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Chapter seven

"Intolerable," Henry muttered under his breath. He, Luke and Indiana were all tied to chairs, with Leah bound at the feet of Indiana.

"Well, gramp… uhh… Mr. Henry Jones," Leah said, "I've heard so much about you, and would have liked to meet you under better circumstances but I guess this will just have to do. I'm Leah Skywalker."

"Oh is that who this old geezer- I mean, strapping young fellow is?" Luke smirked.

Henry glared at him severely.

"Yes, genius. This, is my dad." Indiana answered with no pride and much irritation.

"And I thought you were old," Luke elbowed Indy.

"And Ben wasn't?" Indiana snorted.

"Ben is timeless."

"Give me a break! At least dad's not nine hundred."

"Yeah, he would be all wrinkled and green by then." Luke stated matter-a-fact.

"-You know that Yoda was never human, right?" Indy inquired.

"Uhhh…"

"IT ISH a pleashure to meet you, Leah. My name'sh Henry Jones Shenior." Henry continued his and Leah's' original conversation.

"Thank you! Now I was wondering; do you think you could convince 'Indy' to let me keep a pony?" Leah asked with a mischievous grin.

"Leah!" Indy scolded.

"Thish ish hardly the time and plashe for such thoughtsh, young lady." Henry answered incredulously, looking first at the Nazi soldiers and then at the machine guns. "Beshides, why would you ashk me?"

Leah stared at him blankly, then looked to her father. He was shaking his head and looking quite stern. "He hasn't told you yet," Leah said at last.

"Told me what?"

Leah rolled her eyes and leaned back in the chair she was tied up in. "Nothing. Now is not a good time."

"Now you've got me curious. What great shecret could you two be hiding from me?" Henry began to ponder.

Well it sounded like a good time to change the subject before Henry realized his words were the answer to his question.

"So! You are Henry Jones Senior?" Leah smiled sweetly. "I didn't know Indy had a brother."

"Well, no-"

"-Dr. Schnitzel. Message from Berlin." Everyone erected themselves as the Colonel came striding in with his stick, ignoring completely the prisoners' camaraderie. "You must return immediately, a rally at the Institute of Aryan Culture."

"So?" Elsa sniffed.

"Your presence on zeh platform is requested from zeh highest level," The Colonel insisted.

"I don't feel like it."

"Zhen you will feel nothing else, ever again."

"Well since you put it that way. Thank you, Herr Oberst." She turned to Donovan. "I vill meet you in Iskenderun."

"Take this with you to the Reich Museum," Donovan handed her the diary carelessly. "It'll show them our progress, ahead of schedule. Without the map it's no better than a souvenir."

Once Elsa had agreed to honor Germany with her presence the Colonel had turned his attention to the prisoners; eying each of them individually and slapping his stick against his palm.

"Let me kill zem now," he turned to Donovan and Elsa. Leah cringed at the vicious delight in his voice at the word kill.

"No. If Brody escapes ve vill need zem alive." Elsa said.

Leah held back a spontaneous burst of laughter. The thought of Marcus evading anyone was amusing.

Donovan nodded. "Always do as the doctor orders." He began walking out of the room with the colonel close at his heels.

"You know, that wasn't really funny," Indy said.

"Leave it to a guy like Donovan to flatten a pristine moment of humor," Leah muttered under her breath.

Donovan ignored them and exited the room.

Leah turned her attention to Elsa, who was in the middle of defending herself to Indy.

"...anything for the grail. You, would have done the same."

"I'm sorry you think that." Indy growled. Elsa sighed, and glanced at the floor. Suddenly, she looked back up and crossed her eyes and puckered up her lips like a fish! Indy watched in shock, as did Leah and Luke. Henry, who was tied directly behind Indy, couldn't see a thing.

"What's going on?" he demanded. A sharp footstep caused Leah to glance towards the door, where Colonel Vogel was entering.

"Doctor Schnitzel! Your car iz vaiting." he announced.

Elsa stopped doing 'fish face', and smiled in a vindictive sort of way. "Zat is how Austrians say goodbye," She told Indy.

A soldier in the background, observing the scene, very definitely shook his head no. Indiana could only stare as she walked off.

"And zis is how we say gutbye in Germany, Dr. Jones." Colonel Vogel said, coming and standing right in front of Indy and Leah. Indy turned his head just in time to get punched square in the face. The chairs bounced backwards and Indy's head smacked into Henry's. Vogel laughed, and walked out of the room, swinging his cane.

"I can't decide which was better, the Austrian way or the German way." Indy muttered to Leah.

"Ooo, definitely the German way." Leah said without hesitation.

"Easy for you to say, you weren't the one who got punched." her father snapped.

"I hate to interrupt this argument, but shouldn't we be thinking of how to escape?" Henry asked.

"Help me get these ropes off!" Indy said as he struggled against his binds. "We have to get to Marcus before the Nazis do."

"Wait, but you said Marcus would disappear, blend in, never be seen again!" Luke interjected.

"Are you kidding Luke?" Indy exclaimed. "Marcus got lost in his own museum once!"

"I remember that." Leah giggled. "And afterwards he claimed that the weird Egyptian thingy caused everything in the museum to come to life!"

"I'm curious young lady," Henry said as Indy jerked at his ropes, "how you and your father, Luke, come to know my son?"

"Old friends." Indy quickly said. Before his dad could say anything else Indiana commanded, "Dad, reach into my left jacket pocket."

"What am I looking for?" said Henry as he did what his son had told him.

"My lucky charm."

"Actually," Lea commented sheepishly, "I have that." She then proceeded to twist her hands around and pull the lighter out of her pocket.

"Leah!" Indy groaned. "How many times have I told you to stop taking that!"

"Sorry."

"Sorry is not going to cut it."

Leah shoved the lighter into Henry's hand, and he opened it up and flipped it on. "Ouch!" he cried. Leah turned her head and watched in horror as a small flame started on the carpet.

"Quick! Get it out!" Luke yelled, blowing as hard as he could.

"Young man, I don't think you should-" Henry started, but Luke blew too hard and the whole rug ignited.

"Son, I think I should tell you something." Henry said, leaning his head towards Indy's.

"I'm busy." Indy grunted.

"Indy, the floor's on fire!" Leah, Henry and Luke shouted.

"And the chair!" Henry added.

Indy froze, and glanced back.

"This is bad, this is really bad!" Indy groaned. How am I going to get all four of us out of a burning room alive!?