History Unwritten Chapter 1
Benjamin Gates stood in the living room of his father's house looking out the window at the exquisite garden behind the house. He had called Abigail and Riley to meet him there to discuss something. Ben thought about how he was supposed to start the conversation. The president wants him to figure out what the page means and only to trust those he would trust with his life. He figured that there was nobody better than Abigail, Riley, and his dad, since they had been with him from the beginning. He waited for Abigail to show up as Riley and Patrick waited patiently to find out what they were there for. Riley was not doing well with waiting patiently. He was fidgeting in his seat and would not stop staring at Ben trying to read his mind. Riley had an idea about what the meeting was about, but he wanted to wait until they all were there. The minute Abigail walked in, Riley spoke up.
"Okay, we're all here. What is this mystery meeting about?" Riley asked before Abigail got the change to sit down. Ben turned around and they all were staring at him.
"It's about the page." Ben said simply.
"I knew it." Riley stated.
"I was told only to trust people that I trusted with my life." said Ben.
"That's sweet, Ben." said Abigail.
"Well, since I couldn't find anyone else I had to settle for the three of you." Ben joked. Abigail punched him in the arm. "I was kidding!"
"You better be." she said.
"What exactly is on the page?" Riley asked.
"Well, it is kind of hard to tell. It mentions a city, but it doesn't give any detail about what the city is, or where it is. It doesn't give any explanation to the importance of this city. It also mentions that a battle had been held at the city, but it doesn't say who fought in this battle. Everything was vague, except one bit of information." Ben explained. He pulled out a printed copy of the page and opened it, reading it out loud. "A woman with knowledge known not, is the only one who will know. Beautiful like the Egyptian sun, she is the only one who can tell where to go."
They all sat there in silence thinking, the phrase echoing in their minds. After, what seemed to be, a lifetime of silence someone finally spoke.
"Okay." said Riley clearly confused. "What is that supposed to mean?"
"Well, I have thought about it, and I think the first part is referring to a woman who knows things that nobody else does." Ben explained.
"That makes sense." said Abigail. "But what is it that she knows?"
"That is something that only she knows, I think." said Ben.
"What about the last part?" Patrick asked. "It just says she's beautiful and that she will know where to go."
"Technically it says she is as beautiful as the Egyptian sun." Riley corrected. "This is a women I have no problem meeting."
"Yes, but what does that mean?" said Ben more to himself than the others. They all sat there thinking as Ben began to pace. Riley picked up the piece of paper and was staring at it. It was such a simple sentence yet it seemed that it was what caused them the most trouble.
"Why does it have to mean anything?" Riley asked suddenly. Ben stopped and looked at him.
"What do you mean, Riley?" Abigail asked confused.
"You always try to look for the deeper meaning inside these clues and words," he explained. "But what if there isn't anything deeper."
"I'm not following you, Riley, would you care to elaborate?" Ben asked interested. Riley stood up holding the piece of paper.
"It says she is as beautiful as the Egyptian sun." Riley repeated. "I don't think the meaning is as deep as you have been digging. What if is simply means she is Egyptian?"
"You think it is as simple as that?" Abigail asked.
"Why couldn't it be?" Riley retorted. "All these clues are always so confusing but this time the only information we have is a girl who knows what others don't, and the possibility that she is Egyptian. Plus it says that she will know where to go, so clearly this is someone who will lead us to the next clue."
"It does give a vague description of a battle and a city. This women could know what that is." said Ben. "Maybe it is that simple."
"How do we find this girl?" Abigail asked. "It didn't give a name and address."
"No, but it did give a possible location." said Patrick. "If she is Egyptian then where is the first place you would look?"
"Egypt." said Abigail.
"That's all well and good, but, unless my geography is off, Egypt is huge." said Riley. "How are we supposed to know where to look for her?"
"We start in the biggest city in Egypt." said Ben. "If this woman is supposed to know things that others don't, people may have heard of her."
"The biggest city in Egypt?" Riley asked. "Cairo!"
"It is the first place I would think of." said Abigail. "If our mystery women lived anywhere in Egypt it would probably have been Cairo."
"And if that doesn't work?" Riley asked as the others began to walk out the door.
"We try somewhere else." said Ben. "The president gave me this task, and I am not going to let him down."