The myth of Emmanuella Chap 1

Chapter 1: The well

It's April 5, 2010, it's 5:30 pm. I am currently in Africa, more specifically in Ethiopia. As you can see, it's hot, but hardly crazy if you breathe. After almost a week of search, we finally found this famous sacred place. My men are at the top, the scientists are doing their job well, there is rather a good atmosphere, everything goes as planned. Oh! I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Basil Orga, a former legionnaire. I work privately for the Rockford Corporation, responsible for the of the mission "protect the scientifics". I'm sorry, it's the stupid code name my boss chose. The main goal of the scientists is to find an ancient book named Jadis. My purpose is to protect them with my men's.

About a week ago, we left our base in Antarctica. Personally, I'd rather it be too cold than too hot, but well, we're not here to talk about the weather. At the base, a group of scientists were sent to POL South for a study of a natural resource that eventually became an archaeological discovery. Basically, they heard the noise of a cavity, a kind of echo perceived by computers, so they started drilling and then... A sanctuary has been discovered. The first to volunteer and reach the site was Maeva D'Athenas. An archaeologist and biologist, you must see her, she's... Hum! Apparently, they fell on something serious, a sanctuary filled with precious stone, drawings on the walls dating from prehistory. Wait, I'm transferring the video to you.

As you can see, there are flowers and plants, there is a tree, animals drawn on the walls, as well as large-sized men; all animated by fluorescent colors. The soil is half-nudged by water so pure that one can see its reflection like in a mirror. Algae decorate the floor like a moving carpet, but what makes this place even more mysterious is the grave. I'm going to move the video forward and find out what's inside. Apparently, it's empty... But... There's an old parchment where it's drawn... A map... Oh… Now, let's look at the ceiling, it's huge, it shines, wow... Who's this girl?

Hey Basile! What are you doing? Not ready yet?

Hello Maeva, I was just finishing my report, just on the video you shot. Could you tell me... Who's the girl on the roof?

Oh, that's... We're still working on it. It is an apparently very old place, even plants, drawings, trees, algae, stone, some are species that are no longer found today. A place full of mystery. What clearly strikes me is the atmosphere. With my equipment, my torch and the reflection of the stones, I felt on Earth, but as if in a world where we didn't exist yet.

What about here? Looking at how you're moving, it looks like you've heard something.

Yeah, my nickname in echo.

Your nickname? But if that were the case, we would also have heard it, all the audio transmissions on the headphone tone were connected.

It was dark, maybe my senses were disturbed, but I'm sure of what I heard. Come on, come on, we gotta go, we have a well to explore, and I need my bodyguard.

Okay, boss!

48 hours later.

Basil, second report.

What I'm about to tell you is likely to upset your perception of reality, but to the point where we are, I have nothing to do with what you're going to believe or not. First I want to apologize for my dress, but I'm back from the war and now I'll turn on my smoke and start my report from scratch.

Africa, flying over this continent from a helicopter, I love it. There are not all these skyscrapers that overwhelm the landscape, just small roofs where beautiful houses shine, a few large buildings that impose themselves in a modest way. Huge trees that give my sight a big oxygen bite, the screams of children playing soccer, the markets, those smiles more flamboyant than the reality. In short! We ended up finding this famous well, the one indicated on the parchment found at the depths of Antarctica. My men and I secured the perimeter and prepared the necessary equipment for a climbing descent. Everyone wanted to know what was hidden in this place, so before sending my men to the unknown, we managed to negotiate a very nice deal. After all this, it's our vacation. I was with Tony, our explosive expert, Eddie, the best sniper of all time, Dan, the close-fight prodigy, and Kareem, the spy and infiltration expert. I took a brief look at my men, and in this silence, we all understood that the mission was not going to be easy. Before entering the well, Kareem approached to tell us a little local story.

According to the village elders, this well was closed more than 50 years ago. Every full moon, the villagers threw sacrifices inside, and sometimes human lives. According to legend, it was the dungeon of a huge black lion.

Eddie couldn't help making a joke.

And cool, before we get into it, we sacrifice two cat meats and a spicy ball.

Hopefully, is vegan.

We all started laughing and it relaxed the atmosphere. In the meantime, the equipment was ready. Dan threw a fluorescent torch, the hole was estimated to be about 300 meters deep, we gathered together and quoted our war screams, and then I came down first.

I let myself slip into that black hole while having a little discomfort. The noise of the rope rubbed in my gloves used to count me, I just wanted to finish it. At my landing, I fell on a dead head with some centipede coming out of his gaze, the famous cliche of a horror film. Well, so much better! We must be in the right place. The ground was dry, full of rocks, the atmosphere dark and empty, the air dry, and then all of a sudden, I felt like a stream of air. I signaled the others to come down with my flashlight.

Armed with our weapons and courage, we slowly advanced towards the fresh air that led us to a kind of gallery. Eddie and Kareem were starting to mess with jokes about mothers. I stared at them firmly.

Seriously, dude's? Even at a time like this?

I'm sorry, boss, I was telling Kareem we were in his mother's pussy.

Shut!!!

I raised my fist and gave a sign to stop. I pointed to the ground, which was covered with human bones, and suddenly there was silence. We continued to advance small steps armed and ready to shoot when... The sun...

Sun?

Yeah, there, the sun, it shines...

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