The Dark Muse Ch. 05

"Swallow it all or else!" I whispered as her throat worked furiously to catch every last drop and much to my surprise she lifted her head wiped the side of her mouth and smiled brilliantly. Akira tucked my shrinking organ back into my pants and zipped me up. I looked at Emily dead in the eye challenging her but she returned my gaze unflinching. "When we get back I am going to fuck you silly."

"Is that a promise or a threat?" She whispered back.

"Yes." I responded, her only answer another dazzling smile.

When we stopped I was grateful for the time to recover before the tram unloaded its cargo. As amazing as the blowjob had been it was forgotten by the sight before me. The cavern was anything but natural and the rough opening into it hinted at an antiquity that humbled everyone. I was not alone in the feeling of being a guest in this chamber of eternity. The domed ceiling rose into darkness, I had read the ultrasound reports giving the full measurements to the inch. Over a million square feet in this chamber alone, and the glyphs amazingly covered every square foot of the walls and floor.

Scaffolding still lined parts of the walls where workers were taking photographs of the growing string of individual symbols. We had all read the reports of the discovery of how a small earthquake, common in this area, had caused an opening in the wall. The cartel sent in agents to see if any structural damage had been done and lo and behold the primary chamber was revealed! The cascade effect had occurred and now I stand here standing in the presence of a society that existed twenty million years ago! The archaeologists were going ape over the readings coming out of these caverns. The accepted history of the human race was being turned upside-down, there were even rumors of non-human sentience being attributed to the glyphs. The language was completely alien according to any linguist that had yet been brought on board. But I felt a connection to the symbols and the artifacts were the clue of that I had no doubt.

"Is it okay to touch?" I asked a nearby worker. He smiled and nodded.

"Whatever peculiar composition makes up these walls, the acid on your fingers is actually good for the surface. Touch all ya want."

I reached up and traced a nearby symbol and again reestablished that connection between the symbols and myself. The process, which created these etchings, felt smooth and almost machined yesterday. I ran the flat of my hand over several symbols my lips moving of their own accord forming alien syllables that hadn't been spoken in uncounted years.

"Kouryou?" I blinked and looked down at Akira. "Kouryou are you alright?" I nodded and attempted a smile that never reached my eyes.

"I will be alright let's continue."

We visited several smaller chambers where in some artifacts were still lying about. Some items it was obvious their purpose at just a glance, but some defied analysis. They almost appeared to be parts of some larger object but no matter how they were ordered they made no sense. There was a sense like a word on the tip of your tongue, but more profound. After the last chamber was visited we made our way back to the tram to be returned to the base camp where we could sleep or discuss what we had seen or whatever we chose to do.

I caught Peter alone; "I want everyone working on this dig's bio when it is convenient." He nodded without a word. I found my seat next to Akira she looked sidelong at me. "I made a request that's all."

"I can read lips by the way, why that particular request?" I raised an eyebrow and pondered answering her or not.

"Truth be told I want to know the resources that are being used here. I am curious what the average IQ is." She snickered but returned to her serious demeanor quickly.

"You have other reasons but I can wait." She smiled knowing she had read me correctly. I didn't mind but kept my own thoughts until a nagging question was answered and only the bios could answer that question.

There came a knock at my door.

"Come in." Paul opened the door and a burly guard carried a small filing cabinet and set it next to the desk on the west wall. The guard turned without a word Paul sat on the edge of my desk.

"May I enquire why you want this information?" I paused for a long moment before answering him.

"I don't want to sound crazy." There was a slight tremor to my voice.

"We are sitting on a site that is twenty million years old I seriously doubt you could say anything that would sound crazy." I handed him a piece of paper with a list on it. Paul read the list and a confused look came on his face. "Alright I may be dense at times but what do these programs have to do with anything? I mean one is a 3-D modeling program, some are medical software what is the connection?" I gave him a pained look before answering.

"I want to take the DNA from each person and make comparison of breeding results."

"Breeding results?" He seemed completely baffled.

"I want to see if any unusual permutations are possible. My gut instinct is that no one here is present out of chance, there is a very subtle plan playing itself out." His face lost color when he looked at me, as if my vision infected his sense of sanity and took away his last bit of innocence.

"You are talking about eugenics, planned breeding for a very particular outcome." I nodded shocked at his quick grip of the situation I was describing. "Who could plan such a thing, I mean the time you are talking about? Its inhuman, the patience required is unthinkable."

"You put your finger on it, inhuman. An intelligence that is far alien from ours and perhaps even immortal. What the end product cannot even be guessed at but I want to at least try." Paul rose to his feet and folded the piece of paper and put it in his pocket. He looked at me one last time before leaving my room closing the door behind him.

"You asked." I said to the empty air.

I was lying in my bed when the door opened and the redheaded Irish lass entered on sly feet. She closed the door behind her and as she crossed the floor her clothing seemed to evaporate and as I lifted the cover her nude body slid in next to my own. Our bodies fit together ever so nice, she molded to the crook in my arm like she was born to be there. Her emerald eyes found mine, "You said something between a threat and a promise earlier I am here to find out the truth of it." I smiled and pulled her up so I could kiss her, it was like an open current when our lips met. I was lost in the moment there was only the unbridled passion as our lips and tongues dueled. My breathing came in ragged gasps as she drank my life with a simple kiss.

"The truth is between my legs." My voice came ragged after our lips broke contact. Her hand snaked between my legs and sought the genuineness of my words; she smiled as her fingers touched the reality of the situation.

"I am yours." She whispered in my ear.

"I know."