One would have never thought that after the events of that horrific night that things would ever get back to normal. Some of us thought when that when the power went out it was a sign that the entire world had been nuked just like the moon, and that there were only a handful of survivors left. But this was not true at all. Within twenty-four hours communications were back on line, and President Gore once again appeared on the television screen telling us that everything was alright. Not only had there been no new attacks on Earth, but the firework display—according to the government—had been caused by asteroid collisions on the moon which vented a flammable gas through the lunar surface. None of us really believed this, but we all tried to really hard.
The Thanksgiving Holiday soon came around, and many of us went home for a few days extremely thankful to have a family to go home to. Then we came back and studied hard for finals.
One afternoon during the second day of exam week I got an unexpected knock on my door. I thought it might be Jenny. The two of us had been seeing a lot of each other recently. In fact you could almost say that we were dating. It wasn’t exactly official, yet, however, because I technically had to ask her father for permission first. It wasn’t something I was relishing.
The newcomer, instead, turned out to be Professor Somner. I was more than just a little surprised to find him in the dorm. As always, he told me not to ask questions, but just follow him. As always, I did.
He led me to the office of the college president. President Barnes was inside along with Professor Krauss and Dr. Z. Andy’s brother Brian was there as well. He nodded briefly when he saw me.
“How ya’ doing Phil? I haven’t seen you in a while.”
“I’ve been busy,” I said. “What’s going on here?”
“Sink me if I know, but it’s got something to do with the SkyPath Scrolls. Last week I broke down and told Professor Somner about the artifacts we’ve located. I expect it has something to do with us being summoned here.”
After we finished talking Professor Barnes motioned for us all to be seated. I took a place at the foot of the table next to Brian. Professors Krauss and Somner took the left side, while Barnes and Dr. Z. Took the right. This meant that the head of the table remained conspicuously vacant.
“Who are we waiting for?” I asked the college president. Professor Barnes said nothing but simply held his finger up in front of us face as if I was being inappropriate.
“Well fine, if you won’t tell him I will!” said Professor Somner with a twinkle in his eye. “Phillip, Brian, you guys are about to meet Donald Rumsfeld, the Secretary of Defense!”
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