The Eclipse

Megan The Adventurer!!!

This time around we had gotten stronger after the last meeting we all had with my dad...it felt like after my big speech brought about a renewed sense of hope within each of the staffs present.That day we worked our hardest as everyone tried

‎their best in making sure that we at least got more clues on what we were dealing with. I'd been staying indoors at the agency for quite some time now and it began having its toll on me...my visions were getting blurry...my body and head felt light and as i was about falling Steve caught me,just then my dad walked in and I could see how bad and worried he felt for me...dad Suggested that I should go out of the building and take in fresh air,and maybe take a walk..but I had to go with someone so yeah,I went with Steve...we walked out of the building as we kept talking till we reached the city's square ... You know, sometimes for a hobby I just go to the sea side and look for items the waves had washed to the shore...you could literally find lots of items..he said while laughing..

‎Oh my God out of all the Incredible hobbies you could think of you picked that... tho hobbies are what you enjoy doing so I won't judge you but mine might sound more stupid, I said giggling... I read maps for fun.... SILENCE....next thing I knew Steve had erupted into a wild laughter,shaking his head up and down while pointing at me like as if I had purple horns on my head....and craziest thing was that I joined him to laugh at my myself..just then while we were still laughing loudly like mad hyenas... Steve stopped in his tracks....hold up...you said you read maps right that includes the world's map not just a particular areas map...he said while staring at me like he was about to make a big announcement...

‎I answered;yes,I know it's stupid but for real there's no need mocking me more..I said laughing gently as I kept on walking but as I turned back Steve was still standing..he wasn't moving... Megan!!!,he said almost shouting..have you ever heard anything like an old world map..I dunno maybe something like that should exist right..like a map of how the world actually looked like those years,it might not be accurate or more modernized like how it looks like now but it could be much more than a clue...

‎He was right...Steve the space dude was actually right..sounds crazy yeah..but something like that should actually exist..right??

‎We looked for a nearby cafe and sat down..the entire place looked empty like no one was actually there..but I didn't blame any of them because after the last earthquake,there was an emergency evacuation..the entire area felt empty...but thank the good heavens,the entity devouring our entire solar system had paused evolving and had slowed down to much..that it sounded too good to be true .was this ancient ai entity planning something..like it was waiting for a big finale....I shrugged hard but all I knew was that we had to at least know how to now get two steps ahead of this freaking entity, because if we slowed down in looking for information and how we could get humanity out of this mess,this entity was gonna come back more stronger than it was 200 million years ago and how it had evolved currently...hmm..what do we call an entity that has evolved more than any evolution era that had ever taken place on earth...shit..I need to google that. We took our seat outside the empty cafe as Steve brought out his phone and began searching for anything that was closer to the word The world's old map...he kept on refreshing the website because he said they weren't giving him exactly what he was looking for..I looked at him like he was crazy and took his phone only to find out that space dude had actually searched for this "does this search engine have a record of anything that has happened strangely like relating to a map or something I don't know"??? What the heck,did space dude actually come from space..I looked back at him while he looked at me scratching his head...

‎You should have just searched for old world maps..simple..I said. He looked at me like I had just committed an abomination against his phone..he quickly took it from my hand saying it wasn't gonna show anything...buh haaa,dang was he wrong.. immediately I pressed search we both saw it,it was the first answer that popped up,while I just looked at him with a little smirk across my face.... He tapped the website and as we saw it,an old looking scroll with paintings or rather drawings,I dunno.. across it..we began looking at the map trying to figure out the beginning of the map,just then the website stopped working..we tried refreshing the page but nothing, that's when we saw it,a number popped up on the page with a write up saying if we were actually serious we'd call the number on the screen...we looked at ourselves almost the same time...I was unsure if we should call then..but Steve believed without a doubt that this was a scam..but I wasn't pretty sure about that.. besides what else did we have to loose....right??. I used my phone in calling the number but whoever owned the line didn't answer,they only sent a text saying"DON'T CALL ME WITH YOUR REGULAR PHONE,USE A BURNER PHONE AND CALL THIS NEW NUMBER"

‎I saw the number but how the heck were we supposed to get a burner phone now..was this person a criminal or something or were they running away from someone!!? While I was still thinking about what next to do..Steve hit the table excitedly while saying; I have a friend who has a friend that deals with stuffs like this..burner phones...and other you know what stuffs!! so we could go to him we don't have time... Sounded like a sure good plan to me...we truly didn't have time..so we got to Steve's friends, friends,friends,friends????no there were like two friends right...I think..... I remembered him mentioning two friends..aughhh s**t,okay let's try this again...we went to Steve's friends, friends apartment...YES I did it!!! Hehe..!!

‎We got there and sat on the couch waiting for him while he came out from his bedroom with a mini huge box..he looked weird...like a pro criminal or something..I dunno.

‎He sat down opposite us as he opened the big box and lots of neatly arranged burner phones were inside...he asked us to pick the one of our choice since we only needed one..sheesh I don't know why this guy needed us to pay before service..I don't know why I don't trust him.. he was shady..like too shady for my liking. After the shady guy,went inside again I told Steve to just select a damn phone and let's leave..I don't trust this guy I said almost panicking... Don't worry he's a friend's,friend besides he knows me..so there's absolutely nothing to worry about.... shiit I don't know if it was Steves comment about "he knows me"that changed the course of everything but as soon as shady dude here,came out...he didn't come alone .. he freaking came out with a gun..a freaking gun...I felt my blood turn cold as he fired one shot towards me but luckily I was saved by Steve because he dived in to save me...Steve got up still trying to confront the shady guy with a gun,and he fired another freaking shot again..in my head I was like;WHAT THE HELL IS THIS FREAKING GUY DOING, HE'S FREAKING EVIL SMILE,MAKES ME WANNA FREAKING RIP HIS FREAKING HEAD OFF.. FREAKING BASTARD!!!!!!!!.

‎Shitt... my brain was going nuts..dang..I don't know what drove me because I was two times smaller in body build than that guy..but I ran towards him and caught him unawares as I dived on top of him and began dragging the gun with him... untill Steve came and helped by using a

‎ broken wooden chair to hit on the shady guy's head..I retreated abit and sat down on the floor panting hard as we both looked at the guys annoying face watching as the blood from his head gently dropped on his lips...hehehe..I giggled while telling Steve that with the blood on the shady guy's lips,he looked like a giant cook woman...and he sure as hell did look funny..we both laughed and Steve helped me up from the floor,after which we took three burner phones for the stress caused and also maybe for emergency...we walked out of the shady guy's apartment,and went straight back to the cafe where we were at first. We got there just in time and called the new number that was sent to us while we deleted the message and call log we had of the other number...just then we heard a voice...a female voice answered us from the other end and told us were we could meet but first she introduced herself as Maya,and asked us what other reasons we had to request the map from her apart from the reasons she already knew.... what other reason was she talking about!? apparently the map she was with was illegal,she wasn't meant to have that, only the government....we can't talk much on phone meet me at the location and I'll explain more about the map,but for now I'll send half of the map to the agency, being the map of the center of the world ancient area...how did she know I worked for the agency..and how did she know that's what I actually needed??? she cut the line. I and Steve were still both in shock ,what did the government want with a silly map...or were they still hiding something...no matter how devoted and submitted you are to the government,there's always that one thing that's always top secret and can never be let out for normal civilians to hear..not even within themselves.....I just want all this to be over..I want to try living a normal life were there were no more secrets between agencies and the government which were meant to be working hand in hand,I was tired of being someone who I wasn't maybe when I'm done with all this and I get to live a normal life.. I'll open a small coffee shop..,I said to Steve , as he looked at me,I could clearly see he was amazed.

‎It was already late so we had to go back to the agency but as we were walking back down we heard footsteps behind us....because people and cars dreaded this area more because of the earthquake that happened, there were no cabs to enter back to the agency ..

‎We kept hearing it...faint footsteps behind us but whenever we looked back, nobody was there...we tried walking faster but then two men came in front of us holding a big stick...shitt..we tried going back but three men with metal chains in their hands were hanging it over their shoulders....we tried running away but were tightly surrounded...one of them said something like we beat their boss...wait what the heck that crazy weird jerk was their boss.... One of the thugs with the metal chain tried swinging and hitting it on Steves head but ended up hitting himself....who sends criminal amateurs to a fight with a well trained agent...I had practiced for this moment almost ninety percent of my life..I used my leg in kicking one of the guys faces,and punching him in the nose...for real it didn't take long to finish beating this grown up muscular for nothing men...they were weak and that's when I and Steve later understood they just owed money to their so called boss and to repay him they were selected and chosen by their so called boss to be fancy bodyguards by day and weak thugs by night...they couldn't even fight as body guards but their build deceived people who saw them...and they also helped their boss in taking money people loaned from him... dangg..their boss was a huge loan shark and fed off of his clients ability not being able to repay back his money then he could do whatever he so wanted..we couldn't go any further so Steve offered to call the agency and let them in on our latest adventure and also asked them to send a car to pick us with, and a van to take these men to the underground prison at the agency.

‎Back at the agency,my parents were super worried as my dad thanked Steve for saving my life back at the shady guy's apartment...apart from what we also found out that day... apparently Maya had kept her deal of sending half of the old world's map to the agency,and they found out based on what they got that.. because of the flood that occurred 200 million years ago,the so called thing that powered the ancient ai and could shut it down which was at the center of the world had been destroyed... The heck... they explained to us that this ai was reborn all over again after being destroyed by our ancestors... nothing was making sense...how did Maya get the map in the first place...I couldn't wait for tomorrow to reach to ask her all my questions but as I was about going out my mum came into my room and just hugged me while crying profusely,I joined her in crying as we were both afraid of losing each other including my dad...just then my dad walked in and saw us crying and he just hugged us tightly..I looked at he's eyes which were tightly shut...he was sad...too sad.. that's when it hit me more,I almost died....my dad didn't have the mind to get angry at me..he was just so upset that we carried out that kind of thing all on our own and didn't think of informing the agency or at least them so they could know where we were at every point..that's when I told my parents the full details about what Maya said...we couldn't trust anybody right now...even the agency itself was corrupted to it's core.i layed on my bed wide awake wondering deep down what exactly could the government be hiding and who was this Maya girl that suddenly knew the agency I was with and what I needed the map for!!?

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