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All right, class.

Our next stop is the Inuit canoe, which was once used to hunt whales in the

Arctic.

Oh, man.

We saw this very great.

Miss Baker?

What's in there? I know, Miss Baker. I know. It's the treasures of Achenubis

exhibit. And can you tell us who Achenubis was?

A pharaoh?

Close. He was a high priest in ancient Egypt.

They recently found his tomb, which was full of wonderful things.

Can we go in?

Perhaps we can arrange a special trip after it opens. Let's all go see that

whaling canoe.

Cool museum, huh?

Let's go.

Let's not.

You coming?

Come on, Hassan. I'll be right back.

Wait, wait.

Over here.

Whoa, whoa. What's this?

It's just a cat.

A mummy of a cat.

Think it bites?

Here, kitty, kitty.

What if you knew beyond a doubt what was going to happen tomorrow?

What would you do?

There's no easy answer for a guy who gets tomorrow's news today.

Good morning, Chicago.

It's 6 .30 in the morning in the city.

All right.

All right.

You can't believe everything you read in the newspaper.

That's what my daddy told me anyway.

But he was talking about today's paper.

What if you got tomorrow's paper a day early?

Oh, surprise.

You'd have to believe that, wouldn't you?

Wouldn't you?

Curse of the mummy.

Right, curse of the mummy. Come on, it's a publicity stunt.

The Museum of Natural History?

Hey, museums need money. It's called show business.

This is the biggest exhibit they've had since King Tut.

You don't think they're going to milk it for every drachma?

You got Akanubis t -shirts, Akanubis tote bags, Akanubis breath mints,

Akanubis... Breath mints. Look, you got the mummy, that is good. You got the

curse, that's even better.

Am I right, Gare?

Gare?

The gala opening of the Treasure of Akanubis exhibit turned from glamour to

last night when archaeologist Trevor Bradford was struck in the head by an

ornamental sculpture that broke free of its mooring.

The guy gets his head knocked off. That doesn't sound like a stunt to me.

Well, you've got to stop it, Gary.

How? It's the hottest ticket in town.

The only way to crash that party is you give a million bucks to the museum.

Or you're one of the Egyptian delegation.

Thank you, Chuck.

What'd I say?

What'd he say?

I feel ridiculous.

Like you're the one who said your grandmother had Egyptian blood on her

No, I said she went to Egypt and had her picture taken in front of the pyramid.

Step right this way.

Good evening. Welcome to the museum. This is the Princess Effendi of the

family Katar and Khartoum.

Great. Invitations, please.

I don't think you understand. This is the princess. She still needs an

invitation.

This is kind of embarrassing, but she lost her invitation.

She has a tendency to do that.

I'm sorry, sir. Our orders are clear. No invitation, no admission.

Let me tell you something. You're making a mistake.

This is the princess. This is outrage.

I have never seen such an insult to Egypt in my life.

Do you not know the princess of Hindi?

She doesn't have an invitation. She does not need an invitation.

She is known throughout the Middle East as the blind princess.

If that is not invitation enough, then I would be honored to have her and her

escort enter as my guest.

Okay, Madam Sharon.

I'm sorry, Miss. We understand.

Tell me, Your Highness, how is it that our families have never met before?

We don't get out much.

Why did you help us, Ali?

We both know I'm no princess.

On the contrary, you are, my dear.

Merely not an Egyptian princess.

My friend Gary had to be here tonight, and this is his idea.

Most ingenious, too.

Resourcefulness plays a big part in my business. Let's just say I'm a great

admirer of ingenuity.

And of beauty.

Good evening.

I'm Michael Lawson, museum director, and it's my great pleasure to introduce the

man who made this evening and this exhibit possible, archaeologist Trevor

Bradford.

Good evening.

It's been a long and arduous journey from the Nile Delta to Chicago, but

tonight, I feel it's all been worth it.

With the discovery of the tomb of Akhenubis, the world has become a much

place. Excuse me, sir.

Tell me a word from the University of Chicago.

Can you tell us the difference between what you're doing and grave robbing,

which I believe is a federal offense in this country?

Young lady, this exhibit benefits the entire world. So why do you have to...

Let me see. Let me see. Hey!

Ooh, what do we got here?

My dearest Marisa, I expected to see rare and beautiful things last night,

none so rare and beautiful as you.

Is he kidding?

Keep reading.

I return to Egypt soon.

I must see you again.

Signed, Ali Bashara.

That can't be his real name. No one has a name like that.

That's his real name, Chuck.

He's an art dealer, an expert in Egyptian antiquities, and he's got

three continents.

Yeah? Sounds like he writes harlequin romances.

Buy her at the Natural History Museum.

Akhenovus opening postponed again.

Oh, no.

Didn't we just go through this?

Sounds to me like somebody wants to delay the opening of that exhibit.

I started. How about that woman from the University of Chicago?

Let's bring them in.

Oh.

Oh, I thought you were one of the librarians. I have some books on call.

Uh, no.

Gary Hobbs, I saw you at the museum last night, didn't I?

You saved Trevor Bradford, didn't you?

Yeah.

You, uh... Egyptologist.

One month short of my Ph .D.

And you?

Me? Well, I run a bar.

But, well,

I'm here because I don't want anything to happen to the exhibit.

What do you mean?

What I mean is I don't want to see anything happen to it. You know, like,

might catch on fire.

What are you, a cop?

Me? No, I'm not a cop.

Sit down, Mr. Hobson.

Just because I'm politically active does not make me an arsonist. I have devoted

my life to Egyptian antiquities. And I'm not planning to throw away my career in

some act of obscene vandalism.

What makes you think somebody wants to destroy this exhibit?

Well, let's just say I've got feelings about these kind of things. Like last

night when you saved Trevor Bradford?

Well, yeah, something like... I think I bothered you enough.

Wait.

You're really serious about that?

Oh, yes, I am.

The ancient Egyptians believed in something called Ka, a person's

spirit double, the immortal soul, if you will.

They believed that that person's Ka could communicate with the living.

Sometimes late at night, alone in here, I feel like the Ka of some ancient

Egyptian is trying to speak to me.

I feel like there are mysteries out there that even science can't explain.

Boy, lady, you can say that again. Wait.

You really believe someone is going to set fire to the exhibit?

Yes, I do.

Tonight.

Well, then we should do something about it, shouldn't we?

Well, I think that we probably should.

What do you mean, we?

How did you know the door was going to be unlocked?

Um, it's been in the car.

Anyway.

Jossie!

Jossie!

What's all this?

You know this guy?

Hassan Rajid, my foreman. We caught him setting fire to the exhibit.

Setting fire to my treasures?

Your treasures?

I was the one who discovered them, not you.

If it wasn't for me, you would still be digging in the desert.

Is that why you tried to kill him last night?

What? I saw him standing by the cables right after the accident.

Hassan!

Late. The cat... What about the cat?

It came alive.

My dear son, you're letting your peasant imagination run away with you.

It was coming at me, Ali, I swear.

Yes. But you're here now, all in one piece, are you not?

Yes. Yes.

And the emerald?

You've done well, my friend.

Don't worry.

It's all there.

And now adieu.

Good morning, Chicago. And here's the extended forecast for today and

Dry and cool with highs in the 40s and lows in the 50s. Lows in the 20s and

in the 30s.

Friday, chance of rain.

The guy Hassan popped you in the museum. What do you care whether he's dead or

not? Hey, I'm telling you, Garrett, the publicity stunt. Where's Marissa?

Oh, our lady of the Nile is presently engaged.

With who?

With Ali, what's his name? Who else?

Ali, I really should be getting back to work.

You know, in my country, you wouldn't have to pretend to be a princess.

You could have like one.

Well, I guess I was just born in the wrong place.

No need to stay there.

You could start a new life in a new country.

Leave me.

Ali, I'm not quite sure what you're saying.

I think you are sure.

I think you know exactly what I'm saying.

So, do you say, my dear?

Will you come with me?

Ali, it's all happening so fast.

Sometimes life is like that.

You must see the moment.

Absolutely right.

In that case, my answer's going to be... Ali, I'm going to talk to you.

Now, Ali.

Will you excuse me, my dear?

Uh, sure.

Jules, I need a... You must be joking.

Take your money.

I don't want it. Stop.

Look at me, Ali.

It's the curse.

What curse?

This.

It's the curse, I tell you.

Where did you get that?

The cat.

You idiot.

I told you to only take the eyes.

Get away from me, Ali.

I'm so late for my OB appointment.

Yeah, there's a patient I want you to see when you've got time.

Egyptian, strange rash.

Yeah, great. I'll catch you later.

How is he?

Well, he's in surgery.

What do you make of that?

Where did you get it?

It fell out of his aunt's hand in the ambulance.

He kept mumbling something about a curse.

It's a scarab.

An amulet in the shape of a dung beetle.

That's very nice.

Beetles were a symbol of rebirth to the Egyptians.

Very significant.

How do you make the hieroglyphics?

It's an inscription.

They were often commemorative and historical.

I'm not a shot at translating this.

Is it okay? You can have it. I've got enough curses in my life right now.

Mr. Hobson, your friend is out of surgery. He's stable, but he's got a

fever and an unusual rash.

Do you know anything about that?

No.

Okay, well, you can wait if you want, but he's not going to be seeing anybody

until that fever goes down.

What is with this guy?

I mean, to you, air freshener would have the same effect, right?

Marissa? Hello?

You and Gary could run the place without me, right?

Uh, what are you talking about?

Well, Ali asked me to go to Egypt with him.

Ali? You've known Ali for ten minutes. Well, maybe that's enough.

No, I don't think that's enough. Something very strange is going on here.

You don't think someone could fall in love with me? No, it's not that. I'm

blind, Chuck.

It doesn't make me any less of a person than you or anybody else. I never said

anything about that. Ali makes me feel like a woman.

Like an attractive woman. And I don't get to feel that way very often.

What are you saying? I don't make you feel like an attractive woman? Oh, come

on, Chuck.

Marissa. Ali.

Well, hello.

Nice to meet you. I'm Chuck Fishman. I work with Emerus over here.

It's a pleasure.

So I'll just be leaving you two alone.

How are you, my dear?

Ali, what's wrong?

You're breathing very hard and your hands are clammy.

Is everything... Just the excitement of seeing you again.

Listen, time is running short, sir.

I may have to return to Egypt sooner than expected.

Sooner? How much sooner?

A day or two. No more.

Have you thought about my proposition any further?

Um, Ali, I still don't know.

Then perhaps these will help persuade you.

I feel like earring.

Emerald earring.

They belong to my mother.

Now they're yours.

I couldn't.

Put them on.

As long as you wear these, Marissa, I know that there's a chance that you will

come with me.

Yes.

Yes, I will.

I will come with you.

It made me very happy.

Promise me something.

Promise me you will always wear them.

Of course, Ali.

I'll never take them off.

Oh, no, thanks.

Okay, I got the first line of the inscription.

To all who enter here, may you show proper respect and, uh, something.

Something?

It's not like reading French, you know.

No.

To all who enter here.

What does that mean, to all who enter where?

Perhaps a temple.

How about a tomb?

Oh, you think this is from the exhibit?

Considering his own sterling personality, I think that's a great

yeah.

What is that?

A catalog for the museum show.

Voila.

That's a cat. Well, the Egyptians buried all kinds of animal mummies.

Cats, owls, falcons.

And check out the necklace.

Are you telling me that you think that this...

It's the same as that?

Mm -hmm. Sure, looks like it.

We better get this back to the museum, then. Oh, let me finish translating

first.

Okay.

Help me, please.

I need a doctor.

It's 6 .30 a .m. in the Windy City, and traffic is already bumping and grinding.

Epidemic link to the mummy exhibit.

Health officials shut down the Natural History Museum yesterday and seized

artifacts from its mummy exhibit.

To investigate a possible link to a mysterious epidemic, Affecting museum

visitors and employees.

He's sick as a dog. And look at his rash, the pustules. They're like, well,

haven't seen that before.

How's the other patient?

We're having a hard time keeping him stabilized. He keeps jumping up to 105.

I'll tell the lab to put a rush on this.

This is something simple, right?

Probably.

An epidemic.

How do you stop an epidemic?

I have no idea.

Oh, by the way, Marif is going to Egypt.

Yeah. She's what?

Alibop, the question.

Sort of.

Alibop? What do you mean, sort of?

He asked her to go to Egypt with him.

And she said yes?

All I know is she's wearing his mama's earrings.

Emeralds. Wait a second.

She hardly even knows that guy. That's what I told her. That guy's old enough

be her father. She doesn't know that.

Guy, great news.

You got it all wrong.

Got what wrong? Who got what wrong? Trevor Bradford, the museum. This

not the treasures of Akinnubis.

It's not?

Exactly as I suspected.

Well, who are you?

Chuck Fishman, Gary's partner.

Send me a word.

It's a pleasure.

Who got what wrong?

Oh, Akinnubis was a priest who served a god, a goddess, actually, called Bastet.

That's what it is.

Here, look.

That's still a cat.

Well, Bastet could take many forms.

Lioness, leopard, house cat.

The Egyptians built many shrines to her, especially in Boubastis, where this

tomb was found.

Now, if they could build shrines, why not a tomb?

Are you telling me that that mummy... Was some special cat.

You see, they believed she was a direct descendant of Bastet.

She had special powers.

What kind of powers?

She could see the future.

Ah, a clairvoyant kitty.

Well,

see, I'll take a new bit to the future. But the people believe that the power

came from her.

Something strange is going on here, Gare.

No, don't you see? The exhibit has it backwards.

The priest wasn't buried with his cat.

The cat was buried with her priest.

Oh, what do you mean?

Wait a second. Wait, wait just a second. We've got other problems, don't we?

Not more car.

That's right.

That's right. We've got more car problems to deal with, don't we?

Car?

Car.

Oh, right. More car.

You see, I'm getting the feeling that people are going to get sick. Real sick.

Epidemic sick. You understand?

That is so weird.

You know, because Bastet was the protector against contagion and disease.

There is this inscription.

The inscription said that if anyone plunders the tomb, there's going to be a

terrible plague.

A plague?

A plague? You mean like, as in Passover?

Plague?

That's all it said. A plague.

How bad? You got counts that suggest everything from toxoplasmosis to viral

pneumonitis. White cell counts dropping below 200.

Bronchoscopy shows pulmonary lesions proliferating in both lungs. That's bad.

Whatever the exact pathogen is, both patients are clearly incubating it. How

infectious is it? There's no way of telling without an exact diagnosis.

Then you don't have one.

Not even close.

All right, I don't want to jump the gun, Diana, but don't you think we should

call the health department?

I mean, you're the expert on infectious diseases, and you've never seen this

before? Exactly what are we dealing with?

The plague?

She's nuts.

She wants to destroy the exhibit. That's not true. What if it's possible that

the exhibit is contaminated?

Now, you'd at least have to check into it before you let the people in to see

it, right?

Surely you don't expect me to delay the opening any further based on some

theory. You're here.

Just suppose that there were forces at work that were

unexplainable. What forces?

Well... Dr. Lawson.

You have an entire museum devoted to cultures and beliefs different than your

own.

Are you willing to say that you're the only one who knows the truth?

Well, I... Michael, they should both be committed.

Well, of course, a museum can always be shut down and quarantined.

I'm a scientist by training, Mr. Hudson.

You want me to even think about postponement, I need proof of a health

involved.

Quantifiable proof.

Oh, nice of you to drop by, princess.

I overslept.

I think I want some tea.

You okay?

I think I'm coming down with something.

I don't think you're coming down with something. I think you got some...

Marissa! Hey, fella!

Chuck. Huh?

Hey. She just collapsed. She was burning up with fever.

What'd the doctor say?

He didn't say anything.

He wouldn't even let me see her.

So far, we haven't been able to isolate any viral or bacterial agents.

Three patients.

Right. They haven't responded to treatment.

Not broad -spectrum antibiotics, not vancomycin. He's having a lot of cichlid

beyond the outside chances of some form of hepatic infection.

Without knowing the pathogen filter, there's not much more we can do. The

two are Egyptian nationalists. Any connection to him? Not that we know of.

Excuse me.

She was dating one.

And you are?

Gary Hobson. He brought in the first patient.

What do you know about this?

Well, I know that the three patients you have here were all at the party for the

new exhibit at the museum. And you think there's some sort of link?

Well, that's a possibility. I think maybe that something was brought over

Egypt, something contagious, maybe in the artifacts themselves.

Diane? If it wasn't for my work with Lupita, I'd say it was crazy, too.

Lupita? Yeah, a frozen 500 -year -old Peruvian mummy. I was granted the

opportunity to examine her on the outside chance.

She was carrying a disease we know nothing about. Well, then you...

then you would agree that it is a possibility. My results were

You're talking about thousands of years here. Right, but if it's a possibility,

then you've got to follow that because you don't have any other leads here.

Listen, this is a very dear friend of mine in here.

I don't want her to die.

Well, neither do we.

Oh, another thing.

Since we're talking about life and death, you should know the mummy

Ali, where are you?

Ali, no!

Ali!

Ali!

How was she?

Is she going to be okay? What did they say?

was fine until I brought up the curse.

I tried to explain everything to them, but they didn't seem to want to listen.

Maybe she needs more than medical science.

What do you mean?

Well, maybe we need to lift the curse.

The inscription said that to be a plague if something was plundered.

Yeah, but we already returned the scarab.

Well, maybe there's something else.

Like what?

What's wrong with you?

I don't know. I don't feel good at all.

I'll be all right.

Are you home?

Not now. Stop it. Not now.

Get down.

You can't have...

Where did she get these?

She got them from her Egypt friend, Ali.

And where did he get it?

He got them from his mother.

Well, not unless his mother was a cat.

What?

Look at those.

He didn't get them from his mother?

No, those are the mummy.

Then where did Ali get them?

Wait a second.

If Zahn steals them from the exhibit, he gives them to Ali.

Ali stashes them on Marissa.

She doesn't know, but she's smuggling jewels in Egypt.

Poor Marissa.

Can't she find a normal guy?

Well... These are the cat's eyes, and there's anything to discourage.

There's got to be one very angry mummy.

Angry mummy?

Oh, come on, that's insane.

Gary! I wouldn't laugh if I were you.

Listen to me now. Marissa's sick and you're sick.

If there's any truth to all this, we gotta find out.

It's no crazier than any of the other things that goes on around here, if you

know what I mean.

Yeah, you're right.

Let's go.

Wait a second, you're going to the hospital.

No, no, I'm going with you.

Doctors don't know what's going on. You said so yourself.

Between modern medical science and a 3 ,000 -year -old curse, I'd put my money

on the curse any time.

I'm feeling better already.

I have something.

You're not going to like it. I don't like it, but... Why don't you just tell

I've been back through every textbook I have, every database.

I can tell you what it isn't for sure.

It's not rubella, varicella, mumps.

Just tell me, Dad.

I think it's smallpox.

A mutant strain, possibly.

Diane, smallpox has been eradicated from this planet, I mean, for 20 years. It

tracks, Philip. The ancient Egyptians carried smallpox. The mummy of Ramses V

even shows scars.

We know the virus is extremely stable.

It's been documented since five months, even years, outside the human body, in

bales of cotton and dust.

I mean, put it in a virtually airtight environment, who knows how long it can

lie dormant or mutate.

I call Atlanta. I already did. The CDC is sending a team on the next plane.

We're going to have to get those patients in isolation.

That's going to be a real problem.

The first two are missing.

What do you mean, missing?

They're not in their beds.

They're gone.

Glass. Give me the other one.

Barely hanging on.

Come on, come on. Hey, come on, John.

What's happening?

He was trying to stop me.

Stop you from what?

From taking the emeralds.

A nurse at the hospital told me they gave them to you, so I followed you

Now, please, hand them over.

I have a plane to catch.

No, I can't do that.

If I do that, a friend of mine will die.

He can't be helped.

I can let you die, too.

Very sensible.

Ali, no.

Wait! Get back! No, Ali!

No! No!

Where'd they go?

Look. Oh.

Oh, God.

All right, clear.

Clear.

Anything? That's right. Again, clear. 260, clear.

Base is delayed. Again, clear. 300.

300, clear.

Prep after, Dean. Again, clear. Prep right here, cleared.

I think

my

rash is gone. I feel better.

And so is your fever.

She's stabilized.

Yeah, from out of nowhere.

You didn't change treatments.

She stopped breathing. We brought her back. Then within minutes, her fever

dropped. Even her rash looks better.

Maybe the amphotericine kicked in.

Maybe.

Mommy draws a catastrophic crowd.

They rearranged the whole exhibit.

The cat gets top billing now.

The museum offered Sammy a position in the archaeology department.

That's great.

Are you all right? Do you want to sit down and rest? I'm fine. Hey, the doctor

told you you've got to take it easy. I know what the doctor said.

Yeah, but you've just got to rest sometimes.

Well, you know, it's just one of those freak things.

I don't know. I think she should lie down.

Come on. Let's go.

Go ahead and get this guy. Diane, Wardus tells me you're writing a journal

article about what happened. Yeah, nothing else. I'm trying to convince

not to destroy the stock of smallpox vaccine.

You realize there's only four places in the world that still store it?

What if it turns out to be real next time? Oh, there's a cheery thought.

What do you think it was, anyway?

I don't know. I'd like to talk to that Gary Halfson. He seems to know more than

he let on.

Are you kidding? That guy's nuts. He's certifiable.

Yeah, I suppose you're right.

Well, it's best you forget the guy.

Yeah, yeah.

You deserve better than Ali.

Yeah, I'd still like to know what happened to that guy. So would a lot of

people. Yeah.

So would the hospital, Egyptian security, the police.

Yeah, I just don't understand how someone could vanish into thin air like

The important thing is that we got you back. Yeah, and from now on, I'm

screening all of your dates.

Excuse me a minute.

Yeah, sure.

Maybe you can't believe everything you read.

But how about everything you see?

Or do the eyes play tricks sometimes?

Do we only see what we want to see?

I'd tell you what I think.

But the cat's got my tongue.

Early edition returns on Monday at midday. Next on Hallmark, a solid

by Veronica Hamill as a doctor who discovers that her professional

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