Hexad: The Factory (Time Travel Thriller) Book 1 by Al K. Line

Author:Al K. Line
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Al K. Line
Published: 2015-07-07T23:00:00+00:00

An Unwanted Discovery

Present Day

"Where did we say they would be?" The previous night they'd had a hurried, and very subdued conversation about where the Hexads would be, playing along just so they followed what had already happened in what was once their future, now their present.

"A step to the left of the big shrub with the yellow flowers on it, and then one back."

"You can bet that's right where they are going to want to dig for this broken pipe. We've got no choice, have we? If we don't do it then they will, and then we won't have a Hexad for ourselves."

Amanda just nodded and carried her spade up the garden. Dale followed her.

Birds flew into the hedges, butterflies danced amongst the buddleia, and the robin seemed to know exactly where they were going so was already perched on the fence in anticipation of some juicy worms.

Amanda paced out where to dig and then they both pushed their spades into the rich soil, improved years ago, now neglected, neither of them able to face doing anything with an area they had agreed was totally out of bounds. The soil was still soft and easy to shift, but as they got deeper the ground became wet, then sodden, until soon they were digging through water that was filling in the hole almost as fast as they could get it out. They dug on, having to move faster and faster, cautiously checking down the garden that the workmen weren't about to discover them before they got what they had no choice but to uncover.

Thunk.

Dale hit something hard with his spade, hoping that it wasn't just the sewage pipe. He scraped away and Amanda did the same, but it was impossible to see what it was — the muddy water was beating them to it and the smell was getting worse.

"Okay, I'm gonna put my hand in."

Amanda stood back while Dale bent down and stuck his hand into the foul liquid. He felt around until he touched what felt like metal, and then pulled hard on a handle. The object began to move but was still held pretty fast, so he directed Amanda to dig away more of the slurry while he heaved.

Finally a small steel chest came out of the hole.

Dale dragged it away back onto the lawn, trying not to leave a trail of sewage-soaked soil behind him, while Amanda hurriedly filled in the hole as best she could then stomped down on the sinking earth to make it look natural. She stood back, shoveled some dry earth from the border over where they'd dug, then helped Dale carry the chest down to by the house.

The robin, unconcerned by the smell, hopped down onto the ground and pecked at a worm greedily.

Neither of them said a word; neither of them wanted any of it to be happening.

Dale hosed down the chest, scrubbed it with a brush to get the foul dirt off, washed off his hands and then they silently carried it into the kitchen.

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