and weapons that kept appearing in Scott's workshop – she was collecting material, almost like x-files!
She was also filming her son, which she had never done before – and was carefully studying the time differences in the constantly changing appearance of the mutant.
Ray was even looking more and more like Zandolie. She would need to show everything to Denis, since there was no hope for Scott.
Julia was amazed, how Ray could start the car with a touch of his hand, how he once saved a fisherman by one simple move! It was written about this miracle in the local newspaper.
However, there was no public reaction, people were simply scared. And even more scared was the mother of the mutant, Julia. She herself learned about everything from the newspaper, by reading of the online version.
Julia also did not stop thinking about Golden Zandolie himself. Where did he disappear, did he really die?
That tragic time few years ago Indians saw him near the Steps of the Big Serpent – at the sacred entrance to the cave, leading to the maze of lava tubes. This, according to the beliefs of the Indians, was the kingdom of the dead. The dead were brought here in ancient times and thrown into a poisonous boiling lake in an underground crater …
Where were both, Zandolie and Marley – their bodies were never found!?
Julia seemed to see Marley a couple of times after. She observed an energy clot like ball lightning or a plasmoid – it took the shape of Marley and even spoke to her and touched her…
Were those some kind of audible and sensitive hallucinations? Only she and Ray could see Marley's plasmoid.
Denis explained this by the fact that they had a special connection with Marley – by love.
Good, that Julia was not in love with this horrible blue and puny alien Golden Zandolie! That's who she would never want to see again, especially in the form of the fire ball!
Still, she would love to see some evidence that Golden Zandolie was dead! He couldn’t just burst like a bubble!
Chapter 4
The new quest. To find that UFO and Marley
An old army jeep was rolling on the winding mountain road along the sea. A clear sunny day was pleasing the eye of beholder with splendid colors of the blue water horizon and mountains, covered with green rainforest.
Denis and Olga were in the vehicle. Denis lowered the canvas top of the jeep. And Olga's blonde, almost white hair fluttered freely in the wind.
It's so wonderful life! Olga breathed deeply the smells of a fine tropical day – the salty sea, hot dust, sweet flowers. She wanted to completely surrender to the elements of the warm breeze … How long Olga didn’t go nowhere and didn’t expect anything new… And now she was again in the car with an old friend and going to communicate with other Russians, learn amazing news and open new horizons together…
Olga was surprised that she still had such a strong will for a new life…
She was happy to see Scott's house again. The impregnable high gates silently opened and the jeep drove into the courtyard.
Olga and Denis were immediately greeted by Scott himself with open arms. Julia and Ray, Zina and Alex were already waiting for them in the house. It was Alex who brought Zina, since Denis had her jeep.
All the Russian adventurers were together again! Plus, British hero Scott and the mutant Ray!
Julia jumped out of the house and immediately hugged Olga too. Zina just waved her hand with restraint. Ray smiled from the doorway.
Olga looked at Ray and shuddered. How he has changed in this short time! The golden skin gave more and more blue. The narrowed eyes were hidden behind dark glasses. The sense of danger emanating from the tall mutant was almost touching!
Olga averted her eyes and went with Julia to the terrace. The rest stayed in the kitchen.
Julia looked her over with a sympathy.
“Olga! Please accept my condolences … I am glad, that you survived … that Denis saved you … No, that's sound odd, sorry …”
“Yes, Julia. For a bestselling writer, it didn't come out of you too smoothly! Just include my story in your novels. It will turn out to be a very juicy plot… Well! Better tell me how Ray and Scott are lately? I read about this miraculous rescue of a fisherman …”
“Yes, Ray can start a car engine and a human heart with a simple touch of his hand. Probably, he can also stop someone else's car or life without any difficulty … I'm still scared if you wish to know. I gave birth to a monster, another owner of the Island, where everyone turned into zombies, fulfilling the will of an extraterrestrial mutant!”
“Well, do not dramatize, Julie. The island lives its own life in peace and harmony. Gold mining is also going smoothly. Vladimir is very pleased with the pace of supply of all goods. It is great that we have issued a license not only for gold. You can always diversify your works and divert attention from the main resource … And even the Big Eyes' Dragon does not seem to disturb anyone with its visits.”
“And you do not idealize, Olga! For Ray, the Big Eyes' Dragon is still a sore subject. He still wants to meet the aliens. He is sure they live underwater! And we ourselves were observing the lights in the depths of the sea and a flying saucer that took off right in front of us from the water. After all, they had attacked in the past, twice! That's why Ray is now building something totally new, convertible submarine. He wants to fly and swim with equal ease as well! Like aliens!”
“And all this together with Scott and Denis, of course?”
“Of course! Scott is like a child on Christmas, happy to help Ray in everything. All his free time, he and his adopted son are building something. And Denis gives a hand as well, from time to time!”
At this time, a noisy crowd poured out from the kitchen onto the terrace with a variety of dinner dishes.
It was good that Scott's house was massive and spacious, because it was once a military fort in the past. Ray became very large and heavy and could easily destroy ordinary human housing. But not Scott's “men's den”!
On the huge dining table on the terrace, they quickly arranged everything for dinner and sat around.
Olga never knew she could be so hungry – she eagerly devoured all the food and dashingly washed it down with table wine! She blushed and chatted incessantly, reacting exuberantly to every joke.
Denis again looked at Olga with loving eyes, and his wife Zina – with the eyes of a predator (a bear, to be more precise) at him.
Denis was also dying of curiosity about updates on the new projects, all this was much more exciting for him, than his former first love Olga.
He remembered about his promise to keep quiet about the latest UFO attack, so he let Ray do all the talking.
“Ray, tell everyone how we got on with our flying submarine!”
“Of course, Den! I think everyone has already realized, that there is an alien base under the water. Perhaps, Scott will soon have a new business too. Not only boat trips on a catamaran, but also underwater voyages. I really enjoy diving. There are so many interesting things underwater! Even volcanoes!”
