Atlantis by Bob Mayer

Author:Bob Mayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Publisher: Cool Gus Publishing
Published: 2012-10-30T04:00:00+00:00

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“That's the entire message. It kept repeating those letters,” Hudson said.

“Leave or die, twelve hours,” Ariana read, unconsciously checking her watch, which wasn't working.

“Doesn't sound very friendly,” Ingram offered.

“Who sent this?” Ariana asked.

“Your guess is as good as mine,” Hudson said.

“Could it have been the same guy who made that radio transmission we picked up before we crashed?” Ariana asked.

“Maybe,” Hudson said. “He might be sending in Morse now because it has greater range than voice and uses less power.”

Ariana read it once more. “The important question is: Was that message directed at us?”

“I'd say so,” Hudson said. “There's no one else on the radio in this area.”

Ariana looked at the skin of the aircraft. “We're going to have to find out what's going on and make our own help. It's been too long since we crashed. We can't just stay in here and hope someone stumbles across us.”

She didn't add her fear that whoever had sent the message knew something they didn't and that the aircraft gave them a false sense of security. Whatever had ripped open the cockpit could rip through the side of the plane just as easily. And then there was the golden beam feeding into Argus. She had no idea what it was or why it was doing what it was doing, but she had a very strong feeling that it wasn’t a good thing. Ariana’s analytical mind had too much data that she didn’t understand and she was willing to go with her gut instincts.

“All right,” Ariana said. She looked at each person, catching their eye for a few seconds, then moving to the next one. “What we’re going to--”

Suddenly there was a hissing noise on the left side of the plane. Everyone spun about. A small hole, about two inches in diameter suddenly appeared at about knee level and a beam of bright gold light crossed the console area, touched the edge of a computer desk, slicing through it, then hit the far side of the plane, hissed for a second, then was through. The beam remained in the air, like a bar, crossing the compartment.

Herrin scurried behind a console, putting it between him and the light. “They're coming in for us!”

“Calm down!” Ariana yelled. After a few moments to see if anything else would happen, she walked up to the beam. She'd seen top of the line lasers but, like the other golden beam, this was something different. Every few seconds she thought she could detect a change to the flow in the beam, but it was hard to be sure.

“Another atomic laser?” Ariana asked as Ingram came up next to her.

“Probably, but I couldn't tell you what the other one is so I don't know for sure,” Ingram said. “Anyone have any idea what this is?”

Carpenter took a piece of paper and slid it down into the beam. The paper was neatly cut where the beam touched, the material disappearing. “I don't know, but whatever it is, I wouldn't want to step into it.

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