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| She sighed and freed her arm from his grasp. "I'm sorry too but Rick damn near killed my brother! And we just had an argument. I can take her though!" She said more to reassure herself that she could. Jonathan laughed a little. "Ah, it would be a tough match. Remember who her husband is. Living with them I have seen some pretty funny fighting lessons. One which ended in Rick having a broken nose. She has on hell of a right hook I will tell you that much. But for my sake please do try to get along. I plan to talk to her about it too. Now lets go see that brother of yours." She nodded. "I will try to get along with her. But she has to play her part too." He took her hand in his as they made their way to her brothers room. Sheri ([email protected]) June 7, 2002 Once inside, Gabrielle began to tend to her brother while Evie's brother stood by. "Senbi, I apologize for what happened out there." I know Rick and he is not malicious or aggressive unless provoked." "Jon, honey ... Senbi was not provoking him!" "I know, Gabrielle, but unfortunately, Senbi's future self left Rick for dead twice, not counting all of us as well." It triggered that anger as soon as he set eyes on Senbi." "Do either of you understand he was probably acting out his rage when he saw Beni's twin?" Gabrielle nodded her head and smiled just a bit at her love. <Isis! If he's not the most charming man when he wants to be!> Jon then walked over to the bed and put a reassuring hand on Senbi's shoulder. "Please accept our most sincere apologies, Senbi." "AND .... I apologize in advance for any snide remarks or flaring tempers that may result from your uncanny likeness to that swine Beni." Senbi opened his mouth and out came that same irritating voice that grated on Jon's nerves from 10 years ago in Hamunaptra. "I will try and understand, Carnahan." "But so help me, if you cause worry or pain for my sister ... I'll beat you within an inch of your life!" Jonathan took a few steps back from Senbi's bedside, eyes large, glancing at Gabs with an almost amused expression. "Senbi, I appreciate your protectiveness, but if you hurt Jonathan, you better run fast and far away. His sister, brother-in-law, and Med-jai brother Ardeth Bey will hunt you down and I won't be able to save your hide!" At this point, Jonathan was blushing and grinning at Gabs, his blue eyes twinkling. "If you are still alive after THAT, I'll hold you down so Jonathan can take swings at you!" "I would nevah'!" Jonathan pronounced with his British accent. Senbi laughed and couldn't resist. "Nevah, Carnahan?" Gabrielle giggled and asked him to say "never" once again. Of course Jon flatly refused, feeling only a wee bit embarrassed by his obvious heavy accent. Then Jon started to laugh. Gabs began to laugh, and Senbi moaned in pain, clutching his ribs. "Owwee!" Sister, please don't! Heidi Rittner ([email protected]) June 11, 2002 Rick stood outside the bedroom door trying to think of an explanation to go along with the apology for beating the crap out of Senbi. His thoughts were interrupted as he heard laughter. He waited for the laughter to die down and knocked on the door. Let�s just get this over with, he thought to himself. �You may enter,� came the scratchy voice. Rick ground his teeth and opened the door. He looked at each person, then over to Senbi and was again surprised by the resemblance to his old �friend�. �I�ve come to apologize.� Jonathan raised a brow. �Now this should be interesting!� He crossed his arm and leaned his shoulder against the wall, giving the impression that he wasn�t going anywhere. Rick gave him a murderous look, but Jonathan gave an innocent look as if he had no idea why Rick would be annoyed with him. Gabrielle sighed and shook her head. She grabbed Jonathan�s arm and started to drag him out. Rick stepped away from the door opening to let them pass. �Evie threatened you with sleeping on the couch again, eh, O�Connell?� Gabrielle slammed the door shut before Rick could wrap his hands around his brother-in-laws throat. He remembered where he was and what he was there to do. He thought over his speech again and cleared his throat. �Look, Senbi, I�m sorry about bloodying you up. It was uncalled for and�ah hell.� He raked his hand through his hair, annoyed with the situation he put himself in. �I�m not good at this stuff. I�m just going to get straight to the point. When I saw you, I thought you were someone else�someone who I�ve wanted to beat the crap out of for so long, but he always managed to weasel himself away from my grasp. When I saw you, I completely forgot that I was in another time and place and that Beni was dead. But anyway, to make a long story short�� Rick looked Senbi straight in the eye so that he�d know he was sincere, �I�m sorry.� Senbi�s lips curved back in a smile that exposed his teeth and gums. �Apology accepted, O�Connell.� *~*~*~*~*~* |