Tame the Wild Cobra STRANDED, Preview for Chapter XIII
The cold blast of arctic air was so strong it was painful. Tiny, icy needles pierced through the layers of Micheal's clothes and stung his face as he held his hand up over his eyes and peered across a vast expanse of white so large he couldn't begin to fathom where it began or where it ended. The force of the wind had hit him quickly, like a boulder, and in response he turned his body abruptly, putting his back to the cold and searched the area before him desperately. Then, almost like magic -- how, he could not understand it -- he saw a small dot. He blinked twice, the wind howling in his ears, the snow swirling around him like thick, white dust and looked again, and it remained fixed before him. A small, dark, tiny dot. Again he didn't know why, but some gut instinct told him it was shelter. He wasn't able to see more than two feet behind or ahead of him but he could see that dark hole in the white canvas before him like a beacon of light.
He didn't bother looking back, because there was no turning back. Reaching out blindly behind him for Tatiana's hand, it took only a couple of seconds for him to feel her small fingers grasping tightly around his and then her body pressing up against him.
For a long panicky second Tatiana saw nothing before her at all. She had twirled around like a possessed woman, the thin air robbing her of her ability to scream. Shuddering from the bone chilling cold, she thought for a moment that she had died underneath that soldier's lifeless, bloody body and that she was trapped in a manifestation of her own terror. But hell was supposed to be a fiery inferno and this was far from that. Where was she? The question drummed through her head frantically, but then just when she was about to go into a crazed panic, she set felt Michael's hand. She couldn't see him clearly but she knew it was him. He had been right behind her. One second he was there and then the next, he was gone. But now he was back, he and that horrible beast that was always with him. Of the two, there was no question who she preferred. So Tatiana clench his hand tightly and pulled up close to him, trying to protect her scantily clad body from the terrible cold. It was merciless, slicing through her thin clothing like sharp razors. Tatiana moved even closer to Michael. She was afraid if she wasn't in full contact with him some how the wind would separate them and then she would be left stranded in this terrible place by herself.
"C'mon!!!!!" Michael called out over the wind's roaring.
Their footsteps left no marks on the ground. The frigid air whipped around Tatiana, covering their tracks with fresh snow. Michael knew where ever they were headed, they'd never be able to get back to this spot. But it didn't matter because they had no choice. Staying there was out of the question. The snow was coming down like a thick, white curtain and Tatiana struggled, but followed behind Michael blindly, her eyes squeezed shut, her head bent low, trusting that he was leading them to safety. For every one step she took, the wind pushed her back two, seconds felt like minutes and the numbness through out her body made it feel like they had been walking forever. Tatiana was close to collapsing when she realized that her feet, clod in the soft, thin leather of her boots were no longer slipping and sliding as they tried to find ground but had touched down on a hard surface, still cold but blessedly solid. She heard it, the sweet quietness of the enclosed shelter and knew there was a God. Sighing deeply she said a quick prayer to Him for her life, for Michael's life, and even for that of the beast, which shook its thick coat with irritation as he moved further into the deep recesses of the cave, away from the raging storm.
Michael watched Tatiana shudder as she released him. He watched her, with her teeth clenched together, rubbing her hands against each other swiftly, She was trying to generate some body heat but he didn't need to move a muscle to generate any body heat. He was so angry he could feel the heat of it pulsing in every single nerve ending of his body. His eyes were dark and dangerous. He couldn't help but resent her presence. She had docilely followed three Med-dai soldiers into the middle of the forest for what? What possible reason could there be that made any sense? What could she possibly have been thinking? If it wasn't for her -- there was nothing she could tell him that would make any sense!!!! Nothing!!! She said she thought they wanted her to dance for them! No one could be that gullible! She walked into the forest with them the same way she walked away from him when he specifically told her to stay put. Don't move, he told her. And now he knew she was going to look to him to save her. Maybe she thought all she needed to do was smile prettily and everything would work out in her favor. Did she ever think past the moment to the consequences of their actions? He highly doubted that because she'd really gone and done it now. They were in this God forsaken place and he was going to be stuck with her for how long he didn't know.
"What are we going to do?" Tatiana asked in a worried voice. Her arms were crossed over her chest, her hands briskly moving up and down over her arms and shoulders. Michael could barely look at her, could hardly hear her over the wailing of the wind. The snow swirled at the mouth of the cave and every once in a while blew some snow in their direction. He had to get them out of there! His anger was abating and he could feel the cold beginning to over take him. But it wasn't the cold or the sound of the wind that was the worst of it. It wasn't the reluctant responsibility he felt for Tatiana, because no matter how angry he was, no matter how simple and misguided she might be, he knew he had to protect her.
It wasn't Tatiana. It was Saniia. She was crying. And looking for him. And he could feel it. The sound of her despair echoed in his ears like a thousand ferrell cats in heat, screaming like babies crying in the middle of the night. He had always hated that sound. Michael pressed his hands against his ears and dropped down into a squat but it was useless. The sound only grew louder.
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"So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee." W. Shakespeare
"----->His intelligence is instinctual and emotional, like a child’s. If any artist loses that childlikeness, you lose a lot of creative juice. So Michael creates around himself a world that protects his creativity”. ~ Jane Fonda
Umm..Sabine, I know you didnt just leave me hot and hanging girl!? Such a tease..
Finally, he's back!!! But the lovers are seperated...a cold, icy storm in the middle of nowhere...Tatiana!!!!
Please, not her again!
At least Zoobie is there.
So...looking forward to the rest!
HEE-HEE!! I KNEW there was a reason i kept hanging around here this morning!!!
OMG! That was a yummy little morsel but, but, but....I WANT MORE!!!!!!
*drops to the floor, crying in despair*
Oh no! Left out in the cold again...
This is as bad as the white Access Denied page I got yesterday. No, it's worse... aaaahhhh the pain!
Sabine, please, help me find a warm, safe place. Allow me to warm my freezing body by the fire generated by Saniia and Michael's love.
I'm soooo cold.
The poor thing is cold and in need. Just write me into the story and I will come and pick him up. Don't know if I would deliver him to Saniia however.... I'm gonna steal him and hide him under the covers of my bed....
Hey everyone . . . hoped you enjoyed the little teaser. It was either that, or rushing to put up the full chapter, and I don't like to rush a good thing.
Ingridje, while CCC appreciates the offer, we don't accept solicitations to write our addicts into the story.
The drama would kill all of us,especially Michael, who has his hands full with his soul mate. 
Addicts you should still be suffering that all time high from the BBM2 chapter! Soooooo, that should take the chill outta the air. Think roof top garden, roof top garden
But as you come down, one thing to look out for is dual themes in the two stories.
i.e., Michael dealt with Tatiana in the last BBM2 chapter, and he will deal with Tatiana in this chapter.
Once again, Hoodwinked BAMBOOZLED, LED ASTRAY!!!!!!. I can't wait for the rest.
Hey Melllll
Well, see it's like that movie with Kevin Costner, Fields of Dreams -- if you build it, they will come. So I WILL write it, as long as I know people are interested in reading it
So have no fear !!!
Aaaw, Saniia the poor baby! :kissing: I hope they'll find each other in THIS chapter!
I mean, what happened??? :shocked: How did they get seperated and where are Michael and T. now?
And Saniia? With Marga perhaps? I hope she's not all alone and lost in the magic Forest...
Cherry, what happened to your pretty avatar? I could always write a lovely CCC version of Eclipse, you know, Michael stranded and alone, fills the void of lonliness and despair with Tatiana's presense, and they spend the next ten, eleven chapters apart, with Michael trying to find Saniia, but being torn because he's falling for Tatiana, or at least he thinks he is.
I mean, what fun!!!!
So you mean
So wait like parallel themes in both stories????????
I cannot wait to see what you do with that Sabine. I am psyched.
I've been waiting for updates on both stories.... Hooked on both of them!!! Please,please,please, keep writing!!!!
Julie, that's music to my ears
I don't know what happened to it.
I can see it but when I post a comment it's gone...
Maybe I have to upload the picture again.
Michael being torn between Saniia and Tatiana.
Not that you couldn't write it but after what happened in BBM 2, that would be...treason, really and very improbable.
This is actually how I imagine her to be, gullible, superficial, not too bright, clumsy at times... The black dumb blone, remember? 
And actually, the way you portray Tatiana in this story makes me feel like reading about LaToya to be honest!
And I really wouldn't like to read about Michael having an affair with his sister!
That's why I can't wait for the rest, I need to get this image out of my system right now!!!!
Oh. P.S. I'm in Germany right now and spent the weekend with my Michael friends. Yesterday we watched Sex and the City II on DVD and at one I couldn't believe my ears! :woot: There's one scene right after the ladies arrive in Abu Dabi that they come out of the hotel to go to the pool and the music that is playing is thissong you once showed me, "Kidda" my Natacha Atlas. The one that you would want to be in a love scene between Michael and Saniia in a movie and I thendescribed how I'd imagine that scene...
I love this song!
So did you hear it in SATC for the first time or how did you come across it?
Hi Cherry
I can see your AV now, it must have been just one of the things. By the way, your "thriller" pics on your FB are fabulous!
No, I didn't first hear that song in the SATCII movie, I've never seen it actually.
I bought this CD 'cause I was in a store and they were playing this music, and I was like OMG this is so good. IT turned out it was a CD that featured music around the world, they are a lot of them, from South American, North Africa, Arabia, so I bought the North African one, and that was one of the songs.
It has songs on it from Morroco, Egypt, and other countries in Africa, great CD!!!! I blast it from my car and many middle eastern men look at me twice as if they had not "seen" me before!
Now, yes, I remember I called LaToya a black dumb blonde
God forgive me! But it's true!!!! And thought I don't know if this statement is true, but Taborelli quotes Michael as saying, she's an idiot, but she's our idiot.
I actually dont' think Latoya is dumb at all. I think she plays dumb because that's her defense mechanism. Whereas I really don't think Tatitana is that smart
You know there is a fan fic floating out there where they did a seen between Michael and his sister
Not Latoya but Janet -- I don't understand people sometime. that's wrong on so many levels. 
You mean you wouldn't want to read about Michael having an affair period, right!!!!! Shamone now
:woot:. You know, me, I'm funny like that, I really never enjoyed reading that kind of drama or watching it, though I can get into it. But in my world, I prefer soul mates to just wrestle with each other!
Oh, there it is!
Thank you, I had a LOT of fun with the Thriller thing!
It's so cool to be a Michael fan because when you're in another country and you find people who like him, too, you immediately have friends! And it was really a series of coincidences that I found this group so I'm even more excited about it...or maybe not, since there's no such thing as a coincidence, right.. 
I'm grateful! 
Oh, I remeber now, you told me about this CD! Well, I immediately thought of you and this story when I watched the scene and I was like "I have to ask Sabine".
LOL @ "she's an idiot, but she's our idiot." Haha, that's sweet and very true I guess, you love her if she's your sister, even though she's crazy. ^^. I don't know, LaToya can be almost cute sometimes and funny, too but still, I don't really like her, I don't know what to make of her.
Michael & Janet...
:dizzy: :face:
Oh, another P.S. Soul mates....I love how in this story it's possible for Michael to actually feel what Saniia is feeling without her needing to tell him. Would be great if we could do that in real life.
*sigh*
I can’t read... I just can’t... coz then I want more and more and my little heart can’t take it..
...all the wanting, waiting, pining, yearning, cravings and wishing for more.. well they just get worse.
Then what’s a girl do do...
*sigh*
Hurry chapter hurry... I’ll be waiting...
Man, wouldn't we save each other a lot of heartache that way? But you know, not for nothing, I STILL think we'd misunderstand each other. Not us, meaning you and me, but just people in general!
That's not what I was thinking
Yes, it was! I clearly read your thoughts!
Still, I think that's where we're headed. Funny, remember the subject of your term paper? Well, there's been a number of spiritual articles I've read that suggested that the number of "autistic" children being diagnosed in recent years were simply that way because the human being as a race was evolving to one that relied less on verbal articulation as a means of communication, but rather was becoming more psychic and empathetic.
I can say that my son is very empathetic, and he can go a day without talking to anyone.
Nuje, are you excited about the parallel themes? I am, too! It's quite a challenge!
Now no one has commented about Michael's anger at Tatiana. Interesting
Sabine,
about the length of BBM2. Do I owe the other addicts an apology? I am really all rested and have been in 'training', I'm ready for a nice long update!!
When I got to the end of this, I couldn't help but think that you stood by your threat from BBM2 to write only a few sentences after I 'complained'
Awwww, don't think like that. I actually said I would write one line
But actually I should have titled this "Sneak Preview" 'cause that's really what it is. So there's a nice long chapter behind it all, trust me
I'm with you, Mgirl, I've 'seen' this posted but refuse to read it! lololol
I don't wanna spoil myself for the full chapter. I just can't. Even though I know it's good and I'm sorely tempted.... ugh
Addicts with self control? I really thought that was a myth or an urban legend. I mean, really who woulda thought?
Well, I certainly don't have any self control, I keep coming back checking the site for the new chapter every two minutes now!
It's sooooo mean to make us wait like that, really! 
:face:
I love this story way too much, I should go to rehab!
you know what i thought of when i first read this little chap-ette?
The scene in Monsters, Inc when Sully and Mike are banished to the land of the abominable snowman!!
"snow cones, anyone?...they're LEMON!"
awww, but poor Michael and Saniia, you have to get them out of there!
I can't figure out how to respond to the poll...have to think on it a bit. I don't know what happened!
whoops!! I meant to say Tatiana, but poor Saniia too...where is she? back in the forest? or taken/sent to some other place??
duh...blame it on the Monday.
Good morning all!!!
Gracie, can you believe I have never seen Monsters Inc., and my kids have the DVD -- there's no excuse for this!!!!!
So if it isn't clear here's the status:
Michael and Tatiana are in a cave in the middle of a raging snow storm.
Saniia is NOT with them.
What has happened? Your guess is as good as everyone elses!!!!
Cherry, we have a recovery room but alas no rehab but you know I feel you girl.
I am so addicted to Big Love and the new season starts in January. I've been waiting all summer and I'm so excited. If you're not familiar with it, it's a series on HBO about a modern day Polygamist family. Crazy dysfunctional!!!!!! The writing is really great and I love it. And i don't watch t.v. pretty much.
I was so addicted, I go the whole family addicted and my kids would be running around saying, Big Love is one in two minutes lets go!!!!! And we'd watch the clock and say, oh, no, ten more minutes!!!!!
It's such a wonderful feeling!
No, I don't know this series but I can imagine the excitement!
It is a wonderful feeling but sometimes it's too much! 
The waiting, the daydreaming...it's draining! 
Before going to rehab though I decded to distract myself by hopping on the crosstrainer now and then go to my cousin's birthday party and eat a lot of cake!
In the meantime I hope Michael finds a way out of this mess and into Saniia's arms...
Cake
Did someone say Cake! I love cake, and you know, CCC just got it's 500th member a few days ago -- not much in a grand scheme of things I mean after all there are billions of people in the world!!! But it's a nice number! 
Cherrrrrrry, I told you, this will be an Eclipse chapter
DID YOU KNOW?
Jackson International LLC owns a part of Ticket.com Inc. Ticket.com Inc. is the second largest online ticket-seller.
Michael is also a big shareholder of Sun International, which is the owner of Sun City in South Africa.
There are 4 hotels in Sun City and one of them is "The Palace of Lost City" which Michael owns completely.
Very few people know about that...
DID YOU ALSO KNOW:
OMG, LOL!!!!
Tatiana Thumbtzen's NEW Book: "Michael & Tatiana: King of My Heart"
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($24.95 USD plus shipping). Tatiana will personalize and sign the first 500 copies sold. December 27, 2010, is the release date. Orders must be received prior to November 15, 2010, to be signed and personalized. All pre-purchases must be single orders initially, and will be honored on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Here's a sample from her new book:
.....sooooo it's a fiction novel???
And I did not know about Sun City, but that's absolutely beautiful.
I have such a desire to go to Africa.... one day I will.
Ladake, you know this girl is delusional, she says "This is my story of lost love as never told before."
chuckles
Everyone who has been to Africa says it is so beautiful and some place on must go to. It's hard to imagine, since it is always portrayed as such an ugly and poor place.
Nice hotel! I had no idea he owned hotels too. I would like to go there some day.
And Tatiana... well, well, well... how sweet.
Royal wedding... LOL!
In your dreams sweetie. For one he was not royalty and second he did not fancy you, girl.
Ah, the brutal truth!
I do feel sorry for her though. Just imagine to have been that close to Paradise and then have the door slammed in your face. It would have made me lose my mind. At least she deserves a bit of credit for remaining standing on her feet, I think.
Oh goodness! Obsessed number 2 has resurfaced AHAHAHA perfect timing. Let's see what lies she conjures up now.
King of My Heart????
Sabine, when r u leaving on a jet plane?? excited??!!
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I'm so tired!!!! It's 8:00 p.m. here but 11:00 p.m. back in NY! My body doesn't know what time it is!!!!! But I've arrived safely and soundly!!!!!!
Enola, I have zero sympathy for people who try to make money by lying about Michael, absolutely ZERO. Tatiana is not stupid enough to NOT know what she is doing. She's been milking the same lie for the past 20 years. You mean this woman has no other talents and gifts or contributions she can make to this world rather than riding on Michael's coat tails?
Why hasn't she used the slight fame that Micheal's name afforded her to do some good in the world?
No, she is and has always been trying to better her own self, AND that is her downfall, and THAT'S WHY Michael didn't want her.
You know looking at Michael's hotel in South Africa, it reminds me of the Bellagio -- which is so gorgeous!!!! Breathtaking in real life!!!! I think they have the same style. Soooooo I'm off to dinner. I've got to migrate my way through a number of slot machines! Wish me luck!
Psssstttt… Michael…
Why are you still standing out there in the icy wind with that woman?
Come on, even a flagpole has more curves than she has. There is not enough meat on her to keep you warm…and comfortable...
Why don’t you come over here instead?
*shakes her head when Michael remains frozen in the picture*
Hm, I will never understand why this isn't working...
I wonder what I am doing wrong...
Maybe I should have brought a bucket of KFC?
Michael? Michaeeeeelll???? Yes, that's Saniia AND me looking for him, crying!
Sabine, I haven't read through all the comments on here yet but that photoshopped pic at the top is so well done and perfect!!! I love it!!!
Hey Frodes, honey, how are you feeling? I hope better?
That's actually three pictures layered together. It took me a helluva long time, but it was worth it! Thanks!!!!
It's so quiet, but I keep seeing addicts peeping in and out, I guess they're waiting for Michael and Tatitana to appear!
You guess??? Ha! :getlost:
Can the adventure continue, please? Now?
Such a beautiful song
I always wondered why Michael gave it away and didn't sing it himself. He would have sung it beautifully, thought Blackstreet did a great job, too.
Your wish is my command
Isn't it?
I love it so much and I think it would be perfect had Michael sung it. I try to imagine his voice whenever I hear it, he would have sung is so beautifully! But yes, the Blackstreet version is very nice, too.
I think Teddy Riley once said that Sony didn't want the song so Michael gave it to Blackstreet. It was one of Teddy's favorites he said.
Sabine...what exactly is your definition of "now"?
Honestly, I AM writing -- every time i think I'm done, something else comes up -- and it's all over the place, in my notebook (which is full) on various computers. And the pictures and GIFS!
I keep finding new ones that are sooooooo perfect.
Like Michael, I can't put it up unless I feel it's perfect, and hopefully there'll be enough diehard addicts still around and interested to read it when I do!!!!! It's just a matter of putting it all together in just the right and perfect way!
Well, I certainly am addicted this story, I'm considering having "tamed the wild cobra" printed on a t-shirt, or on buttons, "Team Saniia/Prince" scarves ...
I'm sure the others love it, too but I am this story's biggest fan!
I'm sure it will be...aaaaaand it would be just so amazing if the new chapter was up before I go to Disneyland Paris tomorrow night. 
So I apprecaite it very much that you want it to be perfect.