Chapter 2
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"This is so boring." Al stated
"Keep a straight face, get something to drink. Just not too much." Dirk told him
It was later and the two men were at the dinner party, going around talking to some people that the Admiral introduced them to. Dirk had to agree with Al, it wasn't exactly the most fun thing in the world but if they wanted to keep their job then they really didn't have any other choice. As Al walked away to get a drink, Dirk looked around him. They were at a mansion on Kos which was only used for dinner parties and large business meetings, but he wouldn't mind living in it if he had the cash. Just as he was about to walk towards Al, he saw someone he hadn't seen in a very long time and walked over to her.
"Aunt Kay?" He asked
The woman was in her early 50s, had dark blonde, quite long straight hair, but she looked younger than she really was. Dirk hadn't seen his aunt in a very long time. A few years to be precise and he couldn't believe he met her on Kos of all places in the world. The woman turned around and seemed to be just as surprised as Dirk was.
"Dirk?" She stated
"In the flesh." Dirk told her
Kay, or Kathleen as her name really was, smiled and the two hugged. Dirk had always been close to Kay and her family, but since there had been so much to do with work, he hadn't had that much time to see them and it was one of the very few things that he felt really guilty about. When he was a little kid, he would spend a lot of times at Kay's house because he was having trouble at home since his parents were getting divorced and Kay really helped him pull it through.
"What are you doing on Kos?" Kay asked
"Ah you know the usual, diving after ships. What about you?" Dirk replied
"We're on holiday. A friend of mine has a house here and we got to borrow it."
"What about Jasmine? How's she doing?"
Jasmine was Kay's youngest child and back when he used to spend more time with family, the two of them were quite close. But then he moved around quite a lot and they stopped hearing from each other and every now and then Dirk wondered how she was holding up. He knew that Jasmine was the kind of person who could take care of herself and didn't take crap from anyone but he was still worried about her and he hoped that she hadn't gotten herself into any kind of trouble.
"She's doing fine. She misses you though. But you know how she is, too proud to admit it. She's back at the house; you should come by and say hi. She's like that a lot." Kay replied
"I'll do that." Dirk told her
"Say, tomorrow night at 7?"
"I'll be there."
"Am I hearing things right? Someone misses Dirk? You gotta be kidding me." Al said when he walked up the pair
"Aunt Kay, this is Al Giordino, Al this is my Aunt Kay."
"Oh, you're the ex-archaeologist right?"
"Yeah that would be me." Kay said
"Well I hate to break up the family reunion but I need to talk to my buddy here. Nice to meet you."
Al and Dirk walked away and the adventurer wondered what Al was so nervous about. He looked around him and saw that the Admiral was busy talking to some woman so that meant thatthey at leastweren not in trouble with him. There weren't many things that Al got nervous or scared about but this time he could tell that there was something giving him the creeps for sure.
"What's going on?" Dirk asked
"See that dude over there?" Al replied
Dirk looked over Al's shoulder and saw a tall guy, where a black suit and pants standing in a corner looking over in their direction. He didn't exactly seem to be invited to the party and he was just standing there as if he was scanning through the scene with Clark Kent's X-ray vision and trying to find someone or something interesting.
"The bodyguard replica?" Dirk asked
"Yeah. He's been watching us like a hawk all night." Al replied
"What did you do this time Al?"
Al ignored Dirk's statement. He didn't like it when people just stared at him without saying anything and that guy looked particularly stiff and was probably not a very nice person at all.
"I don't know about you, but he's giving me the creeps. Can we get out of here?" Al asked
"Yeah." Dirk told him
The two friends started making their way towards the entrance door. Dirk turned around and saw that the guy was still following them. He hadn't seen him around before so they couldn't be enemies, but he clearly knew who the two of them were. They had made the paper's a few times but Dirk didn't have enemies. At least not that many of them and most of them were either behind bars or dead for some kind of reason.
"Al, you don't have any enemies I should know of do you?" Dirk asked
"Not that I'm aware of." Al told him
They walked fast through the streets and the bodyguard was still close behind them. They started running as fast as they could, hoping to get him off their back eventually but Dirk stopped running when he saw two men walking towards them. One of them had a gun in his hands and was pointing it right towards them.
"So you're the famous Dirk Pitt." One of the men stated, he had short dark, almost black hair and looked like a businessman
"Who wants to know?" Dirk asked
"Now Mr. Pitt, there's no need for that tone."
"I don't know, but if you send your bodyguard to spy on us and then show up with guns pointing at us, I'd say I have all right for that tone. Who are you and what do you want?"
"I hear you're a fan of treasure hunting. The one you found last year was quite something right?"
"We didn't find a treasure last year." Al told him
Dirk, Al and the Admiral had agreed on not telling anyone else about the treasure because it meant a lot of people would want to have it and they would do anything to find out the location. Once they realized it was in Modiba's village, it would lead to some kind of riot and that was something Dirk was sure of.
"There's no need for the act Mr. Giordino, I've done my homework. I know about your wild desert chase, I know about Dr. Rojas, I know about everything. I've done my homework. I also know that you two are a pretty good team. Not afraid of challenges." The man told him
"What's it to you?" Dirk asked
"I've got a job that might interest the two of you very much."
"What job?" Al asked
"I'll tell you all about it. Tomorrow night at 7 at my house."
"I can't. I've already made plans." Dirk told him
"I'm sure you can make changes. Trust me; you won't want to miss this. Here's the address. Don't be late."
The man handed him a card with his name and address. Dirk and Al watched him and his bounty hunter walk away. They were both wondering what job it was that he was talking about and why they would be so interested about it.
"Andrew Morgan. I wonder if Sandecker knows who he is." Dirk half mumbled
"Speaking of Sandecker, let's head back before he starts wondering if we took off treasure hunting again." Al said and started walking, but the two of them had no idea of what they were about to get dragged into
TBC…
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