Free Lost Sols 1: Ancient Treasure by James Bisceglia

saw herself in the mirror. The eyes looking back at her weren’t familiar. They were blue. She looked closely in the mirror and removed the contacts. She knew why the contacts had been put in, and would have done the same thing if the situation was reversed. Vincent was proving to be quite resourceful. The Captain arrived with Dominic and she was told a small storage room was cleared out for her to use as quarters. She was escorted to her new room and the door was locked when the two of them left. She started sobbing as she realized she was a prisoner who would likely be killed soon.

Chapter 5
    In his cabin Dalton was studying the hieroglyphs and the map from the Prime Pyramid. There were large amounts of information he had never seen before and some of which he was having trouble figuring out. The map of the solar system was very accurate and had symbols on some of the planets and moons. From the results he had found, it looked like a war had taken place throughout the solar system. The last battle had happened recently. It was time to share the information with Vincent and figure out what it all meant.
    Enzo was at his favorite Italian restaurant. Martino would be meeting him shortly. He hadn’t seen Martino in four years and hadn’t expected to require his services again. There were only a handful of people left in the civilized world like him. Martino and those like him were a dying breed. The man had never been fingerprinted, he had never had his blood taken, and he had never been incarcerated. Electronic devices were off limits and he always used a car without any automation or GPS devices. He drove an ancient piece of crap which barely ran most of the time. There was no way to track the man. His job was to be a ghost, and he was paid well for his services. An unfamiliar face sat down at his table. It took him a minute to realize it was indeed Martino. The man altered his appearance often. He was told where to find Benjamin Carson and what to do with the man. Martino would only perform his duties if he believed it was morally right. There was a consciousness behind his eyes. Enzo told him the story about Maria and how unjust her death had been. He also told him the story of the ship which was destroyed at Leviathan. Martino said he would take the job.
    Vincent arrived at Dalton’s quarters to find him hard at work analyzing the photos. “You said you had found some interesting stuff. What do you have so far?” he asked. “Quite a bit actually. The map is really exciting. I’d like to see if you agree with my findings. The first thing which really stood out was the hieroglyphs I found on the images of Earth, Mars, and Europa. As you can see the hieroglyph for Earth shows a man and a woman. So it appears it’s a representation of mankind. On Europa it’s a hieroglyph we haven’t seen before but it greatly resembles those dolphin type mammals discovered in 2038 in the underwater ocean. On Mars it’s a bit more confusing. There are two hieroglyphs representing Mars on the map. Neither represents a living organism in my opinion. One represents defeat. I’m not sure what to make of that. The second symbol is harder to figure out. It’s very similar to the astronaut hieroglyphs found on Earth. If I had to make a guess, it’s a representation of alien visitation on Mars. Ceres, Titan, and Enceladus have organisms represented by hieroglyphs as well. It looks like they are simple organisms however. On Enceladus it’s an aquatic type of animal, which makes sense. Ceres and Titan are represented by what looks like small insects or perhaps microorganisms. I think it’s a safe assumption to say these are the six planets, although mankind considers four out of the six as moons. Either way they are planetary bodies per se. No other planets or moons are associated with any hieroglyphs in the solar system.”
    Vincent took a moment to consider the information . “I agree with your analysis of the data. I noticed the