| THE ADVENTURES OF THE O'CONNELL FAMILY Page 17 |
| ~*~*~*~*~ Olympus slept on a small cot outside the open door of Alex�s temporary room. He had promised Gabrielle he�d take care of Alex while she used the dark of night to easily steal, or as she liked to say, �borrow� some food and supplies that they�d need for their journey to take Alex home. Alex stirred as he felt a wet nose nudging his hand. He opened up his eyes and looked down. �Hello, Max. How did you get inside the house?� Alex said in a sleepy voice. Alex came fully alert when he remembered where he was. Max was here? That�s not possible! He sat up on the edge of the bed and looked down at Max while stroking his soft fur. �How did you get here old boy?� Max started to wag his tail and Alex got the idea Max wanted him to follow. He got up and began following Max. The moon shone through the open window making a glowing square of light on the ground. Max stepped closer and was half in the light. Alex immediately froze as he saw a shine coming from above one of the dog�s paw. �CRIPES! You�re not Max!� Alex yelled, and immediately, the dog transformed back into Seth. Seth grabbed Alex and pulled him against him, putting a hand over his mouth and a knife to his throat. The boy was far too clever and now he�d gained another road block in his plans, although Olympus, being the scrawny fellow he was, would be easily disposed of. Olympus heard Alex and immediately was standing in the doorway with his knife in hand. �Let the boy go, Seth!� he yelled. Seth pushed Alex behind him. �Come and get him.� He said in a deadly voice while twirling the long knife in his hands. Rachel ([email protected]) March 7, 2002 It was now about midnight as Gabrielle make the trek home with a sac of food slung over her shoulder. She neared her house and noticed that something was lit up inside. That was odd, she thought Alex and Olympus would have been in bed long before? She neared the entrance with caution incase anything was amiss, "Max? what are you doing here?" She heard Alex ask from just inside the door, then she heard the loud "Cripes!" and a big bang. She dropped the food in front of the door and ran inside the house, there she saw Seth with Alex slung over his shoulder and trying to punch him in the back. One handedly Seth grabbed Olympus by the collar and pushed him back into the doorframe to the next room, then he turned around to be face to face with Gabrielle. "Move or you'll regret being here." He said in a low terrifying voice. "No" She answered back looking him in the eyes. "Alright, move or the kid gets it." He pulled out a blade from one of the folds of his robes, pulled Alex over and set him on the ground, then held the knife up to his throat. "You would never." Gabrielle tried to keep calm. "You don't think I would?" He asked quizzically. "He's your only hope to rule Egypt, you wouldn't kill him." She said matter-of-factly. "No, descendants from the Royal Family are the key to the future, his parents are probably on their way over anyway, I'll use his mother." Seth considered it for a moment. Gabrielle started to realize just how crucial it was that she get Alex away from this man. She was about to step forward when someone came up from behind and grabbed her arm, "Going somewhere?" Nephthys asked wickedly as she twisted Gabrielle's arm. She pulled Gabrielle out of the doorway and let Seth through with Alex, then took her back into the house. ~*~*~*~*~ What are you doing with me?" Alex asked as Seth pulled him back to the temple. "I'm not stupid kid, I wont' tell you." Seth kept his eyes on the road ahead. "It has something to do with the bracelet, I know that, so just tell me, you want to rule Egypt don't you?" Alex persisted. "Yes, and as things are going now, I'm succeeding, I have the bracelet, I'm rid of the pharaoh and am soon to unlock the- never mind." He caught himself, just then Nephthys came running up to catch up with them. "What did you do with her?" Seth asked. "I tied them up in the back room and placed a lit candle on the edge of a table, so if they want to escape being burned to death they'll have to wait for the candle to burn out until they can move." She answered joyfully. "You awful-" Alex started, Nephthys grabbed his arm and pushed him into the ground. "How dare you talk to me! You little brat, when we get back to the temple you will be sorry you ever lived." She then turned to Seth, "Do we really need him anymore, his mother's on her way, why don't we just use her, I mean, think of what it'll do to Osiris to have his son killed and then watch his wife die mercifully in front of him." She tried, but Seth held his ground. "I'm keeping opportunity open, I want to have as many descendants available as possible, besides, we'll kill them all when they come anyway." |