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"No!"
"It's for their own good."
"No it's not."
"They have to see this
some time and I don't want their first experience to
be tainted by
him. They are going to see how this is suppose to work."
"But..."
"Look koibito, you have
to understand. If I don't do this, they will be
confused. They
won't know who to believe."
"You are going to be there, right?"
"Of course I will be.
They won't leave my sights. Know that I will take
care of them."
***
He had heard enough. Dais paced
in his room. Not exactly how he planned it
but
definitely a step in the right direction. Their own father will
unwittingly
do his job,
thinking he was doing them a favor.
"Go ahead and show them
how it's suppose to work, oh leader," he said
sarcastically.
"Change their fate for me." He watched Anubis with
his miniature
look-a-likes leave for
the Mortal World. A smile creased his face.
***
Kiefer and Kieran sat on a tree
limb, looking down on a clearing. They were
both
fascinated by the big white tiger that laid down next to the black-haired
man
that they
had come to hate. He was the one that tried to hurt them two
years ago.
Five men were
below them and they knew who they were. Their father, along with
their
reluctant
mother, told them everything about the five men.
"Should we attack them
now?" Kiefer asked his brother. Their father was
hidden
somewhere and had told them to just observe. He was going to
be back up.
"We're suppose to be observing
not fighting," Kieran said. "Sit still.
You're wiggling the
branch."
"But I want to go down there already." Kiefer bounced on the limb.
"Sit still," Kieran
harshly whispered. "Do you want them to find us?"
He
grabbed his
shoulders to steady them both. The leaves rustled around them
and the five
men below
heard it.
Everybody but the blond man
looked around. He was looking up along with the
tiger.
Both boys quickly pulled up their dangling feet and hid behind
the foliage.
A strong
wind came through and the men discarded the sound. The blond
and the tiger
continued
to glance their way.
"Do you think he saw us?" Kiefer asked softly.
"He will if you don't stop moving," Kieran answered angrily.
"Whoa." He stared
at his brother's angry face. Kieran rarely got angry and
when he did,
you stayed out of his way. "He didn't see us, now did he?
Why are you so
angry all of a
sudden?"
"Nothing."
The subject was dropped between
them. Kiefer knew better than to provoke
Kieran
when he was angry. Not that anybody would mess with either twin
when they
were both
angry but that was besides the point. Something was up and it
was bothering
Kieran,
which bothered Kiefer. He didn't like not knowing what was going
to happen
and he
didn't like Kieran all quiet and brooding even less.
"What's wrong?" he asked, keeping his impatience under control.
"Quiet," was the response.
He didn't even look at his brother and only
stared ahead.
"Look, if you're going
to be like this when we look at them, I want to leave.
You're
brooding and I'd rather have Papa do that than you."
"I said quiet," Kieran commanded through gritted teeth.
"What for?"
"Don't you hear something?"
Finally Kieran faced his brother. For once
since their father
left them sitting there, Kiefer was actually quiet and listening.
At first he heard nothing and
was about to tackle Kieran for telling him to
be quiet, but
stopped. There was a sound. It was underneath all the chatter
of the five
men below
them but there was definitely a sound. A soft chiming could be
heard from
somewhere
and it was mildly irritating to Kiefer. When he could hear it
better and it
got louder, he
did not like it at all.
"What is that noise?" He spat the question out with disgust.
"I don't know but I think
it's coming from him," Kieran said, pointing
straight ahead of
them.
A man dressed in a monk outfit
sat on another limb directly in front of them.
His hat was
pulled low and the staff in his hands clanged with the infernal
noise.
"Who is that?"