The Living Mummies of Toth-Ra

They were well on their way to Egypt, ready to enter one of the pyramids. Webby approached Charlotte with something behind her back. "Hey, Charlotte. I wanted to give you a gift for this adventure." From behind her back, she pulled out a hat that looked very much like the one she was wearing, but instead of a pink bow, it was an orange bow. Charlotte held the hat in her hands as she inspected it. A gift? For me? She looked at Webby and gave her a small smile of gratitude as she put the hat on. "Yay! Now we can be matching!" Webby exclaimed excitedly.

When they crashed landed in Egypt, they made their way to a temple, only to be stuck in quicksand. They were completely submerged when Scrooge broke through inside a temple. Scrooge helped Launchpad out, followed by everyone else. Louie was coughing out some sand. "And that's why you don't scream while sinking in quicksand." Webby said. "Webby, please don't tell me how to die!" Louie said. "Don't worry. I've read all about the ancient pyramids. I'll show you the ins and outs." Louie coughed out a bug. "Would love to focus on the out." Louie said.

Scrooge lit up a torch and dusted away a hieroglyph on the wall. "Hahah! I was right! The tomb of Toth-Ra, bringer of the sun. I've been searching for decades and-." Scrooge stopped upon hearing Launchpad eating a burrito. "Launchpad!" Launchpad stopped eating. "Did you want a bite?" Launchpad asked. Scrooge snatched the burrito out of his hands. "This is the last of lost pyramids. Show some respect." Scrooge said, walking off. Launchpad only took out another burrito from his jacket and continued eating. "Sorry, Mr. McD."

"Oh man! What if there's a whole army of mummies down here!?" Dewey asked excitedly. "Unlikely. Mummification was an expensive process meant for royalty. It be rare for more than one... mummy..." He stopped when he saw Dewey frown. "Toth-Ra was pretty rich. I bet there's at least six." Huey said, trying to cheer his brother up. "Rich? What are we talking? Jewels, antiquities, what?" Louie asked. "Pharaohs from this period were typically entombed with treasure, servants, jars full of vital organs." Louie ran past them. "Ignoring the bad parts. See you in the treasure room!" Before he could make it any further, Scrooge stopped him. "Careful!" Scrooge said in front of a door. Everyone approached as Scrooge cautiously opened a stoned door with his cane, only to be surprised to find the passage blocked off. "That was pretty anticlimactic." Dewey said. That must be because it's a-!

A trap door was triggered, sending everyone tumbling and sliding down a chute. As they kept sliding down, the wind knocked Charlotte's hat off her head. They were then split up, Charlotte, Webby, and Louie going down one chute while the rest went down the other, as well as Charlotte's hat.

Scrooge, Huey, Dewey, and Launchpad were shot out and landed on the ground. They groaned in pain and gasped when they saw a bunch of mummies surrounding them. "Mummies!" Dewey exclaimed excitedly. Everyone got up quickly, getting into a fighting stance. "Behind me! They could be dangerous. Speak, you ancient miscreants!" Scrooge demanded. One mummy slowly approached them threateningly, but once in the light, she looked completely harmless. "Hey. What's up?" She greeted.

Everyone looked at all the mummies to see that they all looked harmless. "Hey. If those are mummies, then I'd hate to see daddies. Am I right?" Launchpad said. Scrooge quickly shushed him. "Greetings, minions of Toth-Ra. We are Scrooge McDuck and family." Scrooge greeted. "Hey. If you guys are mummies, then I'd hate to see-." Scrooge quickly shushed him up again before he could finish. "And associates from the outside." Everyone gasped upon hearing the word outside. "We mean you no harm." Scrooge said. Huey pulled out a small, treasure map. "If you could just show us where your sacred treasure room is." Scrooge quickly stopped him before any of them could get mad. "You'll forgive the lad. We're just used to the mummies in pyramids being, well, dead."

Everyone looked at each other before bursting out in laughter. Scrooge and the others awkwardly laughed with them. "We are not mummies. We merely dress in this manner to honor our powerful and fashion forward leader. I am Amunet. Leader of the descendants of the servants of Pharaoh Toth-Ra." Amunet introduced herself. "For thousands of years, our families have served the Pharaoh and our society has thrived." The family looked around to see them pulling dead crops from their farms, cows eating dirt and rocks, and people selling sand, even illegally. "Thrived isn't the word I'd use." Huey said.

"Living mummies! There's something you don't see everyday, eh, Charlotte?" Scrooge looked back, but noticed that Charlotte wasn't there. "Charlotte!? Webby!? Louie!?" He only found Charlotte's hat on the ground. He picked it up with a worried look. "They must have gone down the other chute into the Pharaoh's Forbidden Chamber." Amunet said. "Forbidden!?"
"Oh no!"
"Lucky!"
Scrooge stared down at the hat worriedly. She never once separated from me during an adventure. No matter what, she always stayed by my side. "The poor bairns must be scared out of their wits."

"Wee!" Louie exclaimed as they landed in the treasure room. Louie ran around while Webby and Charlotte looked around. "Are we dead!? Is this heaven!?" Louie landed himself on top of a pile of gold coins, enjoying himself. "The ruby ankh of Neferhotep! The ushabti army of Xerxes the third! A prophecy!" Webby said, finding a prophecy carved on the wall. Charlotte pointed at it as a way of asking Webby to translate it. "'To those who serve the Pharaoh Toth-Ra, he brings golden reward, but beware all those who cross him.' And then something I can't quite translate. Something about a curse? Being stuck here for all eternity?" Webby said. Louie slid down a pile of gold coins. "Fine by me." He said.

Webby grabbed his hoodie and dragged him off the pile. "Hmm, best not to touch anything until we find Mr. McDuck. Let's go." Louie got up from the ground. "Or maybe we stay here." Louie suggested. I'm not sure that's a good idea. "It's a room full of treasure. Scroogey's gonna find it." I guess he has a point. "Good thinking. Still, don't touch..." Webby looked over to see Louie emerge from a pile of gold coins and spotting a khopesh. "Well, hello." Louie said to the sickle. "Anything." Webby finished. What were you expecting?

With Scrooge, Amunet was giving everyone a tour. "And that's my hut, and that's a public waste hole." Launchpad took pictures of both her home and the waste hole. "There awful close to each other." Huey said. "It does not smell great, but Almighty Toth-Ra decreed this is where I am to live." Amunet said as Launchpad took a picture of a skeleton that fell from the waste hole. "Oh, and here's the Temple of Toth-Ra." Amunet said, showing them the temple. Scrooge's patience was wearing thin. He pulled in Amunet's bandage, bringing her closer to his face. "See here, Amunet. My kids are trapped. Now you take me to the pharaoh this instant." Scrooge demanded, clutching onto Charlotte's hat. "No need. The pharaoh will be here soon."

A servant nervously placed a bowl of crops in front of the gate to the temple. The pharaoh rose from the top of the temple, perched on his throne. "Bless me bagpipes." Scrooge said upon seeing the pharaoh. The gates lowered down, allowing a guard to grab the bowl. The gates rose back up as the guard made his way into the temple. "Your pharaoh is... pleased." Toth-Ra spoke. "He has accepted our offering. It is time for our golden reward." Amunet said in joy. "I give you the sun!" A brick from the side of the pyramid slide open, allowing the sun's rays to travel into the dark pyramid. Scrooge and the others shielded their eyes from the sudden light as Amunet stood there happily, not at all affected by the sudden light. The farmers quickly watered as much of their crops as they could. As quickly as it came, it was gone just as fast, as the brick slid back into its place to block out the sun.

"That's it?" Dewey asked. "Wait!" Scrooge ran towards the temple as Toth-Ra returned into the temple, the gates stopping him. "Get back here!" But it was too late as Toth-Ra had fully returned into the temple. Scrooge fell to his knees in defeat, holding onto the bars. "Great day, everyone! If we skip meals and start harvesting right now, maybe he'll bring us a full hour of sun tomorrow!" Amunet said to everyone, trying to encourage them. "You know a mummy doesn't actually bring you the sun, right? The earth spins on its axis, creating-." Amunet cut him off. "Aww, not the sharpest sickle in the shed, are you, kid?" She said, patting his head as she walked by. "I got a Junior Woodchuck badge in sickle sharpening that says otherwise!" Huey stated, clearly offended.

In the treasure room, Louie was tying to get the khopesh un-stuck from the pile he was on. "You should really leave that alone. Basic rule of treasure hunting, if it might be cursed, don't touch it." Webby said. "You said you weren't sure what the prophecy meant." Louie said. "No, but I am sure it said the golden reward is for those who serve Toth-Ra." Webby retorted. Louie was scooping up as much treasure as he could and stuffed it into his hoodie. "I am serving him by cleaning up. This place is a mess of treasure." All the treasure he had collected fell from his hoodie and back into the pile, including a scroll that rolled down the pike. Webby sighed as Charlotte picked up the scroll. "I don't know. Maybe we should-."

"Ooh!"

Louie slid down the pile and made his way to some jars. "What's in this weird jar, huh?" Louie said, grabbing a jar from a table. Charlotte shook her head at Louie, desperately trying to get him to not open the jar. Louie only smiled as he opened the jar and looked inside, only to gag at what he found inside, dropping the jar. "Do not look in those jars." Louie said, about to puke. Webby looked inside. "Ooh, a kidney!" Webby said, completely unfazed. The door to the treasure room opens by guard and spotted the kids. "Intruders!" They all stood there shocked as Webby picked up the jar it put it behind her back. "We brought that kidney from home, I swear!" Louie said.

At the gates, Scrooge was pulling on the bars, trying to get in. "Let me in, you decomposing degenerate!" He shouted. Amunet put her hand on his shoulder, causing him to stop and look back at her. "Those who enter the pharaoh's chamber never return!"
"What!?"
Everyone started to pull on the bars in fear of their family. "Charlotte! Louie! Webby!" Scrooge yelled out, completely scared for their safety. "Sorry. Too much?" Amunet asked. "Isn't there some way you can help us?" Scrooge asked. Amunet chuckled. "I suppose we could just ride up against the all-powerful Toth-Ra, bringer of the golden sun." Amunet said as the others began to laugh. "Yes, that! Do that!" Huey said. "Why!? We've got food, water, fresh bandages in lieu of pay, a kind and merciful god-king. What's the outside got that we don't?" She asked. "Toth-Ra has got you working night and day, while you barely got enough to scrape by." Scrooge said. "He doesn't bring you the sun. He keeps it from you!" Huey said, causing a mother to gasp and cover the ears of her child.

"Sorry, it's just not our way." Amunet apologized. "Don't you want to feel the sun on your face?" Scrooge asked. Amunet looked at the others before looking back at Scrooge. "Meh." She said, shrugging her arms. "The wind in your hair?" He tried again. "Not really." Amunet answered. Scrooge was severely confused, thinking his questions should work to get them to rise up. "Don't you want freedom or glory!? Or-Launchpad!" Scrooge stopped when hearing Launchpad eating his burrito. "Sorry. I didn't want my belly to grumble and interrupt your big speech. Like I am right now." Launchpad said as he continued to eat his burrito. "It's bad enough you goof around during the greatest archeological find of our time, but..." Scrooge stopped himself upon seeing everyone staring at Launchpad's burrito in wonder.

"Oh, what is that?"Amunet asked. "Oh, this burrito? Just rice, bean, cheese, your choice of meat wrapped in a delicious tortilla." Launchpad explained, handing his burrito around fro everyone to try. Everyone took a single bite and were already in love with it. "Where do we get this bo-rrito? Amunet asked. "Outside where freedom is." Scrooge said. "Bo-rritos are outside?" One follower asked. "We must have bo-rritos!" Another exclaimed. "Rise up against the mighty Toth-Ra!" Amunet yelled out, everyone cheering behind her. "Seriously? That's what... oh, never mind. Let's break into the temple!" Everyone cheered, holding their khopeshes in the air.

Webby, Louie, And Charlotte we're tied up as the guard was guiding them down a hallway, a spear pointing to their backs. What have I gotten myself into? "Never should've ignored a prophecy. We crossed the pharaoh and now we're doomed!" Webby said. "Silence!" The guard demanded, jabbing Louie in the back with his spear. "But we didn't cross the pharaoh. It was just some lowly guard." Louie said. I guess...? "Feels like a technicality." Webby said. "As long as you can talk, you can talk your way out. Trademark: Louie Duck." Oh boy.

Louie turned to the guard. "I don't know, this whole thing is a silly mistake." Louie said. "You were stealing treasure." The guard said. Louie gasped dramatically. "I would never. I'm a new pharaoh in town. Maybe you've heard of me?" The guard raised an eyebrow. "Lou-Rai, master of all pharaohs. Basically your boss's boss. You should just let us go before I get angry." Louie said. "He'll never buy it." Webby whispered to him. "Pharaoh of pharaohs, eh?" Louie looked back at Webby and Charlotte, smirking. His smirk was wiped off his face when they were hovering above some spikes by the guard's spear. "There shall be none above Toth-Ra!" He yelled. "Ah!" We're dead! We're so dead!

"Into the pit of eternal screams!" The guard said. "I never thought I'd die in a pit of spikes. I mean, I always hoped." Webby said. "Prepare to scream eternally! Or until you hit the bottom." Before the guard could drop them, Louie stopped him. "Wait a second! You can't do that because, because I have a really good reason! My-my reason is-."
"Because you've got to perform the proper ceremony first." The guard lifted them away from the spikes, allowing Webby to continue. "I don't see any mummification tools, no Book of the Dead. Are you even a certified high priest?" Webby asked. "Well, no, but I-." Webby cut him off. "There has to be a high priest in attendance! Everyone knows that." Webby said. "Well, I definitely knew that. Just take the scroll if you don't believe us." Charlotte dug in her pocket and pulled out the scroll she collected from earlier. The guard set them down and took the scroll, looking inside. They took this chance to run away. "Bye!" Louie said as they ran past him. "Hey!"

When they were safe, Webby and Charlotte got the ropes off of them. "Wow, that was quick thinking on that phony sacrifice stuff." Louie said as Webby set him free from the ropes. "Oh, that was all real." She said. "Wait, you were trying to help him kill us!?" Louie asked. "If I'm gonna be sacrificed, I'm gonna do it right." Webby said. I guess she has standards? "Pretenders! Get back here!" They all his behind some pillars as the guard walked past them. "At least my thing helped. Every time you ignore the rules and 'pull a Louie', we end up in more trouble." Webby said. "Because the rules of this place are nonsense!" Louie looked at a hieroglyph on the wall beside them. "Like this. Bird, bird, different bird, snake, leaf. Nonsense!" That doesn't mean it's nonsense. "Just because you don't understand it, doesn't mean it's-." She looked at the hieroglyph and stopped herself. "Huh. Actually, this doesn't make sense. This bird is facing the wrong way." She touched one of the birds, causing it to be pushed in and open up a secret passage way. "Secret passage! Yes!" They all entered through the secret passage, the opening closing behind them.

With Scrooge, he, as well as Dewey, Huey, and Launchpad, were preparing everyone to storm the temple. Scrooge was walking in front of one group of servants, who were standing up straight like soldiers. "Alright, troops. It won't be easy, but we'll whip you into shape, defeat that gauze-wrapped reprobate Toth-Ra, and save Charlotte, Louie, and Webby." Scrooge said, still hanging on to Charlotte's hat. "Show 'em what we got, boys!" Dewey said. Instead of seeing some form of attack that could help them like Scrooge expected, they instead started to groan and walk around like zombies. "Good, good. Work on that shamble, Horus. Nice groan, Seth." Dewey said. Scrooge walked up to Dewey. "What is this?" Scrooge asked. "What's more terrifying than an army of mummies limping towards you?" Dewey answered. "You realize Toth-Ra is a mummy." Scrooge said. As they continued to groan and limp around, one servant accidentally tripped on his own wrap and fell, knocking everyone else down. Scrooge groaned and walked away. "Alright. Back to one, people. New strategy. What do you know about Frankenstein's?"

Scrooge walked over to see Huey trying to devise a plan. "And then we come at Toth-Ra from both sides." Huey said, drawing out the plan on the ground. "But what about his laser beam eyes?" Amunet asked. "You've seen these laser eyes?" Huey asked. "No, but he is all-powerful." Amunet said. Huey erased his original plan. "Fine. We cause a diversion and sneak around back." Huey said. "But his scarab spies will tell we're coming." Huey looked at her questioningly. "Since when does he have scarab spies!?" Huey asked. "Since whenever he wants, for he is Toth-Ra. The almighty! All-powerful-!"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. I get it." Huey said, erasing his plan once again.

Launchpad blew on a whistle. "One, two, three and four! Again!" He commanded. "Attaboy, Launchpad! Good to see you're finally taking things seriously." Scrooge said, but he only needed to look over to take back his words. Launchpad was training the servants how to make burritos. "Fill, fold, roll and tuck! Real burritos are a lot messier than these practice ones. If you can't tuck those ends, then how are you ever gonna make it through the combination menu?"
"We are going to die down here."

Webby, Louie, and Charlotte were following the path down the secret passage way. "Now, we just follow this trail and we are..." The wall opened up to them, only to reveal the same treasure room from before. "Back where we started?" Webby asked as the paths closed behind them. "Louie's on it!" Louie ran back to the khopesh he had his eye on before and pulled it from the pile. "How was your day, darling? I missed you." Louie whispered at the khopesh. He ran back to the where the path closed and tried to pry it open with the khopesh. Just stop! "Stop touching everything!" Webby said. "I'm trying to get out the way we came in. Plus, we get this sweet souvenir." Louie said. "Hey, I think I saw a skeleton over there." Louie said, pointing at a direction. Webby gasped. "Really!?" Webby started to run off, but quickly stopped herself. "No, no. No time. The prophecy says we'll be cursed if-."
"If we 'cross Toth-Ra', but that could mean anything. Besides, the dumb pharaoh isn't even here." Just as Louie said that, Toth-Ra was lowered into the room, still sitting on his throne. "Who dares disturb my chamber?" The pharaoh asked. You just had to say it. "I'm Webby." She greeted weakly.

Everyone outside of the temple ran up to the bars and knocked them down, ready to take down Toth-Ra. Scrooge stood on the steps in front of everyone.

"Where are we going!?"

"The Pharaoh's throne room!"

"And what are we going to do!?"

"Anything he asks!"

"No! You're going stand up for yourselves while I rescue my kids." Scrooge said. "Right, but if we attack Toth-Ra and he tells us to surrender, we should do that, right?" Scrooge could only slap his forehead in response. "We've spent our lives blindly serving Toth-Ra. Now, we're trying to change our whole way of life for the promise of a simple bo-rrito." Amunet said. "This is not just about a simple burrito." Launchpad said. "It's about all kinds of burritos." Everyone cheered. "Wet burritos." Everyone cheered again. "Breakfast burritos." They continued to cheer. "Some people even put french fries in their burritos." Launchpad continued. "This is the dumbest rebellion I have ever been part of." Scrooge muttered as everyone continued to cheer.

In the treasure room, Charlotte, Webby, and Louie stood before Toth-Ra in fear. "Great. We crossed Toth-Ra by messing with his stuff and now we're done for. Why do you always have to work an angle?" Webby said. "Oh! Good idea." Louie said. "No, wait!" But it was too late as Louie ran over and put on a bunch of treasure before coming back. "Toth-Ra! Pharaoh Lou-Rai, from next door? Hey." Louie said. "I am Toth-Ra, commander of the sun." Toth-Ra said. "Ooh, hate to pull rank, chief, but I'm commander of the whole universe, which kind of includes the sun, so..." Louie shrugged his arms. This is so painful to watch, but something about the way he moves is off to me. "Impossible! Come forth so that I may smite you, vile pretender!" His arms moved around, only for one of them to fall limp when a stick that was attached to him snapped.

Charlotte and Louie looked at each other knowingly as Louie continued. "No. You come over here so I can smite you." Louie said. "Never! You come over here, because I'm going to smite you so hard." The stick holding Toth-Ra's neck snapped, causing him to bend forward. All three gave each other a look before walking to the back of the throne. "Get away from there!" Behind the throne, they saw the guard from before, controlling Toth-Ra. "I am ordering that guard to control me with my awesome pharaoh powers." The guard said, trying to hid himself behind a tapestry. "Fine. You got me." The guard said, giving up.

Louie messed with the controls, seeing how it worked. "How is this part of the prophecy?" Webby asked. "Webby, it's not a prophecy. It's a con." Louie looked at the guard. "How long you been running this pyramid scheme?" Louie asked. "My ancestor was Toth-Ra's personal guard. He was supposed to protect him till he reawakened in here, but he never woke up. So, to give everyone hope, he set up this rig so the pharaoh could fulfill his promise to bring the people their golden reward." The guard explained. "Wait. The golden reward is just the sun? That's lame." Louie said, disappointed. It kinda makes sense, though. "And your family decided to keep tricking the people so they'd worship you and do your bidding. But the prophecy! The mummy!" The guard lied down on a a pile of gold coins. "All fake. I'd really appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone." He said while eating some fruit. Webby looked down sadly. "Don't worry, Webs. You'll get ripped apart by a real mummy someday." Louie said, trying to cheer up Webby.

There was banging on the doors, causing Charlotte, Webby, and Louie to hide behind an Egyptian coffin. Scrooge and the others busted through the door. "Pharaoh Toth-Ra! Your people demand freedom!" Scrooge declared. "To eat barbacoa!" Amunet shouted. "But mostly the freedom part. Now release my family!" Scrooge demanded. The guard quickly got up and rushed over to everyone. "Hey! How did you-uh, I mean, you dare intrude upon the pharaoh!" The guard said. The mummy of Toth-Ra suddenly moved around and spoke. "Loyal followers, the guard has crossed me! Take him away!" The servants tossed the guard into the Egyptian coffin and closed it.

Webby and Charlotte emerged from behind the coffin and ran to Scrooge. "Heya, Mr. McDuck." Webby said. "Webby! Charlotte!" Scrooge kneeled down on one knee and put Charlotte's hat back on her head. Scrooge readjusted the hat as Charlotte gave Scrooge a small smile. "Where's Louie?" Scrooge asked. 'Toth-Ra' spoke again. "Be free, my people. Oh, and pack up the treasure. It is prophesied that you will one day give it to a young, handsome duck dressed all in green." He said. "Never mind. I found him." Scrooge said. Louie started to wave the mummy around wildly. "Or just give it to me. You know, and I shall give it to the charming, young man myself." The last of the branches snapped, sending Toth-Ra flying across the room and slid past a circular pattern on the floor.

Scrooge, Huey, Charlotte, And Webby moved out of the way in time and saw the same circular pattern on the wall glow. "A prophecy!" Scrooge said. "I know! I just couldn't translate this last glyph." Webby said. "It says, 'Beware all this who cross Toth-Ra... past this point.'" They all looked to see Toth-Ra rise from the floor and gave out a deafening roar. Toth-Ra took the remaining stock that was stuck to him and crushed it. "Yes! The mummy's real!" Toth-Ra started to attack, roaring at everyone. "Oh, yeah, right, that's a bad thing."

Toth-Ra turned around and spotted Louie hiding behind his throne. He roared, picking up the coffin and throwing it at Louie, destroying his throne. The coffin opened and the guard fell out. "Louie!" Webby exclaimed. "I'll teach you to pick on my family, you bandaged pampot!" Scrooge climbed on Toth-Ra's back and held his neck with his cane. "Attack!" Everyone yelled as they charged at Toth-Ra, but he knocked them back with his arms. "Mummy squad! Show him what you got!" Dewey said. Him and four others then began to do a synchronized dance. What? Toth-Ra went to them and roared. Everyone else ran away. "Right. This was a bad plan. I see that now." Dewey said as he ran away.

Huey and Amunet we're away from the battle, devising a plan. "Attack plan Foxtrot!" Huey ordered. Some servants were sneaking up at Toth-Ra as he was being occupied. However, a scarab climbed up to him and whispered in his ear. Toth-Ra growled angrily as he turned around and used his laser eyes to stop his attackers. "Told ya." Amunet said. "A coincidence. That beetle could have said anything." Huey said. "Enough flapping about, you towering tattie boogle! Let my children-!" Toth-Ra grabbed Scrooge and threw him away. Mr. McDuck! Launchpad ran to catch Scrooge. "Mr. McD!" Launchpad managed to catch him, but tripped on his own feet and the both of them we sent rolling into a wall.

Louie tried to sneak away with some treasure on him, but Toth-Ra spotted him. Louie screamed as he ran out of the temple, Toth-Ra not to far behind him. "I'm coming Louie!" Webby yelled. She looked around and spotted the throne, having an idea. Scrooge got up as the rest made their way to him. "Huey, Dewey, Charlotte, stay here. Launchpad." There was no response. "Launchpad?" Scrooge turned around to see Launchpad unconscious on the floor. "No, Launchpad." Everyone surrounded them, all gasping and worried. "Don't lose hope. Remember the burritos. When a burrito falls apart, you've got to... put it in a bowl and eat it with a fork, or... grab some tortilla chips and make nachos, I guess. Uh, is any of this making sense?" Scrooge said. What's all this about burritos? What did we miss?

"This was never about burritos." Amunet said. "It wasn't?" Scrooge asked. "It's about freedom to make a choice. A choice bigger than beef or veggies. We've lived out whole lives toiling in the service of the pharaoh. Now, we get to choose for ourselves. And what do we want!?"

"Burritos!"

"Wow. Okay then. Charge!" Everyone charged after Toth-Ra as some others stayed behind to help Launchpad, including Charlotte. When Launchpad gained consciousness, he was surprised to see Charlotte wrapping bandages on him. "I didn't know you can wrap bandages so well." Launchpad said. She only nodded, but slightly looked away in shame. I only know because... She couldn't even finish the thought. She didn't know how much time had passed, since she was too focused on wrapping bandages on Launchpad with the help of some other servants, but she saw Toth-Ra behind carried up to the temple, wrapped in what looked to be a giant tortilla. "That's the biggest burrito I've ever seen." Launchpad said, wiping away some tears. They carried Toth-Ra across the seal and set him back on his throne, with him going back to sleep.

Everyone exited out of the temple, some for the very first time. Amunet was the last to exit. She look around and shouted, "Ahh! The sun god is angry! Everyone back inside!" Scrooge took out a pair of sunglasses and put it on her. When she looked around again, she saw that it was better. "Oh. Haha. Never mind." She said. "So, what are you gonna do now you're free." Amunet and Launchpad looked at each other.

Before long, everyone was in line for a burrito. "We'll take one hundred quesadillas, fifty five tostadas, and two hundred burritos specials please." Launchpad ordered. Launchpad opened his wallet to see that it was empty, only a fly coming out. "Oh. Well, this is embarrassing." Launchpad said. "This one's on me." Scrooge said, taking out his credit card and holding it out to the cashier. "That will be nine thousand dollars." The cashier said, grabbing the credit card. "My money." Scrooge said, not letting go. "Aww, thanks, Mr. McD." Launchpad said as he slapped Scrooge on the back, causing Scrooge to let go of his credit card. "I'll get you back." Launchpad said.

At a table, Webby was standing on top of the table, explaining to Huey and Dewey what happened while they were in the temple. "Then we found a secret tunnel, then we awoke the cursed mummy, and then we almost died again!" Webby sat down on her seat. "Hey, Webby. Thanks for saving my life a bunch back there. I'll try to listen to you next time and not, you know, 'Pull a Louie.'" He said. "Seriously? That's a thing now?" Huey asked. "It's all about branding." Louie answered with a wink. Charlotte could only shake her head with a smile on her face as she continued to eat her quesadilla.

Amunet walked up to Scrooge and Launchpad with a sickle on her hand. "Launchpad, bringer of the burrito. As thanks, we bestow ye the golden khopesh of Toth-Ra." She said. "Hey, thanks!" Launchpad said, accepting his gift. "And Scrooge, mighty warrior. As thanks for helping us see the light, pun intended, we give you this!" She kneeled down and presented Scrooge with a burrito. Scrooge stared down at it before pulling out a napkin and putting it on him. He grabbed the burrito, moved it around, and wafted it before taking a bite. "You know, this is actually not bad at all." Everyone cheered as Scrooge continued to eat his burrito.

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