Kane Chronicles: Bloody Sands

Chapter 2 of my Kane Chronicles story, enjoy.

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Disclaimer: Kane Chronicles belongs to Rick Riordan.

Chapter 2: A Surprise Visit

The day after the pool party started out much the same for the residents of Brooklyn House. The joyous feeling of freedom at their summer vacation continued; most had only just awoken and were leaving their rooms for breakfast. Sadie Kane was no different, although she had to put up with a rather unfortunate circumstance. She had just met up with her friends Liz and Emma, who were both still talking about her brother and their insane crush on him. Of course Carter had to make it worse yesterday wearing such a tight, Speedo swimsuit during their time swimming yesterday. She rolled her eyes as she overheard them talking.

"God, he looked so amazing yesterday." Liz gushed. "He sure knows how to get a girl's attention."

Emma laughed. "Oh yeah, got that right, especially with his Speedo; it was perfect, tight in the right places, I…"

Sadie had enough. "Guys please, I don't really want to hear this about my brother, okay? You guys have no idea…"

"Don't listen then," Emma interrupted, laughing.

Sadie groaned. "I'm trying not to," she snarled.

With that she quickened her pace, trying to escape her crazy friends for a while. She came out onto the balcony and joined the others, shooting a dark look at Carter as she did so, which seemed to confuse him at first. It did not take long, however, for him to get the hint, and, detaching himself from a conversation with Julian, he came over to her.

"Something wrong?" he asked cautiously.

Sadie nodded. "Yes; you."

Carter sighed. "What now?"

"Your little decision to show off for Zia yesterday at the swimming pool." She explained. "You've attracted more attention than you thought. Liz and Emma were quite taken with your show."

Carter gaped at her, then blushed. "Oh boy, but, that's…Hang on, they can't, I mean I'm…"

Sadie shook her head. 'Oh he can be so dense at times.'

"Yeah, I already know you're with Zia," she explained. "But they don't. Telling them will probably be a waste of time, too, by the way. They wouldn't believe it anyway."

Carter sighed and then tensed as he heard the voices of Sadie's friends as they came onto the balcony. He only had to listen to their conversation for a brief while before noticing what they were saying. Sadie was right. He sighed, wondering how to deal with this. In the end however he knew trying to explain would be pointless. So he quickly left, allowing the others to continue their breakfast. He shook his head as he entered his room, sitting down on his bed. Barely five minutes later, however, there was a knock at the door. He got up and answered, and was surprised to see Zia standing there.

"Are you okay?" She asked, sounding worried. "You left in a hurry.

He shook his head. "I'll be fine, just, some minor problems."

She smirked coyly as she stepped closer to him, into the room, closing the door behind her. "I think I can help you take your mind off things."

Carter smiled and immediately their lips met.

Back at the balcony Sadie sighed as she spoke to Jaz and Cleo. She could still hear Liz and Emma whispering together.

'Damn, they're not gonna take the hint, are they?' she thought ruefully. 'How do any of us explain to those two that my brother's taken?'

She returned her focus to Cleo and Jaz; while Jaz was more than happy to indulge in casual conversation, Cleo seemed in a rush to get back to the library. Just then Walt hurried over to them.

"Sadie, you have a visitor; said he was an old friend," he informed her, sounding confused.

Just as confused, Sadie none the less headed inside. She froze when she saw their guest; then her heart began racing as she saw Anubis sitting on the sofa, smiling up at her.

"Hello Sadie."

She nodded, trying desperately to get her tongue to work. She found herself desperately wishing she had worn something more appealing than the slightly frayed yellow shorts and red T-shirt she currently wore.

"Anubis, I…what are you doing here?" she stammered.

Anubis seemed to collect himself as she said that and stood up. His smile vanished and he was instantly serious. Sadie tensed when she saw that and tried to clear her mind – which was not easy when he ended up getting closer and closer to her, until he stood right in front of her.

Anubis explained, in a halting voice, "I need to speak to both you and Carter. You…I need to warn you; your father sent me, it seems…It seems that, while he's stilling hiding, Setne has been at work, he's trying something."

Sadie gasped as she heard the familiar and loathed name. Then she groaned and shook her head. "Great, just great, any idea what he's up to?"

Anubis shook his head sadly. "I'm afraid not; we only caught various glimpses of him as he moved. All we know is, it involves you and Carter somehow. I believe he is out for revenge."

Sadie cringed; she should have guessed. 'More problems," she sighed. "If it's not one thing, it's another.'

Anubis sighed as well. "I wish there was more I could tell you, but I need to go back soon."

Sadie found herself wishing he wasn't about to leave, but she steeled herself. "Okay, thank you for warning us," she said, and then, unable to help herself, she asked. "Will, will you come back and see us again?"

Anubis smiled and nodded. "Most likely and not necessarily just for this business with Setne. I'll be glad to visit, to see you again."

Sadie could feel the heat in her cheeks and prayed she wasn't actually blushing. Anubis smiled kindly, so it seemed that if she was he wasn't going to point it out. She was about to try and find some way to say good bye to him, when suddenly she spotted Liz and Emma slipping upstairs. She cringed, guessing what they were planning.

'Oh no, I better try and catch them before they embarrass themselves in front of my brother,' she thought to herself.

She turned back to Anubis. "I'm sorry, I um…"

He just shook his head, giving her an understanding smile before she turned and hurried upstairs.

Liz and Emma had identical smirks as they headed towards Carter's room. They were both intent on speaking to him and attempting to seduce him. To that end they had dressed in sexy clothing; Liz in white short shorts and green stomach-showing tank-top, Emma wearing a purple cleavage showing T-shirt and tight-fitting capris. They reached the door as Sadie spotted them and she rushed over, groaning as she was too late. However she then saw both of them pause, clearly shocked. She hurried forward again and managed to see past them and gaped. Her friends had just caught her brother and his girlfriend in the middle of an intense make out session; that was likely about to become more heated. Carter was in just the corduroy shorts he had been wearing, his shirt gone. Zia in a dark green knee length skirt and her white bra, the strap of which was undone. They had both frozen, staring wide-eyed back at the three intruders in the doorway.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.