The Ultimate Aphrodisiac by Robert G Barrett

Author:Robert G Barrett
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2014-10-20T04:00:00+00:00

Lengi woke Brian at five-thirty the next morning. He had a shower, got dressed and was in the kitchen by six. Milne was already there in a pair of shorts drinking coffee. He smiled hello, then the conversation was brief as they ate breakfast and soon they were packed and in the Jackaroo heading into the jungle. There was no sign of rain as they drove through the rainforest and the early morning sun was filtering through the tall trees, bathing the trail ahead in soft streams of light. Outside the car Brian could hear flocks of parrots screeching to each other in the trees as they bumped steadily along the trail. Inside the car Brian could detect a sense of urgency in Milne’s manner and the way he was driving.

‘What’s the big hurry, Ron?’ asked Brian.

‘Mate,’ replied the President. ‘I’ve only got three days to whip you into a fighter pilot, before half the fuckin Yank army gets here.’

‘Three days? That’s heaps of time.’

‘I hope so, Takatau. Because this whole gig just about depends on you.’

‘Hey. Trust me, Sawi. I haven’t let you down yet.’

‘Yeah, okay. But there’s a bit more to it than just flying a MeG 21.’

‘How do you mean?’ asked Brian.

Milne bumped over a narrow log bridge crossing a beautiful bubbling little stream. ‘You’ll find out when you get your wings,’ he said.

They came out of the jungle into the deserted farming area and drove straight on through the gorge. Before long they’d flanked the mangroves around the bay and Milne stopped the car between the two temples, like he did the day before. They got their bags from the back seat and the next thing Brian knew, they were standing by the stone table in the cool silence of the main temple, getting changed into their white coveralls. Milne handed Brian a fold-up map of the world and led him over to the discs.

‘Okay,’ he said, nodding to the crystals in the wall. ‘Get a blue key and you can take the bogey at the end.’

‘Blue,’ said Brian, taking the appropriate crystal from its slot. ‘My tribal colours.’

They walked over to the end disc and Milne indicated for Brian to put the crystal in the side. The hatch opened, the steps folded down and Brian climbed up first.

The cabin didn’t seem that much smaller than the other disc; the pilot’s seat was in the middle with two small bench seats on either side. Milne sat down on the right, Brian got behind the controls and spread the map out on the other seat. Milne ran Brian through the controls and over the dash till Brian had memorised everything, then told him to put the crystal in its slot and turn on the power. The dash lit up and Brian moved the crystal forward; there was a slight bump as the rotors started and in seconds the rims had blurred into life around the cabin.

‘All right,’ said Milne. ‘I showed you how to disconnect the docking pins.

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