Chapter 7
The scene was horrible...
Instead of a plane wreckage... there was just a big black crater in the middle of a wide black burned forest.
Small pieces of metal filled the ground. There was nothing... really nothing that proved that this was a plane crash. The people who see this had to think that a meteor impact. Trixie and Spud were horrified. Both couldn't imagine... and there was a horrible stench of dead in the air. They walked closer to the crater. The trees and bushes around them where burned. A shoe, with a foot inside, hang in the branches of a bush.
Trixie was scared when she saw it and ran away. Spud took a small metal-piece from the ground and put it into his pocket. Than they found some bigger pieces. From a wing maybe. Before both could reach it... Spud felt it again...
Spud ran. His view was black and white again. He ran threw a forest and hold something in his hands. He couldn't see it, and he couldn't feel it. But it was there.
„Hurry..." a voice screamed. „Hurry up, we are ready!"
The voice was female. He didn't knew it. Than he woke up...
Trixie looked on Spud who breathed fast. „Oh my gosh... did it happen again?"
Before Spud could answer, both felt that someone touched thier shoulders. With a loud scream both turned to see a man in a dark blue NTSB-overall standing behind them.
"WHO ARE YOU?" he screamed mad. „This is a restricted area!"
In fear both realised that all over around them where people. Soldiers, fire-fighters, police-officers and NTSB-agents walked all across the burned area.
„Hey, I asked you something!" he said mad.
„We... we are from the... from the airline!" Spud lied.
„Aren't you a little bit too young to work for..."
„HEY..." someone screamed and ran to thier way. A young man, 24 or 25 years old, ran to thier way and whispered something into the other man's ear. He was shocked and became pale...
„OH... I'm so sorry. I had no clue that you will come... we both had no clue..." the man said and put off his jacket and gave it to Spud.
„It's okay. I'll take care of them. And you keep you mouth closed or do you want that they catch you."
Both were surprised. But than they followed the young man to a group of big white tents, standing not far away from the crater. Both stepped inside before the man closed the entry and turned to them again. It was a big room-like tent with a table, chairs and some shelves filled with all kinds of goods. The man took of his cap and Trixie and Spud saw that this man was not a normal human.
„Who are you?" Trixie asked carefully.
„Well, without me... you two would be on the way to prison now." He said and came closer to shake thier hands. „Hello. You two are the human friends of the American Dragon, right?"
Both agreed.
„Please forgive me but... I'm new in this world and you have to help me: What exactly are you doing... did... for him? And what are you doing here?"
Spud and Trixie told a 15 minutes long story about that what they did. Why they went to the island and why they want to find the missing engine...
„Wow!" the man said. „What would you say when I tell you that I want to help you!"
„And why?" Spud asked.
The man slowly pulled down the collar of his shirt and presented them two small bite-wounds. „Once I was a human like you! Than... two months ago... I was bitten and introduced to this secret world. Everyone I met till now told me that the dragon's concil is not very popular... especcially here in North America it is a very difficult time now. I have the strange feeling that all this propaganda is not just stupid gossip."
„So you are a newborn?" Spud asked and the vampire agreed. „May you tell us your name first... no forget that!"
The man was surpised. „And why not... Oh I understand... When you don't know my name nobody can ask you about me..."
Everyone walked to the table which was filled with maps and other documents. The vampire pulled out a map of the island and explained what they knew.
„Okay, we are here! And the plane was here when it disappeared from the radar-screens. We think that the engine is somewhere here..." he explained and marked a 15 square miles wide area of the ocean.
„Oh my gosh... we will need days to search that all." Trixie said mad. „How deep is that area?"
„I don't know. But we are sure that the engine is here between Roque Island and all this smaller Islands. We found debris in the water near Great Spruce Island. So we know that the jet lost it's tail, maybe a mile west of here."
„And how the jet now really crashed?" Spud asked.
The vampire took a plastic plane from one of the shelvs and start his demonstration:
„Okay, from the video and from your stories we know so far: The plane left New York normally. Than the air-traffic-controll let the plane change it's course to Northwest because there was a heavy storm over the ocean. The plane was here when it lost contact with the controllers."
„Do you mean the radio was dead, long before..." Trixie asked.
„Yes! The plane flew five minutes before it changed it's course. We think that here the engine set up in fire. Than it flew to west. Maybe the pilots tried to reach Bangor. And here, two miles east of here the plane disappeared from the screens after the controller saw that it lost rapidly on altitude. We think that there the engine ripped off. The plane went into a nosedive. We saw on the video the witness made, that the tail and parts of the wing ripped off before the plane crashed here."
With the plastic-model he showed that the plane crashed almost vertically and upside-down on the island.
„Is there any chance to find here something?" Spud asked.
„No... the plane nearby 'vaporized'. It's a miracle that we found the debris on the other island. And we hope that we find the black-boxes."
„But there have to be something!" Spud said worried and looked out of the tent. Outside the fog slowly faded and the people outside worked further and looked for evidence. „You said that they found debris on the other island. Were parts of the engine there?"
„I don't know... they are already on the way to the lab. But I could call there and ask. But that will need some hours."
„And the engine?" both asked.
„They are searching the sea with support of the navy. There are ground-radars, sensors... I'm sure that they will find it very soon."
„We have to find it before!" Trixie said.
„And how do you want to do that?" Spud asked.
„For me it's not important how. But I already told you that I'm willing to help." the vampire said and sat down.
„By the way... what did you told the other guy when he catched us?" Spud asked.
„The truth! He was with me when I was bitten. And he helped me after. When I was integrated into the magical-community I told nobody about him. Humans have a very bad image in the magical-world. I was human and I know how you have to feel. I'm very impressed on you!"
„Oh, thank you! Trixie said. „May we ask you... how it happend? I mean how became you... a magical?"
„Oh, well... I was with my colleagues and with my friend there in West-Virginia. We were investigating the crash of the Landmark Airlines MD-87 into a forest. We two where alone in the evening when we saw that someone tried to steal something of the freight the plane had aboard. When I stood behind him he turned and bit me. The next thing I know was that someone arrived... arrested him and got me to a hospital."
„And why the vampire tried to steal it?" Spud asked.
„I found out that the plane had some old magical-artifacts aboard. They had should send to an museum in Louisville."
„Did it crashed because of the artifacts?" Trixie asked.
„No, it was because a power-failure. The pilots could reach a glade in a forest in Pocahontas County. 80 people died, but 14 survived. They are still investigating." the vampire finished.
„Okay... we need a boat!" Spud said.
„I know where a small motor-boat is. I can get you there!" he said and opened the entrace. „Hold on me!"
„What?" both asked confused.
„When you walk everyone will see you!" the vampire said so both hold on each arm of the man.
The next thing they knew was that he lift both up from the ground and start to ran. Threes and bushes passed them very fast when they run with vampire-speed threw the forest and finally reached the ocean... when they stopped, both had to puke.
„This is my favourite! Wow, they where true... I never should take human-passengers."
When Spud finished puking he lift his head and turned to the vampire. „Thanks!"
„You're welcome. There is the boat. And here is the map. I have to go before they realize that I'm gone. Good luck. I will contact you when I found out something." the vampire said but before he could race away Trixie touched his shoulder.
„Tomorrow, 9am at JFK! There we will meet with a friend who helps us, too. There where they handle the Oceanic flights. Okay!"
„Okay." he said before he ran back.
The boat they got was small and had a old weak motor. After they finally turned on the motor the boat start travel away from the island. The fog on the bay was horrible. It was impossible to see something. The sky was dark and it was going to rain soon.
„Trixie..." Spud said. „...what are we doing here? I mean... even when we find the place the engin is, how we reach it?"
„Well... Spud when have you seen me wearing a purse the last time?" Trixie asked with a smile on her face.
„I never see you wearing a purse." Spud said and turned to Trixie.
For the first time he realised the purse she had with her. She told that she found it in the shop. Carefully she opened it and presened various bottles with all kinds of potions.
„Trixie?" Spud asked astonished.
„The dragons-concil told us to get it out of the shop. But they didn't tell us what to do with them before we handle them to it. I found it in a box with my name on it. Who knows why? Yesterday I read some of the manuals of this potions and I think they can help us. This is some kind of magical-oxygen cap. That's help to breath underwater. And this is some kind of finder. All we need is something of that we want to find."
„You mean some of the metal from the plane!" Spud said and pulled out a small piece of metal from his pocket.
„Spud?" now Trixie asked astonished.
„I don't know why but I had to take it. Because I thaught it will help us somehow." Spud explained.
Trixie pulled out the manual and read it. „To find... set three drops of the potion on the sample and threw it up into the air. Within ten seconds all same materials in a radius of one mile will shine for 30 seconds..."
„I don't understand. Shine?"
„Aww... just try it!" she said and carefully they put three drops on the metal piece in Spud's hand. Than Spud threw it up as strong as he could. The metal disappeared in the fog.
„And now?" he asked and both looked around. There was nothing. But than the sky above them start to shine in a strange pink. Slowly also various pink lights appeared in the water. The area around them was filled with debris from the plane. „WOW!"
Both were astonished. It worked. They could see the debris. Around them, the ground was filled with it. Than they saw it... a very big pink light not far away.
„Look there, that have to be the engine!" Trixie said. „It has to be the engine."
Spud tried to turn on the motor but it didn't worked. When the motor finally turned on the pink lights in the water slowly faded.
„Where is it?" Spud asked when the boat moved over the water
„STOP!" Trixie shouted and Spud turned off the motor. „I think it was here!"
Spud put his hand into the water and pulled it out really fast. „OWCH! That's cold. Are you sure that it's here?"
Trixie did not listen. She searched the purse for something. „Do you think that this purse full of potions was for us? I mean... for this case?"
Spud start to think about it. When he looked into the purse he put out a small yellow bottle. „I think I remember this." he said and opened it.
Imediatelly a bright light came out of it and start to blend them. In shock Spud put the seal back and the bottle start to shine like a big light-bulb.
„Woww... I think we finally found out how to handle the instant-sunshine!" Trixie said.
Spud placed the sunshine next to him and searched the purse again. Finally he found a glass-tube with some round, blue capsules inside. „Jake told me that he used them to search the ocean near the island of his aunt in Florida. He said that they only work underwater!"
Spud stood up and took the anchor of the boat.
„What do you do there?" Trixie asked in shock.
„I go down there?" Spud said. „We need to find the engine before the navy or the concil does! I hope this capsule helps."
After this words Spud took the capsule into his mouth and jumped. Trixie screamed when Spud splashed into the water. The anchor he hold in his hands fell out of his hands and sank to the ground. Spud hold on the chain and so he sank with the anchor deeper and deeper. He was astonished when he realized that he could breath and looked around. In the boat Trixie took the sunshine and threw it into the water. Spud saw that it worked. The small sun made it easier to look around. There where some rocks around him. But the bottom of the ocean was just sand on this place.
And there it was...
The engine laid not far away of him. The half of it was buried in the sand. The rest of the engine was ripped into pieces. Metal fragments couvered the area around the main part of the engine which looked like it was molten.
„WOW!... WOW, I EVEN ABLE TO TALK!" Spud screamed happily.
In the boat, Trixie couldn't see what happend under her. She looked on the water worried and breathed fast. When she looked up she got a shock when she saw that they where not alone...
Spud leg was wraped in the chain of the anchor when he reached the bottom. The big engine was just a molten heap of scrap now. The couvering was ripped off and laid in front of him. Than he saw it. He knew it... That was the evidence they looked for...
But than he felt that someone ripped on the chain and pulled him up. In panic Trixie pulled on the chain to raise Spud back into the boat. In shock Spud grabbled his evidence and hold on it. In the boat Trixie was more and more in fear when she saw that something was heading in thier way...
Spud finally pulled out the piece of the sand and just than he saw the big black 'thing' right in front of him, slowly raising a gun and pointing it into his face...
End of Chapter 7
Please review. I know my English is not very well but I havn't found a beta yet. I hope you undertand everything.