EPISODE with JASON "SWINGO" JONAS
January, 2010
Near ZAPALLO LOMA, PERU
The sun has topped the mountain range. Though the site of the dig is still bathed in dimness, the sky is bright. The ATV hums, and Professor Gordon, bundled in a sleeping bag, dozes in the passenger seat. Aguirre is lashing a couple bungee cords across his upper body like a makeshift shoulder-belt. When he is finished, he looks around with some irritation. "Swingo!" he roars from the bottom of his lungs.
"Gonna take one last scout-around," says Jonas from a few feet inside the shaft. He picks up his improvised silver weapon and scoots down the tunnel into the excavated space. A scan with the flashlight shows him that the form of the first living statue he had fought has virtually melted into the soil like a chocola
