The Mummy's Curse Page #3

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Joe, go into town

and notify the authorities

of Antoine's murder.

Master! Master!

'Tis you, Ragheb.

Yes, Master.

The hours of the night

are few.

Lead the way, quickly.

Look, Master.

The path leads

right up the hill from

the very swamp edge.

But the mummy cases,

where are they?

Safely hidden

in the monastery.

You couldn't have

carried them up alone.

No, I've had help.

You've been told

to work secretly!

Those who helped

will not talk.

I trust you silenced

them less noticeably

than you did Antoine?

With Antoine I had to

act quickly, Master.

This time their bones will

long be turned to powder

before our secret

is discovered.

Come.

The hours do not linger.

It is good.

Yes, Master.

My robe.

But where is Kharis?

Over there, Master.

Kharis,

you shall rise again

to find your

Princess Ananka.

That is our vow to you.

Kharis will soon be ready

to return to life

and movement.

Yes, Master.

Now, where is the copper box

and the sacred brazier?

They are here.

Open it.

There you will find leaves

of the ancient tana tree.

Yes, Master.

Give three to me.

Three leaves

to keep his heart beating.

Once, each night,

during the cycle

of the full moon,

we will dissolve

three tana leaves and

give the fluid to Kharis.

Yes, Master.

Once each night

during the cycle

of the full moon.

And nine leaves each night

to give life and movement.

Nine leaves each night

to give him

life and movement.

And now,

by this medallion

of the late priests

of Arkam,

you will swear

to the ancient

gods of Egypt

that you will not

betray your trust.

I swear by the mighty power

of Amon-Ra,

whose anger

can shatter the world,

that I will not

betray my trust.

Now that you have sworn,

the time has come

when you must learn

the purpose of our mission.

You will look back with me

across the years

that pass like vapor

before thine eyes.

Over 3, 000 years ago,

the Princess Ananka died.

She was buried

with all the ceremony

due her exalted station.

Ananka's father,

King Amenophis,

bid her her last farewell.

And thus,

the Princess Ananka was

placed in her tomb.

Kharis, a prince

of the royal house

who loved Ananka,

looked on in grief.

His devotion was so great

that he refused to believe

she was lost to him forever.

Kharis broke into

the altar room to steal

the secret of eternal life

from its hiding place

at the feet of Isis,

the goddess.

With that, he knew he could

bring Ananka back to life.

Daring the anger

of the ancient gods,

he stole

the forbidden tana leaves.

Returning to the tomb

of his beloved,

to restore her once again

to mortal state,

Kharis was discovered

by guards who seized him.

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