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Sacrifice ~pt 11 added 8/25/02 Quietly into the Night Sequel

Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2002 10:39 pm
by majiklmoon
Sacrifice<br>A Sequel to Quietly into the Night<br>Conventional Couples<br>Rating: PG-13<br><br>Chapter Eleven<br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> Antar – Royal Palace</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>“Damn!” said Kyle, banging his fist on the table. “Liz, stop blocking me. Why won’t you let me in?”<br>“What’s the matter?” asked Kam. “Is my Mommy ok?”<br>“Yes Kam, your mother is fine,” said Kyle, but he raised a finger to his lip signaling Kam not to speak. He motioned for Kam to follow him to the closet. “Kam, I think you should go lay down for a while. I’m sure your mom will be back soon. I’ll be out here, if you need me.” He opened the closet door, and he and Kam stepped inside. “Kam, I’m trying to talk to your mother, but she keeps blocking me. Will you try it?”<br>“OK,” he said. He closed his eyes tightly and concentrated as hard as he could. “Mommy’s not playing the game right now,” he said. “But Lexie is.”<br>“Oh yeah,” said Kyle cheerfully, trying not to let the boy sense his dismay. “And what is your sister up to?”<br>“Her and Auntie Isabelle are playing a hiding game.”<br>“Wow, a hiding game? That sounds fun. Where are they hiding? Will Lexie tell you?”<br>Kam concentrated for a minute and then smiled. “They’re hiding in a cave, with your friend.”<br>“With <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> my</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> friend. What friend Kam?”<br>“You know Unca Kyle. Lexie said his name is Jeremy, but that’s cause she’s just a girl and she can’t say his name right. They’re hiding with Jereon.”<br><br>“What!” shouted Kyle. “They’re here?”<br>“Unca Kyle, are you mad at me?” whispered Kam. <br>Kyle pulled the child to him tightly. “Oh no Kam, never. I’m just excited, that’s all. OK, look, we need a plan. And look at me,” said Kyle, talking more to himself than to the child in his arms. “I’m trying to get a three year old help me come up with a cohesive escape plan. Think Kyle think!” Kam giggled at Kyle’s antics.<br>“You’re silly Unca Kyle,” he said<br>“Yeah, aren’t I just,” said Kyle absentmindedly. “Buddha help me here,” he said. “Come on man, think. Kam, I’m going to try and talk to your Auntie Isabelle, ok? You just be quiet for second. Can you do that for me?”<br>“OK, Unca Kyle,” said the boy as Kyle released him from his grasp. “Who’s Buddha?”<br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> Antar – Capitol City</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>“Auntie Isabelle,” said Lexie. “Auntie Isabelle, I gots to tell you something.”<br>“Lexie,” said Isabelle, her voice quivering. “Can you go up this ladder and find Saranara for me?”<br>“But Auntie, it’s important.”<br>“Later sweetie,” said Isabelle, wanting to get the child out of the tunnel. “Please go get Saranara for me.”<br>“Auntie, there are bad men coming, I can see them!” shouted Lexie<br>“What? Lexie, what are you talking about. Honey, what bad men?”<br>”The same bad men that beat up Jeremy. They’re coming back here.”<br>“Lexie, how can you see them, you’re down here with us?”<br><br>Jereon turned away from his father who was still unconscious. “Lexie, what do the bad men look like?”<br>“They have on these funny blue clothes with silver stripes on them. They have funny hats that are silver that have a thing like Unca Michael’s helmet.” Jereon looked at Isabelle, confused by Lexie’s description.<br>“A visor,” Isabelle explained.<br>“Shatak!” said Jereon. “Those are Kivar’s guardsmen. Isabelle, you have to stay down here with Lexie and be quiet. No matter what, do not come upstairs unless Saranara or I come for you.” He pushed pass Isabelle and Lexie and quickly scaled the ladder back up into the storage area. He closed the trapdoor with a bang, and Isabelle could her him shift the storage containers back to obscure the trapdoor. <br><br>“Saranara,” he called to his sister. “Lexie believes that the guardsmen are returning. I’ve hidden them in the tunnels, but we must do what we can to divert the guardsmen.”<br>“We must convince them that you are still injured, Jereon. I don’t know if I can do it. I haven’t used that power in so long.”<br>“You have to try sister. It is our only hope. Now get out there and wait for them. I’ll stay in here,” said Jereon. Saranara nodded and ran back out to the store. Within minutes, the door burst open and Kivar’s guardsmen filled the room for the second time that day.”<br><br>“Y-yes,” she said. “How may I help you?”<br>“Shut up!” shouted one of the guardsmen. “You do not ask the questions, you job is to answer the questions I ask.”<br>“I don’t think I have any answers that you would want,” she replied. “Please,” she paused to look at the name on the guardsman’s uniform, “Plenja, I don’t know anything at all.”<br>“Shut up!” he yelled as he brought his hand up and struck her face. He turned to the other guardsmen. “Search this place. Tear it apart, do whatever it takes to find it.”<br>Saranara brought her hand up to her face, smiling slightly. Now she’d be able to concentrate on modifying their memories under the guise of covering her wounded face.<br><br>The guardsmen searched the store and the storeroom, but the only thing they found was an apparently bruised and bloodied Jereon lying on the cot. Plenja gathered his men, and sent them out of the store. “I know you are hiding something, traitor. I don’t care how many times I have to come back. I will find it.” He walked out of the store, slamming the door behind him. Saranara waited until they were out of site and then she ran back to the storeroom, tears streaming down her face. “Jereon, Jereon, are you alright? They didn’t hurt you again, did they?”<br><br>Jereon got up from the cot and met his sister in the doorway to the storeroom. “No Saranara, I’ve not been injured again. Help me get these containers moved. I don’t want to leave Lexie down there any longer than we have to.”<br>“What about Isabelle?” teased Saranara. “Do you want to leave her down there?”<br>“I think the Princess can take care of herself, but Saranara, I didn’t get the chance to tell you.”<br>“Tell me what Jereon.”<br>“We found Father down there as well. I don’t know the extent of his injuries, but he was unconscious. I wasn’t able to rouse him before Lexie told us about the guards.”<br>“How did she know?” asked Saranara as they shoved the storage containers out of the way.<br>“I don’t know,” he answered. “But she knew they were coming, and she gave an accurate description of their uniforms.” He reached down and pulled up the trapdoor and descended down the ladder. “Princess, Lexie, it’s safe,” he called. He reached the tunnel and looked around and quickly climbed up the ladder. “They’re gone. All three of them are gone.”<br> <p><I><center>Margo is a Super ORB!</i></center><b><center><center><font color=#FFFFCC>It all started with a boy, a girl and a silver handprint.<font color =#CCCCCC><center><i>Countess Majiklmoon Mistress and keeper of the tunes</i></center></color~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><a href=http://pub84.ezboard.com/bmajiklmoonsrealm><img src=http://members.aol.com/majiklmoon/image ... 2a.gif></a> </p><i></i>

Re: Sacrifice ~pt 11 added 8/25/02 Quietly into the Night Se

Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2002 9:25 pm
by splatty
argh . . must you always leave us hanging? <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br>great part . . guess your muse is all better now. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br> <p><center><i>I want to be what I was when I wanted to be what I am now.</i></center></p><i></i>

Re: Sacrifice ~pt 11 added 8/25/02 Quietly into the Night Se

Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2002 9:27 pm
by majiklmoon
nah, not really, i wasn't too happy with that last part...i actually had to work to get it written <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :( --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /frown.gif ALT=":("><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p><I><center>Margo is a Super ORB!</i></center><b><center><center><font color=#FFFFCC>It all started with a boy, a girl and a silver handprint.<font color =#CCCCCC><center><i>Countess Majiklmoon Mistress and keeper of the tunes</i></center></color~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><a href=http://pub84.ezboard.com/bmajiklmoonsrealm><img src=http://members.aol.com/majiklmoon/image ... 2a.gif></a> </p><i></i>

Sacrifice ~pt 12 added 8/26/02 Quietly into the Night Sequel

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2002 12:04 am
by majiklmoon
Sacrifice<br>A Sequel to Quietly into the Night<br>Conventional Couples<br>Rating: PG-13<br><br>Chapter Twelve<br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> Antar – Capitol City</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>A bright light filled the storeroom, and Max and Michael appeared within the light. They stepped out of the beam and looked around, but the room was empty. Michael signaled Max to wait, and he opened the door to the shop and stepped through it. Within moments, he was back, looking very unhappy. <br>“There’s nobody out there, and the place looks like it’s been ransacked several times.<br>“Damn it, we’re too late. When I find Isabelle, I’m going to kill her,” said Max<br>“Calm down Maxwell,” said Michael. “The last thing we need is for you to get all bent out of shape. That’s <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> MY</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> job after all. I don’t know why Isabelle shoved you out of the way and came here first, but I’m sure she had a good reason. If you are smart, you’ll listen to her <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> before</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> you kill her.”<br><br>“OK, Mr. Voice of Reason,” snapped Max. “What exactly do you propose we do then?”<br>“Well, the first thing I propose is that we change our appearance because I think that if we set one foot out those doors looking like this, we’ll end up dead.” Both men used their powers to modify their appearance. Michael searched through the storage bins and found some Antarian clothing. They shed their regular clothing and dressed in the Antarian clothing and hid their own things in one of the bins. They both drew the line at removing their wedding bands. It was not a custom observed by the Antarian culture, but neither one of them felt comfortable with removing that particular link with home.<br><br>A noise in the store drew their attention, and Michael pushed Max behind him and the two entered the shop.<br>“Who are you?” asked the young woman who stood in the middle of the shop. Her hair was a brilliant shade of chestnut and was swept back from her face and arranged in a cascading manner that showed off its incredible length. Max and Michael looked at each other, unsure of what to do. Both of them had picked up the rudiments of Antarian vocabulary, and could understand the woman, but neither of them felt confidant enough to speak with her.<br>“I said who are you?” she demanded. “You are not the owners of this establishment, are you? I don’t recall seeing you here before.”<br>Max took a deep breath and said in his broken Antarian, “We are kin to Naloch. We heard that he was missing and we thought to come from our home and help Saranara and Jereon in the shop.”<br>“How kind,” said the woman looking around her at the shambles. “However, I do not think you are doing a very good job.”<br>“I am sorry,” Max said. “We are in the process of, um, reorganizing the shop. We are not open for business today, but hope to reopen soon.”<br>“Interesting,” said the woman, but since I am already here, and do not wish to wait, you shall assist me now.”<br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> Antar - Royal Palace</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> Please Liz, let me in,</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> pleaded Kyle.<br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> Kyle.<br>Liz, is that you? Are you all right? Where are you, what’s going on?<br>Kyle, shut up and listen to me. Get Kam, and my journal and get out of the palace. You have to get him out of here. It isn’t safe. Kivar is going to kill him, and probably you too.<br>What? Why?<br>Kivar says I must marry him; it will make him look even better in the eyes of the people. And Kyle, he says if I don’t, he’ll kill Kam. Kyle, promise me you’ll get him out of her.<br>I will Liz, but I’m going to come back and get you out of here too.<br>No, Kyle, don’t. I’m not important here. Get Kam out of here, and try and find a way home.<br>Liz, I,<br>No, Kyle you have to do it, you have no choice. Please!<br>I love you Liz, and I’ll be back to get you, I promise.<br>I love you too Kyle, and the only promise I want from you is that you will protect Kam.<br>With my life.<br>Thank you Kyle,</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> said Liz. Kyle tried to reach out to her with his mind again but found that she was blocking him again. He went into Liz’s room and found the journal she kept hidden and stuffed it into a bag. In his room, he found the weapons he was allowed to carry and armed himself, and grabbed some clothing. He then went to Kam’s room and packed some of the boy’s clothing with his. He picked the sleeping child up and carried him into the closet and then woke him up.<br><br>“Kaminator, wake up dude,” he whispered.<br>“Unca Kyle,” said the small boy in a sleepy voice. “What’s the matter? Is mommy back?”<br>“No kiddo, she’s not, but I did talk to her, and she thinks that you and I should go on an adventure.”<br>“What kind of adventure?” asked the child.<br>“She and I both think that we should get you out of the palace, but it’s going to be hard to do it without anyone seeing us.”<br>“Is this like another game?”<br>“Yeah, Kam it is,” said Kyle with a weak grin. “We’re going to try and sneak out of here without anybody catching us, and then I’m going to take you someplace where you’ll be safe.”<br>“With Lexie?”<br>“I sure hope so,” said Kyle. “Now, are you going to do everything that I say?”<br>“OK, but can I bring Balchie and Betchie?”<br>“Balchie and Betchie? Who are Balchie and Betchie?” asked Kyle.<br>Kam slipped out of the closet and came back a few minutes later with something hidden behind his back. “This is Balchie,” said the boy, “And this is Betchie. Mommy said she made them for me and Lexie before we was borned.” Kyle reached out and took the two misshapen <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> things</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> from Kam.<br>“Wow, your mom made these? What exactly are they.”<br>“Their bears Unca Kyle. Mommy said every kid should have a bear and she made them for me and Lexie.”<br><br>Kyle blinked rapidly to stop the tears in his eyes from falling down his face. “Yeah Kaminator, you can bring Balchie and Betchie with you. We’ll put them right here in my bag.” He took the two bears and stuffed them in his bag. “Now come with me and be very quiet.” He opened the door to the closet and he and Kam slipped across the room. Kyle opened the door to their quarters and looked out into the hall. He grabbed Kam’s hand and pulled him out into the hall. Carefully, he and Kam made their way through the network of passageways. Kyle led them down a staircase and into a dank and airless room. He pressed a sequence of bricks and a door slid open in the wall. He stepped through and pulled Kam after him. Once through the door, he flipped a switch and the door closed. He waited a moment to see if any alarms were sounded. When they were first taken to the palace, Liz had been fitted with a bracelet that had a sensor in it that triggered an alarm. Kivar had threatened several times to do the same with Kam, but to Kyle’s knowledge never had. Still he waited to see if they had raised any alarms. <br><br>Kyle and Kam quickly journeyed down the dark passageway that opened up in a cave not to far from the Capitol City’s main gate. <br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> Antar – Capitol City</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>Max and Michael were unsure of how to help the woman standing before them. They certainly had no idea what type of good the shop carried, and both were unfamiliar with the currency used on Antar.<br>“As I said, we are not open for business, but perhaps if you were to return tomorrow, my niece or nephew could assist you.”<br>The woman whipped around, fury filling her eyes. “You lie. My father had no brothers. I am not your niece. Who are you and what are you doing in my father’s store. Answer me now before I kill you,” she said. She raised her hand to attack, and Max and Michael followed suit and raised their arms as well.<br>“Wait, don’t!” shouted Max. “Allow us to explain.”<br>”Explain? I know the explanation. You are trying to loot our store, well I won’t have it, do you hear me?”<br><br>The door opened and a man dressed in Antarian garb carrying a small child with hair so blond it was almost white entered the shop. He quickly placed the child on the ground and stood in front of him to protect him. “Saranara, wait,” he said. “What’s going on here?”<br>“I found these two intruders looting my shop. I was just about to take care of the situation when you arrived.”<br>The man stepped forward and looked at the two strangers. Turning away from them, he looked at the woman. “I don’t think you want to do that Saranara,” he said.<br>“Why not?” she asked. “I have every right to protect my livelihood.”<br>“Because you are about to kill the King and his second in command.”<br><br> <p><I><center>Margo is a Super ORB!</i></center><b><center><center><font color=#FFFFCC>It all started with a boy, a girl and a silver handprint.<font color =#CCCCCC><center><i>Countess Majiklmoon Mistress and keeper of the tunes</i></center></color~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><a href=http://pub84.ezboard.com/bmajiklmoonsrealm><img src=http://members.aol.com/majiklmoon/image ... 2a.gif></a> </p><i></i>

Re: Sacrifice ~pt 12 added 8/26/02 Quietly into the Night Se

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2002 8:09 am
by roswellkitkat
Muse broke? Tha'ts good one <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... /cwm27.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> ...she seems more than fixed to me! Great job! <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :clap --><img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :clap --><img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p><center>*************<center><font color="DC143C">And I believe</FONT><center> <center><font color="F8F8FF">That angels breathe</FONT><center> <center><font color="FF8C00 ">And that love will live on and never leave</FONT><center><center>*************<center>************* <center><font color=" FF8C00">The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return"</FONT></p><i></i>

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Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2002 9:29 am
by splatty
<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :clap --><img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br>way to go!<br><br><!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :clap --><img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br> <p></p><i></i>

Sacrifice ~pt 13 added 8/27/02 Quietly into the Night Sequel

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2002 10:11 pm
by majiklmoon
Sacrifice<br>A Sequel to Quietly into the Night<br>Conventional Couples<br>Rating: PG-13<br><br>Chapter Thirteen<br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> Antar – Royal Palace</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>The door to the room where Liz was being held banged open and Kivar strode inside. “Very clever Elizabeth. However did you manage it?”<br>“Manage what, to not kill myself at the thought of marrying you? Simple, you removed all the sharp objects from the room before you locked me in,” Liz said in a sarcastic voice.<br>“I’m so glad to see you haven’t lost your sense of humor, during your incarceration. I am referring to your son.”<br>“Kam, what about him? What have you done to him?” cried Liz. “I swear to you, if you’ve harmed one hair on his head, I will kill you with my bare hands.”<br>“Please, spare me your false histrionics, Elizabeth. They are becoming quite boring. You know that your brat has somehow managed to escape the palace, along with that half-wit lackey that has fawned over you these three years past.”<br><br>Liz allowed herself a secret smile before she replied. “He couldn’t have been too much of a half-wit if he and Kam managed to escape Kivar.”<br>“How did they get out?” he demanded.<br>“Gee, you know, I don’t think I can help you with that, since I was locked in this room. They certainly didn’t stop here and clear their plans with me.”<br>“I’ve had just about enough of your insolence,” said Kivar. “Do not think that your behavior, and your role in this will be ignored. He walked through the door and slammed it. As the door slammed a burst of pain radiated up Liz’s arm. It started from the security bracelet Kivar placed on her arm three years ago, and went up her arm and coursed through her body. She bit her lip to help choke back the screams of pain. After several minutes, the pain subsided, and she heard Kivar’s voice echo through the room. “You will answer my questions Elizabeth, or you will continue to suffer.”<br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> Antar – Capitol City-</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>“What!” cried the girl. “How can you know this?”<br>Max and Michael looked at each other. Neither of them recognized the Antarian warrior that stood before them. His hair was as blond as the child that accompanied him and his eyes were a vivid green. Max was certain that this wasn’t Kyle, for he was taller and broader than his friend, and his eyes revealed great suffering.<br>“What king?” said Max. “Kivar is the ruler here. That is known to all.”<br>“You are wrong,” said Saranara. “This is not the king. He is just a common thief. What makes you think that these two are King Zan and General Rath?”<br>“It’s quite simple,” said the man looking at the two intruders. “This one,” he said pointing to Max, “Is wearing a wedding ring that matches the one worn by Queen Elizabeth. And his ring,” he said pointing to Michael, “Matches the one worn by the one and only Maria DeLuca Guerin.” As he spoke, his hair darkened, as did his eyes, but they retained a portion of their lost look.”<br>“Kyle!” shouted Max and Michael in unison. Both men restored their appearances and they reached out to hug their friend. Before they could, however, Kyle stepped aside to reveal the small boy that was hiding behind him. He passed his hand over the boy’s head and his hair turned from blond to the dark brown hair shared by Lexie and Liz.<br><br>Max Evans looked upon his son and was instantly filled with love for the small boy. He knelt down in front of his son. “Hi Kam,” he said. “Do you know who I am?”<br>“No,” said the child.<br>“I’m your Daddy,” he said gently. “Did your mommy tell you about me?”<br>“Yeah, she said you had to go live in another place with Lexie to keep her safe.”<br>“That’s right,” said Max. “But now I’m here to bring you and your mother home.” He stood up and turned towards Kyle. “Where is Liz? Will she be coming here too?”<br>“Uh, yeah, Max, about that,” said Kyle. “We need to talk, but now isn’t the time, and this isn’t the place. Kam said his sister and Isabelle were here. Where are they?”<br><br>Saranara stepped forward. “We don’t know Kyle. Jereon hid them down in the tunnels when Lexie told us the guardsmen were returning. We went back down as soon as the guardsmen left, but the were gone.”<br>“Gone, what do you mean, gone?” asked Michael<br>“Just what I said General,” she answered. “They disappeared. When Jereon went back down into the tunnel to retrieve them, they were gone, as was my father.”<br>“What?” asked Kyle. “Saranara, your father has been missing for months.”<br>“Jereon found him down in the tunnel when he went to hide Lexie and Isabelle. He was unconscious, but Jereon couldn’t spare any time to check him.”<br>“Where is this Jereon?” asked Max. “I want to speak with him.”<br>“When we couldn’t find Isabelle and Lexie, he went through the tunnels to see if he could find them. I went out into the city to where the tunnel emerges, but there was no sign of them.”<br><br>“Saranara,” a voice called from the other room. <br>“That is Jereon,” she said. “Jereon, do not come out here. You are supposed to be injured.”<br>“Why is he supposed to be injured?” asked Max.<br>“Kivar’s guardsmen,” said the girl bitterly. “They came here looking for our Father, and they beat Jereon when he couldn’t give them what they wanted.”<br>“It looks like they did a number on you as well,” said Michael, noting the bruise on her face. “But what did you mean when you said he was supposed to be injured?”<br>“Saranara, were you able to find a healer?” asked Kyle, his eyes widening. At Max and Michael’s confused look, he explained further. “Max the gift of healing you have is very special on Antar. Not many people have it, and those that did, were always held in the highest esteem. The royal family was always blessed with at least one healer each generation. When Kivar took over, he began to persecute those with healing powers, until they were forced underground. There hasn’t been a true healer here in Capitol City in many years.” HE turned back to Saranara, “Were you able to locate one?”<br>“No,” she said. “I left Lexie with Jereon, and showed her where to hide, in case the guardsmen came back, and I went in search of a healer. I was unable to find anybody to help me. When I came back, I found that Jereon had been healed. It was amazing, he showed no sign of any of the injuries.”<br>“Lexie,” said Max softly. “She did it, didn’t she?”<br>“Yes Majesty, she did,” replied Saranara. “And she was quite concerned that she did so without your permission. Apparently you have taught her well to safeguard her powers.”<br><br>“Liz knew,” said Kyle. “That’s why she did it.”<br>“What? What did Liz know?” asked Max.<br>“Liz knew what powers and abilities the babies were going to have, at least after Kam was born, she was able to tell me a lot of what he would be able to do, and she’s been right with each one. She must have known that Lexie would be able to heal, and she knew what Kivar’s people would do to her if they ever got their hands on her.”<br>“So she made sure to send her back with me,” continued Max. “My God, the things she had done to protect our children. It’s incredible.” Kyle said nothing for a moment and then reminded the others that Jereon was in the back room waiting.<br><br>Saranara closed the curtains indicating that the shop was closed and led the others into the storeroom. Kyle started to make the introductions when Kam interrupted. <br>”I can do it Unca Kyle. That’s my Daddy, and that’s Unca Michael,” he said. “Your Unca Kyle, and I’m Kam, and that’s your friend Serena, and he’s her brother Jeremy.”<br>“Kam, that was really good,” said Max, but this is Saranara and Jereon, not Serena and Jeremy.”<br>“I know that, but that’s what Lexie calls them,” answered the little boy.<br>“It’s true Majesty,” said Jereon. “The young Lexie had trouble with our names, and shortened them. A nick name I believe she said.”<br><br>“Serena,” said Max thoughtfully looking at his two friends. “You don’t suppose that this is the same Serena I told Liz about when I traveled back in time?”<br>“I don’t know,” said Kyle, “But we don’t have time for this now. Max, there’s something I haven’t told you yet, and we still have to find Isabelle and Lexie.”<br>“What haven’t you told me? Is Liz alright?”<br>“Um, Saranara, do you think you could find something for Kam to do out front?”<br>“Of course Kyle,” she said. “I am sure Kam would love to help me in the store for a while. Wouldn’t you Kam?”<br>“Ok,” he said. “Can I have something to eat?”<br>“I believe we can find something for you young Kam,” said Saranara.<br>“Kam, I want you to listen to Saranara,” said Max. He hugged the boy tightly and at the same time, passed his hand over his head and changed his hair back to the light blond color it was when he entered the store.<br><br>After making sure that Kam couldn’t hear their conversation, Kyle turned to Max. He explained how for the past three years, he and Liz had tricked Kivar into believing that Liz hated Kyle. Kyle explained that Kivar thought that the best punishment would be for them to have to live together. <br>“He really thought he was torturing Liz by making her stay with the man who betrayed her husband,” he said. “Kivar would allow me some freedom. I was able to leave the suite we had and roam around the palace, but I wasn’t able to leave. Liz and Kam were not allowed to leave the suite. This is the first time Kam has ever been out of the palace since he was born.”<br>“How did you get out then?”<br>“When we first arrived here, I was training with some of the palace guards, and one of them showed me one of the tunnels used by an old spy network to infiltrate the palace. I used that to get in and out of town and communicate with Naloch.”<br>“Why didn’t you Liz and Kam just escape that way then?” demanded Max.<br>“When Kivar first took us to the palace, he fitted Liz with some type of security bracelet. It set off the alarm every time she tried to leave the suite. He threatened Kam with it as well, but he never got around to doing it.”<br><br>“So all this time, you could have left, and been free, and you didn’t,” said Max.<br>“I couldn’t,” said Kyle. “I gave my word. I promised to protect Liz with my life,” he said looking at Michael.<br>“So why now? Why did you and Kam leave now, what about Liz?”<br><br>“Kivar allowed Liz and Kam to live, and that helped to make him look good in the eyes of the people,” said Kyle. “The other day, two guardsmen came and took Liz from the suite. I tried to contact her, but she kept blocking me out. Several hours ago, she let me in and told me what Kivar wanted. He said that to solidify his position in the eyes of the people, he was going to marry Liz, and if she didn’t agree, he would kill Kam.”<br>“That bastard!” said Max.<br>“Liz begged me to get Kam out of there. Max, I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t want to leave her there, but I didn’t want to put Kam at risk either. I was going to bring Kam here because he told me that Lexie and Isabelle were here. I thought Isabelle could watch them both, and maybe even go back home, and I could go back for Liz. I swear that I was going to go back for Liz,” said Kyle.<br><br>“God Kyle, don’t you think I know that you wouldn’t just abandon Liz,” said Max. “You gave up three years of your life to protect my wife and my son. I can never repay you for what you did. You and Michael are the best friends anybody could ever have. I don’t know what I’d do without you.” The three men looked at each other for a moment when Kyle said, “Are we supposed to hug now, cause I have to tell you that I’m thinking I don’t think so in a big way!” Silence filled the room for a moment then Michael laughed first, followed by Max and Kyle. Jereon looked on in confusion, he had known Kyle for three years and never once seen him laugh so freely.<br><br>“Jereon,” said Max, turning towards the Antarian. “Your sister said that Lexie told you the guards were coming back. How did she know this?”<br>“I don’t know Majesty,” he began when Max interrupted.<br>“Please, I’m just Max, and I’m nobody’s king.”<br>“Your sister said the same thing, but I have never met anybody more like a princess in my entire life,” said Jereon. “But if it pleases you, Max it shall be. I do not know how Lexie knew that the guardsmen were returning. We were down in the tunnel at that time, and couldn’t see the outside at all, but she knew. She was able to describe their uniforms quite well. Her warning gave Saranara and I enough time to hide them in the tunnel with my father, and prepare for the return of the guardsmen.”<br>“What did the guardsmen do when they saw that you were healed?” asked Michael. <br>Jereon looked down at the ground for a moment and then looked his king directly in the eye. “They didn’t know,” he said. “Saranara modified their minds. They think they saw me battered and bleeding, the way they left me. Please Majesty; do not punish her for that. She had no choice.”<br>“Why would I punish her for protecting you, and don’t call me Majesty,” said Max.<br>“Mind modification violates the laws enacted by both the royal family and Kivar,” said Jereon. “Your family knew the dangers of mind modification. Those with such ability had to register their gifts with palace, and if they were found to use their powers in a way to harm others or benefit themselves, they could be stripped of their powers. Kivar takes anyone with that power away from their family and if they refuse to join his army, he has them killed.”<br>“What is to prevent someone from simply modifying Kivar’s memories and escaping?” asked Max.<br>“When they join the army, they are fitted with a special kind of blocking device that prevents them from using their powers on any of Kivar’s people. If they refuse to join the army, they are killed instantly and don’t have a chance to escape.”<br><br>Max and Michael looked at Jereon, with expressions of shock and horror on their faces. “Well, as I said, I’m nobody’s king, and even if I were, Saranara did what she did to save your life,” said Max. “What we need to do now is make some plans, and try and track down Isabelle and Lexie. Once their safe, we need to go after Liz. Does that work for everyone?” he asked looking at the small group. They all nodded, and Kyle stepped away to bring Saranara and Kam back with the rest of them. Once they were all together, Jereon led them down the tunnel to where Lexie and Isabelle had hid. They searched the small room and found nothing. Jereon led them down the dark tunnel until they came to another small chamber. This chamber had three more tunnels branching off of it.<br>“I made it this far,” said Jereon, and went back. I wasn’t sure which way to go, and I wanted to let Saranara know that I was going to be gone for a while.”<br>“Daddy, Lexie went that way,” said Kam, pointing towards the tunnel on the left.<br>“How do you know that Kaminator?” asked Kyle. “Is she playing the game with you right now?”<br>“No, but she did go that way, I just know it,” insisted the boy. “I want to go that way and find Lexie. She said she’d give me a cookie, and I want to give her the Betchie bear that Mommy made!” he said stamping his foot on the ground. Max looked puzzled but scooped the boy up in his arms. “Ok Kam, if it’s that important, we can go down this tunnel first.” <br><br>They started down the tunnel, occasionally scraping against the sides of the narrow passageway. After they had gone approximately a quarter of a mile, Jereon stopped, his light shining on a shiny object on the ground. He reached down and picked it up, examined it and passed it to Max.<br>“That’s Isabelle’s bracelet,” he said. “Great job Kam, you were right, they went down this way.”<br> <p><I><center>Margo is a Super ORB!</i></center><b><center><center><font color=#FFFFCC>It all started with a boy, a girl and a silver handprint.<font color =#CCCCCC><center><i>Countess Majiklmoon Mistress and keeper of the tunes</i></center></color~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><a href=http://pub84.ezboard.com/bmajiklmoonsrealm><img src=http://members.aol.com/majiklmoon/image ... 2a.gif></a> </p><i></i>

:)

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2002 10:36 pm
by Anonymous
come back! need more.... <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i></i>

Re: :)

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2002 10:39 pm
by majiklmoon
Hi Kiwi <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :wave --><img src=http://216.40.241.68/contrib/legionxs/wavey.gif ALT=":wave"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br>welcome to the board <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p><I><center>Margo is a Super ORB!</i></center><b><center><center><font color=#FFFFCC>It all started with a boy, a girl and a silver handprint.<font color =#CCCCCC><center><i>Countess Majiklmoon Mistress and keeper of the tunes</i></center></color~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><a href=http://pub84.ezboard.com/bmajiklmoonsrealm><img src=http://members.aol.com/majiklmoon/image ... 2a.gif></a> </p><i></i>

Re: :)

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2002 5:35 am
by isndbreeze
This is so good! I'll post more when I'm further along. I'm still playing catch up! <p><center><img src=http://users.aol.com/isndbreeze/skysymb ... r><b><font color=gold>Gerry<Br>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -<Br>Hopeless Candy-Coated, Stargazing, <u>Dreamer</u>!<Br>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</font></b></center></p><i></i>

:)

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2002 8:32 am
by splatty
awesome as always. i hope they find each other soon and kick kivar's butt! <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :grin --><img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... n_anim.gif ALT=":grin"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br> <p></p><i></i>

Re: :)

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2002 12:42 pm
by roswellkitkat
<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :clap --><img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :clap --><img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> Wonderful as always Tracie! <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :clap --><img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :clap --><img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p><center>*************<center><font color="DC143C">And I believe</FONT><center> <center><font color="F8F8FF">That angels breathe</FONT><center> <center><font color="FF8C00 ">And that love will live on and never leave</FONT><center><center>*************<center>************* <center><font color=" FF8C00">The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return"</FONT></p><i></i>

Sacrifice ~pt 14 added 8/28/02 Quietly into the Night Sequel

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 12:02 am
by majiklmoon
Sacrifice<br>A Sequel to Quietly into the Night<br>Conventional Couples<br>Rating: PG-13<br><br>Chapter Fourteen<br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> Antar – Capitol City</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>Isabelle hefted the weight of the small child in her arms and followed Naloch down the dark and winding path of the tunnel. <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> Poor imp,</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> she thought. <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> She’s so tired. First she healed Jereon, and then Naloch. It just wore her out.</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>“How fairs the young one?” asked Naloch as he moved steadily forward.<br>“She’s tired,” answered Isabelle. “Naloch will you tell my why we had to leave so quickly. Your son will be going crazy when he finds us missing.”<br>“There is no time now,” he answered. “We must move quickly Princess, before the guardsmen arrive.”<br>“Don’t call me that,” Isabelle said automatically. “The guardsmen have already been to your shop twice today.”<br>“I was afraid of that. Word that I’m alive must have somehow reached Kivar’s men. Now let us move faster. We are almost at the end of the tunnel. Transportation will be waiting for us there.”<br><br>Isabelle didn’t like being told to wait for answers, but she also knew that she had no choice. Naloch had the answers, and he wasn’t ready to give them to her yet. They walked for another quarter of an hour in silence. Naloch stopped and motioned for her to wait behind him. He made a low keening whistle, waited a moment and whistled again. There was an answering call, and then the tunnel was illuminated. Two Antarians joined them in the tunnel and spoke softly to Naloch. Isabelle strained to hear what they were saying, but their voices were too low.<br><br>“Princess,” said Naloch. “These men are here to take us to Uzshtar City. We’ll be safe there for now.”<br>“Naloch, I can’t leave,” said Isabelle. “Max and Michael will be here any time. We have to wait for them.”<br>“I’m sorry, but there have been some new developments that I was not aware of. It isn’t safe for any of us now. If your brother and the General do arrive here, my son and daughter will help them.”<br>“What kind of developments, and who are these men.”<br>“Forgive me, this is Franchet, and this is Malik, they are members of our underground network.” Isabelle nodded at the two men and smiled slightly.<br>“Now what about these developments. Tell me what is happening.”<br>“It seems Princess, as though Kyle and your nephew have escaped from the royal palace.”<br>“What, they escaped, and left Liz there. No way! Kyle wouldn’t do that. He wouldn’t let anything separate him from Liz!” Isabelle insisted.<br>“You are wrong Princess, for he did just that,” said Malik. “And with good cause. Kivar has ordered the execution of the young prince if Queen Elizabeth does not marry him.”<br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> Antar – Royal Palace</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>Liz choked back another scream as the pain in her body intensified. She had never felt anything as excruciating as this. Kivar was truly evil. The pain varied from sharp and intense to dull and throbbing, but it never stopped. She felt as though she would go mad from the pain. Liz tried to block out the pain by reciting the periodic table of elements. When she finished with that, she began to recite the items on the menu at the CrashDown, price and tax included. She got as far as a Will Smith Burger when the pain stopped. She collapsed to the floor in relief and slept.<br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> Mommy? Mommy, can you hear me Mommy?</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> she heard in her head.<br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> “Kam, is that you. Are you alright sweetie?”<br>Mommy, I’m fine. Guess what.<br>Kam where are you? Is Uncle Kyle with you?<br>No, he’s across the room.</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> Liz smiled slightly as she remembered how literal her son could be at times. But at least Kam and Kyle were together, and out of the palace.<br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> Mommy, I got to meet Unca Kyle’s friend Saranara. She’s pretty, for a girl. And she has a really cool brother named Jereon. But Lexie can’t say their names right. She calls them Jeremy and Serena.<br>Lexie? Are you and Lexie playing the game?<br>No Mommy, not right now. Her and Auntie Isabelle are hiding from us.<br>Hiding from us, what do you mean Kam? Where are they?<br>Mommy,</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> Kam said in exasperation. <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> If I knew where they were, they wouldn’t be hiding. But Daddy says we’ll find them real soon.<br>Find them, wait, there here? On Antar? Kam, is Daddy here too.”<br>Yeah, him and Unca Michael.</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>Liz groaned as the pain in her arm began again.<br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> Kam, honey, Mommy has to go, but you listen to Daddy and Uncle Kyle and Uncle Michael. They’ll take good care of you. Oh my God it hurts!</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> She tried to stop the thought, but it couldn’t be quelled. She realized that Kam could still hear her. <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> I love you Kam, remember listen to Daddy.</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> She quickly blocked her connection with her son and began to scream.<br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> Antar – Capitol City</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>“Damn it,” said Max. “They’re not here. We must have missed them, if they were even here at all.”<br>“Maybe we should go back and check the other tunnels,” suggested Michael.<br>“No,” interjected Kyle. “This is the way they went.”<br>“How can you be so sure?” asked Michael.<br>“Kam said so,” he answered. “His powers are incredible Michael. “I don’t know if it has anything to do with his being born here or living her, or if it’s a combination of Max’s and Liz’s DNA, but it’s amazing. Liz was never able to contact any of you at all, and she’s been trying for years. But when she and Kam tried it together they were able to connect with Lexie.”<br>“Liz did it herself one time,” said Max. “Lexie thought it was a dream. I think because she is their mother, she retained some type of connection with them.”<br>“Well, whatever the connection, I still say listen to Kam. If he says they went this way, they did,” said Kyle. <br><br>Max turned to his son. “Kam, can you help us find Lexie?” he asked. The boy said nothing, and instead, stared into space, his lips moving in silent conversation.<br>“Kam? Kam, can you hear me?” asked Max. He moved towards the boy, but Kyle held him back.<br>“Max, wait, I think he’s talking to either Liz, or Lexie. Let me see if I can reach Liz.” He closed his eyes and concentrated, but opened them quickly.<br>“Liz is being tortured,” he said. “She was talking to Kam, when all of a sudden she cried out that it hurt so much. She told him to listen to you, and broke the connection. Max, we have to save her.”<br><br>Max’s face turned white at the thought of Liz being harmed in anyway. He knelt down next to his small son. “Kam, did you just talk to Mommy?”<br>”Yeah, but she said she had to go, but I should be good and listen to you.”<br>“That’s right, but did she say anything else.”<br>“No, just that I should listen to you. Oh wait, she said it hurt. Do you think she has another boo boo like the one on her face?”<br>“I don’t know Kam, but when we find her, we’ll make it all better,” he said gently.<br>“Max,” said Jereon. “I think they were here not too long ago. We found something scraped into one of the walls, but it makes no sense to us.”<br><br>Max and Michael walked over to where Jereon and Saranara were standing. Gouged into the wall was the word Uzshtar. He turned to Jereon. “Does Uzshtar mean anything to you?”<br>“Uzshtar City is located not too far from here. Do you believe that is where they went?”<br>”I’m not sure,” said Max. “But I think this was Isabelle’s way of leaving us a clue. She wrote it the way it sounds in English. She was probably hoping that Kivar’s men couldn’t read English.”<br>“That was very clever of the Princess,” said Jereon grudgingly.<br>“Kyle,” said Saranara. “Can you try and contact her? If you could reach her on Earth, I’m certain that you should be able to do it here on Antar. She tried to quell the jealous sound in her voice and was only partially successful. Kyle closed his eyes and concentrated. After several minutes, he opened his eyes and smiled.<br>“Uzshtar City it is. She said they are traveling in a Bladog transport and they should be there soon.”<br>“What the hell is a Bladog transport?” asked Michael irritably.<br>“It’s the Antarian version of an eighteen wheeler,” answered Kyle. “She said she’s fine and Lexie is fine and that they are with your father.”<br><br>Jereon and Saranara smiled with relief at finding out that their father was alive and safe. “Ask her where we should meet them?” said Jereon. Kyle closed his eyes again and concentrated. “You father said we should go to Franchet’s eating establishment and we would be contacted there.”<br>“Wonderful,” said Jereon. “If we start now, we should reach Uzshtar by nightfall.<br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> Antar – Royal Palace</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>Liz cried out as the pain surpassed anything she had ever felt before. Then, just as suddenly as it started, it stopped. To try and occupy her mind, she thought about her conversation with Kam. <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> Apparently Lexie and Isabelle are here as well. I can’t believe that Max brought her here. He should have realized how dangerous it would be for her to be here. I wonder. Saranara, Serena. I wonder if it is the same Serena that Future Max had told her about. It kind of made sense. Even though they changed that particular time line, fate still planned for them to meet up with Serena.</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>“Boy, would Einstein have a ball with this one,” she said out loud. <br><br>The door to her chamber opened and Kivar strode inside. “Have you had enough my dear?” he asked.<br>“Enough of what?” she answered flippantly.<br>“Elizabeth, it isn’t wise to mock me,” he said. He raised his hand and released a bolt of energy towards her. The impact struck her in the chest and collapsed to her knees.<br>“That’s better, at least now you are showing me the proper respect. I have decided that our wedding will be held immediately after the feast of Quardok. I do hope that will be acceptable for you.”<br>”I’ll kill you before I’ll marry you,” she said between clenched teeth.<br>“Really, and here I was thinking, I only hope I don’t kill you before we marry,” said Kivar as he hit her with another bolt of energy.<br> <p><I><center>Margo is a Super ORB!</i></center><b><center><center><font color=#FFFFCC>It all started with a boy, a girl and a silver handprint.<font color =#CCCCCC><center><i>Countess Majiklmoon Mistress and keeper of the tunes</i></center></color~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><a href=http://pub84.ezboard.com/bmajiklmoonsrealm><img src=http://members.aol.com/majiklmoon/image ... 2a.gif></a> </p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub129.ezboard.com/umajiklmoon.s ... iklmoon</A>  <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://members.aol.com/majiklmoon/images/moon18.gif" BORDER=0> at: 8/28/02 11:09:32 pm<br></i>

Sacrifice ~pt 14 added 8/28/02 Quietly into the Night Sequel

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 12:13 am
by Anonymous
wat the heck happens? liz isn't gonna marry kivar though... she's smarter than that. it was funny how she was recitin the periodic table and crashdown menu plus tax. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i></i>

Re: Sacrifice ~pt 14 added 8/28/02 Quietly into the Night Se

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 8:00 am
by roswellkitkat
Oh Tracie you amaze me with your skills! <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :clap --><img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :clap --><img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p><center>*************<center><font color="DC143C">And I believe</FONT><center> <center><font color="F8F8FF">That angels breathe</FONT><center> <center><font color="FF8C00 ">And that love will live on and never leave</FONT><center><center>*************<center>************* <center><font color=" FF8C00">The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return"</FONT></p><i></i>

Sacrifice ~pt 15 added 8/30/02 Quietly into the Night Sequel

Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2002 11:06 pm
by majiklmoon
Sacrifice<br>A Sequel to Quietly into the Night<br>Conventional Couples<br>Rating: PG-13<br><br>Chapter Fifteen<br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><i> Antar – Uzshtar City</i><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>The journey to Uzshtar City did not take long. They left Malik and Franchet at the edge of the city, and Naloch led Isabelle and Lexie into yet another cave. Isabelle stumbled several times as she carried the still sleeping child in her arms. After they had walked for several minutes, Lexie began to stir.<br><br>“Auntie Isabelle,” said Lexie in a sleepy voice. “I’m hungry. Can I have something to eat?”<br>“I’ll see what I can find for you Lexie,” she said. “Naloch, can I get some food for Lexie. I think she wore herself out healing both you and Jereon. She needs to eat to rebuild her strength.”<br>“We don’t have much, and what we do have, must be conserved,” hedged Naloch.<br>Isabelle drew herself up angrily. “Naloch, you keep calling me princess, well as your princess, I demand that you provide Lexie with some food! She is just a child. She’s been ripped from her world, and thrown into this war that she knows nothing about. She saved your life and the life of your son. The very least you can do is give her something to eat. If our reserves our low, give her mine, give her yours for that matter. You owe her that much!”<br>“As you wish Princess,” said Naloch, bowing his head to hide the angry spark in his eye.<br>“Naloch, wait,” said Isabelle. “Keep your rations for yourself, but please give Lexie mine. I have to protect her.”<br>“I don’t think that’s going to be much of a problem Princess,” said Naloch. “For neither of you are going any further.”<br><br>Isabelle looked up, puzzled by the sound of Naloch’s voice.<br>“Naloch, what’s the matter?”<br>“You always were rather dimwitted Princess,” said Naloch. “Haven’t you figured out yet that I’m not Naloch?” As he spoke, his appearance underwent a metamorphosis from the kindly Antarian she had known to a stranger with cruel eyes and a jagged scar bisecting his face.<br>“Who are you?” asked Isabelle, her voice trembling.<br>“Princess, you don’t recognize me? I’m hurt. Oh wait, you knew me on Earth as Nicholas. Here on Antar, I am known as Nicoro. I am second in command to Lord Kivar.”<br>“You can’t be Nicholas, he’s dead. He was a skin, and we destroyed all their husks before the harvest.”<br>“You silly witless fool, that was just another elaborate ruse set up by Lord Kivar to keep you occupied. A game if you will that he used to amuse himself.”<br><br>Isabelle shifted Lexie behind her as Nicoro spoke, and tried to edge backward.<br>“Don’t bother Princess,” said Nicoro. “I allowed you to escape from me once, it won’t happen again.”<br>“What are you talking about? When did I escape from you?”<br>“Do you not remember anything of your former life? When you were here on Antar?”<br>“No, not really, only things that Tess told us, but most of those were lies anyhow.”<br>“Lord Kivar had duped you into believing he loved you, and was willing to do anything to work out a peaceful agreement with your family to end the war. You foolishly agreed to allow Kivar into the city to meet with your brother. I escorted you to the city gates to gain admittance for Lord Kivar. At the last minute, you had doubts, and tried to escape. You hit me across the face with a garden tool and ran to alert your brother and his stupid second in command, but it was too late. Kivar had already breached the city’s gates, and the rest, as you know is history. Kivar has ruled ever since.”<br>“It’s a shame I didn’t kill you then,” said Isabelle. “I think I’ll do it now instead.” She raised her hand and sent an energy beam directly at the man. <br>Nicoro went flying backwards and landed in a pile against the cave wall.<br>“Lexie, sweetie, I want you to walk back that way, towards the entrance of the cave. Do not go outside. Stay inside the cave. Ok sweetie, can you do that for Auntie Isabelle?”<br>“Ok Auntie, but don’t you want me to fix his boo boo again?”<br>“No,” Isabelle said with a slightly hysterical edge to her voice. “I most definitely don’t want you to do that. He’s not really Naloch honey, he was playing a bad trick on us.”<br>“I knowed that,” whispered Lexie<br>“You did honey? How?”<br>“When I made his boo boos get better, I got to see pictures in my head. He told me he was Jeremy’s daddy, but none of his pictures had any of the stuff I saw when I fixed Jeremy.”<br>“Oh Lexie, sweetie, why didn’t you tell me?”<br>“Cause he said he’d hurt you if I did. He said he’d give you boo boos that I couldn’t fix, and I gots scared!”<br><br>Isabelle bent down and hugged the child. “Of course you did sweetie, but promise me that you won’t ever keep a secret like that again, from me, or your daddy, or any grown up that loves you. OK?”<br>Lexie nodded and Isabelle gave her a small pat on the fanny. “Ok, start walking towards the front of the cave, but wait for me there.” As soon as Lexie was out of site, Isabelle turned towards the groaning mass against the cave wall.<br>“You bastard! I can’t believe you said something like that to a child. You deserve to die, but before I kill you, where is Naloch?”<br>”I’m not going to answer your questions Princess,” groaned Nicoro.”<br>“You will, one way or another,” said Isabelle. “Where is Naloch, and what about those other two, Malik and Franchet? Who are they loyal to?”<br>“I’ll die before I answer your questions you bitch.”<br>“You’ll die regardless, but if you won’t answer, I’ll get the answers out of you myself,” she said, fury making her voice hard. Isabelle knelt down next to Nicoro and placed her hand on his chest.<br>“Last chance to tell me what you want to know, you bastard.”<br>“Never,” he gasped.<br>“Fine,” said Isabelle. She sent a burst of energy into his chest, and concentrated as hard as she possibly could. The energy from hand filled his body with an intense heat. As he died, she received flashes of his live, and the evil that he did. One final burst of energy from Isabelle caused his body to be consumed in flames. She stepped away from what was left of his body and ran to the entrance of the cave.<br><br>“Lexie? Lexie? Where are you?” she whispered as loudly as she dared as she made her way through the tunnel. Within a few minutes, she was reunited with Lexie and she hugged the child tightly.<br>“Good girl Lexie,” she said, trying to quell the tears that threatened to run down her face. “You were such a good listener. When we get home, I’m going to take you out for a giant ice cream. How does that sound?”<br>“Is the bad man going to come get us?” whispered Lexie, her fingers in he mouth.<br>“No honey, Auntie made that bad man go away. He’s not going to hurt anybody ever again.”<br>“Ok Auntie Isabelle. Can we go find my Daddy now, or maybe even my Mommy? I miss them?”<br>“We’re going to try and find your Daddy sweetie, and guess what, Uncle Michael’s with them too! Won’t that be fun?”<br>”Did Auntie Maria and Lizzie Belle come too? She’s my baby sister you know, and I have to teach her things. Auntie Maria said so!” said Lexie importantly.<br>Isabelle marveled at the incredible recuperative powers this small child seemed to have. “No honey, Auntie Maria and the baby are back home, but I’m sure we’ll see them as soon as possible. Lexie, can you do Auntie a favor?”<br><br>Lexie looked at Isabelle with her big brown eyes and nodded.<br>“Ok then, can you talk to Kam the way he talks to you?”<br>“I don’t know, I never tried.”<br>“Well, I want you to try, and if you can do it, ask Kam to tell your Daddy to have Uncle Kyle contact me. Can you do that for me?”<br>“I’ll try.”<br>“Ok sweetie, and while you are trying, Auntie Isabelle is going to pick you up and give you a piggy back ride.”<br>”Where we goin?”<br>“Oh, on a grand adventure to rescue a Queen who is locked in a tower in a castle.”<br>“Just like the story in my book!” shouted the child.<br>“Yeah,” said Isabelle. “Just like that.”<br><br><br> <p><I><center>Margo is a Super ORB!</i></center><b><center><center><font color=#FFFFCC>It all started with a boy, a girl and a silver handprint.<font color =#CCCCCC><center><i>Countess Majiklmoon Mistress and keeper of the tunes</i></center></color~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><a href=http://pub84.ezboard.com/bmajiklmoonsrealm><img src=http://members.aol.com/majiklmoon/image ... 2a.gif></a> </p><i></i>

Sacrifice ~pt 15 added 8/30/02 Quietly into the Night Sequel

Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2002 11:48 pm
by Anonymous
great as always... wow that was the nic guy... never saw that comin.... <p></p><i></i>

Re: Sacrifice ~pt 15 added 8/30/02 Quietly into the Night Se

Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 10:53 am
by roswellkitkat
<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :clap --><img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :clap --><img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :clap --><img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :clap --><img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :clap --><img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :clap --><img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :clap --><img src=http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server- ... xhello.gif ALT=":clap"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p><center>*************<center><font color="DC143C">And I believe</FONT><center> <center><font color="F8F8FF">That angels breathe</FONT><center> <center><font color="FF8C00 ">And that love will live on and never leave</FONT><center><center>*************<center>************* <center><font color=" FF8C00">The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return"</FONT></p><i></i>

Re: Sacrifice ~pt 15 added 8/30/02 Quietly into the Night Se

Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 5:43 pm
by lisabehr
Wonderful!! I love this story!!! <p><center><img src="http://mywebpage.netscape.com/AnyaSmile ... </p><i></i>

Re: Sacrifice ~pt 15 added 8/30/02 Quietly into the Night Se

Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 5:52 pm
by majiklmoon
awe <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :o --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... rassed.gif ALT=":o"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> , princess likes it <p><I><center>Margo is a Super ORB!</i></center><b><center><center><font color=#FFFFCC>It all started with a boy, a girl and a silver handprint.<font color =#CCCCCC><center><i>Countess Majiklmoon Mistress and keeper of the tunes</i></center></color~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><a href=http://pub84.ezboard.com/bmajiklmoonsrealm><img src=http://members.aol.com/majiklmoon/image ... 2a.gif></a> </p><i></i>