National Treasure II – Chapter Ten - "Flights"
Author's Note: I'm sorry its been quite a while since my last update, I've been working myself to death and preparing for a date ;) my mind has been bombarded with everything from work to pleasure I guess. Anyways, I'm back to give you some more updates and hopefully will continue at a regular pace.
As the plane edged its way over to the takeoff strip, Abigail, Ben, and Riley sat patiently waiting to begin their journey to South Carolina.
On takeoff, Abigail watched as the houses and other buildings slowly became smaller through the window.
Fifteen minutes later, Ben had fallen asleep, Abigail continuously watched out the window, and Riley enjoyed a movie from the back of the seat in front of him.
The whole excursion from New York to South Carolina in reality was not very long; however, it felt like hours on end for the group.
When they finally landed Riley woke Ben up, resisting the urge to scare him while he helped Abigail out of her seat.
"We're one step closer." Riley said, humorously mocking Ben, who was now fully awake.
"Yes, but we've got a few more steps to take." Ben replied, clearly ignoring Riley's ridiculing.
As they got off the plane, Riley looked at his watch, "We've got some time before our next flight, can we eat?"
Abigail and Ben laughed at Riley's eagerness, but agreed without argument as they too were both filled with hunger.
Within five minutes after ascending from the plane they sat at a nice enclosed restaurant called, 'Benny's' located adjacent to their next terminal.
They each ordered hotdogs and were now eating ravenously unaware of how hungry they really were.
"Ben, there is something I wanted to clarify about this whole expedition." Abigail announced to Ben, stuffing what was left of her hotdog into her mouth.
"Sure, we all should be on the same page anyways, go ahead." He replied calmly, also stuffing the remains of his food into his mouth.
After a moment of swallowing water, Abigail became a little more serious, leaning over the dull grey restaurant table towards both him and Riley, "The Knights Templar first knew of the treasure, than the Masons brought the treasure to America and we found it. This we all should know by now, however, whatever we're searching for shouldn't have anything to do with the Knights, don't you think?"
"Well, they were always shrouded in mystery and hid lots of valuable items through time, or so I read." Ben replied.
"Was their any particular items they were known for hiding?" Riley asked curiously, also finishing up his meal.
"Well, it is pure speculation, however, the items that makes them famous is the Holy Grail." Ben said to Riley, cleaning up his mess from lunch.
"Whoa, you mean the chalice from The Last Supper? You mean we might be on a quest leading us to the location of the Holy Grail?" Riley replied becoming overly excited, "Ben, I can see big dollar signs on this one."
"What would the Grail be doing in the Caribbean though? That whole scenario doesn't make any sense." Abigail pointed out, ruining Riley's excitement phase.
"You're right." Ben agreed, "There were other items, some myth and some legend. I once was told, not that I believe it, but that the Knights were once inhabitants of King Arthur's Castle. I never did believe the story though because of the lack of connections, although, I have been wrong before.
"Not recently." Riley retorted, laughing.
After eating they made it to their terminal and realized that once again the plane was boarding in the usual 'number of row' fashion.
The process was getting boring already between the three of them following through with the same routine.
When they landed at the Jacksonville International Airport they all felt like kissing land. Riley and Abigail quickly went to retrieve their luggage, while Ben rented a car.
What happened next would shock all of them terribly. As Ben walked casually to the Avis counter to rent their already ordered vehicle he notice someone familiar in the corner of his eye….Ian…
IMPORTANT NOTE: This chapter is short for a good reason...I didn't want to elaborate all the boring flight information up until this point, now from here on out there will be more detail and everything as there was, I just figured all flying wouldn't be as interesting to write about.