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squad.
“Look at the readout,” said Pyro grimly.
3:29
3:28
3:27
Three hours and twenty-seven minutes.
“We just lost more time,” Pyro said.
Caine broke in from the Ops Center .
“ Pyro , why can’t we just push the damn thing gently into the sea?” Caine asked. “It doesn’t sound like we’re going to be able to disarm it.”
“ It’s way too unstable, ma’am. The gyroscopes inside the torpedo would almost surely detonate it immediately.”
“Do your best,” said Caine . “Let me know if the readout loses any more time.”
“If it loses too much time,” said Pyro , “the whole ship may know about it simultaneously.”
Caine made no reply.
Quiz and Dante
Temple of the High Priest
Quiz turned around and began firing at the three Dragons that had darkened the entrance to the temple. Two fell, but a third charged the young Titan member.
Quiz put his right hand behind his back.
The commando was just ten feet away.
Quiz steadied his nerves, his right arm tensing, muscles taut.
Five feet.
Quiz brought his right arm from behind his back. His hand was holding a pearl-handled knife with a seven-inch blade.
Two feet.
At the very last moment, Quiz thrust the blade into the Dragon’s belly. His fingers tightened on the pearl handle as he twisted it with determination, driving it deeper into the Dragon’s stomach.
The commando exhaled a long, rancid breath as Quiz pulled the knife back, drops of blood beading on the blade.
The Dragon’s eyes were still open, filled with terror, as he stammered backwards and fell to the floor.
Quiz wiped the blade clean, sheathed it, and then scrubbed the blood from his right hand.
* There’s no one else approaching. *
You’re as handy as Touchdown sometimes.
* Glad to be of service. *
Quiz gazed at the eight-inch-long blue crystal resting on the stone floor — the energy source his Digi -Palm had registered. It was pulsing at ten-second intervals.
* It’s an incredible power source. *
No doubt. But used for what?
*I don’t know, but I think you should wrap it up. It may be light-sensitive. *
Quiz took a piece of bandage from his first aid kit and gently wrapped the crystal. The pulsing stopped.
Quiz took a deep breath and looked at his Digi -Palm. It was called the Ruba-schal .
* It obviously comes from the Ancients. The Nizia were advanced, but I don’t see anything here resembling a scientific technology that could utilize crystals as an energy source. *
I agree. Let’s get this back to the EFV.
Temple of Kalpur-Az
Ruins of Raj Kithune
“The temple is clear — for now,” said Touchdown.
“We’re climbing the steps,” said Hawkeye.
Ten steps up, Hawkeye winced.
“I can walk with a limp, but climbing all those steps . . . ” Hawkeye shook his head. “Not gonna happen.”
The leader threw his arms around Shooter and Madison, who flanked his sides. Hawkeye hopped on his one good leg the rest of the way up. The three figures stopped on the porch of the temple.
“Pictures of the sun are carved everywhere,” Madison observed.
Many of the glyphs showed a humanoid figure, the head replaced by the sun, complete with grooved lines representing rays of light moving outward from the body.
Madison looked at the temple and the other Nizian structures in the distance. “The layout is similar to Mayan cities in Central America . It was probably a well-manicured city with plenty of green spaces and plazas. I’ve also seen stone channels running through the city and what appear to be fountains and dried-up pools. These people had a sophisticated irrigation system.”
“Let’s get inside,” Hawkeye said. “We shouldn’t stay exposed for too long.”
Inside the temple, the Titan members beheld hundreds of pictures of mating couples on the walls, although many were partially eroded.
“A randy bunch,” Shooter remarked. “This resembles a Nizian Kama
“Look at the readout,” said Pyro grimly.
3:29
3:28
3:27
Three hours and twenty-seven minutes.
“We just lost more time,” Pyro said.
Caine broke in from the Ops Center .
“ Pyro , why can’t we just push the damn thing gently into the sea?” Caine asked. “It doesn’t sound like we’re going to be able to disarm it.”
“ It’s way too unstable, ma’am. The gyroscopes inside the torpedo would almost surely detonate it immediately.”
“Do your best,” said Caine . “Let me know if the readout loses any more time.”
“If it loses too much time,” said Pyro , “the whole ship may know about it simultaneously.”
Caine made no reply.
Quiz and Dante
Temple of the High Priest
Quiz turned around and began firing at the three Dragons that had darkened the entrance to the temple. Two fell, but a third charged the young Titan member.
Quiz put his right hand behind his back.
The commando was just ten feet away.
Quiz steadied his nerves, his right arm tensing, muscles taut.
Five feet.
Quiz brought his right arm from behind his back. His hand was holding a pearl-handled knife with a seven-inch blade.
Two feet.
At the very last moment, Quiz thrust the blade into the Dragon’s belly. His fingers tightened on the pearl handle as he twisted it with determination, driving it deeper into the Dragon’s stomach.
The commando exhaled a long, rancid breath as Quiz pulled the knife back, drops of blood beading on the blade.
The Dragon’s eyes were still open, filled with terror, as he stammered backwards and fell to the floor.
Quiz wiped the blade clean, sheathed it, and then scrubbed the blood from his right hand.
* There’s no one else approaching. *
You’re as handy as Touchdown sometimes.
* Glad to be of service. *
Quiz gazed at the eight-inch-long blue crystal resting on the stone floor — the energy source his Digi -Palm had registered. It was pulsing at ten-second intervals.
* It’s an incredible power source. *
No doubt. But used for what?
*I don’t know, but I think you should wrap it up. It may be light-sensitive. *
Quiz took a piece of bandage from his first aid kit and gently wrapped the crystal. The pulsing stopped.
Quiz took a deep breath and looked at his Digi -Palm. It was called the Ruba-schal .
* It obviously comes from the Ancients. The Nizia were advanced, but I don’t see anything here resembling a scientific technology that could utilize crystals as an energy source. *
I agree. Let’s get this back to the EFV.
Temple of Kalpur-Az
Ruins of Raj Kithune
“The temple is clear — for now,” said Touchdown.
“We’re climbing the steps,” said Hawkeye.
Ten steps up, Hawkeye winced.
“I can walk with a limp, but climbing all those steps . . . ” Hawkeye shook his head. “Not gonna happen.”
The leader threw his arms around Shooter and Madison, who flanked his sides. Hawkeye hopped on his one good leg the rest of the way up. The three figures stopped on the porch of the temple.
“Pictures of the sun are carved everywhere,” Madison observed.
Many of the glyphs showed a humanoid figure, the head replaced by the sun, complete with grooved lines representing rays of light moving outward from the body.
Madison looked at the temple and the other Nizian structures in the distance. “The layout is similar to Mayan cities in Central America . It was probably a well-manicured city with plenty of green spaces and plazas. I’ve also seen stone channels running through the city and what appear to be fountains and dried-up pools. These people had a sophisticated irrigation system.”
“Let’s get inside,” Hawkeye said. “We shouldn’t stay exposed for too long.”
Inside the temple, the Titan members beheld hundreds of pictures of mating couples on the walls, although many were partially eroded.
“A randy bunch,” Shooter remarked. “This resembles a Nizian Kama
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