Mayan Prophecy by Alex Scarrow

Author:Alex Scarrow [Scarrow, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General, Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780141968674
Google: JuW4ngEACAAJ
Amazon: 0141337192
Goodreads: 17369267
Publisher: Puffin
Published: 2013-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Bertie held his breath as he peeked through the gap in the curtains. He watched the young woman. She hadn’t moved for what he supposed must have been about half an hour. She was standing stock still in the middle of the room, a perfect statue, her head slightly cocked as if listening to some unheard whispering voice. She was so still and quiet he was worried she would hear his laboured breathing.

Shuffling in aimless circles around her was the odd yellow box creature, shaped like a tobacco chest, with those curious, comical, childlike facial features. It reminded him of a dog rejoicing at the return of its master.

The bizarre scene remained like that, the woman a curious statue and the dancing yellow box, both of them preventing him from leaving this place undetected.

Then she finally stirred.

‘Yes, I am detecting it too,’ she said out of the blue. She shifted her position and looked down at the circling yellow box. ‘Please move to one side now. A portal will be opening shortly.’

‘Righto, missy!’ chirruped the box and waddled into a dark corner of the room.

Bertie heard a click echo in the dark, then that metallic humming sound again. Quickly growing in intensity.

‘Affirmative, computer-Bob,’ called out the woman. ‘Ten seconds.’

He could only guess he was about to witness the same spectacle again, that mysterious floating sphere. In anticipation of its arrival and the gust of air, he backed away from the fabric and ducked behind the hammock. Just as he did, the curtain billowed inwards, flapping for a moment like laundry on a blustery day.

Then it settled down again.

‘Hey! Becks! We’ve found it! That cave writing!’

Another female voice. He recognized it as belonging to the assistant with the glasses and the American accent. What was her name? Maggy?

‘That is very good news, Maddy,’ said the other young woman.

Maddy.

Bertie, curious and confident the curtain wasn’t about to flutter inwards again, made his way forward and peeked through the gap once more. The floating sphere was still hovering there. Another figure emerged from it, to stand beside the girl with the glasses. The huge man-mountain. He knew his name.

‘Right, Bob, Becks … we need to grab some equipment!’ The girl named Maddy pointed towards the shelves on the back wall. ‘The halogen lamps, the 500-watt mini-generator, cables. Come on! Quick as you can!’

Bertie watched the three of them picking through the boxes stacked on the shelves.

‘We are returning to the year 1994?’ said Becks.

‘Yup. And quickly.’

‘Would it not make sense to identify when the writing appeared on the cave wall and return to that period, Maddy?’

‘One thing at a time, Becks. I’m not sure yet how far back in time we can go with the current power configuration, anyway. Five hundred years? A thousand? Two thousand? First thing we can do is check that whole cave out. Who knows what else is in there?’ She looked at the others. They were already holding loops of cable and equipment, the function of which Bertie couldn’t even begin to fathom.

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