The Mummy PART 2 EXT. RIDGE - DAY Up on a ridge, A GROUP OF RIDERS watch O'Connell stumble clear of the decrepit city. O'Connell feels their presence and looks up. Very different from the Tuaregs, they have BLUE TINTED SKIN and faces covered in strange PUZZLE-TATTOOS. The Mumia. Still watching Imhotep's grave after all this time. The MUMIA LEADER is a huge, fierce Man in black robes, with dual scimitars across his waist. His face is both handsome and horrible, blue and tattooed. Meet ARDETH BAY. His dark eyes watch O'Connell stagger off into the open desert ........ EXT. CAIRO - DAY Cairo, a city so old the stars have actually changed their positions in the sky 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: CAIRO INT. CAIRO MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES - DAY Deep in the bowels of the museum lie the STACKS. Rows upon rows of towering bookshelves. Filled with literature on the Antiquities. Standing at the top of a tall ladder between two of these rows and leaning against one of the bookshelves, is a rather uninteresting British GIRL: eye-glasses, hair-in-a-bun, long boring dress, your typical prudish nightmare. This is EVELYN 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 the letter "O". Then she grabs another book out from under her arm and reads the title. EVELYN Tuthmosis? .... Now how did you get up here? Carefully, so as not to lose her balance, she looks over her shoulder to the 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 the other books down on the top shelf, then turns and gingerly starts to reach across the aisle with the Tuthmosis book. It's a little too far, so she stretches, reaching, holding the top of the ladder with her fingertips, she's almost got it, closer now closer. And that's when the ladder pulls away from the shelf. Evelyn YELPS, flings the Tuthmosis book and grabs the top of the ladder, which stands straight up. Evelyn holds her breath, swaying precariously, a long BEAT, and then she loses her balance, the ladder swings around and Evelyn starts stiltwalking down the aisle. EVELYN OHEIUGM! ! AHHHHHH! The ladder crosses the aisle, does an about face and heads back the way it came. Evelyn clings to the top, struggling for balance. The ladder teeters out into the main aisle and picks up speed. Evelyn SCREAMS as it does a 180, spins into another aisle and finally crashes to a stop at the top of a bookshelf. Evelyn holds her breath, then SIGHS HEAVILY. And that's when the bookshelf falls away from her and CRASHES into the next bookshelf. Evelyn slides down the ladder and plops to the floor. She looks up just as the domino effect kicks-in: each bookshelf crashing into the next. And onward it goes. Bookshelf after bookshelf. Thousands of volumes flinging off shelves and scattering across the floor. It finally ends as the last shelf CRASHES into a wall. Evelyn's eyes are closed. She opens one eye. Looks left. Then right. Then opens the other eye and stares at the huge 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 she hears a NOISE and quickly turns around. A BEAT. EVELYN Hello? Quiet. Eerie. And then she hears it again, like feet, slowly shuffling across the floor, coming from a nearby gallery. EVELYN Abdul? Mohammed? Bob? Evelyn walks through the stacks and enters-- INT. THE RAMESSEUM Filled with treasures and plunder from the Middle Kingdom. it's very dark and quiet in here, the only LIGHT is from FLICKERING TORCHES at either end of 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 statue of Anubis, another of Horus, they stare down at Evelyn, who is starting to get scared now. She walks down the aisle. Past a closed sarcophagus. Past cases of ancient artifacts. Past another sarcophagus, --only this one is OPEN! Evelyn freezes, swallows hard, nervously looks around to see who could have opened it. Then she slowly leans forward with the torch, and peers inside. --A hideous rotted MUMMY sits up and SCREECHES at her! Evelyn SCREAMS, drops the torch and backs away, scared out of her wits. And then, coming from inside the sarcophagus, she hears a Man LAUGHING. Her eyes narrow as a foppish cad crawls out from behind the Mummy, laughing his ass off, 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 pulls a 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's sarcophagus and coffin. Evelyn is instantly curious, she grabs the box out of his hand. EVELYN Where did you get this? Jonathan knows her weaknesses, gives her a mischievous smile. JONATHAN On a dig, down in Thebes Evelyn rolls the box around in her hands, mumbling to herself as she translates the hieratics and hieroglyphs covering it. Jonathan licks his lips 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, shifting them this way and that way, it's like a puzzle box. Then suddenly, it UNFOLDS ITSELF, almost-mechanically, turning itself into the KEY. Sitting inside the open key/box is a folded piece of GOLDEN PAPYRUS. An ANCIENT MAP. EVELYN Jonathan? JONATHAN Yes? EVELYN I think you found something. INT. CURATOR'S OFFICE - DAY The 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 Perhaps Jonathan 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 we established 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 the floor. 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 the desk and gives him a very angry, suspicious look. EXT. CAIRO PRISON - GALLOWS COURTYARD - DAY Cairo prison. One of the worst hell holes on earth. Every low-life form of scumbag can be found here. The WARDEN, a first rate scumbag himself, escorts Evelyn and Jonathan across the gallows courtyard. Evelyn whispers to 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, actually EXT. VISITORIS PEN - DAY The 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 FOUR GUARDS, they shove him up to the cell bars. From the looks of it, he's been here awhile; his face is half hidden by long hair, a scraggly beard and many 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 the metal bars. He shows no pain, but just looks back and gives the Guard a nasty 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 the jaw, DECKS HIM. He hits the floor. Out cold. A Guard CLUBS O'Connell. His head bounces off the bars again. He shows no pain, but gives the Guard another nasty look. Evelyn looks down at her brother, then back at O'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 here Evelyn 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 bars and 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, LastIndexNext