before her, but something struck her as amiss. She hoped it was merely the residual effects of the day's excitement and her mind playing tricks on her.
She raced up the walk to the front door and knocked. "Hello?" she called as she entered.
"HELP!" came a strangled reply.
Clara dashed in. There was the sound of crashing furniture.
"Get away from me, you fiend!" Dr. Van Flemming bellowed and then there was the sound of something striking a wall and then crashing glass.
Clara looked around the hallway for something to defend herself. She grabbed an umbrella and opened the door to Dr. Van Flemming's study.
Pauline was blocking the door with her body. As she heard the door open, she turned, and flew to attack Clara.
If Clara had not faced this before, she would probably have been frozen in fear. Pauline's eyes were red, her canines were lengthened, her fingernails now points, just like Violet. But Clara had fought this monster before, and so she swung the umbrella with fierce determination, striking Pauline across the temple.
Pauline staggered to the side, more from surprise than any sort of injury.
"Come!" Clara called to Dr. Van Flemming, motioning for him to make a run to the door.
"I cannot leave my work!" he shouted. "I will not let this creature destroy my studies!"
Pauline hissed and raced, claws out, to rip Dr. Van Flemming to shreds. Dr. Van Flemming picked up his beautiful globe and hurled it at Pauline, striking her in the stomach and knocking her down.
"There is no time!" Clara shouted. "We must unite the heart with the mummy!"
Her words had the opposite effect than intended. Pauline gave a howl and raced towards Clara. She screamed animalistically, "You shall never trap me again!"
"We wish you only eternal rest!" shouted back Clara, trying to step to the side as Pauline ran at her and strike her again with the umbrella. But Pauline grabbed Clara's arm and threw her across the room. With a sharp pain, Clara's injured ankle gave way again and she fell to the ground. Pauline was at once upon her, trying to bite at Clara's skin. Clara pressed her forearm against Pauline's neck and managed to keep her gnashing teeth at bay.
Dr. Van Flemming was at once behind the struggling women and grabbed Pauline by the shoulders, flinging her away. He held out his hand to Clara. She gripped it tightly and rose to her feet.
The door suddenly opened and there was Wesley. "This way!" he cried.
Dr. Van Flemming and Clara raced out the door. Wesley pulled it shut. Immediately, there was a slam as Pauline threw her body against the door. Wesley grabbed the umbrella from Clara and thrust it through the door handles to the room. The doors began to bulge dangerously as Pauline tried to yank the door open from the inside.
"It won't hold for long," Wesley observed, the umbrella bending and cracking.
Clara pulled the heart out of her pocket. "I have the heart," she said. "We must reunite it with the mummy.”
Dr. Van Flemming nodded, pulling his keys out of his pocket and fumbling for the right one to the lock. The door was opened and they raced down the stairs.
The mummy's room was bathed in an unnatural light. All four doors to the room were open.
"I closed all of these," said Dr. Van Flemming. "Who has been down here?"
"No one," Clara remarked. She and Wesley looked at one another, remembering the last time they experienced this magic.
A low fog hung on the ground and the sarcophagus gave off an unearthly blue glow.
"Right. What do we do now?" Wesley asked Clara.
"Dr. Van Flemming? Any ideas?"
He hemmed and hawed. "I have never dealt with anything like this. I have never experienced anything like women attacking me and people thinking that mummies..."
"Yes! YES!" said Clara. "We understand! You don't think any of this is real. That is fine. How do we get this heart inside of that mummy and stop the curse?"
He was quite taken aback. "I
She raced up the walk to the front door and knocked. "Hello?" she called as she entered.
"HELP!" came a strangled reply.
Clara dashed in. There was the sound of crashing furniture.
"Get away from me, you fiend!" Dr. Van Flemming bellowed and then there was the sound of something striking a wall and then crashing glass.
Clara looked around the hallway for something to defend herself. She grabbed an umbrella and opened the door to Dr. Van Flemming's study.
Pauline was blocking the door with her body. As she heard the door open, she turned, and flew to attack Clara.
If Clara had not faced this before, she would probably have been frozen in fear. Pauline's eyes were red, her canines were lengthened, her fingernails now points, just like Violet. But Clara had fought this monster before, and so she swung the umbrella with fierce determination, striking Pauline across the temple.
Pauline staggered to the side, more from surprise than any sort of injury.
"Come!" Clara called to Dr. Van Flemming, motioning for him to make a run to the door.
"I cannot leave my work!" he shouted. "I will not let this creature destroy my studies!"
Pauline hissed and raced, claws out, to rip Dr. Van Flemming to shreds. Dr. Van Flemming picked up his beautiful globe and hurled it at Pauline, striking her in the stomach and knocking her down.
"There is no time!" Clara shouted. "We must unite the heart with the mummy!"
Her words had the opposite effect than intended. Pauline gave a howl and raced towards Clara. She screamed animalistically, "You shall never trap me again!"
"We wish you only eternal rest!" shouted back Clara, trying to step to the side as Pauline ran at her and strike her again with the umbrella. But Pauline grabbed Clara's arm and threw her across the room. With a sharp pain, Clara's injured ankle gave way again and she fell to the ground. Pauline was at once upon her, trying to bite at Clara's skin. Clara pressed her forearm against Pauline's neck and managed to keep her gnashing teeth at bay.
Dr. Van Flemming was at once behind the struggling women and grabbed Pauline by the shoulders, flinging her away. He held out his hand to Clara. She gripped it tightly and rose to her feet.
The door suddenly opened and there was Wesley. "This way!" he cried.
Dr. Van Flemming and Clara raced out the door. Wesley pulled it shut. Immediately, there was a slam as Pauline threw her body against the door. Wesley grabbed the umbrella from Clara and thrust it through the door handles to the room. The doors began to bulge dangerously as Pauline tried to yank the door open from the inside.
"It won't hold for long," Wesley observed, the umbrella bending and cracking.
Clara pulled the heart out of her pocket. "I have the heart," she said. "We must reunite it with the mummy.”
Dr. Van Flemming nodded, pulling his keys out of his pocket and fumbling for the right one to the lock. The door was opened and they raced down the stairs.
The mummy's room was bathed in an unnatural light. All four doors to the room were open.
"I closed all of these," said Dr. Van Flemming. "Who has been down here?"
"No one," Clara remarked. She and Wesley looked at one another, remembering the last time they experienced this magic.
A low fog hung on the ground and the sarcophagus gave off an unearthly blue glow.
"Right. What do we do now?" Wesley asked Clara.
"Dr. Van Flemming? Any ideas?"
He hemmed and hawed. "I have never dealt with anything like this. I have never experienced anything like women attacking me and people thinking that mummies..."
"Yes! YES!" said Clara. "We understand! You don't think any of this is real. That is fine. How do we get this heart inside of that mummy and stop the curse?"
He was quite taken aback. "I
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