The Mummy PART 10 INT. FOYER - NIGHT O'Connell and Jonathan race into the foyer and skid to a stop 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 - NIGHT Imhotep leans down towards Evelyn, about to kiss her as she sleeps. The door starts to CRASH and BANG from O'Connell. Imhotep ignores it. And KISSES Evelyn. His lips and mouth instantly start to DEGENERATE and DECAY. Right down to the bone. The door BURSTS OPEN. Evelyn wakes-up. Sees Imhotep's rotted 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 faces O'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 instinctively catches it. He SHRIEKS, drops the cat and stumbles back towards the window, --which suddenly BLOWS OPEN. Imhotep spins like a dervish and BURSTS INTO A WHIRLWIND OF SAND. Everybody covers their eyes. The Imhotep/sand-devil EXPLODES out 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 on the floor . .... and drops the martini glasses. INT. 1923 CONVERTIBLE DUSSENBERG - NIGHT Jonathan 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 - NIGHT A FULL MOON now shines down on the bazaar, still bustling with activity. Suddenly, a BREEZE kicks-in. GREEN MIST begins to SWIRL down the street and through the stalls. The people begin to CHOKE and COUGH and RETCH, as if being hit by a severe sickness. --It's already too late. Imhotep strolls through the sickened mob, his face half rotted off, his deformed mouth grinning happily. Beni is at his side, looking very nervous. And then, one-by-one', the people silently begin to follow Imhotep, their skin now covered in disgustingly hideous BOILS AND SORES. INT. MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES - NIGHT O'Connell., Jonathan, Daniels, the Curator and Ardeth Bay fo11ow 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 the stairs, 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 outside They all rush over to the upper windows and look down-- OUTSIDE: A large, CRAZED MOB covered in hideous boils and sores comes 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 - NIGHT The crazed mob CRASHES into the huge front doors, which are locked. They pound furiously, throwing themselves at it while CHANTING CONSTANTLY. Imhotep solemnly comes up the driveway. INT. MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES - UPPER BALCONY - NIGHT The BANGING on the doors can be heard as Evelyn and the Curator 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. Evelyn talks 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 them over the railing. The men fly through the air and CRASH into the lower display cases. The front doors suddenly BURST OPEN, The crazed mob pours into the museum. our heroes haul-ass across the balcony and down the staircase. EXT. MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITY - NIGHT Jonathan sneaks out of some bushes and quickly heads for his convertible. Suddenly, a splinter group of the diseased mob comes around the side of the museum. Jonathan instantly bugs his 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 doors of the museum. Jonathan leaps into the convertible, fires it up and 180's it back over to the bushes. O'Connell, Evelyn, Daniels, Ardeth Bay and the Curator jump inside the car. Beni steps out of the museum and sees them. BENI Imhotep! IMHOTEP! Imhotep looks out of the museum from the shattered upper windows just as the convertible PEELS OUT. O'Connell points a finger at Beni as they race past him. O'CONNELL You're gonna get yours, pal! Imhotep UNHINGES his jaw, his mouth stretches to an inhuman size, he lets out one of his horrific, primordial SHRIEKS. His disease-ridden disciples immediately begin pouring out of the front doors of the museum and chasing after the car. EXT. BAZAAR - NIGHT The convertible hauls-ass down the narrow bazaar street. Crazies start jumping out of stalls and LEAPING onto the car. O'Connell and the others fight them off, throwing them overboard. More people JUMP on. Jonathan SWERVES the car, CRASHES through some stalls, knocking them off, but not before they manage to open the back door and YANK Daniels out. He TUMBLES across the pavement. Gets up SHOOTING. Backs into 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 him like rabid vultures. Daniels eyes them, filled with fear. The mob parts like the red sea as Imhotep walks through them and up to Daniels. Daniels whimpers in fear, tears pour down his cheeks. Then he gets an idea, reaches into his pocket, and pulls out his jewel encrusted SACRED CANOPIC JAR. He holds it out for Imhotep. Imhotep takes it and grins. Through his tears, Daniels grins back, hopeful that he'll be spared. WE CUT WIDE: Somewhere in the middle of the crazed, diseased mob, we hear Daniels give out A BLOOD CURDLING SCREAM ........ INT./EXT. CONVERTIBLE - STREETS - NIGHT The convertible slowly motors down the narrow alleys. WE DOLLY across the hood of the car from Jonathan to Evelyn to O'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 the windshield! Everybody SCREAMS. Jonathan hits the gas, loses control, 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 mob quickly surrounds them. O'Connell quickly reaches into his gunny-sack, pulls out a stick of dynamite, then reaches into his pocket and pulls out a match. He looks around for a way to light it, then reaches over and strikes it across Ardeth Bay's stubbly face. Ardeth Bay YELPS. O'Connell holds the lit match 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 the day he was buried alive. Evelyn stares at him. EVELYN He's gorgeous. O'Connell gives her a look, the match burns his fingers. He YELPS and throws it down, grabs another match and strikes it across Ardeth Bay's face again. Ardeth Bay YELPS and gives O'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'Connell LIGHTS THE FUSE. Imhotep steps up to O'Connell and stops, watching the fuse burn down. it's a game of chicken. The tension mounts. The LIT FUSE is about to vanish inside the stick of dynamite, blowing it up, --when Evelyn leans forward and blows it out. O'Connell exhales, but keeps his eyes on Imhotep, 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, bloodthirsty crowd 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 to take 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 closes around 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 of Ardeth 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 Imhotep stops 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's grip 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/MANHOLE COVER and shoves Jonathan down inside it, then jumps in after him. 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 Bay crawls down into the hole. The mob tears the Curator apart. LastIndexNext