Rachel Anderson

"Absolutely not!" Rachel stood up and pounded on the desk for emphasis.

We sighed. Of course she had said no. Dad, Grandpa, and Donald sat in chairs in front of her desk while the rest of us stood behind them.

"But-"

"No! Those documents are as classified as they come. Besides, you were already there. You should have taken a look around."

My dad opened his mouth, probably for a diplomatic word, but I was through. Remember, I have my dad's temper on my mom's fuse. I cut him off, stepping forward. "Listen. Have you ever been in love?! Well, I am, and I've never even told him that! And now he's been kidnapped by some group of FREAKS who might hurt him or kill him or worse! And the only way for me to save him is to see those pictures! Do you know how it feels to have love ripped away from you?!" She was looking down, but I saw a small nod. "That's what's going to happen to me if you don't help us!"

Molly put hers hands on my shoulders as I stared at Rachel. She said nothing, but pulled out a key, opened a drawer, and threw a folder in front of me. "I can't take it when people cry. But you NEVER saw these!" I nodded, and opened up to the pictures.

"What are we looking for mate?"

"I need to find, there it is." Grandpa grabbed a picture, and even Rachel joined us in looking over his shoulder. It was of the armor on King Arthur's body. "See that there." He pointed to a gold heart engraved on the armor we had never noticed. It was Latin.

"Guinevere, and then there's coordinates. Maybe for a place to go?" I read off the numbers and Grandpa wrote them down. "That would put us in… Japan?"

"You are correct Sarah. It looks like we need to go on a flight to Japan. Thank you, Ms. Anderson for all your help." We started out of the office, but then another window shattered. There were men surrounding Rachel who clutched the folder. They wore wizard robes and pointed hats.

"Back off!" The men advanced on Rachel as I took one out with my sling-shot.

The Merlin's obviously under-estimated us, because we had their men out within five minutes. Dad grabbed the folder from Rachel. "We'll be taking this so we know it's safe from them." We all started for the door, but she cut us off.

"No! No way am I letting that out of my sight!"

"Well, we're taking it."

"Well, then I guess I'm coming with!"

"I think we have enough people as is mate. We'll let you know when a position becomes available." Molly pushed her aside and everyone walked out the door. She made a move to follow, but seemed to be dis-heartened.

"Guys, we're taking her with." They all turned to me. "I've got a feeling." They never questioned that. And I had a feeling this girl knew more about this then she let on. "Seven is a lucky number."

"If you say so." Dad looked me in the eyes, and I just nodded. He never doubted my intuition. I was often as on the mark as Grandpa was.

We gave her a moment to throw some things together, and then took off for the air-port. The Jeep was full so I had to sit in the trunk with Molly (it's funny how the girls keep getting stuck in the uncomfortable situations). We were thrown around and bounced up and down the whole way as Rachel jabbered on and on and on about her work. Dad and Grandpa seemed interested, Sallah was asleep, Donald stared out the window, Molly was admiring her ring, and all I heard was "Blah blah blah".

Well, this was fun.

Flashback

I was sitting on the bench by the soccer field on a nice spring day. Dad was still at his office, and would be for some time yet. I had decided to hang out at my high school for a bit and read my new book about King Arthur.

I finished reading and put the book on the bench as I stood up. A soccer-ball hit me right in the face and knocked me out. I came too to find the whole team around me and a guy helped me to my feet, apologized, and offered to walk me home.

"That's an interesting book you're reading."

"Yeah."

"You think that King Arthur really had a ruby on Excalibur that could unlock an object that could see the future?"

"Well, I believe it."

"Kevin."

"Sarah."

And that's how it all began.

Kevin's POV

I have no idea where I am or what the heck is going on. I was at Sarah's when we heard a window break and I was grabbed and gagged and thrown into a car.

They wouldn't tell me where Sarah was. They had to have her too, but why would they kidnap us? I had no idea but I was worried about her and her family. They refused to tell me anything. I loved that girl.

A man in a wizard robe walked in and dragged me to my feet.

"Are you sure?"

"We're right on their tail."

"Then let us go meet them with our bargaining tool." I was dragged out the door questioning what the heck they meant.

R&R. It seems Kev's is in for a surprise about his girl.