Chance To Prepare
Rick came back into the room the bedroom and closed the door. He say Evy sitting by Alex, who looked up and saw his him.
" Dad!" he said.
Rick walked over, stepping over the dead guy, who was laying in the floor.
" You alright?" Rick asked.
" Yeah, I was just a bit frightened that's all." Alex answered.
" Ok. Why don't you go get into our bed and try to get back to sleep, while me and you mom talk alright?" Rick asked.
" Do I have to?" Alex argued.
" Yes Alex. You have to be rested so you will be fully awake for when the Medji come." Evy said.
" Oh, alright." Alex said and went and got into his parents bed.
" So, what just happened?" Evy asked in a whisper.
" Well, it seems that these guys were sent by Kurai." Rick answered.
" These guys?" Evy asked puzzled.
" Yeah, there were three more in Malik's room." Rick answered.
" Is he…" Evy started
" He's fine, he went and hid like the coward that he is." Rick answered. " Ardeth and Mariana were trying to get more answers out of them, before we shot this guy." Rick said looking down at the dead guy.
" By the way, how did my gun get under the pillow?" Rick asked.
" I put it there, I just thought it should be under there, that's all" Evy answered.
" Just another one of your feelings huh?' Rick asked.
Evy shrugged.
" Well, it's a good thing, although I have to say, you took that guy by surprise when you threw your legs up and kicked him, heck I think he was out cold, before I shot him." Rick said smiling.
" I'm sure you enjoyed it." Evy said raising her eyebrow.
" I did." Rick said grinning.
" So should we check him?" Evy asked.
" Yeah." Rick sighed looking down at the man again.
They found nothing on the dead man and when Ardeth and Mariana caught up to them, they hadn't found anything either.
" Rats." Rick said frustrated.
" Well, now what?" Evy asked.
" Mariana and I will go to the commanders, you all stay here and wait for us to come back. Hopefully, they have come up with a plan." Ardeth said.
" Right, but we are going to have to prepare for what we are going to do, which I'm pretty sure will involve guns, which means, I need to load up on extra ammo." Rick said smiling.
" How much ammo do you need?" Mariana asked, looking at the bag on the bed, which was already full of ammo.
" You never can be sure." Rick said smiling.
" Right, then prepare, we will be back as soon as we can." Ardeth said.
" Wait, what about Alex? When are the Medji you assigned going to be here?" Evy asked.
" Ah, like he said Evy, once they get the plan, we will take care of it, till then, we are stuck with Jonathan as a option for the time being." Rick said sighing.
" Wait, what am I suppose to do?" Malik said walking into the room.
" Why don't you stat here with Jonathan and help him watch Alex, or you watch Alex while Jonathan does nothing or which ever." Rick answered.
" Evy and I are going to get some supplies." Rick said walking out the door.
" Jonathan, Malik, protect my son, or so help you…you will need protection from me." Evy said and followed Rick out the door.
" Like she would do anything about it." Malik said after her.
" Uh, actually, she's not exactly, uh, helpless as she used to be…and believe me, she can do something about it." Jonathan said as though he were speaking from experience.
Malik looked at him.
" Right, well, so what do we do?" Jonathan asked.
" What?" Malik asked back.
" I mean, we could uh, go to the uh, bar, or go looking for gold or.." Jonathan started.
" Or, we stay here, watch their son and keep your psycho brother-in-law off our backs, instead of you doing something stupid, us loosing the boy, and Rick killing us. Take your pick." Malik replied.
" Right, well, good point. I think we'll stay here." Jonathan said sitting down.
" Good choice uncle Jon, and my dad is not a psycho." Alex said to Malik.
" Yeah, I know, I was just uh, making a point." Malik answered.
" Ok, pistol ammo, shotgun ammo, Thompson ammo, for Ardeth.." Rick said
" Sai's." Evy said.
" What?" Rick asked.
" Sai's. You know, my weapon of choice, before it comes to the point where I have to use guns." Evy answered.
" Oh, yeah, right." Rick answered.
" Ok, now we are prepared." Rick said stuffing the ammo in the rug sack.
" What about your precious dynamite?" Evy asked
" Already got it." Rick said.
Evy smiled.
" Now what?" she asked.
" Now, we'll uh, I don't know, maybe we should go find Izzy." Rick answered.
" Oh Rick, are you really going to drag him into this again?" Evy asked.
" Why not?" Rick said as they started walking through the market.
" Why not? I'll tell you why not. Because he doesn't deserve to be brought into this. He has no part in this and he hasn't done anything to be put in all this" Evy said.
" Well, actually, the minute he ran into me, he deserved it." Rick said.
" Well, if he deserves anything from running into you, it's a lot of insurance and money!" Evy answered.
Rick turned and looked at her with a look.
" Well…" Evy said raising her eyebrow with a slight grin.
" Ha ha. Lets go find Izzy, since we have time to kill." Rick said as he started walking again.
" I do hope you don't mean that literally." Evy said following Rick.
Ardeth and Mariana sat with the commanders and argued. Well actually, mostly it was Ardeth, surprisingly enough, Mariana was just sitting there quietly. She only interjected when she felt it was necessary…like now.
" But we have to fight him again, to save the world, and you will have to watch Alex…that just how it's go to be…end of discussion!" she scowled.
The commanders looked at each other. Never had they seen such spunk and mouth out of a Medji. Finally they agreed. Mariana was the first to stand up and walk away. After she was gone, they spoke with Ardeth.
" You should contain her mouth Ardeth…she has too much of one." one of the elders complained.
Ardeth glared at them.
" She said exactly what I wanted to say…and more…now go! She's right, this conversation is over!" he said and stood up.
Grumblin, but obedient, they got on their horses and rode off.
Sighing, Ardeth walked over to where Mariana now stood.
" You could have been a little easier about it though." he said trying to sound scolding.
Mariana sniffed.
" Whatever." she scowled and hopped up on her horse.
" What am I going to do with you?" Ardeth asked shaking his head.
Mariana smiled mischievously.
" Don't worry your pretty little head…you'll think of something." she said.
Ardeth chuckled and they rode into the sun (not literally).
" Where are we going?" Evy asked, still following her husband.
" Well, if I know Izzy, he said he would meet us, but he meant if we found him." Rick answered.
" I don't understand." Evy replied.
" Listen, Izzy said he would help just so he could get away, so he is hiding and I know where he might be." Rick answered getting annoyed.
" Yes, well, maybe I should just go back to the room and stay with Alex, while you go and hunt you're friend." Evy said.
" Evy, I…didn't mean to…" Rick started, but Evy cut him off.
" I'm sure it will be a lot less stressful for both of us." Evy said as she turned and walked away.
" Great, that's what I need, her to get mad, and walk away, that's really great on the heart." Rick said turning and continued to go look for Izzy.