| THE ADVENTURES OF THE O'CONNELL FAMILY Page 22 |
| "He's not with the family?" "Not that I know of. I don't think he is." She informed. "Well then, I think this is coming around nicely, all we have to do is to find him, inform the family and then go about our business. Which I might add needs to be done tomorrow night!" ~*~*~*~*~ He wearily wandered through the village, people stopped and looked at him, but no one would help him. He didn't know where he was going never mind where he even was. "Please help me" He uttered, but no one understood him anyway. They watched his every move from the other side of the retaining wall. "We can go get him now, just pretend he's a lost child." She whispered to Seth. "No, wait." He hissed. Alex was in the middle of the street, he made his way dragging his feet on the ground and his head was slumped to the side of his shoulder. "I can't believe you! Of all people you should know what these people are like! You date enough of them, the cheat, they steal and they ruin families!" She screamed at her brother as the abruptly walked through the streets of the village. She were on a mission to look for Alex. Although they probably wouldn't find him here. "Well look at your husband! Not exactly the most well bred of them all wouldn't you say?" Evelyn spun around. "Now you listen to me-" She began. As Alex dragged along the streets, one of the shop owner's camels came loose, the man ran over to get them back, but in doing so, startled them. They all set off down the street, there were five of them, they charged down the middle... Alex looked up and saw them coming straight for him. Nephthys and Seth saw the heard coming toward him at the same time. "-Rick is a loving caring man and I'll be damned if I'm going to put up with!- Oh my God, ALEX!" She saw her son in the street, and she also saw the camels coming at him, he looked very different dressed in Egyptian attire but she knew it was him. This caught Jonathan's attention and he spun around seeing his nephew, they both ran toward him. Seth and Nephthys jumped over the wall and ran toward the boy. Marion ([email protected]) April 2, 2002 Ardeth raced towards Alex who stood aghast in the path of the stampeding camels, leaving Evelyn and Jonathan in the dust behind him. His breath came ragged in his chest as he pumped his muscles towards the shocked boy. Faster he ran, trying desperately to reach Alex before Bonnie, Seth, or the camels did. He could feel the perspiration begin to drip down the sides of his face despite the cool air that greeted his skin. He pushed himself more, almost to the limit of his physical strength, but, he managed to reach Alex just in time, shoving him out of the way before he was crushed. In saving Alex he did not save himself, for one of the camels nicked his heel and he was sent sprawling onto the ground, his chin hitting the gravel hard, jarring his entire head and causing immediate pain, his leg twisted beneath him as the camel too, fell. His world turned crimson before fading completely. Nefret watched as Ardeth went down, her essence collapsing about her. Her eyes brimmed with tears as Ardeth was lost in a swirling of beige dust. She was somewhat aware of what was going on around her for she heard gunshots in her subconscious. Rick standing next to her had fired two shots, disabling Bonnie and Seth before they were able to lay a finger on his son. Seth, he shot in the leg, while Bonnie was shot in the shoulder. Both of them plunged just seconds after Ardeth, but not with the glory that he had. Evelyn rushed to Alex's side while Rick, Jonathan, Gabrielle, and Nefret rushed to Ardeth. Ardeth at this time was in his own universe, feeding on memories of a few days before when he had confronted Rick with his growing dilemma. Rick too was remembering their conversation through a vision. *After awaking from an extremely good night's sleep Ardeth made his way over to where he was alone, polishing his gun. "Rick, may I speak with you on a private matter?" "Certainly Ardeth. Whaddya want?" his casual English slid off his tongue pleasantly. "I am sure you have noticed that there seems to be something wrong with me lately. I am not myself, at times I will shake and become very hot. None of this is extremely unusual, but it only occurs when I am observing Nefret. I also, on these occasions, I notice a slight tingling in my abdomen which spreads considerably lower." Ardeth's eyes darted around nervously, yearning for answers. Meanwhile he couldn't believe he was hearing this. "Uh..." he stuttered, completely shocked. "Rick, I know about the joining of a man and a woman to create life, but I do not know exactly what takes place. I am not accustomed to feeling this way, but I must admit, it is a pleasant way to feel." "Ardeth, maybe we should sit down." he added in his mind because this could take a long time. He was completely speechless; for once he was at a total loss for words. He remembered the exact time and day when Alex had first asked him about sex, but this, this was unexpected. It was Ardeth, Ardeth knew everything. "But first, Rick, tell me this," Ardeth continued. "What is this feeling that I get in my groin? It's a very interesting sensation." Ardeth's eyes were innocent. |