Atlantis Lost by J Robert Kennedy

Author:J Robert Kennedy [Kennedy, J Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J. Robert Kennedy
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Zek Gerald Residence

Outside Beja, Portugal

Present Day

Acton tested the zip ties binding his hands, and kept his disappointment hidden. They were tight. Too tight. That not only meant they were cutting into his skin, but that they’d be extremely difficult to break. He rocked slightly in the kitchen chair he was strapped to. It creaked.

Good. Break the chair, and your hands and legs are free.

It told him these men weren’t professionals. Real pros would have bound their hands and ankles together, and left them on the floor with a guard. These men had strapped their hands and feet individually to rickety chairs. Unfortunately, there was a great equalizer in the entire situation.

Two of them, in fact.

Two handguns, tucked into the belts of their original two captors. The third, who had met them at the airport, was conversing with them in hushed, angry tones in the next room. Apparently, the third man, named Zek, wasn’t too pleased with the unexpected houseguests.

“What were you thinking involving me in this?”

“I’m sorry, Zek, but I had no choice.”

“Yes, you did. You could have gone anywhere in the world but here. And you should have warned me! Now I’m on camera having picked you and them up. The authorities are going to come looking for me!”

Spud spoke up meekly. “Umm, maybe we should leave. You can say that you didn’t know, and immediately kicked us out.”

Tark growled. “Shut up!”

“No, don’t shut up. That’s the first intelligent thing I’ve heard said here today. You should leave. Now!”

“But where are we going to go? It’s just for a few more minutes, I promise. Once we see the first news reports that it’s happened, then they’ll be set free.”

“And I’ll still be blamed.”

Tark appeared in the doorway. “You two getting all this?”

Acton shrugged.

“Would you tell the authorities the truth about my brother?”

Acton nodded. “Absolutely.”

Tark disappeared. “There, see? You’ve got nothing to worry about.”

Acton winked slightly at Laura. Zek was now no longer a threat, and Spud was still malleable, in his opinion.

“Fine. But if I don’t hear this announcement within one hour, you’re all out of here regardless.”

Tark walked past the doorway. “I don’t understand why we haven’t heard anything. They were supposed to detonate the cables over an hour ago. Something must have gone wrong.”

Acton’s eyes widened, as did Laura’s. “Hey, what are you guys detonating?”

Tark reappeared. “Shut up!”

“Listen, like I told your friend, we were surveying a new archaeological site that was just discovered underwater, off the coast of the Azores. Not far from where you captured us. If you’re planning on detonating a bomb or something, then you need to stop. The entire site could sink even farther.”

Tark’s eyes narrowed. “What kind of site?”

“An ancient city.”

His eyes widened. “In the Azores? Bullshit.”

Acton forced a chuckle, hoping to keep the conversation going. “That’s what I thought, but it’s there. And there’s significant evidence to suggest it might be the lost city of Atlantis.”

Tark’s eyebrows shot up, and Zek appeared at his brother’s side. “Are you serious?”

“He never kids about archaeology,” replied Laura.

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