Zodiac

Chapter 7. The attack

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" There!" muttered the man with ember eyes as he bent down and touched the impressions made by my Lee cooper . "The impressions were spread out unevenly across the ground which suggested restlessness , the lines spread across the ground are angled to the right , so they must be somewhere over there " he sneered and hoped back onto his truck. "We are close ! The boy is within our reach , remember we need him alive " .
"Yes sir " replied his subordinate as he drove further down the lane and steered a hard right and came to a sudden halt.

After the fight I found myself pouring over the books in the library, desperately looking for some records of my father but they were cleared , it was as if he never existed and just then I spotted an old leather covered book and by the looks of it , it could be about five hundred years old. The strange part was it had a depression in the centre and a symbol engraved in it , thinking it was just probably a design I opened the book and found nothing. All the pages were empty , this came as a little shock to me, why would they put an empty book in the library ? I closed the book and just then my eye caught a glimpse of the emblem . Somehow it looked strikingly familiar , the same emblem with the intersecting lines and a small dot at the middle and then suddenly I felt a cold tugging sensation near my chest , the neckless I was wearing was getting undoubtedly very cold , I took it out and held it in my hand. This neckless was given to me by my father , this was the only link I had with him, all I remember was the sister at the orphanage giving me this and saying "keep it with you son , never let it go, it belongs to your father". Just as I was about to chuck into my pocket I noticed the design it had and I was shocked,it was exactly the same deign . I knew there had to be some link, this can't be coincidence.

My curiosity got the better of me as I slid the pendant in the depression hoping something would happen, but nothing did. Reluctantly I pushed the pendant deeper and then I heard a click, the book started to glow with incredible luminance and then slowly died down. Startled by the sudden effervescence I opened the book slowly hoping not to have damaged anything. What lay before me left me completely dumbfounded, what was before just an empty book now was completely filled with words. Feeling intrigued I started reading the book and its contents simply left me dazed.

"Hello son,
I know you must want to kill me for abandoning you , but I had no choice , I knew I was going to die so I had to make sure you were safe, so I left you at the orphanage. This book consists of all my research I did , keep it safe. Im glad you kept the pendant I gave you, the book contains secrets that would shock you , I urge you to read on and understand my work but do not utter a word to anyone . Do not trust anyone! I want to tell you so much more but there is no time , I want you to know I have always loved you, though God did not give me an opportunity to express it , I always have and will.
- Nicholas Finch

A tear trickled down my face as I read the last few words, I felt ashamed of myself for hating my father all these years . He sacrificed his life for not only for me but to the whole of humanity. A sense of determination rose over me,I had to finish what he had started , I will not let his death go in vain. I shall avenge him!.

I plunged into the book , slowly reading it and gathering information..........
" Many centuries ago at a time when knowledge of medicine was not yet in its prime and diseases haunted the people ,killing them in their youth , man was left strangled in the middle , not knowing what do to. Kings and queens ordered their royal physicians to find cures but where met with dead ends as they did not possess enough knowledge about humans . Until one man who was well known alchemist came up with a plan . He dug out freshly dead corpses and began experimenting with them. He was one of the first to give an outlook of the human body and its constituents , he found humans have the power of regeneration and that it is dormant in them , he also found that the pineal gland also has a key role in this but he had trouble activating it. Before he could further conclude anything he died and his apprentice called Prazutis continued his research , after years of research he whipped up a solution that came in the form of a huge meteor shower. He created monoatomic gold, a substance that could unlock the true potential in human beings. It has many names like Ambrossia in Greek , somras in India and many more. Manufacturing it was very laborious and had to be done secretly , but as time progresses something dreadful happened , something very complex and dangerous happened . People were.......

Bang ! I was interrupted by Aria as she restlessly opened the door , the look on her face meant something was wrong, terribly wrong. " They're here! She said sounding scared . " They found us! quickly we need to get out of here!.
" where are Ambrose and Amanda ?"I asked sounding concerned for them.
" I don't know , but they're probably safe , I asked them to run away from here , it's best that we split up , let's go! " she said as she grabbed my hand and led me across a secret underground passage. I quietly tucked the book in the bag and tossed it over my shoulder.

At the end of the tunnel stood two men with folded hands as if they've been waiting for a long time. " Its about time " said the man with ember eyes. " How predictable !" he moaned. My eyes met Aria and I knew what she was thinking, we needed to hustle our way out. I took a stance and readied myself for what lay ahead.
" ok we can do this in two ways , 1 - you surrender , none gets hurt or 2 - you can fight us and obviously lose ! Shouted the other man ( his subordinate ).

" We choose option two" I shouted and plunged into battle. I was fighting the large muscular man with ember eyes who was called Quinton and Aria Was fighting his subordinate Marcus. Quinton was a large man , his attacks were always above my shoulder,my best option was to attack low . I didn't have my sword so I had to use my arms to block his attack . His arm came down painfully and met my cheek which sent me face down in the ground. He picked me up as if I weighed nothing and tossed me effortlessly to the side . Out of my corner of my eye I could see Aria and she was doing quite well , on the other hand I was dead meat. I picked myself up and ducked as he swinged his fist above me, I drove my fist into his stomach and as he staggered back I brought my leg down in an arc onto his knees knocking off his balance, his head me the ground with a thud!, I gave a quick stare at Aria and she was done too. Both the men were knocked out cold. We immediately ran out , started the car and were off.

I was still worried about Amanda and Ambrose , hoping they were safe . " Are you sure they are safe ? " I asked .

" I don't know Zander , I asked them to run as far as they could , but I was about to tell them to rendezvous at a secret place but there was no time. I'm sorry but don't worry they will be fine. " What !How could you do that! I shouted sounding by angry. If anything happens to them your to blame!. The thought of losing them killed me ,I lost my father and I couldn't bear to lose them. " Don't worry Zander , we will get them back, no matter what it takes, you have my word".

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