THE MANY WONDERS AND WHYS



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This is my first attempt on writing Fan fic so be nice please !!!! Now sit back grab a bag of Popcorn ...and enjoy the story !


The Many Wonders and Whys

Date started: July 1st 2001

Mood: Action/Adventure/Fantasy/Romance

Rated: PG (some swears and little things like that ! Lol )


CHAPTER 1


Curiosity always gets the guy,

One way or an other !


As the sun slowly arose from it's night time slumber .... It touched the dew that had settled on the grass and tree.... The sun can awaken many things ... Like the Flowers, The animals and insects on this great ... Beautiful and dangerous Lost World.

But at the moment it had awakened the occupants of a five-some who were not very happy that the sun had decided to awaken .............


"It's not my turn to do breakfast Roxton !!!! Yelled an very angry Marguerite...


Roxton chuckled ..... He had awoken Marguerite , which was as intelligent as poking a sleeping Raptor in the eye.


"Oh Marguerite , Lets not start this again ! I told you last night that it was your turn to make Breakfast and mine to get the water. "


Having nothing to say to this comment, Marguerite walked to the kitchen and started making a big racket while starting to prepare the morning meal.....


Roxton smiled to himself as he looked over at Marguerite ..... She looks great even at the start of the day.. He mused . Then went down the elevator to go and fetch the water....


In a few minutes time Veronica ....not being able to sleep with the racket Marguerite was making in the Kitchen , got up and dressed herself and walked out into the Kitchen ........


"Early shift huh..." Veronica said , hardly able to keep in the laughter of seeing Marguerite throw fruit onto the plates and putting some Raptor meat on the skillet.


"Hmmm ..." Marguerite grunted in reply


Then she said,


"Were is Malone ? If he's awake tell him to get his lazy self out of bed and get me some more fire wood ! "

"Yes mother..." Veronica said under her breath as she went to wake Malone.


As she went on her way ..... she mused on what she had been dreaming about before she had been awoke by Marguerite's racket in the kitchen. She couldn't remember exactly what the dream had been about but she remembered that Ned had been in it. He really was something...... He always was there ...... He was so .............


Stop ! She told herself silently , she couldn't get like this today...... Today was the anniversary of when her parents disappeared. She wouldn't get started with that today. She was going to read some of her parents books .... Maybe take a walk. She had never told any of the others when her parents left exactly .... so they wouldn't pity her, She couldn't stand it if they did.


Then quite suddenly she found herself at Ned's room. She saw him fast asleep in his bed .... So handsome .......It's a wonder that Marguerite's banging around hadn't woke him up. She crept up to the bed ....


"Ned ! Ned !! Awake up ! " Veronica said loudly


Ned just about shot out of bed .... he eyes all glassy


Veronica laughed at Ned's sudden alertness.... she wondered why his eye looked like that .... probably just the sleep she told herself.


"I hate it when you do that Veronica ! " He said angrily ...


"I know ! " She said .....

"Marguerite wants you to go gather some fire wood for breakfast " She said rather happily that she had annoyed him.


"Okay , Okay ......I go get it , just give me a minute " groaned Ned as Veronica walked out of his room.


He tried to remember the dream he had been having , It had been really good. Veronica had been beckoning to him from behind a tree ..... Laughing and Smiling .... He followed her ... She lead him into i clear in the jungle ...He had had an glimpses of an stone alter ......some natives dressed in some sort of skin ...All bowing it him and chanting ......And Veronica .....smiled and laughed and then reached for him..... Then suddenly ..... It was then that Veronica and woken him.


As he pulled on his shirt, out of no were a sharp stabbing pain pierced his head like an knife, Malone grabbed his head in pain..... Then as soon as soon it had come it disappear only leaving a low throbbing pain that quickly vanished after of couple of seconds.


Just after he had gotten on his clothes and was buttoning up his shirt, musing on what could have made his head hurt so much and then leave so quickly......


"Ned .... you better hurry Marguerite looks ready to blow fire ! "


Veronica said , calling from Challengers laboratory....


"Yeah ! I am going am going "


Ned replied and hurried out of his room...


As he headed towards the elevator he met Challenger ......He was examining one of the rare plants that he and Summerlee had collected before his death.


"Oh hello Malone .... Sleep well ? " Challenger inquired


"Yeah until Veronica woke me up because Marguerite wants some more dam firewood...."


Ned said some what annoyed at this morning happenings........ And then started up on the stairs.....


"Malone ....... Are you feeling well " As Challenger followed him up the stairs and stopped him on the landing right before the elevator...


"Yes..... I am feeling perfectly fine...." Ned lied ..... He was starting to feel worse and worse .... Now not only was his head pounding ... He was aching all over and feeling quite dizzy and Hot .


Challenger looked at Ned carefully .... He knew that Malone was lying .... He had been with this group for over 2 years .. . He could definitely tell if one of them were lying or not .... Even if Ned hadn't said anything he could tell that Ned was sick .... He was pale and holding tightly to the gun rack as if holding it for support from falling.


"Ned ... " Challenger said softly .... " I think you had better come back to bed , I'll ..... "


" No ! " Said Ned.... He was disoriented and confused..


"I have to ........ go...... get .... tttthhhhhe wood "


Ned now couldn't think strait he knew that Veronica had told him to get the wood .... But Challenger told him that he didn't have to ..... Oh ! his head .... he could see ... Challengers face floated in and out of view ..... His stomach churned and throbbed .... He felt hot ....Then he was so cold ..... Then hot again .


Marguerite and Roxton who were in a heated argument because Roxton had spilled water on her pants as he has brought in the water , came over to Challenger and Malone who was still trying to get down to the elevator.


" What wrong with him ? " Asked Marguerite who still had a water stain on the butt of her pants.


" I don't know .... He seems to be disoriented and confused "


Challenger felt his head ... And quickly removed it from Ned forehead ...


" Oh by God ! He has a very high fever , we must get him to bed immediately ! See his eye are all glassy ..... Marguerite please get Veronica ! She down in the Laboratory and make some of that lavender tea ! Quickly ! "


Marguerite hurried off down stairs to get Veronica .


Then to Roxton he said ,


"I'll need you to help me get him down stairs ! He seems to be set on getting out ! "


But as sick as Ned had become it took around ten minutes till they could get him down stairs and to his room...


" Quickly ! Put him down on the bed , and hold him there. We need to get that tea down him so he'll sleep ! "


Challenger said to Roxton .


" Dammit Malone , Why can't you stay still ..... he sick but yet he wants to go out .... great "


Said Roxton who was having quite a time trying to keep Malone on the bed.


Malone .... couldn't understand it ... he must go out to ..... He even in his haze he knew that the wood wasn't important ... he must get to the place ... he need to .... The others didn't understand he needed to go ... they were calling him ..... he had to go there .......


Just them Veronica and Marguerite rushed in with the tea......

"Oh my god ! "


Veronica cried , looking in horror at Malones pale face and glassy eyes and the sweat pouring off him as he tried in vain to get away ....


"Challenger , what happening to him ? "


Marguerite asked worriedly ....


" I have no idea .... It looks like a very bad jungle flu ... but he should be very weak ... but look at him he's even giving Roxton trouble ...."


Answered Challenger sounding equally worried ...


"Just give him the damn tea ! I can't hold him for much longer ! "


Shouted Roxton ...


He was right ....Instead of Malone weaken he seemed to be gain more strength even through they cold all tell that he was deathly sick.


Marguerite handed Challenger the tea and with Veronica firmly holding his head so that he could lash him head away while they forced the medicine down him ....


Challengers quickly seized the moment when Ned's mouth opened wide and tip the drink down his throat. Ned coughed and spluttered but didn't spit it out ..... Although he still continued struggling .... though they could now see that his movement were now slowed and not as strong as before....


Soon Ned stopped struggling and fell into a deep sleep ......Although he now started to mutter things that they couldn't understand. And his condition was getting steadily worse and worse.


"I am such an idiot ! I saw that his eye looked glassy this morning ... But I thought that it was only from sleeping ...."


Veronica said worriedly ..


"You couldn't have known , Veronica .... it came up so fast we were all fooled , don't blame your self . "


Soothed Roxton.


"If this fever and sickness doesn't go down , there will be nothing more i could do for him , this is going out of my medical expertise."


Challenger said rather worriedly ,


"Oh ! This is an first ! The great George Challenger , is at his limit ! Wait wait say that again , I need to write it down ! Or else no one in London will believe it."


Countered Marguerite comically .....


" I'll go down to my laboratory and try to find something to help Malone ."


Challenger said as he headed out of Malones room and down to the Laboratory ..... he chose to ignore Marguerite's last comment.


"We'll need someone to say with him until I can find something to help Malone , Veronica do you want to stay with him ? "


Challenger asked ,


"Yes of course"


Veronica supplied immedialty....


"What can we do Challenger ? " Asked Roxton ...


"I need you and Marguerite to , Oh , remember those fruits tree's that the Zanga use to break fevers . I need as much as you can carry , Quickly . "


Challenger yelled from his Lab .


"Right on it " Yelled Roxton


As he ran from the room .....

Marguerite looked sideways at Veronica as she walked quickly from the room , Veronica had already pulled the chair the Ned used for writing in his journal's and had it up beside Malones bed. Veronica was softly dabbing Malones pale and sweaty head murmuring to him words that Marguerite could only guess at. She quietly left the room and followed Roxton to the elevator .


Down by the river were the Zanga fruit trees grow ...Marguerite and Roxton were feverishly picking the volleyball sized water melons .


"Out of all the fruit that Malone needs why mammoth sized !!!! "


Complained Marguerite


" Ahhh... well we both need the exercise anyway."


Said Roxton patiently .....


"Are you you saying I am fat ?!? "


She yelled hotly ...


Oh god , not this again groaned Roxton inwardly... Every time I try to start a conversation ... she finds some way to annoy him . But that's why you love her he thought to him self. I have always admired her for her Cunning , Vicious come backs , Beauty ........ Her eyes were the first thing he focused on when he first met her .... It seemed so long ago .....


"ROXTON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! " yelled Marguerite impatiently

"Huh ... what ? Oh ummm ...yeah we should be getting back to the tree house ... Malone needs that fruit .. "


He said quickly and started off with this arms full the the tire sized fruits ....


Marguerite quickly fell in line behind him ... She wondered what he had been thinking ... She shouldn't have pushed him away like that ... Mentally she meant ....I can be so dumb so times .... well it was his fault .. I mean did call me fat !!! But i know he didn't mean it ... Oh ! Roxton was sooo annoying at times !!!!


Mean while , back at the tree house Malone was getting steadily worse . His fever kept getting higher and higher ... and every remedy that Challenger tried just didn't have any effect upon him .


Veronica stayed by Neds side putting cool cloths on his fevered head ... As she was doing so she noticed the tiny cut on the neck , just below the ear .... She remembered that cut ..... Just 2 days ago Ned and her had met a group of strange tribal members ...They had stumbled upon the village while hunting in the evening for food. The had seemed friendly enough and were exemly interested in Ned ....They were talking among them selfs the moment he appeared and some started bowing ..... and chanting ...or what seemed like chanting ..... Suddenly a important looking member came up to us .... sprinkled some sorta dust over Ned and said very suddenly in english


" It must begin ! The ritual must be started ! "

Then out of the depths of his robe he whipped out dart blower and a dart and with lighting fast speed shot a dart right at Ned's neck and as fast as they had appeared they somehow vanished ...


Then out of no were the the mystery attackers voice came though from what seem very far away , but some how so clear ...


" It has begun .... "


Veronica looked down fondly at him , They had only gone that way because Ned had heard voices .


"Ned " she whispered softly ... "Being curoius always finds away the get you , doesn't it ?"



Then she ran to find Challenger to tell him what she remembered of the most likely poisoned dart.


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