Hi!

I'm here again, with my new ff.

I 'm sorry you had to wait so much for the sequel, but I had to finish it in Hungarian first, than translate it. I hope cairo1, that it will worth the waiting. J))This story is the English version of Aki más. Of course, it's not a synchronic translation, but you'll find out the cause of this strange title.

Thanks for those, who read and who reviewed my last ff, and supported me ( cairo1, Kassarah, Vid Z.Thanks!)

And this time Kassarah was so kind and helped me again with my language problems. Thanks again!

Disclaimer: I don't own the main characters. They are form Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World. :)

Let's start it!

Snyssa

Chapter 1

It was another beautiful sunny morning on the plateau. It seemed like a paradise with songs of exotic birds accompanying the rising of the sun.
As was normal, the hunter woke up first. Entering the kitchen he started to make breakfast. It wasn´t his task this morning, but he had no other work to do. And above all, he liked making coffee for a certain dark-haired heiress.
It wasn´t much later when two of his younger friends appeared.
"Did you sleep well?" -asked Ned in his usually cheery morning mood as he poured a cup of coffee for himself.
"It was a pleasure..."- murmured Richard-"although..."
"Although?"- Roxton questioned with an arched eyebrow.
"Although I had a strange dream. It was very lively, just for a few moments, it seemed like it was real and not a dream...like a vision... unbelievable..."
"In this plateau there´s nothing unbelievable."- said the lord before taking a sip of his drink.
"Carry on!"
"It was a woman" - and after he saw the smile on their faces, Richard continued - "It´s not what you think. It was a girl with long black hair and white skin, in a long white nightdress. She slipped pass my door."
"Did you follow her?"- asked Ned.
"No, I didn´t."
"You say you saw a beautiful woman and you didn´t follow her?"
"It was just a dream. And for a long time, I just... stared after her."
"But..."
"We all know Ned that you would follow her, but you must admit there are not many people whose heads are made of iron" interrupted Roxton.
"The English are so cold-blooded..."
No sooner had Ned said it, then in came the others. First Challenger, than Marguerite, Veronica, and Charlie. They were laughing.
"It´s definitely starting off a good day when Marguerite Krux is in a good mood, without coffee" said Roxton
"You can´t ruin my good mood, John. We decided that we will go for a swim and a picnic."
"Can we join?"
"And what will happen to my good mood?"
"Maybe I could cheer you up more"- Roxton whispered as he poured her coffee.
"We will bring the laundry too"- said Veronica.
"So much about being in a good mood..."- murmured the heiress.
"Well" - coughed the lord- "Anyway, we have a lot of work to do, maybe later... but now, well..., we must go. Am I right, Ned?"
"Yeah, what?"- He asked
"You said you would show me the...the..."
"Oh, yeah... That! I will, of course...We can start now!"- Ned answered, and in a few minutes they were somewhere in the jungle . Challenger escaping to his lab and to his experiments.
"Bravo Veronica, that was great!"- said Charlotte
"Yes, now, we can have a bath without any disturburances. It was a good idea," Marguerite said with a smile.
"It´s a truth universally acknowledged, brave men always run away from the laundry."
And they laughed good-heartedly.

"The water is absolutely magic!"- shouted Charlotte as she smoothed back her long, wet, black hair.
The three girls had arrived at the lake very quickly and the youngest had dived in first. They had a very good time, splashing water everywhere, and washing themselves with the soaps Challenger had made for them. Veronica, finishing first, barely had dressed when she heard voices from the bushes. Without a word she signaled to the others. Marguerite slipped on her robe and grabbed her pistol as Charlotte hid behind a rock. Veronica watched the bushes and the heiress held her gun ready to fire. Suddenly a familiar hat appeared and three men came forward.
"Easy, Marguerite!"- Roxton held his arms in the air.
"Roxton! Are you all trying to kill yourselves?" - shouted Veronica on the edge of panic.
"Not really Veronica"- started Richard - "we just thought, that we could join you..."
"Since there's no laundry. Am I right?"- Smiled Ned, seeing his wet beloved - "We heard voices. Like a class of schoolgirls... It's really a miracle that we arrived here before a hungry predator..."
"Where is Charlie?"- interrupted Richard
"He went to look at some plants. He will be back in a minute. While waiting we decided to have a bath. I will put on my clothes and go look for him...-" said Marguerite quickly.
"I can help you"- offered the hunter, as the others moved away. Marguerite noticed that Roxton was dangerously close to Charlottes hiding place. It would be difficult for her to slip away. Marguerite just had to do something, and a very good plan came to her mind.
"And how can you help me, Lord Roxton?" -She asked boldly. Roxtons
eyes became very large. She walked up to him slowly. Roxtons breath caught.
"Doing what you wish,"- He said in a low, husky voice, as he stepped closer to feel her body against his, all the while staring into her beautiful eyes.
"Do you know what I'm wishing for?"- She whispered and lifted her head. They could feel the other's breath on their own faces.
"I think, I suspect"- he answered, than kissed her long, passionately, but before he could hold her tighter, a single cough interrupted them. They immediately stepped away from each other.
There stood Charlie, holding a few plants, and blushing nervously.
"I have arrived" was all she could say.
"I can see"- sighed Roxton, than with long strides he stormed away.
"Thank you Marguerite, I can't be grateful enough."
"No, I thank you"- she smiled, and looked after the handsome hunter.

The afternoon was a pleasure for all of them. After a while, Roxton stated:
"We have a surprise for the young gentleman" - and he looked at the already alarmed Charlie. - "Calm down, it won't hurt!"- He laughed.
"With your permission Veronica,"-said Ned- "we want to show the disk from the future to Charlie. I'm looking forward to starting it. Can we start now?"- And he stood up.
"OK. I'm ready"- answered the blond.
"No, no, no! No women. It will be men only. Charlie spent most of the day with the ladies."
"Ahem"- agreed Malone as he pulled the 'boy' up- "And we will cross-examine him about everything..."
After that there was no resistance and the men disappeared.
"Just like children"- sighed Marguerite as she adjusted her hat and stretched out on the grass.

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