The Mummy PART 8 EXT. RUINS - NIGHT O'Connell and Jonathan boost Evelyn up onto a camel. Daniels and 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 SUDDENLY PUNCHES UP OUT OF THE SAND, ACCOMPANIED BY THE MOST HORRIFIC, PRIMORDIAL SHRIEK IMAGINABLE--- IMHOTEP ANCK-SU-NAMUUUUUN!!!! EXT. BRITISH FORT - CAIRO - DAY A British flag flies over BRITISH SOLDIERS manning the front gate. our tired, disheveled Heroes saunter up on their dusty camels. The Soldiers check their papers, then let them enter. INT. EVELYN'S QUARTERS - DAY A 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 continues to 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 sucking his 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 FINE O'Connell storms out and SLAMS the door. A BEAT. Then the door opens and O'Connell's hand reaches back in and throws a handful of frilly panties to the floor. SLAM goes the door. EXT. BRITISH FORT COMPOUND - DAY O'Connell angrily strides through the compound. He sees Beni coming up the path with a MAN dressed in hooded robes, his face 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 recoils O'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 - DAY The proverbial den-of-iniquity. Hard men, hard women and hard liquor. Lots of deals going down. An OLDER GUY with a walrus mustache is drunk and talking to some tough customers. He wears 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 to O'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 sods Henderson 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 puts the bifocals on over his death mask, --and grins broadly, his rotted 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 quickly backs away and runs out of the room. Imhotep picks up the sacred canopic jar, then removes the death mask, revealing his hideous, shattered CORPSE-SKULL. INT. CASBAH - DAY Three shot glasses clink together. O'Connell, Jonathan and Henderson slug 'em down, --all three of them instantly SPIT OUT 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 here He 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 - DAY LIGHTNING 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 - DAY Evelyn calmly steps into a courtyard carrying a handful of books. A BLAST OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING scares her. She drops half the books. Then a HAND GRABS HER! She jumps again and drops 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 the courtyard. O'Connell and Evelyn jump back. A water fountain bursts into STEAM. A wooden trellis catches FIRE. O'Connell and Evelyn run under the eaves as SOLDIERS, SERVANTS and CAMELS 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 the HAIL 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 SCREAM is heard coming from the living quarters directly above them. O'Connell and Evelyn race up the stairs. INT. BURNS' QUARTERS - DAY O'Connell and Evelyn race into the room, past the Servant who is running out SCREAMING. They skid to a stop as they spot Burns, or what's left of him, lying dead on the floor, --HIS BODY IS SHRIVELLED TO HALF IT'S SIZE. Drained of all organs and liquids. O'Connell and Evelyn are shocked. Then they hear a LOUD MOAN and notice Imhotep standing on the far side of the room. O'Connell draws his gun. Imhotep is REGENERATING: A thick skin FORMS over powerful new musculature. 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 an incredibly 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, creep Imhotep keeps coming. O'Connell OPENS FIRE. BLASTING Imhotep Bullets RIP through his body. Imhotep doesn't seem to mind. Jonathan, Henderson and Daniels run into the room. They're all stunned at the sight of Imhotep. O'Connell steps forward, throws a RIGHT HOOK, punches Imhotep in the face, --HIS FIST GOES THROUGH IMHOTEPIS SKULL AND GETS STUCK DEEP INSIDE HIS HEAD. O'Connell stares at it, shocked, then quickly YANKS his fist back out. The area of Imhotep's face that came into contact with O'Connell's fist quickly DEGENERATES and DECAYS, right down to the bone, as if O'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 others knocking them down. Imhotep looks at his hand, the one that just 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 spins into 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 curse LastIndexNext