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(continued from part eighteen)
Grapper sees that there is a woman there too. She's old like Hector.
Grapper asks "How did you get so old so fast? You were young yesterday."
"Maybe it was yesterday for you, but Grapper we have not seen you for decades."
"That is a long time, but why were you here in Abydos just when we arrived?"
"Well soon after Amelia and I landed in Catamarca we fell in love and we had a daughter, but she disappeared and we have been trying to find her."
Amelia adds, "It's not like Chrysothemis to go away like this."
Hector says, "Before she disappeared she was talking about the elements and we knew Abydos was near to them."
"I wonder if there is something we can do about the water here."
Grapper breathes deeply and dives underwater. He looks around and sees a big black circle with a chain attached. He graps hold of the chain and pulls with all his strength. Little by little it starts to give. His lungs feel like they are about to burst but just then the black circle jerks free and opens up a hole below. A whirlpool forms, dragging all four of them into the hole below.
"Z-WOLF AAAAAAAAAAHHH!" they say in unison.
As the water drains out, they fall through, and the stopper rolls into place again behind them.
(continued in part twenty)
This post has been edited by Pallas Athene: 19 April 2014 - 10:45 AM