SYNCHRONIC  I .
{A tale of gold and Dinosaurs }
{   8th. tale in English.} {   1 3    in   all  }...
{ 3 Simultaneous}{This is the first Synchron}...
A TALE OF SCIENCE FICTION BY ALFREDO JUILLET FRASCARA...
17.08.1997.-16.9.1997.-

PROLOGUE:
			SOME INFORMATION BEFORE THE START:

	Era: 2.100 Christian Era.
	Place: Santiago Chile.
	Location: Ditto.
	Personages:
	Malvo Gomez.
	Felix Delorme.
	Raphael Vermoon.
	Sergio Mateluna.

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CHAPTERS OF THE OBRA:
N� 1.-	Sinchronyc				page 2
n� 2.-	The gold rush				page 9
n� 3.-	The dinosaurs			page 
	THE END							page 36.

Chapter I.

Synchronic.

Malvo Gomez was smiling. finishing the dictate by the telephone. He was advertising some rooms for rent, in his own house.

The advise was for three rooms, the best located and so he was asking a good chunk...

Malvo was living at Santos Dumont, in a large house inherited from his great grandmother. The house has gardens and a couple of trees. In front of the house was the Cerro Blanco , with some gardens, trees and a radio station on top.

Malvo has a adjutant ,Sergio Mateluna, a young thin native of 20 years old, who uses long hair and loves to read SF tales, and went to walk to Bellavista street...a place full of artists and bohemian people.

- Master, there is a carload of letters for you."- Sergio told him, going inside his sancta sanctorum, or Library and drawing room.

- Some of them are perfumed ?

- No, except this, that seems to have been perfumed by the Pancho."- The helping hand replied, smiling.

It was a CTC collecting bill, smeared with cat's urine.

- Damn cat ! I'll show him !"- Malvo said, going out to the rear garden.

The cat saw him and fly to the roof.

- Damn stupid ! - He yelled, throwing some stones to the cat, with a lousy aimed eye...

- You fail again, Chief !"- Sergio laughed.

- Next time I'll shoot the bastard !"- Malvo said, feeling elated.

Three days elapsed, Sergio Mateluna opened the door, and a couple of guys asked to see the rooms. They were admitted, they liked the rooms, and they decided to rent them.

Sergio leads them inside the SS. of Malvo, who didn't offered chairs to the visits, as the room was too narrow, with the Computers, the book shelves and the safe box.

- Good afternoon, Sirs. The price is $100.000 {Chilean currency] by month, plus another month as a security you will leave the room properly repaired."

- Good afternoon. I am Raphael Vermoon and he is Felix Delorme. "

- Nice to meet you. Sorry there is no chair here, pals."

- No problem. We need a place like this, quiet and at the same time near downtown. We are students of Astronomy."- Veremoon said.

- Oh ! Then you could tell my future."- Said Sergio Mateluna.

- Jerk ! That is Astrology ! This people here are astronomers, that loves to look into the sky with their telescopes..."- Malvo said.

- Oh ! I forget."- Sergio replied, laughing, as he was well aware of the fact, but he was trying to make amends with the new room mates.

- We have the money ready, Mr. Malvo Gomez"- Said Veremoon, with a deep voice.

-Good ! I will enter some details in this form, and we could sign the document...Please handle me your I. D. "{ Identification cards.}

They placed the I.D. in front of him, and he wrote the names and numbers in one of his Computers. Then the paper was ready to sign. after a delay ,as the printing was an Epson 2250, a real slow machine.

- Here and you, Sir, as a second in charge of the debts, here."- Malvo indicated them, to sign.

- There ! Now gave me the keys."- Felix said.

- No keys aloud, Sir ! We are going to open the door...let's said until 23.00 hours. A decent hour, I guess."- Malvo said, counting the money.

- But sometimes we could arrive later !"- Felix protested.

- No problem ! You tell me in that occasion you are going to arrive late, and we will wait for you dressed..."- Malvo grinned.

- O.K."- Vermoon decided.-We are moving this same afternoon. "

- Suit yourself."- Malvo wink and eye.

Sergio leaves the new renters at the door, and he return to the office.

- Money at last !"- Malvo said, counting again the wad.'- This money will provide some food and wine for our needs. "

- Very good ! Did I prepare the car ?

- Is it not ready ? Go ! "- Malvo said, and he leave some bills at the safe box. No need to tent the fortune...

Then he drive to the Supermarket, with his Aid de Camp, and bought several bags of food and wine.

- At least we have food for a couple of months here, Master !"- Sergio said, when they were returning to the house.

- Yeah ! At last . Well, now I will gave you some dug, as your pants are rather filthy. Buy yourself some jeans.'

- No, thanks ! I will buy a gray pants ! And a black shirt. "- Sergio replied.

- AS you wish. And cut that hair ."

- No, Master ! It is the distinctive I use ! Leave my hair alone !"- Sergio complained.

They arrive to the house, and Malvo went to his office, seating there to see how less money he had.

- Ready, Master ! The food is in storage already. Can I have my million pesos ?"

- "Million pesos ! You're nuts ! Here, take $15.000 and buy yourself something."- Malvo replied , giving the other those bills.

- Thanks. With this I will travel to the Bio Bio. Bye."- He said, going out of the house.

Malvo reads some science fiction ,saw some TV. programs...the new renters arrive, and he opened the door, staying around to see the kind of furniture those new renters were going to use in his rooms. He saw some old beds, a large table, and equipment, electrical equipment he was not sure for what purpose could be serving.

The truck went , and the renters close the doors.

- Good. - Malvo said, retiring to his place. He wrote at a copybook the furniture he saw, and also he puts there " Two new renters, Felix, a toad of a man, and Veremoon, a large and cadaverous guy, with a Boris Karloff kind of voice...

He chuckled.

Sergio returns , and Malvo handled him the paper. He reads and he said " Seems this guys are a very second- hand kind of astronomers. No telescope, master."

- Yeap. No telescope, but perhaps they look at the star with some others gadgets. Perhaps radio waves."- Malvo hypothesized.

- Perhaps. Some kid of Nutty Professors..."- Sergio smiled, remembering his SF books.

- This guys are going to spend electricity, for sure. So we must keep an eye on the counter."- Malvo said.

- Do you eat, Master?

- No ! Go and fetch me a pair eggs, a good beefsteak, a glass of wine and a whole bread."

- You fasting, Master?

- Go , you !"- Malvo yelled.

Sergio grinned, and went to the kitchen.

Malvo heard some noises in the rented rooms, something as furniture being moved . Well, it was obvious, the people were organizing themselves in those big rooms...

After a while, he eats the aforementioned dish and wine, and he wrote some more in his P.C.

- Chief, did I use the gun ? To show them some respect."- Sergio Mateluna asked.

- Go. But just one shot, please."- Malvo said.

- Yes, master ! I don't want to call here those pacos {cops}.Remember the last time they came here with a carload of armed men, just because they saw you in the street with your revolver?

- Do not remember me that situation ! I was so afraid, I forget the papers, and the Lieutenant was already pointing me with a big gun !"- Malvo said.

- But you were not guilty ! Why the afraid?

- Are you not reading the newspapers I scattered in the bath room ? Lots of people die just because some jerk it's too nervous and pull the trigger ! It happens all the time."- Malvo said.

- No need to put yourself in a rage, master ! Well, I will go and shoot a little .Pardonnez moi, Master."- Sergio said, taking the old and battered bird shooter, and he banged at the rear garden. The noise from the rented rooms subsided until the next day...

Sergio carried the breakfast to Malvo, who was half awake.

- Good morning, master. Do you sleep well?

- Good morn'. Yes, that Internet is killing me...I was there until six ."

- Now it's eleven o'clock, Master. I put a stair and we can peek into the renters' rooms."

- | clever boy."- Grinned Malvo, looking in the tray. A cup of milk and a bread and butter...

- And what do you think of them?

- A pair of ruined scientific, who are trying to attain something. The rare thing, master, it is the mirror. It is no ordinary mirror, I assure you ! Too big, and there are some wires attached at the back."

- How rare, indeed. "- Malvo replied, looking at the TV set.

- Did I put the TV ? There ! Oh ! A nice picture of Madonna !"

- Good hembra, that. Full of fire."

- Yes, and just my size ! Because the gringas are too big for me !"- Grinned Sergio.

- She is of Italian descent."

- Oh, yes ! Some funny name, too ! But a beauty. She also sings."- Sergio said, devouring the silhouette of the singer.

- Seems you are out of girls, this days."

- Oh, Chief ! Women loves a guy with money in his pocket ! I cannot invite them to a jug and a hot dog ! "- Complained Sergio.

- Too bad. I will gave you $10.000 today. "- Assured Malvo.

- Fine ! I will buy myself a shirt, too. There are some offers at Patronato. "- Sergio said.

- You did that. And bathe yourself ."

- Master ! I bathe myself last Saturday !"- Sergio puts an offended face.

- Well, go to prepare the lunch. What are you going to cook today ?

- Oh, secret, Master ! But you will end licking your fingers. That I assure you."

- You better do that. "

Sergio went out with the tray, and Malvo dressed himself. Then he walks the two blocks to the journals dispenser, and bought the "Mercurio", where he reads about the financial times...Just for fun.

He return home , and secluded himself in the office, reading the newspaper with some music from the radio...

- Master ! Lunch is served."- Sergio announced, bowing.

- Good, boy ! There I go."- Grinned Malvo, leaving the office.

He lunched at the kitchen, as the dining room was rented...

Salad : chicory and garlic. Soup : of chicken. Second : ravioli with a beefsteak

- Nice lunch, Sergio ! Your hand keeps on being the best this side of the Mapocho !"- Malvo said.

- Thanks for those kind words, as the best Restaurants are at this bank of the river."- Sergio said, remembering the TRattorias of Bellavista Boulevard.

- I am going to the cinema, to day. It's Wednesday, the theaters are exhibiting their treasures at half the price. No matter if the cinema is full of kits."-

- Go, Master ! Entertain yourself ! You spent a lot of time digging the Internet ! Go and rest yourself a bit !"- Sergio urged.

- Yes, I will. Well, keep in charge this mess. Bye !"- Malvo said, walking to Santos Dumont Street.

In order to take a bus, he needs to walk two blocks, thing he did. He climbs the bus, and pay the fare : $160. {Chilean currency}.

The bus began to move, sorting the holes the rains had donned in the flimsy road. A hundred other big buses went crawling to downtown...Several vendors climbs the bus, offering their cheap merchandise : chewing gum, chocolate, band aids, pencils, cheap magazines for kids, a real flea market without descend of the bus !

At last, he arrive to the Ahumada Street, and went to a cinema.

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By the meantime, the Adjutant spent his time spying on the new renters, perched atop a stair, looking by the transom.

When Malvo came back from his leisure trip, Sergio cornered him ,to tell the last news.

- Master ! This guys are real scientists ! They are working with that mirror ! One of them is very mad at the other, saying he change the coordinates ! They went to the other side of the mirror ."

- No kidding ! Like Alice in Wonderland?

- Nice film eh? But no, they are really traveling to the other side !"

- Must be a worm-hole spawner ! "

- Kind of Time Machine ?

- No, they shift the Dimensions...they traverse through that mirror of them...if it is true.

- Take a peek !

- I will. Lead the way, Sherlock !"

They went to the stair , and looked through the stained glasses of the little window atop the door.

The Mirror was shining in a special way.

- It looks like water. Very interesting."- Malvo said.

- They are at the other side. "

- But perhaps they went to the South Pole to buy cigarettes."

- No way ! I had been spying here all afternoon ! They are at the other side, Master !"

The room was empty. The boxes and wires were scattered around the "mirror".

- It is like " Star Gate ", eh, Master ? "

- Yes, only the female is missing."

- Which female?

- Oh, that gorgeous blonde..."- Malvo said, descending. He went to his office, and began reading " The Time Machine " of Herbert George Wells... He began by reading "... "It took two years to make. Now I want you clearly to understand that this lever ,being pressed over, sends the machine gliding into the future,, and this other lever reverses the motion. This saddle represents the seat of a time traveler .Presently I am going to press the lever ,and off the machine will go. Have a good look at the thing. Look at the table, too, and satisfy yourselves there is no trickery. I don't want to waste this model ,and be told I am a quack."

- Master ! I have an idea."- Sergio said, entering the room.

- Yeah?

- Guess you can take it all for yourself."- Sergio said.

- How?

- Very simply. Wait."- Sergio replied, and went out of the Library. Malvo saw the light went off.

- Presto ! No renters."- Sergio grinned, when he came back.

- No kidding !"- Malvo laughed heartily.

- Now, please , descend from your throne, and let's go to that room!"- Sergio urged.

They opened the door and Sergio also opened the shutters from the window, so the tame light of the late afternoon gets inside the deserted room.

The paraphernalia of the site was bathed in that golden glow.

- I am giving you a Worm Hole Spawner for free ! Also, you can rent the pair of rooms, now their inhabitants are in vacations."- Sergio commented, disconnecting the wires from the sockets.

- Guess you are right. Those guys probably are in a better part, now."- Malvo said.

Sergio went to the main panel, to re -connect the electricity, so they could work under electricity lamps.

Malvo searched for a console, or control apparatus, among the wiring and boxes. He find several, so he said to Sergio: ' - Where is the controller?

- I saw them moving this."- Sergio directed him to one of the metal boxes, who has several tuning knobs.

- I see. So we can enter the "Mirror" now... choosing. Good."-

- Are you going to rent. again ?

- Yes. I need money. We will move this furniture to the other rooms. Also, we will put this "Mirror " in the dinin -room."

- - Do you want to probe it now, Master?

- Well ...I..."

- Let me be the one. The first to go."- Sergio asked.

- Where ?

- Of course not where those two guys are ! They can be waiting to came back ! We turn this knob a little...so ! " -

- Switch on ! - Malvo said, connecting the wires.

The "Mirror" began to flicker , and regained that watery appearance.

- Want a rifle ?

- No, Master ! I'm going to take a peek... and get back. See ya !"- Sergio said, and he walks into that surface !

Malvo waited, looking at the mirror, and reading from the book "The Time Machine.."

He went to close the doors properly, for the night. He came back. He became worried. He looked at his watch : 21:00 hours...

He take notice of the numbers in the dials, writing them on paper. /Then he enters the Mirror, carrying his "HS" revolver 38'.

He felt a sensation of nausea, but then he was at a stony platform. The sky was red, and the air was chilly. The mountain was surrounded by a dark wood, that stretched in all directions.

No traces of Sergio Mateluna. Malvo looks around the mirror, that was visible , on the floor. The slabs were put together without cement or otherwise.

- Sergio ! "- He called , and his voice echoed in the distance . He repeats his cries several times, coughing with the effort .

Malvo looked at the trees ,expecting to see the body of his servant walking to him...but not such thing happened.

He remembered , then , how that young fella came to his life: his father employed him at his Bicycle Store, and when he died, Malvo keeps on employing him, as his Adjutant. Sergio was clever, unhappily he didn't finished his studies ,so he was not able to work in the technical world he was inhabiting.

Thing not uncommon in Santiago, where half the population didn't finished his studies, and became what the haphazard dictates.

- Damn !"- Malvo said, kicking the floor.

The sky became more and more dark, and the wind became a gale. Malvo came back to his house.

- Bad idea ! But it was his idea ."- He told the mirror.

He disconnect the machine ,and went to the kitchen, where he prepared his dinner: a big piece of meat, two fried eggs, chili and a piece of bread. All was hot and smelly.

He drinks a glass of wine, thinking. In that night the Adjutant must be hiding someplace, so he will not return to the Mirror, in the night. So he will connect the machine in the morning.

He wash the dish and pan, wash himself and went to bed. Suddenly, the lights flickered out... Another disconnection from the Company...

In the morning he connected the machine, who was named the "Mirror" by him, and he went the other side. It was pitch dark. Not a light, not even the stars. He came back to the door in the time /space ,re-entering his room.

- Lucky me !"- He said, disconnecting the apparatus. If he missed the mirror at the other "side "...!

Somebody was ringing the bell, so he went to see who was.

- Good morning. You Malvo Gomez ? "- Said a tall dark man.

- Yes, I am."

- I bring you a citatory. I am an officer of the Police of Investigations. Can I go inside ?"- He asked, with a kind smile but with eyes of stone.

- Yes.'- Accepted Malvo, disliking the idea.

Inside, the officer jumbled with a leaf of papers he was carrying, and he produced a little piece of brown paper, where it was typed the name and address of Malvo, and also a date.

- You must attend the 3th. Tribunal, four days from now."

- All right. Do you know why?

- There is a denounce against every Gomez who could have hired a Lawyer who works to make him {or them} the sole Owner of an old building at San Pablo Street."

- Oh, that ! I wasn't . "

- But you must go and tell that to the Judge."

- I will."

- Well, I am going, now. Nice house.

- Yes, it was from my grand grandmother. Lots of years in the family."- Malvo retorted.

The guy went out, and Malvo saw a piggy faced man waiting near the door for that officer.

He called the Lawyer he knew, and then he was busy all day, going to the Lawyer's office and carrying papers.

That night he went the Other Side of Here. It was day time, and the red sky was like a furnace, and the stones were hot.

He looked at the woods. Their dark appearance was there, just the same, no matter the hot weather...No traces of Sergio.

- Damned brat !"- Malvo said, descending the hill.

The tall trees were real huge, each one eight meters wide. Also, at the foot of them, the weeds were entangled ,difficulting the way.

A strong smell of rotten leaves were always present. The insects were existing ,and some were biting at his naked parts, with fierceness.

- ANK ANK - ARRGH !"

The terrible growl chilled every bone in his body. Malvo gripped his revolver, thinking it was a toy to present battle to such an animal capable of uttering such a bellow .

- I'm going !"- He muttered, and retrace his steps ,as quickly as he was able.

He climbed the stony hill, and find the glittering mirror at the usual spot. He walks through it, and disconnect the machine.

- No way ! A terrible pace, indeed !"- He said to himself, walking to his bottle of whisky "White Label ". He takes a mouthful of the liquor, feeling the heat going down his stomach , and up his brain. He regained some courage, and laughed a bit..

- You were scared, he ?- He asked himself, grinning.

He did a draw of the "other " place. A mountain, a big forest, and some beast growling as a Dinosaur !

Then he reads ... "That who after death keeps his faculty ! Those words came from the shadows . First you must walk by the road to hell and to the grotto of Proserpine ,daughter of Ceres. In the middle of the overwhelming darkness ,until Tiresias. He is without eyes, shadow in hell. So full knowledge that the thin fleshed ones knows less than him . Before you arrive to the end of the road , knowledge shadow of a shadow and notwithstanding that, you will go in his search , no matter you know less than the drugged beasts. "

Malvo stops his chanting . The day was in his middle : it was noon.

The hour of the spirits...

Malvo went to his PC. and typed a message for the newspaper, asking for ex soldiers. The advertisement brings lots of ex soldiers to his door. He chooses seven of them, rejecting the rest, as he didn't want to expend too much. The men assembled, he told them: Gentlemen: I have a problem here, and I choose you to solve the case. My adjutant Sergio Mateluna went to a forest and he never came back ."

- How many days he is missing? - Asked Marco Poncio, a tall blonde guy.

- Five days ago. I went there, but the place it is real big. No traces of Sergio. Really, a desperate case."

- We will search for your employee, Sir. I know how to track a man. "- A dark, Indian descendent man said, in a hushed voice. His name was Francisco Castro.

- Great ! I will search for a month. Your wages will be $200.000 for each one. The equipment I am going to provide will be yours, at the end of this expedition. "

- When we dep art, Sir ?- Marco asked.

- To- morrow. Remember we are going where there is no telephone, so keep in mind there will be no callings home."- Malvo explained.

The guys realized it was for real, and swore they will be ringing the bell at eight hours, next Monday.

Malvo bought food, clothes, back-packs and knifes.

The next day the explorers arrived in time, and Malvo gave them the clothes and backpacks.

- Now ! You looks like Rambos !"- He joked, directing them to the Mirror.- This is the same as in the picture " Star Gate." Just a little humbler. We are supposed to cross the other side of this mirror, that is in fact some kind of a door, and we will be there. "-

- "Like in Star Trek."-Marco Poncio said.

- Not quite."- Malvo replied.- Lets get moving."

They walked the other side . Malvo was the last, and he takes a long glance in the direction of the machine, that this time would be marching without stop. A interruption in the system, and nobody were going to reactivate the energy...

Then he crossed the threshold.

- Hey ! It 's that the forest ?"- Asked one of the explorers.

- Yes. It is big, isn' t it ?"

- It is a whole country ! But, no matter. This Indian here will lead us to our goal."-

Three men were following Francisco Castro to the feet of the mountain. The guide was inspecting the soil , in time to time.

They all reunite at the forest fringe. Castor said :- " There are traces of single man descending the hill. Straight to the woods. Once inside of it, it will be more easy for me to see the path."

- Damned Sergio ! He was supposed to just take a peek !"- Malvo explained.

- But he began searching for something interesting, perhaps, to show you."- Castro retorted.

- Possibly."- Malvo 's rage subsided.- Let's get moving."

They walked inside the forest. Castro was leading the party of eight, using his skill to trace the faint signs of SErgio's steps...

- This Indian knows what he did. I served in the same Company, back at the Buin."- Laurencio Mardones said to Malvo.

Castro retrace his steps quickly, and snorted :- " Do not call me Indian any more, you hear ? I am tired to hear you call me that. "

- Calm down, man ! All right, all right !"- Laurencio Mardonez replied. They keep walking, hearing the birds singing to the morning.

The trees were big , green and moist. Swarms of flying insects began to bite the men, who stops their march , to put some ointment over their faces and arms.

- Little VietNam.- Laurencio said.

- You were there?

- No, but I had seen lots of pictures."- Laughed him.

Then Castro said : - I had seen imprints on the soil, bigger than any animal I know. "- And looked at Malvo, accusingly.

- I do not know about animals here. Never seen one."- Malvo replied the implicit question.

- Better we didn't laugh or do too much noise. With this pop guns there is little we can do against a beast ."- Castro said...

They find a stream . and they drink the water, that was cool and limpid. They eat some canned food in the march.

- Can you see the trail ?

- Yes, but it is dimmed, now. The guy walked pretty fast. I wonder how he could keep on marching in a straight line. "- Castro told Malvo.

- The only solution is he was using a compass. Clever boy."- Malvo amazed himself.

- He passed by here about three days ago. We are getting closer."- Castro informed.

- So we could get hurry and catch him out ??

- No way, I must find the clues. I am going after him the fast I can."- Castro replied.

They walked all that day in that gloomy forest, finding several carcasses laying around.

- Our friend the big animals were there... but the imprints are two days long. "- Castro said.

- This man reads the forest !"- Lupercio Vargas said. He was a tall lean man, with bright eyes and a long knife at his belt.

It began to rain. Castro keeps on walking, straining his eyes for the little details in the branches or in the floor, looking for the clue...

At night, they stopped under a big tree, lighting a fire. Some insects came flying to the flames, burning themselves with a hiss.

Malvo opened the bags with the food, and he passed the canes around, also some beer . Suddenly, a powerful bellow was heard, faint and in the distance.

- Guess our meat eater is angry by the rain. "- Castro said, looking East.

- I hope he stay where he is."- Malvo replied.

- Yeap, the fire will not hinder him in his way...to us."- Castro muttered, eating the beans from the can.

They slept near the fire, and in the morning the rain stops. The red sky was clouded, as usual.

Castro puts his back- pack and began to move. The others followed him: Malvo didn't resent the fact Castro was the leader now, as he was unable to find his own track in that half lighted forest.

A mountain was visible by the trees, and Castro was leading to it.

- Your adjutant went there."- He explained to Malvo, who was looking at him curiously.

- Fine.'- Malvo said. He was relieved, as he was thinking the Guide was choosing the hill for his own personal motives.

The trees became scattered among the foot of the hill, that was devoid of vegetation: just rocks and earth were visible from there.

Big boulders were standing all over the place. Castro was absorbed looking for the clues, that was why Marco Poncio looked first at the wall of rocks and find that...

- ! Gold ! My Fortune, Gold !"- He yelled, running to the wall of rocks.

A polished surface were shining there, yellow and warm; it stretched more than a hundred meters, and six meters high.

- My God !"- Malvo said, in shock.

- Here is your adjutant."- Castro said, from some rocky formation. Malvo looked there, with wide opened eyes. Nobody was in sight. He walks to the site, and in the floor he saw a pair of bones, a leather belt, and a buckle. It was the old American Eagle...yes, it was the belt used by Sergio.

He began to cry, seated in the floor. From above, a faint rain became to pour, mingling his tears with the rain drops...

- He was attacked by a beast...a large beast... he run for shelter, but he didn't make it. See that hole, in the mountain ? He was heading for that place. Not enough fast, I am afraid."- Castro muttered.

- He was so...young !"- Malvo sobbed. He take the buckle.

- Some went early than others, Boss. The lad was a relative ?

- No, just and employee... but very faithful, and ... obedient."- Malvo tried to compose himself. But he knew he need to end the suffering , so he permitted himself to cry a lot that day.

They buried the scarce available bones. The rest of the expedition was very busy trying to get some gold out of the wall, using knives and also bullets.

- Look, Sir ! At least five kilos of gold !"- Marco Poncio shows Malvo, when he went to the wall.

- Amazing."- Malvo said, weighing the chunk.

- We can return with pick and shovels !"- Poncio said.

- Or a good dynamite box !"- Laughed Vicente Gonzalez, a dark skinned man of burly constitution.

- Yes, I guess we may, now Sergio is find."- Malvo replied.

They slept over the hill, near the cavern. A fire was lit, and the men were so excited they barely sleep until the morning.

- Now we get back !"- Malvo said.

Castro began to retrace his steps , and this time they walk faster than before. The backpacks were heavy, at least 20 kilos each one was carrying there,so they throw away canteens, clothes and other utensils.

- I will buy me a new car and a bungalow !"- Lupercio Vargas said, walking in the rear of the line.

- And I will go to Bermudas !"- Raul Reyes laughed, jumping every root he finds in his path.

- I never thought this will happen !"- Claudio Lizama, a big muscled man said.

Following Castro, in three days they were facing the Mirror. Malvo gaves a deep sigh, as he was afraid the machine weren't there at his return...

They came back to Santiago de Chile.

Malvo disconnected the apparatus, and he put his hand in the different machines, sensing for overheat, but none was too hot.

The men went to the bath room, and then they assembled in the first yard.

- Well, gentlemen, here we end the trip we began a week ago. I offered you a wage, but now you have more gold than you ever dreamed of. So good bye, and good riddance to all ! - Malvo said.

- Not so fast, Mr. Malvo ! There is a lot more gold there ! We must go back !" - Marco Poncio said.

- Yes ! You cannot leave us behind !"- Felipe Norambuena added.

- Of course I can ! Do not forget I was the employee and we already accomplished the objective of this trip : to find my unfortunate Adjutant. Now I can rest ; I no longer thought he is somewhere searching the dimensional door. "- Malvo explained.

Castro intervened := " Well, I think this is over ! Guys, take your packs and let's go !"

Malvo reminds them the convenience of to sell the gold in small quantities, adducing :'- Chilean law said all the gold in this land is of the government. They will not believe stories about other worlds, and you will be imprisoned. So beware !"-

They went out, some of them without a farewell ...Castro was the last to go, and he said :- " Do you want to go there, Mr. Malvo ?

- Perhaps... I am just arriving, and want to repose my feelings."

- Of course. Take your time. Here is my phone. You call me, I will guide you there, such a beautiful country ! Good bye."

Malvo closed the door, putting the card in his pocket.

Chapter Three.

Santiago de Chile.

As Malvo wasn't assisted, he puts an advertisement, asking for a maid. He chooses the handsomest of the women available, a big blonde woman, called Svetia Laurencia, 23 years old.

- A nice house. I like big houses. "- She said, looking at everything with her shining green eyes .

- Great. We need to clean everything here. Also you must go to buy groceries ,wine..."- Malvo ordained, handling her $10.000.

He went to his office, where he wrote the adventure at the "other" side.

At 14:00 hours she calls him to lunch. The potatoes were half boiled, and the steak was half fried... Malvo called her and said: - "I cannot eat this shit. You are fired."

She takes her bag and went out of the house, banging the old door...

Malvo climbs to his old Peugeot and went to eat at a Chinese Restaurant. The hunger subsided, he regained his normal self, so he paid and gave a tip. Then he went to the Plaza Brazil, and bought a newspaper.

He reads how in Canada, some Salmon producers, were promoting a accusation of Dumping against Chilean Salmon producers, as they cannot understand how the Chilean salmon costs $2.06 dollars and the U.S.A. and Canadian were selling they products a 15% higher ....They said it is too little money . The Canadian worker costs $ 1.435 dollars per month, and a Chilean worker costs $ 480 per month ! 4 times less ! Also the waters in Chile didn't freeze as in Canada, so they get a year round production ! The case will be judged by an U.S.A. judge. Malvo remembered how the Chilean were killed in the Gold Rush of the 19th,. Century in U.S.A., when they became too much competitive....The Little Chile, a Chilean town, was burned and the people killed. Good bye competitors.

' Hey ! You here ?"- A voice was heard.

Malvo looks up, seeing Brando Rosende, smiling at him.

- Old class mate ! How do you do ?"- He replied.

- Fine ! - The other said, seating at his side, on the bench.

He was tall and burly built , with black hair and using an overcoat.

- I went to see you at your shop...some two months ago. But you weren't present at your Atelier."- Malvo said.

- I wasn't here ! I was in Chicago, seeing how the Lake looks like."

- Oh, a great voyage, indeed !"

- Yes, and how beautiful that lake it is ! And the city ! Big, great city ! I became in love with it . But I also get in love, years ago, with Buenos Aires !"- Brando explained.

- And do you bring something from there ?

- Mostly memories ! You know, it is possible to spent a little money traveling, but there is little left for souvenirs. Perhaps a bag, a little battery radio, things like that... but nowadays all came from Taiwan or Hong Kong. China. The same tale in all places."

- Amazing.

- Yes. And you, did you travel ?

- Yes, I went to another planet.

- Very interesting. You in some Hindu sect ?

- No, in person ! I went through a Dimensional passageway."

- No kidding ?

- It was a rescue party, searching for my former assistant, Sergio."

- Oh, I remember him ! A kind of a hippie, or something...he and a blonde, what was her name ?

- I forgot. Well, the lad was eaten.

- Anthropophagi ?

- My guess is that is was a Dinosaur.

- My God !

- I heard some bellowing in the woods, twice. I didn't set my eyes on the beast, really."

- Believe me, you are an artist .

- Why?- Asked Malvo, grinning.

- Yes, you have a wonderful imagination.

- Thanks, but it is not being applied here.

- Do you heard about Stephen Hawking ?

- Yes, a scientist and his hobby, the Black Holes !" - Malvo replied, as his personal hobby was to read everything available in correspondence with the Outer space.

- I meet him, in person, back in England.

- You were there, too ?

- Yes, with the " Matucale Ballet". I was the Painter. I called Mr. Hawking by the telephone, and his Secretary told me, after some exchange of ideas with the scientist, that he were to receive me in his home at an appointed date. "

- Very kind of him, you being an ignoramus."- Malvo remarked

- Yes, a kind man. Here in Chile they did a real show with him, interviews, radio and TV going wherever he did. Also to the Antarctica "- Brando informed.

- Well, they said he is the Einstein of this days."- Malvo grinned.

- He told me his contribution it is the Theorem of the singularity , who said the Time must have begun with the Big Bang, and its end with the Black Holes. Also he claims the discovery that the energy isn't wasted inside the Black Hole...he said there is a escape from it."- Brando exclaimed.

- I read, once, the energy went to another dimension."- Malvo muttered.

- Hawking sad the Back Holes puts limits to the science's predictability .If some information is loosed inside the Black Holes, then the scientists will not predict the future accurately."

- All this just by looking by a telescope..."- Malvo remarked.

- There are now several other ways to look unto a star, you know. Once somebody asked him if the Science is some kind of a new religion, and he replied:"- It's different, the science works. " Also he believes the physic laws could - in the future,- explain the human conscience."- Brando said.

A drugged man approached them, asking for a match. As they didn't have, the guy said :"- What's the matter with this S.O.Bs. ?"

Another guy, who was cleaning a car , yelled at him not to molest the "gentlemen", so the drugged man went his way, walking with unsteady pace.

- A pity this people throw themselves into the drug."- Brando said.

- Look here, this men are the sons of those drunkards we saw in our childhood. Not all men rise to be men, you know."- Malvo asseverated.

- Most sure thing. We are not all made equal, guess there is a very important difference ,somewhere inside the brain."- Brando said.

- Yes, the painters paint their inner visions, and the writers create around themselves the world they should like to live in. I know, being myself both things."- Malvo exclaimed.

- Let's go to your machine. I am dying to see it ."- Brando said.

- I have the car parked near. Let's go."- Malvo accepted.

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Brando saw the machine, and was excited. He didn't know a word about the gold...yet. Malvo felt the urge to goes back to that virginal planet...so he called Castro.

- No, Mr. Malvo, in this days I am very busy buying houses ... I want to buy them, improve them and sell them... with a profit. So why don't you call me in a couple of weeks ?"

- But, man ! I told you not to move the gold in quantities !"

- Well, no problem, Mr. Malvo ! There are guys that buy the gold and asks no question, if you gave them a discount..."

- Yes ! I know them ! But you are buying houses ! You know the Government is hungry trying to grab people from the drug business ! I guess you heard how they are searching the people from the Cartel of Juarez ! They take the cars, houses, and they put the guys in prison ! "- Malvo was horrified.

- No problem , Mr. Malvo ! You worry too much ! Relax ! Call me whenever you like, but change your mood !- Castro said, and he hang up.

Malvo was enraged with those people. Now the tax collectors will inform the Police and they will try to know from which source the money was obtained...

So he takes his personal belongings, and went to his another house, sited in Robles Street, also in Recoleta Boulevard.

- Do not worry too much, Malvo ! The gold is not Chilean ! "- Brando said, when his friend told him the news.

- Here I will be safe."- Malvo asserted.

- I think you are seeing too much TV ! "- Brando laughed.

- Do not believe the TV news are all lies. There is a law about gold. If it is not from Chile, then the gold must pay taxes at the frontier. "

- When are we going to the other side ?

- Soon. I want to put some fences at the windows, and then we could go. There are too many thieves in this days..."- Malvo replied.

So he searched for some workers, and in those travels he saw several times cars of the police near his old house. So he called Castro, but the guy was not available at his telephone number.

' - We are ready. The machine is working fine."- Malvo told Brando.

' - Then lets take a peek !"

They traverse the door into the another dimension, and they saw the woods and the red sky.

- But this is incredible ! And very strange !"- Brando said, amazed.

- Pity I hadn't find Castro, I doubt we can find the gold."

- And are you too much interested in the gold ? Enough problems you have already with it !"- Brando said.

They went back to Earth.

- Well, I will go home to pack. See ya !"- Brando said.

Malvo saw the fences, painted and ready to resist the attack... he paid the workers, and went to see the SD house. Two police cars, painted dark blue, were waiting there with the officers dressed with ties and white shirts.

Malvo keeps on driving, and he saw Castro, walking to his house from La Paz Avenue. He stops the car, and called him.

- Castro ! You going to my home ?

- Mr. Malvo ! Yes, I were walking there... my car was taking by the Police !"

Castro climbs to the old Peugeot , and Malvo went to his Robles Street house, talking with the man.

- You were right ! Some of the other members of the Expedition became millionaires with the gold , and they began buying half Chile ! So they were spotted, when the tax payments were asked . They swear you gave them the gold...The officers didn't believe them !"

- Who is imprisoned ?

- Everyone of them ! I escaped because God Almighty protect me ! I was absent when they came to my house to notify me , and when I arrived to the block, a neighbor advised me the Police were after me ! Pity, all the rest of the gold was at my safe box. "- Castro explained.

- My house of Santos Dumont it is being watched by the Police. Sure thing they want my head."- Malvo grinned.

- Sure.

- So I moved. There is my another house ! It is smaller, but I have here my machine."

- No kidding !

- Yes. I take all my valuables here. "

- You were right. Forgive me ."

- Do not worry. I saw too much TV...so I learned."- Malvo replied, and he parked the car inside the property.

Castro walked inside, and went to the bathroom. The rig bells: it was Brandon, who carried a suitcase.

- Near missing a car crash ! The damned taxi driver almost banged his car against a house ! He was running at 120 km. per hour ! "- He complained.

- Castro is here. The guide."

- Oh, the Indian fellow ?

- So not call him that ! He is very proud.

- O.K., it is this racist ideas we get at that Academy... you remember ?

- Of course. The time was after a war, so we get some of the info... "- Malvo smiled.

He clearly remembered his overall covered with swastikas and medals penciled all over the chest and back ! They played not cowboys and Indians, but nazis and communists !

- So now we will headed unto the gold ?

- Yes."- Malvo smiled, setting the machine.

- Mr. Malvo, are you traveling right now ?- Castro said, coming from the bath room.

- Yes. Some inconvenient ? - Malvo asked.

- Not at all ! The better, for me, now they are after me... "

-Let's take the bags to the other side, then. I will leave the engines running for an hour; then it will stop providing electricity to the Mirror. Then it will re- start a week from now, for two hours . "

- Too little margin of time !"- Complained Brandon.

- Well, we will be there waiting for the mirror to appear. I cannot leave this machine working for months ! So I decided this method. Two hours a day, beginning from a week from now. If we want to keep exploring, no problem. The machine will be opening the door each day for two hours. "- Malvo explained.

- And if the engines didn't work ?- Castro asked.

- Then the system will use the electricity provided by the general electric system, the one who provide energy to all the city. "- Malvo grinned, because that was a well thought system he invented for this occasion.

- Should be some person, here, waiting for us, seeing all it's O.K."- Brandon said.

- Please ! Every time I leave something in somebody's hands, I found the damages was due to the person in charge. Please, let this to me."- Malvo asked.

- Your funeral."- Muttered Brandon, paled.

They carried all the bags to the other side.

- Oh. what a beautiful sight !"- Castro said, when looking at the landscape.

The forest was surrounding the mountain, and the air was warm, the light provided by the star of the system, who was over the clouds.

- Beautiful ! Well, let's see what we can carry. "- Castro added.

After some while, they began to walk downhill, leaving the rest of the bags waiting for them under some stones.

Castro begun to guide them through the forest, that was gloomy and in silence.

- Too much silence, here. Perhaps it is some kind of danger."- Castro said, after a half hour of march.

- Do not be paranoid ! No danger here !"- Brandon said.

Castro grab his hand and forced him to kneel.

- See that imprint, buddy ? It is a Tyrannosaur ! I study some imprints back in Earth, after my last voyage here... Terrible lizards, those Tyrannosaurus ! So do not forget to walk in silence..."

Brandon pushed the other aside, red faced. He disliked the Indians ; also to be told he was wrong in some appreciation

- Wait ! I heard something."- Malvo exclaimed.

The earth shook. Then a dinosaur emerged from the near - by trees, running against them. Each of the humans run in different directions. As Brandon was kneeling, he was the slowest, so the monster bites him first.

Half his body was captured inside the giant mouth. The grinding teeth broke every bone of his chest, with a horrid noise, shaking his head from side to side.

By the forest Castro catch up with Malvo, saying : - We must climb a tree ! No salvation down here !

So they climb a big tree, just in time, as the Tyrannosaur appeared and brawled at them.

The growl shakes the leaves, and some other monsters replied from the distance.

- My God ! "- Malvo trembled, and almost fall down, with the impression, but Castro grabs his arm.

- Now take some spirit, man ! We are safe here."- He said.

But the big Tyrannosaur were not decided to loose the pray, and began banging the tree with his powerful head.

The humans began to climb higher and higher, and they were almost at the top, when the tree began the incline.

- Try to jump to another tree !"- Castro said, and they jump in unison.

From then on, they were traveling as fast as they could , walking by the branches in silence, so they leave the enraged dinosaur in the distance.

- My God ! We almost fall."- Malvo said.

- We are in the good direction. Follow me."- Castro said, and he descended to the floor, and they began marching at full speed.

- I hope the mirror stays in place."- Malvo said.

- We are not going to the mirror ! We are in for the gold."- Castro exclaimed.

Malvo shuddered in fright, but he puts his free will in the hands of the Indian at least, a fortune were going to sprout from this adventure !

- Pity we loose the food, chief !"

- Oh, I will not go back to fetch it !"- Malvo exclaimed.

- There is plenty of fruits here. Take, eat."- Castro said, giving him a potato- like fruit.

Malvo eats it. Not very pleasant, but he managed to retain the fruit in his stomach.

At night, they climb a tree and slept there.

All the animals were growling and screaming in fright, down there in the dark. Malvo counted more than 70 big bellowing, and his perspiration went profusely over his face and hands.

Castro slept at intervals, with a gun in his hand. But nothing happens to them.

At dawn, all the fierce cries subsided, and the birds appeared, yellow and red, flying gaily over the trees.

They descended, and Castro finds the trail once again.

- We will arrive there in three hours more, Chief. Have confidence."- He said.

Malvo didn't replied, as he was terrified.

They arrived to the site, and just in time to see the sun goes down. Then they slept in a cave.

At dawn they began to work,, hitting the gold and replenishing the bags with gold.

- We can carry no more than three bags each one. No more."- Castro said, and it proves right, because they hardly could walk with the weight.

At last, they arrive to the Mirror, and went through it to Earth. Once the bags solidly reposing on the floor , Malvo disconnected the machine.

- There ! We are safely back home. Pity there is one less of us."- He said.

- Yes, poor Mr. Brandon. Eaten by a dinosaur..."-- Castro replied.

Malvo takes a bath, and Castro begun calling some people, to sell the gold.

- There are several guys ready to buy the gold. Mr. Malvo. They paid half the price, but asked no questions about the origin of it."- Castro informed.

- Half the price ! No less... well, there is plenty more of it, down there..."- Malvo shrugged his elbows.

- We will get several millions... For a ride, it is not at all bad, don't you think?"- Castro said.

- Yes, man. But think of it : each time we go, this machine keeps on running by itself. A failure, and adios muchachos. We should be stucked there for life !"- Malvo informed.

- Mm ! Bad thing... next time, I go and you wait here. Of course, I will need some help, perhaps a motorcycle... with it I can go several times a day !"- Castro said.

- Guess you could, and also being chased by several dinos !"- Malvo grinned.

- Do not be a water - feast, Mr. Malvo !"- Castro replied.

- Well, let's get on with the selling ! When this people will be ready to pay ?"- Malvo asked.

- To-morrow. I must carry the bags, with you. In the car, of course. WE will meet those guys somewhere, and we swap the bags. O.K. by you ?"

- O.K., I will carry my old '38."- Malvo said.

- Yes... I will carry another one. "- The guide said.

They went to buy a motorcycle, and they eat at a Restaurant, in Bellavista Boulevard, where Malvo spotted several acquantainces, among them , the beautiful Javiera M., who was enchanted to meet him.

- How do you do ! I lost sight of you since that trip we made."- Malvo said.

- Oh, I was in New York ! In the big Apple... nice place, indeed. I came to Santiago to sell some perfumes.. . And you , what are you doing now ?"- The gorgeous blonde asked, fixing his electric blue eyes on him.

- I am doing some adventure tourism trips, with this man here, Mr. Castro .He is my best guide."- He presented him.

- Nice to meet you, Lady. "- Castro said, standing from his chair.

- Me too. And where are you traveling, south of Chile?"- She asked.

- To another planet."- Malvo replied.

- Ja ja ! Yes, the south of Chile is like another planet, all right... Well, I will leave you now, men, as I must go with my friends... Here is my card, Malvo . Called me any time."- The tall blonde handled her card to Malvo.

They saw how Javiera walked out of the Restaurant, with several couples.

- Nice looking woman, Mr. Malvo . "

- Yes, I meet her in a trip, some years ago... "- He replied.

They asked the meal, and drinks wine, heavily. Then they goes back home, hitting the sack in no time.

At dawn, Malvo takes a shower. The sound of the water wakes up Castro, who made a phone call.

- Good morning, Sir ! We are meeting the guys at ten, in the La Paz Cemetery. "- He informed afterwards.

- All right. Let's get moving, then."- Malvo said, and takes the Peugeot out of the house.

They travel south, and turn right : the General Cemetery was there, with the guards, the mourners and the usual flowers over the chariots.

They went to the old sector, where big stone structures were .Also the people there were scarce. They stop in front of a big tomb.

- They are watching us. There, in the rear..."- Castro said.

- Yes...A big blue car.."-

The blue car start its engine and came to their side. Two persons went down, and Castro also descended, saying to Malvo :- Chief, you stay here. Just in case."

Castro talked with the guys, and they opened the rear of his car, where three bags were opened, showing the money .

Castro takes the golden bags from the Peugeot 504, and went there, showing the content.

They were satisfied, after probing some examples with the acid. Castro takes the bags and climbs to the Peugeot.

- Let's get out of here, Chief. "- He said.

Malvo starts the engine, and the car moves along the narrow street.

- Hey, came back !"- Somebody yelled.

- Better you take speed, chief. Something is going to happen, here."- Castro said, looking backwards.

Several men were running after the Peugeot, handling guns.

- Bang !

- They are shouting at us ! "- Castro said, beginning to fire his gun against the men..

Malvo gave full throttle, and they began racing by the ill paved roads . The other car was after them, too.

They arrive to the outer door , and they descend the ramp, missing by some inches another car who was passing by the street...

Two bullets hits the rear glass, throwing the pieces against them. Several little cuts were produced in the neck of Malvo and in the face of Castro, who was looking back.

- Bastards !"- Castro yelled.

Malvo was with the throttle pedal against the floor, so the car jumped to the corner, and turns left.

- Take. Use it: I will be driving."- Malvo said to Castro, handling him his gun.

Castro went to the rear seat, and began firing against the blue car, who was bullet- proof, as the projectiles banged against the glass without much damage.

Malvo arrive to Independence Avenue, and head south, not caring about the red lights.

The blue car were near them, and several guns were trying to hit the passengers, without too much accuracy, due to the erratic course Malvo was following.

Suddenly, a big bus turns in a corner, and banged against the blue car, sending it against a wall, where it crashed, throwing a cloud of bricks and dust sky high.

- Slow down, chief ! Nobody is chasing us, now ! The bus send them to the Cemetery !"- Castro laughed.

- Blessed be Jehovah ."- Malvo exclaimed several times.

They arrive to the house and went to see the money , spilling the content on the dining table.

- My God ! A lot of dug, eh, Chief ? No wonder they were wanting to take it back !"- Castro exclaimed, seeing the mountain of dollars.

- I hope they cannot trace us here."- He said.

Castro paled , saying :'- Perhaps they can ! I called them from here , in the morning !"-

Malvo thought a little while, and he shrugged, saying :- " No matter. The big bosses were in that car, I guess. Also, we have more ammunition for our guns. We must keep our eyes open."

They count the bills , and in all there were $ 5.000.000 dollars in all.

- Good amount of money, to go spending at the Bahamas."- Malvo said.

- Bahamas ... always I had heard of it, but never went there. In fact, never I was out of Chile."

- This time you can go out... with a faked Passport. Plenty of money to do what you please."- Malvo assured.

- Yes, I guess we both must went out of circulation, for a long season... Those punks are really mean."- Castro said, putting the money back in the bags.

- Well, I guess you are right. To-morrow I will fetch us both some papers, and we will fly over the problems ,for a while."- Malvo said ,adding:

Midway upon the journey of our life

I found myself within a forest dark,

For the straightforward pathway had been lost."

- Dante.

- Yes , do you read it at school ?

- And memorized, too. It was exciting."- Castro grinned.

Malvo went to eat at a Restaurant, and Castro went to visit some friends.

Three days elapsed, they were waiting inside of a LAN Chile airplane ,to depart en route to Bahamas.

- We will change of airplane, in Nicaragua."- Malvo informed Castro.

- O.K. by me. Nice plane."

- Yes, and beautiful hostesses."- Malvo grinned at a blonde girl.

The airplane takes off and began the flight.

- All hands up ! This is an assault !"- Yelled a black hair man, blandishing a gun.

- Damn !"- Malvo said.

- All passenger to the rear ! "- yelled another man, with a submachine gun. The women began to cry and two fainted. The males remain seated.

One of the criminals beat a fat woman in the head, and then three young man try to cop with the two air pirates, but then they were fired .

- Do not shut inside the plane ! " - The blonde hostess cry, attending the young ones, who were lying on the floor.

- You must obey or we will go to hell ! Now !"- The taller of the pirates yelled. The passengers began to stand up, and then a third pirate came from the cabin, saying:- No, no ! The pilot said the plane will be hard to stabilize with all the weight in the rear ! Remain in your seats ! "

This one has red hair, with some teeth missing...

The pirates talked each others in hushed voices, and then the taller said:

- You will be landing in Cuba, if all this goes right. Our comrade Fidel Castro will meet us as heroes. Is in here some American ?"

Several people answered positively.

- You pigs ! Our comrade Fidel will have a little chatter with you all !"- The guy said, with an evil face.

- Now you will throw all the gold rings, bracelets, and money, to the corridor between the seats. And beware ! I will not hesitate to punish the egoists !"- Yelled the red headed terrorist.

Castro told Malvo:- I will punish this stupids. You with me ?"

- Okie doky."- Malvo replied.

When the red haired pirate went by the corridor taking the money and jewels, Castro grabs him by the neck, facing the other two pirates.

- I have your companion here ! One movement of you, and I will twist his head off !"-

Also , he began to move to the rear of the plane.

- You, SOB ! I will shoot you in the face, pig !"- The taller yelled, by the other criminal opposedto the idea, as the ruddy haired was in between.

They began walking to the rear also, following Castro and the ruddy haired.

Malvo waits until the two of them pass his seat, and he spring to his feet, banging heads with his camera.

One of them went to the floor, blacking out, and the other turns facing Malvo, who gave him a terrible blow in the face, so the blood spurts from the mangled lips of the air pirate.

Another blow with the camera, puts the guy asleep.

- My hero !"- The blonde hostess kissed Malvo in his lips, and he felt the hot body next to him, making him dizzy...

All the passengers began to cheer them up, and then Castro twist the head of the red haired, who went to the floor.

- Pass me some belts ! We will fasten this stupid to the seats !"- Castro asked, and a dozen belts were offered, in no time...

The pilot was advised by the hostesses of the change, and he headed to his former destiny, Nicaragua.

When they arrive to the airport, a hundred reporters were expecting them.

- Lady, I want to dine with you. Are you available ?"- Malvo asked the blonde, who said :'- For my Savior, all my time is available ! And my name is Lina. Here is my telephone, call me to- day."-

The police takes two of the air/ pirates away, the red haired was dead.

Castro was summoned to a brief conversation with the Chief of Police, and released . The Company gave both of them four trips free of charge, to any part in the world.

- Good hunting."- Castro said, when they were traveling in a a taxi, to the Hotel.

- Yes ! Lucky we didn't blow up in little bits, up there."- Malvo replied.

They slept in a Hotel, and in the morning they travel in another airplane to Bahamas.

The island was a garden of flowers, the sand was white and the beach was full of Barbies...

- My God ! How many beauties per square inch!"- Malvo said, licking his lips.

- Beware with the pressure, Chief !"- Castro said.

They had three weeks of leisure time, with the Hotel providing for all his needs, including female company... They became accustomed to exotic dishes, fine fishes and expensive drinks.

Also to good female company, sexy conversation and savoir faire, impossible to attain in Santos Dumont or Robles Street !

They came back to Chile, and they almost choked with boredom in those gloomy streets.

- Chief ! I am dying here ! I am a good citizen, but I cannot stay here a minute more ! Why didn't we go to the "Other Side", for a change?"

- Could be, but we will visit another place, another planet. We must search for something more than good landscapes and hungry dinosaurs. "- Malvo said.

- O.K. by me ! Just take me out of this place !"- Castro begged.

So Malvo begin to change the coordinates, and Castro begun buying food and drinks for the expedition.

- This time we must search for some company, man and female. We must have also some fun, don't you think ?"- Castro said.

- All right, I will put some advises.

- Let me handle that, Chief. I think I can get more from my money than you did."- The Indian exposed.

- O.K., have it your won way. No complaints, afterwards."

- When did I complain of something chief ?"- Castro marveled.

Malvo didn't answered.

So Castro asked for good looking females, and working men, so they travel to the other side with 18 beauties and 10 workers, who looked in awe to the Barbie' looking damsels...

They depart a mondayfrom Santiago to the other side... A planet chosen randomly by Malvo.

The place was near a big river, and with fresh air. The equipment of the team was furnished by a big store, so the quality was similar to those of the sheiks in the desert...

- This is life !"- Castro laughed, seeing the girls chatter in the twilight, near the encampment.

- Yes ! Those girls are superb ! From where do you get them ?

- From a fashion school ! They are here because you are a great Director ! And we are going to film a picture !"- Castro laughed heartily.

- And the cameras?

- I told them they are going to arrive in 15 days, so you will be working with them all this days, in order to be ready to roll when the camera - machines arrive."- Castro explained.

- A bit cocky, but I guess it can be donned. I will tell them I am going to do a remake of the Unknown Planet, sort of."- Malvo said, beginning to be interested in the plot himself.

- Do no delude yourself, boss ! They are here to gave as all the fun ! "- Castro said.

- But I do not know how to handle a lady !~"- Malvo complained.

- Leave that to me ! I have two ladies ready for romance, so to speak... Wait here, I will fetch the damsels right now."- Castro announced.

And so it was, with a couple of laughing girls, that were very interested in the first roles.

- You will be more famous than Liza Minelli !" - Castro said to them, kissing the nearest at hand.

The workers were appointed around the camp, with night watch, as Castro wasn't interested in to be surprised by some hungry beasts in the middle of the night... especially with good company, also.

In the morning they divided the works in two teams: the females were going to clean the site and boil water, and the men were going to hunt and fishing.

The hunting team was lead by Castro, and the fishing team by Malvo, who was not interested in a walk of 8 hours, at the least ...

So Malvo went to the river with some workers, and he teaches them how to throw the hook, a very simple thing they all understand very quickly, but other thing was to hook a fish, so they hardly take three small fishes in all the afternoon.

They came back to the camp when the first shadows began.

- Hi ! Good fishing ?- A blonde girl asked .

- No luck this time ! Just three tiny fishes !"- Malvo complained.

The girls cleans the fishes, and boiled them, to have a soup for all...

The hunting team appeared at 24 :00 hours, carrying three big animals, impaled on large sticks, handling by four mean each.

- Good hunting ! The woods are full of game !"- Castro exclaimed, sitting on a boulder.

- Good thing ! We were preparing a fish soup ,with just three thin specimens !"- The blonde girl laughed, who's name was Linda.

- Handle me some soup, by the meantime, please ! I'm starving !"- Castro asked.

So he take the bowl with the hot soup, and also some others do the same, as they were without food since the morning.

The barbecue lasted three hours, and everyone eats as much as he likes, as the animals were big and his meat was delicious...

They put guards around the camp, and the fires were lit all night. Malvo slept with a smile on his face, breathing the clear air of that new planet...

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- New people, down there.

- Scanning.

- Must be now, we need food.

- 20 humans, from Earth. They came by a door in the space continuum, same as ever."

- Doze them.

The space craft descended and the two Greys went out, looking with their big round eyes the faces of the sleepers.

- Seems to be from Latin America, smell of tortillas in their clothes."

- They are wandering through the Cosmos , same as every time they can. They are like ants, searching for adventure and food... Same as ants.."

They induced terror in those minds, and the 20 people there began their personal nightmares. Someone slept of spiders, another of GReys, another of a disease who eats his flesh, another seeing his mother being...hurt...,and so on. No matter the special terror, the GReys needs just the emotions, the terror, the earth pumping blood through veins , the eyes rolling inside the sockets...

Two hours, and the GReys went to the space craft, and hover around the place.

- We can go now. I feel groggy. This are young people, fat emotions...Strong blood ,useful DNA... Wake them up from the doze. Begin with the guards."

- Donned.

- Let us orbit the planet, to slept a while. Nice soup."

The little craft with the dwarfs became another star, to the star gazers...

- Hey, Julio ! I dream a bad situation, here !

- Same I ! But, don't say a word ! We are supposed to be in guard."- German said to Julio.

At dawn, they take breakfast, and they exchange their bad dreams, commenting about them...

- Guess it is just the excitation of to be here, dames ! Nothing to worry about !"- Malvo said, waning.

Castro take him apart, and asked why he was so pallid.

- I remember a saying, that the bad dreams are an ill omen, nothing more. And I trembled for ourselves, now."

- Do not worry about that ! Dreams are just dreams, nothing else ! "- Castro said, smiling.

They went to hunt, and Malvo went with them, as he needs to do some exercise, to release his mind from nightmares...

The trees were full of fruits, but barely eatable. Some flowers were insect-catchers, and the bugs were large and with vivid colors.

- See that ! A hare !"- Castro told Malvo, and he fired. The hare gave a leap, and went stiff dead.

- A soup is waiting."- Castro smiled, putting the animal in his sack.

Malvo fired to some birds, but he missed, and the birds were out of range in a second.

- Too many trees, to hunt for birds. Better open your eyes for animals..."- Castro gave his advice to Malvo.

Three other males were in that party, and they were Julio, German, and Vargas.

They walked until mid morning, and then they saw a big red animal, standing in his hind legs, eating of those fruits...

- Must weigh a ton !"- Malvo exclaimed.

- And red in color... Vegetarian. Those are the best, properly roasted."- Julio grinned savagely.

- Take aim, gentlemen. Now, when I count three, we all shoot... one, two, three !"

The firing was deafening, and the animal was hit in several parts at the same time, so it went to the floor without a sound.

- Get it ! We have meat for a week !"- Castro smiled, pleased with his aim.

- Poor beast ! it was a vegetarian."- Malvo exclaimed.

- My man ! You cannot be a good hunting with those exquisite sentiments ! Don't tell me you are an ecologist !"- German said .

- No, I am not. "- Malvo replied.

They walked to the falling animal. It was a mammal, about two and a half meters long, weighing a ton. Also his mouth was cavernous, with big round teeth. The eyes were very curious, being red with a yellow iris.

- The fur is superb ! I am seeing it already...me, with a long overcoat, walking by Ahumada Boulevard ! "- Castro exclaimed, and they all laughed. A red overcoat !

They began to strip the fur from the body, when a bellowing startled them. They look around, and they saw a similar animal looking back at them, with enraged eyes.

- Take aim, gentlemen ! Fast !"- Castro said, as the mammal was running in two legs in their direction.

The guns fired their lethal message, and the animal went to the floor, banging his head against a tree trunk.

- Wow ! They sure have a strong tie, among themselves... Better we get hurry, if there is another around here !"- Castro said, and he stabbed the flesh of the first mammal, not caring anymore for any fur...

They carry as much meat as they could. back to the clearing where the girls and the rest of the males were waiting. Also the first long shadows of the night were encircling them.

- Let's put a big fire, gentlemen! There are some large animals around here !"- Castro said, and the females were afraid from then on !

That night the Greys didn't came, as they were sleeping in 0 grav, over the planet, so in the next morning the humans felt very well, and they roasted large pieces of meat, and they eat, being merry all the time

- This is great ! But when you will begun the rehearsals ? - Laura Bergamota asked of Malvo.

- Soon, because we must polish something in the scripts. But now, let us move the camp ! Perhaps we encounter some river, or something.'- He said.

So they move the camp, the males carrying all the heavy bags, and the females the lighter bundles.

In the afternoon they arrive to a large river, and they camped near a hill. Malvo and Castro went climbing it, and they find strange bones scattered up there.

- Guess they are some kind of birds. Nice looking beaks.'- Castro said to Malvo.

- I hope they didn't came back to inhabit this place... look at the beaks ! 2 meters long !"- He whispered.

- Do not worry, master ! This bones are here at least for 8 years ! And there is not another trace of those winged animals..."- Castro asseverated.

- let's see... the river is about half kilometer wide, so we could find someplace to go the other part.. perhaps a raft..."- He exposed.

- Not really necessary boss ! What do you expect to find at the other side, that this side didn't have ? A civilization, perhaps ?- Castro demanded.

- Possibly. But you are right, let's see what is at this side, first. To-morrow we will keep on walking , up river."- Malvo said.

- Chief ! But do you don't see the females are becoming suspicious ? Too many miles inside this country, for what purpose ? Also, have you not a girl in the whole lot ?

- No.

- My man ! And how do you stand your fortress ? Because I guess you need a woman, from time to time !

- Yes, but it is not of vital importance for me.

- My man ! It is not a matter of importance , but of pleasure and re encounter with the joy of life ! And it is a very insignificant act, also a very short act..."- Castro looked at Malvo.

- Well, I will ask someone to be my mate.

- My man ! That is not the way ! Woman loves people who makes them laugh ! And you are very serious ! Too much serious for them ! So I will gave a party to-night, and I will search you a bride. Really ! "- Castro said, grinning.

At night they made a barbecue, and also they sing and play games, where Castro managed to convince a girl to be Malvo's mate, as the guy was totally null for romance...

The girl was blonde and beautiful, and she also care for Malvo in the next days to came, as Malvo was like a child , in relation to women...

As he was happy, he forgot all precaution, and he accepted whatever direction Castro wants to take, as he was now more interested in Melina, the girl of 23 years old, than in anything else. His brain was like in a bowl of marmalade, droned in sweet thoughts that makes his eyes watery- like.

Melina was experimented with men, as she was self -assured of her beauty since the age of 3, so she was accustomed to be loved by people. The boy friends, at school and in the neighborhood of her home, were for ever dating her, buying her presents, candies, ice creams, and in general she did what her fancy wants.

This time she gain Malvo's confidence, and he told her :- We are in another planet, dear ! This land didn't belongs to Earth, and we are the sole inhabitants of this great world."

She asked a thousand question, and he try to answered all of them... little he knows she hardly understand the theories he was explaining. But the intuition of the woman in her speaks by her mouth, when she said :- We better leave this land, as there could be animals and people dangerous to us."

As Malvo said there were not much possibilities of that, seeing there were not such animals in the week they were living there, Melina told the truth to her friend Linda, and she get panicked and yelled the whole tale to the other women and men...

It was late afternoon, and every male and woman were yelling at Castro, who was trying to handle the situation Malvo 's imprudence started...

- We need to return to Earth ! We are professionals, and we was cheated by you both !"- Linda was saying, when a big bellowing cuts the air in two.

- Look !"- Melina said, and a giant saurian appeared in the forest, looking with malignant eyes to the human group.

The women begin to run in all directions, and the males with revolvers fired against the animal, who begin chasing a woman after the other.

Malvo was aghast. The females were not in sight, as they went inside the wood, and the animal also follows them... so he was standing in the middle of the clearing, together with three other man ; between them it was Castro.

- Guess they get their answer, now. It is dark, and we cannot do much to save them."- Castro said.

- But we must get inside the wood and follow them !"- Julio said, and he went inside the wood with German ...

- I am sorry."- Malvo said.

- Do not worry, chief ! Women are dangerous creatures, they cannot retain secrets of other people... Their own secrets, they keep no matter what.... Now we better begin thinking in a shelter. Perhaps we must sleep in a tree, I guess the monster cannot climb a tree..."- He said.

- It is dark, already.

- Yes, Came, Chief. That tree seems to me big enough..."- Castro said, walking in the dark.

They climbed by the branches, and they secured themselves with ropes to the branch,

- Do you think the creature eats them all ? There is no sound of firing."- Malvo asked.

- Tomorrow I will track them . Now we rest."- Castro said, yawning.

Malvo hardly sleep, as the sounds of the forest were strange to his hears...

At dawn, a big howling was heard, and Castro awoke.

- What was that, chief ?

- Guess a native monster, perhaps another kind than the one we saw yesterday."

- The monster arrive to this spot.. . perhaps there is smell of blood, that advised them of a easy pray."- Castro said.

They descended, and they find their track in a short while.

- Five women and two men... they are trying to retrace the road to the mirror...Guess they are right, here we cannot believe in killing those beasts with revolvers...- Castro said, after a while, looking the clues on the path.

- Seven out of 20 ! And the rest ?

- I can try to trace them. Do you wish that ?

- Of course, or I will be not able to sleep in the nights to came !"- Malvo replied.

They spent all that day looking for the rest of the Expedition , but they find only the tracks of two carnivores , and not a single bone.

- Guess they eat them wholesale. But I show you the blood, in the leaves... They are dead."- Castro told Malvo, who was looking the stars, from his perch .

- A pity, really. This worlds are dangerous. We must came here with all the weapons that the XX Century provides... helicopters, planes, ships... A work for a country, not for a single civilian such as me."- Malvo said. He was feeling himself guilty of those deaths... young people, cheated by his promises..

Castro nothing replied, as he was trying to hear the sounds from below, as they were upon a big tree...

- Chief ! I am hearing strange sounds down there... Please be quiet !"- He whispered.

Malvo get afraid of those lurking things, and he shut up. He try to hear, but only the sound of the wind was heard by his citadine hears...

- Three big bodies are coming this way, Chief. Get ready with your gun. Seems they are apes. I will go below, to catch them unawares..."- He said, and begun descending, in the darkness.

Malvo pointed his revolver to the obscurity that was the only path to himself...

Not three minutes elapsed, he heard four shots, and the flashes of the firing was barely visible, among all those branches.

Grunts and sound of broken branches came to his terrified hears. His eyes almost pop out from his sockets.

It was a terrible night for him. He heard nothing, saw nothing... and at last, dawn came bringing sanity to his tortured brain. He could, at last, saw in all directions, among those beautiful green leaves, no longer blackened by the absence of the native sun.

He began the descent, and he found three big apes lying at the bottom. Also Castro were there, with a terrible bite in his neck, so his head was almost dangling , the neck almost gone. One of the apes had his mouth full of dried blood.

The apes were 2 meters high, and very fat. Their foot and hands were enormous, with very powerful toes.

Malvo eats some fruits in his march to the Mirror. He was very close to it, when he heard a woman crying , and he finds Melina and Laura Bergamota perching on a tree, their dresses in shreds.

He called them, and she descended in a hurry, crying there were a saurian lurking by the place.

Malvo takes them by the hands and carried them ,almost at a run, to the Mirror, who was standing over the hill.

They went the other side, and Malvo cuts the power to the machine, attending the girls from their wounds, with alcohol and creams.

- Never ,never I will went there again ! And you lie to us ! They are all dead !"- Laura yelled at Malvo.

- I am so sorry, dear ! "- He said.

- You will be more than sorry ! I will go directly to the authorities, so they get you in prison ! Came on, Melina ! Do not stay a minute more in this house of horrors !"- She yelled, her eyes ablaze.

Malvo heard the door banging , and he shrugged his elbows. As always, the Police will do nothing. They will direct them to the Court, where they will be drowned in papers for ever more.

- Nothing to worry about. There is not corpus delicti."- He told himself, and he went to take a shower.

Just in case, he takes several things ,as the dimensional machine, or "mirror", back to his Robles house, to leave the scene of the crime, and also to let things cool down. No need to be visiting police stations just for fun !

He looked all the gold that was his, now that Castro was dead. He remembered Castro bags and he went to his bedroom, where he inspected all the belongings of the former guide... knives, guns, lenses, ropes, radio transmitters... a lot of stuff. Also some copybooks, with the detailed adventures of the deceased..., some watches, among them two superb Rolex ... He uses one of them , to remember his employed...

It was 11 September, and the crowds went by the streets yelling against Pinochet and the D.C. government, tired to yell among decades, since the killing of President Allende. In those times Malvo was D.C., but since he saw D.C. easily became friends with the Socialists, he became disinterested in politics, where a man was just a number .

The young people he saw, when walking to the street, were the sons of the former socialists, and they were interested in politics just because they were searching for a better system than the ongoing. Pity the commercial system appeared as the only possible one. .. Where man is valued by his skill and not because he exists...

Malvo saw the police throwing water and gases to the young people, and the young people throwing stones and doing barricades with stones and bus station kiosks reduced to bits ... A useless action, he was sure of. Just a demonstration of discontent.

The helicopters of the Police were flying overhead, and some heavy trucks were patrolling the streets. The day was half clouded, and the hills looked misty in the distance...

All that day the radio news were giving flashes ,saying how the situation evolves. Malvo, for many years, had saw and heard those same acts over and over again. Two or three hundred imprisoned, some cops with injuries, and the walls and streets suffering the violence of those two groups. Sure, in the night some high rank officer will explain the acts , and all would be normal again, until the next 11 of September...

The incredible thing was that Pinochet, the General who rebelled against the President Allende, was alive and kicking ! He was the General in Chief of the Army Forces ! That was the why all those people felt wrath against the machine ! That general should had been demoted years and years ago, but he was powerful, and nobody dared to oppose him openly.

Malvo return to his house coughing, as the toxic gases were specially irking, so he felt his throat eroded...

He prepared himself a "onces" , the Chilean version of the ' five o'clock tea " of the British : a cup of tea, a bread and butter, and that was all. He looked at the clock in front of him, hearing the tic'tac, and also the police sirens outside...

That night he heard the high rank officer saying the usual phrases, and the amount of damaged buildings and parks. ...

He slept all that night in the warm comfort of his own bed...

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By the meantime, both girls run to the Police Station, to put his Denounce against the owner of the Dimensional machine, but they found a Police Station in turmoil, with people being carried in trucks and jailed with haste, among yells of hate. Some people were injured, with blood stains over their clothes, and several cops with burned uniforms, due to Molotov cocktails ...

- What do you want ?= A policeman asked of the girls.

Melina and Laura Bergamota told the whole story to a wide eyed policeman, who became red faced and yelled them to go home and stop smoking herbs... or he will get them both into a cell .

Then a pair of bullets went inside the Police Station , like two enraged wasps, and then the lights went out, so the Cops became very hysteric and closed the gates and fired a round to the street ,with sub machine guns. The smell of gunpowder was heavy inside the two rooms, so both girls became choked, and then the Lieutenant in charge lit some candles over some bottle necks, and the girls were permitted to go out, finding the streets in pitch dark, as the Protesters blows some electric towers, shunning the power to the lamps over the poles.

- Better run, Laura ! There is danger here ! "- Melina cried, and as they went running, a pair of cops fired them, who went down to the floor.

- There are two women !

- Communists ! Call the ambulance ! "- The other policeman said, with his sub machine still throwing some smoke from the nozzle.

The ambulance arrived there with a 20 minutes delay, so when the bodies arrive to the Hospital, they were both dead.

Malvo reads all about it in the newspaper, a day elapsed, and he decided to goes back to his Santos Dumont house, now the danger was over...

As he entered the house with his vehicle, he found several letters waiting for his attention. They were all bills ,except one of them, who was an advertisement from some guy who was selling a farm. Malvo remembered he contacted one Agency for that purpose. So he called by the phone, and he get a date , for to visit the place.

Thing he did several days more, and he was pleased. It was in a secondary road, not so far from the city, and with no neighbors in the vicinity. The farm has a brick solid house, and a creek was passing near it, so the trees grows there in profusion.

The price was not high, so he bought it, carrying all his belongings there, after some reparations and remodeling of the former house...

So he get a comfortable bunker in the middle of nowhere, with water supply, electrical energy available from two powerful engines, and three employees, to do the cleaning and serving at the kitchen.

The guys were Larrton, Moefeldfeld and Curlyn, and the maid was Florencia, a middle aged woman who knows how to cook to a man...

LIFE IN THE FARM.

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He named the farm " Roswell ", in memory of those killed at Roswell in 1947, and he also pay for a swimming pool near the house, with grass fields and some lights who gave the place a "Jet - Set" kind of atmosphere...

The guys at his disposal assembled, he told them to accompany him to search some gold to the hills.

- Are you sure in Chile are gold mines, Chief ? - Asked Larrton, a half bald man.

- Yes ! There is some gold that is awaiting for us ! I get to bring some , in order to be living here in the luxury you saw. I had some gold, but all is gone now I ended the works here. The most expensive of all was the swimming pool, I guess I commit a mistake when I accepted a Olympic design for it ! "- Malvo said to them.

- I will go, chief, but swear me you are going to gave me some kilo of it !"- Moefeldfeld asked.

- No problem, a kilo for each one of you, then. But bear in mind you must obey me no matter what ! I do not want to see you depart this place with the gold, and never came back to serves me ! "- Malvo asked.

Curlyn said :- Do not worry, master ! I swear to you I will remind here all my life ! As you possibly go there again in the future... don't you think that is possible, guys ?"-

The other members of the team grinned, with cold ambition written on their eyelids...

- Very well, then ! We are going to visit the place, but in motorcycles ! Some of you knows how to ride a motorcycle ?"- Malvo asked. Nobody knows, so he discarded the motorcycle.

- Well, what the heck ! We will walk there, a little loathsome, specially with the burden of so many kilos of the blonde metal.'"- He said.

- It will be no burden for me a sack of gold , Master !"- Moefeldfeld yelled, and he turns his eyes in his socket just like a madman.

Two days elapsed, and with some food in their back sacs, they departed to the ?other side", this time to the planet of Gold...

The travel by the woods was a nightmare, as the monsters were in the mating season, and their bellowing and yells were so profusely emitted, that their nervous system was eroded...

- This damn beasts will made me sick at the heart !"- Moefeldfeld asseverated.

- Think in that gold, and you will be sane in no time."- Larrton said to him.

- Yes, I am thinking night and day ! How do you think I can walk straight ahead, instead of turning back and run like hell ?"= Moefeldfeld answered.

Malvo was using all his little skill , trying to walk in a straight line to the golden mine, but when they arrive to the hillside, he reckoned he was lost.

But he didn't said a word, and make them walk by the mountains, searching for the precious metal, until the food became non - existent.

- Guess I lost the trail.- Malvo said.

- I knew it , I knew it !'- Groaned Moefeldfeld, kneeling.

- But don't you worry ! Perhaps we are very near the spot !"- Malvo try to enliven spirits.

- Well, Mr. Malvo, we will understand. But for now, we much search for food. Preferable fruits. you know, that we can eat without much further ado."- Larrton said, seating on the floor.

- I am sure I debt you an explanation. Guys , I was sure I knew the way ! The truth it is that I often came here with a Guide."- He explained.

- And what happens with the guide ?= Asked Moefeldfeld, getting interested.

- Guess he was eaten by some animal ...but don't you get afraid ! We hadn't seen any , yet."- Said Malvo.

But the night came, they were in a place full of rocks, and the hills were at their backs. No gold treasure, no trees to hide... Malvo said "- Guys, we better rise camp here. "

They had several tents, and matches and some cans of food, so they rise the tents, lit the fires and eat the food... in that order.

- It is nice here. No smog, silence and pure air ! I guess this is going to like me."- Moefeldfeld said.

- Yes, this place is very quiet, sometimes."- Malvo said, but he glanced to the forests, a kilometer away... perhaps the beasts weren't so curious, after all, and didn't came here to dine..."- He thought.

- Tell us, how did the gold looks like...I mean, in the rocks ? They are pebbles of pure gold., or what ?- Moefeldfeld asked.

- Sometimes are little gold pebbles , but seldom are embedded in another rocks, like jets of paint... Very beautiful. So the gold must be worked out, sort of grinding the rocks and take the pure gold in a bag... Sometimes the buyer bought the gold in brute. They paid a lot less, I am afraid..."- He explained.

- Well, perhaps to-morrow you find the place , Mr. Malvo. This place gave me the creeps... Too many beasts, in the jungle."- Curlyn said.

They went to sleep, leaving a guard posted . This guard was Larrton, for 4 hours , and then Curlyn replace him, until morning. There were no problems, so Malvo looks gay and happy.

- Boys ! Let's rise camp ! We goes back ! I guess I know where I missed the track !"- He announced.

They did what he said, and they walked back to the forest. Malvo searched for the old trail, find it, and arrive with his companions to the golden lands...

- Here it is ! Look for yourselves ! The place is full of gold !"- He announced.

They were very excited, and begin asking for more participation. Malvo said :- Well, guys, don't get the wrong idea, with me ! You are my employees, not my partners ! I paid you a good salary, and I offered you some gold , but bear in mind this is my property ! So I will stick to my former word : don't tempt me !"

They became very sullen, and they worked in silence, from then on. At dusk, several hundred kilos were ready , in the bags they were carrying. Malvo asked them to release the gold from the stones in the spot, so the bags were full of pure gold...

They rise the tents there, but Malvo said "- I will sleep up in a tree. I am afraid..., down here. A beast attacked us , the last time I came here. Dangerous spot."

So they forget about the tents, and went to sleep in the branches. Moefeldfeld crashed down a couple of times, so they tied him up to a branch...

The monsters were lurking down there, and they heard the bellowing a dozen times.... They were terrified, as the voices of the dinosaurs were very strong, nothing comparable to it, not even a lion's roar at close range...

- This beasts... are powerful. They lasted for thousands of years, back at Earth. Luckily, they were all killed by Jehovah, with the Deluge."- Malvo explained, in the morning of the new day.

- Strange, they are silent during the day."- Moefeldfeld said.

- But I heard a couple of bellowing , yesterday morning !"- Curlyn said.

- Those were plant - eaters ! Nothing to worry about... except if you are in their path."- Malvo explained.

- So the carnivore lurks in silence, during the day ! Not a nice perspective !"- Curlyn said, trembling.

They went to the gold site, and they take a couple of bags each one, weighing 15 kgs. each one.

- We will walk steadily, and perhaps we will arrive in safety. We must be very quiet, as the forest belongs to them."- Malvo explained, and nobody asked who were "them", as they imagined very clearly those big monsters...even to named them were a bad omen !

They traveled all day long, resting an hour in the middle of the forest, to eat some canes. They talked very rarely, and in hushed voices. They saw a couple of stegosaurs, eating leaves in apparent calm. The eyes of those beasts were for ever moving, in all directions...

- I guess they hear us, but we are no threat to them."- Malvo said.

- And who could represent a threat to them ? They are big brutes, and look at those spikes ! Surely they slash another dinosaur just once , and good bye ! "- Curlyn said.

Then a big cry was heard, not 20 minutes elapsed, and came from the distance. It was a pure terror bellowing, and then a fierce cry was heard, the earth shook, and they saw a Tyrannosaur REx running and leaving broken little trees in his path... He was running in the general direction of that turmoil...

The humans crouched among some shrubbery, and Malvo said "- Guess another Tyrannosaur attacks the Stegosaur we saw. And this another one is going to ask his share."

- We better leave the bags here, Mr. Malvo, and climbs a tree ! I have a bad feeling."- Curlyn said.

Malvo wasn't very pleased with that requisition, as it was just four o'clock in the afternoon, and they had a long way to go, yet.

- I guess we better keep going, man ! If every time we saw a beast we stops, then we will run out of food."- Malvo exposed.

- Better without food than without life."- Curlyn replied.

So Malvo accepted, and they climb in two different trees, but they were able to see each other, through the leaves.

Not twenty minutes elapsed, the Tyrannosaur returns, and begin searching for something, until he arrives to the golden bags. He sniffed it several times, and then he rise his head, looking to the men in the nearest tree... namely, Malvo and Moefeld...

- Dirty old devil ! He spots us !"- Moefeld said, climbing a little higher. The monster was tall, at least 8 meters high, and the tree was twice that eight...

- Annk aank aaank !"- The terrible lizard bellowed, and they almost fell of fright ! Malvo climbs another pair of meters, pale faced...

The Tyrannosaur began banging the tree trunk, and Malvo helps Moefeldfeld to go to the next tree available, and then they were in the move, until the monster wasn't visibly ...

- Damn brute ! He is still banging his skull on that poor tree !"- Moefeld said, as the banging was on !

Several other dinosaurs came to see what was going on, and they all put their heads to the work. so the tree finally collapsed, bringing down another two trees, who almost kill one of the new comers, who ends with a broken leg.

The unhurt beasts try to release the dinosaur from under the tree, beating at him. but at the end they just eat the poor beast with their bites. All that time was used by the scared humans, who puts as much land between them and the beasts as they could.

- It's almost six o'clock. I guess we must leave the recovery of the bags for to-morrow."- Malvo suggested.

- I will go to search it. I cannot bear this immobility." Larrton said.

- I will go with you."- Moefeld said.

They descended from the tree they were perching, and they walk with utmost care to the spot where the gold bags were. They saw the bodies of those dinosaurs feasting on the fallen one... Those terrible teeth , gleaming white and red in the afternoon, in the middle of a forest that was murmuring with the sound of birds and the breeze passing through a billion leaves... Five or six times higher than the humans, the long bodies were covered with hard leather skin.

The humans didn't opened the mouth, afraid... of those terrible lizards. They found the bags and they carry four of them to the spot where Malvo and Moefeld were , at the foot of the big tree.

- See ? Those monsters are no match for us !" - Larrton smiled.

- Yes, they are very busy eating the body of their brother !"- Moefeld add.

- Well, seems there is time for another raid. Want to came ? "- Larrton ask Malvo.

- No, I prefer to wait here. "- Malvo replied.

Then Moefeld wants to go with them , so Malvo was left alone , on top of the tree. From there he waits, seeing some shadows being projected from above. He recognized some Pteranodons, flying like big American B2 ...

Then a memory flashed in his brain... that of a Stealth rocket plane breaking a wing in the air, and then going to earth like a sheet of paper...the date was 15.09.1997, and he remembered the CNN showing the accident in the screens ...Three houses demolished, and the pilot jumps in a parachute.

Then he heard crying down there, so he descended. He saw the three men running as fast as they could, and they begin to climb the tree.

- What is happening ? - Malvo yelled .

- Some beast blocked our path ! A big monster !"- Moefeld yelled back.

When they were all atop some branches, Larrton said "- Seems there are lot more dinosaurs here , than previously thought !"

- How come ?- Asked Malvo.

- There were a big beast on the trail ! Seems he was trailing us, from the gold site ! He was two meters high, perhaps six in length ! Walks in two legs..."- Moefeld informed.

- And he was malignant eyes ! Yellow, with black pupils... like a cat in the night !"- Larrton said.

- Perhaps a Velocirraptor.. . Do you see any other in the vicinity ? '- Malvo asked.

- No, i don't "- Moefeld said.

- I guess I saw something lurking at the left side... but we were running fast!"- Curlyn said.

Malvo informed them the Velocirraptors hunts in packs... Perhaps they were following the one they saw in plain sight... Or else, they would had been attacked, for sure.

- I guess the gold yonder must be forgotten. at least for this trip."- Malvo said.

- Chief ! There are 60 kilos down there ! I will go tomorrow to the place ! I don't want to loose it just because a bunch of over grown lizards !"- Larrton asseverated.

- Let's see if those Velociraptors are around here, to- morrow. And let's have silence, or they will know we are here !"- Malvo said.

So they didn't talk until the morning. They were fasting, and Moefeld was chewing leaves, as his big paunch were growling like an hungry dino !

- I will go alone. "- Larrton said, descending.

They wait there, perching in the tree, as they were terrified, and notwithstanding the fact the light was very strong, the dark clouds inside them make all the surrounding place a site of terror.

Two hours elapsed, Larrton returned. He climbs the tree, and panting, he said "- No signs of whatever monster may live here ! The site is deserted, I saw the remnants of the Tyrannosaur ! A couple of big bones, too hard to broke, and nothing else remain ! "

- And the gold ?- Moefeld asked.

- I carry two bags, and there are another two ,placed against a rock, a hundred meters near this place. Pass the brute's remnants.. . "

They looked each other, and then Malvo said "- Guess we can go now."

- No, Chief ! Let me gain some strength, and I will go there to fetch those last bags !"- Larrton asked.

So they wait a couple of hours. It was already noon. They went all down the tree, and they searched for food, finding some fruits barely eatable. They also found a spring, where they drink.

- Tastes to lemonade !"- Malvo grinned, after some gulps.

- I will go now to the gold. Wait for me."- Larrton said.

They saw him went again to the spot, and Moefeld asserted"- This guy sure is very valiant ! He defy the death."

They return to the tree, and climbing it, they wait on the upper branches.

Larrton was very confident. as he came and goes unharmed. Just the same he wished he was a pair of eyes in the back and another pair on top of his head ! So he was approaching to the site, and he suddenly saw something white near a tree, He crouched and look at the thing with utmost care.

It was a creature of some kind, who was moving very fast, doing something near a rocky formation. He seems to be very little, no more than 1.20 meters high, so Larrton went there.

The being spotted him when he was at 14 meters away... He was a little man, dressed in a dark custom, with big eyes and a large head, that swayed on a thin neck.

The eyes had some kind of power, some magnetic quality, and Larrton felt himself moving as in a dream... The being , who was a Grey, called some others that were round the rock. They walked to Larrton , and one of them came to Larrton and grabbing him by the arm, walks until they were inside a slowly revolving pear -like craft , 6 meters high and the same dimension wide...

They finished taking pieces from that rock, and they climbed the vessel and fly over the big trees, shooting sky high.

Larrton was seeing and feeling everything , but he was unable to move. The three Greys carried him to a surgical table and begin fumbling with his body, much to his annoyance, and he was there more than an hour.

When finished, the Greys had several biopsies storaged in some vials, and gave Larrton a shot, who drugged him a little more, so he looses conscience.

Time elapsed, Larrton awoke in a close packed site, with hot walls and warm floor totally in the dark. He felt very dizzy, and he vomits several times, loosing interest in escapades... He faints.

He regain conscious once again, and in a terrorized state, he begin crawling by the floor, and he found a corridor, equally dark and smelly, the odor was revolting. By one side of the corridor he finds some corpses lying , some of them very stiff and cold, some others kind of slimy. The smell was like a dead rat in a cellar !

He saw some light ahead, and he stop when he saw the three small guys sleeping in mid air, their bodies encircled by the faint light a little window gave from above.

Larrton retraced his steps, and then he grabbed some bar, lying at a corner. He came back to the sleeping dwarfs, and he banged their heads with all the force he could get. Two of them abandoned this world in his sleep, and the third awoke when the bar was traveling to his head. Some strength went from Larrton's hand, but the bar had already some momentum of its own, so the Grey's head cracked like a coconut. The big eyes turn inside out, and the body went limp. Larrton banged his head again, when he feel himself recovered from that magnetic stare...

The bodies begin to revolve inside the little dome, and Larrton climb to the roof very easily, looking outside.

He saw a distant planet hovering the ship, and a sea of stars all around... The light was provided, then , by that star at the right !

He went down, looking for a main deck , or control cabin... He finds a small cabin, with two seats facing the entrance. He seats in it, and the chairs turn automatically, facing a big console, that get lit in a second. Several beautiful colored monitors shows him the outside of the craft, but also some other strange visor screens show him rows of strange letters or/and numbers... Faint whistles begin to chime, as he wasn't pushing buttons or moving levers...

He grabs what was the more similar to a control bar, and he moves it a little. Several lights begin to flicker, and suddenly the whole craft begin to fly in any direction Larrton was pointing the bar.

So he pointed the planet in sight, and he saw how quick the ship was, as it was gaining more and more speed , as the moments pass.... When he was thinking it was time to slow down, the machine acted automatically, and begin slowing , entering the upper layers of the atmosphere like a bullet. In seconds he was looking at the forest he was so accustomed already... He try to land, but the lever was fixed in place. The engines began to hum, and then a smell of burning materials hits his nostrils. A shrill sound began , and the ship descended to the surface of the planet, opening his door to the outside world... Larrton stumbled over the dead bodies, and went outside, half choked by the smoke.

He walked a couple of meters , and he felt a whoosh at his back. The tiny craft was moving upwards at a terrific velocity, and then it was invisible ...Larrton keeps on looking up, and then a flash was up there. The sound of a distant thunder was heard.

Larrton climbs a big tree, trying to see around the vicinity. To the west, a big round hill was visible. The rest was filled with thousands of trees...

He search for food, finding some barely eatable fruits, that he eats with distaste. He saw some scars in his arms, stomach and genitals, probably signs of the fumbling of the Dwarfs inside his body. He felt great distaste against that race, and he remembered he was already revenged... Three Greys less in the Universe were traveling to meet the Creator in those very minutes...

Larrton remembered what he knew... Those spirits leaving the bodies, like enraged wasps, trying to re enter them... Then the suction from Heaven, and the long flight Home... The Presence interrogating them , making them say what was good and what was bad in their recently passed lives... the destinations suspended by several days, in a smoky reign... then the destination came as a lightning, and the new spirits arrives to the environment where they will be living as long as the Creator decides....

- Lord Jehovah, thanks for your help. Blessed are You, Perfect and Just."- He said, with abated eyes...

He descended from the tree, and not a hundred meters away he almost stumbled against a sleeping Pteranodon, who was snorting heavily. Larrton gaves a detour, wandering how that creature could have landed among the trees. Probably an old Pteranodon, unable to fly, who was managing to subsist like a carrion- eater...

Darkness fell suddenly, leaving Larrton in utmost darkness. He was terrified for some moments, as he almost thought he was being swallowed by a Tyrannosaur ! But no, the breeze was there, the little sounds of the forest... A big bellowing near by, possibly a Stegosaur ! He grabs the nearest tree trunk, and banging his head a couple of times, he climbs until the branches begin to crack.

He perched there, looking up. He was seeing the clouds became visibly, those red streaks the planet uses as the Earth uses the pale blue sky. But this time there were something queer, the light was dimmed, and the clouds suddenly parted, showing a big enraged ball of fire coming to the surface with the sound of a million wings.

- Meteor."- Larrton murmured, and he descend to the floor. He barely puts a feet on the ground, when a big wind came, pushing the trees away like ashes, and then a ball of flame engulfed everything, burning everything alive in that hemisphere, and melting the rocks where the object impacted the planet of the Dinosaurs.

Peace unto Malvo, Larrton, Moefeld and Curlyn ,for ever and ever, Amen.

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----------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. september 1997. Santos Dumont house, Santiago Chile.

Alfredo Francisco Humberto Juillet Frascara.

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