Catlanda awoke to seeing Ardeth wide awake at the foot of the bed. It was obvious that he was tired as she sat up.

"Ardeth, what's wrong?" she asked him.

Ardeth looked over at her and smiled before putting a hand on her leg.

"Nothing's wrong Cat. Nothing really," he replied.

Catlanda knew he was lying as she watched him turn and grimace slightly.

"Father! You need some help. Were you injured more that what you let on?" she told him as Harriet walked into the room.

"I heard voices so I wanted to check up on you," she said.

She stopped short once Ardeth fell to the floor. Harriet hurried over to him as did Catlanda. Harriet felt for a pulse and she found a strong one. She gave a sigh as she did so. He groaned as he opened his eyes slightly.

"I'll be fine," he quietly told them once he saw them both hovering over him.

Catlanda and Harriet gave each other looks of worry.

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Patrick walked out into the living room to see Nick sitting on the couch, his face in his hands. Patrick hurried up to him, worried. The young man held onto the surgeon's arms as he blankly looked at him.

"Something's wrong. I'm taking you to the hospital," Patrick told him.

"I'm fine. I just had a bad night," whispered Nick as he broke free from the grasp.

"Then it must have been one heck of a night. You look like you were beaten up by someone. Actually, you were," Patrick told him as he moved the surgeon's hands. "Come on, let's go and make sure these bruises are alright."

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Cody painfully woke up. He slowly rose to a sitting position to see Frank sitting in a chair by the window.

"Frank, what's wrong?" he asked as Jake stirred from his sleep.

Frank looked at them and shook his head. Jake climbed out of bed and walked over to him to see nothing out of the ordinary.

"We should get back to the hospital. We should find out as much as we can about what is happening," Jake said.

Frank nodded as he sat up. It was then that Cody noticed the redness on Frank's arm.

"Frank, are you alright?" he asked him.

Frank looked at him, a bit confused until Cody pointed at his arm. Frank glanced at it before pulling the sleeve down.

"It's nothing. I'm fine," replied Frank. "Let's get going."

He headed out the door and down the hall. Cody and Jake looked at each other in confusion. Jake shrugged his shoulders. Frank knocked on the door and Michelle answered it.

"We're going to back to the hospital. How soon can you three be ready?" he asked her.

Michelle turned to look at Monica and Alex, who had heard what Frank asked.

"Well, how soon can we be ready?" the teen asked them.

"15 minutes maybe? That's all we need," Monica said as she looked at Alex, who nodded.

Michelle also agreed with this as Frank nodded before leaving them. Alex closely watched him, taking notice of his arm. It appeared to be still sore. She decided against saying anything to him just yet.

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Nick and Patrick walked into the lobby with Sarah, Rick and Evie right behind them. They looked around before heading upstairs. They were greeted by everyone from the day before.

"We have to do something about this guy. He's obviously a threat to us all," Frank said to the group.

They all nodded as a bright light appeared in the room.

"What is going on here?" wondered Alex.

"I'm not sure. Where is it coming from?" replied Matt.

"It's almost as if it's coming from this room," Cody said as he shielded his eyes with his good hand.

Monica looked over at Catlanda to see the Spire was emitting the bright light. The female Medjai lifted it up and the light lasted only seconds longer.

"Catlanda, what was that all about?" she asked.

"I would say that Guardian of Isis' temple is trying to contact us," Catlanda replied.

The group was surprised to hear this, except Ardeth, Rick and Evie of course.

"Isis? The Egyptian goddess Isis? That can't be! The gods are a myth!" Jules said in disbelief.

"Isis exists. So do the others. I have never met her personally though I have heard much about her through the Spire," Catlanda explained to them.

An apparition appeared before them in the middle of the room. The group gasped as they watched the figure gaze over everyone.

"I see you have made it here safely. The time stream is off. You must defeat the Time Traveller soon! Who knows what he has planned next in the near future? The others will not be joining you just yet but they will have to soon. You will see their purpose when the time comes," the Guardian told them. "Now you must be careful! The Time Traveller is still there in your time!"

The group looked at each other, all knowing they had to stop the man really soon.

"As of right now, he is planning his next move. I am unable to tell you what it is. His mind is hard to decipher, even for the best of profilers," she said before disappearing.

Everybody looked at each other, the tension heavy in the air.

"We have to be careful," Cody said to the others, who nodded in agreement.

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Some time later, Ardeth, Catlanda, Rick, Evie, Frank, Michelle, Jake, Cody, Monica, Alex, Harriet, Jackie and Letty were in the park, walking around. The five Federal Agents, two Medjai, two travellers and one teenager all wanted to see the park and the three doctors gladly volunteered to show them around.

Ardeth looked over at the trees as Michelle walked over to him.

"Beautiful place, isn't it?" she asked him. "I suppose you don't see anything like this in Egypt."

"It is beautiful and no, we do not," he replied.

Harriet walked over to Catlanda as Jake walked on the other side of her.

"Are you alright?" the doctor asked her.

"Harriet, I will be fine. If I need any help, I will let you know," Catlanda calmly told her.

"Why? What's wrong?" wondered Cody.

"That's right, I haven't told you yet. I'm pregnant," she replied.

Jake held his breath for a moment. He realized that Frank was right. The woman was expecting a child. He was even more surprised when he now saw the evidence of her pregnancy.

"We have to be careful. The Traveller can strike at any time, literally," she warned them.

The others nodded, knowing the danger all too well. The other doctors continued on with their job, even Nick with his bruised face. Sarah and Patrick were doing their rounds, visiting the patients.

Rae and Matt were walking down the hall as Patrick and Nick were walking towards them. Rae looked up from her files and saw them. She gave a small smile.

"Nick, how're you feeling? Any better?" she asked him.

Nick glanced over at her.

"Somewhat better. I'll live though," he replied as the four stopped.

Patrick inwardly didn't believe him for he found Nick to hide even the most serious of injuries. He was worried about the man. Something happened the night before that worried him greatly. It was something else about the man that had changed overnight. It was if the man had become paranoid of their safety overnight. Patrick remembered as Nick didn't want to let him and his sister do their normal rounds. After a few tense moments, he relented.

"Are you really better Nick? Truly?" asked Patrick.

The three stared at him with slight confusion.

'Where did that come from?' he asked himself.

"What was that Pat?" asked Matt.

"Nothing," replied Patrick as he shook his head.

None of them noticed a man down the hallway, dressed in a trenchcoat, staring at them. He walked towards them and bumped into Patrick.

"I'm sorry," the man told him as he moved out of the way.

"It's alright. Forget about it," Patrick replied, shrugging his shoulders.

"But I won't," the man quietly said

The man quickly pulled a bat out from underneath his coat. He headed towards Patrick with it, who didn't have time to react. Nick saw this and jumped in between the bat and Patrick. The hard object hit him in the back and the air was knocked out of him. The two fell to the ground, Nick being in pain as the bat hit him two more times, once more in the back and once in the arm, before Matt pulled the man away from him.

Rae hurried over to Nick as Patrick carefully pulled himself out from under him. Nick groaned in pain as the man began to laugh from Matt's grasp.

"What is so funny?" demanded Matt.

"Your friend is paying the price of taking him in. Looks like he was good to worry about the brat. Now I'm going after someone else now," the man said, laughter still in his voice.

He broke from Matt's grip and disappeared around the corner, leaving three very worried people behind. Nick tried to stand up but Rae and Patrick tried to stop him.

"Nick, what're you trying to do? You just received some very serious injuries!" Rae told him.

"Must...go find...Sarah. He's after...her," he managed to say before closing his eyes.

The three gasped in fear.

"That must have been the Time Traveller! He's after the children now!" Matt voiced for the three of them. "Nick, you are not going to find Sarah, I will."

Nick grabbed his arm in protest, shaking his head.

"No! Let me!" Nick told him

He climbed to his feet with much help from Patrick and Rae. He stumbled down the hall to search for Sarah. He soon found her heading towards him from another hall. She saw him and became worried.

"Nick, what's wrong?" she asked as she quickened her pace.

She never noticed the man holding a gun behind her though Nick did. Once she was close enough, he lunged for her, shielding her from the shot as it sounded out though the level. He felt a pain in his shoulder before crumpling to the ground in pain. Sarah helped him down as the others ran over. Matt quickly put on a glove and pulled out the dart from Nick's shoulder. He stared at the place where the attacker once stood.

"We've got to get this stuff tested immediately! We have to find out what he was injected with so we can treat it!" Matt yelled out as he stood up.

Rae and Patrick stayed by Nick's side as a gurny was brought over to them. Nick was placed on it and was hurried to the ER.

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Harriet, Letty and Jackie led the group to a more secluded area of the park. It was of a clearing that was very serene. Almost everyone sat down, including Catlanda, who had some help from Jake and Frank. She leaned back against a tree as Michelle sat next to her. They all wanted to have some peace before the big battle that was inevitably going to be taking place in the near future.

"Catlanda?" Michelle said.

"Yes, Michelle?" she replied.

"Do you know what's going to happen?" she wondered.

"No, I do not. Ardeth does not know either. We will have to wait and see what happens. We will win, and the world is safe or we lose and the world is destroyed as we know it," Catlanda told her.

Michelle nodded as she watched Cody, who was still standing. She could tell he was still upset about the dislocated shoulder. It pained him both physically and mentally, even after the fact she told him she'd help him with his computer work.

Monica looked over at Frank, who was rubbing his arm. He glanced around and saw her staring at him. He immediately stopped with what he was doing and turned away. Alex walked over to Monica.

"Something's going on. I've never seen him so edgy before but I guess this whole mess with this guy has him shook up a bit," Alex whispered to her.

Monica nodded in agreement as they joined Cody and Jake over with Rick and Evie. The group continued to talk, never noticing a figure walk unnoticed by all of them. He stealthily walked over behind the tree Michelle and Catlanda were leaning up against before he grabbed Michelle around the neck and pulled her to her feet. She gasped for air as she felt metal against the side of her chin. She stared at the others around her with wide eyes.

"Be careful or the kid gets it," the man warned them.

Frank tried to grasp his gun but he fumbled with it and it fell to the ground. He knelt down to pick it up but couldn't as pain shot up his arm. Soon, he managed to pick it up but it hung loosely in his hand. His team saw this and they all gasped. They all knew something had to be wrong but that was not their main priority at the moment.

"She will die here and now if you come any closer," the man warned.

"It's the Time Traveller," muttered Jake as he aimed his gun at the man.

Alex did as well and she wasn't surprised at this either. Noone was as they stared at the man. There were a few tense moments before Frank couldn't stand to see the position Michelle was in. He ran for her and the man let her go to one side. The man prepared himself for the oncoming attack.

"Frank!" cried his team.

He didn't listen to them as he headed for the man. Before Frank could even get to the man, he felt a pain near his shoulder. He stopped and looked down at his shoulder to see a dagger sticking out of him. He could feel the stickiness of the blood running down his body. He fell to the ground. No one moved for they feared they would be attacked as well.

They carefully watched the man as he walked over to Catlanda, who was still sitting next to the tree. She tried to move away but she forgot about the tree right behind her.

Letty and Jackie took this time to run over to Frank, who was no longer conscious. They watched as the man lifted another dagger into the air over the pregnant woman.

"Get any closer and two lives will be lost really soon," he threatened. as he stared at Catlanda.

He put a hand on her stomach. It travelled downward until it rested above her groin area.

"I heard that a woman should not be engaging in sexual acts before and after one is about to have a baby. You move and I'll make sure your child has a rude welcome to this world. I won't be placing my you-know-what in you, but my fingers will gladly do the job if the need arises," he quietly told her.

Catlanda gulped as she quivered in fear not for herself, but for her child as Ardeth looked on.

TBC...