The 4 boxes.

Disclaimer-I'm not sure who relic hunter belongs to, but I'm damn sure it's not me!

Summary-4 boxes affect Sydney and Nigel's behaviour.

PG/PG-13

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Author's notes- This is my first Relic Hunter Fanfic, I love the show, but had difficulty finding much fanfiction, so I decided to add my own. This will be a Sydney/Nigel story.

Thank you: Somebodysluv, Jolynn, Crazysnakechick5, and Beth for reviewing.

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Both reverently placed the box on the bedside table.

"That was lucky." She murmured. "Remind me to leave an extra large tip for the maid." They started to kiss again.

Softy she started to trail kisses down his jaw line, speaking in between each kiss.

"Mm, I'm~ mm~ so glad~ mm~ we~ ooh~" He caught her mouth with his own, "~came here." She finished finally. As soon as she got the last word out her lips were on his again. God, she could stay like this for ever.

"Me too." He added breathlessly in the seconds it took to breathe and simultaneously start to unbutton her shirt.

Both had their eyes shut, so sadly didn't see the box nearby start to glow.

"I~mm" She started working on his shirt "really~ ah~ love you."

"Love you too." Nigel added softly, whispering it into her ear as he started mirroring her actions on her jaw.

She was lying on top of him, their legs tangled up, content just to make out for the moment.

Suddenly they froze mid kiss. Both eyes snapped open, staring with equal mixtures of shock and horror at the person above/below them.

Then as one both dived off the bed, clutching their remaining clothes around the tightly. Both stood at either sides looking from the bed to the other with absolute panic. Sydney's cool exterior seemed to have given way momentarily to panic and hysteria. Nigel didn't look any more relaxed.

"Oh god! What'd we do? Well, I know what we did and I pretty sure you don't need reminding but~ oh god! What did we do?" Both were trying to hide hysteria, look calm, and surruptitiously re-button their clothing. Neither of them were winning the battle.

"I guess we found the, um box." She pointed to Nigel's side, where it was sitting. It was a bad change of subject, but it got the job done and avoided talking about their less than professional state.

"Yeah. We'd better look at it now, before it gets stolen." He said it without thinking and blushed as the memories of the after affects of the theft returned.

"Good idea." They both considered sitting on the bed, but it held a lot of memories that they weren't ready to handle as yet. Or possibly ever.

Both backed away from the bed, and moved closer to each other. Both seemed to be trying to stand a distance that seemed professionally cool, while still being able to see the box. Personally, Sydney would have preferred to be in another room. The whole embarrassment of the situation was overwhelming.

Thankfully, no-one had brought up the topic of the marriage. Both were trying not to think about it. They had a nasty feeling that once the initial embarrassment wore off, the deeper, more mortification would kick in.

All in all it was a very similar feeling to waking up when you're eighteen with a hell of a hangover and a newly acquired tattoo in a personal place. It was a disarming discovery, it could very possibly hurt, and at the time it felt like it was going to ruin your life.

"There's nothing." He said finally, professional interest taking over. His voice was tinged with part horror, part confusion.

"Nothing? Not a mark? A scratch? Well, how are we supposed to find the last one?" He shrugged.

"Th-the same way as last time." She jumped.

"What? Make out until it appears miraculously in our bed?" She was finding the idea tempting, but didn't plan to tell him that.

"Well, no. I-I didn't mean do, y'know THAT. But look at it this way. Each time we've just sort of stumbled across it, we haven't really had to search. So maybe we'll find it again that way." She really hoped they would. The sooner they found the last box the sooner the nightmare would be over.

Not that the last day had been a nightmare, not really. In fact a frightening portion of her dreams represented the last two days and she had never called those nightmares.

Of course the stolen box was an issue too. It wouldn't end until all four were together along with the original box. Maybe the museum would buy it off the thieves, if only too end their misery.

The phone rang. Unsurprisingly it was Claudia. Was it just her or was she checking up on them more than was normal?

"Hey Syd!" Sydney pulled the phone away from her ear, it sounded as though she was speaking through a megaphone. Every word sounded like a yell.

"God, Claudia, can you lower your voice?" She hissed.

"So-rry." She mumbled sarcastically. But she lowered her voice to a whisper. "I was only talking normally."

"Yeah well don't." She closed her eyes.

Three minutes of agonising talking later, Claudia hung up.

"Was it just me, or was she talking really loud? I could hear every word from here." Nigel pointed to where he was standing, at least four metres away from the phone.

"It wasn't just you." She moved to the window. Something felt really wrong. After five minute of silence she identified the problem.

"Nigel? Come here." He did as he was asked, still making sure to stand a good distance away from her. "Look out the window and tell me if something's different."

He looked. Frowned and shook his head in disbelief, and then looked again.

"That's amazing; I can zoom in on people really far away. Like a camera."

"I know." embarrassment temporarily forgotten, she grinned. "It's not just that. It's smells, sounds."

"That's why Claudia seemed so loud on the phone." He nodded, putting two and two together.

"Yeah. I'll have to apologise to her after all this is over."

"So that's what the third does? Enhances our senses?" he smiled. "It's not as bad as I thought it would be."

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Sorry fairly short, I know. Don't worry. There will be more fluffy-ness soon.

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