Chapter 2
"Teddy! Are you insane? You can't keep her here! How'd she even get in? It's impossible!"
"Nothing is impossible Lawrence. And we must keep her here, she's from the slums or something, look at her, she looks half starved to death"
I groaned at the voices and rolled over, almost falling off something until a pair of arms caught me and placed me back on whatever I was laying on.
"Keep it down, you'll wake her"
"Then let her wake up! She needs to get out of here, I can lose my job if Dr. Mcphee finds out!"
"Lawrence. Lower your voice, please"
"Yes, calm down Larry"
"I can't calm down, there is a strange girl that snuck into the museum and I didn't even notice! What kind of night guard am I?"
I groaned and scrunched up my face in disapproval of the loud noise.
"Shhh..." two voices hushed.
"She needs to go!"
I felt a pair of hands shake my shoulders vigorously and my head thumped on something hard.
"Ow!" I cried and began to whimper and tear up from the pain as my hand went to cradle my injury.
"Lawrence!"
"I...I didn't mean too..."
I began to cry, curling up in pain as my head began to throb.
"Poor thing" came the familiar voice I could now tell was Theodore.
I felt arms pull me into a lap and a hand that gently caressed the back of my head to help make the pain go away.
"Larry, that was a really terrible thing to do" came a new voice.
"Ah!...I can't deal with this right now!" came the voice of the guy from when I first entered the museum.
There were footsteps and I felt a presence leave the room. I opened my eyes carefully and found an Egyptian looking man in front of me, dressed in beautiful gems and fabrics. He was beautiful, and I knew who he was.
"You're Ahkmenrah, aren't you?" I asked, hissing as my head protested against speaking.
"That I am" a great smile appearing over his golden copper skin.
"Hi..." I whispered weakly and shyly.
"Know of anything to heal her head, Pharaoh?" Theodore asked.
"Sadly, I do not" The Pharaoh said softly "But I've heard when one has not eaten, it takes a toll on the body and maybe it would make her feel better"
As if it was cued, my stomach grumbled loudly and I blushed.
"Sorry" I bowed my head in shame.
"None sense, it's perfectly natural" Theodore smiled down at me.
My cheeks flustered a rosy red "Thank you Mr. Roosevelt"
"Please, call me Teddy child, I did inspire the creation of the teddy bear after all" he chuckled.
I giggled and actually felt a little better.
"Food may be a medicine, but laughter is the best one" he smiled.
"Lets get you some food..." Ahkmenrah began, offering me his hand.
I reached out and cautiously took his hand. He pulled me up and gently put a hand around my waist to keep me stable. I yelped at the touch and jerked away as if I'd been beaten, cringing against the near wall.
"It's alright, I'm not going to hurt you" he cooed softly, kneeling before me and taking my hand "On my honor"
I whimpered quietly before squeamishly getting up and following him out of the basement. I looked over my shoulder back at Teddy and saddened a little but looked back forward with my head bowed, least I still had company with the gorgeous man at my side. I blushed. Why did I have to keep thinking that?
x.H.x
We had entered a big room with many tables, many of the different food establishments had familiar logos, like Mcdonalds, and Burgerking, even Subway. But then there were a few that could fix up different foods around the world. This was pretty cool.
As I stared around the place, Ahkmenrah lead me to an Egyptian food set up. He let go of my hand and hopped over the counter. I turned my head to look at what he was doing and frowned in thought.
"What are you doing Pharaoh Ahkmenrah?" I asked, curiously.
"Fixing you something to eat" he said as he put on an apron.
I giggled at the apron "That's not necessary, sir. I can fix my own food, it's been a long time, but I think I can remember how" I began with a small smile.
With that I walked over to the Burgerking and climbed over the door into the kitchen. Ahkmenrah followed, taking off the apron as he went, and everyone in the food court watched me curiously, some walking over to investigate.
I started up the fryers and the grill, letting it get hot before I did anything. I walked over to the giant sink and washed my hands, taking a hair net and flipping my middle back length unwashed brown hair into it so it didn't get in my way.
I had once worked at a Burgerking so this should be pretty easy. I flipped a few meat patties on the grill and some onion rings and French fries in the fryers. The steam filled the food court with an aroma that would have made your mouth water. I didn't cook it fast and greasy, which was why I had been fired, but I know I satisfied costumers with the great taste.
Many of the people sniffed the air and let out a moan of bliss. I smiled and flipped the burgers, scraping away as much grease as possible.
"So by the sound of that blissful Mm, I'm supposing you're all hungry?" I asked.
I heard a great number of them give a noise or language in agreement and I laughed. I took the onion rings and fries out of the fryer, putting them in a couple of holders and placed them on the counter.
"Some appetizers" I smiled, giving an onion ring to Ahkmenrah "Try one, they're really good"
He looked at it for a moment, never seeing one before, he plucked it from my fingers and carefully took a bite. Others watched in anticipation for his reaction. After a moment he smiled.
"That is delicious, what is this called?" he asked.
"Onion rings" I giggled at the reaction, very happy that he liked it.
I looked at the group of Huns that were looking at me and I gulped a bit before giving them a holder of onion rings. Hoping it would be a nice peace offering. What a better way to a mans heart than his stomach, right?
Attila looked at me suspiciously before taking one and sniffing it. He smiled at the smell and popped it in his mouth, then chewed.
"Mm, ika me dula" he nodded and passed the onion rings around to his friends, acting as if it was some great new thing that he had to share.
I smiled and passed out the rest "eat up" I said.
I turned back to the burgers and scooped up some onto a bun and put them onto trays for my new customers. Too bad this couldn't be my job.
