The plan was desperate: find the tomb of Ahkmenrah’s father, Merenkahre, somewhere in the labyrinthine depths of the British Museum. Only the Pharaoh’s spirit could reforge the magic. But the British Museum at night wasn’t like their home. It was a chaotic, snooty, and terrifyingly vast maze of culture.
Lancelot froze mid-charge, turning back into a wax dummy. The sphinx stopped crumbling. Jedediah felt his legs go numb and sat down with a sigh. But Larry—Larry glowed. His shadow stretched across the floor, and for one night, he was not a security guard. He was the Guardian of the Tablet, filled with the power of a thousand suns.
But Larry was still moving. Still warm. Still alive. night at the museum 3 cj
CJ stumbled. Jedediah caught him. The cowboy’s legs were gone now, just two stumps of dissolving resin. He lay in Jedediah’s arms, looking up at the vast ceiling of the British Museum.
Merenkahre stared for a long moment. Then, for the first time in three thousand years, the ghost of the pharaoh wept a single, crystalline tear of salt. It fell onto the Tablet. The rust didn’t vanish, but the hieroglyphs flared one last time—a brilliant, blinding gold. The plan was desperate: find the tomb of
“After him!” Larry yelled.
“He’s headin’ for the Egyptian wing!” Jedediah shouted. It was a chaotic, snooty, and terrifyingly vast
Lancelot, holding the Tablet, charged forward. “The Grail is mine!”