The Phantom by Wayne Mansfield

Author:Wayne Mansfield [Mansfield, Wayne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
Published: 2012-10-13T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

A small delay in the Suez Canal caused by a pair of container ships going slower than a rainy Sunday could not dampen the spirits of the crew aboard The Phantom. The Mediterranean was just a few hundred metres away and the first half of their journey was nearing its conclusion.

Toby and Bird were lying naked in hammocks, enjoying the sun and swapping stories about the first time they had sex.

“Mine was in the backseat of a married man’s car,” said Toby.

Bird started chuckling. “Dirty bastard. How old were you?”

“Fifteen.”

“So he was a dirty old bastard then?”

Toby shook his head. “Nope. He was about thirty and I was the one who went after him. I was in the supermarket getting some chips or something after school and this guy in a suit came in. He was hot. Tall, tanned, and well-built. I was just a scrawny kid, but I knew what I wanted. I followed him around the aisles, giving him the eye and rubbing my cock through my pants to let him know I was, you know, interested. Next thing I’m in his car parked at some sports oval and he’s sucking me off.”

Bird sat up in his hammock. “Man, that’s hot. Makes me sucking and fucking my best mate off a bit lame.”

“You ever had a boyfriend?” asked Toby.

“Nah. Been in the closet. Only really get with another bloke when I’m away,” said Bird. “Where nobody knows me. How about you?”

“Me? Give me a break. I’m only eighteen. Lived with my mum all my life. I could have moved out last year, but since my dad shot through she gets kind of lonely.”

“Mama’s boy,” said Bird.

“Coat hanger.”

There was a brief moment of silence during which Toby stared up at the seagulls wheeling overhead.

“Hey what do you reckon will happen now?”

“What do you mean?” asked Bird.

“I mean do you reckon this Atlantis stuff is true?”

“I don’t know. If you’d asked me a couple of months ago if there were giant sharks and octopuses and purple genies I would have called the loony bin. Now I don’t know what the hell’s going on. Probably just as much chance of it being true as not.”

Toby tucked his hands behind his head.

“I still don’t know why the Captain’s bothering. Pete was telling me there’s no way he’ll be able to keep anything he finds. It’ll belong to some government or other. They’ll take it off him.”

“As long as I get paid, I don’t care what happens,” said Bird. “Same for Zeke. He reckons the Captain’s got his head up his arse, but we’re here to do a job and as long as we get paid then there’s no harm done, hey?”

Toby nodded.

“That’s where they are now,” continued Bird.

“Who?”

“Your Pete and the Captain. They’re over there in the Captain’s quarters talking about Atlantis, plotting the area they’re going to search.”

“First of all he’s not my Pete…”

“Aw come one. Everyone knows he is.”

“Secondly,” Toby continued, raising his voice and talking over Bird, “I thought Captain Bartlett had a map.

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