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| Nephthys and Seth have him.� �Bloody hell,� Gabrielle muttered. Evie gave her brother an accusing look, knowing that Gabrielle most likely picked up that blasphemy from him. Jonathan just shrugged and Gabrielle continued. �We must get him out of there before it is too late. He can do much harm with a descendant of the Royal Family.� Rick�s eyes widened. �Descendant of the Royal Family?!� Evie was just as shocked to hear that and her heart skipped a beat. �Wait a minute. Who is the current ruler?� Gabrielle gave her a funny look but then remembered that they had not had a chance to ask about the land and time that they had arrived in. �Why, the son of Ramesses I and Queen Sitre. Have you not heard of Pharaoh Seti the first? He has been ruling now for many years.� Gabrielle studied Evie for a while. �I have only caught a glimpse of his daughter a few times from a distance, but you remind me a lot of her.� �My God.� Evie said. �If they destroy Pharaoh Seti and his daughter, then I and Alex will never have been born. That means that one or both of them is still alive!� Rick tensed up. He could not live without Evie or Alex. �We must find them and Alex before history is changed. The early murder of Pharaoh Seti will cause changes in history.� Gabrielle�s eyes widened. �What do you mean �early murder�? Who would want to murder him when he has been a great leader for us? When will this happen? I must do something about this!� Rick shook his head. �No. It is in history and must take place. Any changes and it could end in something worse than raising a cursed Mummy.� Gabrielle turned white and Jonathan stood close to her in case she would faint. �WHAT?� �Don�t worry about it my dear.� Jonathan said reassuringly while patting her on the back. �Maybe I�ll get to tell you the whole of it one day.� Marion ([email protected]) April 11, 2002 Evie turned to Rick exclaiming, "This gives us an even greater cause to hurry!" She yanked on his arm, ushering Gabrielle and Olympus to join them. She cast a slight backward glance into the room where Nefret was dutifully tending to Ardeth's wounds. Not caring how loud she got, Evelyn gave a cat call asking, "Nefret, are you coming?" The response Evelyn got was a long one. "I have fulfilled my duty to you, my job is done, and now I must stay with Ardeth, to make sure no harm comes to him. Go, save your son, and the world if that be your destiny, but you require no more help from me." Turning back to her husband Evelyn whispered, "That was rather rude, don't you think?" Without further adieux the group of four people went off into the night to save the world. ~*~*~*~*~ Meanwhile, Nefret was in with Ardeth, tending to his wounds. She had just finished covering the large gash on his chin with a piece of gauze to stop the bleeding when she came to the realization that maybe he wasn't coming back. She'd heard of it in her times, an injured person would experience something called 'brain death'. This was when all apparent activity of the brain ceased. She prayed that this had not occurred. She gently tilted his head backwards, opening his mouth, allowing the windpipe to be cleared and air to enter and exit more easily. She gently kissed his chin where she had adhered the bandage to the abrasion on his chin. When she opened her eyes to lie them on his face she jumped back, startled and embarrassed, because what she found was not the unconscious man she had seen just moments earlier but the deep brown of his eyes on her quickly reddening face. She was shocked, and began to step back slowly towards the safety of the open door behind her, but was stopped by his hand. It was amazing how much control he had over her. He beckoned her back to him slowly with a wagging finger. Then, he motioned her down onto the chair beside his bed. "Nefret, do not fear me, I have no intention of harming you." His eyes were locked with hers. "I just wish to know you more." She was still living off the after effects of the shock he had given her. "Why should I not fear you? You represent everything that I have fought hard to prevent and be... I wanted to be able to be strong and defensive, but I wanted to prevent violence. No one ever makes it easy for me..." The last was a mere sigh. "You are strong, and you are defensive, at least as much as I have been able to witness." Ardeth mentally bit his lip, hoping this was coming out right. "But, I don't understand how you can say that because mere moments ago I was weeping over you." Now that she mentioned this Ardeth did notice that her eyes were swollen and red. "The ability to grieve does not make one weak, Nefret. And I do suppose that you were grieving." She gave a little chortle at that remark. "I do not grieve." She said, lacking confidence. With the realization of her own words tears slipped out of her eyes. Ardeth then sat up and drew her into his weak arms. "Nefret, do not be afraid, I love you." With this she let out a strangled cry and her tears began to flow more heavily. |