Part IV: The Hospital

"Hello, Dr. Johnson. I hope you're feeling better, now." Ian said, as he approached the bed of the wounded archeologist, along with several other people.

"Who are you?" the doctor asked, shocked.

"I'm Ian Mulligan, Congressman and the brother of the President of the United States of America."

"Oh, yes," the doctor nodded. "That ignorant fool who has been wasting those poor American taxpayers' dollars on such useless things; I remember, now."

"Uh, yeah. Anyway, I have come to ask you something. It's about those four, huge monsters that have been running around, lately. Have you heard?"

The doctor sighed in disbelief, "I had hoped that it had all been a bad dream. Sit down, won't you?" Ian did so. "Anyway, to get on with the story..." The doctor told him about everything that had happened: how he awoken the Weapons, how his partners had died, and how the Weapons escaped out of the ground.

"Why did you do it?"

"I didn't think that reading the tablet would do anything. I'm not a superstitious kind of guy. But it happened, and I regret it. All of my life, I have been looking for them, so I could finally bring to me the fame that I always wanted. I had heard the legends of how there were four ancient 'Weapons' that were created by 'beings from the stars', presumably aliens from another planet. The legend tells us that they came from outer space to conquer our planet. They even started a civilization here on earth; Ancient Egypt. But then, they suddenly had to leave, so they left behind the Weapons to control things down here. But, before they could be "awakened" by the Cetra, as they called themselves, the people of earth buried them, so that they could not bring harm to any person. The only way to 'awaken' them is to read those words that I had read. It's my fault. It's all my fault."

"Wow," Ian spoke. "Where'd you here all of that?"

"Oh, several inscriptions had been found inside many Ancient Egyptian temples and buildings, all telling the same story. I knew it had to be true. It had been covered up for years. Only few knew of this. The governments didn't want the people to know of this threat."

"Yet, you knew of it..."

"Give an old man a break, here."

"Sorry. Anyway, how do we stop them? That's what we need to know."

"All right. Here's the lowdown. There are four 'Weapons' that were left here, on earth. There's the Emerald Weapon, a green seafaring monster with a huge emerald in its chest."

"Ah, I see."

"There is Ruby Weapon, which has a large ruby in its chest, and the Diamond Weapon, with a diamond in its chest. The legends say that if the Weapons ever do escape, then the only way to control them are with the special precious stones that are in the Temple of the Cetra; where the Weapons were found. There is a ruby, an emerald, and a diamond. If you can find those stones, then you can control them."

"What about that black flying one? You know, the love child of Godzilla and the Mummy on steroids."

He grinned, "Ah, yes. The Ultimate Weapon. The most destructive and powerful of all. The legends say that this monster can only be controlled by 'The Legendary Sphinx.' Now, I have tried to find out what this is, but I couldn't come up with it. It can't be the Great Sphinx, because it is too big... What could it be?"

"Thank you so much, Dr. Johnson," Ian said. "Don't worry, we'll find it!" He got up from his chair and signaled the others to follow him. "Gentlemen, we're off to Giza! Get a team of diggers, and in an hour, we'll start the dig! (Boy, I could really use some coffee right about now.)"