*Sorry for the huge delay. Needed my mind to relax and was hooked to playing Baldur's gate 1 and 2 enhanced editions with my friends on our mobile devices. Now without further ado, onward to the story.*
Archaeology is the search for fact… not truth. If it's truth you're looking for, Dr. Tyree's philosophy class is right down the hall."–Indiana Jones
Chapter 2
(Dante's pov)
Next day 8 hours later near an ancient Greek temple.
"Move to the right a little."
"How about now?"
"Perfect. Now hold still. Got to focus on the camera."
So you're probably wondering what's going on. Christo decided to take a picture of us in front of one of the Greek temples so we could send the picture to my friends by using my cellphone. Christo while quickly adjusting the camera stand so the camera could face towards me and dad. Christo gets next to me and just as he puts his strong arm around my neck as we smiled at the camera.
*BEEP!* *BEEP!*
Me and my dad got check it out as I couldn't help but smile to see the photo look perfect.
"Faaantasic." I said with my best Frank West impersonation
Christo passed me back the phone as I sent the picture to my friends on my contact list with the message "Wish you were here" attached to it.
"Now that we got that covered, let's go check the temple I told you about." Christo said as me and dad followed him up the stairs.
Oh...I forgot to mention. Christo wanted me and my dad to check out a temple that looks identical Parthenon temple...only he found some things...off.
4 hours ago...
It was around 10 in the morning in the hotel when he was looking for sketches he did out of charcoal as I was eating some Greek pastries(yes. Pastries like pies are for breakfast in Greek.) with dad.
"So you're telling me that you found a temple outside of the city that looks like the Parthenon temple but you found something that wasn't ordinary. You sure you're not exaggerating and haven't gotten any sleep?" Dad asks Christo.
"Laugh it up, little brother. I got proof that will eat your words."
"That's what you said when you discovered something buried in the ground only to be plank of wood covered in dirt when we were kids. It-"
"Okay, dad. We get it. If he found something interesting, let him show it. No need to give a history speech about what you did in your past." I chuckled earning a childish frown from my dad.
"Thank you! Why can't be you like your son, Emilio?"
"Oh I would if you didn't waste my time with rubbish." Dad chuckled.
Christo grumbles as he takes out the sketches from a notebook and places them on the table for me and dad to see.
"Well holy shit...look at this. engravings from Japanese, Chinese, Mayan, Greek, Egyptian, Roman, Slavic, Norse, Hindu, Celtic and...some strange voodoo languages. All in one temple?" I said as I studied the sketches.
"Yup."
He then takes a photo out of his pocket and slams it on the table with pride on his face. It looks like the Parthenon temple...
"The Parthenon temple?" My dad asks Christo.
"Not really. It was away a bit away from the other pantheon temples for some suspicious reason. I asked people about it but they have no idea why it was there or it's purpose. Not even the historians I asked about the temple know it. I'm telling you...something is off about that and we are going to investigate to discover it's purpose. What do you say? You in?"
Dad and I were really interested about his discovery and we're surely wondering what kind secrets that temple holds...still I worry the dangers we might get ourselves into if we discover it's secret...
"Sure. I'm in." I smiled.
"Fine...I'll go...but this better not be a waste of time." My dad sighs.
"It won't, little brother."
And he was right...it wasn't a waste of time...
Present time
We found the temple my uncle talked about and decided to go inside to explore. What gave me an eerie feeling is that...the torches on the walls were already lit as if someone knew we were coming. When I asked Christo about it he says...
"They weren't lit when I got here. I had to use a flashlight to see through the place. Whoever did this is here looking through this temple as we are or were expecting us. Whoever they are, I'll be sure they will be greeted by the barrel of my gun."
Christo always carried a Colt python magnum revolver to protect himself (and yes he has a license to carry a gun) from scumbags who want to start trouble. He never leaves home without it.
"Just be sure you don't shoot innocents."
"Yeah yeah yeah...I get it." Christo rolled his eyes at my dad.
"Let's split up. We have a better chance checking out the temple." I said.
"You sure that's a smart idea?" My dad looks at me with concern.
"I got my Balisong for a reason, dad. I'll give a holler if somethings up." I said as I did some tricks on my Balisong and closed it.
My dad just nods as he went to northern hall while Christo went to the west hall and I went to the east hall. As I started walking towards ancient murals on the walls and I swear I was having a feeling of Deja vu(yes that was a Tracer quote. Stop bothering me about it.).
"Wait...haven't I seen this before?" I muttered.
I quickly looked through my cellphone in the gallery and sure it enough the ancient murals were identical from the ones from the game Smite. I'll keep it short so I don't have to bore you to death. It's basically something about the gods from other pantheons battling for control when the mortals stopped worshipping the gods cause of the calamities going on (I don't know much cause it's been years since I saw the release video that had broken English on it.). This can't be a mere coincidence...so I turned on my Nathan Drake mode on and started looking around more.
I continued walking around more until I found this suspicious wall on one of the murals that looked somewhat loose plus I felt air on my hand the moment I put my hand near it.
"Dad!? Uncle!? I think I found something!"
Dad and Christo rushed towards me as I smiled when I walked towards the loose wall.
"What did you find?" Dad asks me.
"There's a loose wall here on one of the murals. I think there's something behind it." I said as Christo puts his hand over the wall.
"Yeah...I feel air coming through it. Come on. Help me out, little brother. You too, Dante.
We pushed the wall together to make an opening and once we got to the other side...
"Holy shit...we just hit the jackpot." My dad said with a astonished tone in his voice.
"Yeah...nice find, Dante."
"Thanks."
We entered what looked like an archives cause there was shelves with tomes (in a messy pile), papers on the tables and on the floors. Sounds like the guy who owned this place never liked keeping his place tidy...that or it was ransacked. We decided to look around until I found some sort of orb that I swear it looks like the apple of Eden from Assassin's creed but seems to have been rusted...I touched a bit and It started to glow...then it started the glow even more. This of course didn't go unnoticed as my dad gasped in complete shock the moment he saw me hold the artifact.
"Dante! Put that down!" He shouts at me as my uncle looks me at with shock.
One problem...
"I can't! It won't go off!"
Suddenly pulses of energy from the orb hitting me and it was painful...it felt like my body was on fire...
"Holy shit! This place is shifting!" Christo shouted.
He wasn't kidding...the whole temple started changing like we were going back in time...it took about 3 or 4 minutes for the energy to stop entering my body(probably stopped the shifting in the temple. I don't know cause my vision was very blurry to see.)while the artifact destroyed itself as I started to wobble a bit...now tell me if this sounds familiar. Do you remember in the last of us whenever you die, it would show your death scene as you were this eerie sound effect then go to black not knowing what happened next? ...Yeah...that's what it felt like cause the only thing heard before I blacked out was my father shouting...
"Dante!"
Then complete black out...I don't what happened next...but one can only hope that no harm happened to my family...
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Some vacation this turned out to be...