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The Investigators, Inc. Desert Mystery. Chapter 4. Searching.
Back at the chateau… Baldwin had called Annelie and Rock to come back, they are having trouble getting time for their honeymoon. “The photos have come through,” said Baldwin, and he showed everyone. “Wow, it looks like that jet exploded when it hit the ground,” said Rock, “could they survive such a blast?” “There are “cocoons” in the jet that are just right for keeping people safe, and they have been tested even in a large explosion,” explained Baldwin, “hopefully they used them, if they did, they will be safe. But here are more photos.”
And he handed them out to everyone. “Those look like ruins of some kind,” said Carine, “that is what they were looking for.” “Yes,” said Baldwin, “so that is where we will go looking, after a brief stop at the crash site. We will use my new sand quads, specially designed for desert terrain.” “What is this ‘we’ you keep saying boss,” said Rock, “you are not going along on this, too dangerous. What if that plane was shot down by someone?”
“True,” said Candace, “and, why have we not received any signals from the team? I do not like that at all.” “Yes, that part is disturbing,” admitted Baldwin, “only two choices for that, they all died in the crash, or something is blocking their signals.” “I prefer to think something is blocking their signals,” said Carine, “and maybe that is why the jet crashed. Could something be there that messed up the computers on the jet causing it to crash?”
“I was wondering about that too,” said Rock, “so if we go looking for them, we would have to land further away from the crash site to be safe.” “Yes, that is a good thought,” said Baldwin, “flying high over the area was fine, it is when they went in lower that they crashed. I have a plane over there now checking for any odd signals.” Sure enough, after a couple of hours the information came in that there is some kind of magnetic source surrounding the area of the ruins and our jet had penetrated that area just along one edge of it.
“Hmm,” said Baldwin, “that covers a fairly large area. We will need to be very careful, it means someone is watching that area.” “There you go with that ‘we’ again boss,” said Rock, “you need to stay home to look after things, to keep us safe.” Baldwin just looked at him. “Rock is right hon,” said Shirley, “we just got married, I do not want to be a widow yet. Besides, you need to be here in case there is trouble so you can send help.”
“Yeah, guess you are right,” he said reluctantly, “and I will be giving you some extra tools to use, things that will not be affected by that magnetic source, whatever it is.” “That sounds good,” said Annelie, “now, which of us will be going?” “I will keep you here to watch the computer Annelie,” said Baldwin, “that is going to be important on this one. Rock, Candace, Carine, Kara and Chung will go on this one. Chung’s knowledge might be very beneficial on this case.”
So Baldwin got busy getting things in order for their trip, they are going to leave tonight, hopefully landing under cover of darkness might help them to evade detection any observers in the area. Plus they would be able to check out the crash site before daylight. Planning is very important in this case since it might not be easy getting us out of there. Then Baldwin noticed Candace still having problems with her arm.
“Candace, how is that arm doing?”, he asked. “It is okay,” she said, rather unconvincingly. “You will stay home on this one too,” said Baldwin, “too dangerous when you only have one arm to use.” “I can use it, just slowly,” she protested. “It is better to give it more time,” said Carine. “True,” said Annelie, “that’s really why Baldwin is keeping me back, because of my hip.”
“I guess you are right,” she admitted, “but I don’t feel very useful here.” Soon the rest of the team were on their way to a certain city where helicopters will take them to their destination. Finally there they were, in the middle of the Sahara desert, supplies unloaded and the helicopters now flying away. Apparently these sand quads would be okay driving into that magnetic area and sure enough, they made it to the crash site without problems.
Carine and Kara watched all around while Rock and Chung looked for any bodies. They finally concluded that the plane exploded after the crash and everyone must have made it out, which means they went to the ruins, so that is what they would need to do as well. Did the others go voluntarily, or as prisoners?
To Be Continued.
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Steve`s Country 
Exciting new approach ! The scenery is definitely different ! Where are the three cats now ? Hmmm…☕️☕️🕵️♂️😼😼😼👩👩👩🤔
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The cats are with us, in the first team, today’s chapter was all about the rest of the team coming to look for us. Storm is leading us back to the ruins, if he can remember how to get there. He wasn’t in very good shape when he left the place and the storm kind of changed the look of the desert. So hopefully he doesn’t get us lost!🤔👩😺😺😺🕵️
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Excellent planning on this case!! Now… did they really go to ruins or did the little kitty lead them somewhere else??😬😯😲😳 How will you locate them if all electronics are suppressed in that area??😬🤔🤔🙄 All these questions and now we need to wait until Monday!!😖😖😉😂
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Yes, more planning needed to be done for this case. Well, hopefully Storm can remember his way back to the ruins. He wasn’t in the best of health when he left so may not have paid attention to where he was going. Plus the sandstorm would have changed the scenery a bit too. Hopefully he won’t get us lost! The team looking for us has new gadgets that will still work to communicate, but that won’t help them communicate with us. They should be able to find the ruins though, maybe better than us! Yep, these long waits are tough.🤔👩😺😺😺🕵️
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I thought this this chapter was great! I have no doubt the team will find you.. but, what is this magnetic field? Is it a weapon or an ancient technology??😳😲
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Yes, what is that magnetic field? Hopefully we can discover that so we can maybe turn it off and get out of here easier. If it is some ancient technology, what else might be around? Thanks Dusty!🤔😮😯😲
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Could be aliens? 👽
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We’ll let the cats play with them!😂😂😹😹😹
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Hey… good idea!! I like that!😉😁😂😂
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I’m sure the cats would enjoy some play time.🤪😂
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But Storm doesn’t have a mate yet🤔🤔 I wonder where he will find one?🙄
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Well, he did have one until those idiots shot her!😟😿
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I remember… poor little guy 😔
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Yeah, we’ll have to try and do something for him.
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Does he have an accent? I don’t remember if it was in the story or not?🤔🤔
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Yep, that’s why he goes meowr, with an r on the end.😺
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Ohr!!😂😂😂
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Are you making fun of poor little Storm?🤔😾😾😾
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Nope! Just seeing if I got the accent correct!😁😊
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Oh, that’s okay then.😁🤔He doesn’t like when people make fun of his accent.
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I will remember that. My apologies 😕 🙏
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It’s hard being different than the others. But he has beautiful big eyes and a nice spotted coat.😁😺
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Spotted?? Like a leopard 🐆
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More like a jaguar. Think of a jaguar that only weighs 8 pounds. He is smaller than Muffin and MC, both are about 10 pounds.
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Very cool 😎
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They actually spend more time in the trees than on the ground.
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In the desert 🏜
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You missed something, I had mentioned in Chapter 2 that they live in central and south America normally. In the jungles. So he is not in his normal kind of territory out here in the desert. About as opposite as possible.🙄🏜️🌵🐫
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That’s right!! I do remember that now!!🤔🤔 I thought John was dead!! How would he get all the way to Africa from the Americas??😳😲
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John is dead, Kristina shot him, he is no more. Perhaps there is someone new now, actually, it must be someone new, or is it?🤔🙄😾😾😾
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That’s a great question!! But now we have to wait until at least Monday to find out!!
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That’s true, at least Monday, maybe longer before we actually meet the new or not so new, bad guys.😮😬😬
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It’s gonna be a long…. weekend!!😬🙄🤔
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I know it, I know it!
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Oh well… we can keep each other company!😁😊😉
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Thank you very much for sharing this one!
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