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“We have to go! You have to get out of there now!”
Kate ran back to the opening.
“Jason! What is it? What do you see?”
“You were right! This is the lost king’s tomb, and I think we’ve woken its Guardian! Get Sally out of there!”
Kate called to Sally, “come on! We have to leave and don’t touch anything!”
They both desperately tried to reach Jason’s extended hands.
“We can’t reach you Jason!”
“Sally come in front of me. I’m going to try and lift you up. Then grab your father’s hands,” said Kate.
She took hold of Sally by the legs, lifting her while she balanced herself against the wall. Kate raised her higher and higher until Jason was in reach of her. Jason took hold of his daughter’s hands quickly pulling her to safety. Once in the clear, she looked around and saw a dark mist approaching them from the farthest ends of the cavern. Sally immediately felt its evil, she now knew what her mother was protecting her from.
Jason called down to Kate, “is there anything you can stand on so I can reach you?”
She looked around the tomb.
“No! there’s nothing Jason! Take Sally and go! Get out of here!” She said.
Kate held the torch in her hands and sat down, waiting her fate. After a few minutes, the flame died down, leaving her in the dark.
Jason and Sally were watching the dark mist as it came towards them. Jason had already felt its power back in the jungle. He placed his daughter behind him, protecting her with his body. They slowly backed away waiting for it to strike out at them.
“Dad! We can’t leave her down there!” Said Sally.
Jason turned around to face his daughter.
“I don’t intend to! Go up the stairs quickly and wait for me there.”
Jason picked up two flame torches. One of them burning and the other was out. He then limped his way back to the underground opening, throwing the burning torch for Kate to see.
“Jason! What are you doing? I thought you left!”
“We’re not leaving without you. Here grab hold of this. I’m going to try and pull you up.”
Kate jumped up catching hold of the wooden torch. She was now hanging in the air a few feet above the ground. She quickly found a foothold helping Jason as he lifted her up hand over hand until he was able to reach her. Then with all his strength, he lifted her up and out, both of them landing on the floor.
Then they heard a loud screeching sound as the mist rose itself into a serpent-like form high above the tomb entrance. Without warning it dove down just as Jason and Kate were clear of the opening. The screeching sound increased, forcing them to cover their ears. The snake-like mist entered the underground tomb with tremendous force, whipping up a strong gust of wind behind it, creating a vacuum effect and closing the lid back in place.
Then there was silence, the cavern did not make a sound. Jason and Kate heard the fast pounding of their hearts as it quickened its beat.
They then turned to each other saying, “let’s get out of this damned place!”
Sally was waiting at the top of the stairway.
“You made it! My god! What was that thing? And what about the king’s treasure? Aren’t we going to tell someone what we have discovered?” Asked Sally.
Jason looked back as they walked out of the cavern.
“Some things are better left untold!”
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
The sun was above the trees when they stepped out from the rocky entrance. Jason covered the opening as best as he could, hiding it from the rest of the world. He hoped no one would ever find it again.
The day began to heat up, drying the rain-soaked trees and soft ground. Animal life emerged again, and exotic birds sang their song as the sun’s rays penetrated the jungle canopy. Monkeys leaped from tree to tree, chased by a dominant male.
Jason and the girls hiked their way back to civilization, stopping only to rest and drink from a cool stream of water. They finally emerged out into the open with the Chichen-Itza temples towering above them. They walked their way through the crowds of tourists who were staring at their blood soaked clothes as if they just had a battle with the devil himself.
Jason then heard somebody calling his name from the furthest end of the crowd. He saw Danny running towards them.
“My god! What happened to the lot of you?” Asked Danny.
“You don’t want to know. Just get us out of this place,” Jason said as he held onto Danny’s shoulders.
As they boarded the waiting plane to take them back home. Kate turned to Sally and said, “here Sally, a souvenir for you.”
From her pocket, she took out a small golden statue in the image of a young Mayan princess, dating back nearly two thousand years. The plane took off and circled the jungle for the last time, leaving its secrets behind.
Little did they know, the ground shook deep inside the ancient cavern as its protector burst its way out from the king’s tomb aware something was missing.
Table of Contents
Prologue
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
CHAPTER THIRTY
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN