Dino Thunder: Continuing the Legacy

Tutenhawken's Curse

"Life for the kings and queens of Egypt was awash with riches and treasure beyond the imagination," a tour guide told the Rangers and their class. "Some of these artifacts are over 4,000 years old."

"Wow, look at this stuff!" Kira was amazed by the collection. "Can you imagine what it must have been like to live back then?" she glanced to Rains as she looked around, looking just as fascinated.

"Well, I can," Cassidy spoke up from beside them, "The Egyptians totally knew the importance of style and class, so I would have fit right in!"

"Which would explain why she thinks she was Cleopatra in a past life." Andy said, rushing up behind them, "Ethan better be careful she doesn't sick a snake on him."

The blonde shot them a murderous look as they started laughing.

"And this is the sarcophagus of the ancient Pharaoh, Tutenhawken," the tour guide glared at the group as they tried to conceal their laughter. "He was a feared leader, who was believed to have mystical powers," she told them.

"Mystical?" Jenna scoffed, "That thing's part of the Mystics and I'll eat my communicator." She smirked at Andy and Raina, "The OG."

"Whoa, check out these hieroglyphics!" Ethan spotted the Egyptian writing on the side.

"Weird. What does it say?" Conner asked.

"It just looks like a bunch of pictures to me." Raina frowned.

"It's looks like boggle and pictionary had a baby." Andy cocked his head.

She smiled, "And named him Wingding!"

"I need Zoey for comments like this." Jenna chuckled, "Honestly, I think this is a different dialect than I'm used to. It looks like some of these are backwards and upside down. It's a little confusing." She laughed, "This could be where Wingdings came from."

"Are you done?" The guide asked, looking at the Teacher's Aid. "There is a legend regarding those hieroglyphics. Many believed that Tutenhawken was able to put hexes upon his enemies. The exact translation is unclear, but these writings are believed to be some sort of curse," she told them.

"That is beyond cool man," Ethan laughed, grabbing a notebook from his bag. "I gotta write this stuff down," he told Ethan as he began to trace the hieroglyphics.

"Why?" Trent frowned at him.

"So I can decipher it!" Ethan exclaimed, as this were obvious. "It'll be like cracking an ancient computer code!" he went back to writing it as the others rolled their eyes.

"In other words, it speaks to his inner cyber geek," Conner smirked.

"Well, I for one don't want to be on the receiving end of one of his curses." Kira said, the others nodded in agreement.

"Oh come on! You guys don't actually believe in that stuff, do you?" he asked, looking skeptically at his teammates.

"A word of advice, Blue Boy." Jenna smacked him on the shoulder, "I've seen too much in my life to not believe in curses. So, um, careful what you say out loud."

"Whatever."

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After school, Ethan sat at the counter in Hayley's Cyberspace, working on deciphering the hieroglyphics. Conner and Kira were sitting with him while the others were working.

"So close, only a few more symbols to translate," Ethan beamed in his excitement.

"You're not translating anything, you Dill Weed." Raina complained, making drinks, "You're using a computer program to do it for you. It's not the same thing."