The Raja's Lost Treasure by Garrett Drake

Author:Garrett Drake [Drake, Garrett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Action, adventure
Publisher: Green E-Books
Published: 2019-05-19T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

DEJECTED OVER LOSING the treasure, Richard sighed and kicked at the dusty floor. He sauntered up the steps in silence, unsure if he even wanted to discuss just how close they had been. After all the time and effort they had expended on preventing the Germans from getting the treasure, Richard grappled with the reality that he and David had failed.

They trudged out of the building in silence, leaving the men tied up. While exiting the room with all the storage tanks, Richard ignored the moans from Vikrant and the bandits and pressed forward.

David threw his arm around Richard’s shoulder. “You learned a valuable lesson today: You can’t win ’em all.”

“That doesn’t mean I can’t be upset about not winning this one. We were so close. Not only do we have nothing to show for it now, but the Reichswehr has made off with all the treasure.”

David shrugged. “Maybe, maybe not. We don’t know if the treasure was removed last night or three hundred years ago or anywhere else in between.”

“But based on the evidence I found with the water level and the signs that the tank was recently drained, it’s pretty obvious that someone was just down there.”

“They could’ve found the same thing we did. However, the good news is that if the Reichswehr stole away with the raja’s fortune in the middle of the night after they tried to kill us, they wouldn’t be able to get very far.”

Richard cocked his head to one side and furrowed his brow. “Why’s that?”

“The train out of Jaipur departs once at a day noon,” David answered. “We’ve still got an hour to make the station and catch the Germans.”

“And you don’t think they would try to travel by some other method?”

“Not with the precious cargo they have.”

Richard nodded. “Then we don’t have any time to waste.”

They hustled back toward the city and headed in the direction of the train depot. But they didn’t get far before Richard noticed a truck puttering along the road loaded with a half dozen men. With the back of his hand, he hit David on the arm.

“Don’t turn around now, but the Reichswehr unit is right behind,” Richard said.

“If they get to the train station ahead of us, we might not be able to retrieve the treasure.”

“Hold tight,” Richard said. “I’ve got an idea.”

A few meters ahead of them was a cow standing along the side of the road, free from being bothered in a culture that revered the animal. Richard glanced around to make sure no one was looking and gave the cow a shove in its rear end. Mildly annoyed, the animal looked back at Richard and remained pat.

The truck had picked up a little momentum as the street began to clear out of the vehicle’s way—and Richard was running out of time. From a nearby street vendor, Richard snatched a carrot and held it in front of the cow before tossing the vegetable in the middle of the road. The bovine beast finally obliged, sauntering into the road to retrieve the prize.

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