Having just freshened up for bed, Moondancer sneaks out of the tent with the Book of the Dead and placed it on a stone where Charming Thunder and the others slept. She then went through the bag to look for the key. "That's called stealing, you know," Charming Thunder said as he slowly opened his eyes.
"According to you and your brother it is called borrowing," Moondancer said as she opened up the key.
"It could be dangerous. You sure you want to be playing around with that thing?"
"Oh come on. It's just a book. What harm can come from reading a book?" Moondancer unlocked the book with the key and when she opened it, the fire flickered and they shared a nervous look.
"So what does it say?" Moondancer began to read a page in ancient Haygiptian.
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Inside the ruins, Moondancer's voice echoed in the Mumma-Ra's ear. When it finished, his eyes glowed red and awoke in his coffin from the dead and roared.
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Khem Val bolted up from his sleeping bag and looked at Moondancer who was reading and shouted, "{What have you done? You mustn't read from the book!!}"
"SHE DID WHAT?!!" Daring Do shouted. Everyone woke up after hearing what happened and a sound was heard in the distance. It came louder and louder when suddenly in the distance, a swarm of locusts came into the camp out of the darkness and engulfed the camp. The group then began to run from the swarm and raced into the ruins hoping that it will go away.
"Did you see that?" Phantom Lord asked. "That was a swarm of grasshoppers. Was that one of the plagues?"
"No." Daring Do said. "It's generational."
"I'm sure it will go away," Moondancer said. The group continued to move through the labyrinth with Daring Do holding the torch. Once they were deeper in the ruins, the ground suddenly shook and a swarm of scarab beetles burst out of the sand. Charming Thunder screamed and ran for his life through the halls. "SCARABS!!" Daring Do and the others leaped to a pedestal while Rarity jumped into a narrow grotto on the other side of the stairway. The scarabs scurry between them while Spike aimed his Plasma Repeater at them to make sure one of them won't get to hem. Rarity suddenly fell backwards through an opening and it closed as the scarabs finally left the room. The group sighed with relief including Charming Thunder who was still shaking with fear.
"I didn't know you were scared of scarabs," Danny said laughing a little.
"Shut up!" Charming Thunder said. "I just don't want to get eaten by those scarabs."
"Wait a minute, where's Rarity?" Spike said.
"She was across from us a second ago," Applejack said. "Oh no. Phantom Lord is missing as well."
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Rarity sat up shaking the sand out of her mane and looked around fearfully. The room was almost pitch black so she used her magic to light the way. She then rounds a corner where the moonlight shone through the crack on the ceiling. She then heard footsteps approaching and looked around on alert. "Who's there?" Rarity demanded. "Spike? Charming? Whoever you are show yourself." She backed up and bumped into something. "Spike is that y---" She turned around to see the molten fleshed Mumma-Ra growling at her. She screamed and slowly backed away from the creature until she stopped at the wall. Mumma-Ra's eyes widened as he looked into Rarity's sapphire eyes.
"Nephitaph?" the creature said as he snarled.
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Spike hits a wall in an effort to break it down. "Darn it!!" Spike said. "It's a trap door."
"Then there must be a switch around here somewhere," Charming Thunder said. Before the group started to look, they heard Phantom Lord's jet pack approaching and fly towards them.
"Don't just stand there," Phantom Lord said. "RUN!!"
"Not again." The group then ran as the group of scarabs return and follow them down the stairs and hauled out of the room hoping to find Rarity along the way.
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Mumma-Ra stepped forward to Rarity as she shook with fear. The sand seems to be magnetized to his rotten flesh. "Kadeesh pharos Nephitaph." Charming Thunder suddenly entered the room to find her.
"There you are," Charming Thunder said relieved. "Quit playing hide and seek and lets get out of here." Rarity continued to stare at Mumma-Ra as he turned to see him. He jumped with shock and drew out his blaster pistol. Mumma-Ra growled at his presence and slowly approached them.
"Rarity!!" Spike yelled. Mumma-Ra then turned to the source of the voice. Spike entered the room with the others and stopped with shock and dropped his weapon. The creature then turned back to Rarity and Charming Thunder and lets out a loud screech at them. This gave Rarity the chills but Charming Thunder was not afraid and fired his blaster at him.
"MOVE!!" The group followed Charming Thunder to get out of the ruins while the walking corpse slowly got up fixing his broken jaw. With the swarm cleared, the group took a breather and they were relieved that they got away from the monster.
"What was that thing?" Spike said.
"I think that was Mumma-Ra," Daring Do replied. "I suggest we get away from here before the monster gets us."
"Relax, Daring Do," Charming Thunder reassured. "I got him."
"No mortal weapon can kill this creature. He's not of this world."
"He's immortal then," Danny said.
"Exactly. This creature is the bringer of death. He'll never eat. He'll never sleep. He'll never stop."
"{Until he is fully regenerated,}" Khem added.
"What do you suggest we do?" Phantom Lord asked.
"I suggest we flee to a town and try to find a way to kill him," Daring Do said. "Hopefully that he won't follow us." Everyone agreed and rushed to mount their raptors to flee the ancient city. As they made their way out of the city, a hoof popped out of the sand and a roar echoed the city.