The Prince of Whales

by Shmuel Yacobi

 

Chapter twelve

Hats off to life!

Human life must be even more wondrously terrific without matter. Boris and the other survivors were truly enjoying their newly adapted life style in the upside down floating whaleboat. They have every thing in the boat. They became a new species with new kind of habits. They saw dying people. They saw the drowning bodies and parts. They saw people swimming like barracudas. They were stuck in the underwater cavities and screaming for help. They saw terrible scenes on their way. But they are safe at least for now. The upside down whaleboat seemed like a floating see-through sea-boot.

They are inside the glass rooms of the special whaleboat. They felt as if they are watching a huge natural oceanarium. They saw the floating human bodies. They did not see any fish. It seemed that fish foreknew about the deluge. All the nekton already left the Arafura Sea area.

After the ocean became calm the whaleboat suddenly turned to its right position. Some of the old folks were hurt. But soon every thing became settled. Joan, Sam, Matthew helped the old folks to recover soon.

Bermann and the police personnel came to the arrested Ninja guys to see how they were doing. The Ninja guys were hanging to their room. Bermann told them, 'finish your nature calls and get ready for breakfast'. The Ninja guys obediently agreed. The police personnel opened the door and took off the handcuffs. Detective Bermann and the police personnel visited every room to see what is going on. Everybody is getting ready for the breakfast.

Boris is curiously listening the stories of his grandchildren. Shea is learning Thalmulic language from the old fishermen folks of Fijian Islands. The police guys are doing their morning drill in their beds.

The arrested ninja guys are doing their morning yoga exercises. The cooks are preparing breakfast. The up side down floating whaleboat has become a symbolic Jonah's Tarshish boat with all kinds of people, religions and cultures. Their united aim is to reach any shore before they consume all the provisions available in the vessel. Matthew is repairing the radio apparatus and trying to revive the computer systems of the vessel. Joan told her regular terrible dream to Boris. He remembered and told her that the boat driver Nick had pushed him into the ocean. Sam told that Rodrigo the car driver had intentionally made the accident and killed his uncle and Joan's father Michael.

Detective Bermann is seriously thinking about a new plan to expose the mafia gangs. He had enough eyewitnesses to prove his case. But he must first bring all the mafia leaders behind the curtain to the forefront and expose them.

The cook rang the bell for breakfast. Everybody came to the dinning room. Bermann explained his new plan to catch all the mafia leaders. According to his plan they must go to Hawaii in disguise. They cannot trust even the police officers. They cannot approach any government authorities. First of all they must go to Hawaii and study the situation before arresting Rodrigo or any individual. Arresting few individuals will send an alarm to the mafia leaders. And they will find ways to escape from the law. Therefore they should not arrest any persons until they could find the whole gang. Until then they live together and should conduct an undercover investigation. They must find out the links between the government authorities and the mafia gangs.

Shea said, 'there is a huge basement under my coconut juice factory right on the waterfront. That would be the perfect place for all of us to stay and conduct the investigations. We must think of some way to take this vessel there'.

It's not easy to enter into the dockyard with the big vessel without being noticed. The authorities will recognize them very easily. They will bring the media guys. The media will expose and cash the resurrection news of Boris, Shea, Sam, Joan and Matthew by their commercial headline tricks.

The only way to avoid all this unwanted consequences is to turn the vessel up side down and leave it in the ocean. It will give some extra time for the authorities to find the boat. Everybody agreed to Bermann's plan and Shea's suggestion and became mentally ready to leave the boat and swim to the shore.

They invented a way to turn the whaleboat up side down by bending it more to its right side. The Ninja guys brought all the heavy stuff to the right side of the boat. They took all precautionary steps to do it in a safe way.

Detective Bermann and the police personnel announced that everyone should hook on their belts. They checked every person. Then they jumped into the ocean and started to pull down the motor whaleboat. The boat turned up side down. Detective Bermann and the police personnel returned to the up side down floating whaleboat through proper channel. They rechecked everyone and told them that they can unhook their belts. Every thing seemed okay. No one is hurt except the Ninja guys. Bermann and the police personnel forgot to uncuff the Ninja guys. They were rolling on the floor.

Detective Bermann said, 'it's my mistake. Sorry'. The police personnel uncuffed them. Bermann told them, 'for the sake of the Ninja oath to uphold justice, you must cooperate with the law and work for us. When the job is done you will surrender to the law and we will see that you would be released'.

The Ninja guys agreed and renewed their Ninja oath to uphold justice. They all waited in the boat until it became dark. Matthew fed the computer with all kinds of false messages asking for help. Detective Bermann asked the cooks to prepare the dinner and keep the kitchen as an abandoned one long time ago. They prepared the boat to look as if it belonged to the last century.

The whaleboat slowly moved towards the southeast coast. All the members reached the shore and walked through the sewage system. After one hour they came to the coconut juice factory basement. They set up every thing suitable for them to stay and do their undercover mission.

The Ninja guys went out and brought all the needed articles, provisions and equipments for the purpose. They started the undercover adventure. Matthew upgraded his computer to receive all information from the bad guys and from the government authorities as well. Shea can listen to all the telephone conversations of the members of his board of trustees.

Joan can listen to her mother's conversations with Rodrigo. Detective Bermann and his police friends can listen to the conversations of the government authorities. The Ninja guys can listen to the personal cell phone conversations of their bosses. Soon the basement became like a huge radar station with all kinds of electronic equipments.

Matthew tried to contact Cathy. She is with Feggy. Shea and Matthew went to see them. Boris wanted to see Eliza. He went to the bayside guesthouse and told Lillian that there is a complaint about the phone connection. Lillian allowed him into the house. He went to the backyard porch, checked and fixed the phone line connections.

He then told Eliza, 'lady, what are you doing here at this time. You must go inside immediately. Otherwise you will catch cold'. He came into the front veranda and checked Lillian's phone line. He checked with Bermann and every thing is clear. He left his hanky on the table and returned to the basement. Eliza walked in side and asked Lillian, 'the guy told me to go in side. Where is he? Do I know him? He sounded familiar for some reason'. Lillian said, 'you mean the phone guy. He already left'. Eliza saw the hanky on the table and began to remember Boris. Lillian thought her mother is acting strangely. She tried to call Rodrigo.

Boris, Shea and Matthew checked the phone lines at Feggy's room, Lillian's room and Cathy's room. Bermann was recording all the conversations of the police authorities to see their links with the mafia leaders. Sam showed Joan how to listen to the conversations of her mother. Every thing is electronically set.

The Ninja guys returned with the latest news about cocaine shipment from other Islands. They told Bermann, 'we have information that a cocaine shipment is arriving tonight'. Bermann asked them the location. But they said, 'we cannot betray our Ninja brother's secrets'. Bermann understood their philosophy and asked them, 'okay. You don't need to tell the name of the boat. Just tell me the names of the boats parked next to your friend's cocaine delivery boat'. The Ninja guys tranced themselves and recollected the scene and said, 'the boats parked next to our friend's boat are: Victoria on the left and Elizabeth on the right'. Bermann contacted the Chief of Police and gave the information about the cocaine shipment. The Chief asked him about his personal identity to reward him. Bermann told the Chief, 'aloha dot com'.

Basing on the information the coast guard men went to the area and arrested the bad guys red-handed. The police authorities transferred a gift check to aloha.com e-mail account for the useful information he shared with them as a responsible citizen. Detective Bermann gave this first check to the honest Ninja guys.

Hawaiian mafia leader enragedly called the senator Bruce to warn the chief of police not to do this again. Senator Bruce called the chief of police and said, 'keep the cocaine but let the innocent guys go'. The chief of police apologized for the inconvenience and released the bad guys. Detective Bermann overheard and copied their conversations and noted all these compromising developments in his file and asked the chief of police what is going on with the bad guys.

The chief of police Melanchthon took it as a personal challenge of his dutiful career and pursued the matter further. He asked his secretary Heather to immediately contact with 'aloha-dot-com' and take down the dictation as, 'Hi, aloha! I am really sorry to let you down. But this won't happen again. Please bear with us and keep in touch'.

The mafia leader asked the Ninja guys to go and bring Maori the chief editor and publisher of the newspaper Aloha. Bermann told the good Ninja guys to go and bring the chief editor and publisher of Aloha newspaper to the basement. The bad Ninja guys went to Maoris apartment. They brought Maori's gay friend who was waiting for him in his apartment. The good Ninja guys went to the pizza place where Maori was buying some pizzas. They brought Maori the chief editor and publisher to the basement.

The bad Ninjas somehow brought the wrong guy to their boss. The news of missing Aloha chief editor and publisher Maori spread all over Hawaiian Islands like wild fire and all the news agencies actively condemned the mafia leaders.

Maori understood the whole situation and requested Bermann in tears, 'today I met a wonderful poet at my office. As we became friends at first sight, I gave him the key and asked him to come to my apartment. Now the bad guys took him away from me. They may do … who knows … I cannot say it with the same mouth with which'. He became hysterical and quickly hugged Matthew and cried aloud. Bermann called the good Ninja guys and asked them to save Maori's new lover friend from the bad guys. Maori agreed to work for Bermann.

The Hawaiian mafia leader heard the same story from Maori's new boy friend and said, 'it happened to me once. It's a mistake. I will send for Maori. Please be my guest and feel at home. But I must know who is giving our information to the police'.

Bermann gathered all the little pieces of information from all corners and started to fill the puzzle. He gathered all the folks and described the situation to them in their computer screens. He assigned specific jobs to each person and explained them how they should do their jobs.

While he was explaining this to them, Matthew suddenly noticed that the bad guys are coming towards the coconut juice factory along with the police authorities. They noticed that the electronic communications are operated from the factory premises. They rushed with the detectors and asked the desk, 'where is the computer room? The desk girl pointed towards the room and said, 'but sir! The computer staff will soon change the shift. You may have to wait until in the office until the next shift workers arrive and start it again'.

Bermann quickly closed the demonstration session and shut every thing down. The fake police authorities and the bad guys waited in the main office building as all the electronic equipment has been shut down. They told the manager that there was a problem in the circuit and they came to check all the connections one by one from the thirteenth floor to the first floor.

The manager opened the computer room and told them okay to check. They started checking all the floors from the computer room. They did not find any disturbance at all. Matthew took care of that end. The fake police and the bad guys apologized to the manager for the inconvenience and left the factory premises. After they left Bermann said, 'we need to be very careful with these machines.

The bad guys already suspected that some thing is going on here. We cannot afford to lose this basement. We should find a way to divert their attention'. Matthew said, 'no problem. We can transfer this to Sanfrisco to the Aloha mainland office files'.

Matthew asked Maori's password and hooked the whole thing to aloha-dot-com files in the mainland headquarters office in Sanfrisco. This time the bad guys noticed that the communications are not operated from Hawaiian office but from the mainland Aloha office in Sanfrisco. They immediately explained about the leakage of information and cautioned the Sanfrisco mafia leader to go and check the Aloha main office building. The mafia guys in Sanfrisco went to the Aloha communication center. They opened the aloha-dot-com files.

They saw that some one is transferring the information of the whole mafia network to the US federal government news agency files. The bad guys tried to stop the transfer of information. But they could not find the key command. The screen became chaotic and they began to hear strange voices.

Lillian and Wilma called Rodrigo and Willy and urged them to come home for the weekend as promised. The bad guys began to hear all these hot conversations without a clue. Joan overheard the conversations and understood that Rodrigo and the naval officer Willy would come to Hawaii by the end of the week with all the dead bodies they found in the underwater cavities. Willy told Lillian that they had found the decomposed bodies of Shea and Sam. Bermann got all the pieces fit into the puzzle. The last piece left in his hand is not fitting. He has to move several other pieces to accommodate the last piece. So far he understood the network links between Rodrigo, Nick, the mafia leaders and the Senator. He concluded that there must be a bigger fish involved in this game.

Nick the Big Boss came to know about the cocaine seizer and the latest media mishmash in Sanfrisco mafia network. He became very furious and called the Hawaiian mafia leader and said, 'we have to concentrate upon great things. Don't try to get government's attention for little things.

Don't go for making the damn headlines in the newspapers. That will kill the golden hen. I think I might see you in Hawaii with the big fish. Invite all our mainland friends. We must go for shopping'.

Bermann copied the whole decipherable conversation and began to rearrange the pieces of the puzzle. He accessed and checked the government files and e-mails and noticed that the federal government secretary of the department of natural resources Mr. Dukhobors is coming from Washington DC to witness the performance of a public auction in Hawaii. The government is going to sell thirteen unnamed Polynesian Islands to the individuals, organizations or foundations.

Detective Bermann gathered all information about this auction. He shared the news to all the folks. Shea asked Boris to attend the auction in disguise and buy all the Islands. The participating bidders have to deposit $ one billion towards the International Monitory Fund to the special federal sales officer in charge Mr. Dukhobors before commencement of auction.

The successful highest bidder shall deposit 50% of the bid amount immediately after the bid is knocked down in his or her favor. The remaining amount along with the stamp fee has to be paid within three days from the date of auction without fail. Otherwise the auction sale stands cancelled and the paid amount will be forfeited.

Detective Bermann explained the radium plan to draw all the fish into a single net. They all decided to attend the auction as rich Sikhs, Sheikhs and Moors to buy all the deluge-affected Islands. They called all these foreign friends of Boris and explained the situation. They were glad to know that Boris is alive. They agreed to buy the Islands for Boris' plan. Bermann took care of all the legal aspects.

Chapter thirteen

It's my dreamland!

Rodrigo and Willy are anxiously waiting for Nick as he had gone to Kiritimati Island to care of urgent business and to bring the latest heavy electronic machinery. The workers had found the safest underwater cavities and kept about five tons of bricks they already made.

The whales did not bother the workers at all. They completed the job in the first three days on the eastside of the Island. They are the most loyal Ninja students of Nick.

He trained them to handle almost any deadly mission. They moved all the equipment to the Westside and started making the bricks. They are working round the clock like robots. They are waiting for the latest heavy machinery. They can make bricks five times faster with that latest machine. Nick called them several times and appreciated them for their talent. They are answerable to Nick alone. They buried the bricks in such a way that nobody could find those cavities except the Ninjas who might have a special training in paleontologic search technologies. Nick took care of his business in Kiritimati Island and came with the new machine. The air cargo landed on the Island.

Nick came down and asked the ninja guys to unload the machine. Rodrigo and Willy met Nick and showed him all the accounts. Nick brought some prostitutes to have some entertainment on the lonely Island. He also brought some ambrosial ninja drinks and A-frame tents for the ninja guys.

The ninja guys paid their professional homage to Nick. The ninja guys fixed the tents. They began to enjoy their evening dinner, drink and dance. Nick handed over the papers to Willy and told him, 'I have delivered your letter and the bodies and the items to your naval officers. They are taking care of the identifying process in Kiritimati Island. Afterwards they will send the remaining body bags and the items to Hawaii for further identification'.

Willy took the acknowledgment papers and thanked him. Nick told Rodrigo, 'there will be a slight change in my scheduled. The federal government suddenly decided to conduct an auction to sell the twelve deluge-affected islands. I have to go to Hawaii tomorrow evening to see some friends and get ready to buy this island. We need some big bucks to compete with the international bidders.

We have to raise enough bucks from all available sources. I have to go before you go there. I will see you there at the weekend. Remember, if we lose this Island, we lose every thing'. Rodrigo asked Nick, 'just tell me how much is my share and I will convince the members of my board of trustees'.

But Nick said, 'this is not their business. This is our business. Don't bring them in. This is between you and me and those that know about the gold secret of this Island'.

Rodrigo said, 'we will go with you'. But Nick said, 'tomorrow you find some more dead bodies. And then we all can go together with the bodies'. They laughed together. Rodrigo said, 'okay. You will go tomorrow and talk to your friends. We will finish this dead bodies-hunting job within two days and join you at the auction center'.

They finished the dinnertime discussions and walked to the Westside to see how the night shift ninja guys were doing with the new machine. The night shift ninja guys already filled the underwater cavity with fifth load of bricks and started the sixth one. The new machine is working even more productively. They are more than satisfied. They appreciated the ninja guys and returned to their tents. The other ninja guys are still drinking the ninja ambrosia and dangling the gals. It went on until midnight. The night shift diver ninja guys found the dead bodies of Dr. Chad, Captain roger Felix, some scientists and crewmembers and bagged them for official identification purpose.

They also found the vehicles, weapons and some venturesome items. They watched the constellatory positions and began to fill the sixth underwater cavity with all the bricks they made in the night shift.

The sun byebyed the US mainland and began the nonstop trekking towards the Polynesian Islands. The US naval command aircrafts are trying to reach the Islands before the sun dawn. The night shift ninjas suddenly began to hear the ventriloquial sounds of the aircrafts. They rushed to give the wake up call to the sleeping ninjas. The US naval command aircrafts landed on the Island. The US navy seals came out of the aircrafts with warning announcements. Willy quickly put on his uniform and approached the commanding officer with the papers. Rodrigo followed him with all the licenses and government permit letters to Shea Foundation to conduct the search on the Island for the dead bodies.

The commanding officer checked all the workers and read the workers' list to make sure every thing is legally satisfying. He showed his hand towards the body bags and the articles. The navy seals rushed to the spot and checked the reports itemwise.

Rodrigo and Nick looked at Willy with a silent request to approach the officer and talk to him. Willy explained every thing to the commanding officer in his official way.

The commanding officer was satisfied and said, 'you have two more days to finish your job on this Island. You have to evacuate the Island immediately after that. The government is going sell these Islands. You must renew your licenses after that'. He asked Willy, 'is that clear officer Willy?' Willy said, 'yes, sir!'

The navy commanding officer then explained, 'we came here to fix the antennas on all the thirteen deluge-affected Islands. We are told that you have some rigging machines with you. You can spare one machine and four of your workers for an hour'. Willy looked at Rodrigo and got his approval and said, 'no problem sir!'

While they were fixing the antennas the cook served breakfast for all and invited the navy seals to join. The navy commanding officer began to enjoy the continental breakfast. Rodrigo started conversation with the commanding officer and explained how terrible the recent deluge was. Willy is giving directions to the workers to fix the high-powered antenna. Nick is taking very good care to conceal the gold secret from the navy guys. He engaged the gals to entertain the navy guys during the breakfast session. The workers fixed the antenna. The commanding officer walked towards the high-powered antenna to switch it on. Once it is switched on the operators in Hawaii can see the whole Island on their screens.

Moreover there is a mechanical conditioner attached to the antenna sensors. Once it is switched on the operator in Hawaii can only switch it off with the remote control device.

Willy knew about this system. This seemed to be the right time for him to show his loyalty to Rodrigo and Nick. He went to them and explained about the situation. Rodrigo ad Nick appreciated his timely precaution.

They both said, 'you will be our equal partner. We promise you by our lives. We have two more days to do our job. Just tell him one good reason and stop him'. Willy looked into their eyes and noticed that they are desperately telling the truth and promising him the equal partnership. He wanted to hear it again. He quietly switched on his tiny tape recorder and looked at them again. They re-promised the equal partnership to him again and urged him to go and stop the commanding officer.

They ultimately begged him and said, 'we cannot afford to kill any more government agents. That would certainly ring all hell around our heads with unwanted attention. We may be kleptomaniacs but we should never become megalomaniacs like those politicians. This is not the time to go for headlines'.

Willy stood up and walked towards the antenna station. The commanding officer is still chatting with the gals and watching the high-powered crustacean antenna mushroom tower. The workers are getting down from the tower. The commanding officer saw Willy and asked him to recheck the whole connections. Willy hesitantly climbed the tower and slowly double-checked every thing and shouted, 'its clear sir!' The commanding officer quickly turned his head towards Willy and said with a loud voice, 'officer Willy! Do not switch it on now. Just come down'. Willy came down.

The commanding officer said, 'you can switch it on after you finish your work and before you evacuate the Island. I will put you in charge of this'. Willy said, 'certainly sir! I will switch it on as soon as we finish the search. We will evacuate the Island after that sir'.

The commanding officer began to walk towards the aircraft. Rodrigo said, 'sir, you can take our workers to the other Islands to fix the antennas'. The commanding officer said, 'that won't be necessary. This is the big Island and we need the high-powered antenna station here only. For all the other tiny Islands we have antennules and we know how to take care of those little ones. But thanks any way'. The commanding officer signaled his radioman. The radio operator dialed and gave the receiver to the officer. He said, 'this is naval task force 121. The main antenna tower fixed okay in the big Island thirteen. Special officer Willy took charge to switch it on. Can confirm with him directly'.

The other end said, 'officer Willy! It must be switched on by Friday afternoon. Repeat coming Friday afternoon by one pm sharp'. Willy said, 'this is special officer Willy from Island thirteen. Message acknowledged. Must switch on the antenna system by Friday one pm sharp'. The radioman gave the officially signed printout to Willy.

And he counter signed the same and gave a copy to the commanding officer. Every thing is taken care of well. They started walking towards the aircrafts. The commanding officer excused himself to piss and noticed the big machine on the Westside. Every thing appeared very normal to the commanding officer except that curious thing. He quickly zipped his olive green trousers and adjusted his binoculars and said, 'what is that strange looking machine there'.

Willy tried to describe its function and purpose but the officer wanted to see how it works. He began to move towards the machine. He asked the divers to get into the water and show him how it works.

Nick came forward and showed the papers that he bought that new machine only the day before. The commanding officer still wanted to see how it works. He called one of his men and asked him to go underwater and checkout the machine. The ninja divers went down and started the machine. The big machine drilled the underwater cavities and sent all the muddy stuff upwards. The small buckets attached to the rubber belt began to bring up mud and items related to the dead guys. The other ninja guys gathered that muddy stuff into the barrels and washed the items found. They showed the items one by one to the commanding officer. The commanding officer looked at the nickel-plated badge and read as 'Captain Roger Felix Junior'.

He saw the braceleted and cut left arm and read as 'Dr. Chadwin Lu'. He could not look at the smell of it and left the spot without saying a word. Everybody followed him towards the aircraft. The commanding officer jumped into the aircraft and waved all of them goodbye. The aircrafts left the big Island and flew to the other Islands.

Everybody seemed as released. Rodrigo appreciated the ninja guys for their seasonable behavior. They day shift ninja guys started the big machine and started the bricks. Willy explained Rodrigo and Nick about his tension about the antenna. They reconfirmed his equal partnership promise. They all became good friends for gold's sake. Nick asked the ninja guys to load the body bags and the articles found in the air cargo. He reassigned the duties to all the ninja guys setting up the targets.

He told Rodrigo and Nick, 'I have to deliver these body bags to the authorities first and then go to Hawaii. Do not try to call me. I will contact you if necessary. I will see you in the auction center. I am hoping that the big fish will certainly let us buy this Island. Take it easy and hit the target. Take care everybody'.

Nick took the gals back home. Rodrigo and Willy called their wives and chatted with them for an hour. Lillian told Rodrigo that he should come and see her mother as she began to talk and act very strangely. She is saying, 'Lillian dear! I must go and see your daddy. He wants me to go to the dreamland with him. I must buy some dresses. Let's go to Jefferson mall. Tell the driver to get the limousine ready in ten minutes'. Lillian handed over the receiver to Eliza and told her that Rodrigo is on the line. Eliza took the receiver and said to Rodrigo with her natural commanding tone, 'Mr. Rody! Take us to Jefferson mall now'. Rodrigo remembered how he was faithfully serving Jacobsons as their limousine driver in the good olden days.

Rodrigo involuntarily said, 'yes mem. The limou is ready whenever you are ready mem. I will take you to Jefferson Mall mem'. Lillian took the receiver and said, 'you want to take us to Jefferson mall again. Remember what you did to me in the dressing room. You want to do it again'.

She remembered the good old days and the incident how Rodrigo came into the lady's dressing room and helped to zip her dress. She laughed and reminded Rodrigo to see her soon. Rodrigo noxiously laughed and ended the conversation saying, 'yes dear! I will drive you to the mall again and surprise you there this time when I come home. See you soon. Love you too. Bye'.

Willy and Wilma were also involved in hot conversations. Wilma used to always complain about his over righteousness and their poverty. Willy promised her that they would change their religion from 'blessed are ye poor' to 'blessed with hundredfold gifts' religion. Wilma noticed the change in his tone. She began to think rich. She told him, 'I know you can do that for my sake. I love you'.

After getting excited about every thing Rodrigo said to Willy, 'shall we go and see the other islands? The officer said those are tiny ones. May be we can buy one and share'. Willy started his naval aircraft and took him to the other Islands. They watched all the Islands with a bird's eye view. On their way back Rodrigo began to dream and said, ' this is my dreamland. I clearly see huge mansions here. I see international tourists coming here to enjoy their summer vacation. I see Children Park and whales playing around. I see Sheikhs, Moors and Mozarabs buying gold from me. Its my dreamland'.

Chapter fourteen

It's not his!

The public relations officer Stevenson in his Hawaii police head quarters special cell is patiently answering all questions of the relatives of the missing persons. On the other hand the media personnel are bothering him with other kind questions.

In addition to this answering session he is calling the relatives one by one to identify the bodies and the articles found on the bodies. The relatives of the missing persons are sitting in the waiting hall and watching the newscast. The special report about the empty research vessel further raised other questions in their minds. Who brought the research vessel to Hawaii dockyard? What happened to Dr. Chad and the scientists? Where are Captain Roger Felix and all his crewmembers? What happened to Sam and Joan? What happened to the rescue team? What happened to Shea and Matthew? Why did the newspapers say that Detective Bermann is still alive?

The media guys are writing all their questions to give to Steve. Whose bodies are these that were brought to Hawaii from the Polynesian Islands? Where did they find these articles? How did these articles get there? Did someone put those articles on the dead bodies of others to confuse the relatives? Who is behind all these confusion?

All the media persons are patiently waiting to feed on the live information. All the relatives are refilling their complaint forms with all the new questions. Officer Steve came to the hall with the list and called Dr. Chad's relative to identify the braceleted and cut arm. Dr. Ming came forward and looked at the bracelet and said, 'I gave him this bracelet as our wedding anniversary present. But the arm is not his. His fingers are longer than these'.

Officer Steve called the relative of Captain Roger Felix. Mr. Penang came forward and identified the badge and said, 'the badge belongs to him but the body is not his. He is bigger than this body'. The identifications process took the whole day.

The relatives are identifying the articles okay but disapproving the bodies. Officer Steve and his assistants noted down every point and concluded the process for today. The number of the dead bodies is far more than the number of missing persons. The mafia leaders already identified those dead bodies as their ninja students. The mashal arts school principal came along with other ninja students and offered their prayers in a secret way for the dead ninja students. But they did not come forward to claim those bodies.

The relatives are in dilemma whether to light the memorial candles for the missing persons or await further death confirmations. Feggy and Cathy identified the articles but they could not find the bodies of Joan, Shea, Sam or Matthew. They returned with undying hope. But there are hundreds of people gathered to know the facts about their missing relatives.

Feggy asked Cathy to stay with her for some more days. They both returned home. Cathy straightly went into Sam's bookroom and checked Sam's files and e-mails. She suddenly saw the message from Matthew to Sam.

She quickly checked the dates and it was after the deluge. She thought that Matthew might have given this to Sam to check whether he responds or not. While she was carefully reading the message she came to a line which read as 'tell Cathy I love her with all my life and I will marry her if she says yes. I will tell Joan the same thing when I see her. Bye. Matthew'.

Cathy involuntarily typed her response as 'Matthew! I too love you with all my life. I will marry you. Just tell me you received this message. I will wait for you forever. Yes I will marry you'.

Her eyes became blurred with tears while she typed the response. She pressed Enter and eagerly waited for Matthew to acknowledge her love.

Feggy called Cathy to her room. Cathy left the computer room without shutting it down. Feggy was listening to the answering machine and found a familiar voice on the tape. She called Cathy to listen to the voice. The voice said, 'Shea! You must find a way to contact your wife. No grandpa Joan and I will see mom tonight. We will convey the message. Don't worry. Hello! Madam Jacobsons. This is the telephone man. I have to check the phone lines as you requested'.

Cathy rewound the tape and listened the voice again and said, 'the low background voices involved in the conversation seemed to belong to the old message. And the overlapping louder voice seemed to belong to the latest message'.

Feggy listened to the message again and said, 'but Cathy! Don't you see that there is the same person's voice in both the conversations in different pitches?' They listened to the tape again and called Lillian to tell her about this confusing message.

But the guesthouse attendants told that Lillian went to the airport to receive Rodrigo. Feggy and Cathy walked into the dining room and sat there wondering about the message. They expected Lillian and Rodrigo any minute. The cook is arranging the table for the dinner. Feggy told him that they are expecting Lillian, Rodrigo, Willy and Wilma for dinner.

The cook rushed to the kitchen to prepare dinner for the sudden guests. The housekeeper brought the telephone man and showed the bedroom. He checked the answering machine and fixed some wire connections. He took the housekeeper's signature and left.

The limousine stopped at the front door. Rodrigo and Lillian came with the guests. Feggy invited them into the dinning room. Rodrigo introduced the guests to Feggy.

They all sat down at the dinning tables. Feggy told Rodrigo about the confusing messages on her answering machine. Rodrigo went into the bedroom and checked the answering machine. The telephone man already cleared the confusing messages. Every thing is clear to him. He came back to the dinning room and said, 'there is nothing to worry about. It's an old message. That's all. Every thing is clear now'. Lillian started talking about Eliza's strange behavior.

Rodrigo diverted the subject and told everybody about the auction. He described all the incidents in a nutshell from the beginning. First of all Sam and Joan missed.

The rescue team got the false alarm and went to the islands. There they all died in the unexpected inundatory deluge. Then the search team went there and found the bodies in the underwater cavities.

Therefore it is absolutely necessary to continue the search on the Island. Meanwhile the government has suddenly decided to sell all the thirteen deluge-affected Islands. After the auction is over the search team can renew the permit and continue the search. Rodrigo revealed the gist of his future plan.

Feggy asked Rodrigo, 'in that case we can try to buy the Island and continue the search. I heard from a friend that it is possible to stay alive in the underwater cavities for many days. I have requested her to come here with an eminent oceanographer. I thought it would be helpful for you to continue the search'.

After the dinner they came to the main hall to wait for Feggy's friend Emilia and the oceanographers. They heard the van creeping to their front door.

Feggy's friend Emilia brought about seven members into the main hall and introduced Dr. Cree and his team to Feggy and all. The kitchen crew served drinks to everyone. The team members checked and hooked their equipment to the big TV.

The eminent oceanographer Dr. Cree belonged to the Canadian Indian community. His team members are the expert speleologists and practical explorers of caves and underground watercourses. They are very good in potholing and the related activities.

Dr. Cree goes with his team and gives lectures around North America to encourage the underwater search teams. He introduced the other members to Feggy and told, 'we are here to give a fifteen minute video presentment of underwater survival'. He switched on the TV and let everybody enjoy the show.

The scenarist Dr. Cree started with a short introduction about the underwater lithosphere, the crust and the cavities. Then the story of the four Thalmulic fishermen from the Fijian Islands continued. There was an inundatory deluge in the ocean. The fishermen suddenly entered into the underwater cavity.

There are many types of underwater cavities. Those are turtle-shaped, jar-shaped, duck-shaped and plain cavities. The Thalmulic fishermen were in a jar-shaped cavity for a month. Then again the seawater brought them to the surface of the newly birthing Island.

The rescue team found them on a newborn Island and rescued them. They are alive now. They were the living witnesses of that Jonah miracle. The show ended there.

Dr. Cree introduced his team members again and said, 'these are the live witnesses of that miracle. These are those Thalmulic fishermen from Fijian Islands. Meet them, talk to them, take their professional assistance and be encouraged to search for your beloved ones'.

Dr. Cree completed his lecture and allowed the audience to meet the Thalmulic fishermen. The fishermen showed some paper cuttings and commercial advertisements and said, 'we do the search. We charge a minimum'. Lillian asked, 'how much? The Thalmulic fishermen coolly smiled and said, 'we charge as much as the life costs per day. It costs three meals per day, plenty of chai to drink and enough tobaccos for cigars. That's all we charge. But there is one more thing. If we help find the missing persons alive then give us a tip. If we help find the missing persons' dead bodies give us nothing. But if we find gold, it's not yours. Here is our number. Give us a call'.

Rodrigo took his visiting card. Feggy wanted to ask the Thalmulic fishermen about the food and water during their survival period but her voice was quivering with empathic thoughts of Shea and Sam and the other beloved ones.

But she made up her mind to suggest Rodrigo to hire them for a full search after the auction. She personally thanked her friend for introducing Dr. Cree and his team.

But her friend Leah said, 'don't thank me. It's the Sikh guy. He met me out of blue and told me about Dr. Cree and his team. He said he is Shea's friend and that he has already paid Dr. Cree for his video presentment'.

Feggy tried to recollect Shea's Sikh friends. Rodrigo and Willy approached Dr. Cree and asked him the personal question about the gold. Rodrigo said, 'we are helping the teams for about twenty years and made enough gold to participate in tomorrow's auction and buy an Island'.

Rodrigo curiously asked him, 'did the whales allow you to take the gold away from the ocean? Dr. Cree popped into laughter and said, 'of course you need to speak the language of the whales. Otherwise they will never allow you take the gold from the ocean. The whales are the most trusted ocean's gold ore protectors than you and me you know. We have to hire the device that converts human speech into whales' language. I will introduce the old guy that rents the device. Call this number tomorrow after six pm. Or you guys can see this old guy at the auction. He is planning to buy the Islands'.

Rodrigo and Willy looked at each other and said, 'okay DR. Cree. We will see you at the auction hall tomorrow. Please introduce us to that old guy. We need to talk'.

Dr. Cree and the team took all their equipment and left. Lillian said, 'Feggy, we have to take my mom to Jefferson mall. She wants to buy new dresses. We will see you tomorrow'.

Feggy reminded Rodrigo that he should hire Dr. Cree and his team to go for a full search again. Rodrigo, Lillian, Willy and Wilma waved Feggy goodbye and left. Feggy then remembered Cathy and called her. Cathy is busy chatting with all her e-friends. Her friends got messages to tell Cathy that Matthew loved her. They all wondered and started chatting with her. Every friend ended the chat with one question - who is sending these messages to us unless today is the April Fools' Day?

Cathy heard Feggy's voice again and shut down the computer and went to her bedroom. She has been thinking that all those missing persons are surviving somewhere and suffering. Cathy also wanted to believe in the similar lines.

They both recollected Dr. Chad, scientists, Captain Roger Felix and the crewmembers. They started rereading the newspapers. The Aloha daily newspaper has written in the editorial that some of the research vessel team members might have been surviving in the underwater cavities all these fifteen days after the deluge. The editorial guess is right to certain extent. Dr. Chad and captain Roger Felix were caught up in the underwater cavity along with other members. The fittest might have been rapaciously surviving by feeding on the available live fish for few days. But the fish had already left the area and migrated to the safe places. Afterwards the survivors must have cannibalistically turned to the dead bodies of the ninja guys. The newspapers are not sure about their predictions yet.

Those ninja guys were not trained in the underwater survival techniques. But Dr. Chad and his scientist friends, Captain Roger Felix and his crewmembers might have quickly adapted to the modern cannibalistic lifestyle. They must have been waiting for the rescue teams to come and find them.

There is absolutely no way for them to communicate with the outer world even if they are in the underwater cavities. They might have begun to think that their passive cannibalism is thousand times more justifiable in those circumstances and humanly better than the most voraciously active politico-religio-spirit cannibalism of the ultra modern world.

Those members surviving in the cavity must have voluntarily pledged everyday saying, 'drink my blood and eat my flesh'. They should have slowly adapted to the zoomorphic shapes in those dark underwater cavities. They must have been emitting their telepathic messages from their cavity and desperately listening to each other's voices in the quiet nights.

They have been ravenously greeting each other from the cavity every morning. There are many underwater cavities housing big and small groups of survivors in the Islands. These survivors must be undergoing structural modifications and setting up kangaroo courts in the underwater cavities. They have no way of survival other than dodging and waiting for help from above those cavities with hope of no guarantee. Someday the media guys would surely cash their stories as they did with the lucky ones.

Feggy and Cathy anxiously read all stories of the survivors. After going through those articles of some amazing survivors in those dreadful conditions Cathy said, 'we must do some thing to get Uncle Shea, Sam, Joan and Matthew out. We must act quickly before we lose them forever'.

They further discussed about the ways and means to go for the full aerial and underwater search. Feggy felt that Rodrigo is very slow and not taking adequate steps.

Feggy determinedly said, 'tomorrow we must go to the auction place and meet Dr. Cree and the other old guy and directly settle the matter with them. And if necessary we must go with the search team and personally oversee the matter ourselves. I am sure that many of Shea's friends will come forward to help us take further steps in this matter. We should not sit back like this any more'.

Chapter fifteen

Just three days

Detective Bermann started his breakfast session in the basement. The coconut juice factory is closed for a day. The Jacobsons trustees board chairman has brusquely asked the managers to close all the companies under Shea Foundation.

The managers are supposed to present their accounts to trustees board. There is no one in the factory except the gatekeeper. He is sitting inside the big gate and watching the soccer game.

All the old folks settled down enjoying their early morning breakfast in the basement. Matthew, Sam and Joan are preparing the kit and the caboodle for each participant in the big drama. Boris and Shea are casually considering the pros and cons of the auction plan. They are mentally preparing themselves for the big action.

Detective Bermann requested the attention of all and said, 'I must thank you all for your altruistic cooperation. I am equally satisfied about all the preparations for our historic adventure to catch the fish.

The Big Boss and all his mafia leaders are already in the city with their ziggurat plans to become zillionaires. Remember one thing. We are not going to arrest them today. We must wait until we record their future plans. We must know about the complete network of their operations'.

The Thalmulic guys said, 'then what are we going to do until then?' Bermann continued, 'we are going to the auction center to carefully observe their movements. We must establish their links with undeniable proofs. We have thirty air-conditioned suites in the Goldhill Plaza Hotel near the auction center. We will go there as foreigners.

Boris is the Kuwait Sheikh Mr. Jihad Zorrilla. Shea is the Moor from Northwest Africa Mr. Berber Alhambra and I will be the Canadian Sikh Mr. Rajah Malay Singha. Matthew, Sam and Joan will be our translators. The good ninja guys are our special security guards. All the Thalmulic folks will be the financial secretaries. Now Joan will explain what you wear and do'.

Joan handed over the kits to all and said, 'everybody should wear these special voice sensor lockets and camera obscura diamond rings. If some thing goes wrong in these transmitting devices you should just sneeze with the code word 'shmalz' and the auto mechanical workman in these devices will be activated and repair it almost instantaneously. When you need extra security you must immediately yawn with the code word 'heurcka' and the good ninja guys will be at your service. When you forget any thing you just belch with the code word 'bravoes' and the prompter will tell you the right word. The last and final thing is this. You have to fix it to your palm. When you find the bad guys you give them golden handshake. The micro-transmitter will be transferred into their bodies. We will know their whereabouts on our screens'.

Everybody took their special kits. They rehearsed and practiced their roles. Bermann handed over the individual assignment sheets. They read and got everything by heart. Bermann asked each one of them to memorize the assignments.

Matthew started and said, 'this is my assignment. The Big Boss is staying in Palace Hotel room number is 666 and the telephone number is 456-9876. I will transmit 'Jihad Zorrilla the Island Buyer and Seller' advertisement to his TV remote control through the intercom'.

Sam said, 'this is my assignment. The special officer from the department of natural resources of the federal government Mr. Dukhobors is staying in the State guesthouse. Rodrigo and Willy will be in his room. They will be waiting for the special envoys from the state government. The state government is sending an envoy with a sealed cover. Ninja number four and I will stop the envoy. Ninja number four will hypnotize the envoy. We will take the original sealed cover and deliver the other sealed cover to Mr. Dukhobors. He will open it and see the contents. While he is checking the contents we will fix the bug in his room. He will sign the acknowledgement paper and the receipt. We will bring the papers to the envoy. Ninja four will re-hypnotize the envoy to return those papers to the state government authorities'.

Joan said, 'this is my assignment. The Big Boss Nicholas and Mr. Dukhobors will come to Goldhill Plaza Hotel lobby. I will answer their call and take Ninja number one and two with me and meet them in the lobby. They will ask me to arrange an interview with Sheikh Jihad Zorrilla. I will first deny and then take them to the pool. I will ask them to wait. I will go to Sheikh Jihad Zorrilla and convince him. I will first bug them and lead them into the billiards room porch. I will translate their terms'.

The assignment memorizing session went on for a while. The cook announced, 'brunch is ready'. During the brunch hour Detective Bermann read the scheduled program.

After the 10 o'clock brunch all of them are supposed to start accomplishing their assignments and return to the basement by eleven. Then they must put on their special costumes. There will have a final rehearsal from twelve to one pm. They must divide into three groups.

The Goldhill Plaza Hotel will send three vans to the dock for the three groups. These three groups must join the seaplane passengers and catch the right vans. The Ninja guys will lead the baggage carts to the correct vans.

Bermann finished reading the items and said, 'there should no confusion. We must vacate this basement by one pm sharp. I will leave one transmitter with the information here to attract and confuse the regional ninja guys. It will take at least fifteen minutes for them to identify this location. By that time we must be at the dock. We can take the main tunnel route and join the seaplane passengers'. Everybody finished their brunch and started their assignments. They prepared themselves with adequate devices to access the central database. They have tapped and bugged the mafia phone connections.

The whole mafia communications and conversations are now at their reach. They all returned to the basement by eleven and thoroughly practiced their portions. They have tried and learned to put on their costumes in five minutes. Then they packed their baggage items and vacated the basement.

They came to the dockyard and joined the seaplane passengers. The Goldhill Plaza Hotel van drivers are standing there with the name signs. Kuwait group walked towards the big hi-tech luxury van.

The African group went to the Royal Impala Sedan chair car. The third group settled in the athlete racer car. They saw the ninja guys in muftis running around the coconut juice factory. The ninja guys at the dock area cleared the seaplane passenger vehicles. The three groups came to the Goldhill Plaza Hotel.

The manager empowered the bell captain and other dudish chaps to settle the three groups on the thirteenth floor. All settled in their personal suites. Matthew and Sam double-checked their communication devices.

The Sikh, Sheikh and Moor found themselves in the billiards room one by one. They met other competing bidders in the lobby and on their way to the pool. They are expecting the Big Fish and the Big Boss any minute. Matthew and Sam are waiting to listen to their conversations.

As expected Nick called Rodrigo and Willy and said, 'hey guys! You have done a very good job. The Big Fish has opened the sealed covers and came to know that some Kuwait Sheikh is the highest bidder among those who submitted the sealed covers. My local ninja friends have promised me that they would take care of the open bidders not to go beyond the Kuwait Sheikh in the bid. As you suggested to the Big Fish he has accepted our plan and invited me to go with him to the Kuwait Sheikh to explain the plan in person. Now I am going to the Goldhill Plaza Hotel along with the Big Fish to convince the Kuwait Sheikh. I am sure that he would accept our offer. I will tell you when I see you at the auction center. But be careful not to contact me. I will contact you in the right time'.

Rodrigo and Willy received the message and went to the auction center to see the arrangements and meet the open bidders. The Big Boss Nicholas and Mr. Dukhobors came to the Goldhill Plaza Hotel reception desk. The public relation's manager checked their identities and called the operator to connect them to Nurzahan the personal secretary to the Kuwait Sheikh. The PR manager foxily spoke to Joan and convinced her to come to the lobby. She said with a tangling voice, 'you silly. You always surprise me. Let me see my schedule. I must accompany Mr. Zorrilla to the billiards pool in ten minutes. I will see you then. You are the cute public relations guy. Am I right? I remember you. I will see you in ten minutes. Do me a favor. Please don't call me personal secretary damn you. Just call me Nurrr. I hope you understood'.

The PR manager woofed and said, 'you guys are lucky. She agreed to see me here. Let me handle this in my way. You go and sit there. I will convince her again and introduce you to her. What do you say? I hope it's reasonable. You know the rules of this Hotel'.

Nick gave him hundred-dollar bill again. The PR manager ravenously grabbed the bill and turned to his public relations duty. The Big Boss Nicholas and Mr. Dukhobors found a sofa and aversely sat on it watching the PR manager. They obversely waited for ten decades and finally saw a hooded fairy walking towards the PR manager.

The convincing session started with PR's horselaughs and continued through fairy's denying nods and ended with PR's constipating smiles. The PR manager finally stood up and stared walking her towards Nick and Dukh. They thought that the veiled Rebecca statue of Salar Zung Museum of South India became alive and is walking towards them. The PR manager introduced her to them and grabbed his final tip and disappeared. She gave the golden handshake to Dukh first and transferred the micro-transmitter into his body.

She needed to put another one on her palm for Nick. It takes some time to do that. She began to take off her red gloves and put the yellow ones. Nick politely said to her, 'we saw your Jihad Zorrilla Island resale advertisement. We want to buy the thirteenth Island from you soon after the auction is over. We want your price on it'. Joan said, 'let me check with our finance department'.

She took her cell phone from her bag and called the Sheikh's finance manager. The Thalmulic guy handed over the list. She read the amounts on the list and said, 'the highest offer we got is six billbucks. My boss is waiting for more than seventeen British billbucks plus transfer charges. That's the status for now'.

She handed over the list to the Thalmulic guy. The Thalmulic guy left. Nick said, 'we can go for seventeen with no problem. But if someone else offers more than seven you will take his offer. Yes? That's our problem. We came here to request you to convince your boss to take our offer and to sell the Island thirteen to us only. We can even go up to twenty billbucks'. Joan looked at them and said, 'then why don't you directly take it from the auction bid in a legal way? It would be much safer and even cheaper to buy it from the government'.

Dukh said, 'first of all I am the authorized federal authority to sell and do the spot registration of these deluge-affected Islands to the legal buyers. So I cannot be on the buyers' list. Secondly we are a big group of many partners. Some of us do not want to legally buy any thing directly from the government. Lastly we can raise any amount of money only as a group but not as individuals because we trust our group more than we trust the individual members. Therefore after you legally buy the Island thirteen from the government, we will buy the same from you in our way. Each member of our group will transfer his share money directly from his Swiss bank account to your account. We don't want to press you for an official registration. We just want the receipts for the amount we pay and the transfer of the Island sales documents. We trust you in this transaction. We know that once you receive the money from us you will never try to claim the Island again even though you will officially continue as its owner on the government legal papers'.

Joan asked him, 'what is so special about Island thirteen? What if some thing goes wrong with the government licenses? I am sure it's your dreamland and you will do whatever you want to do with it. But if you are caught in some illegal businesses there, we will be accountable and answerable to the government'.

They nodded their heads and said, 'there will be no such thing. We will see that no government agency will step on the Island after we buy it from you. We want to make it the biggest tourist attraction in the world. That's our dream and we can't afford to lose it'. Joan smiled and stood up and gave the golden handshake to Nick this time. They finally said, 'you seem to be a nice gal. You do this favor for us and we will surprise you with our gift'. Joan said, 'of course you will. If my boss agrees to your offer then you will give me the tenth of it. That's the favor you will return'. Nick and Dukh quickly nodded their heads in approval.

Joan went into the billiards room and returned after ten minutes with good news. She told them, 'there is little adjustment. The price will be thirteen bucks and you have to accept two more partners. Now if you agree to this I will call the finance management to do the initial paperwork. You can sign those papers at the auction center. It's time to go to the auction center. It's nice to do business with you. You get ready the list of the partners and the accounts and amounts for transfer to our accounts. These are the names of your new partners: Mr. Berber Alhambra and Mr. Rajah Malay Singha. They already transferred the three billbucks to our account. Now tell me on to whose name we must make the receipts and transfer'.

Nick and Dukh looked at each other and said 'just say you received so much amount from Ibtos and transfer the Island sale deed documents to Ibtos'. They took the papers and called Rodrigo and Willy. The Palace Hotel operator checked and said that they are in the lobby. Nick called their mobile phone number and explained about the settlement.

He described the papers to be submitted with the name of the partners, amounts they share and the Swiss bank account code names to transfer the amounts to Sheikh's account. Rodrigo and Willy said, 'we will bring the complete list to the auction center'.

The time is moving fast. The sealed cover bidders and the open bidding parties are slowly gathering at the auction hall center. It's a big hall that can hold about five thousand people. There are thirteen big screens showing the thirteen deluge-affected Islands with all the details and descriptions.

On the top right side of the screen the highest sealed cover offer appeared in US dollars. The security measures at the main entrance gate are very simple and commendable. All the vehicles passing through the main gate are automatically scanned.

The security personnel can easily detect any evidences of weapons of mass destruction on their screens. After passing though the main entrance gate the vehicles are going to the big parking lot. As soon as a vehicle is parked and the persons stepped out, the security personnel will know if there are any knives, hand grenades, blades, scissors, caribou toothpicks, plastic bombs in the guise of bankcards, ball point pens, pencils and chewing gums. The security personnel will request the participants to leave all those items in the vehicles then and there.

Then the participants will come to the final entrance doors. Those entrance doors will do the rest of the security check requirements. If the participants are wearing any suicide bomb equipment in their wigs, belts, underwear, teeth, stockings, shoes, wallets, ladies knapsack, valise model toilet bags or any jaunty items in the oral, menstrual, vaginal, anal carefree kits, the androgynous e-security device will smell it right away.

Then the participants will stay out until they publish it to the security personnel. After they enter into the hall they have every thing at their seat in the shape of buttons. There is a small computer screen in front of every seat. The participants do not need to yell or even raise their hands to get the attention of the conductor. They can punch the buttons and accomplish every thing right from their seats. The announcements are heard through earphones. All the requests are sent through the computer e-mail buttons. The ticker clock will stop at the highest amount offered on any Island at any time after three audible warnings on the big screens.

The balcony is also full with the aristocrats. While the secretaries are taking care of the practical matters in the main hall, these aristocrats observe from the balcony. All the expected parties have arrived and occupied the reserved seats in the hall and the balcony.

The old friends greeted each other with the same old 'long time no see' expression. Others are looking for new friends. They have every thing available in the balcony. They can eat drink and chat while their secretaries take care of the business. The auctioneers finally invited the federal government agent Mr. Dukh to introduce him to the bidders and participants. He came to the dais and explained the legal aspects of the registration situation and appreciated the auctioneers for commencing the auction at the right Hawaiian time. The concerned State government officer started giving the detailed description of the seasonal physical structure of each Island.

The auctioneer of Island thirteen described the physical features of the island and said, 'people have an extraordinary dread of the number 13. Because of its connection with occultism people regarded it as a powerful and fatalistic number. A mystic picture of a skeleton with a scythe in its bony hands reaping down human beings represented the occult symbolism that stood for this number. As a matter of fact it is not at all an unlucky number. Some adept occultists said, 'he who understands the number 13 has the keys of power and dominion. In the Indian Pantheon there were 13 Buddhas. Mexicans have 13 snake gods. The original states that formed the American union were 13. George Washington raised the republican standard and he was saluted with 13 guns. Think twice before you decide to buy Island thirteen. It's all up to you to decide'.

Eliza was sitting in the up stair balcony and chatting with the Sheikh. Joan came with the registration papers and said to the Sheikh, 'you have got Island thirteen for ten billbucks. As you wished we had registered Island thirteen in the name of Mrs. Eliza Jacobson. These are the official registration papers'.

He took the papers and turned towards Eliza Jacobson and said, 'Mrs. Jacobson! I told you that I am your husband's best friend. But you didn't believe me. Your husband wanted me to buy this Island for you. All these years you have been waiting for him. Now as you became normal again I have bought the Island thirteen for you as he wished. We will make your summer resort ready for you by tomorrow morning. Then you can go there and wait for your husband. I will bring him there. Don't forget to prepare luau for us '.

Eliza took the papers and said, 'O Mr. Sheikh. Thank you very much for every thing. I have been waiting for my husband Boris all these years. I can't wait any more to see him. Tell him to meet me at the Island resort soon. I will prepare luau for both of you. I am starving. I must go to the Kosher Twilight. You want to join with me for dinner'. Sheikh said, 'yes'.

She stood up and said, 'where is my stupid limousine driver? I am tired of this lazy guy'. Joan said, 'I will find him for you. Let me go to the main hall and see if he is there'. Joan came to the main hall and looked for Rodrigo and Willy. She saw them coming towards her with bunch of papers. Rodrigo prepared the lists of all the group members of Ibtos and brought all the required papers to Joan.

Joan looked at the papers and said, 'give me all the originals and keep the copies with you for your record. Where are the Swiss bank money transaction receipts? Okay. It will take at least three full days for our finance department to check every thing and give you the receipts. If every thing is okay with your files we will call you and let you know after three days. You can come and collect your individual receipts and transfer papers'.

She looked at the list again and saw that Rodrigo's share is the biggest among all the other members of Ibtos. Rodrigo thanked Joan with the promised tip. He gave her the money transfer receipt from the Swiss bank to her personal account. She looked at the tipped amount and its one point three British billbucks. She thanked him again and called the finance guys and gave them the originals, money transaction receipts and the other papers with the signatures of all the Ibtos members. Rodrigo v-signaled Nick, Dukh and Willy and confirmed to them that every thing was done and the Island thirteen would be theirs within three more days.

Eliza saw Rodrigo in the main hall and said, 'where have you been you sluggard! Now without further delay take me to the Kosher Twilight'. Sheikh waved at Rodrigo and said, 'you fellow. The lady needs to go to the Kosher Twilight restaurant. What are you waiting for? Rodrigo was shocked to know that the Sheikh could speak perfect English. He pretended as if he did not know Eliza.

Joan said, 'oh no! He is not the driver. He is the main shareholder of Ibtos. You are mistaken'. The Sheikh then realized that he should not speak in English. He then managed and spoke a long sentence in the Kuwait language. Joan translated it to Rodrigo and said, 'the old lady taught English to my boss. That's all'. The Sheikh told Eliza, 'he is not your driver any more. He is the main shareholder of Ibtos a new company'. Rodrigo felt very uncomfortable in that situation. He did not want Eliza to know that his name is on the Ibtos shareholder member list. That may cause unnecessary havoc and ruin his dreams. She might tell Feggy or the board of trustee members. They should not know that Rodrigo is trying to buy Island thirteen from the Sheikh. Rodrigo wanted her to leave immediately.

He said to Joan, 'poor old lady is looking for her driver. I know where she lives. I can take her to her bayside guesthouse'. Joan said, 'you are a kind man. But the old lady is going out with my boss for dinner in the Kosher Twilight restaurant this evening'.

Rodrigo said, 'it seems your boss knows her quite well'. Joan said, 'of course he knows her. He was the friend of her late husband'. Rodrigo is shocked to know that the Sheikh knew Boris. But he said to himself, 'who cares? Eliza is still crazy and suffering with amnesia. She doesn't remember a thing anyway. Even if the Sheikh tells her that my name is on the Ibtos list, she won't understand. Even if she tells about the list no one is going to believe her. Everybody knows that she had been crazy for twenty years. She doesn't no what she says'.

While Rodrigo is proceeding towards Nick, Dukh and Willy Feggy came to him and said, 'where are you Rodrigo? I am look all over for you and Lillian. Where is she? She is supposed to be with her mother. But She has sent Eliza alone. Let me introduce Dr. Cree and his friend to you. Talk to them and arrange a full search with his team. They seem to be very knowledgeable to lead the underwater search'.

Rodrigo said, 'Lillian is not feeling well right now. She asked me to take care of her mother. I brought her here. She is going out with the Sheikh for dinner now'. Feggy said, 'talk to this wonderful search team. Cathy and I came to settle this matter here now'.

Rodrigo asked Dr. Cree, 'how long it takes and how much it costs? Give me your offer and I have to talk with the board'. Dr. Cree said, 'its all settled. We already spoke with the new owners of all the thirteen Islands and got the licenses renewed and we are ready to go. Feggy thought that you should go with us for some reason. That's why we are waiting for your word'.

Rodrigo impatiently said, 'give me a break. I will join you in three more days. I have to take care of some business here. Just wait for three more days and I will be with you'. Ignoring Rodrigo Dr. Cree turned towards Feggy and said, 'okay Feggy! We will start our full search. Wish us good luck to find your husband, your son, your niece, Matthew and others'. Feggy said, 'with all my heart I wish you more than good luck. Mazal Tov. We will be waiting for the good news. Rodrigo will join you in three more days. Goodbye and good luck to you'. Dr. Cree left the hall with new vigor.

Feggy looked at Rodrigo and said, 'I can see that you are very busy. Don't worry about Lillian. We know how much you love her. We know how hard it is for you to handle all these things at a time. You take care of the businesses. We will go and see Lillian'.

Rodrigo tried to say some thing but Willy came and urged Rodrigo to meet Dukh and Nick immediately. Cathy and Feggy byebyed Rodrigo and left the hall. Rodrigo and Willy came to the podium.

Dukh said, 'the auction is over. I have to get back to Washington DC to care some business. I may not be able to see you at the hotel. I feel proud of you. Welcome to Ibtos. Every thing will be cleared in three more days. You get the receipts and transfer papers from the Sheikh and proceed in your work. Ask Nick if you need any thing. We will be in touch. Don't call me. I will call Nick'.

Rodrigo triumphantly smiled and nodded his acceptance. Willy and Rodrigo left the hall. Nick collected all the Xerox copies of all Island registrations. He noticed that Island thirteen is registered in the name of Mrs. Eliza Jacobson. He thought that Eliza is Sheikh's American wife. He did not know that Eliza is related to Rodrigo through Lillian. He did not care to mention this to Rodrigo. And Rodrigo did not care to mention to Nick that Feggy had hired Dr. Cree's team for a full search.

They were fully occupied with the dreamy thoughts of gold. They totally depended upon their mafia power and their craftiness. Dukh announced that the auction is over and all the Islands were sold out. The auctioneers called the naval patrol officer to shut down the antennas on the Islands. Everybody began to leave the auction center. Detective Bermann waited until Dukh and Nick left the hall. He came to his Goldhill Plaza Hotel suite and checked that all conversations were carefully recorded. Shea appreciated and thanked everyone for the wonderful cooperation.

Shea called the mobile home delivery company and said, 'this is just to remind you again. The naval patrol guys have cleared the antennas on the Islands. You can start your work now. It should be completed by 5 am sharp tomorrow morning. We will be there by five thirty. That's the deal, yes?'

The mobile home delivery company general manager Stelepeg said, 'yes sir! We took your case as a challenge for our company. Our workers are already landing on Island thirteen as I can see. They will finish the elephant feet pillars by midnight. I will personally deliver the resort homes by then. By three we will fix the water, electricity and phone connections. By morning five you can occupy your Island resort. If we take an extra minute, we will return all your money on the spot. That's the deal sir. See you in the morning'.

Joan suddenly came to Shea and said, 'uncle Shea! I just got news that my mother is badly hurt and the housekeepers in the bayside guesthouse admitted her in the hospital. Detective Bermann said, 'calm down everybody. I have already gathered information that she is all right. Feggy and Cathy took her to Shea's house from the hospital. Listen to her conversation'.

He switched on the tape and Lillian was telling, 'he asked me to withdraw the whole amount from my personal account in Swiss Bank. I asked him what for. He did not tell why. He insisted and I denied. He hit me hard and left. He knows my Swiss Bank account code. I believed him all these years. He taught me a very good lesson. I called the Swiss bank and told them that my account code was stolen and my money was transferred. I asked them to change my account code right away. They have checked my account and told me that the money is safe. Then they gave a new code anyway'.

Detective Bermann said, 'now we can guess that Rodrigo has a separate account in the Swiss bank'. Shea called Boris and told him about Lillian.

Boris said, 'I will take your mom to Lillian and see you at eight'. Boris and Eliza finished their dinner and came to Shea's house. Eliza introduced the great Sheikh Jihad Zorrilla to Feggy and Lillian as the best friend of Boris. She told that he had bought Island thirteen. Boris briefly said hello and returned to the Hotel. Detective Bermann gathered everyone and gave them the information about the latest developments. Boris said, 'we will first do some shopping and leave the hotel by nine and go to the Island and see how the resort work is coming up. Before Rodrigo does any more harm to the girls, the Thalmulic folks and the ninja guys will go and bring Eliza, Feggy, Cathy and Lillian to the Island. Rodrigo will look for the girls. He will go crazy. In case he wants to contact us the Hotel guys should tell him that we are in the Kiritimati Islands on some urgent business. We have to keep these bad guys busy for these three days. They will suspect, betray and hold on to each other. We will take rest in the Island resort and wait for them'.

The Thalmulic folks and the ninja guys went to Shea's house. The girls are still talking. The phone rang. Lillian thought that Rodrigo is calling for her. Cathy lifted the receiver and said hello. The other side voice said, 'this is Dr. Mendel from Beth Yacob Hospital in San Francisco. This is an urgent message to Lillian. She must contact me immediately. I am Dr. Moshe Mendelson. My number is 1-888-345-1234'. Cathy noted the details and said, 'this is a taped message to Lillian. It says that Lillian must call the doctor in San Francisco hospital. This is the number'. Lillian said, 'who is this guy? What is he up to? She asked Cathy to dial the number for her. Cathy called the number and gave the receiver to Lillian.

The Thalmulic guys looked at their watches and signaled the ninja guys. The ninja guys tear-gassed the housekeepers and entered into the house. They went to the girls and laughing-gassed them by mistake.

They carried the girls to the van. They brought them to the dock. The seaplane took them in and proceeded towards Island thirteen. The girls laughed and laughed until they got tired and went into sleep.

Detective Bermann, Boris, Shea took care of all the official businesses and proceeded towards the Island. Matthew, Sam and Joan got all the necessary equipment and proceeded towards the Island with the rest of the team members.

Rodrigo and Willy came to the bayside guesthouse. The phone rang. Rodrigo picked up the phone. It's from San Francisco Hospital. Rodrigo patiently listened to the taped message. His face turned into many colors. He thought that Lillian went to San Francisco to meet with this doctor.

He immediately called the Sanfrisco mafia leader and requested him to go to the Hospital and see if Lillian is with the doctor. Rodrigo did not care to call the doctor's number.

Willy told Rodrigo to call Feggy and see if Lillian is with her. Rodrigo phoned to Feggy's house. But there is no answer. They both went to Feggy's house. The housekeeping attendants told him that all the girls were kidnapped. Willy told Rodrigo to check with the Hawaiian mafia leader. But the Hawaiian mafia leader said that his ninjas did not kidnap any girls lately. Willy told Rodrigo to call the Sheikh and see if they knew any thing about the girls.

The taped message from the hotel room has told them that the Sheikh and his team went to Kiritimati Island to take care some urgent business. Rodrigo called Nick and told him about the whole story. Nick said that he would wait for the sheikh. Willy said to Rodrigo, 'I think we should also go to the Kiritimati Island and see if the Sheikh and the girls are with Nick'.

They decided to go to Kiritimati Island. Rodrigo called the San Francisco mafia leader again and asked him to wait until further instructions. Willy invited Rodrigo to his house. Wilma prepared dinner for them. Rodrigo and Willy enjoyed the dinner and drinks. Rodrigo said to Wilma, 'you know these pussy willow docs say this and that. They told me not to touch any drinks at all. Now they say that moderate drinking not only has protective cardiovascular effects for the general populace but it is also protective for those who have hypertension'. Wilma also drank too much. She could not distinguish between Willy and Rodrigo.

They suddenly began to brag and confess what they did in the past. Rodrigo told that he had planned and killed Boris and took the insurance money. He further told that he planned and killed Lillian's husband and took the insurance money and had an affair with the lady typist and with her mother same time.

He said to Willy, 'O father! I asked my wife to give me just three million. She refused and I hit her hard. She went to her brother's house. I went to her brother's house to kill her. But someone kidnapped all the girls. That is all I have to confess. Please forgive me father'. He ghastly laughed and said, 'Willy! Now I play the priest and you confess all your sins including your affair with the Chinese girl. And I will forgive you'. He encouraged Willy to tell his past. Willy boastfully laughed and said, 'I had an affair with the Chinese girl, my secretary for the last seven years'. Rodrigo said, 'okay my son. Your sins are forgiven'.

They both burst into laughter. Wilma looked at them and said, 'then I can go back to my ex-boyfriend. Why not? I will call him now. Hello Jack! Where are you Jack? I am sorry. I misunderstood you Jack. Take me from these murderers. Take me to Mars with you Jack'. She mopishly muttered and suddenly shouted at both of them and said, 'I can ride on both of you. Take me to the Mars you priapic donkeys, wife cheaters, drunkards and murderers! I want to see my Jacky now'.

Willy heard this and demonically got angry. He suddenly hit her with the empty Vodka bottle. She cried aloud and became unconscious. Willy thought she is dead. He quickly woke Rodrigo up and they both rushed to the airport to go to Kiritimati Island to meet Nick.

Matthew and Sam recorded all those confessions from the seaplane and transmitted to Shea and Bermann. Shea said, 'I think she needs you. You must take her away from those sick guys. They may kill her'.

Bermann recalled his relationship with her and felt sorry for her situation. He called her neighbors and requested them to help her. He gave her mother's telephone number to them. The neighbors came out and rushed her to the hospital and called her mother. Her mother came to the hospital and took care of her. While listening to the previous phone conversations Matthew suddenly heard Cathy's voice from Feggy's phone. Cathy called the doctor in San Francisco and the doctor is telling her that he must deliver the message only to Lillian. Then she called Lillian saying, 'Lillian! This is for you'. Lillian took the receiver and said hello. Her voice is suddenly stopped for some reason.

Matthew wondered and immediately called the Thalmulic folks and asked them for Lillian. The ninja guys woke Lillian up and gave her the receiver. Matthew connected her to the doctor in San Francisco.

Lillian said, 'hello this is Lillian'. The doctor from San Francisco said, 'Lillian! Your husband Michael is alive and he is with me. He wanted to say hello to you. You must immediately come and see him in my hospital in San Francisco. He is still very weak. But you can say hello to him'. Dr. Moshe gave the receiver to Michael and said, 'Lilli dear! This is your Micky. Listen very carefully. Don't tell anyone that I am alive. Don't tell Rodrigo. I will tell you every thing. Go and tell Shea or some one you trust and come with them and see me immediately'.

Lillian went into sleep again thinking that she was dreaming. But Matthew recorded the entire conversation and transmitted to Boris and Shea. Boris explained the situation to Detective Bermann.

Detective Bermann called his best Detective friend Brummel Golding in San Francisco and asked him to handle the situation. Brummel went to the hospital and made arrangements for Michael and Dr. Moshe along with the other assistants to be airlifted to the Island immediately.

The special air ambulance flew Brummel, Michael, Dr. Moshe and his staff towards the Island. The Board of Trustee members of Jacobsons Foundation came to know about the kidnap and decided to take the matter to the police. The police started searching for Rodrigo and the girls. The police called the airport and enquired about the night planes leaving for the Islands so that they can send the secret papers by night courier services. They came to know that the Sheikh's private planes are leaving for Kiritimati Islands.

Chapter sixteen

Hello! We are here

Dr. Chad and the scientists and Captain Roger Felix and his crewmembers are still stuck in a big underwater cavity that is connected to Island thirteen. But there is no way for them to know their whereabouts. They looked like the characters in the great painting of Turner's Calais Pier but in the Hollywood version. They did not know how they entered into the cavity. They did not understand how long they floated down the cavity. They began to fly down inside the cavity and finally fell in a big pool in the cavity. They were screaming all the time. They were in the seawater, in the air and in the lake. That was a strange situation. Like the fallen angels they fell in the cavity lake. They had terrible daydreams, illusions and hallucinations in the cavity. They saw all the land animals walking on the seafloor. They saw 19 meter Anacondas and 50-meter mammoth snakes weighing 5 tons.

They cried aloud in their daydreams saying, 'sea lau, shipekwe, lipata, ailali, badgui and ngou are living in this lake'. They also prayed to the spirit of Sebastian Munster the author of Cosmographia to send the sea snakes to protect the legitimate ones and destroy the illegitimate ones among them. They constantly screamed for several hours.

They saw Hydra Monstrosa the seven-headed hydra as described by Gesner in his Historia Animalium. They daydreamed that the underwater cavity was the ancient Upsala where gods used to hold their councils. They saw the spirit of Lamarck and Darwin walking towards them to change their organs day by day and to classify them as new species. Some got stretched necks like giraffes.

Others became headless as appeared to Morcopolo in his tours. Some got atrophied eyes. Some have lost their right hands, right legs and right eyes but they happily evolved horns on their heads as they were angry and wanted to fight their rivals.

Some got the webbed toes and stretched necks to catch fish. They felt that they are gradually becoming new type of independent species and interdependent types in Cuvier's process.

They realized that zoogeography had finally worked for them in an existentially topographical manner in that cavity. Their fear have fathered many visions and they began to see dragons coming to the top layer spewing flames to give battle to the giant squids, sperm whales and Tu-Matauengi the father of the fierce men.

They saw themselves very active in those duals. They made Tantalus efforts to find fresh water and fruits in the caves. They drank the liquidated latimerias when they were deadly tired. They self hypnotized themselves and expressed their mutual hatred towards each other. They saw each other as underwater orangutans.

In their dreams they suddenly saw themselves as kind-hearted sea cows and began to like each other. They started mourning for the dead ones and wanted to remain beside the dead bodies for hours.

They felt that an oil tanker carrying about 300,000 tons of oil is floating about their heads. They saw the fish hunters in canoes. As sea cows they began to extricate harpoons. They broke the ropes attached to their fellows and overturned hunters' boats forgetting their own safety. They became meek and harmless as the ghosts of the lories. Like the bitterns they looked upwards for help from above.

Then they slowly became cannibal ticks and made queue to suck the dying person's blood. They drank heavy water, as they knew that it intensifies certain vital processes in their bodies but they saw themselves dying.

They had seen underwater Papuans who had a knack of appearing and disappearing quite noiselessly. They thought that they were in 'the land of the devil'.

They saw a huge crying Niobe stone and ran and suckled the tears of the stone like children and said, 'stone mama! Don't cry for us today. But cry again tomorrow and shed your tears until we quench our thirst'.

Some of them suggested, 'as we are in the Polynesian Islands we must do as the Polynesians do'. They began to change their sexes like the sea basses and dance like the Polynesians do. They heard about the Soangi gospel of light in the fiery footprints on the shore. In the nighttime they saw luminous patches in the ocean.

They began to see all the Tamate spirits of the dead Polynesian chiefs. They cried out to Tangaroa the main god of the Polynesians. They saw Rangi and Papa hugging each other and tried to separate them so that they may weep and send food providing vapors into the cavity. They saw the peridineans and cephalopoda emitting white, blue-green and ruby-red lights in the cavity in the nighttime.

Some have hoped that they could revive the dead bodies to life by means of electric fish, torpedo ray and skates.

They caught the jellyfish and lit its nerve ring. They made experiments with the electric eels and the catfish. Strangely there is clear sunlight in one side and also clear moonlight on the other side in the underwater cavity.

There is a big salt lake in the cavity. Around the salt lake they have plenty of area to stay, move and sleep. After going through all the stages of Darwinian evolutionary process they finally became new underwater cavity species of special kind. They prayed to the honey guides and said, 'we came for the noble metals and found the money fossils and sand dollars. Please guide the rescue teams to us'.

They tried to understand the nature of the cavity, its length breadth, depth and address. They have no food, no radio equipment and no instruments to use. After realizing that they are completely new species they settled down and started to think again. They used the cavity as Upsala pandemonium and began their adept discussions again. They reacted the paradise lost and relived their roles as the fallen angels.

Dr. Chad said, 'manuscripts that have reached us indicate that as far back as 3000 years ago, people believed in huge mysterious animals that lived in the sea. But we are not in a position to verify the source of those ancient legends. Sea serpents do exist in the Pacific and Indian oceans. Now I invite your reports and practical suggestions in this regard'.

Captain Roger Felix thought that Dr. Chad became crazy. His crewmembers yelled at him and cried, 'stop this crap you underwater orangutan. This is not the time to start making noise and invite the sea snakes. You know those sea snakes can hear the lowest voices from a distance. They can come and kill all of us just like that'. But the scientists habitually began to give their reports anyway.

Report one: The Fijian naval frigate Douglass' cook once saw a strange creature, which was quickly approaching the frigate from behind. The face was a bit like an underwater dog's. Its head was like that of a sea cow with horns upward and ears downward and much bigger. Its head was about ten feet in length. The length of the neck was no less than twenty feet and fins rose above the water some five feet. The total length of the creature was about eighty feet. Those were monsters and not a conglomeration of seaweeds. Experts who were used to the reckoning of the length and breadth of floating objects supported it.

Report two: As great scientists said, 'it is easier to find proof of the existence of ghosts than of the sea serpent. People saw hairy frogs, manes, six-footed serpents, giant eels and giant denizens. One time we set out in a motorboat from a small Island for mainland. My boyfriend pointed out to me an object that was lying on the sea bottom at a depth of four meters. It was a huge animal. The water there was very clear and I snapped several shots of the animal. My boyfriend and I put on aqualungs and went down. It slowly turned towards us. Before fleeing I snapped another photo. It was hundred feet in length and had a rounded head about ten feet both in length and in width. I read this report from the best seller.

Report three: the New York Post reported the finding of a huge carcass, floating belly up. Sailors approached it in the boats and danced on its belly. Another carcass was washed on the coast of Mexico. The newspapers carried photographs of this chunk, which weighed about ten tons and was hundred and forty feet in length and ten feet wide. I have personally read these reports and came to the conclusion that we cannot trust the newspaper reports.

Report four: Let us continue the argument whether Komodo dragons can hear. Some said they could hear only certain sounds. Others said, 'they perceive sounds traveling through the ground'. I know that they can listen to our conversations and may come to this cavity.

Argument one: My father directly heard it from the butler of Peter M'Quhae the captain of the frigate Daedalus and from the commander of the cruiser Hilary of Great Briton that the dragons had telepathic ears. We can expect them any minute.

Argument two: My grandpa heard it from the cooks of captain Georg Gunther Von Forstner the famous German submarine commander and from the Captain of the liner Santa Clara of Greece that some dragons and sea monks help us if we pray to them. I got this information from a priest who showed me an article from

People reported that they saw the Egyptian crocodiles wearing gold rings and bracelets on their legs and precious stones on their heads. These famous cooks of captains and commanders saw Vishnu-fish in the Arabian Sea, Jupiter-swan in the Indian Ocean and Asclepius snake in the Bay of Bengal. We can expect all those strange animals here also. We have to decide whether those creatures are our friends or enemies. We cannot trust the reports of those kooks. We see some fish and think that they had no teeth in their mouths. We may be right. But when we put our finger into its mouth we cannot get it out. Some fish have their teeth in their throats. Think twice before you put your finger in those cants.

Report five: We can spend our whole time in talking about those unscientific theories. I have a practical suggestion for all of you. When we happen to see an Asclepius snake we have to undress quickly because the Asclepius snake fears nakedness. I have learned this technique from my boy friend whose ex-boyfriend had taught him.

Report six: I heard that when people were in dangerous waters they prayed to Dr. Universalis Albertus Magnus who was great in magic, greater in philosophy and the greatest in theology to resurrect their dead physiologus friends on the third day with a pleasant scent like his anointed Savior-Panther. His spirit appeared and saved them. You guys believe in after life. We have to wait for three says before we decide to eat their bodies even when we gradually become cannibals in this cavity. My grandpa told me, 'physical cannibalism is better than political anthropophagic cannibalism'.

The scientific discussions are over in the Upsala cavity. They all timorously said, 'after all it's the water that brought our earth into existence and developed it to its present state and created life. It would certainly create a new life in us. Let's develop the spirits of Thales and Bombard in us. The ocean has every thing that we need for survival. We must make use of the gift of the ocean. We can press out the liquid from the bodies of the fishes to drink. We can develop distilling apparatus different from kidneys. Like the sea gulls, cormorants and guillemots we can develop salt glands and drink the seawater. Or we can obtain water from the air like the Crimeans. We can lick the walls of these cavities and tunnels for water. We must first settle down and think normally'.

Others said, 'the air god Kara Bogaz would certainly bring water into the cavities. Like the bettongs we can grow hair in our mouths and extract water from the soil. We can store water on our bodies like Molochs and the agamid lizards and camels. When we find food we can eat like Lucullus and put two fingers to cause vomiting and then eat again'.

Another scientist suggested, 'we must eat certain fish that can stimulate out brains and make us extra geniuses. If every thing fails we can become like the coprophagous beetles and mites and eat the dung-balls of theses underwater cows and horses. We can swallow stones like the whales, seals and walruses to prevent our stomachs from atrophy. We can imitate the venom-spitting snakes and learn to eject saliva at our prey. If we become love sick we can look for them to the point of deaths like lazybones. We can simply develop the mammary glands like Rhea and feed each other. Otherwise we can just give up eating like the ticks and Mayflies and look for the dry air like the anaerobes and labyrinth fish'.

Other crewmember suggested, 'we can become like the Pogonophores which had no legs, wings, fins or even a head or intestines. On the other hand it had a heart, a spinal cord, a blood and nervous systems. What more do we need other than those essential parts under these circumstances?'

Others suggested, 'our ancestors fashioned primitive stone tools. They trimmed one by means of other. They sharpened the ends of the arrows by means of flint scrapers and burnt them in a fire and hardened them. They lived their lives but we have been spending our lives in studying the matter. Let us live again. Let us begin to live like them and find a way out from here. Life is not just study'.

Others said, 'I have noticed that under these circumstances we could hear very high-pitched sounds of up to 30-300 kilocycles like dogs, whales, dolphins and bats. The deep-sea mollusks have eyes up to 20 centimeters in diameter. We can develop all those facilities like them. Or we can make use of them'.

They managed without food for two full days. Then they tried every thing possible to find food. But they had no way to find food in that cavity. They noticed that the water level in the lake is going down. They realized that they have more room than before.

Suddenly Captain Roger Felix saw writing on the wall of the cavity. He asked his crewmen to clean the walls to find some more such writings. Everybody's face was lit to find the evidence of human presence in that cavity although some years ago.

The writing started from right to the left. It seemed like a dairy of a man who lived in the cavity some years. They finally found that the person's name is Boris Jacobson. They began to read the writing.

'This is Boris Jacobson. I lived in Hawaii. It was May 1^st of 1983. I was in my luxury boat with my wife Eliza, my daughter Lillian and my grand daughter Joan.

Someone suddenly hit on my head and pushed me into the ocean. I started to swim. At the same time a huge whale swallowed me. I was in the belly of the whale for three days. The whale brought me into this cavity.

Every day the whale takes me into the ocean and leaves me on the Island. I had every thing on the Island. In the evening the whale brings me to the cavity again.

One day I saw the bald eagle on the Island. It picked up a round pebble in its beak, flew up and toward big ostrich egg that it was unable to break by its beak and then dived down and released the stone like a bomb several meters above its target. The eggshell was cracked and the eagle feasted on its favorite lamellar omelet. I tamed and trained the eagle to break the coconuts by applying the same technique.

I saw the priapulida and learned the art of digging passages in the damp soil at the bottom of the ocean. I have been seeing many ringed migratory birds every year.

The instinct of home is very strong in birds. They have built in biological clocks somewhere in their bodies. I have seen great swarms of butterflies. Some laid their eggs and died. The newly hatched butterflies made their way back independently.

The white cabbage butterfly and the thistle butterfly fly in swarms while the admiral prefers to travel alone. I watched them coming here every year. I have spent all my time practically studying the animals, birds, fishes and the nature of life on the Island. This is a strange Island. It has every thing to eat.

But every year the Island completely dives into the water and stays there for at least two months. And then it comes up after two months. The migratory birds knew about this and they come during the safe time.

Birds can fly away and land without preparatory run. The humming bird is capable of flying forward and backward and hovering over a flower like a helicopter making 50 wing-flaps a second. Birds can carry much greater loads than the most powerful airplanes.

If we compare the average speed of a 900 kms per hour modern airplane with that of a 60 kms per hour homing pigeon we see that within a given time the airplane will fly a distance equal to 1500 body lengths ad the pigeon 5000 body lengths. The awkward bumblebee covers 1000 body lengths. I have learned the art of speed travel from these fish and birds. One can learn this technique.

A dragon fly developed a speed of hundred or more kms an hour and can cover a distance equal to 20-30 thousand body lengths in a minute. If an airplane could fly at comparable speeds, it could orbit the earth along the equator 20-30 times within an hour. A bird can fly 40-50 hours flapping its wings all the time taking no rest.

Even hawk moths have been known to cover a distance of a thousand or more kms in a day and night. A bird makes on the average 4-6 strokes per second i.e. 240-360 strokes per minute. The bumble bee makes 240 strokes a second, the housefly 330-350 and the mosquitoes 600-800 while other species reach a thousand i.e. 60000 strokes per a minute.

The jellyfish gives advance warning of impending storms and hurricanes at sea. And the grasshoppers forecast earthquakes. The dolphins saved me out of dangerous waters many times. My whale friend comes when it is the time for the Island to dive. I named him as the Prince of Whales. When the Island is completely under water I use to live in the cavity for two months. I took enough food for me for those two months. For the past twenty years I have been living like this.

I saved the skins of the dead dolphins. I imitated the shape of the whale and built a boat and saved 25% on energy carrying loads. I made boats in the shape of whales and covered with dolphin skins.

I added the vibratory tail fin of the swordfish and reached speeds up to a hundred kms an hour. I tried to escape in these boats. But all the boats I made hit the rocky walls and split in pieces. Some times the seawater washed them away before I could reach them. I also befriended the squid and attained the art of jumping out of water and flying 10 meters above the water for as long as 50-60 meters. I observed the water striders and learned water skating with them.

I tamed the giant spider and could jump so high to reach the mound. They also shared the weather report with me and I could get ready to save some rain water in the artificial rock-cut ponds and bamboo barrels. I also used the desalinating apparatus of the fish and obtained fresh water.

I increased the trichogramma's efficiency and got rid of the dangerous pests and insects from the island. I invited the albatrosses every year and gave them messages for Eliza.

There is no escape from this Island unless someone comes here and digs a way out of this cavity. I had made boats several times and tried to go into the ocean. But some how I returned to the cavity no matter which direction I tried to escape.

This cavity is like the circus globe in which the motorist makes rounds and goes nowhere. The only way out from this Island is my whale friend. But he does not take me out of this Island cavity. I did not see him this year. One day I saw Onagadu Ri's 10-meter long feathers. I had no idea how they came o the island. I searched for the bird. I know it has the longest feathers. I thought I could fly on the wings of the Onagadu Ri and go home. But I never saw the red jungle bird.

I met thirteen Thalmulic fishermen this year. We have been living on this Island happily hoping that someone will rescue us someday. This is a one-way Island cavity. You can come to this Island cavity but you can never get out from here no matter what you do'.

Dr. Chad said, 'the writing stopped here. That means they had left this cavity. They must be somewhere on this Island. We have to get their attention. We must scream all day and all night in the rotational shift system'.

Captain Roger Felix said, 'how can we trust this report? May be someone is playing games with us. The writing is definitely the naughty work of a hoaxer. We cannot just sit here without doing anything. We must find some way to get out from here. I am sure we can find a way out if we sincerely try'.

The crewmembers agreed and began scratching the walls of the cavity with bare hands. The scientists began to scream again believing that someone can hear their cries and respond.

They shouted in high pitch, 'Hello there. We are here. Can you hear me? Do you read me?' They cried and cried with all their might until their moribund sound reechoed in the cavity many times like the dying thunder.

Captain Roger Felix got a bad feeling that some thing is going happen. He was very much tired and began to sleep. He had a dream. In his dream he saw the Russian 19000-ton cruiser Peter the Great rushing towards their cavity with great speed. It is the pride of Russia's Northern Fleet.

The Admiral Vladimir was ordering the ship to return to the dock. He became alarmed at the state of maintenance of its nuclear reactor. He was waving his hands and warning, 'the ship may blow up any minute'. But nobody was listening to his cries. The ship came and hit the cavity and blew every thing into pieces.

Captain Roger Felix woke up in great horror. He heard the hideously boring sound of a giant drill. He hushed everybody and said, 'something is going on in the ocean or on the Island. I can hear the rig workers talking and putting some heavy metal plates'.

Dr. Chad glued his ear to the wall and heard heavy hammer pounding and began screaming again. The scientists followed his method and started to run into the lake making dreadful noises. They thought that something is going to fall on their heads.

They became schizophrenic and involuntarily started doing all sorts of ritualistic things. They unconsciously started the black mass.

  

Chapter seventeen

This is no kidnap

Dr. Cree's team already started their work in the Islands and scanned all the Islands within an hour. They had found two big cavities in Island thirteen. They have got the most sophisticated equipment that can record the underwater and underground voices as well as whispers. Dr. Cree joined his team and examined the developments. He could see on the screen that there is clear movement and sound in two adjacent cavities.

The technicians enlarged the voices and movements. Dr. Cree is an expert in his field. He noticed that there are about 24 persons in one cavity and there is no one in the second one except a very brief low-pitched voice. He immediately called Detective Bermann and Shea and transmitted the whole story to their computers. Bermann said, 'we will take care of them early in the morning'. Dr. Cree gave the green signal to the mobile home makers. They have started to put the elephant feet.

Shea asked the ninja guys how the girls were doing. The ninja guys said, 'they are taking with the Thalmulic guys. Shea strictly told the ninja guys not to tell them about any thing. The ninja guys agreed to sincerely pretend that the whole thing was a serious kidnap.

Eliza suddenly recalled some thing that Boris told her twenty years ago. Whenever she denied he used to tell her, 'O dear! Now you may not believe me. But someday I will surely find the dreamland. And I will definitely smuggle you to the Goldhill Island and give you a big surprise. Then you will believe me'.

Eliza said to Lillian and Feggy, 'that's it gals. This is not at all a kidnap. Now I remember what Boris had told me before he left me. He said he would smuggle me to the Goldhill Island. He is alive and he is at the Goldhill Island and he is just keeping his promise'. Lillian said to Eliza, 'mama. Papa died twenty years ago. I can see this is an expensive kidnap. Look at these Fijian guys. They look like cannibal guys'.

Feggy also supported Lillian and said, 'I have my doubts too. I did not believe the Sheikh from the beginning. He must be the one behind this kidnap. I have mixed feelings about these guys. These guys are taking us to San Francisco'.

Cathy said to Lillian, 'Now I remember. Someone called Lillian from San Francisco'. Lillian cried aloud and said, 'O my God! I forgot to tell you gals. Last night some doctor guy from San Francisco told me that Micky is alive. Then I spoke with Micky and he asked me to come to San Francisco. Hey you monkey face! Where are you taking us? Where is my husband Micky? Stop the car. I mean the plane'. The ninja guy came and hit Lillian on the neck and she became mute. Seeing the ninja guy hurting Lillian, the Fijian Thalmulic guy jumped upon the ninja guy and told him in his language, 'you ninja bastard! Don't you dare to hurt the gals never again! I will break your doggish bony ass. And you will remember your great grandmother's skeletal face'.

The ninja guy laughed and said in the Thalmulic language with his ninja accent, 'O brother! I can understand your Thalmulic language very well. My mother is also a Thalmulic lady. I am just pretending as the kidnapper as Mr. Shea told us. As a matter of fact I like these gals very much. Especially this cat-eyed blonde reminds me of my ex-girl friend.

Feggy eagerly said to the ninja guy, 'tell me you orangutan! What happened to my brother Shea? Where is he? What are you saying about Shea? Did you kill Shea also? I know these guys are bad guys. And this is a kidnap. They are going to sacrifice us to their Tangaroa god'.

Cathy cried aloud and said, 'yes I know this is going to happen. These guys sacrifices human beings especially gals to their fire god. They are going to pour kerosene and burn us for dowry. I read it in the Indian magazine'.

Eliza shouted, 'calm down everybody. I must get some sleep. What time is it any way? I think its only one o'clock in the night. We have six more hours to see Boris'.

The ninja guy came and said, 'you gals want to go to sleep for six hours. Then just do like this and you will go to sleep'. He then hypnotized them again and said, 'sweet dreams my dear gals'.

They all closed their eyes and began to dream. Dr. Moshe called for Lillian again. The ninja guy woke her up and gave the receiver to Lillian. Dr. Moshe said, 'are you Lillian? If you are Lillian, talk to your husband'.

Michael said, 'Lilli dear! It's me again. You know I know you know that I know. Shea just told me that your father Boris is alive. They are going to Kiritimati Island. They will take care of some business there and come to Island thirteen. I am feeling okay. Dr. Moshe also said I am completely recovered. But he says I have priapism. I don't know what it is. But I feel like a cock. I cannot wait to see you all. Get some sleep. Tomorrow I am ready to do what I had promised you five years ago. I will talk to you again. Bye'.

Lillian mutteringly said, 'yes Micky dear! Say hi to my brother Shea and my papa. I cannot wait to see you darling. I miss you pumpkin. I love you lollipop. Okay sweet heart. Bye'. The she gave the receiver to the ninja guy and closed her eyes again thinking it's a dream. Matthew and Sam recorded every thing. They called Shea and Bermann and transmitted the situation of the cavities.

Boris looked at the cavities on the screen and said, 'I see there is some huge thing stuck in the second cavity. It must be my whale friend. We must tell Dr. Cree to clear the rocks and let the whale get out from that cavity'.

Bermann called Dr. Cree and said, 'you can clear the scientists and the crewmembers from the second cavity. But wait for us to clear the other one. It seems the whale is stuck under the rocks. But go ahead and finish your work. We are heading to Kiritimati Island. We will see you in the morning'.

Dr. Cree said, 'I will take care of the scientists and the crewmembers after you come. But look at this. I see some little cavities on the Westside. It looks like somebody kept the bricks in an orderly position and placed in the cavities. What do you want me to do with them? Shall I clear all of them now?'

Boris said, 'those are the gold bricks. Clear all those little cavities and make the children's swimming pool walls with those bricks'. The mobile home delivery company general manager Steleson asked his team right away to clear the gold bricks and make the children's swimming pool walls with those gold bricks.

Rodrigo and Willy rushed to Kiritimati Island and met Nick and explained every thing. They rushed to the airport and waited for the Sheikh. Suddenly the Kiritimati police chief came along with all his security personnel and received Boris and party at the airport.

Nick said, 'its not good for us to contact the Sheikh now. The police security personnel are strictly guarding the Sheikh and his party. Let's wait and see what they are up to. I don't understand why the Sheikh and his party had to fly in three planes at this hour to Kiritimati Island. I thought he wanted to see me'.

The Sheikh is talking and explaining about some thing to the police chief. He is handing over some papers to the police chief. The police chief received and gave him the acknowledgement papers and said, 'goodbye'. Then the Sheikh and his party returned to the planes. Before take off the Sheikh called Nick and asked him if he is awake and alone.

Nick quickly got down from his van with his cell phone and walked away from Rodrigo and Willy. Boris told Nick, 'this is Sheikh Jihad Zorrilla speaking from the airport here in Kiritimati Island. Mr. Nick! I have some important news for you. The police told me that Rodrigo might have kidnapped the gals and Willy might have killed his wife Wilma. The police are looking for them everywhere. The Hawaiian police had asked me to deliver some confidential papers to the police chief here. That's why I stopped here. Now I am leaving. If Rodrigo and Willy come to you keep them with you until they are cleared with the police. Don't let the police know that you have connections with them. You bring them to the Island thirteen with you after three days. I will sign the papers and hand over the island to you guys. My finance officers are still checking your papers and accounts. Take care. Bye'. Nick said, 'O great and mighty Sheikh! May I dare to know where you are going'.

The Sheikh said, 'I have to take care of the gold business in Solomon Islands. I am running late. I will see you on the third day on Island thirteen. We will have lunch together. But don't forget. The police are looking for Rodrigo and Willy. Take care of them. They are not bad guys. They only did some bad deeds. That's all. I can see them relaxing. You better leave the airport now. I mean I must leave now. Bye'. The Sheikh's planes took off one by one. Nick thanked the Sheikh in his heart and looked at Rodrigo and Willy. They are relaxing in his van. Nick came to the van. He coolly started the van and said to them, 'hey guys! The Sheikh is going to the Solomon's Islands to take care of his gold business. I think we can sell all our gold to this guy. He had gold business in all the Islands. Now you must vacate your hotel room and stay in my underground cocaine guesthouse. The police are looking for you guys'.

Willy and Rodrigo asked Nick, 'but why? What did we do? What's going on? Who told you that we had killed our wives? If Sheikh told you in his language how did you understand it in English? Who called you now?' Nick said, 'the Hawaiian police asked the great Sheikh to give some confidential papers to the police chief here. They might have told him about you that you have kidnapped the gals and killed your wives. The great Sheikh has a device that can translate his voice into 13 languages. Don't be silly you wife killers. He had saved you. And you should appreciate him for that'.

Willy started crying aloud. Rodrigo stopped him and said, 'calm down Willy! Your wife is sleeping in Mars with her ex-boyfriend. Whatever is happening to us we must stick together for three more days. Nick! Just forget about the hotel and just take us to your underground cocaine guesthouse. We will be with you for a while until I will settle the matter with the Hawaiian police chief'.

Willy tried to jump on Rodrigo for saying such things about his dead wife. But Nick started the van and the back seat pulled Willy back. He postponed his anger. They arrived at the cocaine guesthouse reception hall. The security personnel told Nick about a guy and a girl from the overnight couriers company. Nick gave them permission to bring them to him. They were blindfolded and were brought to the reception hall. They said to Nick, 'sir! Only if you are Nick the Sheikh had sent us to give you this sealed cover'. Nick said, 'yes I am nick'.

They handed over the sealed envelop to Nick and left the premises. The security guards then opened the underground elevator door for the van. The van went in and down.

Nick opened the sealed cover. Those are the copies of the papers, which the Sheikh gave to the police chief at the airport a while ago. The Jacobsons foundation board of trustees chairman gave those complaints to the Hawaiian police about the kidnapped gals.

The complaint said so many thing against Rodrigo the legal caretaker of Jacobsons Foundation. Rodrigo misappropriated the funds, tried to steal Lillian's money and transferred money from his illegal accounts and kidnapped the gals. Nick showed the papers to Rodrigo and appreciated the Sheikh one more time for his timely warning. They began to calculate the future gold income from Island thirteen.

They thought, 'we have some 100 tons of gold bricks kept in Island thirteen in the accounts. After three days we will have more and more. Island thirteen brought us good luck. Like Sir Arthur Sullivan, Pope Pious IX, Saint Augustine, Heinrich Heine, Alphonse Daudet and the Earl of Stafford we all were born on the thirteenth we cannot afford to lose this chance'.

Willy tried to weep for his dead wife again. But Rodrigo stopped him saying, 'forget your dead wife Willy! If you make a call from this underground guesthouse it will be recorded in all the Hawaiian police stations. And they will know our whereabouts right away. Wait for three more days. Then you can glue on to your dead wife forever'. The Hawaiian mafia leader called Nick and told that the Hawaiian police had cleared Rodrigo and he can contact them any time.

Willy ran to the bathroom with tearful eyes and cried aloud for his wife saying, 'forgive me Wilma! I had hit you because I could not bear the sight of you and Rodrigo in the same bed lying naked. I never intended to kill you. For gold sake come alive. I promise I will never feel jealous again. Instead of you I should have hit Rodrigo. But I needed him for the paper work until I get my gold share'.

Having said like that he looked through the bathroom ventilator to see what Rodrigo and Nick were doing. He continued his confession again and said, 'it's an accident. And accidents do occur as you always said. With my gold share I will build a 13-storied Taj Mahal hotel in your name. I am not a pussyfooter you know. Even though you deserved to die I still miss you. I think I still love you. I don't know. But I know your spirit can see me crying for you. I didn't mean to kill you. I should not have opened my mouth about the Chinese girl. I knew you would kill me after making love next time like the black widow. You know why I hit you. May be I wanted you to die. But forgive me anyway'. Willy began to develop the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive neurosis.

As a matter of fact the neighbors took Wilma to the hospital and admitted her there. She became normal again and went to her mother's house. She was unable to forget Willy even though she knew now that he had an affair with the Chinese secretary girl. She still had feelings for him.

Wilma's mother took her to the lady psychiatrist and explained her situation. The lady psychiatrist told Wilma, 'your husband is a man with antisocial personality disorder. He deliberately cheated you. He lost his job several times and lied to you. Outwardly he looked so charming. But he never had any consideration for your feelings. He never learned from his past. You must forget this promiscuous parasite and the wife killer'.

Wilma began to treat him as a bad dream and decided to stay with her mother. Willy developed a split personality since then. Sometimes he felt sorry for her and some times he hated her. He thought she is dead.

Willy washed his hands again and came back to them as coolly as he can. Willy looked at them. Nick is calling someone at that late hour. Rodrigo is still watching the bullion market channel and playing with the calculator. Willy joined them with a temporarily lightened soul. Matthew recorded their entire conversations.

Shea called Michael. Dr. Moshe said, 'he is doing just fine. He is very anxious to see you all. He has but one slight problem. It's a woman's problem so let us not talk about that on the phone. You will know when you see him. But above all he completely came out of coma and he is ready to see his wife'.

Shea called Matthew. We said, 'we have bugged and got Nick's cocaine plant area. We have recorded all his conversations. We are hooking every thing to the Hawaiian police head quarters. To morrow they will see and know every thing about Nick's business connections with the local government heads. We already hooked the information to all the news agencies'.

Shea asked, 'what about the homes?' Matthew said, 'you can watch the developments in Island thirteen. They have fixed the elephant feet. They have completed the super specialty health center. Dr. Moshe and his team can use it right away. They are now making the runways and helipads and enough parking for 100 jumbo jet planes, 100 cargo planes and 100 helicopters. They already built the seaplane alighting station. The children's swimming pool is completed and they are fixing the gold bricks to the walls. The main structures are on the way according to Stelepeg's report. He is personally bringing those structures'.

Matthew then showed the helicopters and cargo planes carrying the heavy structures, home, offices, houses and the other equipments in Shea's monitor screen.

Shea then called the ninja guys. They said, 'the girls are doing fine. They are talking with the Thalmulic guys'. Except Eliza everybody believed that they were kidnapped. The girls are very hungry after they became friendly with their kidnappers. The ninja guys served the very early morning breakfast to the girls.

The Thalmulic guys completed their early morning prayers and began to chat with the girls. Cathy saw the picture of Siva and said, 'these Fijian guys worship the most terrible god Isvara. I read it in an Indian magazine'. The Thalmulic guys told her, 'we are the more peace loving guys than the loving Christians and peaceful Muslims. Our god Siva is the most harmless god of all gods'.

Peggy said, 'this Isvara is none other than the deified Israel in every respect. Both Israel and Isvara had two wives. Both had two sons. Both were famous in their art of using the bow and arrows. Both were famous for their gift-giving nature. Both lost their eldest sons and got them back'. The Thalmulic guys were shocked to know all these similarities.

Eliza said, 'the great egalitarian Thalmulic people who ruled over the entire India for more than five hundred years were totally aryanized. They were forced to accept the Sudra slave status in the great Aryan ladder caste society. They learned the art of deification and deified the character of Israel and called him Isvara god. They worshiped him along with Abraham and Itshaq who were also deified as Brahma and Vishnu in their Trinitarian versions'.

Feggy added and said, 'they also called this Siva god as Sankara to remind them of great Sennacherib the son of Sargon II of Assyria who brought the drinking water canal system to India in the sixth century B.C.E. I read this in a recent Indian history book that the Thalmulic people were neither Aryans nor Dravidians. They are probably Assyrio-Mediterraneans. Even their language and script were more ancient than the Aryan-Greco-Girvani-Sanskrit. As a matter of fact the Aryan-Greco-Girvani-Sanskrit never had any script. Until this very day the Aryans used the Hindi script for their Greco-Sanskrit language. But the Thalmulic script was as old as the Semitic script. Boris can show you the similarities of both the scripts. He used to tell me that about 60% Thalmulic and Semitic words are similar in both structure and meanings. The Thalmulic people still use the Semitic Calendar'.

The Thalmulic guys appreciated the girls for their interest in the pre-Aryan egalitarian Thalmulic history of India. Lillian asked them and said, 'why are you kidnapping us? Who is behind this kidnap? Is it that ungrateful rascal Rodrigo? He did not even try to call me'.

When she said this she suddenly remembered that Michael is alive and talked with her. She hysterically cried aloud, 'mama! Micky is alive. I spoke with him last night. I must see him now. Stop the car'. Lillian went to the door and tried to open it. Cathy screamed and said, 'no Lillian! This is not a car. This is a mini airbus. Lillian said, 'who cares? Micky is alive and I must see him now'. Saying like that she saw through the window and said, 'O my God! This is not a bus. This is an airplane. Give me a parachute. I must go down and find Micky'. The ninja guys hypnotized her again.

They finished their breakfast. The plane approached Island thirteen. It is 5 am. But the sun is very clear and cool. Its like they have just entered a paradise. The plane landed in the new airport of the Island.

The Island security personnel received the gals with great respect and showed the girls their rooms in the new resort. Cathy ran like a little girl and looked for Matthew in the room allotted to her. She found Matthew's pictures and books in the room and a love note on the waterbed.

Feggy came into her room and found all her pictures with Shea and Sam. Eliza entered her room and saw all the 20-year pictures of Boris. She said, 'O boy! You are an old guy now'. Lillian woke up from her delirious sleep and saw Michael's pictures.

The manager of the new resort Mr. Remus personally came with the bellhops and delivered all the gift packets to all the girls. Lillian asked them, 'what is this place? Who paid for our stay? Who are you guys?'

The manager Mr. Remus is decorously trying to explain. But she quickly turned to the gifts and began to unwrap the packets. The gifts are from the Sheikh and the bride and the groom. They finally saw the wedding invitation card.

The manager of the resort Mr. Remus took the opportunity and explained, 'this is the custom of bride and groom to send gifts to the wedding guests. You are the first guests and won the first prize. The other guests, relatives, parents of the bride and the groom will arrive soon. In the meantime you can relax and enjoy our new Island resort'. Eliza wanted to ask him about the Sheikh. But the spectacular Island resort and the fantasticating oceanic view have overwhelmed her.

The girls began to walk around with enhanced excitement to see and enjoy all the natural tender groves, caves, land animals, all kinds of deer and birds on the Island resort. The Island reminded the Garden of Eden.

  

  

  

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