Chapter 7 A mission going wrong

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"I'm tired," Sarah complained. Alex sighed. They hadn't even left Cairo yet
and she was already moaning. He had no idea how to make it to Ahmshere with
his little sister, who was too small to walk such long distances. Maybe it
hadn't been such a bright idea to take her with him.

"I know, I know," he groaned and stopped in the middle of the dark street.
"We'll rest for a while and then we'll see.." he said and looked around for
something to sit down. A few meters away he sighted a small bench and he
dragged Sarah to it.

"Sit down," he said and she did. He followed in suit and sighed again. He
was hungry; he hadn't eaten anything this evening because he'd been so angry
with his mother but now he was starving. And then it dawned on him that he
had forgotten to pack something to eat. He groaned and covered his face with
his hands.

Sarah looked up. "What's going on?"

He took a deep breath, it wouldn't be long and then she would be hungry too.
He felt like a stupid fool thinking about his backpack full of fresh clothes
and water to drink but nothing to eat. His father, who had taught them so
well about how to survive in the desert, would be very ashamed. But the
worst thing was that he was responsible for his sister too and she counted
on him to take care for her.

He looked at his watch. Three hours had passed since he'd had this little
idea, since he had left the safe house with nothing to eat and a empty
stomach. He was sure that his mother already knew that they were missing;
mothers have a feeling for these kind of things. And he was sure that they
would be found soon and then all his great ideas, all his hopes would have
been in vain. Their mission had gone wrong.

"I messed up Sarah. I didn't think.I didn't pack something to eat and we don
't have enough money. We won't make it far without these things and the
police will find us soon if we don't leave Cairo as soon as possible. But we
have no car and we don't have enough money to take a taxi.so." he broke off.
He knew that he had failed.

But his sister just listened to him and when she noticed a man not far away,
standing in the shadows besides his car, she jumped up and ran to him. Alex
whirled around but she had already disappeared into the dark night.

"Sarah!" He yelled and jumped up, too. He ran after her and saw her standing
with the man, talking to him.

"Sarah! What the hell are you doing?" he yelled at his younger sister. He
stared at strange looking man distrustful and hoped that she hadn't told him
anything. But of course she had.

"Alex! Look.he has a car. He can bring us to Ahmshere and maybe he'll be
nice and gives us something to eat," she bubbled and smiled proudly,
thinking she had done something great to save their whole mission.

Alex groaned and the man stared at him angry. "What the hell is this brat
talking about? I'll call the police now, to take you home to your mother
where you belong. You don't belong on the streets at night, it's too
dangerous. Tell me your names," he ordered and Sarah's smile faded away. She
realized her mistake.

"Great," Alex muttered. But he knew everything was in vain. He could run
away now, take his sister and get away from this man who seemed very angry
about them disturbing whatever he was doing at night. But what would it
help? They still had no car, no money and no food.

"Alexander Colin O'Connell," he said and bent down his head, staring at his
feet. He felt so stupid and somehow he felt like not deserving the name
O'Connell.

Sarah stared at her brother and then she looked up. "Sarah Elizabeth
O'Connell," she answered, following her brothers example. She always did
what he did.

The man grabbed his jacket to take his cell when he stopped in dead tracks.
He whirled around and grabbed Alex's arm. "What did you say your name was?"
He yelled loudly.

Sarah stared at the man scared. Why was he so angry? Alex felt the same
because he quickly opened his mouth and stuttered: " Alexan-" he began but
he was cut off.

"Not your first name stupid.your last name! What is your last name?" The man
shouted and shook him slightly like wanting to shake the answer out of his
tiny body.

"O'Connell.My last name is O'Connell," he replied quickly and the man let go
of him immediately.

"O'Connell like Rick O'Connell? Is that your fathers name?"

Sarah and Alex nodded and watched in bewilderment as the mouth of the man
turned into a smile. He cleared his throat as he looked at the small
children, starring at him in confusion.

"Bloody hell! I never thought that I would ever meet Rick O'Connell's
children. Well, I never thought that he would ever have any," the man said
and grinned at the though.

Now Alex lost his fear. This man seemed to know his father very well, that
meant that he had to be one of the good guys. He trusted everyone his father
trusted. "You know my father? Is he a friend of yours?"

The man hesitated for a moment but then a bright smile spread over his face
and he nodded. "Of course.I'm David Luis and we're like best friends. Nice
guy that Rick. I always liked him best. What a coincidence that we meet
here. Is your father near?" He asked and while saying this he looked around
and his eyes shone with fright.

But Alex didn't even notice this. "No, he's in London right now."

"Ah and what are you doing here alone on the streets? I heard your sister
saying that you're on your way to Ahmshere, is that true?"

Sarah nodded. "We want to bring back my Daddy's missing part of his soul,"
she said and Alex had to smile. "But we have no car, no food and no money
and the police will find us soon because we had run away," she replied and
this caused Alex to groan.

Now David would surely bring them back to their mother and he would tell his
father what an idiot he was. But David just stared at them without saying
anything. His smile grew even wider, which confused Alex even more. Wasn't
he supposed to be angry and mad at him, to tell him that it is wrong to run
away from home and that his father would be very disappointed in him?

"Really? Well, maybe I can help you," the man answered slowly.

Alex gasped. "What? But why?" Why would this friend of his father help them
to run away, to do something their father wouldn't allow them in ages? David
asked himself this question too, frantically looking for an good reason to
tell this curious kid.

"Because...because I really like your father and...and I want to help you to
get his missing part back even if I don't know what you mean with that.
Because I like him. Yeah...yeah that's the reason. I really like your Daddy
and I want to help Rick O'Connell's children because I like him so much," he
stuttered.

Sarah and Alex looked at each other and Sarah nodded quickly. "Alex, Alex!
Look. It was good that I asked him, wasn't it? Now we have someone who helps
us and we found someone who is Daddy's friend. And now the mission will go
on and we won't fail," she blurted out and smiled widely.

Alex nodded slowly and David grinned. "Good.good.great. Come on, get into
the car. We'll drive to my house first to get something to eat and more
money and then I'll help you to get to Ahmshere," he said and pushed Sarah
and Alex firmly into the car.

Sarah hopped into it, laughing happily and excited. This would be her first
real adventure and it seemed to be great. Alex followed her but he wasn't
this joyful. He didn't know why but he had a bad feeling. He knew that it
was stupid to feel that way, because now everything was just fine. But he
couldn't help it, deep inside all his excitement about their adventure was
gone and was replaced by strange fear. A fear that choked him and left him
breathless. But still he said nothing and just stared silently out of the
window while Sarah was laughing and chatting with their new 'friend' David
Luis, their father's best friend.and his worst enemy.