I'm not sure why but I have this thing with shoulders and injuries. I just do. Shrugs shoulders. If you've read my PM stories, you'll understand why I say this and may have noticed it if you have. Imhotep's Lover, you're so welcome.
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"We have to stop the bleeding Patrick. It's kind of bad," she said as Patrick ran over to them.
"Go get something to stop it with while I stay here," Patrick ordered her as he helped Nick lean up against the couch.
"I'll be fine. It's nothing," he told him quietly.
"Yeah, right. You've gotten run over, shot and beaten up before and this is nothing to you? You're a doctor. You should know you need some help when you need it," Patrick replied, not believing what he was hearing.
Rick hurried over to him.
"Anything I can do to help?" he asked.
"Not at the moment but I will have to take him to the hospital. I'll let you know when you can help," Patrick replied as he started to pull the shirt away from the wound.
He cringed at it before Sarah ran back with some towels. She handed a couple to Patrick and he placed them around the piece of glass, over the wound.
"Pat, don't worry about it," Nick told him.
"'Don't worry about it'? You've got to be kidding me. If you think this is alright, I'm not sure about you," Patrick said to him.
Nick started to protest but thought against it as he allowed Patrick to tend to the wound. Rick and Alex gazed out the window to see the large number of men outside had decreased to one. He stood there, waving his gun in the air.
"We will get it, sooner or later. We saw you walk into the hospital with it and we now know where you are. You have been warned," he yelled at them.
"Well, one way or another, you're not getting it! I'm not intending to let anyone touch it but me!" Rick yelled back at him.
"Have it your way," came the response.
The man ran away as Alex looked at his father.
"Even people in this time want the Spire. It's crazy," he said.
"I know. It must be some sort of conspiracy going on. People from different times and even different places in the world want it," Rick agreed.
Patrick was now to the door, Nick standing beside him.
"Sarah, I'm taking Nick to the hospital now. Go see if you can get some clothes for those two then meet us there," Patrick told her.
She nodded before she led Rick and Alex to the bedroom and Patrick took Nick out to the car. She looked through the closet before pulling out a t-shirt and jeans.
"You're about Dad's size, I believe these will fit you," Sarah told Rick as she handed him the clothes.
He took them as she walked out of the room and into the next one.
"I believe there's some old clothes of Patrick's in here that might fit you Alex. If there isn't, there might be some of my older clothes still around that don't look too feminine," she said as he and Alex walked into the room after her.
"Listen Sarah, I have to ask you something," Rick told her.
"Yeah, what?' she replied, not looking up from what she was doing.
"I'm trying to sound rude here, don't get me wrong but how come your father has an accent and you two don't?" he wondered.
Alex's eyes immediately lit up and he nodded in agreement. Sarah stopped what she was doing and looked up at them.
"That's because he's not our real father. He adopted us a several months ago after our real parents went to prison. Now if you will please excuse me," Sarah explained to them before she went back to her search.
Patrick drove to the hospital. He hurried out of the car and ran to the other side as Nick started to climb out. They walked into the lobby and a nurse ran up to them.
"Come on, we have to get him some help here," she called.
They took Nick and led him away.
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The three rode up to a mountainside in the middle of nowhere. Evie stared up at it, in a mild state of disblief.
"This is it? The Temple of Isis? Doesn't look like much to me," she told them doubtingly.
"Wait a minute and you'll see," Ardeth told her.
Catlanda raised her right hand and spoke out in Arabic. A rumbling started beneath the horses and a door appeared within the stone wall.
"There, my friend, is the Temple of Isis. This is where we will find the answer to how we can get Rick and Alex back," Catlanda said as she led her horse towards it.
The two followed her inside where Catlanda and Evie climbed off the horses. Ardeth climbed off the horse. The moment he put his one leg on the ground, pain shot right through him and he gasped as he fell to his knees. The two looked at him with worry.
"Dad, what's wrong?" asked Catlanda.
"It's my leg, nothing more. The pain will pass," he lied as he laid against a nearby rock.
"Of course it will. In about a few days. I forgot your leg had been hurt during the collapse. Here, let me help you," Catlanda replied as she walked over to him and knelt beside him.
She moved the ripped cloth on his leg and gaped at the large and deep cut staring back at her. She looked at him in dismay.
"Why didn't you say anything sooner Dad?" she demanded.
"It's fine, believe me," he told her.
"Fine my foot. It's bleeding heavily and it's deep. I'm surprised I didn't notice it earlier," Catlanda said as she ripped a piece off of her own robe.
She wrapped it around his leg as he patiently waited for her to finish.
"There we go. Not let's go find the inscription," Catlanda said once she as finished and stood up.
"What inscription?" wondered Evie.
"The inscription that will bring Rick and Alex back here. All we have to do is find it," replied Catlanda as she looked at her.
Isis stood by Ardeth as did Geb. They were helping walk after them.
"Find it? What do you mean find it? I can't be too hard to find. You must know where it is," Evie told her.
"Of course I do where to find it. I forgot exactly where," replied the raven haired woman as they walked into a large room.
Evie gasped in awe as her gaze went from wall to wall. They were full of ancient writings.
"This is amazing! And you know what it all says?" asked Evie.
"Most of it I've already translated. Some sections of wall, I've memorized because I use the abilities so often. Now this way Evelyn. The section dealing with time travel is over this way," Catlanda explained.
Evie continued to gaze at the walls as she followed her until they came to a section of wall.
"It is on this wall. I know it is here because I've already gone over these walls at least three times each. I know where everything is located, I just don't know all inscriptions yet," Catlanda said.
"Then let's start looking for it," Evie told her. "Though I believe it might take a while to find it without the Spire."
Ardeth watched from afar, his leg starting to hurt even more. He rubbed it as Isis looked at him and whimpered.
"Don't worry about me Isis. I'll be fine," he told her with a smile as he rubbed her chin.
Isis stared at him and saw his face spoke otherwise.
TBC...
