Serena awoke and blinked to adjust her eyes. She attempted to move her arms and found they were tied behind her. She watched as Imhotep shackled Evy onto a stone slab next to an extremely decomposed mummy, which she presumed to be Anck-su-namun. Boy, Serena guessed that the woman was pretty in life because now…not so much!

Evy slowly came to, only to find a big rat on her stomach and then the corpse beside her. Obviously, she screamed loudly.

"Serena?" she screamed.

"Evy! I'm over here!" Serena yelled back.

Corpses surrounded the slab bowing and chanting as Imhotep approached it, carrying the Book of the Dead. Wherever the guys were, they needed to hurry! Evy didn't have much time left, and who knew what was going to happen to Serena?

Imhotep caressed the dead corpse on the table. "O'Connell! Jonathon!" Evy screamed.

"Ardeth!"

Imhotep read something from the book, and black mist and goo came out of a nearby pool and floated to the corpse. Suddenly, the corpse came alive with an ear-piercing shriek.

Imhotep took a big, shiny sword and approached Evy. "With your death, Anck-su-namun shall live, and I shall be invincible!" He raised the sword as Serena and Evy screamed.

"Evy!"

Serena looked up and saw Jonathon standing at the top of the stairs that led out of the room. She had never been so happy to see him.

"I've found it, Evy, I've found it!" He raised the Book of the Amun-ra above his head.

"Shut up, and get me off of here, Jonathon!" Evy cried. She told him to open the book, but Jonathon said he needed the key, which had to be in Imhotep's robes.

Rick jumped onto the table and broke one of Evy's shackles. Serena watched as a battle ensued between him and several corpses. In the process he cut off the chains on Evy's feet. Then he went to go break Evy's other chain, but a mummy pulled him down. He was about to be crushed, but his quick thinking allowed him to stop the mummies.

Serena knew they were preoccupied, but she still wished someone would come cut her ropes. Just as she finished thinking that, she felt her arms go slack. She looked to see who cut them and it was Ardeth!

"Ardeth!" For the first time, she was able to see all of him. He had beautiful black hair that reached past his chin and another tattoo on his forehead.

He put his finger to lips, motioning for her to be quiet. She took the ropes off her wrists and went to go help Evy off the sacrificial table. She managed to break the other shackle and free her friend.

"What do we do?" she asked frantically. Even more mummies that looked like guards came after them.

"Do something, Jonathon," Evy said.

"Me?"

"You can command them!"

"You've got to be joking!"

"Finish the inscription on the cover, idiot, then you can control them!"

Jonathon took a look and the cover and attempted to finish translating it. Rick and Serena got attacked by the mummy guards and Anck-su-namun went after Evy. Serena figured out that if Anck-su-namun killed Evy, then she would live and Imhotep would not be able to die. This was bad on so many levels! Serena grabbed a spear in the room and armed herself. She surprised herself when she saw how well she was able to fight the mummy guards. Just when she thought she was safe, she felt her leg pulled and the spear slipped out of her grasp. She turned around and saw one of the mummies pulling her towards it.

"AHHH! ARDETH!"

Ardeth appeared and cut off the mummy's arm. It stayed on her leg and had a firm hold.

"Stay still!" Ardeth yelled to the squirming girl. He helped her pry off the arm and Serena gave him a tight hug.

"I knew you would make it," she said.

"I must leave now. There are others coming after you all and the Medjai must stop them."

He turned to leave, but Serena called after him. He ran up to her and gave her a passionate kiss. He then ran off once more to defeat the other mummies. Serena blinked a few times, disbelieving that that had really just happened. She touched her tingling lips and let out a small smile.

"I can't figure out this last symbol!" Jonathon yelled.

"What does it look like?" Evy yelled back as she ran from Anck-su-namun.

"It's a bird! A stork!"

Anck-su-namun choked Evy as she tried to plunge the blade into her. "A-Amenophus!"

The guard mummies ran up to O'Connell and threw their knives, spears, and swords on him. Just as they were about to kill him amidst Serena's screams, Jonathon finished the inscription and the swords stopped at the last millisecond. They were actually touching his face, but no blood was drawn. They released the swords and faced Jonathon, ready for their orders.

Imhotep screamed for them to kill the people, but he did not control them anymore.

"Fa-kooshka, Anck-su-namun!" Jonathon ordered. The mummies marched up to the corpse trying to kill Evy and just as she was about to put the blade into Evy, the guards took all of their weapons and re-killed the mummy.

Imhotep screamed her name and ran to Jonathon, threatening to kill him. Before he could do so, Rick chopped off his arm. Imhotep, after throwing Rick across the room, simply took it and screwed it back on, a sight that made Serena sick to her stomach.

"Evy, I've got it!" Jonathon said triumphantly, holding the key in his hand.

Jonathon held the book in his arms and Evy stuck the key in it and opened it. "Keep him busy!" she yelled to Rick.

"No problem," he answered weakly.

Serena watched him getting beaten to a pulp, so she knew she had to go help him. "Hey, Imhotep!" she shouted. "I helped kill Anck-su-namun! Your princess is gone forever!"

"Serena, don't!" Rick yelled. Imhotep looked at her with such rage and fury, it made her stomach flop. He started towards her and she started running as fast as she could. It didn't matter because he easily caught up to her and threw her across the ground. She landed on her back and the wind was stolen from her. He walked towards her again, but Rick grabbed him before he could get to her.

"Hurry, Evy!" Serena and Jonathon said.

"You're not helping!" she said in her sing-song voice.

Imhotep grabbed Rick's throat and opened his mouth wide. Serena knew what he was doing! He was going to suck Rick dry just like he did Henderson! The thought made her blood boil. She screamed and ran up to Imhotep and jumped onto his back, clawing at his face. He managed to throw her off and began to choke her when Evy yelled, "I've got it! Kadeesh mal! Kadeesh mal! Pared oos! Pared oos!"

Just as Serena started to turn a shade of blue, Imhotep released her and she ran into the safety of Evy's arms as a ghostly image of Egyptians in a chariot swept through Imhotep. A spirit version of him was carried away by the ghosts, screaming and trying to get away.

"I thought you said it was gonna kill him!" Rick shouted as he stumbled back.

Imhotep ran up to O'Connell, determined to kill him, when Rick shoved a sword into Imhotep's stomach. Imhotep looked confused at the pain and the sight of blood.

"He's mortal," Evy stated.

Rick pulled the sword out and Imhotep held his wound and fell back into the slimy pool. His skin started to mummify again and Serena direly wanted to look away, but couldn't. His tongue and eyes disappeared, or rather Burns' eyes and tongue, and he said his final words in Ancient Egyptian: "Death is only the beginning."

Serena knew that this was not over.

Suddenly, the ground shook violently and the ceilings started to come down.

"Time to go!" O'Connell shouted. He grabbed Evy's hand, while Jonathon grabbed Serena's. He tripped and the book fell into the pool.

"You lost the book!" Evy screamed. "Jonathon, I can't believe—"

They all grabbed her and moved her along, knowing time was short. They ran into the room filled with treasure and this time Jonathon paused. "Couldn't we just—"

"No!" they all shouted as they grabbed him like they did Evy. The ceilings of rock were closing fast and Serena heard a voice behind her.

"O'Connell!" She turned and saw Beni trying to catch up with them. But even though O'Connell urged him to hurry, there was too much distance and the walls closed, splitting the pair forever.

"Good-bye, Beni."

"I told him he would get his comeuppance!" Evy laughed as they kept running. They finally made it out of the tomb and pillars and sand were crashing everywhere. Serena almost got hit by a pillar, but O'Connell managed to pull her away. Finally safe, they turned and surveyed the damage. Hamunaptra was no more. And after what they'd been through in the past few days, that was probably a good thing!

Suddenly, Jonathon screamed which caused all of them to jump and scream too. They looked and saw that it was just Ardeth and his fellow Medjai.

Jonathon gasped trying to catch his breath.

"You have earned the respect and gratitude of me and my people," Ardeth said.

"Yes, well, it was nothing," Jonathon answered.

Ardeth hopped down from his camel and hugged Serena. "I am so glad to see you are safe."

"You too."

"Well, I guess we go home, empty-handed…again," Jonathon complained.

"I wouldn't say that," Rick said and after so long, he finally kissed Evy in a silent proclamation of their love.

"Oh, please," Jonathon sighed. Serena laughed.

"Alright, Evy, you ride with me, Serena you can ride with Jonathon," Rick said as he prepared to board the camel.

"Um," Serena said. "The thing is, I'm going with him."

"What?" Evy exclaimed. "But we're finally safe. Come with us."

"Don't worry, Evy. I'm sure we'll see each other again. After all, your curiosity is what got us into this mess, and I don't think you're going to be able to resist the temptations again."

Evy grabbed her friend and squeezed her tightly.

"I told you O'Connell liked you and wasn't going to leave," Serena whispered in her ear. Evy playfully hit her once more and looked at her sadly. "I promise, we will meet again. And Ardeth and I will always be there to help you, with whatever you manage to get yourself into next!"

"We'll be seeing you 'round, Serena," Rick said as he gave her a light hug.

Rick and Evy boarded their camel as did Jonathon. Ardeth climbed onto his and helped Serena up in front of him.

"Good-bye, my friends!" Serena said.

"Bye, Serena!" a chorus of voices rang out. Ardeth started going in the other direction and he and Serena shared a beautiful, passionate kiss. It was so much more romantic now that no mummies were after them. Serena turned and looked at the group departing. She saw a glimmer from the sun and she and Ardeth made eye contact.

"Was that…?"

"Seti's treasure?"

They both laughed joyously and shared another kiss. And to think that all of this started because Serena wanted a job in a museum. And now she was going to become a Medjai, just one more step in the fantastic adventure she called life.