Author's Note- Do you really say 'poor Ardeth' a lot? (To be honest with
you, I never noticed it until you said it). And thanks for the reviews both
Deana and Mommints. I'll shut up now and continue on with this thing.
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Evie sat quietly by Ardeth's side as he soundly slept. Catlanda had fallen asleep on the floor.
Ayanna walked insode an up to Evie.
"Evelyn, how are they doing?" she asked.
"They're fine. She's exhausted and he hasn't changed at all. He's still sleeping," she replied.
"We should soon wake him up. If he stays the way he is, he might not wake up for a long time," the Medjai woman told her.
As if on cue, Ardeth gave a quiet groan. Evie gently held onto his shoulder.
"Ardeth, can you hear me?" she asked him with a soft voice.
"Evelyn," escaped his dry throat.
"Yes, it's me. What is it?" she replied.
"Catlan..." he started.
"Don't worry about her. She's safe thanks to you," Evie told him as she placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.
He looked at her before he gave a small smile.
"Evelyn, water," he said.
"Oh yes, of course!" she cried, reaching for a canteen.
He held it up to his mouth as he started to swallow some water. He stopped and laid his head back down on the pillow.
"I think he's exhausted as well from the long trip back here," Ayanna said to Evie.
Evie nodded before deciding to get up and leave the tent with her.
Isis watched them go, her tail bouncing back and forth, a look on her face that read curiousity all over it.
She walked over to her master, who was still asleep. The cat walked out of the tent and to a small group of Medjai, who were standing outside a tent.
One looked over at her.
"Isis, come here kitty," he said, bending down.
He stroked her head while she purred.
"Have you come to see the prisoners Isis? Well, you can if you want to," he told her.
Isis walked into the tent and sat down, carefully watching the two in front of her. Altaram looked over at her. Neither him or Tarnay said anything the entire time the cat was there.
When she finally walked out she was growling. The men were slightly confused as she walked back to the tent Ardeth and Catlanda were in. She was awake and held the Spire.
"Thanks for being my eyes Isis," she quietly thanked her, scratching the cat's chin.
Ardeth awoke at that moment and slightly lifted himself up. He gave a smile as he gazed over her.
"If you really want to do it, you can," he told her.
"Thanks Father. Spire, we have two prisoners here in the camp. Altaram and Tarnay," she said.
"Yes. What can I do?" asked the Spire.
"Strangle them with their binds," she ordered.
For the first few moments, nothing was heard by either of them. Then came the screaming and shouts. Ardeth laid his sore body back down on the bed as Catlanda stayed by the bed.
"If anyone asks Dad, I didn't do it," she told him.
He narrowed his eyes.
"You didn't do what?" he asked with a yawn.
Catlanda gave a smile as he closed his eyes.
"Ardeth," she said.
"Yes?" he said.
"Could you promise me one thing?" she asked.
"What is it that you want?" Ardeth wondered.
"Please don't get killed when I'm involved. I want you to live a good life," she said.
Ardeth inwardly smiled at this.
"I promise," he said before falling back asleep.
The End
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Evie sat quietly by Ardeth's side as he soundly slept. Catlanda had fallen asleep on the floor.
Ayanna walked insode an up to Evie.
"Evelyn, how are they doing?" she asked.
"They're fine. She's exhausted and he hasn't changed at all. He's still sleeping," she replied.
"We should soon wake him up. If he stays the way he is, he might not wake up for a long time," the Medjai woman told her.
As if on cue, Ardeth gave a quiet groan. Evie gently held onto his shoulder.
"Ardeth, can you hear me?" she asked him with a soft voice.
"Evelyn," escaped his dry throat.
"Yes, it's me. What is it?" she replied.
"Catlan..." he started.
"Don't worry about her. She's safe thanks to you," Evie told him as she placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.
He looked at her before he gave a small smile.
"Evelyn, water," he said.
"Oh yes, of course!" she cried, reaching for a canteen.
He held it up to his mouth as he started to swallow some water. He stopped and laid his head back down on the pillow.
"I think he's exhausted as well from the long trip back here," Ayanna said to Evie.
Evie nodded before deciding to get up and leave the tent with her.
Isis watched them go, her tail bouncing back and forth, a look on her face that read curiousity all over it.
She walked over to her master, who was still asleep. The cat walked out of the tent and to a small group of Medjai, who were standing outside a tent.
One looked over at her.
"Isis, come here kitty," he said, bending down.
He stroked her head while she purred.
"Have you come to see the prisoners Isis? Well, you can if you want to," he told her.
Isis walked into the tent and sat down, carefully watching the two in front of her. Altaram looked over at her. Neither him or Tarnay said anything the entire time the cat was there.
When she finally walked out she was growling. The men were slightly confused as she walked back to the tent Ardeth and Catlanda were in. She was awake and held the Spire.
"Thanks for being my eyes Isis," she quietly thanked her, scratching the cat's chin.
Ardeth awoke at that moment and slightly lifted himself up. He gave a smile as he gazed over her.
"If you really want to do it, you can," he told her.
"Thanks Father. Spire, we have two prisoners here in the camp. Altaram and Tarnay," she said.
"Yes. What can I do?" asked the Spire.
"Strangle them with their binds," she ordered.
For the first few moments, nothing was heard by either of them. Then came the screaming and shouts. Ardeth laid his sore body back down on the bed as Catlanda stayed by the bed.
"If anyone asks Dad, I didn't do it," she told him.
He narrowed his eyes.
"You didn't do what?" he asked with a yawn.
Catlanda gave a smile as he closed his eyes.
"Ardeth," she said.
"Yes?" he said.
"Could you promise me one thing?" she asked.
"What is it that you want?" Ardeth wondered.
"Please don't get killed when I'm involved. I want you to live a good life," she said.
Ardeth inwardly smiled at this.
"I promise," he said before falling back asleep.
The End