And now fellow MA fan credits go to... Wind Goddess Mia (Lyris) Naomi C (Sohkarra) Mennehotep /Thutmoses(Trynia Merin) whose 4giveness I, Dark Borg drone beg if I did spell Menne's full name wrong. And Lacey Wallace (Corryn/Fasir) Calvary 97 & sibs belongto ---thoughts---
I started for just a moment to wake up, and heard a soft familiar voice say "Princess – I mean Sohkarra, I'll stay with her; if Bethany can wake to someone familiar beside her she'll be okay. Sohkarra nods in agreement saying gently "Good idea Jesus, take her up to your alcove.''
We exchange goodnights and I carry Bethany to my alcove. In the upstairs of the sphinx, there's the garage and the boat room. There's also guardian quarters and my alcove. Lyris and I are right next door to each other, so we usually see each other pretty frequently especially at bedtime.
She says; "I hope you aren't too mad at me for some of the things that I said to you and Ja-kal earlier."
I smile back saying; "It's okay Lyris we both had it coming."
She teases me in reply saying; "Well Jesus, if you're as not mad at me as you just said; then why are you still armored up?''
I reply; "The last time she saw me, was on the battle field and I was in full armor, I'll armor down in front of her so she'll know it's me.''
I add; "Hey Lyris, she asked if I'd seen me by name while I was airborne with her in my arms.''
She smiled saying; "good night you two.''
I sat up, and noticed I wasn't wearing my robe anymore but was in a blue sleep shirt. The warrior who had been so protective was gone, Jesus clad in similar sleepwear for the most part was sitting next to me.
I whispered; "Where did he go?''
He smiled saying gently; ''Oh you mean that armored fighter, the silver one?''
At her nod, I armored down my eyrie headdress, saying "It was me.''
I felt her pull me to the floor, saying; "I thought the one in beetle armor was playing a joke of sort at first.''
I rolled my eyes saying gently; '' Scarab has a really weird sense of humor sometimes. That and he was just getting me back for slipping a big handful of gravel down the back of the shell of his armor yesterday.''
I give him a look, saying "You put some rocks down his back yesterday?'' At the amused look in his eyes and his nod; I reach over and give him a punch in the arm. Not a hard one though, I'm just playing and think Boy, do I ever want to just pull him close and kiss him till he can't breathe.
Yeah right, like that kind of a kiss is even possible with him. I smile and snuggle against his chest. I can still feel his heartbeat pounding, I figure it will slow down during the night while we're sleeping.
I cuddle her close, still awake for a little while, well while my heartbeat starts to catch on that it's time to sleep now. So I watch her sleep, and realize that The feelings I had for her 3 long years ago are definitely still here. I lean over and give her a gentle kiss.
Mm-mm I feel something on my neck. He kissed me!! About time, but there's no way I'm letting him pull away from me unscathed.
I say softly; ''You, sweetheart are mine.''
Yeah, just before I pull him against me and kiss him with everything that I've got in me. I could tell that he was trying so hard not to laugh but I could tell something was amusing him.
I whispered; ''sweetheart what in your father's name are you giggling about?''
He catches his breath and replies; ''just something really immature, Nefertina did to Rath last night. See she put hot pepper powder in his wrappings which he must have deserved to her anyway, and if she hadn't started laughing her tut off she would've been just fine.''
I was still laughing, about Neff's prank on Rath when she started pinning me in the nest of blankets we were snuggled in. I knew what she had in mind: pay-back
Author's Note: I don't usually write one, but I do hope you have enjoyed reading Arrival part 1 so far. I have had a blast writing the 1st 3 chapters; so how much more do you guys want. Chapter 4 is in the works.