Chapter 2

“what do you expect.. we just couldn’t do nothing in here!”

“it also doesn’t mean that you should interfere with operations you know.” Rod said angrily

“we also tried to help you by sending the drill drones.”

“after the laser fire, it only made things worse! You saw those lights suddenly glowing at sea right?!”

“now now rod. you also calm down.” Wesley

“how can I ever calm down! If it wasn’t for my instincts, the mission would have failed and with casualties!” rod

“can you guys replay the part where it suddenly glowed at sea?”

“sure.”

They then replayed to the last scene which was the sudden multiple glowing objects in the water through spectral view.

“do you really think that those only happened after we fired the laser?”

“if no one would have interfered with the operation, it might not have gone that far! Hahhh..” rod then massages his head “we were almost finished with analysis anyways so lets all call it a day.” Rod then sloppily sits in the captains chair dealing with a lot of stress

“s-sorry about that rod. but we only wanted to help.”

“I know I know..hahh..” rod

“a-anyways, I have already done with my analysis of the ruins. Whats left now is to have my contact analyse the writings on the walls.” Wesley

“o-oh yeah. Can we now watch your journey in the forest?”

“sure.” Rod said with a gesture

They then replayed the events on the caves through 6 different screens on the monitor.

“like wow. We didn’t think that you would exactly locate the lost city of Eldorado..”

“yes, even I was surprised myself!” Wesley

“damn.. if only I was also there to see it with my own eyes.”

“thank god you were on the origami or else the mission would have gone sideways.” Rod

“what did you say?!”

“c-calm down mr president. Please look at rods monitor.”

There they saw giant snakes coming through the only exit that they could ever find.

“this is probably why people can never ever go inside the place.” Rod

“its literally filled to the brim with giant snakes and more snakes.” Wesley said as he shivers over the thought.

“a-alright. I get your point. But we could have done something about it right? with your rescue mission in the Bermuda triangle.”

“you know, by doing that in the middle off the mission had other distortions in the place suddenly open up thus attracting other distortions towards our location. It would have been like ground zero for an anomaly.” Rod

“what kind of anomaly?”

“I don’t know but im sure I aint going to be there when that happens.” Rod

“sirs, this would be just a theory but when those distortions all collide at each other, it might create a right in space time continuum thus creating a much bigger distortion than before. Worse that could happen is that it could suck us up from the intense gravitational force it will exert.”

“like..wow.. I have no words to ever comment about that.”

“me too. Im glad rod made the right call and got us all out of there in time.” Wesley

“tch. Im frustrated to even say this but im also glad we got out of there.”

“a-anyways, where are we going now mate?” wesley

“to Washington where we get those victims to a hospital.” Rod

“why Washington when you can just land in on mexico or something.”

“I also have something to discuss about with the US president.”

“which is?” all 3 of them were now curious

“hahh.. including my company in the space program.” Rod then stood up and walked to the door

“where are you going now?”

“to change.” Rod was still in his armor when the whole event happened.

“o-oh.. okay.”

“cant you believe it?! they just barged in to the operation! Though their intentions were pure and just, they shouldn’t have messed with things they couldn’t understand!” rod was talking over a long distance call to the girls on his adventures

Before the entire mission, they had a prior mission which was to send the Excalibur up to space again for just for communications with half of the omega team on it.

“haha. I just couldn’t comment about that rod.” Sheryl

“us too..” Stacey and the girls nodded as they were all on loud speaker

“hahh.. enough about that, how are the babies doing?”

“they are just fine as so are we.” yukiko

“You just keep doing what you do best there.” Flores

“thanks. I will also send you girls the video of the whole mission later.”

“you can just have us watch the video when you get back here.” kaori

“anyways, you still have a meeting to go to right?”

“yes, that’s right.”

“good luck on that meeting rod. we will be waiting for you here.” Sheryl

“thanks. I love you girls.”

“love you too rod!” the girls shouted and giggled

They then heard cries.

“oh.. that’s maybe them wanting their mommy. See ya later rod!” Stacey

“see ya later girls!”

Rod then hangs up the phone and sighed at his stress over the mission and was glad it was still a success.

Over the white house, the US president was still signing papers early in the morning when his secretary suddenly barged in.

“sir, someone needs you now.”

“like who? Im still busy here.”

“you may want to take a step outside for now. You got a visitor.”

The US president then watch over the window to see armored men carrying inured civilians and handing them over to the secret service.

“that’s maybe rod. I will go check on them.”

At the front lawn of the white house where the alpha assault team delivers the victims and hands them over to the secret service.

“where is rod mason? Is he here?” the US president said after he got outside of the white house

“sir, hes just right there along with the Japanese and Philippine presidents.”

“okay then. What the hell would they want from me?”

He then walks towards rod and the other presidents.

“hello rod mason, im surprised you’re here.”

“yes, I came to deliver your request as well as to request for a meeting.” Rod

“oh? What would this meeting be for?”

“before that, I will relay the status report of your request.”

“finally, my request has been answered. Now tell me the whole story.”

The presidents then moved away from the crowd so that no one would hear.

“for the first mission in the jungles of peru, it was somewhat of a success as you can see now behind you.”

“hmm.. I call that a win I guess. At least their safe. How about the other one?”

“mission failed sir.” rod

“what?”

“im sorry about that. If we didn’t so anything rash—“

“nah.. the results from all the drones just came in and found nothing.” Rod said assuring the presidents

“what?!”

“you worried us sick because—“

“its also true that if you hadn’t interfered with the mission, it would have gone smoothly.” Rod said with a smile

“tch.”

“anyway, what of the second mission? Did you ever find anything in the Bermuda?”

“for that, I have to request something from you first.”

“what is it? Im quite busy right now so—“

“alright, just chill. I only want a meeting for NASA for us to be included in the space program.”

“what? Your still into that request of your for a satellite?—“

“yes. though its not just that. Anyways, can you just let me in?”

“hahh..cant you guys just live without a satellite?”

“when push comes to shove, we would really need our own feed on the ground. Were establishing a rescue agency here.”

“alright alright... Since you also fulfilled my request after all and still came back alive I guess. But this better be good.”

“yes sir, it will.”

“yourin luck boy cause were currently about to have a meeting later this afternoon with china and Russia about restoring our space programs.”

“would it be alright to join in on that?”

“yes. it was suppose to be a secret meeting but I can include just a few more.”

“would it also be alright for us to join in?” the other presidents said

“sure sure. This would now be the first time that the Philippines would have its own satellite construction.”

“president dutuer, do you have the materials for the construction?”

“we might have the man power but we will try with the construction.”

“if you would like, I can lend you a hand.” Japanese president

“does this include some tie ups by the way?”

“umm.. let us discuss that at a later date though you could also ask rod for help with that.”

“what do you mean?” US president

“hahaha.. let us just discuss the details later. Your busy with work right mr president?” rod said hurrying him along and sweating

“yes, I am. Alright then. I hope that this meeting would be good with you along.”

“yes it will.” Dutuer said as they let the US president inside the white house

“this really feels great up here!” the US president said as he stood at the bridge of the origami

It was now afternoon when they travelled from Washington in the origami.

“umm.. can you let the other two or three of your secret service just outside? its almost getting cramped in here.” Rod said from his chair

“boys, one can stay. You can rest assured as these guys wont hurt me.”

“okay sir.”

the other agents then got outside the bridge

“this is really sudden rod, to invite me along on the ride.” US president

“I thought that I might as well give you a lift towards our destination. So why florida?” rod

“though we have a base of operations here in wahsington for NASA, since this is a secret meeting, I had the meeting relocated to florida just for this occasion.”

“I see.”

“so, can I now see the video of your missions?” the US president said being excited

“can it wait until later?” rod said smiling

“why cant I just see the video now?”

“it would be best to also have the others see it as well.”

“but—“

“mr president, it would be wise to be fair.”

“aww man.. oh well. the video better be good then.”

“hey rod, I have noticed that miss camellia is here.”

“oh..shes always there from the start.” Rod said smiling

“what is she doing right now?”

“well, shes editing the video of our mission and uploading it on the internet.” rod

“what?! Make her stop now!”

“and you even let the people see first instead of me, you call that fair?” US president

“shouldn’t the video be confidential?”

“presidents. More people have already ventured to the atlantic and to the jungles of peru am I right?”

“w-we don’t know. How many did you estimate?”

“we have already received numerous requests for a search and rescue for many people now which most of them are still young.” Rod

“just how many of them did you already receive?”

“I don’t know about the UN and other governments, but I have already received over 46 requests myself.” Rod

“now that’s a lot. But it just wouldn’t go over that wouldn’t it?”

“maybe, maybe not. Anyways, just to be safe, we will upload the video of our fight to the internet to warn people of the dangers they will face once they arrive there.” rod

“wont be the most responsible thing to be keeping the fact as confidential as possible?”

“this is all because of your stupid book! Why did you even write that book anyways?!”

“yes, it maybe a responsible thing to just keep it a secret and let it eventually die out, but I also have a responsibility to clean up my mess.” rod

“now tell me boy, what really compelled you to writing the book in the first place?”

“yes, tell us why rod.”

Everybody was waiting for the answer as rod sighed.

“maybe it was so that my voice can be heard. You already know that was being witch crafted right?”

“yes.”

“there is definitely no evidence to support a person being witch drafted in the first place which is also why my parents didn’t believe me and only thinks that im just hallucinating.” Rod then looks at the ceiling. “which was why I wanted my voice to be heard or for the suspects to meet their own downfall or something so that I could get closure over what really happened to me.” Rod

“didn’t you already find closure when you were at peace in your place, safe and sound?”

“yes. but finding peace and finding closure are 2 different things presidents. My case was a cold case. Im sure if you were in my position, you would understand how I feel.”

“is it not for fame or fortune?”

“nope. Never.”

“I see.”

“I definitely have no comments over that.”

“but still! You shouldn’t have wrote that damn book in the first place rod.”

“ignorance is really a bliss right?” rod then looked all serious at the presidents “which is also why im doing this, to warn the people of the dangers they will face if they would ever want to follow what I wrote.”

“hahh.. fine. Have it your way.”

“anyways, why do you think that that observation ship go to the Bermuda triangle in the first place?”

“dunno. Maybe he just wants to show off.”

“you already know about the rumors and facts when you go to the Bermuda triangle right?”

“yes. navigational devices would not function properly.”

“maybe hes just like the rest of them, only that he wants to be the first to discover something.” Rod

“maybe.”

“sir, we have arrived at our destination”

“oh.. finally. That was fast.”

“when your in the air, everything is faster.”

“anyways, how do we get down from here?”

“we take you down to the ground sir. Please wait momentarily as my unit will escort all of you down.” Rod

“okay then.”

In NASA, florida branch, there the presidents of china, Russia, japan, Philippines, the US, and rod all shook hands before going into a room for the private meeting. They sat on one table accompanied also by the director of NASA himself. Rod was in his tshirt and jeans again and Wesley has his pants on now that it was dry.

“what?! That really happened on the mission?” US president said after finally watching the video of the whole mission

“yes. we are just glad we were able to get out alive.” Rod

“here are also the pictures that we took from the golden pyramid.” Wesley said as he handed out the pictures to the presidents

“even in the situation in the world right now, children are still goofing off for adventures.”

“yes. which is also why we already uploaded the video to the internet.”

“what?!” the other presidents said

“we really tried to warn him and to stop him.”

“I already uploaded the video before they even asked.” Rod

“what on earth was on your mind when you uploaded those videos?! “

“I respect you rod mason for bringing down the bratva, but this would just be irresponsible.”

“then which is being more responsible? Knowing that you have over 46 unfulfilled requests of the same request but just let it do in the dark where others will be hurt again in the near future of the same incident? Or letting the people know so that they can decide for themselves if they want to pursue it still out of pride and ignorance?” rod said seriously

“kuh” the presidents had nothing to say anymore as rods mind was firm on his decision

“as I suspected, we cant quite trust rod mason for any secrets that we would hold.”

“probably. But he is the man that you can count on when the tough gets too tough.” Wesley

“does that mean you accept my offer?” rod said smiling

“haha. Let me still consider it.”

“hmm.. alright then. Though as to prove of my decision as well, please look at the photos that we have taken.”

The presidents then looked closely at the photos and there were remains of ruins from a lost civilization as well as remains mummies and remains of abandoned camps which were just made recently both near the ruins and near the walls.

“did you know that snakes are also known to digest its prey, like melting it inside their bellies overtime.” Wesley

“look at all these pictures of what remains of the lost city. These houses must have dated hundreds of years ago.”

“we were unable to carbon date anything from that place since it was filled to the brim with snakes and giant snakes. “ Wesley then shivers “if you could only have been there to even witness a giant snake on how big it was.”

“and what of the facts about your journey? Did you—“

“I told to never tell any facts about the mission but only put beautiful sounds and a commentary by camellia about the mission itself.” Rod

“whew.. thank god for that.”

“by now, many would be reconsidering on going to any adventures from now on.” Wesley

“we will see about that.”

“so what would you do now rod mason?”

“the same as always, to rescue people from danger.”

“I see. And back on topic, how would we get those satellites back on orbit? We have already finished about maybe 2 satellites..”

“us too. We have completed about 2 satellites.”

“as for that, I have a little confession to make.” Rod said while slightly raising his hand.

“what is it now?”

“would you like the bad news or the good news?”

“the bad news please.”

“a-alright then… ehem.. we might have also picked up some of the left over satellites so that we can reverse engineer it and make our own satellite”

“what?!”

“do you know how much it cost just to make and bring one satellite up to orbit?!”

“you have destroyed those satellites and now your saying you stole pieces of them?!”

“I cant believe you..” one of them face palms

“that was also because no matter how much we try to ask to the UN for a satellite, you guys just turned a blind eye on my request.” rod

“was there any request like that?”

“you really didn’t remember huh. Nor even touch the paper.”

“i-I think I might have read it, but just thought that these guys doesn’t need any satellites since their just a Philippine company. Like everyone else, they should just request from their government or from us instead.” The US president said sweating

“oh brother.” The other presidents face palmed

“anyways, the good news is that we will also agree to clean up the earth from all the debree of satellites if you would agree to let us in on the space program.”

“seriously?! Or would that be for some cost?”

“its all for free.”

The presidents were all now thinking.

“and this is also where the big project starts.”

Rod then asked for a white board to draw something.

“I propose project exodus.” Rod then writes on the white board

“what does it partake then rod? I thought that all your projects were top secret and only made by your company?” Wesley

“yes. but not this one.” Rod pointed out to Wesley “this project would literally take us towards a new frontier in space where we basically terraform or colonize the other planets of the solar system.”

“now that is one big project your proposing to us boy.”

“so how do you suppose that we get there in time? Travelling to mars will even take days and you say we also go beyond that?”

“yes. it might not be possible for us to go at light speed, but we can sure travel far.”

“there is more to this plan am I right?”

“nope. That is the simplest explanation there is.”

“huh?!”

“well lets see.. we now have project paper plane which can safely send out project Excalibur out to space. Then whats left is just a team and a ship for space travel.”

“it is possible. Though putting up a team—“

“this wont be just any team since it would be a couple of teams consisting of all 4 countries. Russia, china, japan, and the US.”

“how about Philippines? You said you also wanted to join in the space program.”

“the space program is just for the satellites yes?”

“I see your point now. Though what would be in it for us if we agree to joining forces and go for your proposed project exodus?”

“nothing else but just the fact that its for the benefit of science and discovery.”

“what the heck. So where do you guys fit in all the project?”

“along with some of the best engineers in the world, we would also be a part of the clean up crew for the debrees which will use those debrees to make a ship for space travel. Simple as that.”

“no. I mean that—“

“you get to use our services for free if that’s what you mean.”

“nice.. but still, we just cant agree for our people to go into space and colonize other worlds. There might be an infection or some sort.”

“yes, that’s right. which is why man has already advanced far enough to venture into space. Like we now have the rover right? drones.. etc.” rod

“hmm.. for that boy, we must still think of it. but we will approve of your proposal for cleaning up the earth of space debrees and to deliver our satellites safely into space for free.”

“but those space debree must come back straight to us you got that. And please return the satellites you stole.”

“that we can agree. Hahh.. so project exodus is a no go huh..” rod said with a sad face

“don’t worry about it rod. we said we would think about it. And with project iron heart, we might be able to think of something.”

“a-alright then. So, what more do you guys wanna discuss?”

“nothing more. You just solved all our problems boy, even created new ones maybe.”

“maybe? You know, if I were to watch that video, I would seriously think twice about going back there.” Wesley

“now that you mentioned it, did you also post the location of the lost city in the internet?”

“nope. Only for the Bermuda triangle.”

“whew..”

“which reminds me as well, here are the videos from all the drones.”

Rod then showed them the video of whats inside the distortions as well as the sonar data of the sea bed for a diameter of 30 kilometers.

“wow.. look at all those ship wrecks.”

“yes. the drones really have dug through some treasure trove of ship wrecks.”

“and by the way, the sonar map for the ship wrecks were also posted in the internet.” Rod said smiling

“what?!”

“this would literally lead people to think that there might be buried treasure hidden there as well. I mean look at some of those ship. They look hundreds of years old just waiting for tales to be told.”

“hmm.. true. But lets just see any brave soul who are foolish enough to venture there.” Wesley

“if you really have been through that storm with us, you would really think otherwise.” The Japanese president said as the Philippine president agrees

“never the less, it was seriously wrong for you to post those in the internet.”

“well.. let us see from all the comments then.” Wesley said as he hands over his smart phone

Wesley then tunes in to social media sites and video sites to see the hundreds of comments.

“wow! Its rod mason again!”

“whew! My idol!”

“hes at it again folks!”

“if giant squids weren’t enough.”

“now im scared of going there. Lol.”

“idiot. This isn’t real.”

“then why not go there yourselves if your brave enough.”

“treasure..”

“is all this for real?!”

“they shouldn’t just post this on the internet you know.”

“what are you saying? They post it so that they can warn us like duh!”

“scary.”

They then scrolled over the hundreds of comments all stating that they are afraid.

“lets just see how they are committed to their comments.”

“oh, they will be. Once news will also get larger of more people getting missing by the day.” Wesley

“y-your right. some nations are now even having problems dealing with missing persons.”

“were glad now that the rate for missing persons have gone down but this will certainly trigger a whole new thing altogether.”

“and its all because of that damn book.”

“which is also why im warning all of them. Its now my responsibility to warn those stupid people not to mess with things that are not meant to be messed with in the first place” rod

“then how about the lost city of Eldorado? What if people will get the idea of killing all the snakes in there?”

“hahh..” Wesley then face palmed

“if only you have been there. The place basically was filled to the brim with snakes all over.” Rod

“the cave was like very huge you know, more like the size of Sydney if I might say.” Wesley

“did you guys also noticed that none of us were walking on the ground?” rod

The presidents then realized that the task was nearly impossible.

“you know rod, you could have just kept it a secret. now the hurricane industries will ask for you to save their stupid children.” Wesley

“you don’t have to worry about that Wesley. Those stupid rich kids that we saved earlier was also shot in the video where they were all in stretchers and breathing through oxygen tanks.” Rod

“really?! Boy they are so going to be pissed once they all wake up from their sleep.” Wesley said as he retrieved his smartphone and browsed through all the footage

“you know, I also asked camellia to put a mask on their faces.”

“whew.” They were all relieved.

The presidents then saw the condition of the teens who were trapped in there. They were in a severe state of malnutrition and water deficiency with their eyes also almost dilated from the darkness as the med team examined their eyes as well.

“they would all really think twice on getting to trouble, and that’s a fact.” Rod

“I hope your right on this rod. were also trusting you on your decision.”

“what if they would also make energy weapons just like you did?”

“then they might have about maybe.. 10% chance? Of survival.” Rod

“do you also know the rate on how a snake lays their eggs? By the time they will get there, there will be more snakes than ever before.” Wesley

“nature isn’t as forgiving as they can think.” Rod

“okay okay.”

“anyways, after that fiasco that those snakes had experiences, they will adapt very fast to any danger that they may face.” Wesley

“is that true your saying?”

“yes. like he said, nature isn’t that forgiving.” Wesley pointed at rod

“hmm.. okay then. We will trust you on that maybe. And maybe you can also receive good word for project exodus in time.”

“its now really up to all of you if you really wanted. I have already given everything to mankind of what they would need.” Rod

“what do you mean by that?”

“the project iron heart, duh..”

“o-oh. Okay then.”

“like he said before, it will be the key to future technologies.”

“okay then. This meeting is now adjourned. Rod, we will trust you with all the space debree now alright.”

“yes. you can count on us with that.” Rod

“so.. when do we start?” Wesley

“I thought that you would still think about it..”

“maybe not. I guess being with the rescue team would also have its perks.”

“you mean that you could also get to venture to any part of the globe right?”

“haha. You got me there mate.” Wesley then walks around back and forth. “alright then. Im in.”

“good to have you with me wesley!” rod then shook hands with him

Everyone in the room then smiled in appreciation.

“well then, I will see you later.”

“wait, aren’t you guys coming with me to deliver you back?” rod

“maybe we will hitch a ride with the other presidents. Going with you really proves an adventure of a lifetime for us.”

“yes, I agree.”

“alright then. Lets go Wesley.” Rod then walks towards the door leaving the presidents to their private time.

The origami was now in the landing strips of NASA florida branch where the it touched down for now to cool down the engines.

“hey Wesley, what compelled you to agree?” rod

“are you saying that I shouldn’t?”

“no. im just curious.”

“well, just as you said, maybe its because of the adventure. I don’t know. But I feel that I might achieve something greater when im with you.”

“hmm.. like serving for a greater cause?”

“yes, like that.”

“haha. Good to know. Your salary will be good for now but it will do better once the company has expanded even more.”

“its alright actually. I don’t have that much that I want as long as I can take care of my mother.”

“well then, lets get going.” Rod then faces the monitors “forward to the next mission!”

“yes sir!”

They were now on route to the next mission and rod calls the girls on how they were. It was now 5pm as they now fly on the skies of Africa.

“hi ladies. How are you now?” rod called in his private room in the origami.

“just fine. We just woke up to your call.” Sheryl

“so, how was my video?”

“we seriously have a lot of things to comment with but for now, im just glad your alright rod.” Sheryl

“can we watch the uncensored video when you get back?” Stacey

“hey! Were you really mad last night?” Sheryl

“maybe it went off when I heard rods voice. Haha.” Stacey

“a-anyways, the recruits here are all ready for their first mission if you want.” Flores

“whoa.. why would you want the recruits to go along with rod?” Sheryl
“so that we can go along with rod of course. Were all missing the adventure now.” yukiko

“hold your horses. No one is going with rod aside from me.” Sheryl

“what?! No fair!” the girls said

“so that I can put a leash on rod. I was seriously worried when he entered the big cave with his team.” Sheryl

“now your being just like his parents. They also saw the video you know and freaked out as always.” Maria

“oh yeah, a message from june. Shes seriously pissed off that you haven’t invited her on the adventure.” Flores

“hahaha.. I have no comment over all this except that its my job for now to rescue those people.” Rod

“what?! Here I am worried about you and—“

“Sheryl! Please understand rods position right now!” yukiko

“yes, that’s right. he has no choice but to do this.” maria

“for now, lets all wait and pray that he will be alright.” Flores

“but..” Sheryl

“please believe in our husband Sheryl. He knows what hes doing.” Stacey

“o-okay then.” Sheryl said as she was crying

“there there.” Yukiko said as she patted her

“by the way, where is kaori?” rod said as he forcefully puts up a smile

“oh.. shes currently making breakfast. Its her turn now to make some.” Yukiko

“I see. for now, I only have the report for project exodus.” Rod

“what is it?” Stacey

“we proceed to part 2.”

“hahh.. as we thought they would answer.” Maria

“lets all now concentrate on the task at hand girls. We now better get going so that we can prepare for project exodus.” Yukiko

“thanks girls. For now, I will do my job here.” rod

“you still got one last mission right?” Sheryl said as she wipes her tears

“yes. the request was already 1 month old as I recall.” Yukiko

“yeah, that’s the one. Don’t worry girls, I will be back.” Rod

“we hope so as well.”

They then hang up the phone so that rod can sleep for a while.

They have now arrived at their next destination which was in cairo where they were to meet with both the arabian and Egyptian presidents.

As rod enters the bridge “morning guys. You all got a good night sleep?”

“yes sir.”

“morning there mate.”

“morning Wesley. What are you doing now?”

“just doing some research in the internet.”

Rod then snuck up at the back of Wesley which was on camellias seat doing some internet stuff when rod saw a fan page of himself.

“whoa.. whats that?”

“whoa!” Wesley then minimized the browser. “don’t do that rod. its really rude to sneak on someones privacy.” Wesley

“I know. Sorry. But what was that earlier?”

“u-um.. you promise you wont laugh?”

“I promise.”

Wesley then sighed as he showed rod the fan site of himself.

“I don’t know who set up this fan site but its certainly updated. Look, it even got our latest video.”

“hmm.. what more does it have? And did you just stumble on that site by incident?”

“yes.. when I was stil in the office just surfing the net to pass by the time.”

“and?” rod said as he was smiling

“umm.. I kinda just check on the site from time to time.”

“o-okay..” rod then hurried to his chair where he laughed a bit

“i-I knew you would laugh. Come on mate, that’s not funny. I was—“

“nope. Im just happy for a friend that they are concerned about me. Anyways, what else is in that page?”

“nothing more it seems.. its just a blog site for fans of yours.”

“I see. Anyways, I guess were here already.”

They were now at the top of the presidents palace where rod has gone down with Wesley along with 2 of the assault team as body guards. Rod then enters the presidents office where both Arabian and Egyptian presidents were talking.

“hello my friend, welcome to Egypt.”

“hello there presidents.” Rod and Wesley then bows to both of them

“I see you’re here to accept my request right?”

“yes. it took too long to finally establish a rescue agency. Anyways, on to business then.” Rod

“hold on. Let me first give you a tour on cairo and its tourist spots first since the Arabian president is also here.”

“o-okay then. We accept your kind offer.”

They then had a tour of cairo where they drove all around the city and lastly to the cairo museum.

“here is our last stop. The cairo museum.” The president said as they got off the car

“you know, your people are really attracting much attention when they are always hovering on the air like that.”

“sorry about that. It was the only fastest way that we know how to protect a client. Though their also trained on how to properly guard a person.” Rod

“I see. Well then, off we go.”

they then got inside the museum as they were also talking.

“now on to business. Now tell me rod mason, how much do you know about Egyptian history?”

“I really cant memorize history but what I could come up when Egypt is concerned are mummies and their grand historical treasures that they left behind.”

“hmm.. it passes just a bit. Now do you love stories about ancient Egypt?”

“I don’t know if I should like them but if the story is good, then I will like it.”

All of a sudden, rod felt like he is being watched at and as he looked around, all he saw were mummies all around.

“passable. Then in your book, why did you also write about an Egyptian king?”

“it was one of the souls that in my dream, has passed their memory down to me.”

“oh yeah rod! do you still have those pictures?!”Wesley interrupted

“I really hate being interrupted you know.”

“Im sorry sir, but I just remembered something from our last travel.”

“oh yeah, there were hieroglyphs that were also on the walls of the temple right?” rod

“yes. if we only have someone who can read these hieroglyphs.” wesley

“alright then. If you still wish to not answer—“

“its really true your highness. In my dream, it was one of those Egyptian kings that gave me their memory of an ancient tragedy.”

“if you really say so then. I was just curious as to what kind of person who would really write nonsense.”

“though I also remember one time in the science channel that there was also a pharaoh that was lost in time.” Rod

“really? You really saw a scene like that?”

“yes. anyways, can we get someone who can translate these—“

The presidents were now frustrated if they were paying attention to them.

“oh. Im very sorry your majesties. If it would also decrease your anger, please take these pictures of ancient past.” Rod then gave the pictures to the Egyptian president

“hahh.. alright then. How about it? why not take those pictures?”

“I could, but at this rate, they might not be listening to me at all.”

“no sir, im listening.” Rod

“so no other distractions then?”

“yes sir.”

“alright then. I will get right to the request.”

“please help me with the search for a couple of missing people in the desert.”

“I should have also anticipated this.” Wesley said as if he knew the cliché like request

“hmm.. let me try if I can.”

“alright then. A question to you rod. how would you see this mask?”

They were now standing in front of tutankhamuns mask, a golden mask where it depicts the face of tutankhamun.

“the mask would be a treasure to others, others would be history. But for me, its both.”

“why would you say that?”

“it is true that many tombs found in the past would have many treasures of the pharaohs but at the same time, every artifact depicts the ancient history of kings of the past.”

“good answer. It seems that your not that ignorant, only a little bit.”

“well, I cant memorize things that accurately so which is why I understand the fundamentals instead.” rod

“which would lead to your outstanding theories right?”

“that and the gods in my dreams have taught me.”

“hmm.. alright then, I will accept your gift to me.” The Egyptian president then gets all the pictures from rods hands and looks at them

“your right. some of them I do recognize.”

The Egyptian president then calls for one of his bodyguards and requests for the museums local expert.

“your majesty, if we could also listen to his explanations.” Rod said as the Egyptian president hurries with the local expert to his office

“yes, you may. But you must never say a word of this to anybody.”

“yes sir.”

“hey rod, what about the video? Did it—“

“nope. I specifically said to camellia to never include those hieroglyphs.”

“whew..” Wesley was relieved as all of them walked towards the office of the local expert

“mister.. can you speak English?” rod said at the expert sitting in his desk

“yes sir.”

“thank you. Can you also speak in English when translating those?” Wesley

“sure.”

“please do your work, we don’t have much time.”

“yes your highness.”

The expert then tries to translate all of the hieroglyphs on the walls.

“just where did you get this?!”

“that’s a secret professor. Can you translate?”

“yes. it says of the story of a lost emperor where he was a victim of a coup from his own brother. His son had died and they journey far to the west as his kingdom was no more. In their journey at sea, their ship was crushed and they arrived at a local village where they revived their king. Carrying his sons remains, the king wouldn’t let him go until his death. He was made chief of the village as villagers all recognize him as he passed the great test for chieftain. The rest is that that chief had done many great things and buildings in his life including protecting the village from outsiders. One time, outsiders had outnumbered them so they hid inside the place of test where they build a city inside the cave. As chief was near his death, inside the temple they all lie with his guards also resting alongside their king guarding him in the afterlife.”

They all couldn’t believe what they just heard as it coincides with what rod had wrote in his book.

“read those again! It must be a mistake!”

“no mistake. I read them as they are sir.”

“no way rod. does that mean..” Wesley

“no. we cant guarantee that that was the case for me.” rod

“anyways, this only proves that you were given a gift from the ghost of this king.”

“does it say the name of the king?”

“no. there is nothing that says here of his name.”

“maybe because he lost his own kingdom that he thought he doesn’t deserve his Egyptian name anymore. Since the names of kings to them are also sacred, right?” Wesley

“to some, maybe.”

“how can we get his remains?!”

“we wouldn’t recommend you going there though.” Wesley

“yes, me too. If you already have seen the video, then you would understand.”

“what video?! Is it your adventure?”

“yes. my adventure. Please watch it mr president. Though before that, can I ask what might be your request?” rod

“no no no! we must not have you hurt! You have been touched by the spirits after all.”

“its really my job to rescue people.” Rod

The presidents were hesitating to let him go now that they know of this fact, that he has found the egypts long lost relic.

“umm.. if you wont let us have the job, people will really die.” Wesley

“I know! Let us think!”

“no time to think my friend. How about just answering to the call of the people and let rod search those lost children.”

“lost children?!” Wesley

“no. I will tell you now. We have request for rod to rescue the sons and daughters of some nobles who has also journeyed towards the sands of either Egypt or Arabia or somewhere.”

“wow. This is now like searching a needle in a football field.” Wesley

“you got that right Wesley. Do you also know the general direction that they went?” rod

“we investigated from their childrens texts and calls and we have found a clue. There was a call that tells them to go west.”

“im also here for some of the nobles children who has also gone lost, same as him.”

“hmm.. we will try our best now to search all of the sands of the entire continent.” Rod

“what?! Were now going to search the entire continent?!” Wesley

“no. just places where there is sand. They might have been trapped in a sand dune or something.” Rod

“I see where your going with this.”

“yes. since if they cant be found on land where they could just use a satellite, or through the skies, then that must be it.” rod

“hmm.. we still haven’t told you everything.”

“sorry about that. Please continue.” Rod

“it is as you said. We tried to search every place from the skies and from every city in the entire continent, even in Africa, but to avail.”

“with that solved and narrowed down, lets search them now Wesley.” Rod said as he heads to the door

“your gonna search all of the sands?! Are you kidding?!”

“do I look like im kidding? Though we will just try if we could spot them.” Rod

“a-alright then. Im trusting you on this rod.”

“hahh.. I said we will just try. Oh well.” Rod said with a gesture as Wesley got out first

Rod and Wesley left the presidents form the room where they were discussing some important things as well as watching the latest video of their journey. After that, rod and Wesley got back to the origami and journeyed first towards all of the sands of Saudi Arabia skipping over cities. Though sometimes, they also stop by to some cities just to buy water.

It was now night time in Egypt as the origami stopped back at the skies of cairo just so they could all sleep.

“so that happened during your visit?” Sheryl

“yes. they were seriously rattled by what they heard.”

“they should now revere you as a pharaoh..” Stacey said jokingly

“haha. Funny.”

“really to think that one of the memories from your dream had come true. We really couldn’t believe it either.” Yukiko

“even kaori here was very surprised about this that shes now reading your book as we speak.” Flores

“I was very surprised by this rod! you never told me anything about this!” kaori

“you never asked. Although that isn’t a question that you casually ask everyday as well.”

“I agree with you on that. So you should just relax kaori.” maria

“haha.. anyways, how is the project going?”

“its going smoothly rod.” Sheryl

“were still off collecting recyclables though. But the project is going smoothly.” Yukiko

“nice. You girls are the best gift that I could ask for.”

“aww shucks rod. though you should really finish that mission quick so that you can come home and do your work.”Stacey

“hey, our husband is now doing his best at his mission.” Sheryl

“right. and you’re the only one who gets yelled at by the other board of directors. Im now even pitying you Sheryl.” Flores

“s-shut up. I can totally take this.” Sheryl

“im very sorry that I couldn’t be there for you girls. Let me just finish this mission so that I can reunite with you there.”

“rod.. please stay safe.” Kaori

“sure. You can count on that. Im going to sleep now so lets talk another time.”

“okay then rod.” the girls said as they hang up the call

There rod lies in his bed thinking of hurrying this mission before he gets to sleep.

It has been already 3 days and still no sign of them. Rod even had the assault team navigate car drones towards every part of the sand as they go along an incurring sand storm.

“its really hot rod. how long can we keep up this mission?”

“lets all hurry with the search then. Though we shouldn’t also anger the presidents who has requested this.”

“hahh.. your right. I hope that we can find them as soon as possible.”

“sir! We have spotted a gust of wind where its going around some sort of a sinking hole.”

“good. Let a car drone sink so that we can have a live feed over what lies under there.”

They then let one of the car drones sink where at the end of where it sank into, the car drone was all covered in sand. Then the car drone suddenly fires up and goes forward form the accumulating sand where it eventually got out to some sort of underground cave.

“is this the live feed of the drone?”

“yes sir. Though it’s a bit crappy due to the interfering signals from the sand storm.”

“good. Ready the assault team for sortie. We are checking out that cave. Origami, just stay in the skies”

“yes sir.”

“that means you too Wesley.”

“oh man..” Wesley then stood up

“this time, your also wearing armor.” Rod

“really?!”

“yes. since one of the assault team members were seriously bruised up from the fight in the bermuda triangle.”

“what really happened?!”

“you know, when an entity will touch your insides it would literally make you feel something else, something that you couldn’t even understand whats going on. And the only cure to it is to rest for a few days.”

“how would you know that that is the cure? Isn’t there any other cure then?”

“nope. And since my instincts tell me that that might be the case. Now lets go.”

They then went out the door and went to the cargo hold where the dressing room is also at.

“hey rod, do I really have to wear this thing?” Wesley was holding out to a jumpsuit towards rod

“yes. it was later decided that to avoid skin damage as much as possible, we all would wear jumpsuits rather than putting the armor on without clothes.” Rod said as he was still putting on his jumpsuit

“this is really embarrassing you know. It really lines out my balls.”

“just shut up and wear it Wesley.”

“hahh… fine..”

After they suit up, the assault team then sortied towards the sinking hole that they found. One by one, they descended on the sinking hole.

“after you.” Rod gestured to Wesley

“damn it. You first, you’re the leader.”

“scared?”

“of course I am, but doesn’t mean im up for an adventure.”

“don’t worry, this wont hurt.”

As the rest of the assault team descends, Wesley still had second doubts.

“hahh.. alright. I will go first.”

With that, rod goes first leaving Wesley behind

“w-wait for me!”

After they sunk themselves into the sinking sand hole, they then swam themselves out of the sand and into the cave.

“whoa.. for a cave, its really shining bright in here.”

“look. Its because of the crystals on the walls and the water down in there.” Rod points out to the vast cave that they have stumbled into.

They then hovered into the giant cave/cavern where there were a series of pathways leading to a series of tunnels.

“looks like it could take us a while to search through everything.” Rod

“yeah, looks like it mate.”

“team, I want you now to pick a tunnel and pass through it or form pairs. please put markers on each tunnel that you will pass through. Don’t forget to map the area that you have passed through with your personal terminals.”

“yes sir!”

“hey rod, how about we do something about communications. The team might get too far to reach.”

“oh yeah. Team! Once you reach the range of our communications, go back here immediately and wait for us. Got it?”

“yes sir!”

The team, being afraid of what might happen, form pairs and pass through each tunnel. There were over 20 of them and over 9 tunnels to choose from. From there, rod and Wesley ventures towards one of the tunnels and turned on their flashlights for the darkness ahead.