Joe nods, " I wont interfere with your personal life, " He grins. " Too much that is, and regardless of the looks i give, blind or not, i am going to give him a once over even if its just a hello at the door, first impression is everything. " his voice tone that of a condescending father, his lips curled into a smirk as he turned to leave the room, " I'll leave you to get ready. " then to himself "I've got preparations of my own to make "

He makes it to his room, pulling up on the top of his dresser, it was a false top, revealing a small compartment, holding more of his Ankh Daggers as well as a few odds and ends that had some reason of importance, he put the daggers into holsters that he had hid under his shirt, Normally he only kept one on him, but he had a sinking feeling that something wasn't right, and while the daggers we're finely crafted, they were fragile, not at all meant for defensive combat, one block or parry could shatter the blade rendering it useless.

He also liked the way she had set her own traps, the dart shooters the most, it was a very intricate launching system, compact yet powerful, he had made a few modifications of his own, and had now concealed one into a watch wrist band, no where near as powerful as the ones in the statues, but it could still send a dart through its target at fifteen meters. He strapped the watch to his wrist and checked it to make sure the trigger still worked, it did.

He smirks, thinking to himself " Okay... so maybe there are a few things i haven't told you about what i do in my spare time. "

A knock comes at the front door, as he closes the top of his dresser, he turns to leave his room, and moves for the door.

Isabelle went up to her room leaning against her door frame So the guy chosen to protect me can't see that doesn't meanI am in danger he always knows right where i am no one could just sneak past him. Why am I even freaking this whole thing is stupid I don't need to be protected for whatever this crap is back the people out to kill us the last attack was so long ago. She took a deep breath stopping herself from making her own head spin.

She went to her closet picking out an outfit She heard a knock on the door "Joe get that for me." She leaned over the rail waiting for his grumble of a retort "Of course highness." She laughed lightly "Thanks." She turned around and pulled out a delicate necklace from her jewelry box. She held the Ankh she flipped it open in her hand testing the blade against her desk smiling as it sliced into it. She put the necklace on and hide it into her shirt. She slid a dagger into her hidden holster on her thigh pulling her skirt over it. She sighed looking at herself in the mirror. "Well here goes nothing." She headed down to the living room her eyes meeting Joe's shaded ones. She flashed him a do i look ok look before biting her lip remeber he wouldnt see her expression. "You two playing nice?"

He opened the front door and instantly didn't like what he saw, the man that stood in the door way had an air about him, the way he held himself, the way he was aware of everything around him, Joe didn't need the Eye of Horus to see that this man held many a secret, and Joe was willing to be that one of them was the knowledge to kill. This was too easy though, had the Roman really become this lax in their planning? He didn't think so, there was clearly more to this then he could see at the moment.

That settled it Joe would be following them tonight, even if she didn't like it, He extended an hand to the man standing in the door way, rather then act the role of a family member or friend, he donned the butler approach, " Good evening sir, i take it you are here to take Miss Greyhart out for the evening? "

The man in the door way slapped away his hand, " Yeah, i am, where is she? "

Joe holds this temper, " I'm sure she'll be down shortly. " He heard foot steps coming down the steps, " Ahhh speak of the devil. "

He watched her walk into the room, saw the change in her dress, and the look she flashed him, " Yes, we are getting along quite well, your choice of dress looks astounding by the way, i hope you two enjoy your evening, if you'll excuse me.

Joe walks out of the room, "Now to get ready for my own evening..."

The man in the door moves to Isabelle, " Ahh, well aren't you looking lovely tonight?", he takes her hand and brings it to his lips, " We have a wonderful evening in store for us, shall we? "

The man leads her out of the house and to a rather fancy looking car, to much body work had been done to it to identify the make and model. A driver waited out side the rear passenger side door, opening as he approached " Mr. Sylar you have a call waiting for you on line one. "

" Yes yes... Seems business never ends, " Sylar motions for the driver to move, and he takes the door up himself, " After you lovely. " He waits for Isabelle to enter and take a seat before gently closing the door behind her the tinted windows blurring any vision out of the car she would have had, and he walks up to the driver, wrapping his hand around the man's throat, " One more mistake like that and i will have you killed in ways your small brain can't even begin to comprehend... Understand? "

The driver coughed out an acknowledgement, as Sylar released his hand, gasping for breath, the driver moved for the front door, and sat down behind the wheel. Sylar moved back to the door opening it for himself and entering the car.

" So sorry for that, and for this, i know its impolite to answer a phone call at a time like this, but i hope you understand its importance. " He picked up the phone, " Hello? "

" You were right Sir, the man at the door was no butler, one of your men just reported him leaving from the back of the house, we have someone in pursuit, would you like that mutt put down now? "

Sylar cleared his throat, " No that is fine, carry on as you are, i will deal with things in the morning, for now i'm busy, have a good night. " He turned to Isabelle, hanging up the phone, " So sorry about that, so where would you like to go this evening? nothing and nowhere are off limits. " He flashes a bright grin.

Isabelle pulled Joe into a hung letting her necklace smack into his chest the easiest way for her to state she wasn't stupid enough to go out with out being able to defend herself in some way if needed. She pulled back with a smile "Hey if you want since I wont be home to bicker over pizza toppings there is a 20 in the takeout fund if you don't want to fend for yourself." She cleared her throat looking pver at Sylar as he takes her hand she smirked lightly "Well are you just a gentlemen I thought for sure your breed died out ages ago." She tossed a wink at Joe before heading out.

She stoned her self to not roll her eyes at him showing up with a driver and tossed him a sweet smile thanking him for opening her door. She watched Sylar's body tense up over the phone call rich kid dreading a phone call willing to bet a million dad issues. She scrolled through her ipod as he talked giving him privacy. "Oh no its cool it wasnt another girl calling to make you cancel on me we are fine." She smirked softly.

" Well there is a new history discussion in the west end, its all centered around greek mythology and a bit on the roman as well." She glanced at him "But I can do that solo it can be rather dry if you arent well me.", they just opened up that little cafe down off of main if you'd rather grab something to eat." She felt a tinge of feeling cornered but brushed it off turning to face him "What would you rather do or did you have something fancier in mind high roller."

Joe slipped out the back door of the house, instantly aware he was being tracked, he was glad that he prepared extra daggers, tonight wasn't going to be easy at all, first he'd have to shake his tails, there were at least two, one man was sitting at a bus stop, the other was standing with his back to the wall in slight gap between buildings. "I'll have to make this quick if i'm going to preserve my strength for the entire night." He quickly dodged in between some shrubs, activating his Eye of Horus, the night floods into sight, and for a moment he's lost in his senses. In that time the man from the bus stop bench had closed the distance, he came up behind Joe and pulled a knife swinging it back the back of his neck, Joe quickly swung around, grabbing the man's wrist, in the second second, the man's wrist was broken, and the knife was in Joe's own hand, and at the man's throat. " Who sent you? " Joe asked.

" Like i'd tell you mutt. "

" That's all i needed to hear. " Joe stated coldly sinking the dagger through the man's throat. He pulled it out, turned around stepping out from the shrubs, he faced the gap between the two buildings, whipping the dagger across the road right in to the other man's heart, walking to the dead body, looking over the body he found another set of daggers. Joe checked around him, before releasing the Eye's power and slipping into the alley.

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" Ahhh! " Sylar grinned widely, " You heard of the that discussion as well? This is even more wonderful then i thought, beauty and brains, I've been looking forward to this discussion all week. " He knocked on the dividing glass, it rolled down a crack, " To the west end, we wish to attend the History discussion. He turned back to Isabelle, " Just because i have money doesn't mean i don't enjoy the finer things in life, if its still open after the discussion, that cafe you talked about, would you like to see how the service is? "

"Wonderful, she's making this all too easy, with that damn Anubis out of the way, there's nothing keeping me from killing this sweet little Sister, i wonder how much fun i could have with her first."

Isabelle smiled at him fighting an eye roll I swear why are rich kids all like him, and I this cockyShe held her wrist tenderly her Ankhstarted to throb she went for her phone checking it when the screen just flashed the time she smiled and slid it back "Oh well you know what they say if you don't learn for the past you are doomed to relive it right." She licked her lip her guts tied in knots and then just as fast as it came on it faded her feeling of danger passed. She let out a sigh of relief covering it as a yawn. I think i am going to have to grill Joe or see how he hurt himself this time and do all the sons and daughters share this I will have to do more looking into it. She stared out the car window her thoughts mingling with the words Sylar was droning on about and the scrools she had been reading the night before. A thin smile worked to her lips and she absentmindly played with her tattoo her mind a million miles from the car.

She shook herself free of her thoughts "I just figured you'd be hungry after here about those gluttonous romans." She winked at him she wasn't sure if he was a greek or roman fan "We might have to set apart if you are more of a Jupiter fan then a Zeus." She smiled innocently at him like it was a simple question, but like all of her kind weeding out a dates background was a good idea her interest in mythology helped cover it.

Sylar smiles, " There will always be time for treats, and there wont be any needed for separation my dear, I find Zeus far superior to Jupiter. " His thoughts turn inward, "She's a smart one, the sisters always we're... But this one is far too smart for her own good, maybe i better not toy with this one after all." The car pulls up to the lecture hall in the west end of the city and parks at the curb, the driver gets out and opens the rear door, " Here you two go. " Sylar waited for Isabelle to exit the car, following her out, whispering to the driver, " Keep the car running, tonight might not last as long as i thought. "

Sylar moves up to her, " Shall we head in? " He offered her his arm.

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Joe stood a top a near by roof, drawing power from the Eye of Horus he watched Isabelle and Sylar move towards the lecture hall, " I knew she would bring him here, maybe i did understatement her slightly, bringing him to such a public place, he cant make a move without someone seeing him, not that im going to let him. Joe slowly made his way down the building, once at the bottom, he exchanged his current clothes with another set he had brought with him, not wishing to instantly stand out to Sylar once Joe made his way into the lecture.

There we're so many people inside the building, it had gone to standing room only, Joe was stopped at the door. " I'm sorry sir, but this building has reached its maximum capacity, and we cant allow anyone else in." A guard a the door said

Joe smiled, " Check your list for a Mr. Sable, the owner of this establishment, Mr. Parkins is expecting me, i assisted him on his research for parts of this lecture. "

The guard scans the clipboard, " Oh, yes, its all right here, he also left a note here that you are blind Mr Sable, " The guard looks up, " Will you be requiring any assistance navigating the lecture hall? "

" No that'll be fine, I'll just find some standing space in the back row, i don't think that Mr. Parkins is actually expecting me to show up tonight."

" Alright sir, have a good evening. "

Joe nods and walks in, "Wow, there are a lot of people here, where did they go... ?"

Isabelle smiled at him carefully as he walked her into the room. "Why is that you Miss. Greyhart?" A loud voice boomed behind her. Isabelle turned around a squeeled out a yip "Oh Professor Scott, I had no idea you'd be here when did you get back into the states?!" She looked back at Sylar "Oh Prof this is SYlar." He eyed the man carefully "I never forget a face did she tell you that?" He said with a rueful smile "Nice to see you Issy. Take good care of this one boy she is something special." Another student grabbed his arm and pulled him off before he went he hugged Isabelle, "Careful tonight dear, the wind feels wrong." She smiled "thanks uncle." She whispered just loud enough for him to hear with a smile. She turned and took Sylar's hand "Shall we then Sy?"

She pushed down a hiss as she walked past a statue of Octavian. She smiled feeling a growl fighting in her chest but shook out another greeting and introduction to him. She smirked inwardly I might be trusting but I am not stupid. She glanced across the room taking in the exits and where the guards are waving at a few people she didn't know but like most people waved back at the perky blondes friendly smile.She found her seat quickly pulling him to the seat next to her keeping her hand lightly in his.

Sylar smiled, settling into the seat next to her, " This isn't right... its not going as planned at all, She caught on way too quickly, I think it would be best if i were to call this off... for now atleast. He wrapped his knuckles off the table three times, a tell for one of his men to approach him and ask him away.

five minuets had passed into the lecture, and a man, the driver from before, walked up from outside the room, leaning down into Sylars ear, he then turned to Isabelle, " Well this is rather unfortunate, it appears that there has been an accident that requires my attention, im afraid i'm going to have to excuse myself early this evening, i dont hope this will mar any chances of us spending another evening together? " With that he was out of his chair and walking out of the room.

Once back at the car he exploded, " What the hell happened? "

" Well sir, it looks as if the man who was at the house knew he was being followed, we found both your men disarmed and dead, and we lost track of the man who left the house. "

" Then its for sure he's one of Anubis' lackeys, find him and kill him, and soon, he will be returning to the house that he left from, send men there and have them ready and waiting for his return, i want it done before this lecture is done and that girl makes it home, what a better way to show her she's not safe then my leaving her guardian dead on her doorstep. "

The driver nodded his head, and Sylar exploded again, " Then what the hell are you still doing here? get to fucking work! "

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Joe watched as Sylar left the hall, a wave of relief washed over him, and much of his worry left him, Isabelle would be fine on her own here, he trusted her surroundings, he as well slipped out of the hall, returning to the guards at the front door.

" Leaving so soon sir? "

" Yes, " Joe nodded, " I'm not feeling so well, and i would rather not risk spreading whatever i may have caught, if it is anything more then just an upset stomach. "

" Ah, i see sir, hope you feel better. " The guard replied.

" Thanks, oh, and when Miss Greyhart leaves this evening, will you pull this car around for her? Her date left early and Mr. Parkins has offered the use of his car for the evening, I'll return it in the morning. "

" Yes sir, we'll have it ready for her when the lecture ends. "

" Thank you, have a good night. " he nods his thanks again before walking off. " Now to head home, i think that chicken in the freezer was still good, damn Eye taking so much strength out of me now, I'm going to eat her out of house and home at this rate."

Isabelle smiled at him "It no problem and I am sure we can set something up later." She cocked her head as he left wondering if she was right in her guess or if she had just ran him off like the dozen of guys before him didnt seem like many made it past the hellish first date. She listened to the talk until they got into the roman aspect she made her way to the door when a graud stop her. "Miss Grayhart?" She smiled "Thats me." She said her hand going to her hip "Mr. Sable asked for you to take Mr.Parkins car tonight." She smiled and took the keys "Well thank you for stopping me." She walked out and hissed out a growl of a laugh. "I swear its worse then a nanny." She drove home parking in the lot across the street.

She made her way in shutting the door carefully. "Oh Joe I am home I hope you didnt get so totally lonesome being here all alone all night since you did stay home all night right? She pulled her boots off at the door. She tilted her head when she heard nothing from him. She glanced down the hall seeing his door shut. Little early for him to be in bed She felt no tinge of pain like she did when he hurt himself some how. She went up to her room and flopped on the bed staring at the ceiling. She pulled out the scroll deal with the bonds of other daughters and sons , she got to the part on bonding and zonked out.

It wasn't what Joe was expecting to deal with, there were watchers all along the house. He had stopped a few streets down, and tried to count, fourteen at least, not counting what had already made it into the house, he sat all the traps before leaving, so he knew at least the first wave of intruders would be dead.

No one was making a move, so he pretended not to noticed, moving closer to the house, and up to the front door. He heard the click of a shoe heel coming up behind him, much to heavy to be Isabelle's. People failed to take into account that, with out his sight, Joe's other senses had become much stronger, his hearing was superb, the man moved up closer behind Joe, pulling out a small shock stick, a short metal baton, with a electrical current running through it. He came up behind him, and swung the shock stick, Joe quickly tracked the hum of the electrical current as it moved towards him, dodging to his left, the stick missing him completely, turning around with his own counter attack, snaking his way around to the mans back, bringing his hands to his neck, and quickly snapping his neck. " Damn, now i've got a body to clean up... "

No one else moved, and the area was silent, but the dull rumble of an approaching car engine, " Damn it... home already? lead foot... " He took the body around to the back of the house, and waited for her to pull in, he heard the engine die, and the door to the house open and close, listening to her call for him, he would wait for her to go to sleep before heading out to dispose of the body.

Isabelle tossed in her sleep a pained whimper leaving her lips. She swung wildly her claws flipped out and shredded her pillow as a feral growl left her throat echoing the halls.

The mists rolled over the shimmering green water as the palm trees gently rocked in the late summer breeze. The smell of lotus blooms and cinnamon filled the air. Isabelle stood over a map looking over all of Egypt across the table from her stood Joe his face and mouth held annoyance as well as deep sadness. She looked up from the maps starting to talk to him when she felt her throat go dry as a man walked up and took her hand. She looked over and inspite of her self smiled at him "My King you are late." Sylar grinned at Joe with his eyes matching those of a cobra turned and pressed Isabelle to the wall kissing her as hard as he could until she whimpered out a pained sound leaving her throat. He pulled back locking eyes with Joe as she wiped blood from her lip. "Sorry to keep you waiting MY queen." He spat the word mine at him. She bit back a snarl "Could you just not.." He turned on her softing his eyes gently taking her hand in hushed whispered "Sorry my pet this war is just making me a mess, forgive me." She smiled and nodded "Oh course." Joe shut his eyes and bowed to her before stalking out of the room, as he made it out in the hall he punched the wall in the open courtyard.

She flipped onto her stomach grumbling in her sleep eyes eyes fluttering rapidly as her dreams marched on.
Sylar stood next to a handful of his brothers a sick smile on his face as he kicked the body of Joe on to his side. Isabelle dropped to her knees her breath caught in her throat. She had ran as fast as she could to save him just to watch him fall in battle. "Aww witch did you not get to save the one thing protecting you? You don't think the mongrel loved you did you?" He laughed as her nails grew her eyes changing into cats eyes a hiss leaving her throat. "By my mother and even with the Anubis sons you will be struck down. Sylar held his head back and laughed"A fighter to the end now wonder your people love you highness."She started to retort when hands grabbed her holding her to the ground. He pryed her mouth open lifting a bottle of poison to her lips.

Isabelle sat up in bed throwing her hands over her mouth when she figured out that horrible sound was leave her mouth it had been her overly hoarse screams that had sounded like sirens in her head. She pulled her knees to her chest as she fought to get her breath back into her lungs.

Joe burst awake from a dead sleep hearing the scream, grabbing two of his daggers he kept hidden at his night stand. Flicking the blades out, he burst out of his room, the Eye of Horus kicking in just before he ran head first into a wall, deftly dodging the door frame by inches, regaining his footing out side the door, he cleared the hallway in only a few bounds, setting off one of the traps at the foot of the stairs, he was long gone up the stairs before it even had a chance to strike him.

Every second brought him to the third set of stairs, he had not moved this fast in ages, his feet barely touching the ground between strides, forgetting she preferred to be called by her nickname Joe yelled out, "Isabelle?! What's going on?! " he got no response, " Isabelle?! "

He never lost his timing, and went up the third stair case, thoughts running though his mind. "Did one of those watchers make it into the house? whats-" His thoughts are cut short, as several traps sprung, "Shit! i should have figured up to her room would be more trapped." He dodged several volleys of poison tipped darts, and a few blade traps before being clipped in the shoulder by a spike trap, which consisted of nothing but a long, razor tipped pole. Blood flowed freely down his arm but he paid no attention to it, its was a superficial wound, having missed almost all of his muscle mass, his dagger was still gripped tight in his hand as he rounded the top of the third set of stairs, " Isabelle! " He called again, seeing her sitting on her bed, moving over quickly to her, " What's wrong? are you alright? "

She looked up her eyes were both crimson rimmed making her blue eyes almost gleam sky blue. She curled up in his arms letting his arms cove around her. "Just an awful dream thats all it was terrible." She gasped out between shallow breaths. She wiped her eyes and looked up at him seeing the sweat beam on his brow. "So my scream was that bad huh?" She tried to push a playful tone in her voice but it just made her hoarseness clearer. She touched her hand on his shoulder pulling it back when it felt wet. "How out of.." She cut herself off when the smell of blood hit her nose. "What happend?" She pulled out of her arms and flipped the light on seeing all her traps swinging in the air. "Shit." She nimbly padded around her room to the light avoid the hidden traps remaining. She grabbed a handful of gauze and went about cleaning up his shoulder. "Sorry I should have told you how trap heavy my room was." She ran her fingers the length of the cut tenderly "I am really sorry."

He let her stay in his arms until she felt blood and backed away flipping on a light, " It's nothing that bad, i just got clipped coming up that last few steps, i should have known to be more careful getting here, just that scream... I though something had made it to you, i was worried as hell, and when you didn't respond to me calling you, i knew i had to get up here fast. " He held out his arm as she traced the cut, preparing it for its wrapping, when he suddenly lost his balance, his weight falling on her support, normally she would have been able to hold him up, but the awkward angle sent them both down on to the bed, the Eye of Horus still burning bright on the back of his neck, he still managed a chuckle, " Looks like im the one to be sorry now, i got blood all over your bedding... this doesn't look cheap either, suppose it'll be coming out of my pay check huh? "

She arched a brow at him "Yups so coming out of your check." She looked at the sheets "it's blond she looked at her shredded pillows "But my own damage makes yours seem tiny. Besides if i didnt make it a maze to get in my room then you wouldnt be bleeding now would you?" She felt her cheeks start to burn bright red at the closeness between them. "So how come you can bolt up here in a panic but have zero balance?" She smiled at him thankful he actually couldnt see how red she was getting. "So did you have a good time following me and seeing that I scared a guy off in record time." She lowered her eyes "dont know waht i was expecting really." She tried to smile but it died on her lips.

He smirks, before the Eye fades, " I haven't told you about the Eye of Horus yet have I? " he turned to face her, even though he was blind again, " For a short amount of time, i can focus my life force into the Eye of Horus, temporally allowing me to see again. But if i use it for too long, or for very stressful situations, it can drain my strength rather quickly, each time i use it. Hence why my inability to keep my balance and ruining your sheets. "

He chuckled weakly, " Record time? ha! you've got nothing on me, you don't realize how much a deterrent blindness is to a person. " He smiled, " I knew you would know i was following, but it was for your own good, i don't like that man, not at all, i'd rather you didn't see him again, excuse me for being so forward, but he is bad news. I was followed by men i can only presume we're his, i think it was more a test of my ability to protect you. " He took a deep breath, before continuing. " There we're men waiting here for our return, i was able to take care of one of them, i was getting rid of the body when you pulled in, most of them had cleared out by then, but i've been on nerve sense then, the Roman are rekindling the war on the Sisters, us Anubis thought it was rumor, but we took it for truth anyways, and i'm glad we did. Your life is in danger any time your around that Sylar. "

She sat up looking at him "so you can see sometimes thanks for leaving that little detail out." She licked her lip "So let me get this straight buddy the Romans are planning something major and you are just not telling me are you serious right now." She grit her teeth glowering at him "and because someone moved in on us you think it had to of been him it would be so easy for anyone to come in now to try to frame Sylar you know that right?" She helped him off the bed and pulled the sheets off tossing them into the bin near the door before getting a new set making the bed up "I dont think the issue is you dont like him you just can't stand the idea of having to do your job but as you saw on your spying I am not stupid and I can take care of myself very well." She felt her ears getting red and reder Yes he saw how blushy you got at him being that close. She crawled in her bed her head reeling she wanted to not be alone btu she was too hurt about his big hidden things Oh i can see sometimes and btw people are seriously hunting you.