Museum of mummies Part 3

Serika's muffled roars echoed throughout the truck as she desperately struggled to break free. However, she couldn't so much as move a muscle due to the instant-effect immobilization serum.

"Tch, should have slapped a whole damn roll of tape on your mouth," Sayuri snarled as she sat down on the lid of Serika's sarcophagus and slammed her fist down.

Yuni, meanwhile, was frustrated with herself. She had now allowed herself to be captured four times within 3 days. Her mention of Illumous had only made things worse. 

"If I had shut up, Benise might not have ridden with us in the back. Worse, everyone else is endangered. No, I can't let things end like this! I can still move, so maybe Madoka can too. Maybe if I draw her attention..."

Sayuri scowled as Yuni began moaning as loud as she could and banging on the inside of the sarcophagus. "What are you doing? Don't tell me you think people outside will hear you? There’s no one out here on the back roads, and even if some off road racers drive by, they’ll just think we’re a moving van. Oh, and 20 minutes left until you're immobilized, so STOP BANGING AROUND AND SHUT UP!” she shouted as she kicked Yuni's sarcophagus.

Madoka decided now was the time to begin to break free of her restraints. She effortlessly freed her arms and began unraveling herself. Since the Sarcophagus curved up on the inside, she had more wiggle room and was able to free herself without bumping into the walls or lid of the sarcophagus.

"Good! Out in under a minute, now I just need that creep to come over here," she thought as she stealthily peeked open the lid of her sarcophagus.

She noticed the interior trailer was dimly lit but could see Sayuri's backside facing her. Her plan was simple; while Sayuri was distracted, sneak out and knock her out. And thanks to Yuni's distraction, that plan looked to be coming to fruition.

"I was surprised when you suddenly blurted out the name of our organization, but I was more surprised to learn you were that bitch’s daughter! If I had known that beforehand, we would’ve packed up much faster. The cops were never going to come, but since you’re that bitch’s daughter we had no choice but to play it safe and head out immediately rather than wait for the serum to take effect. Though maybe we were overreacting, we haven’t seen any suspicious movement, nor did I receive any signal that you did anything weird.”

That last statement sent a chill down Yuni’s spine. What did she mean “did not receive a signal"? That implied someone else was watching her, but who? And didn’t Mochi record the video and call for backup? Yuni then thought of a disturbing truth; Mochi might be a traitor.

The truck then hit a bump causing Sayuri to lose her balance and stumble backwards just as Madoka pushed off the lid of her sarcophagus and launched her surprise attack. She grabbed Sayuri’s left arm and hurled her into the wall causing her to drop her gun. Before she could react, Madoka kicked her in the face, knocking her out.

"Wow that worked out better than I thought," Madoka smiled as she opened Yuni's sarcophagus and unwrapped her as fast as she could while keeping an eye on Sayuri. "We've got a little more than 15 1/2 minutes left before we can't move anymore."

"I'm impressed you kept track of time," Yuni nodded as she ripped the tape off her mouth.

"Well, I am the greatest escape artist in the world!"

“Madoka, I know this sounds crazy, but I suspect Mochi might be with Illumous. If she makes any suspicious movements, take her out.”

“I knew there was something I didn’t like about that loli. Well, I’ll just kick her if she tries to hurt us."

Yuni nodded and surveyed the area as Madoka headed over for Serika's sarcophagus. Noticing the gun on the ground, Yuni picked it up before opening one of the four remaining sarcophaguses. The woman inside wasn’t Mochi as she was normal sized and had dark gold eyes. But, upon pulling some of the bandages off, it was clear this was Emeri.

“Are you alright?” she asked as she peeled the tape off Emeri’s mouth.

“More or less, but do you think you could wrap up my face again?”

“When you're freed, you can do it yourself.”

As Yuni continued to free Emeri, Madoka finished unraveling Serika.

"No need to glare at me, I always save the mouth for last," Madoka huffed as she ripped the tape off Serika's mouth.

“Yeouch! That hurt like hell! Why the hell didn’t you start with my face!?” Serika yelled.

“It’s more practical to free your arms and legs before your mouth!” Madoka retorted as she opened another sarcophagus.

However, something unexpected happened. The mummy reached out and handed her a vile and quietly whispered, “Don't worry about me. My partner and I are Interpol agents, get out on your own and let us complete our mission. That vile has an antidote for the poison. Don’t tell anyone else about us." Madoka knew enough English to understand her words but was still confused. She put the vile in her pocket and closed the lid.

Yuni, meanwhile, had finished unwrapping Emeri; but, just as Emeri finished wrapping up her face, the serum took effect and she slumped to the ground like a rag doll.

“Are you OK!?

“Not really, that kind of hurt, and I can’t move. I imagine this is the effect of that stuff they injected me with.”

Yuni sighed and dragged Emeri over to Serika before turning to notice that Mochi had managed to break free of her restraints. "And how'd you get out?"

"I had a knife on me, that's how," Mochi replied as she surveyed her surroundings.

Madoka meanwhile ran to the door and released the lock causing the door to swing open. She noticed the truck was going at a moderate pace on a dirt road and kicked the release for the loading ramp, causing it to extend to the point where it was just barely avoiding the ground.

"Everyone! We've only got 10 minutes left before we won't be able to move. We must escape now. Is everybody ready?"

“Wait, what about the two in the back?” asked Yuni.

Madoka then whispered that they were suspicious, and it was best not to bring them along. Everyone had been freed; however, Emeri and Serika were unable to move. Not fully trusting the “Interpol agent”, Madoka decided not to use the vile she was given and quickly began dragging an empty sarcophagus to the exit.

"You can't be serious!?" Yuni groaned as Madoka confirmed her fears.

"Surf's up!" Madoka smiled as she plopped Emeri and Serika into the sarcophagus and sat them up.

Mochi slowly began walking towards Sayuri, but was stopped by Yuni. “NO! As much as I hate to say it, it’s too risky to take her with us."

“Why can’t we tie up that bitch and drag her with us!?” Serika fumed.

“It’s too risky, if she wakes up before we’re rescued, she’ll kill us!”

“I think we should take her, was our mission not to arrest her?” Mochi interjected.

“We have to go, now! There’s no time to tie her up, if we don’t leave now, we’re all screwed,” Madoka yelled as Yuni hopped into the sarcophagus.

“If you want to arrest her, then take her yourself. We're getting out of here,” Yuni threatened.

Mochi shook her head and walked in front of the sarcophagus. “No, we should not recklessly split up in this scenario. We either take Sayuri with us, or waste time arguing because of your stupidity and fail to escape. Which will it be?”

Yuni could not believe it, Mochi really was trying to hinder them, perhaps she really was a traitor. 

Only 5 minutes remained before all the girls would be immobilized.