Chapter 2
(Thanks for the reviews for the first chapter! As I promised another chapter. Enjoy. ^.~)
My eyes scanned the horizon ahead, and I held my breath. Any minute now and I should see the pyramid. I couldn't wait, I just had to find the connection between what had happened to me in the bathroom and what happened in the tomb. I couldn't believe that I hallucinated the whole thing, it just seemed too real. He seemed too real. My eyes half closed in remembrance. He felt pretty darn real, too. If only I could get back to that moment in time before Jonathan reared his ugly head then I could die happy. Real happy.
"Are we there yet?"
My mind snapped back to reality.
"And why were you giggling?" Alex asked leaning forward on the front seat.
I blinked. "I wasn't giggling."
"Oh, really, I guess it must have been my imagination."
"Well, yeah. You're a kiddlet, kiddlet's have active imaginations." I explained to him in a matter of fact way.
"Well?"
"Well what?"
"Are we there yet?"
Alex dodged my half hearted attempt to mess up his hair and answered with my own sarcastic reply, "Yeah, we're just driving along for the fun of it."
I spot Alex frown. "What?" I asked.
"Sarcasm doesn't become you."
"That hair doesn't become you, either, squirt. Ah, there it is!" I cried as the pyramid sprung from out of the desert.
I pulled the jeep to a stop before a statue of Anubus. I let the engine die and stepped out onto the hard ground of yellow rock.
My hand went to the golden scarab that hung around my neck instinctively and I felt it to be quite warm almost to the point of being considered hot.
"Where's Mum and Dad?" Alex asked as he joined me outside.
My eyebrows rose as I considered the question. "I don't know, kiddlet." I frowned. I should say something more encouraging than that. Sheesh, Solicia, how would you feel if your parents went missing? Use some brains. Tears filled my eyes as I realized the truth. I would be utterly devested.
I turned to Alex with my arms spread wide to embrace the Kiddlet in his moment of hurt and confusion ready to whisper words of soothing confidence of it'll be okay, we'll find them, but was confronted by the complete opposite.
"All right! No parents to worry about and get in our way!" Alex cried in excitement doing a victory dance. "Wa-hoo!"
I cocked my head to the side. "Aren't you worried?"
Eve's son stopped mid dance step, "About what?" I crossed my arms over my chest, "OH! You mean my parents?" I nodded. "They're probably taken some of their artifacts to the museum near here." Alex raised an eyebrow and placed a hand on my arm. "Solicia, sometimes I think I'm not the kid here."
I was about to open my mouth to that comment but Alex was already running toward the pyramid, pick in hand.
"Hey! Who's in charge here?!" I screamed.
"ME!"
"AS IF!" I laughed, as I ran into the pyramid. As my foot hit the ancient stone floor everything changed.
My heart started to beat rapidly. I felt extremely dizzy. Something was completely wrong. I let out a cry for Alex to get out before I felt myself shift through time.
(Thanks for the reviews for the first chapter! As I promised another chapter. Enjoy. ^.~)
My eyes scanned the horizon ahead, and I held my breath. Any minute now and I should see the pyramid. I couldn't wait, I just had to find the connection between what had happened to me in the bathroom and what happened in the tomb. I couldn't believe that I hallucinated the whole thing, it just seemed too real. He seemed too real. My eyes half closed in remembrance. He felt pretty darn real, too. If only I could get back to that moment in time before Jonathan reared his ugly head then I could die happy. Real happy.
"Are we there yet?"
My mind snapped back to reality.
"And why were you giggling?" Alex asked leaning forward on the front seat.
I blinked. "I wasn't giggling."
"Oh, really, I guess it must have been my imagination."
"Well, yeah. You're a kiddlet, kiddlet's have active imaginations." I explained to him in a matter of fact way.
"Well?"
"Well what?"
"Are we there yet?"
Alex dodged my half hearted attempt to mess up his hair and answered with my own sarcastic reply, "Yeah, we're just driving along for the fun of it."
I spot Alex frown. "What?" I asked.
"Sarcasm doesn't become you."
"That hair doesn't become you, either, squirt. Ah, there it is!" I cried as the pyramid sprung from out of the desert.
I pulled the jeep to a stop before a statue of Anubus. I let the engine die and stepped out onto the hard ground of yellow rock.
My hand went to the golden scarab that hung around my neck instinctively and I felt it to be quite warm almost to the point of being considered hot.
"Where's Mum and Dad?" Alex asked as he joined me outside.
My eyebrows rose as I considered the question. "I don't know, kiddlet." I frowned. I should say something more encouraging than that. Sheesh, Solicia, how would you feel if your parents went missing? Use some brains. Tears filled my eyes as I realized the truth. I would be utterly devested.
I turned to Alex with my arms spread wide to embrace the Kiddlet in his moment of hurt and confusion ready to whisper words of soothing confidence of it'll be okay, we'll find them, but was confronted by the complete opposite.
"All right! No parents to worry about and get in our way!" Alex cried in excitement doing a victory dance. "Wa-hoo!"
I cocked my head to the side. "Aren't you worried?"
Eve's son stopped mid dance step, "About what?" I crossed my arms over my chest, "OH! You mean my parents?" I nodded. "They're probably taken some of their artifacts to the museum near here." Alex raised an eyebrow and placed a hand on my arm. "Solicia, sometimes I think I'm not the kid here."
I was about to open my mouth to that comment but Alex was already running toward the pyramid, pick in hand.
"Hey! Who's in charge here?!" I screamed.
"ME!"
"AS IF!" I laughed, as I ran into the pyramid. As my foot hit the ancient stone floor everything changed.
My heart started to beat rapidly. I felt extremely dizzy. Something was completely wrong. I let out a cry for Alex to get out before I felt myself shift through time.