Scene 23 Hallway Netherealm -mid- morning.
Sekhmet: Cale, why did you tell me the wrong time?
Cale: Did I? I'm sorry, but I could have sworn I told you 1:00 p.m.. Now let's get to work on our plans.
Sekhmet: ( confused) What about the meeting with Talpa?
Dais: (laughing to himself) I just made that up so we could get to work.
Sekhmet: (curious) But wouldn't it be smarter to talk to the girls some more?
Cale: Maybe. But we need to get to work on our plans now that we have more information.
Sekhmet: What plans?
Cale: Can't tell you now. They're top secret. Very hush, hush.
Narrator: Anubis and Dais left and went to their own personal abodes.
Sekhmet: (grumbling) but what do I do now?
Cale: Why don't you go talk to Mia. She seemed willing. (Cale turned to leave.) Oh, Sekhmet, take Mia some flowers. I think she said she and her sisters like West Indian lilacs.
Narrator: Cale smirked evilly and left. Sekhmet sighed and went to the gardens.
Scene: 24 Mia's room early evening.
Mia: Now what should we do, Anne? We're causing so much trouble among the Warlords! He gave me West Indian lilacs! My sisters and I hate West Indian lilacs! That wouldn't have been so bad if he hadn't said one of the others told him to. Somebody's trying to set him up!
Anne: What's wrong with that, Mia? Why do you care how the Warlords try to gain you and your sisters friendship?
Mia: Because it's not right! The ends do NOT justify the means!
Anne: Well, what did you do to fix the situation? I assume you told the Warlord of Venom how much you hated the flowers.
Mia: No! That would be too mean. I asked him to bring me a different flower each time.
Anne: That's an interesting way to solve the problem. So, which ones do each of you like?
Tammy: We don't know! We just met them yesterday!
(Sisters sat down and cried. They knew they had no hope of getting out of the castle for it was to strongly fortified and would be impossible to escape from. So the girls could see nothing left to do but cry.
( Jenny sings Daddy's girl)
Scene 24 girls rooms -early evening.
Narrator: The girls had been crying for a long time. And before Anne came in Jenny and her sisters realized that they should wash their faces to remove the tearstains.
(Girls finish washing their faces as Anne enters)
Anne: The Warlord of Darkness has asked if you girls would like a tour of the palace after dinner.
Jenny: I guess we will go. I still wish
We knew which on is setting Sekhmet up!
(Anne exits)
Narrator: After they ate dinner alone. Cale came to their rooms.
Scene 25 tour mid- evening.
Narrator: He showed them all over Talpa's stronghold. The girls was most interested in the baths, the Warlords' private quarters, and the "Warlords' Lounge.
Girls: What is the Warlords' Lounge?
Cale: Oh, that. It's a room where only we can go. No servants, Nether Spirits, Talpa, or anyone else have ever gone in.
Girls: May we?
Cale: I'll have to talk to the others about it first.
Mia: Okay. Why did you set it up anyway?
Cale: Well, when we first started working for Talpa, we needed a place to get away and just be guys. We were so young when we came here.
Anyway, none of us have been in there in awhile, and I can't remember the last time we were there together.
Narrator: The girls had an idea for the Warlords' Lounge, but they would have to wait and see if they could go in.
Scene 26 entrance to the girls bedrooms late evening.
Cale: Would you girls like to go for a horseback ride under the stars?
Jenny: Maybe some other time we have some things we need to do.
Scene 27 girls bedrooms late evening.
Anne entered the room.
Anne: Girls, the Warlord of Illusion is waiting outside. He says he will take you into the Warlords' Lounge, if you want him to.
Narrator: Jenny and her sisters nodded, and went out to Dais.
Scene 28 inside the Warlords' lounge late evening.
Narrator: The Warlords' Lounge was extremely dusty. Under the dust there were many books, games, pieces of art, and some furniture. Basically, it was the perfect place for their idea.
Jessica: Can we bring in some servants to clean this place up?
Dais: I suppose so. Why?
Tammy: You'll see.
Narrator: After many days, the new and improved Warlords' Lounge was ready to be unveiled. That evening all the Warlords met outside the door to the Warlords' Lounge.
Scene 29 outside the Warlords' lounge two weeks later.
Cale: This is weird,"
Anubis: I know, all of us here together again.
Dais: Let's go in. I want to see what the girls have planned.
Narrator: They entered the room.
Cale: Wow! This looks incredible!
Narrator: The Lounge looked almost as it had before, except for two things. It was cleaner than it had ever been, and there was a lot more furniture. Specifically, the Lounge now contained a large table groaning under the weight of a bountiful feast.
Girls: We decided we should eat together this evening.
Narrator: When the Warlords saw the girls, their jaws dropped in astonishment. Sekhmet was the first to recover from his shock.
Sekhmet: You look lovely.
Narrator: He handed Mia a bunch of daisies that had magically appeared in his hands. The other three looked at each other and raised their eyebrows.
Mia accepted the daisies and put them in a vase on the table.
Jenny: Now, let's eat!
Narrator: After eating the delicious meal, Cale poured some drinks, and everyone sat on the new furniture. Anubis and Dais sat on a sofa with Jenny and Jessica in between them. Tammy had decided to go to bed after dinner that night so she was in her Quarters, Cale sat in an easychair while Sekhmet, and Mia simply sat on the floor.
Jenny: We should do this every night.
Anubis: (joking) what? Eat a six-course dinner?
Jenny: No, just come to the Lounge. I think we'll spend our days with each of you individually or by ourselves. In the evenings, we'll all come here to eat, play games, stare at the fire, whatever. If you'd like, once a week we can eat a meal like this one.
Narrator: The Warlords all agreed to the girl's plan. Anubis and the girls decided to spend the next day on the lake. Dais asked if they would like to spend the day after with him. They acquiesced to his request and to Cale's for the day after that. Much to Mia 's surprise, Sekhmet did not try to claim any of their time.
Scene 30 the girls rooms four weeks later.
Narrator: Time passed, but the girls seem to only get prettier They, like the Warlords, had acquired the trait of Eternal Youth and immortality.
Tammy: Is it my imagination or a I getting prettier?
Jessica: Yes, you are, and I think I am too but I am not sure.
Mia: we all are getting prettier but the question is how is it happening.
Jenny: I don't know. It must be the water.
Narrator: They did not know how long they had been in the Netherealm. It had actually only been a couple of weeks, but it felt like they had always been with the Warlords. They almost always spent the day with Anubis, Cale, or Dais. Sekhmet rarely spent time with them.
On days they weren't with one of the Warlords, they talked with Anne. Anne was always there for them. Anne listened to the girls' thoughts and rants about Dais, Cale, Anubis, and Sekhmet.
Every evening the girls spent time with all of them in the Lounge.
Scene 31 one Thursday evening at the Warlords' lounge.
Narrator: One day, on which they had been totally alone, the girls, went to the Lounge early. They sat and read a book while they waited. To their amazement, Sekhmet entered first. He usually had a tendency to come last, as if he were reluctant to be alone with them. He almost turned and bolted when he found them by themselves.
Mia: Please, Sekhmet, don't go. We haven't had anyone to talk to all day, not even Anne.
Narrator: Sekhmet stayed and gave Mia his daily flower. This time it was a perfect, red rose. She took it from him and breathed in the scent.
Mia: Ouch!
Sekhmet: Are you all right, Mia? Did you prick yourself on a thorn?
Mia: No, it's not the rose. It's just my hand. Ever since the day I came here, it's been causing me pain.
Sekhmet: Really? I thought I had gotten all the poison out. Let me see your hand.
Narrator: Mia let him examine her hand.
Sekhmet: Those are poison marks, but they're not from my sword. What else could it be?
Narrator: He thought for a little while.
Sekhmet: Mia, which hand did you hit me with?
Mia: This one, I think. Why?
Sekhmet: Did you get any of my blood on you?
Mia: Yes, I did. You mean that your blood...
Sekhmet:" ...is poisonous. Yes, why didn't you tell me about your hand before?
Mia: I thought it was an after effect from the sword. So, what are you going to do?
Narrator: Instead of answering, Sekhmet gently kissed her palm. She inhaled sharply. Whatever he was doing not only took away her pain, but was also the most surprising feeling she had ever experienced. She thought of the other Warlords. Poor guy, none of there careful planning has ever affected me like this. Suddenly, Sekhmet stopped.
Mia: What did you just do?
Sekhmet: I sucked out the venom.
Mia: Oh.
Narrator: Belatedly, he realized what she must have thought and mentally kicked himself.
Sekhmet: Darn! Lost opportunity! What am I saying? Opportunity for what? She'll never pick me!
Narrator: Just then, the others came in. Sekhmet quickly jumped away from Mia before they noticed anything unusual. Fortunately, they didn't notice, and he snuck away successfully.
Mia, however, was not able to escape to collect her thoughts. She was in a daze all evening. No matter what was said, Mia wasn't really paying attention. All she could think of was her rose and Sekhmet's kiss
Scene 32 Three nights later in the Warlords' lounge.
Narrator: After that evening, things went pretty much back to normal. The guys had started giving presents to Jenny and her sisters. Tonight Jessica was sporting a necklace Cale had given her. It was an exquisite snowflake carved entirely from magical ice, which never melted. Jenny, sporting a wonderful opal necklace given to her by Anubis, was playing poker with Dais, Anubis, and Cale.
Anne was also in the Lounge. She was now a regular at their nightly parties. The servant girl came to the evenings in the Lounge to watch the girls and see if they acted differently towards their favorites.
Lost in her musings, Anne was startled by someone tapping on her shoulder. She looked up into the hooded eyes of Sekhmet.
He handed her a wrapped bundle.
Sekhmet: Give this to Mia for me. Wait until you're in her apartment before you do.
Narrator: With that he sauntered over to the poker table.
Unbeknownst to either Anne or Sekhmet, Cale had noticed the episode.
Cale: (to himself) What is that Snake up to? I don't know if he's after Mia or one of her other sister or not. He never spends extra time with them, but he brings Mia flowers everyday! And now he's secretly giving her presents! I've known him for four hundred years, but I don't really know him! I'll have to keep a closer eye on him.
Narrator: The rest of the night passed uneventfully. Jenny and her sisters bid the Warlords good night, and they and Anne returned to their home.
Scene 33 the girls chambers-late that night.
Narrator: When they got inside, Mia noticed the package Anne was carrying.
Mia: What's that?
Anne: Oh. The Warlord of Venom asked me to give it to you.
Narrator: Mia took it and placed it on a table. She unwrapped the object and beheld a beautifully crafted katana. Around the hilt of the sword was a necklace. Mia removed the necklace from the sword to get a better look at the necklace. The medallion was a simple circle formed by a snake coiling around itself. The jaws of the serpent held an emerald in the center of the circle.
Jenny: Oh! It's wonderful!
Narrator: Suddenly, a bit of paper fluttered from the necklace to Mia's lap. Mia picked the paper up and saw the writing on it. The note said: "Meet me in my quarters tomorrow afternoon. Bring the katana."
Mia turned to Anne, who had been watching her the entire time.
Mia: Do I have to be anywhere tomorrow afternoon?
Anne: Well, you and your sisters going riding with Anubis in the morning, but you should be back by 2:00. Why?
Narrator: Mia wrote a note.
Mia: Have someone give this to Sekhmet.
Narrator: Anne took the message to deliver it. Once she was out of sight, she opened the note. It simply said: "See you around 2:00." What could this mean? As soon as she had delivered Mia's message, she went to bed.
Scene 34 The next Day during lunch by the waterfall.
Narrator: Anubis, Jenny, and her sisters had a splendid morning. They rode through a forest of blooming cherry trees. Afterwards, they ate a picnic lunch beside a crashing waterfall.
( Humming The Power of Love)
Jenny: This is fun. Truth to tell, Anubis, after our parents' death we thought that we would never again have fun.
Anubis: Well I hope this proves that you were wrong.
Jenny: You don't know how much it proves us wrong. And we will be forever grateful to you and the other warlords for proving us wrong. Although we thought that we wouldn't ever have fun again we didn't want it to actually be true, thank you Anubis.
Anubis: You are welcome Jenny. Glad we could help.
Scene 35 Back at the Palace- afternoon.
Narrator: When they arrived back at the castle, Jenny gave Anubis a quick kiss on the cheek,
Jenny: We had a great time.
Narrator: Then she took Mia's hand ran to catch up to their sisters.
Jenny: We have to run. See you tonight.
Narrator: So saying they dashed off to their room, leaving a confused Anubis behind.
Scene 36 inside the palace.
Narrator: Mia changed her clothes, retrieved her sword, and sprinted off to Sekhmet's place.
Scene 37 Sekhmet's rooms.
Narrator: She reached his door and knocked.
Servant: My master awaits you in his practice room.
Mia: Practice room? Practice what?
Servant: Please follow me, Lady.
Narrator: Mia followed the servant through several rooms in which green was the prominent color.
Scene 38 Sekhmet's Practice room.
Narrator: Finally, they arrived in a mostly bare room, which contained a few candles, many weapons, and a kneeling Sekhmet. The servant bowed and left.
Mia nervously stood, watching the seemingly asleep Warlord. She cleared her throat, and Sekhmet's unearthly eyes opened.
Sekhmet: Hello, Mia. Did you bring the katana?
Mia: Yes, I did. Sekhmet, what's this all about?
Sekhmet: I thought you might like to learn how to use this weapon. That way, the next time you attempt to attack several trained samurai you might have a chance (Chuckling)
Mia: Are you making fun of me?
Sekhmet: I wouldn't dream of it.
Narrator: He circled her, studying her appearance.
Sekhmet: Your clothes are no good. You'll have to change.
Mia: Into what? I don't have anything to change into here.
Sekhmet: "I might have something for you to wear.
Narrator: He disappeared into another room and brought back a plain, white kimono similar to the one he was wearing.
Sekhmet: (pointing to another room)
You can change in there.
Narrator: She walked into it and closed the curtain. The room was a bathing room like the Bath Cave; however, this one was smaller than the main cave. After Mia changed, she returned to the practice room.
Mia: How come you have a private bath?
Sekhmet: (drolly) Rank has its privileges.
Mia: Well what did you want to teach me?
Narrator: He nodded, and training began.
Scene 39: That evening at the Warlords' lounge.
Narrator: That evening in the Lounge, Jenny, Tammy, and Jessica, and Anubis, Dais, and Cale waited impatiently for Mia.
Cale: I wonder. Where she is?
Anubis: She seemed in a hurry to go somewhere after our ride.
Dais: You don't suppose she's with Sekhmet, do you?
Cale: Why would Mia hurry off to be with Sekhmet?
Narrator: No one answered Cale because Mia entered the room. To everyone's shock and to the warlords' dismay, she was wearing a plain, white kimono. All three of the Warlords knew that only Sekhmet wore white kimonos.
Mia: What's wrong? You guys look like someone just ran over your favorite dog.
Dais: We were just wondering where you were.
Mia: I was with Sekhmet. He's teaching me how to use a katana.
Narrator: Upon hearing where she had been, Mia's sisters looked at each other and raised their eyebrows the three Warlords did the same.
Cale: (to himself) darn that Snake!
Narrator: Then he saw the snake pendant that had fallen out of Mia's kimono, and his eyes widened.
Cale: (to himself again) Sekhmet hasn't let that necklace out of his sight in years, and now he's given it to Mia! Has he told her what it means to him? What is he up to? First the flowers, then the necklace and training! Sekhmet doesn't like to teach others. This doesn't make any sense! He must be after her.
Narrator: For the rest of the evening, Cale was very thoughtful.
Mia left early claiming fatigue
Narrator: After she left, the three Warlords pounced on Sekhmet, who had arrived shortly after Mia had. Mia's three sisters followed her.
Cale: What are you up to, Sekhmet?
Sekhmet: The same thing you are, Cale.
Daises, you admit you're actively competing for Mia's friendship.
Sekhmet: Yes, Dais, I am. In fact I enjoy the way she jokes around.
Anubis: Why are you suddenly interested? What has happened between you and Mia that has stirred you from your shell, Sekhmet?
Dais: It must have been something significant. We all know how much he avoids people.
Cale: Did you notice Mia's necklace? It was the same one that that truly annoying servant stole. Remember how Sekhmet tore the palace apart looking for the thief. I don't need to remind you what happened to the servant.
(Jenny returns)
Anubis: I had forgotten about that!
Dais: Cale, you've always been closer to Sekhmet than anyone else. Do you know the significance of that necklace?
Cale: Yes, I do. It belonged to an old flame.
Sekhmet: (enraged) LAY OFF, Cale
Jenny: (playing referee) Stop fighting. I can't take it,
Jenny: You are full-grown men and you're behaving like children. You are supposed to be passed throwing tantrums. Our cousin Rini acts more grown-up than you do, and she is four years old, You act so immature that I am beginning to think that you are two year olds trapped in the bodies of full-grown men
Jenny: Shame on you. You should know better
Narrator: All four warlords were amazed. Here they were being reprimanded by what they assumed to be the weaker gender, and these girls had just compared them to a four-year-old, at this they were all ashamed.
Anubis, Dais, Cale, and Sekhmet had quit facing each other and were now facing forward toward the girls their eyes were lowered in shame. Jenny who had just recently left the spot where she had been standing when she was trying to keep the warlords separated was now standing next to her sisters once more. Jenny looked at Anubis.
Jenny: (Calmly) what is the cause of this fight?
Narrator: Anubis looked at Jenny.
Anubis: We just want to know why Sekhmet is so social all of a sudden.
Jenny: That is none of your business. Now goodnight.
Scene 39 The entrance to the different girls bedchamber late that night.
Narrator: When Jenny and her sisters got back to their chambers they said their goodnights and went to their separate apartments.
Scene 40 Jenny's bedchambers- late night.
Narrator: Once inside her bedroom Jenny began to undress and slipped in to a nightgown. Just as she was beginning brush her hair there was a knock at her bedroom door.
Jenny: Come in.
Narrator: In walked Anne; Anne if you remember had been chosen to be the personal maid to Jenny and her sisters. Jenny looked up.
Jenny: Yes Anne what is it?
Anne: Mistress Jenny the Warlord of Cruelty wishes to speak to you for a moment. That is if you are not to busy.
Jenny: I was on my way to bed but I guess I could stay up just a little longer to talk to him.
Narrator: She grabbed the small shoulder wrap that Anubis had given her and wrapped it around her shoulders. Then since Anubis had not yet come in she sat down on her bed and took out her small diary that she had been keeping since she and her sisters had come to the Netherealm and began to write another entry in it. As she was writing Anne enters the room, with Anubis following close behind. As Anne left the room she shut the door.
Jenny: Well, Anubis, what's up?
Anubis: I wanted to apologize for the other warlords and me. We behaved badly. We have never had any friends aside from each other and maybe Talpa, and we have no idea how to go about getting people to be our friends.
For the past two weeks we've been competing for your friendships and I just wanted you to know that I don't care who Mia chooses as long as you choose me.
Narrator: Jenny smiled and shook her head.
Jenny: Well, the truth is I already like you more than the others are. I guess I thought you already knew that. I can see now that no one taught you to watch for the signs that indicate that a person already considers you their friend. That was what the kiss on the cheek I gave you this afternoon was supposed to indicate.
Anubis: So why did you get so angry earlier when the other warlords and I were fighting?
Jenny: I thought you were competing for Mia's attention. I guess I was just jealous.
Narrator: Jenny and Anubis shared a smile.
(Kisses him on the cheek)
(starts to sing The Power of Love.)
Anubis: Goodnight Jenny.
Jenny: Goodnight Anubis.
Narrator: When Anubis had left the room, Jenny finished her latest entry in her diary and then went to bed and cried her self to sleep still blaming her self for the death of her parents.
( Jenny Tossing and turning)
Jenny: (Dreaming that she is all alone and that the bodies of her friends and family are strewn on the floor and that the men who killed her parents have her cornered) No No No (screams out last No) NO!
(Jenny's Brother, Sisters enter followed by Dais, Sekhmet, Cale, Anubis, Talpa and badamon enter)
Anubis: (shaking Jenny gently) Wake up Jenny
Jenny: (Continues dreaming that she is all alone and that the bodies of her friends and family are strewn on the floor and that that the men who killed her parents have her cornered) No No No (screams out last No) NO!
Mia: (shaking her a little harder) come on wake up.
Jenny: (Continues dreaming that she is all alone and that the bodies of her friends and family are strewn on the floor and that the men who killed her parents have her cornered) No No No (screams out last No) NO!
Anubis: (smaking her face) Jenny. Jenny. Wake up!
(Jenny startles awake)
Jenny: (looking around and breathing heavy) That was one terrible nightmare.
Narrator: Jenny then tell her friends and family about her nightmare.
Badamon: yeah that was a loo loo but it is not going to come true. But just to assure that you don't keep having nightmares, I will use a spell that will prevent you from having those kind of bad dreams.
(Badamon whispers the words to the nightmare blocking spell and tells jenny to go back to sleep.)
(Jenny falls asleep as everyone leaves the room)
Scene 41 Jenny's room the next morning.
Narrator: The next morning Anne woke Jenny up and held up a small furball.
Anne: Is this yours?
Narrator: Sammy looked at Jenny who had been his owner since she was a small child younger than Rini.
Jenny: (smiling) Yes Anne this is my cat Sammy. I have had him since I was three years old.
Anne: I saved him from Anubis. He and the other warlords where in the observation tower earlier this morning. Anubis spotted Sammy and thought that he might be an enemy. I reminded him that the Netherealm was not unknown, and that perhaps this cat belonged to you or one of your sisters. And if he did, then he might have come here through one of the many gates that lord Talpa has graciously set up all over the Mortal realm.
Jenny: Thank you Anne.
Anne: Your welcome.
Narrator: Jenny smiled and took Sammy from Anne's arms.
Jenny: (whispering) you crazy cat what are you doing here?
Sammy: (whispering) Jenny, just as White Blaze Protects Ryo and his brothers and Luna and Artimis protect Serena and her sisters I was meant to protect you, your sisters and your brother. If Anubis was so quick to attack me then what does that say for his master? How readily will he turn on your cousins or how quickly will Anubis turn on you?
Jenny: Sammy, you goofy cat. Anubis attacked you because he thought that you might be an enemy. He didn't know that you belonged to me. I have never told him about you, since I didn't expect you to show up.
Sammy: Well you must tell him immediately.
Narrator: At that moment Anubis entered the room. Anne looked at him and then back at Jenny.
Anne: Mistress Jenny, Anubis wishes to speak with you.
Jenny: (to Anne) Alright.
(To Sammy) I tell Anubis now.
(Sammy meows)
Narrator: When Anne left. Jenny looked at Anubis
Jenny: Anubis, I am sorry that Sammy caused you all that trouble. Sometimes he is such a troublemaker.
Sammy: (whispering in an unhappy growl) I am not a troublemaker
Anubis: Oh that's alright I'm Just glad I didn't vaporize the little fellow.
Sammy: (uttering an unhappy Growl)
If he calls me little fellow again I am going to scratch him so hard it will look fresh two years from now.
(Anubis bends down to pet Sammy)
(Sammy sniffs Anubis's hand cautiously)
(Anubis runs his hand through Sammy's fur)
(Sammy purrs)
Anubis: Jenny would you and your sisters like to go swimming with the other warlords and me?
Jenny: Yes, Anubis, we would love too.
Anubis: YES!
(Jenny, her sisters, her brother and the four warlords head for the lake.)