Chapter 20- Sol 44
They dragged Indiana Jones down to the supply room. Indiana, exhausted and beat up, was thrown onto a chair and tied up. He looked up, The Germans had not removed their suits, only their helmets. They were all bigger than he was. He counted 10. He knew there were 26 more. Probably their leader was on his way. After a few minutes, the colonel and general arrived, helmets still on. The general removed his. He was blond with a very square jaw. The colonel continued to stare down at Indiana. Indiana stared back.
"So you gonna tell me who you are or are you still checking me out?"
The man began to laugh. "Oh, Jones, even on Mars you have no manners." He began to remove his helmet. When he finally did, Indiana was shocked.
"No…"
It was Rene Belloq, his oldest rival. A tall, rather thin Frenchmen, he was more of a hired gun, willing to search all over the world for rare artifacts to the highest bidder. Usually though, he just let Indiana do the hard work and then steal the prize from under his nose.
"So… how much you getting paid for this steal?"
"More than enough. Amon Heinrich wants whatever we can find. He believes that the lifeforms on Mars are the smartest to have ever lived. He wants their knowledge to take over Germany, then-"
"The world, yeah yeah. This guy sounds like a cheap action movie villain."
"Oh, he's far from cheap, Indiana. If only you were like me, you might have been able to retire early."
"I can't stand the thought of you taking a priceless artifact and handing it to the richest bastard willing to pay you."
"And that is why you and I will always fight. Now, these gentlemen have had nothing to do on the long flight here. They need a new way to entertain themselves. Have fun, gentlemen."