City Of Sand by Richard Smith

Author:Richard Smith [Smith, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-25T04:30:00+00:00

FOURTEEN

Her hand still on Cody’s, Valerie began to talk. She began to speak of things she never really wanted to think about but knew that she had to – especially now. She had waited long enough.

“The dark cases in the basement of the museum, Cody,” she continued, “everyone was afraid of them – afraid of their contents.”

Cody was on another magic carpet ride and was trying to pull in the reins. “Whoa, little lady,” he said in his best John Wayne voice, “First you tell me that our big gold beetle is off wandering around on its own, right here in this chamber, then you refer back to the dark cases in your museum, as if the two stories are tied together; Can you sense my confusion?”

Valerie took in a deep breath, “I’m sorry Cody, I wanted to tell you before, but it all seemed so foolish – so crazy. The movement of the Scarab Beetle and the dark cases in the museum are tied together,” she continued as she tried her best to explain the unexplainable; “The artifacts that came from the Grand Canyon also move, Cody, they move about within the dark cases every night. I was the first to discover the phenomenon and the only one to ever see it.”

Cody saw Ben motioning for him to come over. “If I’ve got this straight,” Cody said as he waved at Ben, “The Grand Canyon artifacts and the artifacts here in Death Valley have the capability to move about on their own?”

“I never wanted to consider it, Cody, it seemed so bizarre, but I believe now that the artifacts from both sites are somehow animated and they are trying desperately to find their way back to Egypt.”

Cody stood and looked toward Ben. His mind was reeling and he felt as if he’d just fallen off a cliff. “Okay, Valerie, you’ve just gone about ten stories above my comprehension level, let’s talk about this when we get back to the surface.”

Valerie could see the total disbelief in Cody’s face. She knew that she had done a terrible job of explaining what she thought she should explain. She wanted to start over and was about to say something else when Ben approached with a frown.

“We’ve got a problem, Boss,” Ben said as he studied Valerie. She managed a weak smile as she stood.

“Power has been stretched out for one hundred yards in both directions,” Ben continued, “following east and west in the main tunnel, and we’ve got everything lit to the ceiling.”

“The problem?” Cody asked

“We can’t raise the technicians, Harper and Alex,” Ben said, “even their personal GPS locators have dropped off the grid.”

“You mean the guys have disappeared?”

“Vanished, Cody,” Ben said with wide eyes, “they’ve simply vanished.”

“They’ve gotten entangled in the energy field,” Valerie said, without thinking. She had forgotten that Ben knew nothing of the moving artifacts.

“I’m sorry, Ms. Case?” Ben responded.

“I want you to get everybody together right now,” Cody ordered, “have them meet me here ASAP.” He was hoping that Ben would forget about Valerie’s energy field remark.

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