[Previous Week Plot
Review]
The two pieces the Old Man wanted
Rohardoon to retrieve were a Jade Cong and an Amethyst. He climbed down from
the dome ceiling, but just as he landed on the 3rd floor balcony, he
immediately noticed something wasn’t right.
Through the dark glass wall, he saw the
Security Chief of the museum was forced by two masked Japanese Ninja into the Electronic Control Room. They
reactivated the freight elevator, cut off the basement security system, then
tied up all three security staff.
Rohardoon
realized the Ninjas were here for the same purpose as his! He accelerated his action…
[FOUR – A Ninja Holding a Sword Closing
In] (Week IX)
In the basement, Catherine wondered why
the freight elevator was used at this hour! If the guard wanted to talk to her,
they had keys to passenger elevators on the south end. She stood up and walked
to the electronic pole entrance.
Suspiciously she peeked toward the
north end from the walkway, but immediately noticed that all the surveillance
lights on the poles were out! Which meant the security system has been turned
off!
She tensed up and turned back. Totally startled she saw a Japanese Ninja in black robe with black cloth wrapped around the face was descending the steps into her office from the walkway on the opposite side. The Ninja was holding a samurai sword with shinning blade!
She ran to Cass, shielded her daughter
and shouted: "Stop! Don't come near! What do you want?!"
The Ninja stopped, stood by the end of
the long working table.
Cassandra whispered behind her: "Maman, they are here for the blinking eye…"
Catherine did not understand:
"What blinking eye?"
"That crystal eye."
Catherine instinctively ran toward her
desk, to get the amethyst first. Suddenly a sharp metal star flew over and cut
into the wooden desktop next
to the amethyst.
"Don't move!" A shout came from behind her.
Two more Ninjas appeared on this side
of the walkway, wielding their samurai sword and slowly stepping into the
office area.
Amidst this commotion, nobody noticed
except Cassandra, the sound of opening and closing of the Fire Exit door at the
far end.
Catherine's first thought was to reach
the crystal before these Ninjas could get to it, but Cassandra pulled and
struggled her mother backwards, until they could hide themselves behind another
desk.
Seeing the mother and daughter had
retreated, all three Ninjas put their sword back into the sheath. The first
Ninja bend forward to grab the trophy. But before that could happen, the
amethyst instantaneously flew up, shot out of the office, and flung into the
mosaic mural, then vanished completely.
[FIVE – “The figures in the painting
are moving!”]
Of course, that was Rohardoon’s doing,
he came out of the fire exit and raced down the walkway to the office area,
just as he arrived at the mural, he saw the Ninja’s hand reached out for the
amethyst.
Instantly he picked up the CONG from
his chest and pointed it at the amethyst, the amethyst flew over and attached
itself to the CONG as it was a magnet.
Rohadoon looked at the three Ninjas,
the archaeologist, and her daughter, all of them were staring at mural with eyes
wide open, trying to understand what had just happened!
Not obliged to offer them any
explanation, he made a funny face to the little girl then turned around and ran
toward the fire exit.
In a split second, as
Rohardoon ran pass the mural again, all 3 ninjas and Catherine saw what
happened in front of their eyes, collided head to head with their senses.
As their eyes delved into
the mosaic mural in search of the dissolved amethyst, in a split second, all of
them saw the figures in the mural began to move; at first Pious the 7th
suddenly stood up, and sat down again, followed suit by Napoleon lowering the
queen's crown on Josephine's head, then Josephine extended her neck to take the
crown; behind her, her two ladies-in-waiting fanned out her crimson coronation
mantle, tossed those little golden bees up in the air.
One of the Ninja exclaimed in Japanese:
"The figures in the picture … are moving!"
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