| "I'm fine...just a flesh wound." "GABRIELLE! God bless you, you're awake!" Jonathan's excited but sleepy voice came from behind her. Gabrielle spun on her toes and ended up right under Jonathan's nose, who quickly took a step back, looking her over. "Are you alright?" He asked. She nodded, and felt Nefret step outside of the cavern behind her, sensing that the two might want privacy after the tearful events. "Jonathan I have to go back and help Rick and Evelyn." "Over my dead body. No Gabrielle you're coming to England with me darling." Jonathan replied with a laugh. "England? You mean your home? Jonathan I can't just pick up and leave." Gabrielle told him, stepping back and putting a hand to her head, pacing a bit around the fire. Jonathan watched her intently, his face barely seen in the dim firelight. "Well of course you're coming with me...I thought..." Sighing with exasperation and worry Gabrielle turned back to look at Jonathan, "Jonathan it's a whole completely different time. I can't do that, you can't expect me to do that." 'No way she's doing this to me now. Not after all I've been through.' Jonathan thought, 'She's coming with me to England whether she likes it or not.' Gabrielle could almost see the irritation growing in Jonathan's eyes and heard it in his voice when he lashed out. "Gabrielle listen...you are coming with me to England and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it! I will drag you kicking and screaming if I have to but I'm not losing you again! For Cripes sake I almost lost you earlier, nearly went bloody crazy thinking what I'd do without you and you expect me to just let you stay here!? No bloody way in hell am I doing that! So if you don't get your act together I'm going to have to pick you up and carry you to England because there is nothing that will make me leave you!" Jonathan had to take a breath after that speech and put his hands on his hips, a glint of pride coming over his eyes slightly in all the anger that was there. 'Thank heavens something I learned from O'Connell finally paid off.' He thought to himself, watching Gabrielle's face. Gabrielle could hardly believe it. She just stared at him for a while, mouth open not knowing what to think. But finally her expression split into a grin and she couldn't help but laugh at him. "Isis, Jonathan, now I know why I love you." Was all she said before she took two steps over and hugged him timidly, trying not to make contact with her gash. Jonathan smiled a cute half smile and hugged her back, also careful of her weak body. He kissed her forehead before bringing his lips passionately down on hers, knowing now that she liked his strong side. After the kiss that seemed to last hours ended Gabrielle looked up at Jonathan, his arms still wrapped around him. "Can we go help your sis first?" Rachel ([email protected]) May 9, 2002 She sat there for what seemed like hours, clutching her husband's shoulders and rocking back and forth with him while weeping. Alex, despite the chains, cried on his mother's shoulder as both sat there, in the middle of the ceremonial quart yard, beside the pool. Oblivious to anything that just happened outside of their surroundings. After a few minutes of trying to compose himself, Alex finally spoke. "Mum?" He asked. Evelyn had been so distraught with emotions that she almost forgot her son was there, as she reluctantly turned away from her husband to address him. "Yes, Alex." She sniffed. "I'm sorry!" He cried out, then collapsed back on her shoulder crying even harder now. "Oh no!" Evelyn countered trying to hold in her tears. "This isn't your fault! It's none of our fault, it's...it's" She looked out toward the pool and noticed that Bonnie's body was gone. "Where is she?" She whispered to herself, then ignored the fact and turned her attention back to her son. Shell ([email protected]) May 9, 2002 Osiris felt the pain as he and Adom were traveling to the Palace to find Nefertiri and her father. From what the Wise One had told him, the ones who were from a different time had arrived, and he realized that the man he would be in another life had been injured. "We must hurry Adom. When we arrive at the palace we need to help those the Wise One spoke of. The boy you saw and his family must be able to return to their time," he said as he urged the horse he and Adom traveled on to move faster. ~*~*~*~*~ Evelyn looked at her husband once again, for now not worrying where Bonnie had been taken. He was gone, and she now knew what he and Alex had felt when she had died in Ahm-Shere. They had fulfilled their task. Alex was saved and the ritual was stopped, but Rick was gone, and there was no spell to bring him back or was there. "Alex we need to move you're father back in the safety of cover. We are going to go to Hamunaptra and we are going to use the book to bring him back to..." She was cut off when both of them heard hoof fall. When they looked up there was a man and a boy on a black horse. The man had long black hair, the same as Ardeth�s, and he looked just like Rick. The boy's hair was also long, and resembled Alex, and Evelyn realized who they were. She spoke in the ancient language telling them why they had come. When she finished speaking, Osiris dismounted from his horse and walked over to Rick. He knelt down and from within the folds of his cloak took out a bottle. "Help me," he said. |
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