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Slowly they got back up on their feet looking at each other. Then they looked up. The height of the four walls were 18 feet high, and they were smooth, steel walls. Roberts Blossom walks over to the pit and grins wickedly at the men. "Who are you?" asks Dirk. "I am a member of the Blois family you have so bothered with your discovery of the Bonhomme Richard and then investigating us". "You were so well documented in all of your heinous crimes over the centuries, it was easy to investigate and want to put away for all of those crimes your family has gotten away with" replies Dirk. Al just gave gave the man a dirty look. "By the way Mr. Blossom, what, if I may ask is the object on the pedestal?".

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"As a Knight of Templar, I beseech my forefathers in the name of the holy kingdom and seek an act of execution with thy rod I hold in my hand" Roberts Blossom, the direct descendant of King Henry of England intones in a monotone and lays the Rod of Aaron upon the edge of the pit and in moments snakes appear magically falling into the pit where Dirk and Al watch in horror. Al pulls his gun shooting the snakes and runs out of bullets in no time. Dirk resisted the urge and just stood still, thinking of how to get out of this predicament.

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London, England. New Scotland Yard issued warrants for the leaders of the Adelin Corporation to be arrested and the police swarmed into the corporate headquarters arresting many executives. Prime Minister Nedra Bennett received a call and was informed that her Home Secretary, Roberts Blossom was also issued a warrant for his arrest as a member of the Blois family but was no where to be found and presumed to have fled the country.

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After Roberts Blossom left, saying "I will be back to to make sure the two of you are dead soon". Dirk thinks hard and then looks at the 18 foot tall walls. "Al, take your pants off". Al looks at Dirk dumbfounded for a moment and see's the gleam in his friend's eye. "Your nuts, you know that? These are poisonous snakes but I am dumb enough to follow you to hell and back". Dik takes his pants off too and ties one leg from both pairs of jeans together and asks Al to stand on his shoulders. Dirk slowly makes his way to the wall and then asks Al to toss the leg of one pants over the edge of the pit and sweep it about to find an object or something the pants to snag onto. Al does that and after a few minutes sweeps the pant leg over the rod that Roberts Blossom used. The rod falls into Al's hands and Dirk lowers himself slowly so Al can get off. Then Dirk takes the rod and tries several incantations until he says, "With thy Rod of Aaron I beseech the holy Kingdom to banish these snakes of hades into the pit of fire from whence they have come and lift me and my brother to our fatherly heaven". The snakes disappear and Dirk & Al find themselves out of the pit and standing on the floor of the chamber again. Al unties the pants and the two put their pants on. Roberts Blossom steps out of a door and is stunned to see the two out of the pit. Dirk intones "Thy rod of Aaron I beseech you to banish this unholy brother to the fires of hell". Roberts Blossom yells as he feels himself turn to fire and disappears.

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By the time Dirk and Al got back to the front of the Industrial Complex they found law authorities and Kurt Austin in control of the plant. They followed Kurt to a helicopter and then flew to Egypt. After arriving in Cairo they took a taxi to the outskirts of town where they stopped at an open market where they met an Egyptian man who took them by jeep into the desert towards Saqarra. Halfway there they stopped and had to travel by camel to the El Marat-Saqarra Pyramid. Upon arrival they rested before showering and then had a meal at the mess tent. After eating they met William and Greg Sharpe, and Alhena Bonham.

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Dirk handed over the Rod of Aaron to William Sharpe, who replied "Thank you very much for bringing the second item of the Ark of the Covenant, if it had not been for you finding this, it could have taken me years to even find it. This is the Rod of Aaron that has many powers for those who have a good heart, as Aaron, the brother of Moses did. This was stolen from the caisson where the Ark of the Covenant was kept. The Tablets and the Rod comprise the Ark of the Covenant and had been forcibly separated. Now the two shall be together again". Dirk, Al and Kurt rode by Camel back to El Marat and from there to Cairo rode in a jeep. Kurt saw Dirk and Al off at Cairo International Airport and then took a helicopter back to Blois Industrial Site along the Senegal-Mauritania border where he would begin the process of cleaning the polluted coastline of Africa. The old dam that had been built nearly 5,000 years ago was blown up and allowed the natural course of the river to flow again after much work by the engineering corps had dug through the Sahara Desert. It would be awhile but hopes were high that with the freedom of the river to flow in it's old banks again that northern Africa could return to a lush and green state again. However, the law of unintended consequences would rear it's ugly head the next year on August 15, 2006 a large hurricane would brew off the coast of Africa and would sweep west towards the United States causing havoc.THE END.

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Back in the states Dirk and Al headed to NUMA HQ where they met Admiral Sandecker who told them a story of the Admiral himself involved in a bit of espionage during World War 2. "I had met Brian Shaw in London while I was on loan from the Navy to the OSS there and was briefed by him about an operation in Switzerland that would involve financial chicanery and high technology. It was to be a simple operation really. William Stephenson the coordinator for british intelligence was at the meeting. It was to be conducted by me and Brian Shaw with only William Stephenson and Churchill himself to know about the operation. We were to get involved in a plan with the OSS station chief in Berne, Allen Dulles who had conceived the plan while negotiating through back channels with the nazis that were looking for a settlement once the war was over. These nazis were ready for a settlement because Hitler was already losing the faith of many in the hierarchy. The plan was to help them and some eastern europeans come up with a plan to make sure that eastern europe would be able to stand on their own. And this involved in moving both money and technology to eastern europe. Well, as you know, once the Soviet Union rolled into Germany that was the end of that plan, but not without some effort we did get some money and a little bit of technology over there. The problem was that just as the Russians rolled into Germany, the Blois family and an american company, owned by our President Bush's family blew our operations out of the water and it cost a few lives. I have personally talked to the President and he is willing to cooperate in the destruction of the Blois family but is worried that news of their involvement with the Blois family may come to light and wants us to sit on it, and I agreed". Dirk and Al just sat in their chairs too stunned at having restrictions put on them in their efforts to take down this criminal family that has caused many deaths over the centuries.

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Later, Dirk is with Loren in his apartment in the hangar where Loren had fixed a light supper for them. Dirk tells Loren about the President's family company and it's involvement in World War 2. Loren turns on the news and within moments they hear about a nuclear explosion in eastern europe. Thirty minutes later the telephone rings. Dirk answers and listens for several minutes as Admiral Sandecker tells a story about a mislabeled barrel of heavy water had been among the stuff that had been given to the aristocrats of eastern europe. "Dirk, this heavy water, as you know is used for nuclear purposes but had been thought lost in the sinking of the ferry, Hydro in the Norwegian lake Tinn during 1944. It turns out that one of the barrels had been snuck out of Norway and somehow made it to eastern europe under a false label and was part and parcel of the deal that Brian Shaw and myself had shipped to the eastern european aristocrats. Well, guess what? It turns out that the Blois family has been helping those people in eastern europe develop nuclear power and bombs. Eastern europe is now a powder keg of trouble if this is not headed off and it starts World War 3. "Dirk, the other major Blois family head is Kingman Blossom and he has to be stopped and the President is sending out all the agents possible to stop this family from preventing nuclear catastrophe. And you know how that can turn out sometimes if not handled right".

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On the tramp ship, Tiburonjay, a grizzled Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino looked the part of fellow seamen that had been hired by the captain, Georgios Kiriakis. As they headed into the port of Thessalonika Dirk watched the outlines of the port and knew it would be tricky to get over the greek border into Bulgaria and head for Zelnicka, a small town about forty miles southeast of Sofia. He would meet up with Harald Zelnick at the border who is supposed to help him and Al get over the border. As soon as Dirk and Al were processed by customs they headed to a bar called Maggiornio where they found a young man who was waiting for them. Nikolas Niarchos welcomed them at his table and he spoke low, telling them he was willing to drive them to the border for a fee, naturally. Dirk gave him half the price and the three of them headed outside to the small truck and they headed north to the Bulgarian border. At the border, Dirk paid the young Nikolas the rest of the money and Dirk and Al walked aways until they found Harald leaning against a tree, smoking a cigarette. The three of them crossed the border with the papers Harald gave them and after a five mile walk found Harald's truck and they rode northeast towards Zelnicka. It was nearly 2am and they rode into Zelnicka as the dawn was breaking. Harald drove them to a small cottage that Harald had rented several weeks before. Later after eating lunch they were back on the road again, heading northeast and pulled into Pleven just after nine in the evening and Harald drove to a small house where a young woman took them in for the night. The next morning after having been fed a hearty breakfast by the young woman they again were back on the road and it wasn't until nearly dark when they drove into Bucuresti, Romania. Again they stayed in a house where an older man gave them rest and the next morning they were on the road again. Driving all day and night they finally came to the outskirts of Chisinau the next morning, the capital of Moldova and there they saw the destruction that was once a city now in ruin. The destruction was terrifying to see, all one could in every direction were the ruins of buildings and homes.

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A smoldering fire grew in Dirk's stomach at the lives lost in the ruins of this city and knew it would not be an easy task to take down the rest of the Blois family. With Roberts Blossom now dead and his cousin Kingman now the heir to the Blois family throne, it would be small comfort in the destruction of such evil, but it had to be done. Now, after seeing the ruins of Chisinau they were to go northwest to Krakow in Poland where it was reported Kingman was staying. It took them over four days of almost nonstop driving until they came into the outskirts of Krakow on the morning of the fifth day. They stayed at a home where an older couple lived in an area called Kurdwanow. Kingman Blossom was reported to be staying in the area known as Opolska that was on the northern edge of Krakow. Dirk and Al shot ideas back and forth until they had some good ideas but knew it was best not to be tied to anything definite. They went about town trying find supplies at different small stores. Finally they decided to go for it in the early hours of Saturday morning. When they got to the mansion that was once owned by some long lost Count or Duke, they scouted the grounds and didn't hardly see any guards but did see several guard dogs and signs of electronic fences that kept the dogs hemmed in a certain area. They worked their way over to a group of bushes that was almost on top of the electronic fences. They tested the strength of the bushes and managed to get to the top despite the prickliness of the bushes. They tossed some knaw bones laced with dopamine that put the dogs out. Finally they jumped down when the dogs were out and headed towards the mansion.

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Soon as they cracked the front door open, a burst of gunfire almost mowed them down. They rolled into the hallway firing their guns and came up when a guard appeared and Al clipped him. Another guard swung a gun around a wall and let loose a spray of bullets. Dirk and Al hit the floor and rolled fast until they were closer. The guard appeared for a second and Dirk just barely grazed the man's forehead with a bullet. Dirk and Al headed separately to the walls. When the guard appeared again Al took him down with a single shot. They moved forward slowly. A heavy door opened and a dapper looking man walked out with his hands up speaking slowly, "Please come into the library where master Blois awaits your presence". Dirk and Al looked at each other then walked up to him slowly and Al frisked the man. They pushed him into the library and saw Kingman Blossom sitting at his desk, waiting for them.

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"Welcome, Mr. Pitt and Mr. Giordino. I am somewhat disappointed that the security was not enough to stop the two of you but it was already in place when I took over. However, since the two of you are responsible for the death of my cousin, I would like to see the two of you die for your actions against our operations. The mob scene in our Asian and European office towers was quite an accomplishment but so unnecessary because nothing vital was kept there. And the damages alone can be recovered with our insurance. But then, that was not the point was it? It was just an effort on your part to disrupt our operations and in that regard, you did succeed. But the loss of the African energy plant was a trememdous loss in our plans for Africa. We had so much riding on that plant providing the energy needs for the entire continent and beyond. The pollution in the Atlantic was an unfortunate side effect but could not be helped. And now, I must see to it that the two of you meet an early death". Dirk flew across the desk before a bullet could shatter his spine from a shooter on a second story balcony from behind. Dirk and Kingman Blossom tumbled over the chair. Al Giordino had jumped to the side before a bullet shot out from a panel in the desk and swung around, firing a shot at the man on the balcony. The gunman fell over the railing and landed hard, breaking his neck. Al watched as Dirk and Kingman fought behind the desk, on the floor. The butler ran out of the library and fled for his life.