Guardians of Atlantis
Chapter Two
Commanding Officer Thomas Borlock gave me an appraising look as I explained everything that had happened to lead up to these events. After making sure everyone was safely extracted from the university, Borlock's team contained the creatures in the most secure areas of the university. It took several hours, but after excruciating time reviewing security footage of the lab and the rest of the campus, we acted as bait and tempted them.
After we were finished, I invited Borlock into my office and we exchanged thoughts over a strong pot of coffee. As I explained my work here and in the field, I opened up a pack of cigarettes and offered him one.
"Since when did you smoke? I thought it got in the way of your physical demands," he said taking a long drag. "You were the one who was telling me to quit four years ago in Turkey."
"I only need this to calm my nerves, and nothing calms me like a smoke over a cup of coffee." I inhaled deeply and chased the smoke down with a sip of my heavily creamed coffee. Tonight, I was glad that we had become friends.
Unknown to me, Thomas had been following my work as an archaeologist for some time, trailing me wherever my research led me. He had been my best friend ever since a very fateful excursion to Egypt seven years ago. It was there that he had spied me in one of the libraries of Alexandria. As I was searching through the histories, I came across a journal from the British General, Sir Charles Gordon.
It was in his writings that I found out about a temple that he had just discovered. After the discovery, something went terribly wrong and only three out of some twenty people survived. Of these three, Gordon and his lieutenant were on the same side. The third survivor had made it known that he would make sure that Gordon and his army would not live to go back to Brittan. This third survivor's name was Muhammad Ahmad, and was known throughout history as the Mahdi, or the Expected One of the Islam belief.
What I had found in that journal both excited and terrified me. It contained history previously unknown to the modern world. The histories contained information about objects of extreme power such as the Ark of the Covenant, the Spear of Destiny, and Pandora's Box, just to name a few. The information also included an insight to a reputedly mythical race of beings known as the Nephilim. Gordon's journal also held directions on how to get to a temple of unknown origin.
I therefore made my journey to the temple, accompanied only by my life partner, Scott Woodley, who had assisted me in my most treacherous journeys. We took only the minimal equipment and Gordon's journal. Meanwhile, Borlock was secretly following us.
We traveled night and day along the Nile, stopping only for rest and food. For a week we traveled in this manner.
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