XVII
Calling Kahndaq

The Following Is Translated from Arabic

"Muhannad, … I have news. They will attempt to disable the weapon. The Queen of Satan has made her plans."

"…"

"You are safe. You will be fine… It's not an attack on your life, but we need you to move the revenge on the false god. I can secure transport to Bialya, but it has to be within their borders before 48 hours. Rashid must not know."

"…"

"Soon. You must proceed with the transport to Bialya immediately."

"…"

"The plan is delayed, not changed. The heathen god will return to do the bidding of his witch-queen. He must find it… and not these agents of America. It must be done quickly, quietly."

"…"

"No, I don't know when or where. I will find out , rest assured. You will have weapons beyond your wildest dreams if you do what we ask of you. Our fates must be placed back into the hands of the one true God."

"…"

"Ma`a as-salāma, old friend."

End Translation

Author's Note:

Warning - although I have currently rated my story K+, there will be some bad stuff happening... "subject matter deals with mature themes" kind of bad stuff. No worse than the comics you find on the shelves these days, I assure you. If you're reading those, have no fear and continue on. There's no depictions of sex or gory violence, but this is a story that will culminate in a world-shattering event. People will die.

Just saying.