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| Evie looked straight back at her and could see the fear in Nephthys� eyes while she gave her answer. �Gladly.� Milo ([email protected]) August 9, 2002 Nephthys gave a nervous laugh and looked to one of her guards, "Take Jonathan to my chambers..." She then glanced back at Evie, "I don't want him witnessing his sisters death...could prove to be very traumatic." She sneered. The guard gave a grunt of agreement and untied Jonathan, gruffly dragging him out of a nearby door. Evie tore her eyes from her brother the moment he was out of the door but it was too late, the only thing she saw was Nephthys' foot colliding with her cheekbone. Falling to the hard ground, Evelyn barely caught herself with her hands, then looked up from the ground at Nephthys and glared, wiping blood from her lip. "Bring it on." Evie growled, standing up. ~*~*~*~*~ The guard hadn't even bothered tying Jonathan up in Nephthys' chambers. It was pointless anyway, there were no windows in the beautifully decorated room. Well...there were on the ceiling, but how could he get up there? So the guard just tossed the bleeding Jonathan on the bed and locked the door when he left, eager to witness the fight between the man's sister and Nephthys. Jonathan was conscious, but barely. He'd never hurt so much in his life. He couldn't even open his eyes when he heard tapping outside of the room. Feeling as if he really wouldn't mind dying right then and there he didn't even try to see the calamity going on around him. "Wait, wait, wait! Don't touch it yet!" A man hissed from somewhere. "Buggar!" A distinctly female voice yelled from what seemed to be above him. There was a sound like shattering glass and then the creak of the door hinges swinging open. "What?! How did you get-" The guard's voice exclaimed, but was suddenly cut off. He heard the door creak again and softly shut, then felt a slight breeze against his pained skin as the bed moved. Someone had sat down next to him and he felt a hand against his forehead, brushing his hair back from his face. Something hit the floor then the sound of footsteps moved towards the bed. "He looks horrible." A male voice commented. "Jonathan....Jon..." He could tell now that the woman was touching his forehead and calling his name. "Jon can you hear me?" Suddenly Jonathan realized who the woman was. He couldn't believe that he hadn't recognized her voice, then realized how screwed up his head must be. "Gabrielle?" He whispered hoarsely, trying to open his eyes. The vision of her sitting there looking down on him was fuzzy at first, but soon he could see the concern in her features. "There you are darling.." She said, smiling at him reassuringly. "By Jove...I never thought I'd see you again." Jonathan replied with a weak grin, finding himself short on breath when he spoke. She laughed, and Jonathan glanced over her shoulder to see Olympus, who had be missing for quite some time, standing over her. His eyes quickly reverted back to Gabrielle though as she spoke, "Well you just got lucky I guess." She smiled that beautiful smile and kissed him quickly. "Now lets get you out of here." Desiree ([email protected]) August 10, 2002 "Ardeth." "What?!" Ardeth swung around in surprise at the quiet voice behind his ear. "Watch it!" Ardeth hadn't even realized that he'd drawn his sword, "It's Olympus. Allah!" "Olympus?! Where have you been? We could have used your help." Ardeth numbly replaced his sword in its sheath. "Not now. Gabrielle is taking Jonathan to Senbi's. I am here to help you kill Nephthys. Now, where is the Golden Book?" "Over there, next to the throne. See it?" Olympus murmured his reply as he saw the ancient book. Ardeth was pointing across the golden room to the throne Nephthys had been in minutes before. It was amazing how everything in Egypt seemed to be gold: the sand, the rock, the buildings, everything. As the two men looked across the room, they both put to memory the high, Egyptian walls with golden weapons posted around. Not only were the weapons there for decoration, but they were also there in case of attack. The sand floor was smooth in some places, but in others, the sand was disturbed by human tracks. At the opposite end of the room was a large, golden throne surrounded by tables covered with food and refreshments of all kinds. The decorations on the wall were of Egyptian warriors standing their ready to protect the palace from evil. "Where is Osiris? I know already where everyone else is." Ardeth pointed to a pillar opposite them where Osiris was hiding, "I see. Well, let us help Evelyn as I see that she is struggling. Hopefully, Osiris will get the hint and go for the Book." Ardeth's attention had now been brought back to Evelyn, who was just getting up from being punched in the face by Nephthys. "All right, let's go." Ardeth and Olympus stealthily raced in, so as not to alert any more guards than necessary. "Hey!" Ardeth silenced the guard with his sword before he could alert anyone else, but the damage had been done, Nephthys had heard. She walked over to one of the tables by the throne and took up a jar. Murmuring in ancient Egyptian, she poured the inside powder out and blew it into the palace. "De-hibyu seht na!" Nephthys had screamed out the Egyptian order, 'Kill them!' to the many awakened mummies |