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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 6871568" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter 85, “A Negotiated Truce”, September 11, 1882, 2:30 P.M.</strong></p><p></p><p>Looking back and forth between Abby and George the Dragon states, "Something about your words....sounds too genuine to be a lie. But if you are speaking the truth, and are indeed working against the French, then why were you fighting for the King and his French allies against the rebellion?"</p><p></p><p>Abby says, "We are only mortal, Lady Freya. We have seen the French with fingers in all sides of this conflict. The rebels outside are under the influence of Abdullah. We witnessed a French wizard at his side, so we know for certain the wizards are influencing this rebellion. We therefore felt this attack on the palace should be stopped. I hope that we have not erred. Abdullah attempted to poison a Palace feast as well, and I could not condone mass murder, no matter the cause. Lady, if you have information we do not, then we can help each other. But I fear no matter who wins this battle, the French will still have active plots."</p><p></p><p>Ruby states, "What my friend says is true. There has been too many bad things we've found out over the past days for us to ignore what is going on here. The Princess is my friend and while she does not agree with her father she certainly does not want him dead."</p><p></p><p>The Sheik angrily exclaims "I will not work with these people. They murdered my sons." Freya turns to him and says, "Then go, these people will not harm you now, Eastman has given you leave to depart. The King will soon move against your family, you must flee from Egypt. Return to your home and make haste of it. Travel to my homeland, the Asgardians will give you sanctuary."</p><p></p><p>The Sheik nods agreement. He then walks towards the window and states a command word. His cloak grows and billows outward to the sides. He then leaps from the window as the cloak fans out into a diamond shape, not unlike the appearance of a devil ray fish. He then glides away through the air, much as a ray would swim through water. There are many rifle shots fired up at him from soldiers on the ground but none appear to penetrate the magical cloak.</p><p></p><p>The shadow of the massive Dreadnaught dirigible passes by outside as they speak. They then hear an amplified voice yell out from the rooftop above in Arabic "We followers of Adbullah will never surrender. Death to the King! And death to you vile Frenchmen." Abigail immediately recognizes the voice as that belonging to Rene Bellocq. Abby exclaims, "Bellocq, that son of a..., how many sides is he playing?" Abby reached for Cal's hand, confused and sick at heart. She knew they had done the best they could with what they knew, but the fact that they had killed men who might have been their allies left her fighting a terrible sense of guilt.</p><p></p><p>Abby soundly states, "Lady Freya, how do we move on from here? Would you have replaced the King with the man who fought by your side? Our aim here was to save as many lives as possible, block the French plans, and then work with the King, General Orabi, and the Princess to make sure Egypt still belonged to the Egyptians. Now I don't know who is on what side anymore, only that we are likely the last people remaining in this Palace that Abdullah's rebels will want to kill."</p><p></p><p>The Dragon says, "The King is working with the French Wizards. Abdullah and Sheik Ali were those who I have sworn my support of, in support of General Orabi's revolution." Callum moves forward beside Abby and says "We know for a fact that the King was also being duped by the French. They actually want him and his sons dead. My friend Abigail heard that directly from the lips of one of the French wizard leaders."</p><p></p><p>The barrier between the dragon and party remains but Maurice dispels the invisible barrier that is over the servants and advisors to the King, freeing them. The person in charge of this group appears to be an Arabian wizard familiar to Ruby, George and Mina, namely the scimitar wielding attorney that had been part of the Grand Vizier's group that teleported them to Cairo.</p><p></p><p>George says, "The French Wizards have played a very good game then. They have played both sides against each other, supporting and opposing both sides so that no matter the outcome they will be the power behind the throne." George smiles as he turns to Ruby saying a prayer to Athena and healing her of some of the damage the lighting caused. As the blackened skin heals and new epithelial cells replace the damaged he says, "I would never bet against our own Queen of Hearts" says George with a gentle kiss on Ruby's stilling healing forehead.</p><p></p><p>Turning back towards the dragon he states, "If we are going to play cards with these jokers, we have some of the best bluffer's in the game. I have a plan. I say we pull the wool over the eyes of the French. They know we are onto them somewhat but do not know the extent of the truth that we are aware. We absolutely must get General Orabi out of French hands. We need to get the Princess, the General and the King all here, together. Once we have the three of them together, between Freya and ourselves we can show them the treachery of the French. If we can do this quickly and quietly, we will have the opportunity to then use the King and Orabi to issue commands or order to the French that will disperse them and let us reverse some of their machinations.</p><p></p><p>Freya, in this we would rely heavily upon you to find Orabi and bring him here. The Princess is on her way in a French dirigible. We will take care of getting her of French hands. Then together we can find the King and begin a new revolution, one designed to free the Egyptians from foreign control. I am sure we can count on some American naval assistance if we need to" says George with a knowing look at Mina "And I am sure we can get some British help."</p><p></p><p>"And" says George with a grin at Ruby "I think I have a way to take that damned French flying fortress down as well" Ruby nods. "Yes, we can take that thing down. Though preferably not over the city." Ruby runs her hand over the new, pink skin. She would likely have another scar. She quickly shakes the thought out of her head, she would worry about that later. "It sounds like a good plan to me." Freya says, "That is good. Man-made objects should not fly. I could certainly assist in bringing that monstrosity down if I remain in this form, but while the dragon armor is relatively immune to small arms fire, I would still be vulnerable to those cannon."</p><p></p><p>Lawrence says, "I have horseshoes that will allow my horse to fly. We can sneak onboard more stealthily that way." "Excellent Lawrence. Once we locate the Princess and General, that will be a help. Perhaps we need to take out this wizard on the roof. But I would like to get him gone or dead without letting on about our new alliance." replies George. Lawrence says, "If we capture him, maybe he'll fill us in on their plans. Something like this would require a lot of coordination. We can trick him into coming back inside." Ruby adds, "If I am given just a little bit of time, I can try to read his thoughts. That might give us more information that trying to get him to give it to us any other way."</p><p></p><p>Maurice says, "Not so fast. We still need to finalize this truce before I bring down the magical wall. Freya, we have a common enemy in the French, but I would still like to have some assurances from you that you will not harm the Royal Egyptian family or the British military." She replies, "I will agree to that with stipulations. I will not intentionally target them, however if they physically stand in the way, and try to prevent me from seeking my vengeance against the French wizards, then I make no such guarantees.</p><p></p><p>Ruby states, "If I had time to speak to the princess, I know she would listen to me. However, I don't know that I will have that time. I really don't know how the French managed to infiltrate all areas of Egypt's royalty and play each section against the other. Also, how will we know exactly which French wizards are to blame here. They aren't ALL bad." Callum says, "That may be true, but we do know for a fact that the one that is currently up on the roof pretending to be am Egyptian rebel is."</p><p></p><p>The same voice yells out from the roof "Death to the King! Egypt for Egyptians! We will never surrender!" The party then hear the distinct sound of rockets firing, explosions in the courtyard, and the screams of dying horses and soldiers. George strains an ear. "Ok, our hand may be forced. The French are presenting themselves as rebels to justify the bombardment. Maurice turns to George and says, "I fear that you are correct sir. They seem to be giving themselves an excuse to destroy this building. From what we've deduced, their overall plan apparently includes using magically-disguised imposters, and they mistakenly think that this entire building has magic which would reveal those identities."</p><p></p><p>George says, “Lawrence, perhaps you can go scout the dreadnaught and see if the Princess or General are on board. It is of paramount importance that we find them, and get them to safety before we retaliate openly against the French.” Lawrence replies, "I can do that. It's better than having me on the front lines."</p><p></p><p>The young boy Henry Jones is over by the fallen Rhinoceros. He exclaims, "Doctor Jekyll still lives." The boy then holds up a leather doctor's bag and says "One of his elixirs gives invisibility, but I am not certain which one it is." "Wait, are you saying the rhino is Dr Jekyll or are you saying Dr Jekyll is over by the rhino and invisible?" Ruby asks, obviously confused. The boy replies, "He used an elixir to become the rhino. The other elixirs are in the bag, but only he knows which is which."</p><p></p><p>“For now let the rest of us go and get this French wizard on the roof impersonating a rebel. Perhaps Freya would be willing to lure him in if he still thinks she is on the side of the rebels?" suggests George. Callum says, "That might work, but she'd have to act fast if he's already firing rockets into the crowds below." Freya asks, "So are we in agreement on this truce?" The redhead nods, "I don't think any of us disagree, I believe we are all on the same page here." Maurice says, "Very well then" and dispels the Wall of Force between them and the dragon.</p><p></p><p>Ruby says, "Let us make our way up to the top and see if we can find this French Wizard. Before we do anything to him let me see if I can figure out his thoughts, perhaps I can get some of their plan that way." 'Ruby gather up those wands. Ruby nods and begins gathering up the wands that have been left scattered among the fallen enemies. She only finds the one the Sheik's son had dropped (Note, they still have four others from earlier, for a total of five).</p><p></p><p>“Freya, perhaps since we are on the same side you could give us the command words for the wands so that we may put your Teutonic weapons to use against the French?" says George. The Dragon replies, "Sheik Ali's seven wands? Why yes, he has a rich sense of humor and wanted something unexpected. Since the Roman Church opposes all magic, the command words are the Italian names of the seven hills of Rome." "All the hills for each wand or one hill per wand?" clarifies George. She replies, "A single hill is the command for each wand. I do not know which is which, they are nearly identical."</p><p></p><p>Lawrence snorts, "That is rich indeed. Could you tell us the words? My Italian is a bit rusty." George rattles off the hills quickly for Lawrence “Capitoline, Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian, Aventine, and Palatine”. Lawrence says, "Thanks, George. I guess we'll try to get lucky as far as which word belongs to which wand."</p><p></p><p>"Ok head back tot he gate we came in through, but do not go out into the street yet" George directs the Egyptian troops. "We need to get close to the roof, then Abby or Ruby can help us identify the French wizard. We also need to identify the origin of the dirigible. Most likely it is the French dreadnaught, but I want to make sure it is not the British. If it is the French dreadnaught we need to bring it down but only after we are assured the princess nor general Orabi is aboard."</p><p></p><p>George calls over to the king's advisors 'Quickly, if you do not want this building destroyed about us, what is the quickest way to the roof and if any among you love you King you will guide us there." The scimitar wielding lawyer orders a soldier to dismount, climbs onto the horse, and says to follow him. He rides down the long corridor, turns right, and then charges up a marble staircase. The group mount up to follows, with Abby commandeering a rider-less mount.</p><p></p><p>Lawrence asks "What's the plan for getting the princess and general off the dreadnaught, if they're there?" Ruby reloads the sniper rifle while the talking is going on. She heads over to Mina's horse and saddles up then pulls her grandmother up behind her. "We're ready." George asks Freya to head up to the roof in whichever form she chooses, probably as a dragon. Once there she is to convince the Wizard disguised as a rebel that they have been victorious below. As she discusses the next step with him it will distract him long enough for the others to reach the roof. Ruby exclaims, "Wait, no, that is not the plan! I want to try to access his thoughts first. Plus, Freya should not go alone. Who knows what abilities that Wizard has."</p><p></p><p>Ruby yells out, "We all go up together and try to stay back and unknown to anyone on the roof, if we can. I will use my spell. After I get what I can, then we can go all out and attack, okay? Let's get going upstairs. Freya, stay with us as we travel on, go back to human form but be ready to turn back into a dragon once we are attacking. Now let's stick together and get upstairs."</p><p></p><p>The group follows their guide upstairs to the roof. They try to stop far enough away to not be seen or heard. Ruby passes Abby two of the wands of fireball. "Give it a try, I'm keeping mine at the ready, who knows, we might be able to get them to work." Ruby then casts her spell which will help her read the minds of those around her.</p><p></p><p>They arrive at the roof. Ruby does not sense any thoughts. One the wall facing the couryard are a pair of wooden and metal rocket launcher holders, but no more rockets are there and nobody is near them. The Dreadnaught Balloon is hovering only thirty feet above the roof, with all eight of its cannon pointing at steep downward angles, a smaller one pointing almost directly at the party. "Lawrence whistles, "Wow, that one big balloon. Now, where is that wizard?"</p><p></p><p>Ruby detects thoughts on the dirigible. From where she is, the gondola is barely within the sixty-foot range. She detects the thoughts of the soldiers on the bottom level preparing to fire. She hears their then commander counting down from twenty in French. "Quick!" She screams out to palace adviser, "Which area of the palace is the least occupied? I need to know NOW!! They are about to blow this place to smithereens!!" "Oh no, not again." Lawrence activates his magical horseshoes and his horse leaps into the sky.</p><p>He hopes to get clear of the blast area.</p><p></p><p>She pulls a long metal rod out of her bag as she scrambles off her horse. “All the rest of you, you should be running. Now." The Egyptian lawyer turns his horse around and charges down the stairs, where there is barely room given the other horses that are currently headed up. "Hell's bells woman" sighs George as he sees Ruby's plan in a heart beat. George jumps off his horse, grabs Ruby and throws her on her back so that together they are braced against the roof as George gives her advice on where to aim. As Ruby’s spell ends she hears the end of the countdown in French saying “three, two, one, fire.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 6871568, member: 8530"] [b]Chapter 85, “A Negotiated Truce”, September 11, 1882, 2:30 P.M.[/b] Looking back and forth between Abby and George the Dragon states, "Something about your words....sounds too genuine to be a lie. But if you are speaking the truth, and are indeed working against the French, then why were you fighting for the King and his French allies against the rebellion?" Abby says, "We are only mortal, Lady Freya. We have seen the French with fingers in all sides of this conflict. The rebels outside are under the influence of Abdullah. We witnessed a French wizard at his side, so we know for certain the wizards are influencing this rebellion. We therefore felt this attack on the palace should be stopped. I hope that we have not erred. Abdullah attempted to poison a Palace feast as well, and I could not condone mass murder, no matter the cause. Lady, if you have information we do not, then we can help each other. But I fear no matter who wins this battle, the French will still have active plots." Ruby states, "What my friend says is true. There has been too many bad things we've found out over the past days for us to ignore what is going on here. The Princess is my friend and while she does not agree with her father she certainly does not want him dead." The Sheik angrily exclaims "I will not work with these people. They murdered my sons." Freya turns to him and says, "Then go, these people will not harm you now, Eastman has given you leave to depart. The King will soon move against your family, you must flee from Egypt. Return to your home and make haste of it. Travel to my homeland, the Asgardians will give you sanctuary." The Sheik nods agreement. He then walks towards the window and states a command word. His cloak grows and billows outward to the sides. He then leaps from the window as the cloak fans out into a diamond shape, not unlike the appearance of a devil ray fish. He then glides away through the air, much as a ray would swim through water. There are many rifle shots fired up at him from soldiers on the ground but none appear to penetrate the magical cloak. The shadow of the massive Dreadnaught dirigible passes by outside as they speak. They then hear an amplified voice yell out from the rooftop above in Arabic "We followers of Adbullah will never surrender. Death to the King! And death to you vile Frenchmen." Abigail immediately recognizes the voice as that belonging to Rene Bellocq. Abby exclaims, "Bellocq, that son of a..., how many sides is he playing?" Abby reached for Cal's hand, confused and sick at heart. She knew they had done the best they could with what they knew, but the fact that they had killed men who might have been their allies left her fighting a terrible sense of guilt. Abby soundly states, "Lady Freya, how do we move on from here? Would you have replaced the King with the man who fought by your side? Our aim here was to save as many lives as possible, block the French plans, and then work with the King, General Orabi, and the Princess to make sure Egypt still belonged to the Egyptians. Now I don't know who is on what side anymore, only that we are likely the last people remaining in this Palace that Abdullah's rebels will want to kill." The Dragon says, "The King is working with the French Wizards. Abdullah and Sheik Ali were those who I have sworn my support of, in support of General Orabi's revolution." Callum moves forward beside Abby and says "We know for a fact that the King was also being duped by the French. They actually want him and his sons dead. My friend Abigail heard that directly from the lips of one of the French wizard leaders." The barrier between the dragon and party remains but Maurice dispels the invisible barrier that is over the servants and advisors to the King, freeing them. The person in charge of this group appears to be an Arabian wizard familiar to Ruby, George and Mina, namely the scimitar wielding attorney that had been part of the Grand Vizier's group that teleported them to Cairo. George says, "The French Wizards have played a very good game then. They have played both sides against each other, supporting and opposing both sides so that no matter the outcome they will be the power behind the throne." George smiles as he turns to Ruby saying a prayer to Athena and healing her of some of the damage the lighting caused. As the blackened skin heals and new epithelial cells replace the damaged he says, "I would never bet against our own Queen of Hearts" says George with a gentle kiss on Ruby's stilling healing forehead. Turning back towards the dragon he states, "If we are going to play cards with these jokers, we have some of the best bluffer's in the game. I have a plan. I say we pull the wool over the eyes of the French. They know we are onto them somewhat but do not know the extent of the truth that we are aware. We absolutely must get General Orabi out of French hands. We need to get the Princess, the General and the King all here, together. Once we have the three of them together, between Freya and ourselves we can show them the treachery of the French. If we can do this quickly and quietly, we will have the opportunity to then use the King and Orabi to issue commands or order to the French that will disperse them and let us reverse some of their machinations. Freya, in this we would rely heavily upon you to find Orabi and bring him here. The Princess is on her way in a French dirigible. We will take care of getting her of French hands. Then together we can find the King and begin a new revolution, one designed to free the Egyptians from foreign control. I am sure we can count on some American naval assistance if we need to" says George with a knowing look at Mina "And I am sure we can get some British help." "And" says George with a grin at Ruby "I think I have a way to take that damned French flying fortress down as well" Ruby nods. "Yes, we can take that thing down. Though preferably not over the city." Ruby runs her hand over the new, pink skin. She would likely have another scar. She quickly shakes the thought out of her head, she would worry about that later. "It sounds like a good plan to me." Freya says, "That is good. Man-made objects should not fly. I could certainly assist in bringing that monstrosity down if I remain in this form, but while the dragon armor is relatively immune to small arms fire, I would still be vulnerable to those cannon." Lawrence says, "I have horseshoes that will allow my horse to fly. We can sneak onboard more stealthily that way." "Excellent Lawrence. Once we locate the Princess and General, that will be a help. Perhaps we need to take out this wizard on the roof. But I would like to get him gone or dead without letting on about our new alliance." replies George. Lawrence says, "If we capture him, maybe he'll fill us in on their plans. Something like this would require a lot of coordination. We can trick him into coming back inside." Ruby adds, "If I am given just a little bit of time, I can try to read his thoughts. That might give us more information that trying to get him to give it to us any other way." Maurice says, "Not so fast. We still need to finalize this truce before I bring down the magical wall. Freya, we have a common enemy in the French, but I would still like to have some assurances from you that you will not harm the Royal Egyptian family or the British military." She replies, "I will agree to that with stipulations. I will not intentionally target them, however if they physically stand in the way, and try to prevent me from seeking my vengeance against the French wizards, then I make no such guarantees. Ruby states, "If I had time to speak to the princess, I know she would listen to me. However, I don't know that I will have that time. I really don't know how the French managed to infiltrate all areas of Egypt's royalty and play each section against the other. Also, how will we know exactly which French wizards are to blame here. They aren't ALL bad." Callum says, "That may be true, but we do know for a fact that the one that is currently up on the roof pretending to be am Egyptian rebel is." The same voice yells out from the roof "Death to the King! Egypt for Egyptians! We will never surrender!" The party then hear the distinct sound of rockets firing, explosions in the courtyard, and the screams of dying horses and soldiers. George strains an ear. "Ok, our hand may be forced. The French are presenting themselves as rebels to justify the bombardment. Maurice turns to George and says, "I fear that you are correct sir. They seem to be giving themselves an excuse to destroy this building. From what we've deduced, their overall plan apparently includes using magically-disguised imposters, and they mistakenly think that this entire building has magic which would reveal those identities." George says, “Lawrence, perhaps you can go scout the dreadnaught and see if the Princess or General are on board. It is of paramount importance that we find them, and get them to safety before we retaliate openly against the French.” Lawrence replies, "I can do that. It's better than having me on the front lines." The young boy Henry Jones is over by the fallen Rhinoceros. He exclaims, "Doctor Jekyll still lives." The boy then holds up a leather doctor's bag and says "One of his elixirs gives invisibility, but I am not certain which one it is." "Wait, are you saying the rhino is Dr Jekyll or are you saying Dr Jekyll is over by the rhino and invisible?" Ruby asks, obviously confused. The boy replies, "He used an elixir to become the rhino. The other elixirs are in the bag, but only he knows which is which." “For now let the rest of us go and get this French wizard on the roof impersonating a rebel. Perhaps Freya would be willing to lure him in if he still thinks she is on the side of the rebels?" suggests George. Callum says, "That might work, but she'd have to act fast if he's already firing rockets into the crowds below." Freya asks, "So are we in agreement on this truce?" The redhead nods, "I don't think any of us disagree, I believe we are all on the same page here." Maurice says, "Very well then" and dispels the Wall of Force between them and the dragon. Ruby says, "Let us make our way up to the top and see if we can find this French Wizard. Before we do anything to him let me see if I can figure out his thoughts, perhaps I can get some of their plan that way." 'Ruby gather up those wands. Ruby nods and begins gathering up the wands that have been left scattered among the fallen enemies. She only finds the one the Sheik's son had dropped (Note, they still have four others from earlier, for a total of five). “Freya, perhaps since we are on the same side you could give us the command words for the wands so that we may put your Teutonic weapons to use against the French?" says George. The Dragon replies, "Sheik Ali's seven wands? Why yes, he has a rich sense of humor and wanted something unexpected. Since the Roman Church opposes all magic, the command words are the Italian names of the seven hills of Rome." "All the hills for each wand or one hill per wand?" clarifies George. She replies, "A single hill is the command for each wand. I do not know which is which, they are nearly identical." Lawrence snorts, "That is rich indeed. Could you tell us the words? My Italian is a bit rusty." George rattles off the hills quickly for Lawrence “Capitoline, Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian, Aventine, and Palatine”. Lawrence says, "Thanks, George. I guess we'll try to get lucky as far as which word belongs to which wand." "Ok head back tot he gate we came in through, but do not go out into the street yet" George directs the Egyptian troops. "We need to get close to the roof, then Abby or Ruby can help us identify the French wizard. We also need to identify the origin of the dirigible. Most likely it is the French dreadnaught, but I want to make sure it is not the British. If it is the French dreadnaught we need to bring it down but only after we are assured the princess nor general Orabi is aboard." George calls over to the king's advisors 'Quickly, if you do not want this building destroyed about us, what is the quickest way to the roof and if any among you love you King you will guide us there." The scimitar wielding lawyer orders a soldier to dismount, climbs onto the horse, and says to follow him. He rides down the long corridor, turns right, and then charges up a marble staircase. The group mount up to follows, with Abby commandeering a rider-less mount. Lawrence asks "What's the plan for getting the princess and general off the dreadnaught, if they're there?" Ruby reloads the sniper rifle while the talking is going on. She heads over to Mina's horse and saddles up then pulls her grandmother up behind her. "We're ready." George asks Freya to head up to the roof in whichever form she chooses, probably as a dragon. Once there she is to convince the Wizard disguised as a rebel that they have been victorious below. As she discusses the next step with him it will distract him long enough for the others to reach the roof. Ruby exclaims, "Wait, no, that is not the plan! I want to try to access his thoughts first. Plus, Freya should not go alone. Who knows what abilities that Wizard has." Ruby yells out, "We all go up together and try to stay back and unknown to anyone on the roof, if we can. I will use my spell. After I get what I can, then we can go all out and attack, okay? Let's get going upstairs. Freya, stay with us as we travel on, go back to human form but be ready to turn back into a dragon once we are attacking. Now let's stick together and get upstairs." The group follows their guide upstairs to the roof. They try to stop far enough away to not be seen or heard. Ruby passes Abby two of the wands of fireball. "Give it a try, I'm keeping mine at the ready, who knows, we might be able to get them to work." Ruby then casts her spell which will help her read the minds of those around her. They arrive at the roof. Ruby does not sense any thoughts. One the wall facing the couryard are a pair of wooden and metal rocket launcher holders, but no more rockets are there and nobody is near them. The Dreadnaught Balloon is hovering only thirty feet above the roof, with all eight of its cannon pointing at steep downward angles, a smaller one pointing almost directly at the party. "Lawrence whistles, "Wow, that one big balloon. Now, where is that wizard?" Ruby detects thoughts on the dirigible. From where she is, the gondola is barely within the sixty-foot range. She detects the thoughts of the soldiers on the bottom level preparing to fire. She hears their then commander counting down from twenty in French. "Quick!" She screams out to palace adviser, "Which area of the palace is the least occupied? I need to know NOW!! They are about to blow this place to smithereens!!" "Oh no, not again." Lawrence activates his magical horseshoes and his horse leaps into the sky. He hopes to get clear of the blast area. She pulls a long metal rod out of her bag as she scrambles off her horse. “All the rest of you, you should be running. Now." The Egyptian lawyer turns his horse around and charges down the stairs, where there is barely room given the other horses that are currently headed up. "Hell's bells woman" sighs George as he sees Ruby's plan in a heart beat. George jumps off his horse, grabs Ruby and throws her on her back so that together they are braced against the roof as George gives her advice on where to aim. As Ruby’s spell ends she hears the end of the countdown in French saying “three, two, one, fire.” [/QUOTE]
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