| THE ADVENTURES OF THE O'CONNELL FAMILY Page 24 |
| "Oh, watch out." Rick said as he lead Evelyn off to the side of the road, as a cart of wine barrels came up from behind. As the cart got in front of them it stopped. Rick and Evelyn took no notice of it and began to walk around when from the front came a recognizable voice. "Stay where you are!" It called out. Then She stepped out from the side. "Bonnie!?" Evie said under her breath. "It will be Nephthys, please and thank you. Now give me the boy." She said. "No" Rick said, Alex was still asleep as he was exhausted. "Have it your way." She said, she jumped up onto the cart and kicked the pile of barrels toward the O'Connells. There were about ten of them, and they all came rolling down at once. Evelyn jumped one way, and Rick the other, separating the two from each other. Just as Evie was getting back up she heard a low growl over her head, when she looked up she saw the snarling mouth of a wolf, with yellow piercing eyes that looked down on her. Rick managed to keep his footing and when he was about to run over to his wife he heard another snarl. He whipped around and saw another wolf making its way to him, it looked exactly the same. Shell ([email protected]) April 6, 2002 Seth appeared next to the wolves. "Now Human fool, unless you want that boy mauled, because they only want your son, I suggest you give him to me," he said. While he talked, Evie had made her way to Rick very slowly, and arrived just as Seth finished his statement. Her heart began to beat fast. They had just gotten their baby back, and he was injured, with cuts that could get infected. A feeling of deja vu hit her, and she couldn't believe what came out of her mouth. "Rick give Alex to him," she said. Evidently Rick couldn't believe either, and looked at her in shocked disbelief. "Your kidding right?" he asked, though it was evident that from the look she gave him she was clearly not kidding him. Alex began to stir then and opened his eyes seeing both Seth and Bonnie. "You can't do anything to me now," he said sleepily, not aware of what his parents were about to do. Rick gave Alex to Evelyn who whispered something in his ear, and he grasped around her neck. "No, no, you can't give me to her, she whipped me," he said and started to cry. It was almost too much for both parents, but Evelyn had a plan, and she knew that no more harm would come to her son, at least not until the sacrifice, and they had the better part of a day to save him from that. "Alex shh, Do you remember when we told you about Hamunaptra, and how I went with Imhotep?" she asked. Alex nodded and it dawned on him, though when it came time for him to go with the bad guys he still cried. As soon as Seth had Alex he healed all the wounds and held him close, this time not willing to let Bonnie harm him. The two of them disappeared along with the wolves, and when they were gone, Evie slumped down and began to sob. Quickly Rick knelt beside his wife and helped her stand, getting them away from the busy streets. Once they were in the Alley he kissed her deeply, then pulled away. "Evelyn, we will get him back, " She sniffed and nodded. "I don't know how he will ever trust us again putting him back in the hands of those that hurt him," she replied as they started back toward the cottage. On the way they discussed plans, for how to get Alex back, and Evie reviled that in this time they would be able to find a very new Hamunaptra, as well as free Imhotep from his tomb, to save Alex, and this world, as well as the other from the plans Seth had, or at least she hoped as much. Heidi Rittner ([email protected]) April 8, 2002 Nefret and Jonathan deposited Ardeth�s unconscious body onto the bed that Alex had been using during his stay with Gabrielle. Jonathan watched as Nefret dragged a chair to Ardeth�s bedside and took his hand in hers. He could see both love and sorrow in her eyes as she softly spoke to him in the ancient Egyptian language. Jonathan only picked up a word here and there and gathered that she was willing Ardeth to open his eyes, and reassuring him that everything would be all right. Jonathan felt a twinge of jealousy towards Ardeth. He thought of Gabrielle and hoped that she would come to love him just as much some day. Just as the thought came in to his mind, Gabrielle and Olympus walked in carrying various herb and liquid medicines and bandages that they had collected. Gabrielle brought the items over to the bed and mixed some herbs into the liquids to form a concoction that would prevent infection to the deep gash on the underside of Ardeth�s chin. She dipped a cloth in the concoction and was about to clean the wound when a hand stopped her. She looked at Nefret questioningly. �Please. Let me tend to his wounds.� Gabrielle saw the look in her eyes and nodded, handing her the bowl and cloth. She watched as Nefret lovingly began to clean off the dried blood and the dirt out of the wound. She looked over to Jonathan and saw that he too was watching. Jonathan looked over to her and nodded his head towards the door, signaling for her to leave the two alone. They quietly closed the door behind them and were left facing each other with only mere inches between them. Jonathan reached his hand up to caress her cheek while gazing into her eyes. She leaned into his hand and closed her eyes sighing. The magic was broken when the door slammed open and a very angry Rick came walking in holding the hand of a very sad and worn out looking Evie. �What is wrong?� Gabrielle asked. Jonathan looked behind Rick and Evie awaiting one more person. �Where�s Alex?� Rick scowled and Evie took in a deep breath to stop the tears that were threatening to spill forth. �Bonnie�er.. |