Claimer: I own Deanna J. Fox, and Sir Robert A. Blake not to mention this
whole story line. So please no copying.
Disclaimer: I don't own Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, or any of its story's or characters. So don't sue cause I never said I did and you'll lose.
Author's Pre Notes: PLEASE!! *Groveling * someone tell me what happened in the Season finale, grr I missed it!! AH!!
Ok anyway for those who hate filler chapters this is one, that's why it's short some loose ends had to be tied up before the fun could begin, but the last one for now, action starts next time
Now thanks to all who reviewed!!!! please look for your name . . .
Brandy Leigh~ BATS?!?! YOU'RE KIDDING ME?!?!? REALLY?!?!? WOW!!!
Seriously I had no idea I just became a fan of TLW last summer, really but I've seen most of season two and three then clearly all of four EXCEPT THE FINALE!!! AHH!!!! Ok sorry had to rant. But yeah I had no idea about the bats form the movie, that's pretty ironic . .but remember like a week after I wrote the chapter with the doubles, there they were on the new ep, those demons kinda doing the demonic double thing!! CRAZY I TELL YOU!! THEY'RE IN MY MIND!! Ok sorry it's late and I just had some very sugar donuts, no one ask why I'm eating donuts at this hour, they were just there, I COULDN"T HELP IT I SWEAR!!!AH!! I'm WEAK!!' well when it comes to food but , ,um yeah' anyway . .
YEHA GURL where is Mayhem Mountain, taking a little vacation are we, lol I'm just kidding you. Don't worry I wouldn't ever pressure you, I know what it's like to have a hectic Rl right on your tail not funny . . especially if you're a slow runner like me . . *Runs by with RL inches from catching it* But that's wear our imagination and clever wit come in * jumps down from a large tree as RL runs past*
LOL you'll over come it, it'll get better I promise, just remember we'll be hear waiting for you when you get back!!
Thanks for your support with my writer block!!
LOL yeah lovey doviness does seem to get itself into my stories, I think I prefer it that way. The hopeless romantic that I am *bats eyelashes dreamy look passing over face*
Yeah but unfortunately hopeless on so many levels, lol
Well keep up the great work on your fic and I will on my, that is as long as you keep reviewing,lol
Thanks so much!! For both reviews lol!!!
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Grizzled Rose (whitewolf666@hotmail.com)~ Hello there! Welcome to the gang!! I am so glad you like or rather love as you said *blushes * my story I am so happy!!! *Kicks feet madly screaming excitedly!* Sorry if I'm scaring you, just my Evil self, which you apparently know if you read all my crazy A/N s lol.
Anyway thank you so so so much for reviewing it means SOOOO much to me!! And I will try not to keep you waiting to long, and remember you promised you're staying with me to the end. I hope to hear from you and how you like the story as it continues, soon!! Thank You again, so much!!
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Lixta (Lixta@hotmail.com)~ *Hands on hips looking somewhat amused* Are you having any fun with this at all?! I apologize about the filler, and that this one is to, sorry to break that to you. But I promise I have some action coming, but I fear the books might not be as exciting as you think, but it's up to you to decide, we'll see. Yes and I do agree Veronica was a bit out of character and I wouldn't say she was cowering, he kinda grabbed her so she was holding on to him trying to stay out of the way of the crazy blood sucking bat things. Yeah that wouldn't be fun. Anyway I'm glad you like Marguerite and her fun with Roxton's hat, then Challenger good old Challenger gotta love him. And I had to give Deanna adrenaline burst or she would have dropped along time before she did. Agreed? Why was the vest convenient? It was her clothing, they didn't strip them or anything, what arey ou thinking? LOL just kidding I totally understand, and I agree.
But I am sorry to say this is another filler and you will still have to wait for the action cause that comes up next. I hope you like it anyway. Thanks for reviewing!!! Really! IT MEANS A LOT TO ME!!
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Wdge~ I'm so glad I don't have to worry, and I'm glad your hooked, being stuck with you ain't so bad, I love hearing from you. Yes I love that line to!! SO CUTE!! AH!!
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Ascamelien~ Or Sabrina rather, lol, my real name if you choose to accept it, lol, is Eileen, not that that's any less Irish or Evil *snickers* than the pen name but I think it suits me. But you my dear friend can call me whatever you want, but never late for dinner, omg I didn't just say that! To much sugar for such a late hour! Oui!!
Nice back flip!! I'm not hardly so graceful, lol. So I need your help! Come on! Save me!! Blood remember!! Rushing! TO my!! HEAD!!!
Anyway, yes 'Trapped' Omg I was- ah!! I was screaming, my family was going spastic telling me to be quiet. Does it air at such a late hour for you to? LOL, Oh hey! I car about you! Hehe . .LoL
Back to topic, Thanks so much for your compliments they just get my right there *places hand over heart batting tears of joy away with eyelashes*
SO glad you liked the bats, they just kinda came to me, I don't know why probably because I figured something had to cause a problem in their escape. OH well I'm Evil, actually I'm Eileen, but same difference, LOL . .HEHEHEHE . . .
AND LOL, I LOVE Challenger he is so fun!! So many possibilities!! WHAHAHA. Anyway a-hem, yeah I'm so so so so sooooo happy you like the stuff going on with the couples and everything, *shrieks happily spinning around in computer chair* Romance!!! Aaaooooooohhhhhhh *sighs * and I thank you again for your compliments!!
AH!!! And I was just aH! So happy when I read this part!! AH!!! I am really really happy that you like Deanna!! And the Finn comment lol, I loved it, I'm not to happy with her place in the show, lol, sorry to the Finn lovers. But one of the reasons I' m so happy and don't be upset with me, I wasn't going to say anything, not until this story was done at least, but I can't help it!!! Do you think I should use Deanna again? I mean I really want too and my muse keeps poking me with the idea, it is beginning to hurt! LOL I just don't know how people would like it? And I totally trust your opinion! Please a clue would be great!! But it does all depend on how this story ends I suppose . . .but yeah . .please .. I am in need of your wisdom oh great one!!
Oh and Challenger has a woman, not that we see his loyalty to much in the show mind you!! Jeez if he was my husband . .way to young for that, but lol anyway I would kill him. But I think he's getting better don't you?
Yeah ok now where was I . . OH yeah yes the boys faces AUUHHHH!!! They are so so so!! CUTE!!!!
I'm glad you like Roxton and Marguerite's fun with his hat, and Marguerite being her typical 'self' with Veronica, lol. I was very proud, thank you!!!
Yes and thank you for the wine * wipes droplets of it off face * and yes I am still down here, lol. Thank you for your praise, I can't wait till you get your chapter out!! Really I think my vision is getting blurry . . .
Yes and this was a FAN-BLOODY-TASTIC review!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! MY DEAR FRIEND!!! I look foreword to hearing from you! Thanks so so so much!! And I'm glad MR Weatherman is behaving, I have great weather this weekend to, I got to go to my concert, yay!! LOL
AAHHHH!!! This is going to be long and confusing but well worth it, You my dear friends Sabrina- Ascamelien Are the Best of the Best or Bestest BEST you can find!!! And I thank you!!!!! Until next time!!!
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Veggie5~ Haha . . Having some trouble?- just can't wait to plus the submit button, right? LOL I know I haven't seen that episode either!! PLEASE SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED!!! AH!!!
OK sorry, *cough-cough * a-hem all right now, oh and tell me about the job hunt, mean people!!! grr I really need a job!! AH!! I hope you have better luck, cause I have a feeling I'm be mooching off my parents all summer . . .
Oh and I totally agree being sane is vastly overrated, LOL
I'm So Totally did I just say so totally?, anyway ) I am so incredibly happy that the shippereness mad your day lol, that makes my day, it really does.
And yes Roxton and Marguerite bickering. . Especially when a object is involved is always hilarious. . lol and It's good to have a sense of humor as wry or random as it my be lol, I'm exactly the same way . .I love it!!! You should to!! Your stories usually send me into fits of laughter; it's really a great thing.
By the way I love your new story, like so much!! Please continue, and I'll be waiting for when you decide to finish your other one. Thanks so much for reviews as always I hope you enjoy this chapter, thanks again!!!!
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I believe that is everyone and I thank you ALL!!!
TYPO WARNGING: sorry I wrote this kinda quick, burst of inspiration, had to get it out and up for you, sorry for the mistakes
Anyways onto the words, hope you like it . . .
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Robert ran into the open cavern, it was certainly big enough for all of them and it was deep enough so no one would know they were there. He could hear water dripping somewhere but was too preoccupied to search for where it was. He needed somewhere to set Deanna; he looked around the cave and then saw what her was looking for.
The cavern walls had formed almost perfectly smooth aside from some stray flanks sticking out here and there. But there was a break up in one of the walls, it almost looked like someone had tried to cut a huge rectangle out of the wall. But it was clear that no one had been there and with the way that it was somewhat 'grown' into the cave walls it hadn't been done by hand. That really didn't matter at the moment though.
Robert hurried over to the gap in the wall; it went back about three feet so there was plenty of room. He set her in it as gently as he could, she was barely conscious.
"Deanna?! Deanna?! Come on dear look at me," he said cupping her face in his hand, shaking her slightly trying to rouse her.
"Huh? Robert? Oh-" she groaned turning away.
"No no dear come on-"
"AH" she hissed in pain as she abruptly sat herself up, knowing she couldn't let the darkness take her over, but it was so tempting.
"That a girl," he said brushing the stray hairs away from her face.
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"Here," said Roxton Sitting Marguerite onto one of the flanks sticking out from the cave wall, letting her feet hang freely above the ground.
Light erupted from behind him as Malone lit a large fire from the dry leaves that had been lining the ground of the cave, having been blown in by the wind and trapped down there to dry up and crack serving no purpose until now.
He had turned to it watching Ned prod it along. He turned back and gasped,
"Oh!" he stated in shock "Oh my god, Marguerite!" he said softly, kneeing in front of her.
Marguerite smiled gently, she knew exactly what had startled him; this was the first time he had seen her in the light since they had been separated.
Roxton stared at her his mouth open in pity and horror 'how could anyone-' he thought reaching out and touching her face tenderly.
Marguerite still held the mark of her original injury from their capture. It was tight and dry stinging from not being given proper ability to heal, the dried blood only accenting the large purple and green bruise around the wound.
But that wasn't the only sight that mortified Lord John Roxton, under Marguerite's right eye, just below her cheekbone, there was a terrible black bruise that looked all to like a hand, and her jaw was bloody and battered from being struck with the wicked leather strap.
Her wrists were mangled from her struggling when she was mercilessly being pulled behind the horse on the way to Sentocra, enduring all other sorts of abuse on the way. Which showed from the fresh bruises on her arms and legs.
Roxton released his breath pained as he lowered her sleeve holding her hand looking at the ground.
"Roxton-" she said softly, she knew he would blame himself, and that was defiantly not what she wanted.
He held up a hand to stop her. He stood still holding her hand and sat on the flank almost taking her on his lap holding her tightly burying his face in her shoulder. She looked around her brow furrowed surprised and perplexed, this wasn't like him; she moved her arm around his placing her palm on his back. Holding him as he sat silent holding her.
He didn't know what to say or what to do, 'that –that- oh!! He could have killed her, he would have!' he thought
"Oh Marguerite," he said pained into her shoulder
"John" she said softly tightening her hold on him so he would know she was there.
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Robert had something like the same reaction to seeing Deanna in the light, but he held his calm demeanor afraid of what his other reaction might ensue or bring up in himself. There would be time for that later.
'No wonder she can barely stay conscious!!' he screamed in his head.
Deanna was considerably worse off than Marguerite in terms of physical injury. With reason, she had been beaten several times in the past three days and being exposed to the extreme sunlight on an empty stomach had taken a large toll on her fair skinned body. Having had been thrown several times into the mountain wall she had suffered a few blows to the head and was bleeding from her temples and the few scratches on her scalp at the back of her head. Her arms were terribly raw and bleeding, as were her feet having been sandaled with only a thin animal hide. She had scratches, scrapes and bruises all over her body, old and new.
Robert was alarmed at first at how much blood there was on her hands and on the end of the now off white gown, but he couldn't find the source of it and figured that it wasn't hers. But he was still worried she was incredibly pale even for her, her cheeks were red from the exertion her body had been put through as of late and was partially sun burned.
Robert was at the point of flying off the handle, but he couldn't do that, not now at least, he stifled his emotions and went into his only partially developed doctor mode.
"Go check on Marguerite," Deanna said hoarsely
"Deanna?"
"Go make sure she's alright, in case we have to run out of here,"
"I don't think either of you are going to be running anywhere for-"
"Robert!" she scolded
"I'll be right back," he said unable to help smiling at her selflessness as infuriating as it was to him.
She nodded her brow furrowed, eyes closed, she pressed on her temples trying to repel the pain in her head.
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"How is Marguerite Challenger?" Robert asked seriously, coming over to them.
Roxton still sat next to Marguerite his face set like stone and his arm firmly hooked around her waist. Challenger kneeled on the ground holding Marguerite's foot.
"I haven't checked yet," he said "I'm not really sure if I should remove her boot, for stability sake, in case it is broken"
"It doesn't hurt enough to be broken, really, I think I could probably walk on it," she said plainly
"Well take the boot off, I'll be back in a minute," he said looking over his shoulder at Deanna
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"How are you feeling? Any warmer yet?" asked Ned sitting down Next to Veronica, who sat with her knees pulled to her chest next to the fire.
"Yes, a bit" she shuttered "The vest helped a lot actually"
"Don't tell Marguerite she might take it back" Ned joked
She chuckled
"Veronica?" came Robert's call as he walked passed them toward the packs.
"Yes?"
"Do we have anything that I can put water in?" he said looking about the bags.
"I think there is a empty canteen in my bag, why? Did you find some water?" she answered
"Yeah." He said looking up from the pack he was digging through, "It's over toward the wall by the entrance, looks like it probably drips in from the river bed,"
"So it's freshwater?" Malone asked
"Yes" he said tossing the canteen out of the bag and catching it, walking over toward the newfound water source.
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"It's a minor sprain Robert," said Challenger as the young scholar walked past him.
"That's great," hh said encouragingly walking back looking at it. "You should probably just bind it up and put the boot back on,"
"Right" said Challenger digging through his pockets looking for something to bind it with.
"Looks like you won't have to carry me anymore Lord Roxton," Marguerite teased looking up at the rugged hunter
"Oh on the contrary for a sprain to heal properly it should not be to strenuously utilized,"
"Ooohh" said Marguerite playfully looking back down at Challenger smirking.
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Deanna had leaned back against the cold stone wall and closed her eyes attempting to rest Robert sat next to her again watching her a bit concerned, then he saw the broken manacles still locked around her delicate wrists. He slowly reached for her arm as to not startle her, she barely seemed to notice and just watched his hands looking up at him now and again then leaning her head back and closing her eyes once more.
He looked around for something he could wrap her arms in and wash the wounds out with but found nothing. He noticed that the tunic she was given to where was three layers thick and was long and flowing it seemed as good as anything. He grasped the top layer of the skirt and tore it.
Deanna suddenly convulsed once pulling her limps tight to her body and let out a high pitched gasp, a memory from years ago of another skirt being torn passing over her weakened mind. Her eyes were wide and her teeth clenched her fingernails digging into her own shoulder, her breathing rapid and unsteady.
"Robert what is it?!" came Marguerite's instantly alarmed voice having heard the gasp.
He turned to her and the others shaking his head fretful, he turned back to Deanna
"Deanna? Darling, what is it?!" Robert asked distressed
Deanna knew immediately that she had done something totally uncalled for and began to relax; she looked at Robert unable to hide the fear in her eyes.
He looked at her concerned and anxious waiting for some type of explanation, she just nodded and looked away, then she saw the blood on her hands and she stared at it almost in a trance.
He looked at her at a loss of thought and continued what he had been doing watching her intently. He turned his head slightly and nodded to the others that it was all right. Then he took one of her arms in his hand, still watching her face from under his brow, he hesitantly took his knife from it's sheath. Her eyes instantly went to the blade her head though remained unmoving.
"It's all right Deanna, I just have to take these off,"
She blinked a few times and then moved her head to look in his face.
"I know," she said solemnly
"What is it?" he said benevolently (big word YEAH! Lol I'm improving my vocabulary! Please continue . .lol)
She looked down at her hands again her bottom lip trembled. Robert look of shock and alarm took over his handsome features- after knowing Deanna for three years that either meant one of two things she was frightened or she was going to break down. Neither of the two happened very often if ever.
"What is it dear heart?" he said looking at her lovingly
She inwardly smiled at the reference; this was one affectionate name that she had never objected to. She had almost fainted when he first said it, she was completely speechless and he completely oblivious, how could he know that was her Uncle Arthur's (Summerlee) name for her and for whatever reason it sounded right coming from Robert.
A tear ran town each of her rosy cheeks; she took a deep breath through her nose and released it, regaining some of her composure.
"He gave his life for me," she said looking him in the face
Robert remembered some talk of this sort from earlier at the clearing with Haiton.
'Who Deanna?"
"Daknet"
"The leader of the group who attacked us a week ago?"
She nodded solemnly "And Haiton's son,"
Robert's eyes widened.
"M-hmm he was Wenara's son, the woman Talcol and---' she trailed off "Yes, the woman Talcol killed"
Robert looked past her processing everything, and then he heard her whimper.
"Robert, he gave his life for me! He died in my arms!" she sobbed suddenly clasping a hand over her face.
"Oh," he sighed his heart aching for her; he folded her into his arms rocking her back and forth.
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Marguerite watched the scene unfurl in front of her, she stared solemnly at the touching yet sorrowful scene.
"Challenger," she said suddenly
'Yes Marguerite?" he said coming over expecting that for the wrappings on her foot to be too tight.
"You said you had books that needed to be translated,"
"Yes"
"Give them to me, this needs to stop- now!"
Her tone was so resolved that Roxton looked at her apprehensive worried about what could be going on in her mind.
A hour or so later . . . .
"Any luck?" asked Robert handing Marguerite a canteen
"No!" she said bitterly
"Well with a different language you know-" he said kneeling down to look at her wrists that Challenger had wrapped with some of the cloth form Deanna's tunic.
"That's not even it! I understand all of it- it just doesn't make any sense!!" she said angrily flipping through the pages of the yellow book.
"Don't worry we'll figure something out," he said trying to be encouraging but he didn't even know how they had stopped the curse last time, let alone how they were going to do it this time especially if the books were worthless. Then he heard a jingling sound and something bounce on the stone floor next to him.
"A charm?" said Marguerite plainly as he picked a little gold bauble off the ground, then looking back to her aggravating task.
Robert looked up, and sighed standing.
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"Do you think it was all right to let the chief go off with those strange warriors?" asked Veronica sitting with Challenger, Malone and Roxton close to the fire.
"Oh yes I do believe it was the best thing we could do, he will be safe with them, of this I am sure." Answered Challenger confidently
"But how can you be so sure they were working for Haiton weren't they?" asked Roxton who had been looking over at Marguerite viciously looking through the books, one of Malone's spare pencils in her mouth and extra parchment that they had picked up in the citadel spread out around her. He turned back to them.
"I don't really know if I would say that, they were working I would say more for themselves, staying with Haiton and their village gave them I suppose a false sense of security. They know what he is doing is wrong otherwise they would never be helping us. And after seeing what happened to their friend I don't see how they could follow Haiton an longer," Challenger finished breaking a stick and throwing it into the fire.
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"Deanna? Deanna!" came Robert's playfully amused voice as he walked over to her. "Oh stop that," he said gently taking her tense hand. She had been viciously tearing the sacred charms and wraps from her hair. She had apparently tried to do it nicely but after it started to tangle on her and the charms wouldn't come out she just got angry with it and the pain it was causing her as she tried to gingerly take it out. So she had just started ripping at it in frustration.
'She will be so angry with herself when this is over,' he thought remembering how she usually took meticulous care of her long hair. Something he had often found himself enjoying watching her do.
She had a pout on her face crossing her arms as he sat down in the gap of the cave with her; he gently began smoothing out her soft hair unwinding it here and there slipping the trinkets and wraps out of it.
Deanna gently moved to lean on him, he moved his arm around her continuing to smooth out her hair. With the rhythmic movement of his hand and the steady beat of his heart Deanna quickly gave in to exhaustion.
He looked at her thoughtfully as he felt her relax and her breathing even out. He gently took one of her slender hands in his and brushed over her fingers with his thumb slightly rubbing against the long strips of fabric bound up around her arms up to her elbow, he turned her hand slightly inspecting the wrappings making sure she wasn't still bleeding then at those around her torn feet.
He finished with her hair and tucked it behind her ear the long tresses draping over her back.
Even in her weak state she was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen, he frowned a bit watching he, his thoughts turning to those of different people, different emotions, different problems, how did they overcome them then, how will we now?
Hours after escaping into the forest . . .
Roxton sat holding his rifle he looked over the dismal settling, it was so much different from what he had observed before only a few weeks before.
Veronica was asleep with her head resting on Malone's leg, him having fallen asleep sitting up against the cool stone wall.
Challenger sat in a similar position as Malone his hat falling over his eyes and his hands grasping his rifle, every once and a while he would flinch and grumble something about sulfur only to yawn and fall back into a deeper sleep.
Then there was Robert holding Deanna as she slept against his chest, he stared expressionless clearly deep in thought, Deanna was clearly sleeping dreamlessly looking almost as if she were dead being so pale and still; if it weren't for the rhythmic rise and fall of her bosom he would have been worried that she was.
And lastly but never least there was . .
( A growl and a curse came forth from behind him as a book came flying through air bouncing on the floor it's pages flying out in different directions)
"Marguerite?!" he whispered harshly turning to her irritated face. She had been working on translating and unlocking the hidden solution of the two mysterious books from the time they had gotten in the cave and hadn't stopped since.
"Don't say a word John, not a word!" she said angrily getting up using the wall for support and limping over to where the book had landed.
"Marguerite why don't you stop for a while, get some rest" he said sympathetically
"No! I can't! The answer we need is in these-these!! Arrgg these bloody book!" she spat picking up the pages, "And I will not stop until we know how to stop Haiton!"
"We don't even know if it really worked I mean, he didn't kill Deanna he killed Daknet,"
"Doesn't matter they're sure," she said motioning her head toward Deanna and Robert "That's more that's enough for me, I don't need a demonstration" she said scrambling back over to her place by the wall.
"Marguerite, Marguerite relax, we're going to be alright with or without the book I'm-," he rambled on trying to sound encouraging but she wasn't listening something else had caught her eye.
Some if the pages from the two books had gotten mixed up after she had picked up the pages from that had come loose form the book she had thrown. Something was different it started to make sense, well more sense, 'Wait that's it!!' she thought "It's every other sentence, it goes with the second book. Sentence one of the yellow book continues with sentence one of the green book, then the second sentence of the yellow book goes with the second sentence of the green book . . It's all read across!!' She immediately started tearing the pages out of the green book.
This took Roxton totally off guard, "Marguerite!! Wait stop!! What are you doing!?!" he said trying to grab the pages from her grasp, he knew she was aggravated with the books but this was ridiculous.
"No Roxton! You don't understand, look!" she said replacing the pages she tore from the green book and slipping them into every other page of the yellow book the yellow book, checking the symbols on the bottom of the page each time to make sure they were in order. Then she slammed the book down throwing it open.
"It makes sense now!" she said and then lowered her voice seeing Robert look over at her suddenly. "It reads across, see for this page across the binding to the next and then changes to the next line,"
"uh-huh," he said nodding, not having any idea of the language to tell her she was right or wrong. "So you can read it now?"
"Of course I can read it now, I could read it before it just didn't make any sense because someone separated the pages of the books!!!" she exclaimed so very proud of herself.
Roxton grinned at the way she just beamed, and then he heard something, a shuffling sound? His head jerked up listening, taking his rifle from where it lay next to him on the ground.
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Deanna's brow twitched wrinkling her nose, then she sat up abruptly completely awake.
"Dea-" Robert began startled
"ShH!" she said cutting him off, she was fully alert now and feeling better than she believed she had in ages, like life had been breathed into her again. But that wasn't why she woke up, something wasn't right. She looked over at Roxton he was listening for something.
Then she heard it too, a scuffling sound, Robert listened and looked at her they exchanged a knowing glance. He silently jumped down from the gap in the cave wall and crept over to wake the others.
Marguerite sat leafing through the books unmindful of what was going on around her until she saw the white of Deanna's garment come into view, she looked up surprised.
Deanna looked in the direction of the tunnels leading into the cave, she cocked her rifle her face stern.
Marguerite looked around puzzled everyone was looking at the entrances and exists of the cavern. She slowly tucked all the papers into the one book and closed it moving her hand to the pistol on her belt.
Everyone was as still as stone listening to the shuffling and clanking noises coming from the tunnels around them. They looked around cautiously with their eyes, weapons ready . . .
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Author's Notes: WAHAHAH . . Sorry all a little bit of a cliffhanger there but clearly next chapter is going to be a big one. Are you totally cyked spelled wrong oh well. I am, I can't wait, well I have to cause I'm the one writing it, But I hope to get it out to you as soon as possible. All right I promise as soon as I can. At least you don't have to worry about any more filler chapters huh/ Now you KNOW I'm working on a thriller! Lol
Well you know the routine please review I love you impute plus . .
Reviews are motivating. . .and I KNOW this time you want me to be motivated, right?
Disclaimer: I don't own Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, or any of its story's or characters. So don't sue cause I never said I did and you'll lose.
Author's Pre Notes: PLEASE!! *Groveling * someone tell me what happened in the Season finale, grr I missed it!! AH!!
Ok anyway for those who hate filler chapters this is one, that's why it's short some loose ends had to be tied up before the fun could begin, but the last one for now, action starts next time
Now thanks to all who reviewed!!!! please look for your name . . .
Brandy Leigh~ BATS?!?! YOU'RE KIDDING ME?!?!? REALLY?!?!? WOW!!!
Seriously I had no idea I just became a fan of TLW last summer, really but I've seen most of season two and three then clearly all of four EXCEPT THE FINALE!!! AHH!!!! Ok sorry had to rant. But yeah I had no idea about the bats form the movie, that's pretty ironic . .but remember like a week after I wrote the chapter with the doubles, there they were on the new ep, those demons kinda doing the demonic double thing!! CRAZY I TELL YOU!! THEY'RE IN MY MIND!! Ok sorry it's late and I just had some very sugar donuts, no one ask why I'm eating donuts at this hour, they were just there, I COULDN"T HELP IT I SWEAR!!!AH!! I'm WEAK!!' well when it comes to food but , ,um yeah' anyway . .
YEHA GURL where is Mayhem Mountain, taking a little vacation are we, lol I'm just kidding you. Don't worry I wouldn't ever pressure you, I know what it's like to have a hectic Rl right on your tail not funny . . especially if you're a slow runner like me . . *Runs by with RL inches from catching it* But that's wear our imagination and clever wit come in * jumps down from a large tree as RL runs past*
LOL you'll over come it, it'll get better I promise, just remember we'll be hear waiting for you when you get back!!
Thanks for your support with my writer block!!
LOL yeah lovey doviness does seem to get itself into my stories, I think I prefer it that way. The hopeless romantic that I am *bats eyelashes dreamy look passing over face*
Yeah but unfortunately hopeless on so many levels, lol
Well keep up the great work on your fic and I will on my, that is as long as you keep reviewing,lol
Thanks so much!! For both reviews lol!!!
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Grizzled Rose (whitewolf666@hotmail.com)~ Hello there! Welcome to the gang!! I am so glad you like or rather love as you said *blushes * my story I am so happy!!! *Kicks feet madly screaming excitedly!* Sorry if I'm scaring you, just my Evil self, which you apparently know if you read all my crazy A/N s lol.
Anyway thank you so so so much for reviewing it means SOOOO much to me!! And I will try not to keep you waiting to long, and remember you promised you're staying with me to the end. I hope to hear from you and how you like the story as it continues, soon!! Thank You again, so much!!
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Lixta (Lixta@hotmail.com)~ *Hands on hips looking somewhat amused* Are you having any fun with this at all?! I apologize about the filler, and that this one is to, sorry to break that to you. But I promise I have some action coming, but I fear the books might not be as exciting as you think, but it's up to you to decide, we'll see. Yes and I do agree Veronica was a bit out of character and I wouldn't say she was cowering, he kinda grabbed her so she was holding on to him trying to stay out of the way of the crazy blood sucking bat things. Yeah that wouldn't be fun. Anyway I'm glad you like Marguerite and her fun with Roxton's hat, then Challenger good old Challenger gotta love him. And I had to give Deanna adrenaline burst or she would have dropped along time before she did. Agreed? Why was the vest convenient? It was her clothing, they didn't strip them or anything, what arey ou thinking? LOL just kidding I totally understand, and I agree.
But I am sorry to say this is another filler and you will still have to wait for the action cause that comes up next. I hope you like it anyway. Thanks for reviewing!!! Really! IT MEANS A LOT TO ME!!
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Wdge~ I'm so glad I don't have to worry, and I'm glad your hooked, being stuck with you ain't so bad, I love hearing from you. Yes I love that line to!! SO CUTE!! AH!!
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Ascamelien~ Or Sabrina rather, lol, my real name if you choose to accept it, lol, is Eileen, not that that's any less Irish or Evil *snickers* than the pen name but I think it suits me. But you my dear friend can call me whatever you want, but never late for dinner, omg I didn't just say that! To much sugar for such a late hour! Oui!!
Nice back flip!! I'm not hardly so graceful, lol. So I need your help! Come on! Save me!! Blood remember!! Rushing! TO my!! HEAD!!!
Anyway, yes 'Trapped' Omg I was- ah!! I was screaming, my family was going spastic telling me to be quiet. Does it air at such a late hour for you to? LOL, Oh hey! I car about you! Hehe . .LoL
Back to topic, Thanks so much for your compliments they just get my right there *places hand over heart batting tears of joy away with eyelashes*
SO glad you liked the bats, they just kinda came to me, I don't know why probably because I figured something had to cause a problem in their escape. OH well I'm Evil, actually I'm Eileen, but same difference, LOL . .HEHEHEHE . . .
AND LOL, I LOVE Challenger he is so fun!! So many possibilities!! WHAHAHA. Anyway a-hem, yeah I'm so so so so sooooo happy you like the stuff going on with the couples and everything, *shrieks happily spinning around in computer chair* Romance!!! Aaaooooooohhhhhhh *sighs * and I thank you again for your compliments!!
AH!!! And I was just aH! So happy when I read this part!! AH!!! I am really really happy that you like Deanna!! And the Finn comment lol, I loved it, I'm not to happy with her place in the show, lol, sorry to the Finn lovers. But one of the reasons I' m so happy and don't be upset with me, I wasn't going to say anything, not until this story was done at least, but I can't help it!!! Do you think I should use Deanna again? I mean I really want too and my muse keeps poking me with the idea, it is beginning to hurt! LOL I just don't know how people would like it? And I totally trust your opinion! Please a clue would be great!! But it does all depend on how this story ends I suppose . . .but yeah . .please .. I am in need of your wisdom oh great one!!
Oh and Challenger has a woman, not that we see his loyalty to much in the show mind you!! Jeez if he was my husband . .way to young for that, but lol anyway I would kill him. But I think he's getting better don't you?
Yeah ok now where was I . . OH yeah yes the boys faces AUUHHHH!!! They are so so so!! CUTE!!!!
I'm glad you like Roxton and Marguerite's fun with his hat, and Marguerite being her typical 'self' with Veronica, lol. I was very proud, thank you!!!
Yes and thank you for the wine * wipes droplets of it off face * and yes I am still down here, lol. Thank you for your praise, I can't wait till you get your chapter out!! Really I think my vision is getting blurry . . .
Yes and this was a FAN-BLOODY-TASTIC review!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! MY DEAR FRIEND!!! I look foreword to hearing from you! Thanks so so so much!! And I'm glad MR Weatherman is behaving, I have great weather this weekend to, I got to go to my concert, yay!! LOL
AAHHHH!!! This is going to be long and confusing but well worth it, You my dear friends Sabrina- Ascamelien Are the Best of the Best or Bestest BEST you can find!!! And I thank you!!!!! Until next time!!!
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Veggie5~ Haha . . Having some trouble?- just can't wait to plus the submit button, right? LOL I know I haven't seen that episode either!! PLEASE SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED!!! AH!!!
OK sorry, *cough-cough * a-hem all right now, oh and tell me about the job hunt, mean people!!! grr I really need a job!! AH!! I hope you have better luck, cause I have a feeling I'm be mooching off my parents all summer . . .
Oh and I totally agree being sane is vastly overrated, LOL
I'm So Totally did I just say so totally?, anyway ) I am so incredibly happy that the shippereness mad your day lol, that makes my day, it really does.
And yes Roxton and Marguerite bickering. . Especially when a object is involved is always hilarious. . lol and It's good to have a sense of humor as wry or random as it my be lol, I'm exactly the same way . .I love it!!! You should to!! Your stories usually send me into fits of laughter; it's really a great thing.
By the way I love your new story, like so much!! Please continue, and I'll be waiting for when you decide to finish your other one. Thanks so much for reviews as always I hope you enjoy this chapter, thanks again!!!!
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I believe that is everyone and I thank you ALL!!!
TYPO WARNGING: sorry I wrote this kinda quick, burst of inspiration, had to get it out and up for you, sorry for the mistakes
Anyways onto the words, hope you like it . . .
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Robert ran into the open cavern, it was certainly big enough for all of them and it was deep enough so no one would know they were there. He could hear water dripping somewhere but was too preoccupied to search for where it was. He needed somewhere to set Deanna; he looked around the cave and then saw what her was looking for.
The cavern walls had formed almost perfectly smooth aside from some stray flanks sticking out here and there. But there was a break up in one of the walls, it almost looked like someone had tried to cut a huge rectangle out of the wall. But it was clear that no one had been there and with the way that it was somewhat 'grown' into the cave walls it hadn't been done by hand. That really didn't matter at the moment though.
Robert hurried over to the gap in the wall; it went back about three feet so there was plenty of room. He set her in it as gently as he could, she was barely conscious.
"Deanna?! Deanna?! Come on dear look at me," he said cupping her face in his hand, shaking her slightly trying to rouse her.
"Huh? Robert? Oh-" she groaned turning away.
"No no dear come on-"
"AH" she hissed in pain as she abruptly sat herself up, knowing she couldn't let the darkness take her over, but it was so tempting.
"That a girl," he said brushing the stray hairs away from her face.
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"Here," said Roxton Sitting Marguerite onto one of the flanks sticking out from the cave wall, letting her feet hang freely above the ground.
Light erupted from behind him as Malone lit a large fire from the dry leaves that had been lining the ground of the cave, having been blown in by the wind and trapped down there to dry up and crack serving no purpose until now.
He had turned to it watching Ned prod it along. He turned back and gasped,
"Oh!" he stated in shock "Oh my god, Marguerite!" he said softly, kneeing in front of her.
Marguerite smiled gently, she knew exactly what had startled him; this was the first time he had seen her in the light since they had been separated.
Roxton stared at her his mouth open in pity and horror 'how could anyone-' he thought reaching out and touching her face tenderly.
Marguerite still held the mark of her original injury from their capture. It was tight and dry stinging from not being given proper ability to heal, the dried blood only accenting the large purple and green bruise around the wound.
But that wasn't the only sight that mortified Lord John Roxton, under Marguerite's right eye, just below her cheekbone, there was a terrible black bruise that looked all to like a hand, and her jaw was bloody and battered from being struck with the wicked leather strap.
Her wrists were mangled from her struggling when she was mercilessly being pulled behind the horse on the way to Sentocra, enduring all other sorts of abuse on the way. Which showed from the fresh bruises on her arms and legs.
Roxton released his breath pained as he lowered her sleeve holding her hand looking at the ground.
"Roxton-" she said softly, she knew he would blame himself, and that was defiantly not what she wanted.
He held up a hand to stop her. He stood still holding her hand and sat on the flank almost taking her on his lap holding her tightly burying his face in her shoulder. She looked around her brow furrowed surprised and perplexed, this wasn't like him; she moved her arm around his placing her palm on his back. Holding him as he sat silent holding her.
He didn't know what to say or what to do, 'that –that- oh!! He could have killed her, he would have!' he thought
"Oh Marguerite," he said pained into her shoulder
"John" she said softly tightening her hold on him so he would know she was there.
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Robert had something like the same reaction to seeing Deanna in the light, but he held his calm demeanor afraid of what his other reaction might ensue or bring up in himself. There would be time for that later.
'No wonder she can barely stay conscious!!' he screamed in his head.
Deanna was considerably worse off than Marguerite in terms of physical injury. With reason, she had been beaten several times in the past three days and being exposed to the extreme sunlight on an empty stomach had taken a large toll on her fair skinned body. Having had been thrown several times into the mountain wall she had suffered a few blows to the head and was bleeding from her temples and the few scratches on her scalp at the back of her head. Her arms were terribly raw and bleeding, as were her feet having been sandaled with only a thin animal hide. She had scratches, scrapes and bruises all over her body, old and new.
Robert was alarmed at first at how much blood there was on her hands and on the end of the now off white gown, but he couldn't find the source of it and figured that it wasn't hers. But he was still worried she was incredibly pale even for her, her cheeks were red from the exertion her body had been put through as of late and was partially sun burned.
Robert was at the point of flying off the handle, but he couldn't do that, not now at least, he stifled his emotions and went into his only partially developed doctor mode.
"Go check on Marguerite," Deanna said hoarsely
"Deanna?"
"Go make sure she's alright, in case we have to run out of here,"
"I don't think either of you are going to be running anywhere for-"
"Robert!" she scolded
"I'll be right back," he said unable to help smiling at her selflessness as infuriating as it was to him.
She nodded her brow furrowed, eyes closed, she pressed on her temples trying to repel the pain in her head.
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"How is Marguerite Challenger?" Robert asked seriously, coming over to them.
Roxton still sat next to Marguerite his face set like stone and his arm firmly hooked around her waist. Challenger kneeled on the ground holding Marguerite's foot.
"I haven't checked yet," he said "I'm not really sure if I should remove her boot, for stability sake, in case it is broken"
"It doesn't hurt enough to be broken, really, I think I could probably walk on it," she said plainly
"Well take the boot off, I'll be back in a minute," he said looking over his shoulder at Deanna
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"How are you feeling? Any warmer yet?" asked Ned sitting down Next to Veronica, who sat with her knees pulled to her chest next to the fire.
"Yes, a bit" she shuttered "The vest helped a lot actually"
"Don't tell Marguerite she might take it back" Ned joked
She chuckled
"Veronica?" came Robert's call as he walked passed them toward the packs.
"Yes?"
"Do we have anything that I can put water in?" he said looking about the bags.
"I think there is a empty canteen in my bag, why? Did you find some water?" she answered
"Yeah." He said looking up from the pack he was digging through, "It's over toward the wall by the entrance, looks like it probably drips in from the river bed,"
"So it's freshwater?" Malone asked
"Yes" he said tossing the canteen out of the bag and catching it, walking over toward the newfound water source.
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"It's a minor sprain Robert," said Challenger as the young scholar walked past him.
"That's great," hh said encouragingly walking back looking at it. "You should probably just bind it up and put the boot back on,"
"Right" said Challenger digging through his pockets looking for something to bind it with.
"Looks like you won't have to carry me anymore Lord Roxton," Marguerite teased looking up at the rugged hunter
"Oh on the contrary for a sprain to heal properly it should not be to strenuously utilized,"
"Ooohh" said Marguerite playfully looking back down at Challenger smirking.
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Deanna had leaned back against the cold stone wall and closed her eyes attempting to rest Robert sat next to her again watching her a bit concerned, then he saw the broken manacles still locked around her delicate wrists. He slowly reached for her arm as to not startle her, she barely seemed to notice and just watched his hands looking up at him now and again then leaning her head back and closing her eyes once more.
He looked around for something he could wrap her arms in and wash the wounds out with but found nothing. He noticed that the tunic she was given to where was three layers thick and was long and flowing it seemed as good as anything. He grasped the top layer of the skirt and tore it.
Deanna suddenly convulsed once pulling her limps tight to her body and let out a high pitched gasp, a memory from years ago of another skirt being torn passing over her weakened mind. Her eyes were wide and her teeth clenched her fingernails digging into her own shoulder, her breathing rapid and unsteady.
"Robert what is it?!" came Marguerite's instantly alarmed voice having heard the gasp.
He turned to her and the others shaking his head fretful, he turned back to Deanna
"Deanna? Darling, what is it?!" Robert asked distressed
Deanna knew immediately that she had done something totally uncalled for and began to relax; she looked at Robert unable to hide the fear in her eyes.
He looked at her concerned and anxious waiting for some type of explanation, she just nodded and looked away, then she saw the blood on her hands and she stared at it almost in a trance.
He looked at her at a loss of thought and continued what he had been doing watching her intently. He turned his head slightly and nodded to the others that it was all right. Then he took one of her arms in his hand, still watching her face from under his brow, he hesitantly took his knife from it's sheath. Her eyes instantly went to the blade her head though remained unmoving.
"It's all right Deanna, I just have to take these off,"
She blinked a few times and then moved her head to look in his face.
"I know," she said solemnly
"What is it?" he said benevolently (big word YEAH! Lol I'm improving my vocabulary! Please continue . .lol)
She looked down at her hands again her bottom lip trembled. Robert look of shock and alarm took over his handsome features- after knowing Deanna for three years that either meant one of two things she was frightened or she was going to break down. Neither of the two happened very often if ever.
"What is it dear heart?" he said looking at her lovingly
She inwardly smiled at the reference; this was one affectionate name that she had never objected to. She had almost fainted when he first said it, she was completely speechless and he completely oblivious, how could he know that was her Uncle Arthur's (Summerlee) name for her and for whatever reason it sounded right coming from Robert.
A tear ran town each of her rosy cheeks; she took a deep breath through her nose and released it, regaining some of her composure.
"He gave his life for me," she said looking him in the face
Robert remembered some talk of this sort from earlier at the clearing with Haiton.
'Who Deanna?"
"Daknet"
"The leader of the group who attacked us a week ago?"
She nodded solemnly "And Haiton's son,"
Robert's eyes widened.
"M-hmm he was Wenara's son, the woman Talcol and---' she trailed off "Yes, the woman Talcol killed"
Robert looked past her processing everything, and then he heard her whimper.
"Robert, he gave his life for me! He died in my arms!" she sobbed suddenly clasping a hand over her face.
"Oh," he sighed his heart aching for her; he folded her into his arms rocking her back and forth.
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Marguerite watched the scene unfurl in front of her, she stared solemnly at the touching yet sorrowful scene.
"Challenger," she said suddenly
'Yes Marguerite?" he said coming over expecting that for the wrappings on her foot to be too tight.
"You said you had books that needed to be translated,"
"Yes"
"Give them to me, this needs to stop- now!"
Her tone was so resolved that Roxton looked at her apprehensive worried about what could be going on in her mind.
A hour or so later . . . .
"Any luck?" asked Robert handing Marguerite a canteen
"No!" she said bitterly
"Well with a different language you know-" he said kneeling down to look at her wrists that Challenger had wrapped with some of the cloth form Deanna's tunic.
"That's not even it! I understand all of it- it just doesn't make any sense!!" she said angrily flipping through the pages of the yellow book.
"Don't worry we'll figure something out," he said trying to be encouraging but he didn't even know how they had stopped the curse last time, let alone how they were going to do it this time especially if the books were worthless. Then he heard a jingling sound and something bounce on the stone floor next to him.
"A charm?" said Marguerite plainly as he picked a little gold bauble off the ground, then looking back to her aggravating task.
Robert looked up, and sighed standing.
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"Do you think it was all right to let the chief go off with those strange warriors?" asked Veronica sitting with Challenger, Malone and Roxton close to the fire.
"Oh yes I do believe it was the best thing we could do, he will be safe with them, of this I am sure." Answered Challenger confidently
"But how can you be so sure they were working for Haiton weren't they?" asked Roxton who had been looking over at Marguerite viciously looking through the books, one of Malone's spare pencils in her mouth and extra parchment that they had picked up in the citadel spread out around her. He turned back to them.
"I don't really know if I would say that, they were working I would say more for themselves, staying with Haiton and their village gave them I suppose a false sense of security. They know what he is doing is wrong otherwise they would never be helping us. And after seeing what happened to their friend I don't see how they could follow Haiton an longer," Challenger finished breaking a stick and throwing it into the fire.
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"Deanna? Deanna!" came Robert's playfully amused voice as he walked over to her. "Oh stop that," he said gently taking her tense hand. She had been viciously tearing the sacred charms and wraps from her hair. She had apparently tried to do it nicely but after it started to tangle on her and the charms wouldn't come out she just got angry with it and the pain it was causing her as she tried to gingerly take it out. So she had just started ripping at it in frustration.
'She will be so angry with herself when this is over,' he thought remembering how she usually took meticulous care of her long hair. Something he had often found himself enjoying watching her do.
She had a pout on her face crossing her arms as he sat down in the gap of the cave with her; he gently began smoothing out her soft hair unwinding it here and there slipping the trinkets and wraps out of it.
Deanna gently moved to lean on him, he moved his arm around her continuing to smooth out her hair. With the rhythmic movement of his hand and the steady beat of his heart Deanna quickly gave in to exhaustion.
He looked at her thoughtfully as he felt her relax and her breathing even out. He gently took one of her slender hands in his and brushed over her fingers with his thumb slightly rubbing against the long strips of fabric bound up around her arms up to her elbow, he turned her hand slightly inspecting the wrappings making sure she wasn't still bleeding then at those around her torn feet.
He finished with her hair and tucked it behind her ear the long tresses draping over her back.
Even in her weak state she was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen, he frowned a bit watching he, his thoughts turning to those of different people, different emotions, different problems, how did they overcome them then, how will we now?
Hours after escaping into the forest . . .
Roxton sat holding his rifle he looked over the dismal settling, it was so much different from what he had observed before only a few weeks before.
Veronica was asleep with her head resting on Malone's leg, him having fallen asleep sitting up against the cool stone wall.
Challenger sat in a similar position as Malone his hat falling over his eyes and his hands grasping his rifle, every once and a while he would flinch and grumble something about sulfur only to yawn and fall back into a deeper sleep.
Then there was Robert holding Deanna as she slept against his chest, he stared expressionless clearly deep in thought, Deanna was clearly sleeping dreamlessly looking almost as if she were dead being so pale and still; if it weren't for the rhythmic rise and fall of her bosom he would have been worried that she was.
And lastly but never least there was . .
( A growl and a curse came forth from behind him as a book came flying through air bouncing on the floor it's pages flying out in different directions)
"Marguerite?!" he whispered harshly turning to her irritated face. She had been working on translating and unlocking the hidden solution of the two mysterious books from the time they had gotten in the cave and hadn't stopped since.
"Don't say a word John, not a word!" she said angrily getting up using the wall for support and limping over to where the book had landed.
"Marguerite why don't you stop for a while, get some rest" he said sympathetically
"No! I can't! The answer we need is in these-these!! Arrgg these bloody book!" she spat picking up the pages, "And I will not stop until we know how to stop Haiton!"
"We don't even know if it really worked I mean, he didn't kill Deanna he killed Daknet,"
"Doesn't matter they're sure," she said motioning her head toward Deanna and Robert "That's more that's enough for me, I don't need a demonstration" she said scrambling back over to her place by the wall.
"Marguerite, Marguerite relax, we're going to be alright with or without the book I'm-," he rambled on trying to sound encouraging but she wasn't listening something else had caught her eye.
Some if the pages from the two books had gotten mixed up after she had picked up the pages from that had come loose form the book she had thrown. Something was different it started to make sense, well more sense, 'Wait that's it!!' she thought "It's every other sentence, it goes with the second book. Sentence one of the yellow book continues with sentence one of the green book, then the second sentence of the yellow book goes with the second sentence of the green book . . It's all read across!!' She immediately started tearing the pages out of the green book.
This took Roxton totally off guard, "Marguerite!! Wait stop!! What are you doing!?!" he said trying to grab the pages from her grasp, he knew she was aggravated with the books but this was ridiculous.
"No Roxton! You don't understand, look!" she said replacing the pages she tore from the green book and slipping them into every other page of the yellow book the yellow book, checking the symbols on the bottom of the page each time to make sure they were in order. Then she slammed the book down throwing it open.
"It makes sense now!" she said and then lowered her voice seeing Robert look over at her suddenly. "It reads across, see for this page across the binding to the next and then changes to the next line,"
"uh-huh," he said nodding, not having any idea of the language to tell her she was right or wrong. "So you can read it now?"
"Of course I can read it now, I could read it before it just didn't make any sense because someone separated the pages of the books!!!" she exclaimed so very proud of herself.
Roxton grinned at the way she just beamed, and then he heard something, a shuffling sound? His head jerked up listening, taking his rifle from where it lay next to him on the ground.
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Deanna's brow twitched wrinkling her nose, then she sat up abruptly completely awake.
"Dea-" Robert began startled
"ShH!" she said cutting him off, she was fully alert now and feeling better than she believed she had in ages, like life had been breathed into her again. But that wasn't why she woke up, something wasn't right. She looked over at Roxton he was listening for something.
Then she heard it too, a scuffling sound, Robert listened and looked at her they exchanged a knowing glance. He silently jumped down from the gap in the cave wall and crept over to wake the others.
Marguerite sat leafing through the books unmindful of what was going on around her until she saw the white of Deanna's garment come into view, she looked up surprised.
Deanna looked in the direction of the tunnels leading into the cave, she cocked her rifle her face stern.
Marguerite looked around puzzled everyone was looking at the entrances and exists of the cavern. She slowly tucked all the papers into the one book and closed it moving her hand to the pistol on her belt.
Everyone was as still as stone listening to the shuffling and clanking noises coming from the tunnels around them. They looked around cautiously with their eyes, weapons ready . . .
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Author's Notes: WAHAHAH . . Sorry all a little bit of a cliffhanger there but clearly next chapter is going to be a big one. Are you totally cyked spelled wrong oh well. I am, I can't wait, well I have to cause I'm the one writing it, But I hope to get it out to you as soon as possible. All right I promise as soon as I can. At least you don't have to worry about any more filler chapters huh/ Now you KNOW I'm working on a thriller! Lol
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