Sunken Treasure Lost Worlds by Hep Aldridge

Author:Hep Aldridge [Aldridge, Hep]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BUOY MEDIA
Published: 2019-09-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

The ringing phone pulled me out of a deep sleep at 6:30 the next morning. “Colt,” the voice said.

“Yeah, Fitz,” I mumbled, “who did you expect at this number, the friggin’ Easter Bunny?” I’m very grumpy when I’m jarred awake by loud noises. “Well, good morning to you too, sunshine,” he replied. “Got your message yesterday and wanted you to know I’m flying in; be there by 7:30.”

“Great,” I said. “Start the coffee if you get there before me,” and I hung up on him. Like I said, grumpy. I got up and hit the shower. Luckily for me, the Lair was only ten minutes from my place. I made it there by 7:15; the chopper had landed out back, and when I got inside, Fitz had put the coffee on! Thank goodness for small miracles. Doc, Dimitri, and Nils were there, and Joe came rolling in on his BMW GS1100 five minutes later, with donuts! Ah, it was a miracle!

Everybody was in the conference room when I joined them and as always Fitz got straight to the point. “Okay, so fill me in,” he said. “What’s this about a skeleton and a black box?” I hadn’t even finished pouring my cup of the rich Columbian coffee, whose magnificent aroma filled the conference room.

“Just a minute,” I said, “I’m not talking to anyone until I get at least one swallow of caffeine.”

He laughed and said, “Grumpy bear. Slide the donuts this way, sit your ass down, and let’s hear this story. Oh, congratulations, now get on with it.”

I smiled as I pulled out a chair grabbed a jelly donut and took a large sip of coffee.

Things were getting better. "Okay,” I said. Thirty minutes later and numerous questions, and Fitz was up to speed, including the incident with the Dizzy D.

He let out a low whistle and said, “My, my, you boys have been busy. So, you want a clean room to open this mysterious box in.”

“Yes” I replied. “Since we have no idea what’s in it, I want to make sure whatever it is doesn’t get contaminated by the environment, or we get contaminated by it. Also, we may need to implement preservation protocols for what’s inside. It has remained sealed, as far as we can tell, since 1715, and we may need some of your high-tech toys, depending on what we find inside.”

He got up and poured himself another cup of coffee and over his shoulder said, “I’ve got just what you need. I’ll alert my people, and we can fly it out when you’re ready.”

“Great,” I said.

“I’m guessing,” he said, “that you will want to make another conversion while we’re at it.”

“That would be nice,” I replied between sips of coffee.

“I’ve got room for four of you, the crate, and “other” cargo. Colt, you can sit co-pilot this time.”

“No problem, just as long as I don’t have to fly that thing.”

Shaking his head, he said, “How much do you want to convert, and FYI the two

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