Dushu: Goddess has passed out from lack of sleep combined with her meds... and the heat.
Cally: We're not sure if she's dead yet... we're going to poke her with a stick soon though...
Arianna: Like we've said before.. we don't own Dick.. and if we did.. he'd be in chains...whoops...wrong dick...(Dushu chokes on something and Ari performs Heimlich)
Cally: We don't own it. But if you'd like to give us money, we accept all major credit cars, cash, checks, and sexual favors for the alchemist. (gets thwonked on the head) well.. here I go back into the hospital... (falls to the floor)
Everyone else: ON WITH THE SHOW
A/N: We apologize for the late update. There were some harsh things the 4th of July, a little girl was murdered.
Ardeth Bay
She opened her mouth to speak, but stopped, puzzled. She shut her mouth as the healing woman entered the tent. I stood and looked at her.
"We no longer need your services. I apologize Nabila." I said.
"We'll see Ardeth. Please, allow me to examine her. Many that are found need to be checked for malnutrition, and other things." She said.
I left the tent, frustrated that I could not be in my own home. I still was unsure if this woman was a danger to us. I called to Horace, so that I could send a message to the other tribes of the Medjai. This was not for me to decide alone. She bore the marks of a Medjai, and therefore, all the leaders would have to be there to make a decision. A decision that may end her life. We could not take chances with the Creature.
"Ardeth Bay. The girl will be alright. She is suffering from lack of food, and has little memory of who she is. The heat has gotten to her, the poor girl. A few days and she should be up to moving around." Nabila said. I nodded
"I thank you." I said bowing my head slightly towards the ancient woman I had known since I was a child.
"I trust Horace is on his way to alert the other headsmen?" She asked
"I have sent him. I must speak with the girl, to see what she does know." I said.
"Be careful Ardeth. I do not think that she could handle the brunt of your usual attitude, especially towards those who are seen about the city of the dead." Nabila warned.
"Usual attitude?" I growled.
"And that is what I mean. I birthed you young man, and helped to raise you. Now, after you are finished, bring her to my tent. I am having food sent to yours." She said.
"My tent? She will not eat in my tent. She is a stranger, and may be a danger to us all!" I shouted.
"She is no danger to us as of the moment Ardeth. she has no memory of who she is, or was. If you didn't want her in your tent, you should have thought of that before hand. You should have killed her while you had the chance, because now, I won't let you do it, not until the leaders are here. I have jurisdiction here Ardeth, I am a healer, not a killer, and I did not teach you to be a ruthless one." Nabila said, and spun, walking away.
I turned and barged into my tent, frustrated beyond words. I was pondering what I had now gotten myself in the midst of, and prayed to Allah that all would turn out alright in the end. The girl, young woman really, turned, startled. Her wide eyes held an element of fear in them. I felt sorry for a moment, but only a moment.
"Ardeth... I thank you and Abdullah for saving me." She said quietly.
"You know my name, but I do not know yours." I said.
"I..I do not know my name. I feel as if I never had one." She said. "I guess you could call me the Nameless one."
I froze. Her words rang in my mind, of something familiar. she too looked frozen in surprise. She looked at me, with tears in her eyes.
"Who am I?" she asked, tears falling down her tattooed cheeks.
I had the sudden urge to reach out to her, comfort her. In my minds eye I saw myself enveloping her in my arms, my hand on her head, comforting her with soft words. I shook my head, clearing such weak thoughts from my mind. Clearly I had not gotten enough sleep, and it was affecting me now.
"Do not worry. We will discuss this at a council. You were a surprise to us all, and they found you outside the city of the dead. We must be sure that you are not a danger to us." I replied
I then let her eat what one of the women brought in. She ate slowly, deliberately. As if she knew about the illnesses that were brought on by eating too quickly after starving in the desert. I expected her to eat quickly, and become ill, as is what happened many times when we found lost travelers. I then remembered she appeared to be a Medjai, a desert person, so would know better than to eat like the tourists do. I could tell she wished to eat the food quickly, to sate her empty stomach, but she restrained herself. What strength to be seen in a woman none the less.
Soon, soon we would hold council about this stranger, who grew stranger still as I watched on.
I didn't want to pull Ardeth out of character too much, but I did want to show you all that he is human, and he does have a heart. There won't be too much of that in the next chapter or two...he and the Nameless one enjoy each others company... and shout a lot...