Catland was estatic as she read the text.
"Thank you so much Evie! All I have to do now is say this aloud and I'll be able to go to wherever Rick and Alex went to and bring them back before Ardeth gets worse," she said.
Evie nodded in agreement as Catlanda skimmed over the writings before her. Catlanda quickly walked away from the wall and stood in the middle of the room.
She started to speak out in Ancient Egyptian. Evie watched as a light began to appear on the altar before them and a wind started to pick up around them until a portal stood before them, a figure clothed in white standing next to it.
"Who goes there? Who dares disturb the Guardian of Isis?" came a female voice.
"It is I, Catlanda Bay, a Medjai and keeper of the Spire of Isis," Catlanda told her as she stepped forward, her hair flying around her face.
The eyes spoke volumes of knowledge as she stared at the young woman before her.
"Where is the Spire now?" the guardian asked her.
"That's what I'd like to know. It was lost in time with two friends of mine. I'm not sure where they went or when they are. I have to get them back or else my father will die," Catlanda explained to her.
The woman sighed as she glanced over at Ardeth, still lying against a rock.
"Your reason is good enough. You may pass through the portal," she told her.
"Evie, I'm going to need you to stay here and watch over my father. Only I can go and find them since the Spire is my responsibility," Catlanda said to Evie.
Evie nodded as she hurried over to the injured Medjai. Catlanda headed towards the portal. The woman stopped her just before she walked through the swirling vortex.
"Be warned Catlanda Bay. Once you walk through, the only way to return back here is to use the Spire and you must make it in time if you want to save your father. He doesn't have much time left," the woman told her.
Catlanda nodded, understanding what she must do before walking through the portal before her.
***
Rick watched over Alex as he slept on the couch. Rick was holding onto the Spire. He was thinking about everybody back home. Evie. Ardeth. Catlanda. Marok.
"Heck, I even miss Jonathan's crazy antics and Isis jumping all over me whenever I see her. More appropriately, when she sees me," he mumbled as Alex squirmed in his lap.
Sarah walked into the room after she saw them in there. She and Patrick had just come in through the front door.
"How're you two doing?" she quietly asked. "Are you feeling comfortable?"
Rick glanced down at Alex.
"Yeah, we are, thanks. Go back to bed. We'll be fine. How's Nick doing?" he replied.
"He'll be fine. He's staying the night and coming home in the morning," Patrick told them.
Sarah nodded in agreement before the two headed towards their bedrooms..
***
Nick slept soundly as Rae watched over him.
'When he wakes up, he's going to think this one weird dream,' she thought to herself before she left the room.
As soon as she walked out of the room, a bright light filled the level. Everyone had to shield their eyes as it grew brighter.
As it died down, Rae took away her arm to see a young woman, fully dressed in black and frantically looking around the place.
"Excuse me but are you looking for someone?" she asked the stranger.
Catlanda turned and looked at the doctor with curious eyes before hurrying down the hallway. Rae quickly followed her.
"I'm sorry, but you'll have to come with me for the time being. After all, you just showed up out of nowhere. Do you expect us to let you run around the place?" Rae called to her.
Catlanda stopped and stared at her.
"Do you even understand me?" wondered Rae as she suddenly stopped herself.
"Alright but I will require your help. I am searching for two people. A man and a child. They came with...a stick," she replied, sighing and rolling her eyes at the last two words.
Rae couldn't believe what she was hearing. Someone really was looking for them!
"Come with me, immediately. We have to talk," Rae told her, grabbing her arm and dragging the Medjai to her office.
***
The telephone rang in the Kokoris household. Rick had fallen asleep on the couch and was awoken by the ringing. He rubbed his eyes as Patrick came out of his room and picked up the receiver.
"Hello?" he asked in a tired voice.
"Patrick? We need Rick and Alex here immediately. There's someone here who needs to see them," came Rae's voice.
"Rae. Who's so important that they need to see them now?" Patrick told her as Sarah walked out of her room.
"Patrick, who is it?" she whined.
"Alright, we're on our way," Patrick told Rae before hanging up the phone.
He looked at the three tired and confused faces before him.
"Get dressed, we have to go back to the hospital," Patrick told them as he hurried back to his room.
"At this hour in the night? They have to be kidding!" Sarah said as she dragged herself to her room.
***
Patrick and Sarah led the way into the front door as Rick followed behind them, Alex still asleep in his arms. He awkwardly held the Spire in one hand.
They walked a bit further as Rae headed towards them.
"What is going on here? I've got school tomorrow," Sarah asked her.
"Come this way, now. Someone came here earlier, looking for Rick and Alex. She sounded desperate as she was talking. Right now, she's in my office, still in shock after the tour we gave her," Rae explained.
"Why is that?" wondered Rick.
"She found Nick and reacted the same you two did only worse," Rae replied.
She led them into her office where Rick gasped to see it was Catlanda.
"Catty?" he asked, still not believing what he was seeing.
She turned around to see it was Rick, Alex still asleep in his arms.
"Rick! Give me the Spire! We need to go back right now!" she told him, holding out her arm.
He looked at the Spire in his hand and gave it to her.
"Why do we need to go back so quickly?" he wondered.
"I wouldn't have to do this so quickly but we have to. Dad's dying," she replied as they walked out of the room.
Rick looked at the others before hurrying out after her.
"Ardeth's dying? How can that be? He was fine before we left," Rick told her.
"He received an injury during the collapse of the tunnel, as the time travel spell was taking place. I'll explain more once we get back home," she replied as she lifted up the Spire and stopping.
Rick stopped behind her.
"Stop right there!" came an angry voice.
They looked to see the man from earlier, pointing a gun at them.
"So you thought you could fool me with a fake Spire? Well, I'm leaving with it this time, one way or another," the man said.
Catlanda was not surprised.
"Why is thing always sought after? I don't think I'll ever know why or understand completely," she asked herself as Nick walked out of his room.
He yawned but he instantly woke up once he saw the gun being aimed at the strangers. He stared at Catlanda and narrowed her eyes.
'When did she get here? Who is she for that matter?' he asked himself as he pue a hand up his face.
The man slowly walked closer to the small group.
"Now give it to me now or else that guy dies," he threatened, suddenly pointing the gun at Nick.
TBC...
"Thank you so much Evie! All I have to do now is say this aloud and I'll be able to go to wherever Rick and Alex went to and bring them back before Ardeth gets worse," she said.
Evie nodded in agreement as Catlanda skimmed over the writings before her. Catlanda quickly walked away from the wall and stood in the middle of the room.
She started to speak out in Ancient Egyptian. Evie watched as a light began to appear on the altar before them and a wind started to pick up around them until a portal stood before them, a figure clothed in white standing next to it.
"Who goes there? Who dares disturb the Guardian of Isis?" came a female voice.
"It is I, Catlanda Bay, a Medjai and keeper of the Spire of Isis," Catlanda told her as she stepped forward, her hair flying around her face.
The eyes spoke volumes of knowledge as she stared at the young woman before her.
"Where is the Spire now?" the guardian asked her.
"That's what I'd like to know. It was lost in time with two friends of mine. I'm not sure where they went or when they are. I have to get them back or else my father will die," Catlanda explained to her.
The woman sighed as she glanced over at Ardeth, still lying against a rock.
"Your reason is good enough. You may pass through the portal," she told her.
"Evie, I'm going to need you to stay here and watch over my father. Only I can go and find them since the Spire is my responsibility," Catlanda said to Evie.
Evie nodded as she hurried over to the injured Medjai. Catlanda headed towards the portal. The woman stopped her just before she walked through the swirling vortex.
"Be warned Catlanda Bay. Once you walk through, the only way to return back here is to use the Spire and you must make it in time if you want to save your father. He doesn't have much time left," the woman told her.
Catlanda nodded, understanding what she must do before walking through the portal before her.
***
Rick watched over Alex as he slept on the couch. Rick was holding onto the Spire. He was thinking about everybody back home. Evie. Ardeth. Catlanda. Marok.
"Heck, I even miss Jonathan's crazy antics and Isis jumping all over me whenever I see her. More appropriately, when she sees me," he mumbled as Alex squirmed in his lap.
Sarah walked into the room after she saw them in there. She and Patrick had just come in through the front door.
"How're you two doing?" she quietly asked. "Are you feeling comfortable?"
Rick glanced down at Alex.
"Yeah, we are, thanks. Go back to bed. We'll be fine. How's Nick doing?" he replied.
"He'll be fine. He's staying the night and coming home in the morning," Patrick told them.
Sarah nodded in agreement before the two headed towards their bedrooms..
***
Nick slept soundly as Rae watched over him.
'When he wakes up, he's going to think this one weird dream,' she thought to herself before she left the room.
As soon as she walked out of the room, a bright light filled the level. Everyone had to shield their eyes as it grew brighter.
As it died down, Rae took away her arm to see a young woman, fully dressed in black and frantically looking around the place.
"Excuse me but are you looking for someone?" she asked the stranger.
Catlanda turned and looked at the doctor with curious eyes before hurrying down the hallway. Rae quickly followed her.
"I'm sorry, but you'll have to come with me for the time being. After all, you just showed up out of nowhere. Do you expect us to let you run around the place?" Rae called to her.
Catlanda stopped and stared at her.
"Do you even understand me?" wondered Rae as she suddenly stopped herself.
"Alright but I will require your help. I am searching for two people. A man and a child. They came with...a stick," she replied, sighing and rolling her eyes at the last two words.
Rae couldn't believe what she was hearing. Someone really was looking for them!
"Come with me, immediately. We have to talk," Rae told her, grabbing her arm and dragging the Medjai to her office.
***
The telephone rang in the Kokoris household. Rick had fallen asleep on the couch and was awoken by the ringing. He rubbed his eyes as Patrick came out of his room and picked up the receiver.
"Hello?" he asked in a tired voice.
"Patrick? We need Rick and Alex here immediately. There's someone here who needs to see them," came Rae's voice.
"Rae. Who's so important that they need to see them now?" Patrick told her as Sarah walked out of her room.
"Patrick, who is it?" she whined.
"Alright, we're on our way," Patrick told Rae before hanging up the phone.
He looked at the three tired and confused faces before him.
"Get dressed, we have to go back to the hospital," Patrick told them as he hurried back to his room.
"At this hour in the night? They have to be kidding!" Sarah said as she dragged herself to her room.
***
Patrick and Sarah led the way into the front door as Rick followed behind them, Alex still asleep in his arms. He awkwardly held the Spire in one hand.
They walked a bit further as Rae headed towards them.
"What is going on here? I've got school tomorrow," Sarah asked her.
"Come this way, now. Someone came here earlier, looking for Rick and Alex. She sounded desperate as she was talking. Right now, she's in my office, still in shock after the tour we gave her," Rae explained.
"Why is that?" wondered Rick.
"She found Nick and reacted the same you two did only worse," Rae replied.
She led them into her office where Rick gasped to see it was Catlanda.
"Catty?" he asked, still not believing what he was seeing.
She turned around to see it was Rick, Alex still asleep in his arms.
"Rick! Give me the Spire! We need to go back right now!" she told him, holding out her arm.
He looked at the Spire in his hand and gave it to her.
"Why do we need to go back so quickly?" he wondered.
"I wouldn't have to do this so quickly but we have to. Dad's dying," she replied as they walked out of the room.
Rick looked at the others before hurrying out after her.
"Ardeth's dying? How can that be? He was fine before we left," Rick told her.
"He received an injury during the collapse of the tunnel, as the time travel spell was taking place. I'll explain more once we get back home," she replied as she lifted up the Spire and stopping.
Rick stopped behind her.
"Stop right there!" came an angry voice.
They looked to see the man from earlier, pointing a gun at them.
"So you thought you could fool me with a fake Spire? Well, I'm leaving with it this time, one way or another," the man said.
Catlanda was not surprised.
"Why is thing always sought after? I don't think I'll ever know why or understand completely," she asked herself as Nick walked out of his room.
He yawned but he instantly woke up once he saw the gun being aimed at the strangers. He stared at Catlanda and narrowed her eyes.
'When did she get here? Who is she for that matter?' he asked himself as he pue a hand up his face.
The man slowly walked closer to the small group.
"Now give it to me now or else that guy dies," he threatened, suddenly pointing the gun at Nick.
TBC...
