– CHAPTER FOURTEEN –
“Hah! Hah. Yes, yes indeed.” He murmured to himself. Then he frowned as he played with the controls on the screen.
“Now we have solved one problem; extracting Greanwold from the cave. But only six Minosaurs and Greanwold escaped. Why is that?”
He stroked his chin thoughtfully as he leaned back in his chair and spoke out loud.
“Why didn’t all the Minosaurs get free and bring the Great Harmonic with them?
And with those sonic waves emanating from the portal, I can’t view anything past the cave entrance. What will …… I do?”
He drummed his fingers on the table.
As the old man sat back and continued to stare at the monitor, he pushed his slightly long hair back to reveal one pointed ear that bore a resemblance to the small horns that each Minosaur sported in place of ears.
Mr. Shama clicked a knob and Reywal and Datslob appeared on the screen, leaving the cave entrance. He observed Reywal deep in thought as the two left the cave entrance and walked over to Reywal’s car. As they reached the car, Mr. Shama saw Reywal do a double take and snatch up a parking ticket tucked under one of the wiper blades. He smiled as Reywal looked at the ticket and then look up at a signpost with the legend. LOADING ZONE. PARKING LIMIT 10 MINUTES.
Reywal looked up the sky, then threw the ticket on the ground and jumped up and down on it. “Arrrggghhhh. That stupid repairman. Look where he left my car.” he yelled in frustration. Datslob looked up at him and shook his head as Reywal added grimly.
“Remind me to get my money back, dadblame it.”