↑↓The Lost Chronicles Of Quigley Kim ↑↓ ·A· ·C·R·E· ·A·E· |By: Mel&Kate|

Hey, this is as great as I remember it, gals! Good work, can't wait to read more.

The Lost Chronicles Of Quigley Kim

/chapter two – breaking up/
Frank Hardy's POV:
(By Mel)

I finally finished swimming through those currents!
I step out of the water and into some sort of cave. Hm.
I take off my scuba mask, and walk down the dark tunnel.
•••
I walk for a few minutes, and soon reach the end of the tunnel.
“Dead end.” I moan, touching the stone wall. “There has to be something behind this wall...”
I look for a door knob, a puzzle, a keyhole, anything.
There is none. I sigh.
Maybe I should go back to Big Island Mike's and call Nancy. I think.
•••
As soon as I step onto the sandy beach, my cell phone rings. I pull the small silver device from the waterproof diving bag, and flip it open.
“Hello?”
“Frank! You won't believe what's happened!” Nancy's familiar voice shouts through the phone.
“Wha-”
“The cable --- when Dr. Kim was in the - observing bugs --stuff and -- -I ca-- the- sent- --- okay—alive--”
“Nancy? Your breaking up,”
“What? I-- oh-- an't- you-- either--”
I sigh.
“Why don't you just drive to Big Island Mike's and we can talk about it here, okay?”
“Uhm- hello? How -I suppose –get –there?”
“Oh. Well, maybe they fixed the bridge by now? You should at least try.”
“Yeah -be. -I'll –if –did –bye!”
“Uh, bye!”
I hang up the phone and slip it back into the bag.
•••
I watch as a familiar yellow jeep pulls into the parking lot of the immersion excursion center.
Nancy steps out of the car.
“Nancy!” I call, waving.
She runs over to where I am standing.
“I take it the bridge was fixed.” I say, glancing at the brightly colored car.
“Yes. Did you understand anything I said on the phone?”
“Uhm, no. Your signal kept breaking.”
“Oh. Dr. Kim was in a tree at Three Finger Rock looking at wasps when the cable broke, and-”
I gasp.
“Yeah. She's alive, they think she'll be fine, but she hit her head.”
I stare at the ground for a moment. “Do you think it was just an accident?”
“I'm not sure.... But it's definitely a possibility that it could have been all a plan.” Nancy replies.
“So you think it could be someone trying to stop her from... looking at bugs?” I ask.
“Dr. Kim told me that she was on the brink of finding out something big! It could mean a lot of fame. And money.”
“That would be a good reason to stop her from researching... whatever she is... researching.” I add.
“The Norsabeta Oderata.”
“Yeah, whatever that is.”
“It's a kind of moth.” She explains.
“Ah. Weird name...”
“Take look at this.” Nancy presses several buttons on her phone, then holds it up so I can see.
Tons of tiny bugs cover the ceiling of a cave.
“Uhm... okay, lots of bugs.” I say.
“Not just any bugs!! Fritaliated Flag Beetles!” Nancy exclaims.
“Fritaliated what?”
“Flag Beetles!” She waves her phone in the air.
I stare at her blankly for a moment.
“And they're all over Kapu cave!”
“Don't go all entomologist on me, okay?” I say, putting my hands up.
Nancy rolls her eyes.
“I didn't get a chance to tell Dr. Kim about them...”
“That's okay, you'll tell her soon. By the way, I followed that current chart, and it led to a cave. I walked down this tunnel, but there was only a dead end.”
“Hmmm....” Nancy says, looking into the blue sky. “Dead ends almost always have something behind them,”
“But what?” I ask.
“I don't know. Yet.”


GG: Thank you so much! I can't wait to start posting
the new stuff! *HUGS*
-The Authors

Ooooh, the line

“Don't go all entomologist on me, okay?” I say, putting my hands up.

was really funny! PCS!

Thanks GG and Sammy!!!!!!!!!!

We haven't posted it on HeR yet...we wrote it all on paper on vacation sooo...we still have to type it all up which is taking foreverrrr.

Bahha, yess! I totally thought of Indiana Jones during that part so I had to add it! xD

Love you all soooo much!
-Katenessss