The Adventures Of Merboy

Chapter Nine: Did The War Continue

After the crossbred creature was demolished, Andrew Milson returned to his Science lab, and the New York construction crew got to work on the damage caused by the big animal. Daniel got ready for the trip back to California, but before that, they thought of having a word with the Mayor of New York about the coincidence of last week.

They went to the mayor’s residential home, but they didn’t schedule an appointment, so they had to come at another time. Daniel had to go, so Max took care of the appointment himself, but then something popped up. A mysterious person offered to take care of Daniel’s trip back to California by providing him with a private pilot and plane. The plane was in good shape, according to Daniel, so he gladly took the nice gesture even though he didn’t know the stranger. On the other hand, Max got an appointment with the Mayor, but the Mayor’s senior advisor, with a worried expression on his face, told Max that the Mayor had gone missing a few days ago and the whole crew of police officers had gone out looking for him but with no luck. It hadn’t yet been announced in the news, so the civilians knew nothing about his disappearance. Daniel’s flight went surprisingly well, and he was even treated like a first-class passenger. From all the eating and drinking, he felt pressed and went to use the men’s room on the plane. He tapped the auto flush button but instantly got teleported to an unexpected place with an opening at the end. It looked like he was in a cave, but what he saw seemed like a clue to the mayor’s disappearance; not only was the mayor missing, the king happened to be missing too.

Max got a message from Daniel saying he should track his location and come get him. He quickly got to work and managed to find his phone’s location all the way in New Jersey. Daniel saw a rough message written on the wall of the cave, but it was too rough to read, so he took a picture and sent it to his brother to scan and print while he figured out how to get back to the city.

Back in New York, Max got to work on the message, but it seemed to be another language, so he translated it. Daniel’s spirit animal could only last 30 minutes, but luckily he figured out where he was and flew swiftly on his firefly, eager to return to New York. The message was being translated, but it still wasn't clear. Max hadn’t heard from Daniel in a while, so he tried calling him, but it seemed his phone was switched off. He printed the message and tried reading it. It took some time, but he finally got the message.

Max, of course, didn’t get the message, but he realized that maybe the King and the Mayor were dead. How they died, though, was the real question! Daniel was back from his trip and thought about paying a visit to the person who owned the rigged plane.

The person stayed anonymous for a while, but when he got some useful information about the man, he visited his home. Max accompanied him, but when they got there, they found out that the man who owned the jet had died some days ago. The death of the king, the mayor, and this stranger could be linked, so they journeyed to the same cave where they got the weird message. Daniel himself couldn’t remember the exact way to get there, so they used the pinned phone coordinates to find their way back to the cave. Unfortunately, when they got there, the message seemed to have disappeared. Everything about this case was a mystery.