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| Jean ([email protected]) March 8, 2002 "You don't seriously think that my parents will fall for that will you? Lady, this isn't the first time they've had to rescue me from impending danger, and you're not the first to try. Give it up, my dad's going to kick your ass." A harsh slap was heard, and Alex's hand flew to his face. Bonnie glared down at him, a growl rising in her throat. "Don't ever raise your voice to me young man. I know all about the O'Connell's, and if you remember what happened to your mother before, I can guarantee that it'll happen again. You and your family will not survive this time....and your father will suffer our rage. Osiris will pay." Marion ([email protected]) March 12, 2002 The day dawned bright and sunny, unlike the end of the previous night. It would be a hot one, and Nefret knew that if they did not start moving soon, that there would be no point in starting at all. Packing her rucksack was a task she hated because she could never roll up the sleeping pad the right way. Ardeth, noticing her struggles came over to help her. As he stood gingerly behind her he smiled, laughing silently at the way her rear moved as she worked. Placing a gentle hand on her shoulder he asked her patiently, "Do you need any help Nefret?". Amazing enough to herself she did not shrug off his hand like she had intended to, but instead snapped back at him, "I did not ask for any. I am quite capable of doing this myself." "It would seem not so my dear, for as I watch you, something in your body language denies what you yourself feel true." Ardeth let his choice of words roll lightly off his tongue as his eyes danced. Nefret looked up at him; confusion and wonder mixed themselves together as she frowned. Ardeth could feel a tightening in his groin as that look burned right into his soul, he definitely knew something was wrong. He would talk to Rick about his feelings. They were beginning to puzzle him more. Shell ([email protected]) March 13, 2002 After getting smacked by Bonnie, Alex learned to keep his mouth shut as they walked with him back to the Pharaoh�s Palace. They had been walking for what seemed like ages, and he was hungry and thirsty. "Come on give me some water," he wined for about the millionth time. Ahead of him Seth and Nephthys talked of their plans to gain power. Full moon was in three days, and the two of them were ready to rule this time period and change history forever. "Please let me have some water," Alex said again. Nephthys turned and drew from her pack a skin of water. She opened it and handed it to him, only when she did she made sure it dropped in the sand. It hit the ground and the water began to spill out. To thirsty to care that he would get a mouthful of sand, Alex grabbed it an drank the last gulp of water. "Now then you keep your mouth shut. I already have plans to give you lashes with a whip for speaking to me in such a disrespectful manor, and I will add to them for every word you utter from here on out," she said. Alex closed his eyes and prayed a silent prayer that his parents would get to him before they did that, or that Gabrielle and Olympus would. Heidi Rittner ([email protected]) March 13, 2002 Gabrielle slowly came out of her drugged sleep. It was very dimly lit in the room. She was leaning against something hard and thin and her arms were aching behind her. She tried to bring her arms around to rub off the pain, but she realized she was tied up. She became fully alert and realized where she was. She was sitting on the ground back to back with Olympus with one of the table legs between them. There was rope wrapped around the both of them, binding them to each other, and also rope binding their hands. Damn her! Bonnie knew she could not overpower Gabrielle, so she had resorted to using a cloth with some type of chemical to temporarily knock her unconscious. �Olympus, wake up. Are you alright?� Olympus groaned and opened his eyes. �Other than a splitting headache I am fine.� Seth had hit him on the back of the head with the handle of his knife. �We�ve got to get to the boy before it�s too late.� She began to try reaching her thumb and pointer fingers up to try work on the knot around her wrists first. She immediately froze when she noticed the dim light in the room start to move back and forth, as if someone was moving the candle. She glanced up and saw the lit candle teetering dangerously on the edge of the table. �For the love of Horus!� she exclaimed. �What is it?� Olympus asked getting worried by her tone. �Bonnie is more clever than I though. If we wish to escape, we will have to wait several more hours or risk setting my home and ourselves on fire. We cannot wait that long. We must get to Alex before any more harm comes to him. If his parents do in fact find their way here, then we will need to get to them and warn them before Seth and Bonnie take them by surprise.� �Gabs, we will be of less use if we are burned to death. Perhaps we should wait it out. There�s nothing much we can do to get out of these ropes.� Gabrielle pursed her lips and looked around for something�anything. Her eyes lit up and she smiled as she spotted Olympus� knife. It had been knocked out of Olympus� hand before she had gotten there, and now laid only a few inches in front of her outstretched legs. �Oly, I have an idea.� Rachel ([email protected]) March 16, 2002 "Help slide the table over toward your knife, it's just in front of me" She said, he pushed across the floor very gently so he didn't disturb the candle, they managed to get close enough to the knife so that Gabrielle could pull it the rest of the way with her foot. She got the knife across the floor and managed to give it one good kick |