"Did that anteater just say something about naughty things and a
morgue?" Sally asked the group in general as they all entered the room.
Antubis pushed Peter's bed against the far wall and moved over to Mary's side once more, looking down at Lona with what could be assumed was a curious expression for an anteater.
'Well, we did see them down in the MRI room,' Peter thought as he looked at the group on the floor. Funny thing though, he didn't think the female doctor had been pregnant then and he was fairly sure he would have noticed that.
"Do we have to talk about this? Please?" Elmer muttered. Oh,
great. A large anteater knew about what had happened in the morgue and.
Wait a minute, how did that anteater know? He could have sworn that there hadn't been an anteater there when they were....
'I know lots of things,' Antubis said with a slight chuckle.
'Like I know all about that he....'
"Could we talk about something else, please?" Elmer said desperately just as Lona gave another muffled scream and clawed at his hand once more. His eyes widened as he looked down at her. He still couldn't remember much of his med school classes on this but he didn't think things should be happening that quickly. Suddenly a wave of fear washed over him.
Whatever the little girl had done had seemed to help Lona but what if there was something going on, something that she couldn't fix? What if.
As the pain eased, Elmer looked up at the group, worry momentarily replaced by puzzlement as he took in everyone. Hook and Dr. Draper weren't too surprising since Hook was always down here but what was Mrs. Druse doing here and another patient and.... He wasn't even going to think about that anteater.
"Elmer, what in the world did you do?" Hook muttered under his breath as he and Christine knelt down by Lona just as another pain hit.
"Wasn't that thing with the he...."
"Let's not talk about that, okay?" Was everyone here just to bring up every single slightly naughty thing he had ever done or what? "What are all of you doing down here anyway?"
"We're here to have a seance," Sally said as she moved around the room as best she could arranging things. She wished there had been time to bring her special light down from the Sunshine Ward but she would just have to make do.
"A seance." Elmer said slowly. They were going to have a seance.
One look at Lona's face, pain marring her brow as she struggled through another spasm convinced him he didn't even want to know the whys and whats of anything they were planning. "Listen, you just go ahead and have your seance. Do whatever you like. Just before you do, could one of you give me a hand in getting Lona upstairs? Please?"
"I don't think we have time," Mary said quietly as she looked up.
She could feel disaster looming in the air.
"It's the second bell, Professor." Aubrey said. "The second bell is here and if we don't do something, it seems like it's going to trigger a giant earthquake."
"The second bell?" Michael whispered. He had heard about the second bell when researching his family's history, of course, but after so long he had held no hope that it could be recovered. "Now what did you say is going to happen?" He knew virtually nothing about what the bells could do together except that their powers could be immense.
"It's going to cause an earthquake. If we don't stop it, hundreds will die." Mary said softly.
Michael turned to Antubis, really noticing the large creature for the first time. "Can the bells do that together?" he asked.
'Hey, I'm just the Guardian.' Antubis said as he sniffed of Michael. 'I do know in the wrong hands, though, what can happen would be disasterous.'
"Ummm, I hate to interrupt and all," Elmer said as he broke in.
He glanced down at Lona worriedly before continuing to speak. If an earthquake was about to hit, somehow, it didn't seem like a good idea to be in the hospital basement! And even more pressing was the matter of Lona and the baby. He really, really didn't want his firstborn child born down here! "I kind of need to get her upstairs, though."
"But you can't go." Mary said as she looked up at Elmer. "You have to stay and help us. You're one of the special dreamers."
Antubis pushed Peter's bed against the far wall and moved over to Mary's side once more, looking down at Lona with what could be assumed was a curious expression for an anteater.
'Well, we did see them down in the MRI room,' Peter thought as he looked at the group on the floor. Funny thing though, he didn't think the female doctor had been pregnant then and he was fairly sure he would have noticed that.
"Do we have to talk about this? Please?" Elmer muttered. Oh,
great. A large anteater knew about what had happened in the morgue and.
Wait a minute, how did that anteater know? He could have sworn that there hadn't been an anteater there when they were....
'I know lots of things,' Antubis said with a slight chuckle.
'Like I know all about that he....'
"Could we talk about something else, please?" Elmer said desperately just as Lona gave another muffled scream and clawed at his hand once more. His eyes widened as he looked down at her. He still couldn't remember much of his med school classes on this but he didn't think things should be happening that quickly. Suddenly a wave of fear washed over him.
Whatever the little girl had done had seemed to help Lona but what if there was something going on, something that she couldn't fix? What if.
As the pain eased, Elmer looked up at the group, worry momentarily replaced by puzzlement as he took in everyone. Hook and Dr. Draper weren't too surprising since Hook was always down here but what was Mrs. Druse doing here and another patient and.... He wasn't even going to think about that anteater.
"Elmer, what in the world did you do?" Hook muttered under his breath as he and Christine knelt down by Lona just as another pain hit.
"Wasn't that thing with the he...."
"Let's not talk about that, okay?" Was everyone here just to bring up every single slightly naughty thing he had ever done or what? "What are all of you doing down here anyway?"
"We're here to have a seance," Sally said as she moved around the room as best she could arranging things. She wished there had been time to bring her special light down from the Sunshine Ward but she would just have to make do.
"A seance." Elmer said slowly. They were going to have a seance.
One look at Lona's face, pain marring her brow as she struggled through another spasm convinced him he didn't even want to know the whys and whats of anything they were planning. "Listen, you just go ahead and have your seance. Do whatever you like. Just before you do, could one of you give me a hand in getting Lona upstairs? Please?"
"I don't think we have time," Mary said quietly as she looked up.
She could feel disaster looming in the air.
"It's the second bell, Professor." Aubrey said. "The second bell is here and if we don't do something, it seems like it's going to trigger a giant earthquake."
"The second bell?" Michael whispered. He had heard about the second bell when researching his family's history, of course, but after so long he had held no hope that it could be recovered. "Now what did you say is going to happen?" He knew virtually nothing about what the bells could do together except that their powers could be immense.
"It's going to cause an earthquake. If we don't stop it, hundreds will die." Mary said softly.
Michael turned to Antubis, really noticing the large creature for the first time. "Can the bells do that together?" he asked.
'Hey, I'm just the Guardian.' Antubis said as he sniffed of Michael. 'I do know in the wrong hands, though, what can happen would be disasterous.'
"Ummm, I hate to interrupt and all," Elmer said as he broke in.
He glanced down at Lona worriedly before continuing to speak. If an earthquake was about to hit, somehow, it didn't seem like a good idea to be in the hospital basement! And even more pressing was the matter of Lona and the baby. He really, really didn't want his firstborn child born down here! "I kind of need to get her upstairs, though."
"But you can't go." Mary said as she looked up at Elmer. "You have to stay and help us. You're one of the special dreamers."