F
U T U R E B A R R I E R
( The
3rd Novel )
Secret Technology,
Unrequited Love, Absolute Vengeance
© October 2018 Written by David Wicker
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 CHAPTER 72 -
"The Hot Dog Incident"
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Margot and Danielle both left the tomb to see the vehicles drive off in the distance.
"Something's not right here." Danielle said to herself. Margot kept quiet.
Danielle pulled the artifact out of her pocket. "I'll bet it's got something to do with this."
Margot then spoke, "Do you think Dr. Seisbee has one of those himself ?"
Danielle shook her head, "We're not going to learn that standing around."
"Where to ?" Margot asked.
"Back to his house. It's surely empty now. Maybe he left some notes or something important for us. He always was a wise and wily character. I doubt they could've taken him prisoner without him leaving behind some evidence of where he was taken and what he was working on at the time - which could be related to this stone."
"Oh no !" Margot said in disappointment.
"What is it ?" Danielle asked. Then it was plain to see. Whoever the other people were, they slashed the tires of the two intrepid archeologists' vehicle.
"Well, we'll have to walk then." she said, determined to get to the bottom of whatever mystery this was.
. . .
Hum had ordered himself another ice, cold, refreshing, lemonade and was almost finished with it when a new sound demanded his attention.
He stood towering over the console. "What is it ?" he asked.
The control tower agent pointed to the screen. "They've run into a meteor shower."
Hum's eyes widened, "Not during warp ?"
The agent shook his head, "No, we're not that stupid. The warp kicked out the moment it appeared. But it's going to take them longer to get back than we anticipated."
Hum sipped his drink thoughtfully. Then spoke the obvious, "The sooner they get back the sooner we can retrieve this 'plugin' as you call it and right the time lines."
. . .
Back at Antony's a raucous party of wide noise and celebration was taking place. Despite Dempsey's huge size he had actually managed to get quite drunk off of the newly purchased liquor and was sleeping it off, his body dangling both ways over the couch in an unconscious lump.
Petrov and Pritchart paid no attention, however, and were gobbling down all the treats Antony brough and bragging to each other about how much better they were as agents than each other when they worked for Arkos.
Antony, however, was stone cold sober and his eyes flickered greedily, waiting for the last two to collapse from overindulgence in liquor and the sleeping pills and powder he earlier doctored them with. His demeanor though was one of a gracious host, eager and capable of providing the two with fine baked ham, turkey, chicken, roast beef, and steak.
Very soon though the tainted liquor had finally gotten to them both and they almost fell out of their chairs in a dead slump snoring loudly.
Antony quickly took the bag of diamonds from Pritchart and looking around, grabbed one of his transparent glass vases. Then went downstairs to his workshop to expertly cut the vase, to give the appearance they were diamonds though in fact they were just cheap glass.
He worked feverishly, making a good fake duplicate of each of the real jewels. Then he transferred the bag's contents to his pocket and put in the freshly made fake ones. So perfect was his deception the bag even felt like the same weight.
Greedily he ran numbers in his head. If each diamonds was worth $10,000 to $20,000 going up exponentially based on the size of the precious jewels, well he'll be a millionaire by next week !
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He had to be careful though, to make sure that the other three didn't see him with the real diamonds or to make a transaction at the jeweler's or pawn shop. He also couldn't have the real diamonds on him or down in his workshop where they could easily be located if his deception was found out.
He thought for a moment and, reaching for a box, pulled out an aquarium that was still in its wrapping. A bag of water stones was included, each shining prettily - as well as they could for cheap plastic.
He dumped the water stones in the back of his work area and carefully placed the real diamonds in their stead, taping up the top of the little bag and putting it back inside the empty aquarium, also taping it back up so it looked like it was never opened.
And just in time too as he heard a loud groan ahead of him, the unmistakable sound of Dempsey. But he smiled to himself. His cleverness would make him a millionaire, that's all he knew.
He dashed back up the steps to see the Goliath, as he was the first one up. Dempsey complained about his head pounding. Antony of course was nothing but a woven rug of sympathy and consoled the giant to soothe his nerves with a bottle of aspirin and fresh made coffee.
. . .
Back at the drive-through, I was actually feeling pretty hungry looking at all the menu items but kept quiet. The girls behind continued to tease and jeer me with mean words and accusations. But finally Ace said, "Shaddup, will ya !? Trying to get some food here !"
At once the two cackling girls got quiet. "That's better." he started. Then to the drive-through speaker. "Yeah, give me one of your hot dogs." Ace then turned to look at me. "That's for you."
I felt it okay to speak now so I said, "Can I have a chili dog with cheese, please ?"
Ace smiled widely, "Sure you can, sport ! Dju hear that ?" he asked the intercom.
It crackled and spoke back in a hiss, "One chili cheese dog, anything else ?"
Ace shook his head, "Naw ... that'll do it."
"$2.75 please drive up to the first window."
Ace did. He pulled out three one-dollar bills and got the drive-thru bag plus a quarter.
"Thank you, have a nice day." the pretty girl behind the counter said.
"Same to yas." Ace offered indifferently. Then drove forward to the side.
"Here's your hot dog." Ace said and gave me the bag.
I was surprised at his kindness, "Oh ! Thank you. Thank you so much ... um ... can we save it for later ?"
Ace's eyes twitched with fires dangerously, "Naw, you eat it now !"
I sighed, "Well alright." I reached in to take the chili-dog out and started to take a bite when Ace yanked it from my grip to toss the bread and toppings outside the car so I was just holding on to the hot dog. The two girls strangely started to whisper quickly and quietly to each other, nothing I could make out though.
I was just holding the meat now with one hand, staying still to see if there was anything else he was going to do. He didn't.
So I reached to take a bite when he slapped me. "Naaw, you're doing it wrong. Hold it like you're cupping it. Put your fingers around the shaft, like this, cradling it, and suck it in with your lips !"
"What ?" I asked, completely confused.
Ace was not happy, "You heard me. You eat that wiener with your lips only, no teeth. I see any teeth and you'll get some of this - " and he pointed down to where he had a very clear taser in his hands.
I didn't like where this was going. "Can I do that later ?"
"Now !" Ace said, raising his voice and tapping the switch on the taser to terrify me with the spark of blue and white electricity noisily arcing between the two metal prongs.
"With your lips." he reminded me.
"I'll try." I said, not sure of what else I should say at all.
He pocketed the taser. "Thattaboy. Eat it all up."
So, well, I tried, and oddly enough the meat was so soft that I could cut it into sections with my lips. I did so baring down when suddenly the girls in the back exploded with laughter. One was giggling and shrilled in a high-pitched voice, "Now that's the right way to eat a wiener, f****t !"
A flash of red heat washed across my forehead when I realized what Ace was doing. It was another type of insult, to eat a hot dog with your lips like you were being passionate with it with your fingers like this. I knew what this was leading up to.
But I certainly didn't want to get zapped by his taser. The girls were both kicking my seat now in wild abandon, "Eat it eat it !" but I ignored them.
With a few hard presses as Ace described, I managed to get the dog down after several long minutes. He did at least allow me to chew the pieces once I had cut the sections.
Ace then put his hand on my back. "Thattaboy. You remember what you learned here cause we're gonna make use of it later."
"What !?" I shrieked back, my voice breaking in the process.
The girls giggled even more. One started to massage my hair saying how good I would look with a facial but I shot a wild look back to make her stop.
Ace continued, "What you did here you're gonna do later. Just remember it." With that he drove off in a huff almost knocking the two girls out from the backseat as they didn't bother to put on any seat belts. I had half hoped they would fall out into the street. That would stop their mean giggling and teasing of me.
His cohorts followed behind in their own vehicles and in a short time we had arrived to the Club Scintillation ...
END OF
CHAPTER 72
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