Dark Moon Rising by Michael E Gonzales

Author:Michael E Gonzales [Gonzales, Michael E]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fire Star Press
Published: 2016-03-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Hugh did not have the same reaction to the ear splitting sound. He just stood there, unable to help the others. Finally, the piercing sound ended.

"My ears are ringing like church bells!" Mary said loudly.

The small blue light appeared again, and Hugh watched as it moved directly toward him, stopping mere centimeters from his face. It hovered there several seconds. Then, two pale blue beams of light, like laser beams, shot into his eyes.

"Hugh!" Mary screamed.

"I'm all right," Hugh said. "It doesn't hurt."

The beams ended. About three meters in front of Hugh the very material of the floor transformed into an obelisk just over a meter tall, then another section of the floor formed itself into a shelf attached to the obelisk. It had created a chair facing the ten panels. Now, the blue light moved away from Hugh to a spot directly in front of the chair, and flashed. Mary, Joe and Balaji started to move toward it when it suddenly flashed a single bright red burst. They stopped. It moved again to Hugh, and flashed its gentle blue light at him before returning to the chair.

"Seems it only wants me," Hugh stated.

"Hugh, don't," Mary pleaded.

"Don't you see? I have to."

Hugh took the seat. One of the ten large panels, the one directly in front of him, illuminated a pale blue color. It detached from the wall and slowly, floating in the air, advanced toward him, and as it did, it began to curl at the sides. It encircled Hugh, forming a cylinder around him. Then, it became transparent so Hugh could be seen inside. Hugh himself now began to glow, and seemed to become translucent. A sound filled the air, much like the arcing of thousands of bolts of electricity, yet no electrical discharge was apparent.

Mary again screamed out his name and started to run toward him. She managed two steps when the material of the floor formed around her feet, locking her in her place. Balaji slowly lifted his right foot in an attempt to move toward Mary. The floor reached up, grabbed his foot, and gently pulled it down.

Half an hour passed before Hugh's cylinder stopped all its light and noise, and became opaque. The panel opened and started to back away. Unfolding, it returned to its original position.

"Hugh!" Mary called out.

He remained still and silent.

"Hugh!"

He stirred, but very slowly. His eyes opened incrementally. He stared at the four panels in front of him. They became black and instantly white numbers and letters began to appear on them. It was a form of highly advanced terrestrial mathematics. The numbers and letters were the symbols with which all the scientists were familiar.

Joe asked, "What is all this?"

Balaji shook his head, never taking his eyes off the panel, when suddenly, among the dozens of figures flashing by, he saw:

x = [- b + √ (b2 - 4ac)]/2a and x = [- b - √ (b2 - 4ac)]/2a.

"That was dal Ferro's solution for cubic equations," Balaji blurted out, wide-eyed.

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