Post by mrkite23 on Apr 23, 2008 8:56:57 GMT 12
Albert got up in his usual grumpy self on this Sunday morning and headed for the front door for the paper
A habit he seemed to enjoy , and call the paper boy under his breadth if it was n`t there on the mat waiting for him
The other strange thing was as he was always letting Kite know when Kite showed him a bill that Albert had thrown to him was that he couldn't`t read English , only Latin .
Albert would sit there for at least an hour and there would be a odd movement when his hand would appear and blindly search for a piece of toast.
But this morning he appeared from behind the paper .
"Great Scott boy , they`ve opened Tutty`s coffin" .
"Indeed they have and he`s not much of a looker" Said Kite.
"This is not good boy, there`s some things that should never be opened, and that coffin is one of them " he said .
"Should I put the kettle on then?" Kite thinking that there is going to be a story , and when he starts he was going to need a cuppa and some nice digestives.
"No boy! were going to need the Time Machine, we need to take something out of Tut`s coffin , if those fools find it there is going to be trouble"
"And may I ask what this something is ?"
"All in good time boy "he replied .
"No.. No not that all in good time clique !" ( For it has been overdone in lots of movie`s and books )
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"Well your not going to believe me any way" he said .
"Nothing surprises me anymore with you around, so if you want to go gallivanting in my Time Machine I think I have a right to know ".
"Its a piece of an Alien spaceship"
"Now that did surprise me," I`ll get my jacket" Said Kite
"I just need to get Eric" said the old man and at same moment the cats ears pricked up and he jumped off the radiator , and licked his lips .
"Why do you need to bring that mouse ?"Kite asked .
"Because the Alien object is off his ship "replied the old fool .
"I had to ask" Kite groaned .
The Two of them took off to the bottom of the garden to the shed , and went inside .
"Well My old nightmare where are we going , ancient Egypt ?"
" No boy modern Egypt 1922 , were going to help Mr Carter find Tutankhamen's burial chamber"
There was the usual flash and a bang , and the control panel lights faded and the counter stopped at 1922 , the two travelers opened the door and stepped outside.
The blazing heat hit Kite straight away and in the distance he could see what looked liked a small building sight .
"Ah ! what we need to do now Albert is hide this shed , but that`s going to be very tricky in a middle of a desert" .
"It`ll be fine, people will think its a loo , we`ll just stick an Out Of Order sign on it " he said .
"Good thinking !"
And off they went towards the Excavation site .
They got to the tents on the edge of the site there was a man who was sat on a chair at the side of him was a walking stick and Kite noticed in his top pocket of his checkered shirt was a Harmonica sticking out , and on his feet was a pair of slippers .
He stood up .
"Hello there Pete Dela`s the name and digging`s my game, are you here for the dig ?" he asked .
"Er yes I guess we are " Kite replied .
He reached down took off his slippers and put on his boots , then reached into a tent and pulled put three shovels
Lets go then and got his walking stick, threw his shovel over his shoulder and off he went with Kite and Albert following behind .
When they reached the excavation there was a smart dressed man surrounded by Egyptian workers he had his trilby in one hand and his other scratching head , then he looked up and spotted Kite and Albert .
"I say are you two English ?" he said .
"There here to dig Mr Carter " said Pete who was leaning on his shovel that was stuck in the earth and rolling a cigarette .
"Yes we are, well he is" said Albert pointing at Kite making his way to the man .
"I`m Howard Carter , I`m in charge here, and you are ?"
"My name is Albert Van Helsing "
"Not the notorious Van Helsing who went round staking people with pointy teeth ?" said Carter.
"They were Vampires sir! and I`m willing to prove it in a court of law and my teeth are not pointy" said a very irritate Albert.
Kite moved forward and shook Carters hand
"Tell me what are you doing here Mr Carter ?"
"Well young man we are looking for an opening to what is to believed the burial chamber of the young king Tutankhamen" he replied .
"Its over there "said Albert pointing over the large mound of sand .
"And tell me sir how do you know that?" said Carter
"Because I was here when they b.."
"Albert!! I think you`ve said enough " Kite butted in .
"What we are doing here Mr Carter is that we have been studying the maps and stars and were very sure that its over there don`t we Albert ?
"Stars , yes there is a belief that the Ancient Egyptians were visited by creatures from outer space and they built the tombs in lined with the stars " said Carter .
A belief ! its tru..
Albert ! Kite cryed out .
"Your not diggers then ?" said Pete .
After a few brews later our two travelers persuaded a very confused Mr Carter to move his men and they started digging .
Several hours and tea and biscuits later , there was a shout from one of the Egyptian diggers that they had found an opening .
Kite. Albert , Mr Carter and Pete headed down to the tomb , Pete stopped and took off his boots and put his slippers on .
"Why are you putting them on, Pete superstition ?" asked Kite.
"No my feet are killing me"
All the Egyptian workers stayed outside the tomb, they looked worried .
They went deep into the earth and they slowly found a way to a very small room and it was full of treasures Kite had never seen in his life and in the middle of the room was small golden coffin and then the torches went out
"Oh shoot" said Pete.
"Has anyone got any matches ?" asked Carter
"Yes your face and my ars.."
"Albert!" , Kite fumbled about in the dark until he found Albert's arm and pulled him to one side
"Whats with it with you ? you old fool ?" .
"Its that bloody grave robber he has no right to be digging my friend up " he whispered.
"I know, but we must do the job we came here for , we don`t want to make things more difficult then they already are ."
Pete found some matches and re-lit the torches that had gone out from the draft from the opening .
The coffin was pure gold and the death mask was an amazing kaleidoscope of colors , with a snake protruding out of the top of the head , you would have thought it had been made yesterday rather a few thousand of years ago .
After the torches had burnt out they went back to the camp , as it was now dark and Carter had said the removal of the coffin would take a least most of a day to get out of the tomb , and they would get up early and start again tomorrow .
Pete invited the travelers to his tent for the night .
The three of them sat round an oil lamp inside the tent .
"That`s a nice Harmonica you have there Pete "Kite asked pointing to his top pocket .
"I`ll give you a tune " he replied picking it out of his pocket and blowing it top to bottom and straight into a rendition of Its a long way to Tipperary .
They all retired to the sleeping bags and Kite and Albert lied there until they was sure Pete had gone to sleep then got up and shook Albert and we both sneaked outside and headed to wards the tomb .
When they reached the opening they both grabbed a torch and set off down to the room where Tutankhamen's coffin laid .
They got to the coffin and then both stared at it in silence and then both got to the same side of the coffin and started to push the lid .
"What the devil are you two up to ?" said a voice in the dark
Out of the darkness appeared Pete .
"I know what it looks like Pete but were not grave robbers we have to get something out of the coffin and we will be gone " said Kite sheepishly .
"Its alright boy Pete's knows why were here , he`s here to help , I told him everything when you were asleep " the thing is he saw Eric eating a piece of bread and he was about to wallop him with a shovel , so I had to explain why I was walking about with a mouse in my pocket" explained Albert .
"And he believed you and I did n`t fall asleep did I ?" Kite asked
"Yes when I told Eric write his name in the sand , well his real name Khafra" said Albert
"Khafra ! is`nt he the Sphinx, half man half Lion "? .
"Mouse" said Albert.
"Half man half mouse !" Kite corrected himself
"Well the thing is there wasn`t any Lions about when Khafra Reincarnated on the 23rd DEC 2558 BC " sighed Albert .
"Well a good job really , you would have needed a bigger pocket with a Lion ." said Kite.
The two travelers got back to the job of getting the piece of Alien spaceship out of the coffin , they all pushed the lid and Pete almost fell in .Albert got the round piece of metallic object out and then closed the lid .
They got back to the Time Machine took off the Out Of Order sign and said there goodbyes to Pete .
"Its been a pleasure meeting you Pete , I guess you know it would be bad idea to tell anyone about us and what happened tonight " said Kite.
" Mummy`s the word" said Pete with a huge grin
"A comedian" said Albert shaking Pete's hand .
Albert , Kite and Eric got back home and we went to bed .
The Time travelers got up the next morning and Albert sat watching the letterbox , waiting for the paper to arrive .
It arrived at last and they both stared at the headline
"Harmonica found in Tutankhamen's coffin !" it read .
Oh bugger ! said Kite .
"There`s one thing I need to know Albert, if Eric's a Pharaoh what would he be doing with a spaceship ?" said Kite
"Eric came from outer space and liked it so much he stayed and this piece of stone is the key to his ship "
"Wheres his ship ? "
"Its the Shed, Eric`s a Time Traveler " said Albert .
A habit he seemed to enjoy , and call the paper boy under his breadth if it was n`t there on the mat waiting for him
The other strange thing was as he was always letting Kite know when Kite showed him a bill that Albert had thrown to him was that he couldn't`t read English , only Latin .
Albert would sit there for at least an hour and there would be a odd movement when his hand would appear and blindly search for a piece of toast.
But this morning he appeared from behind the paper .
"Great Scott boy , they`ve opened Tutty`s coffin" .
"Indeed they have and he`s not much of a looker" Said Kite.
"This is not good boy, there`s some things that should never be opened, and that coffin is one of them " he said .
"Should I put the kettle on then?" Kite thinking that there is going to be a story , and when he starts he was going to need a cuppa and some nice digestives.
"No boy! were going to need the Time Machine, we need to take something out of Tut`s coffin , if those fools find it there is going to be trouble"
"And may I ask what this something is ?"
"All in good time boy "he replied .
"No.. No not that all in good time clique !" ( For it has been overdone in lots of movie`s and books )
.
"Well your not going to believe me any way" he said .
"Nothing surprises me anymore with you around, so if you want to go gallivanting in my Time Machine I think I have a right to know ".
"Its a piece of an Alien spaceship"
"Now that did surprise me," I`ll get my jacket" Said Kite
"I just need to get Eric" said the old man and at same moment the cats ears pricked up and he jumped off the radiator , and licked his lips .
"Why do you need to bring that mouse ?"Kite asked .
"Because the Alien object is off his ship "replied the old fool .
"I had to ask" Kite groaned .
The Two of them took off to the bottom of the garden to the shed , and went inside .
"Well My old nightmare where are we going , ancient Egypt ?"
" No boy modern Egypt 1922 , were going to help Mr Carter find Tutankhamen's burial chamber"
There was the usual flash and a bang , and the control panel lights faded and the counter stopped at 1922 , the two travelers opened the door and stepped outside.
The blazing heat hit Kite straight away and in the distance he could see what looked liked a small building sight .
"Ah ! what we need to do now Albert is hide this shed , but that`s going to be very tricky in a middle of a desert" .
"It`ll be fine, people will think its a loo , we`ll just stick an Out Of Order sign on it " he said .
"Good thinking !"
And off they went towards the Excavation site .
They got to the tents on the edge of the site there was a man who was sat on a chair at the side of him was a walking stick and Kite noticed in his top pocket of his checkered shirt was a Harmonica sticking out , and on his feet was a pair of slippers .
He stood up .
"Hello there Pete Dela`s the name and digging`s my game, are you here for the dig ?" he asked .
"Er yes I guess we are " Kite replied .
He reached down took off his slippers and put on his boots , then reached into a tent and pulled put three shovels
Lets go then and got his walking stick, threw his shovel over his shoulder and off he went with Kite and Albert following behind .
When they reached the excavation there was a smart dressed man surrounded by Egyptian workers he had his trilby in one hand and his other scratching head , then he looked up and spotted Kite and Albert .
"I say are you two English ?" he said .
"There here to dig Mr Carter " said Pete who was leaning on his shovel that was stuck in the earth and rolling a cigarette .
"Yes we are, well he is" said Albert pointing at Kite making his way to the man .
"I`m Howard Carter , I`m in charge here, and you are ?"
"My name is Albert Van Helsing "
"Not the notorious Van Helsing who went round staking people with pointy teeth ?" said Carter.
"They were Vampires sir! and I`m willing to prove it in a court of law and my teeth are not pointy" said a very irritate Albert.
Kite moved forward and shook Carters hand
"Tell me what are you doing here Mr Carter ?"
"Well young man we are looking for an opening to what is to believed the burial chamber of the young king Tutankhamen" he replied .
"Its over there "said Albert pointing over the large mound of sand .
"And tell me sir how do you know that?" said Carter
"Because I was here when they b.."
"Albert!! I think you`ve said enough " Kite butted in .
"What we are doing here Mr Carter is that we have been studying the maps and stars and were very sure that its over there don`t we Albert ?
"Stars , yes there is a belief that the Ancient Egyptians were visited by creatures from outer space and they built the tombs in lined with the stars " said Carter .
A belief ! its tru..
Albert ! Kite cryed out .
"Your not diggers then ?" said Pete .
After a few brews later our two travelers persuaded a very confused Mr Carter to move his men and they started digging .
Several hours and tea and biscuits later , there was a shout from one of the Egyptian diggers that they had found an opening .
Kite. Albert , Mr Carter and Pete headed down to the tomb , Pete stopped and took off his boots and put his slippers on .
"Why are you putting them on, Pete superstition ?" asked Kite.
"No my feet are killing me"
All the Egyptian workers stayed outside the tomb, they looked worried .
They went deep into the earth and they slowly found a way to a very small room and it was full of treasures Kite had never seen in his life and in the middle of the room was small golden coffin and then the torches went out
"Oh shoot" said Pete.
"Has anyone got any matches ?" asked Carter
"Yes your face and my ars.."
"Albert!" , Kite fumbled about in the dark until he found Albert's arm and pulled him to one side
"Whats with it with you ? you old fool ?" .
"Its that bloody grave robber he has no right to be digging my friend up " he whispered.
"I know, but we must do the job we came here for , we don`t want to make things more difficult then they already are ."
Pete found some matches and re-lit the torches that had gone out from the draft from the opening .
The coffin was pure gold and the death mask was an amazing kaleidoscope of colors , with a snake protruding out of the top of the head , you would have thought it had been made yesterday rather a few thousand of years ago .
After the torches had burnt out they went back to the camp , as it was now dark and Carter had said the removal of the coffin would take a least most of a day to get out of the tomb , and they would get up early and start again tomorrow .
Pete invited the travelers to his tent for the night .
The three of them sat round an oil lamp inside the tent .
"That`s a nice Harmonica you have there Pete "Kite asked pointing to his top pocket .
"I`ll give you a tune " he replied picking it out of his pocket and blowing it top to bottom and straight into a rendition of Its a long way to Tipperary .
They all retired to the sleeping bags and Kite and Albert lied there until they was sure Pete had gone to sleep then got up and shook Albert and we both sneaked outside and headed to wards the tomb .
When they reached the opening they both grabbed a torch and set off down to the room where Tutankhamen's coffin laid .
They got to the coffin and then both stared at it in silence and then both got to the same side of the coffin and started to push the lid .
"What the devil are you two up to ?" said a voice in the dark
Out of the darkness appeared Pete .
"I know what it looks like Pete but were not grave robbers we have to get something out of the coffin and we will be gone " said Kite sheepishly .
"Its alright boy Pete's knows why were here , he`s here to help , I told him everything when you were asleep " the thing is he saw Eric eating a piece of bread and he was about to wallop him with a shovel , so I had to explain why I was walking about with a mouse in my pocket" explained Albert .
"And he believed you and I did n`t fall asleep did I ?" Kite asked
"Yes when I told Eric write his name in the sand , well his real name Khafra" said Albert
"Khafra ! is`nt he the Sphinx, half man half Lion "? .
"Mouse" said Albert.
"Half man half mouse !" Kite corrected himself
"Well the thing is there wasn`t any Lions about when Khafra Reincarnated on the 23rd DEC 2558 BC " sighed Albert .
"Well a good job really , you would have needed a bigger pocket with a Lion ." said Kite.
The two travelers got back to the job of getting the piece of Alien spaceship out of the coffin , they all pushed the lid and Pete almost fell in .Albert got the round piece of metallic object out and then closed the lid .
They got back to the Time Machine took off the Out Of Order sign and said there goodbyes to Pete .
"Its been a pleasure meeting you Pete , I guess you know it would be bad idea to tell anyone about us and what happened tonight " said Kite.
" Mummy`s the word" said Pete with a huge grin
"A comedian" said Albert shaking Pete's hand .
Albert , Kite and Eric got back home and we went to bed .
The Time travelers got up the next morning and Albert sat watching the letterbox , waiting for the paper to arrive .
It arrived at last and they both stared at the headline
"Harmonica found in Tutankhamen's coffin !" it read .
Oh bugger ! said Kite .
"There`s one thing I need to know Albert, if Eric's a Pharaoh what would he be doing with a spaceship ?" said Kite
"Eric came from outer space and liked it so much he stayed and this piece of stone is the key to his ship "
"Wheres his ship ? "
"Its the Shed, Eric`s a Time Traveler " said Albert .