3rd Person's POV
"You're watching New York 1. News all morning. Thanks for joining us. There is a fresh blanket of snow. But it's not the snow that's got New Yorkers talking. It's what's in the snow. There are dinosaur tracks along West 81 st Street. Here's the remarkable video. These appear to be Tyrannosaurus Rex tracks... ...and they lead straight to the Museum of Natural History."
"Authorities have found what appear to be cave drawings in the subway."
"Neanderthals atop the museum roof. Elaborate hoax or publicity stunt? You be the judge, but one thing's for sure: The folks at the Natural History Museum have really outdone them..."
Dr. McPhee turned the TV off. After enough of the stories had been played for Larry to see.
"Any explanation at all?" He asked him. Larry thought for a little bit.
"No. Got nothing."
"Good. I'll take your keys and your flashlight." He said and held out his hands. Larry then handed Dr. McPhee his keys and flashlight. They both left his office then and went into the lobby and it was packed with people. Busier than it had ever been.
"Folks, this way." A man said ushering people out of the cold. Dr. McPhee handed Larry the keys and flashlight back and went to go do something else.
Next career day, Nicky was so excited to tell his dad. And his dad was excited to go and talk about his career to the kids.
"My name is Nick Daley. My Career Day parent is my dad. He's the night watchman at the Museum of Natural History." Nicky said introducing him.
"Hey, how's it going? Well, Nicky said it: I'm the night watchman at the Museum of Natural History. Let me tell you something: That's when history comes alive. How many of you guys have been over to the museum?" Larry said starting his presentation.
Later that night Larry decided that the museum earned a party. There was loud music, dancing, and a limbo bar, and they even found a soccer ball. Larry watched everyone from the balcony. He watched Christopher Columbus kick the soccer ball and make a goal.
"Goal!" Attila yelled making Larry laugh a little. Shortly after the new remote control car came driving by with Rexy following with Nicky back on top.
"Hey, it's getting late. Are you ready to go home?" Larry asked Nicky.
"Nope." He answered making Larry laugh.
"Let's ride," Jedediah said and drove the car away as Rexy followed. Larry looked and saw Ahkmenrah dancing.
Larry's POV
I looked over the balcony and watched Ahkmenrah dance. That's when I had realized that I hardly know anything about him. Okay, scratch that. I know nothing about him. Just that he was a pharaoh. I walked down the stairs and over to him.
"Hey Ahk," I said. "I can call you that right?" He stopped dancing when he saw me.
"Yes, it is fine. I was called Ahk by many people. How can I help you, Larry?" He asked me.
"I've just realized I don't know about your past." He looked pained when I mentioned it. "We can start slow," I suggested. He nodded and we went and sat on a bench. "How old are you?"
"Some 3,000 years old."
"How old were you when you died?"
"26. I was killed on my wedding day. And it was never proven who killed me." He said answering my next question.
"You were engaged?"
"Yes, do you think she was buried and mummified also?"
"Probably. We can search her on the Internet." I suggested and he followed me into the security office and I sat in front of the computer monitor.
"What is that?" He asked looking at it.
"Computer. It's a form of technology. It's hard to explain. Okay, what was her name?" I asked.
"Katalina. She was Greek."
"You mean the Greek Runaway?" I asked surprised.
"What?"
"Katalina Greek Runaway." I typed into the search bar and her sarcophagus came up. "I learned about her while I was in school. She was found at the same time as you but you were both buried in different tombs."
"How and when did she die?" He asked. "I need to make sure it wasn't Kah who did anything to her." I looked for a reason and death date and came around it.
"She died 7 days after you. And the cause was uncertain for many years until a case came up in Japan of a woman having heart problems. When taken in to be looked at the doctors called it takotsubo cardiomyopathy, apical ballooning syndrome. Which also means broken heart syndrome. Looking back at Katalina and her heart the scientists have determined she had died from broken heart syndrome because of the loss of a loved one. Most likely Ahkmenrah," I read off of a website for him.
"What exactly does that mean?" He asked me.
"It means she died because she was sad from your death," I said.
"Where is she now. Larry, I need to see her." Ahkmenrah said sadily. I then search her name with museum at the end of it.
"This says she is in the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois."
"How far is it?"He asked. I shrugged my shoulders.
"I don't really know."
"Larry we have to go! Please?" He asked looking at me sadly.
"I will talk to Dr. McPhee tomorrow. But before we can do it all, we need the Field Museum to agree on letting us keep Katalina for now. We just won't tell him you're going with me." He smiled wider than I've ever seen anyone smile before. I looked out the window and saw the sun starting to shine. "Okay. The sun is coming up so I have to start getting you guys back. Hopefully, we can go in two days."
"Okay Larry, thank you." He left me then and went into his sarcophagus for the day. After I made sure everyone was in place I waited for Dr. McPhee to show up.
"Hey Dr. McPhee, can I talk to you for a minute?" I asked. He sighed and nodded letting me into his office.
"What is it?"
"You know what would be cool to have in our museum?" He nodded for me to continue. "Katalina, the Greek Runaway," I said.
"Actually I have been thinking about adding something else into the museum and Chicago is close so it wouldn't cost too much. I think Katalina would be a good addition to the museum. But I don't have anyone to go."
"I can go," I said and he considered this.
"Fine. I will cover your shift for you. But just let me call Chicago." He started to dial the phone number and then was talking on the phone with someone. "Yes, hi, this is Dr. McPhee from Natural History Museum in New York, and we were wondering if we could buy Katalina, the Greek Runaway from you?...yes I have someone to pick it up but not until later tonight...I will send him...thank you very much." He hung up the phone. "We're good. You will be the only one there and you also have to find her on your own. I've already paid, and the password to get in is 456321. How many plane tickets do you need?"
"Two if it's possible," I said. He just nodded and then printed the tickets.
"Your flight is at 3:35."
He handed me the tickets and then I left and went home to sleep for a little while.
When my alarm went off at 2:45 I got dressed and walked back to the museum. It was empty and quiet because it closed at 3. And Dr. McPhee is probably at home sleeping before he works tonight.
I walked into Ahkmenrah's exhibit and tried to get the tablet to wake up just Ahkmenrah. But apparently, if you say 'wake up Ahkmenrah' in really shitty Egyptian it wakes up Ahkmenrah and only Ahkmenrah.
"Larry?" He asked when I handed him an extra security suit and a pair of my shoes.
"Yup. Put those on and then we can go to get Katalina." He woke up instantly. "Bring your tablet too," I told him. He got dressed and grabbed his tablet and I got him in the car.
"What is this?" He asked pulling at the seat belt.
"Seat belt. You pull it like this and then you click into place down here." I said showing him how to do it. Then I drove us to the airport and we waited for the flight.
After 2 hours of Ahk asking many, many, many questions we finally got on the plane and it took off. When we landed in Chicago I rented a moving truck and made sure that the tablet had a piece turned and then we got to the museum. I parked in the back and we went up to it and I put the password in.
"Turn the last piece," I said and he did making the museum come to life. "Now we just have to find her."
Katalina's POV
I took a breath for the first time in a very long time. I am inside a case. I tried to push it but it didn't move at all. I am stuck inside? I hit the top of it with my hand and it made a loud noise inside. I covered my ears.
"Help!" I could feel tears starting to form. I can see out of my case and see that everyone is just watching and looking at me. Why aren't they helping me? I continued to hit the case until my hands hurt.
"Aidez-moi! Βοήθεια! Help!" I cried in different languages. I closed my eyes and tried to ignore the pain in my hands as I hit the top again.
Then I heard a light tapping on the top of the case. I opened my eyes and saw Ahkmenrah.
Ahkmenrah?