The Book of Adam - Town Secrets by Scott Gelowitz

Author:Scott Gelowitz [Gelowitz, Scott]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2014-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

After lunch, Kevin, Adam and Jimmy walked to Town Hall. Kevin and Adam had stopped to pick up Jimmy since they walked past his house anyway. As they stepped inside, Mark and Gurpreet were already there. Thankfully, Ben was nowhere in sight. They had been afraid he would be their task master, making them clean his torture devices and testing them on the boys.

"Come come," said Gurpreet. "We're just waiting for two more people before we can leave." He motioned for them to take a seat in the lobby area.

Who else are we waiting for? Hopefully not Ben, thought Adam.

"You should consider yourselves privileged. The Sentinel League has rarely had Junior Initiates since it was formed over 1000 years ago," said Gurpreet.

"Did you say 1000 years?" asked Jimmy.

"Yes," replied Gurpreet, straight faced. "It's been an extremely private organization in its time. You wouldn't have heard about it because you weren't asked to join. That’s when all of the members discover it exists. It's a well-kept secret"

Adam thought for a second. So many questions ran through his mind and it was the time to ask. "Why is there a Sentinel League?" It was a simple but loaded question. He hoped Gurpreet would have a good answer.

Gurpreet paused and took in a deep breath. "That is a great question. I’ll tell you the basics, because there are a lot of details and we don’t have all day. So let's start this off appropriately…In the beginning, we go way back to early Man. They were living in caves and doing all those primal things we learn in school about hunters and gatherers. They lived in small communities, had children, and did what they needed in order to continue living.

At the same time, a group of people lived on an island. How they got there, they didn’t know, but they were special. They were human, but they just understood more about everything and were naturally curious.

The island they were on was perfect for living and learning. They never had far to go for food or water, and the weather was always the same. Not having to worry about the essentials of life allowed them to concentrate on learning and building a civilization. And learn they did. They learned about the sciences, mathematics, chemistry, art and other things. They were passionate about knowledge, and lived in peace for generations of time. It was the only true Utopia the world has ever known."

"Sounds like Atlantis to me," said Mark.

"Actually, that is where the stories of Atlantis started. The original stories were somewhat accurate, but current stories are more imagination than truth," replied Gurpreet. “The island was somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean but they had never named it - at least not Atlantis. They came up with a name for themselves though - Teneo, meaning ‘to learn’.”

“You’re serious? This is a true story?” asked Jimmy.

Gurpreet nodded. "Because they loved knowledge, they eventually travelled beyond their island. They didn’t travel far when they met our ancestors, and this is when things changed.

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