Chapter 14
Indiana Jones had put himself in a tight spot. After causing a trap to release massive boulders onto the stone hall, he had blocked his exit. Hope was not lost however. He still had radio contact, and he had enough tools to get him out of his mess.
"The problem is time" Indiana said to his crew."My pick-axe, which was specially designed by NASA, can cut through a single bolder pretty easy. The problem is, I have about 30 of them blocking my path. I need to go through them one by one, top to bottom. They're all just too big to move."
"Well, I guess there's nothing to do but start swinging away" sallah said.
""Do you have an estimated time on how long this will take, Indiana?" Marcus asked.
"Well, one boulder could take me 10 minutes. Times 30, and that adds to 300 minutes, or a solid 5 hours. Maybe shorter because I'm not trying to turn these boulders to dust. Just something I can move."
"Well, then you'd best get started, Indiana" Marcus replied.
Despite knowing the hard labor that awaited him, Indiana began the difficult job of removing all the boulders one at a time.
Hours passed, and at last he reached the last boulder. With the last of his strength, he swung at the last boulder, until it finally broke apart into smaller pieces. At last, the path was clear, but Indiana collapsed in exhaustion, and decided to rest for some time.