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| tonym5 | Posted on Jul 7 2008, 11:53 PM |
| After being informed by Dirk about the seeds of knowledge in the jar and their importance to a certain Italian family and their connections to the Troutwine family, Keitha was sickened by the mysterious manipulations of NUMA in their search for the mysterious jar and it's contents and how it all connected to the ancient ship hidden in an Iceberg for centuries and the sinking of a NUMA Ship under Dirk's feet. "I will get these people, Keitha, and make them pay for using us and killing people in their evil plot to get their hands on those seeds" THE END | |
| tonym5 | Posted on Sep 12 2007, 12:51 AM |
| "Admiral Sandecker why did you not tell Keitha the importance of that Jar and the seeds of the tree of knowledge. She knew the jar had some kind of importance to the English family Troutwine and that they were English agents of a powerful European family in the quest for technological superiority. Let me tell her the story about this family and how her own sister Willa is involved with a member of that family. Okay?" A long pause and Dirk knew that the Admiral was going to give up the information grudgingly. "Very well, Dirk" Dirk turned and walked out of the Admiral's office. | |
| tonym5 | Posted on Sep 12 2007, 12:44 AM |
| Keitha was saddened at the loss of the jar and could not understand it's importance despite her pleas to Admiral Sandecker to let her in on its importance. Finally, she had enough of the stonewalling and decided to contact Joseph Troutwine to learn more of the story that she only knew part of. When she arrived at Joseph Troutwine's home in the outskirts of Little Rock, she was stunned not just by the sight of the handsome man but in her heart as well. As the two of them got to know each other and Keitha learned about the civil war soldiers Andrew Troutwine and Jesse Tate. | |
| tonym5 | Posted on Sep 5 2007, 11:50 PM |
| Off and on over the following year and a half Dirk and Al had come and gone while the others stuck it out mucking in the stream and the streambed for many yards up and down the stream. It was during the 17th month of the dig that Keitha and Aiden were digging into a hillside near the stream that Keitha's short shovel struck something. With care and ease she grabbed a trowel and dug around the object and eventually pulled from the hillside the jar that Keitha knew just had to be the one from the ancient ship from England. When she pulled it out of the dirt and twisted it around she saw the Troutwine coat of arms and immediately knew it was an English family from the Gloucestershire area. Unknown to her, the jar had a pouch of the seeds of the tree of knowledge in Persia encased in the clay wall of the jar. Later when Aiden cabled NUMA of the discovery, news of the find had already been received by powerful interests that sought the jar. Aiden, along with jar and security agents took the jar to NUMA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. In less than 72 hours after it's arrival in the nation's capital the jar had been stolen and everyone at NUMA was stunned at the breach of their security. Admiral Sandecker called in the FBI and despite their lackadaisical attitude about a missing jar, the Admiral called the Director of the FBI and informed him of the importance of finding the jar. | |
| tonym5 | Posted on Feb 6 2007, 01:15 AM |
| As the board meeting was drawing to a close, the cellphone in Nick's pocket vibrated. Nick pulled out his cellphone and listened. After putting his cellphone back in the pocket, he announced that a guest will be addressing the board. A tall, statuesque woman with long flowing red hair stepped through the doors of the boardroom and every man inside sucked in their breath at the sight of the beautiful woman who commanded such presence. "Gentlemen, I have news of the discovery by agents of NUMA of the ceramic jar that holds the seeds of the tree of knowledge that was thought lost ages ago by our english agents back in the tenth century. It is of utmost urgency that this jar is recovered immediately before they learn of the contents of the jar. I urge you or someone hired by you to recover that jar. The company I work for will be most grateful and will pay handsomely for that jar. Good day, gentlemen." With that, Toni Pierson stepped out of the boardroom leaving the gentlemen with their mouths open at the beauty that had just graced their boardroom. | |
| tonym5 | Posted on Nov 25 2006, 06:26 AM |
| A general meeting was being held at corporate headquarters in Montalcino where Montalvo Industries was located as Nick rushed to Montalcino leaving Willa back in Rome to have a grand time exploring the city. Andrew, Rafe' and Adrian Montalcito were already in the meeting room when Nick stepped in and ordered the meeting to begin. Several centuries before, during the 16th century, the descendants of Salvatore' Montini-Cristi had split into two families; the Montalcito and Cristiani. Salvatore' Montini-Cristi was the ruler of Montealagre' back in 1026 AD. He was the great-grandnephew of the founder, Montealagre', a great warrior and leader. | |
| tonym5 | Posted on Nov 25 2006, 05:25 AM |
| The Moon shone through the window of the RV that Aiden Castle had rented for the NUMA trip to Mississippi. Aiden turned over towards Keitha and admired her form as she lightly snored. Their encounter was passionate, explosive and yet tender, Aiden recalled. He knew the other men would find out by noon at the least, considering the closeness of the RV's and Trailers parked in such close proximity. Oh, well, he thought and began to think ahead for the day's activities. | |
| tonym5 | Posted on Nov 16 2006, 12:52 AM |
| Later that night, Willa was most relaxed after making love with the man who was the best lover she had up to this time. "How about coming back to Italy with me, my love?" asked Nick. "But of course" smiled Willa winningly. "Good, the flight leaves at 6AM" Nick announced and rolled over, snoring instantly. Willa was mortified at getting up at such an ungodly hour. But she had no choice. Later, that afternoon in Rome, having signed in at the Westin Excelsior and taking the Ville de Cupola suite that was on the top floor. Willa explored the huge suite and it's upstairs library, bedrooms and sauna. From the balcony of the upstairs library, Willa looked down on the lower library room. Then she looked up at the dome above her and the frescoed painting on the inside wall of the dome. Such opulence, Willa thought. Nick came up behind her and sensing her thoughts, revealed the price of $14,000 a night to stay in this majestic suite. | |
| tonym5 | Posted on Nov 11 2006, 03:29 AM |
| After spending the whole night with Nick, Willa was tired and had to rest while Nick got ready for a slew of appointments with politicians, lobbyists and advisors that would take up the entire day. Finishing up, Nick walked to the bed, smiling and "You going to spend the day sleeping, dear?" "No, of course not, Nick. I have a salon appointment, a meeting with my agent and a luncheon with a couple of friends. What time do you think you will be back, honey?" "Probably after 8 or 9pm this evening. See you later, my sex bunny" says Nick. After Nick leaves, Willa sets the clock to wake her up after a while and falls asleep. After getting up nearly ninety minutes later, Willa goes to Union Station to meet her agent who had taken the train down from New York City and they take the car Willa had leased to a nondescript restaurant with little business and talk about her singing/acting career which had been a bit slow lately. Finishing up over an hour later, Willa took her agent back to Union Station. Then she went to a salon one of her friends had recommended. Later after One O'clock, Willa met her friends for a nice get together, enjoying the time with them. Later, after leaving her friends, Willa met up with a plain looking man wearing dark pants, coat and white shirt with dark tie. Typical of these agents, she thought, of wearing generic outfits and reported what little Nick had to say about his business. After meeting the agent, Willa felt disgusted and returned to the hotel and took a long bath including some bath salts & lotions. | |
| tonym5 | Posted on Oct 19 2006, 05:23 AM |
| Kneeling in the streambed Al Giordino was starting to nod off because the drudgery of panning and sluicing was getting to him. His legs were getting weak too and without much thought, Al just plopped down into the streambed to do the work. Everyone heard Al and turned to look. Dirk just smiled knowingly at his best friend. Al grinned back. Keitha shook her head and muttered under her breath. All of them had been at work now for over four hours and it was still not lunchtime as Al realized. Dirk stopped and walked into the stream and looked down at his friend then offered his hand, Al looked up and grabbed Dirk's hand as he was lifted by his six foot three friend hauled him out of the stream. Dirk and Al walked over to their trailer and "Strip before you step in the trailer" blurted Dirk. Al looked at his friend stupefied at the request then began to strip as the others watched. Keitha turned her head when Al got down to his skivvies. Dirk took the clothes and walked over to a makeshift laundry line strung between two trees. Dirk stepped into the trailer and heard the shower running and Al faintly singing. After fifteen minutes passed Al stepped out and toweled off and walked over to his clothing drawer and took out some underwear, sweatpants and a T Shirt. Al strode to the refrigerator and grabbed the last can of beer. Sitting down at the small dining table, Al smiled nonchalantly. "Thanks partner" he said. "I can fix you something to eat if you want" Dirk said. "That's okay, I feel better now and will fix it myself". |
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