Kane Chronicles: Bloody Sands

Chapter 3 of my Kane Chronicles story, enjoy.

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Disclaimer: Kane Chronicles belongs to Rick Riordan.

Chapter 3: Taking the Next Step

After recovering from the shock Zia nudged Carter, prompting him to get up. She sat up, hastily refastening her bra while Carter looked around quickly for his shirt. Finding it, he quickly pulled it on while Zia found and began buttoning up her blouse. The awkwardness hung heavy in the air as Liz and Emma continued to stare, shocked. Sadie, however, finally recovered and smirked.

"Geez, you guys couldn't wait until tonight?" she teased; prompting both of them to blush.

Carter shook his head, groaning. "Oh shut up Sadie," he grumbled.

Sadie laughed. "No can do, dear brother, it's my job to tease you and you know it. I'll get these two, give you both a moment to collect yourselves." With that she took Liz and Emma's arms and led them away from the room, closing the door as she went. Carter shook his head, groaning.

"I don't believe it, oh Sadie's never gonna let me live this down," he muttered.

Zia smiled shyly. "Maybe, but look on the bright side; those two won't bother you anymore."

Carter sighed but nodded. "Yeah, I guess you're right. Well, we um…"

Zia closed the gap between them and kissed him gently.

"Let's save it for tonight, okay?"

Carter nodded in agreement and together they left the room. Anubis was still present when Carter arrived downstairs and so he quickly passed on his message before leaving, explaining that Sadie had the details. Carter groaned as Anubis left; he should have guessed. Now he had to go and talk to Sadie, an especially bad idea after what she had witnessed.

Still, he had no other choice; Anubis had already left. Silently cursing him, Carter headed over to Sadie's room. He knocked on the door and Sadie answered almost immediately, smirking when she saw him.

"Don't start Sadie" he said, shaking his head. "I came here to ask you about Anubis' message, he said he already spoke to you and that you had all the details."

Sadie immediately adopted a somber expression and nodded. "You're right. Okay then, come in, I'll tell you all about it."

Carter warily stepped in, but Sadie's room was empty. Seeing his expression she reassured him. "Relax, I'm sure they won't bother you again. Anyway, they're out on the balcony with the others."

Carter nodded and relaxed slightly; he sat down on the desk chair while Sadie sat on the edge of her bed.

"Alright then, I guess you got the gist of it, Setne's back and he's after us?" she asked.

Carter nodded. "Yeah, that's right; so, what exactly is going on, what do we know?"

Sadie sighed and admitted, "Very little, but…" She trailed off for a moment before clearing her throat and telling him everything Anubis told her. As he listened, Carter grew more and more worried. He knew Setne was vindictive and knew all too well his mischievous and dangerous nature.

"This could be pretty bad for us," he stated. "He won't care who gets hurt, or what actually happens to us, so long as we suffer for it."

"So what do we do then?" she asked. Carter looked at her surprised and so she pointed out, "You're the one in charge here Einstein, remember."

Carter sighed; he should've guessed she'd bring that up. Now he really had to think of a plan.

In the end, the only option that presented itself to him was to increase the security of Brooklyn House. He needed to ensure that the magical wards were strengthened and to take measures to not cause panic in the house, especially with the younger students. So decided, he began checking all the wards in the mansion, and go so caught up he almost lost track of time; however, he soon received a reminder.

"Carter?" He turned and saw Julian standing there. "What are you still doing here?"

Carter sighed. "I was checking the security of this place, it needs to be…"

Julian shook his head. "Relax will you? You've done all you can, besides, don't you and Zia have a date tonight?"

He froze. "Oh shit, you're right, thanks. I better hurry." Julian laughed good-naturedly as Carter dashed away to his room to get dressed for the date.

Meanwhile, Zia was in her room, standing in front of her mirror, clad in her powder blue lace panties and matching strapless bra. She bit her lip as she looked at her reflection, considering, trying to figure out what to wear for her date with Carter. Just then there was a knock on the door.

"Zia." It was Sadie.

"Come in."

Sadie entered, dressed casually in dark blue knee length shorts, a yellow T-shirt and white socks. Zia suddenly felt envious of her, for being able to not worry about her clothes.

"Problems?" she asked, noticing Zia's preoccupation. Zia sighed and explained her issues. Much to her surprise, Sadie offered to help.

Zia was more relaxed, a few minutes later, when she came downstairs, all dressed. She was clad in a spaghetti strap light green dress, silver sandal heels, her usual necklace and emerald earrings. Sadie was just behind her as she reached the living room. She could see Jaz and Felix, sitting with Sadie's friends watching TV. They too were clad casually; Jaz in simple denim jeans and a pale blue shirt; Felix in black pants, a white T-shirt and black socks. Sadie's friend Liz was wearing a red knee length skirt, a black tight-fitting short sleeved shirt with deep V-neck and red heels, while the other one, Emma, wore a blue sparkly mini skirt, a blue sparkly halter top and blue sandal heels.

They looked up and saw Zia; Jaz and Felix smiled encouragingly while the other two blushed and looked away, no doubt embarrassed by the incident from earlier in the day. Zia smiled and waited with them until finally, Carter entered, dressed up fancy in tan dress pants, a dark blue dress shirt, black blazer, black socks and black polished shoes. They smiled when they saw each other and Zia walked over to Carter, who took her hand. They said goodbye to the others and left, heading out for their date.

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Carter couldn't help but smile as he and Zia returned to Brooklyn House. They had stayed out later than intended, but luckily everything seemed to be okay now as they returned. Zia smiled, too, and pulled Carter closer for another kiss; he eagerly reciprocated. When they pulled away, they entered the house and noticed quickly that everyone was no longer up; clearly all of them were asleep or at least in bed.

"We better get to bed, too," Carter suggested quietly.

Suddenly he noticed Zia's smirk and then heard her reply. "Of course, I can't wait."

He heard her tone and also smirked and nodded to her. They moved quietly up to Carter's room and closed the door behind them. Immediately they locked lips and began kissing again. Letting their emotions take over, they only parted to remove each other's clothing, and soon they were in their underwear. Carter didn't take long in removing Zia's bra and panties and she wasted no time removing his black boxers. They were both deeply aroused now and kissed again, and as Zia fell back, onto the bed, Carter fell with her.

After taking precautions to be safe, they allowed themselves to be completely consumed by passion and Carter, with Zia's silent consent, thrust inside her, both surrendering their virginity to each other; with that, their love making soon overtook them.

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