspins around, facing O'Connell. O'Connell grins. O'CONNELL Okay pal, let's see how tough you are without your right arm.Imhotep grabs O'Connell with his left arm and THROWS him halfway across the cemetery. O'Connell SLAMS into a gravestone,bounces off and crashes to the ground. He shakes it off. O'CONNELL Alright, ...so he's left handedImhotep is already striding towards him. Jonathan lifts uphis hand, --HE HAS THE KEY/BOX BACK! He smiles at Evelyn. JONATHAN I got it!Evelyn runs for Jonathan.O'Connell SWINGS his sword and CLEAVES a big chunk of moltenflesh rot out of Imhotep's stomach. on the outside, Imhoteplooks human, but on the inside he is still a rotten old mummy.Imhotep BACKHANDS O'Connell. Knocks him twenty feet back.O'Connell staggers to his feet. Imhotep is right there. CLUBShim hard with his left arm. O'Connell spins through the air,SLAMS into the side of a mausoleum. Imhotep approaches, ragein his eyes. O'Connell gets up, quickly pivots and HACKS intoImhotep's head. Imhotep grins and PUNCHES O'Connell in theface. O'Connell is thrown back, pulling his sword with him.He bounces hard off the mausoleum. Lands on his feet.Totally beat-to-shit. Knees buckling. He can barely stand.Jonathan lifts up the heavy gold book, --Imhotep's severedhand still clings to it. Jonathan cringes in disgust. Evelynyanks it off, throws it away, then start furiously workingthe key into the series of locks, unlocking each of them.Imhotep strides forward. O'Connell backs into the mausoleum,swings the sword, Imhotep tries to catch it, --it CLEAVESthrough his palm and deeply imbeds itself into his forearm.No matter, Imhotep rips the sword away from O'Connell andcasually flings it away.The golden Book Of The Living opens with a HISS. Jonathanholds it tight as Evelyn quickly turns the heavy gold pagesLooking for something.O'Connell turns to run, but Imhotep grabs him by the throatand lifts him off his feet. O'Connell hangs there, a dazedmess. Imhotep grins, says something in ANCIENT EGYPTIAN, thenstarts to strangle O'Connell. O'Connell chokes. About to die.Evelyn turns and faces Imhotep and reads an inscription: EVELYN Kadeesh mal! Kadeesh mal! Pared oos! PARED OOS!!Imhotep pivots and looks at Evelyn, a look of sheer terroron his face. Then he looks over at the detritus bog. Whichstarts to BUBBLE and SHIFT. The SWIRLING HOLE begins to open.And then suddenly THE SPIRITS OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS waft outof the black bog and SWIRL around the Priest-mummies. Themummies all collapse and turn to dust. And then the spiritsattack Imhotep. Lifting him and O'Connell up into the air.Imhotep let's go of O'Connell, who falls to the ground.Evelyn and Jonathan fearfully stumble away from the spirits,Jonathan trips and falls and accidentally throws The Book ofThe Living into the detritus bog. Evelyn watches as thegolden book sinks into the black putrescence. Jonathan lookslike he's about to cry.Ten feet off the ground, the spirits SWIRL around Imhotep'sbody, TWISTING IT and TURNING IT and slowly SHRIVELING IT.Accompanied by the same strange FLASHING LIGHT we saw at thebeginning of the movie when Anck-su-namun was cursed. onelast HUGE FLASH, accompanied by a BLAST OF WIND, and Imhotepis spit out and thrown to the floor. He staggers to his feet,he looks perfectly normal. His body is completely intact.O'Connell swings his sword. Imhotep jerks back. The swordscrapes Imhotep's chest, --a swath of blood appears acrossImhotep's chest where the sword hit him. Imhotep touches theblood on his chest, amazed and horrified. He's mortal.O'Connell runs Imhotep through with the sword and shoves himbackwards. Imhotep stumbles back and falls into the detritusbog. The sword still in his stomach.Evelyn and Jonathan run up next to O'Connell. They watch asImhotep gently sinks into the fetid swamp, slowly dying. Andthen, just before his head goes under, Imhotep looks up atthem, grins broadly, and says something in ANCIENT EGYPTIAN.Evelyn translates: EVELYN Death is only the beginning.Imhotep's grinning face vanishes under the black bileSTAFF CHAMBER - DAYBeni staggers across a chamber, straining under the weightof another saddlebag filled with treasure. He spots a large,ornate STAFF sticking out of a wall. He throws the saddlebagover the staff and collapses against the wall. Exhausted.A BEAT. And then the weight of the treasure PULLS THE STAFFDOWN. Which starts a massive AURAL CHAIN-REACTION.Beni-backs away from the wall, wide-eyed, filled with fear.ALL THE WALLS START TO SINK INTO THE GROUND. Driven by tonsof pouring sand. Beni turns and hauls-ass out of the chamber.CEMETERY - DAYO'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan look around as all the wallsstart to DESCEND. O'Connell grabs Evelyn's hand. O'CONNELL C'mon!He pulls her forward and all three of them race past sinkingpillars. They duck as they run into a descending doorway.INT. PASSAGEWAY - DAYBeni scampers down a passageway, the ceiling getting lowerand lower until he has to crouch. And then he has to stickthe TORCH between his teeth and crawl on his hands and kneesINT. TREASURE CHAMBER - DAYO'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan crouch-run into the treasurechamber. Evelyn skids to a stop. Looks in wonder at all thetreasure. SAND rains down on them. O'Connell grabs her againand quickly pulls her through the mounds of treasure towardsa SINKING DOORWAY on the far side of the room. The SOUND ofthe sinking walls is deafening.Beni crouch-runs into the treasure chamber. O'Connell, Evelynand Jonathan race past him. He joins them as they run up astaircase. heading for a DESCENDING DOORWAY, which is alreadyhalf gone, it's now only four feet high -- now three feethigh -- now two feet. Jonathan dives through the narrow gap.Then O'Connell dives through, he spins around. Evelyn dives,but gets stuck in the middle, about to get cut in half.O'Connell grabs her arm and YANKS her through in the nick oftime. Beni reaches through the narrowing gap with his hand-- BENI O'CONNELL!!O'Connell grabs it, but it's too late. Beni yanks his handback just as the top of the door CRASHES to the floor.Sealing him in. Beni quickly crawls back down the stairs asthe ceiling SLAMS down behind him. He stands up and looksaround with his diminishing torch.All the doorways FINISH CLOSING. There's no way out. He'strapped. And then he hears something, and turns around. Overin the corner, a scarab-beetle stares at him, CHITTERING.Beni waves his flickering torch at the scarab and backs away. BENI Go awayHe stands in the middle of the treasure chamber as dozensupon dozens of scarabs boil up out of the floor around him.Beni is absolutely terrified. The scarabs start to move in.And that's when Beni's torch goes out. PITCH BLACK. A BEAT.And then we hear Beni start SCREAMING in horror and pain.And the scarabs CHITTERING hungrily.EXT. HAMUNAPTRA - DAYThe temple COLLAPSES as O'Connell, Evelyn, Jonathan and apack of stray camels race through the ruins. A SINKINGCREVICE DROPS OUT right behind them. Chasing them out throughthe front gates. The whole place RUMBLES ominously.They make it down the ramp as more ruins CRASH DOWN behindthem. A MASSIVE CLOUD OF SAND AND DUST billows out over thewall and into the air. our heroes and all the stray camelsrace out into the desert ..........SLOW DISSOLVE TO:EXT. PLATEALT - DAYO'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan stand in the middle of theplateau, surrounded by stray camels. They stare off at thesandy, dusty, volcano as it continues to RUMBLE-ominously. JONATHAN Well, ...I guess we go home empty handed.O'Connell looks at Evelyn O'CONNELL Wouldn't say that.Evelyn returns the look, A BEAT, and then she wraps-herarms around his neck and kisses him. O'Connell ret urn s it.Jonathan just rolls his eyes, snorts in disgust and climbsup onto a camel.When the kiss is-over, O'Connell and Evelyn share a smile,then O'Connell leaps up into the saddle, reaches down, grabsEvelyn's hand and pulls her up behind him. Evelyn wraps herarms around his waist. O'Connell and Jonathan slap the reins. O'CONNELL/JONATHAN TUK-TUK-TUK!!The camels start to move out. WE PAN DOWN: to the saddlebagbehind Evelyn, hidden under the closed back flap, --we cansee that it's filled with Beni's stolen TREASURE.O'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan ride off into the SUNSET.THE END