Red Energy. The Alex Cave Series book 3.

The Alex Cave series book 3. Red Energy

 The Alex Cave Series book 3.

Red Energy

(Cold Energy part 2)

Published by James M. Corkill.

Copyright 2014, James M. Corkill. All rights reserved.

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The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead is coincidental and not intended by the author.

Edition 9

PROLOGUE

Alex Cave had joined the crew on board a millionaire's research ship, Mystic. On one of the islands in the Aleutian chain of Alaska, he and his friends had discovered a spaceship embedded in the crater of a dormant volcano, and a piece of advanced technology, which was freezing the waters of the Arctic Ocean and the Bering Sea. They managed to shut down the device. Now they are studying the strange craft.

Chapter 1

Alex drove the motorboat back to the island to check on Henry, David, and Rita, but as he walked across the beach, he could not stop thinking about the mild electrical shock he had received when he had touched a large silver sphere in the cargo hold of the spaceship. For some odd reason, he felt a sense of Deja'vu, as though he had previously received the same shock from a similar silver ball.

He continued up the beach to the cave and entered the cargo hold, and slowly held his palms out within an inch of the mirrored surface, hesitant touch it again. It wasn't too bad the last time, he thought. When he placed both hands on the surface, he received a strong electrical shock. "Damn!"

He suddenly found himself standing outside the spaceship, completely unaware anything had happened except a slight sense of Deja'vu.

He suddenly found himself standing outside the spaceship, completely unaware anything had happened except a slight sense of Deja'vu. He stepped into the alien craft and saw Henry and David in the control room. "Can she fly again, Doc?"

"This ship is in surprisingly good shape. I will not know until we replace the three depleted power crystals."

"I'll call Director Donner and have them delivered to the military airport on Adak Island. Bett can go pick them up in the helicopter. I'm sure she wouldn't mind."

Henry shook his head no. "This ship is slightly different from the other two. David and I will need time to become familiar with this design if we are to fly it to Nevada." He had a better idea. "Lewis has firsthand experience with the similar craft at Area 51. Have him bring the crystals to Adak. He will be able to determine the flight capability of this ship much faster than David or I can. I would prefer to have him fly us down to Nevada."

David gave him a skeptical grin. "You know, it's going to be difficult convincing Lewis to leave Area 51. He was pretty shaken up when the spaceship he was flying crashed in the desert."

Alex knew David was correct about Norton. "All right. I'll go make my call. If the Director of National Security asks, I'm sure Lewis will break down and do it."

When Alex stepped outside of the spaceship, he noticed Okana standing in front of the cave and walked across the beach to join him.

The crunching of gravel from someone walking in his direction drew Okana's attention, and he turned to look at his friend. "Hey, Alex, what did the Doc say about the ship? Can it be salvaged?"