As the months pass, we explored, learned and loved. We started understanding the map fo the island that we found in the compound. The language on the map we still did not know. But with our exploration we were able to put the map into english.
We found that the spring we came across coming to the compound was marked like it was special. We went back to the spring. We noticed that the area had abundant vegetation. The fruit had a fuller taste and we did not see any rotten fruit. The water was cool and crystal clear. It had a refreshing taste and we felt energized after drinking the water. Nicky noticed that a cut on her hand had disappeared after getting a handful of water from the spring. I took out my knife and cut my hand. Then I submerged my for ten seconds and took it out. There was nothing but smooth skin where I had cut my hand. The cut had completely healed. I looked at Nicky "Did we just find the Fountain of Youth?" She looked me in the eye and just nodded. "I believe we had to be close to death when we were here last." I said. Again she just nodded.
We emptied two of our canteens and filled them with the water of the fountain. We took note of the time from one of the german pocket watches we each carried. We would test on the longevity of the water outside of the spring.
Since we kinda understood the map we looked for anything that seemed to note something of importance. We learned that there were more than one rock cave. In fact, there were seven rock caves on the island that were marked on the map. Over next two weeks, we explored the other rock caves. All of them except one was just like the one we found. The oddball cave was actually a cave that ended in a deep pit. We wondered if this was the pit in the book, Journey to the Center of the Earth. We would definitely have to explore the pit in the future.
As time passed we found several planes that had crashed on and near the island. We also found several sunken ships. One of the ships made it up the river on the island. We were shocked that it was a ironclad and a Confederate at that. The ironclad was mostly intact. There was a small abandoned village and the survivors had put the ironclad in a jury-rigged dry-dock. We searched the village. We found what you would expect, ship materials, weapons, uniforms and personal effects. There was a small graveyard and we found a skeleton in one of the huts. We dug a grave for the remains and gave the body a christian burial. We emptied the village of anything that we might use in the future. We took all the supplies back to the compound for storage until needed. We did our best re-enforcing the drydock holding up the ironclad. We learned that the ironclad was the Confederate Navy ship CSS Muscogee. We went aboard the ironclad and found wooden cases of rifles. We opened up one and was surprised to find Confederate gold coins. We open the rest of the cases and found that most contained gold bars and a few with more Confederate gold coins. We moved all the gold to the Nazi base. We stored the gold next to the vaults in the underground tunnels.
This island just keeps surprising us.