| Egyptian obviously and he was wearing what appeared to be black pajamas held up by a rope around his thin waist. "Yes, yes, what do you want now?" He asked in a weasely voice. By the Gods...it's Beni!! Jonathan's jaw dropped and he felt it might even touch the ground. He knew he recognized this scrawny figure from somewhere! It was that little weasel Beni! "Holy Horus..." Jonathan muttered under his breath. "I've got a job for you." Gabrielle told Senbi, putting her hands on her hips. "No way sis, I'm not doing anything for you this time..." Senbi replied starting to walk away. Sis? As in sister? Ah crickey Gabs is Beni's sister! Jonathan rolled his eyes and put a hand to his head. Senbi scrambled into his shack and Gabrielle huffed and followed, turning to Jonathan and Nefret stating a simple, "This will only take a moment." Before she darted into the hut after her brother. Jonathan and Nefret exchanged glances, but knowing that it was close to impossible for them to communicate neither even tried. After a few minutes Senbi came running back out of the shack, Gabrielle following angrily after. "Come on Senbi! It's a chance to do something really good!" "No way!" "...and get a big reward.." Senbi stopped dead in his tracks and smirked, turning around. "She had to mention the R word..." Gabrielle stepped toward him, grinning. "How much?" "Fifty." "Twenty." "Forty." "Twenty-five." Senbi sighed and gave his sister a glare, "Deal." Gabrielle shook his hand. "Pleasure doing business with you." *~*~*~*~* After Senbi had gotten Gabrielle stitched up and the others had bathed in the lake, Gabrielle and Jonathan laid outside under the stars on blankets while Nefret was sound asleep. Jonathan rolled over to look at Gabrielle. "Gabs?" "Hmmm?" "I knew your brother in his future life." "You did? Was he as big of a weasel then too?" "You have no idea." They didn't speak for a while because Gabrielle started to hum and sing softly. Jonathan just lay there listening to her voice. She wasn't singing in English, but Jonathan could pick out a few of the romantic lyrics. After she stopped he had to ask: "Where did you learn English?" "From Olympus...he was born in Greece...he's studied many languages, back when Senbi and I were children his father taught us all the languages. Senbi's learned seven." "How did you get the name Gabrielle? It's not Egyptian." "My real name is Pasebaknaennuit." Gabrielle replied. "That's a mouthful." Jonathan laughed. "No kidding. Olympus gave me the nickname Gabrielle and it stuck." Suddenly from the shack came a shattering noise and the two jumped up as they heard Senbi cursing in several different languages. Heidi Rittner ([email protected]) May 12, 2002 Osiris watched as the man was practically strangled by his wife�s and son�s joyous hugs. He placed his hand on Evie�s shoulder to get her attention. �I don�t believe I have enough medicine left to revive him once more should you suffocate him,� he joked. Evie laughed and wiped the tears from her eyes. She stood and took Alex�s hand and they moved aside so that Osiris could help Rick to his feet. �I don�t know how I can ever thank you,� Evie said. �Perhaps we can discuss that after we have all made proper introductions,� Osiris responded. |
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