“ Okay cool your jets ”.
We got outside. It was boiling hot. Luckily I was wearing a t-shirt and
shorts. But even with a hat and sunglasses, the sunshine was still pelting
down on me. We walked out to the jeep. I stepped onto the hot sand and
jumped. “ OW! this sand is really hot ”, I said.
“ Were in Egypt, what do you expect, snow? ”. Juliano said sarcastically.
“ Come on, lets get into the jeep before my feet melt ”.
We both got into jeep, the seats were as hot as fire. All this hotness was
really getting me annoyed. “ So shall we go and do some work or go to
the market ”, I said.
“ Get some food off course ”, Juliano said.
“ Give me the map then ”.
“ Here you go ”.
“ So the market is up there. It looks quite far, you still want to go ”.
“ Yes I do as a matter of fact now come on I’m starving! ”. Juliano was
getting annoyed.
I stated the jeep and went towards the market. It took 20 minutes to get
to the market. The jeep found it difficult to get through the soft hot
sand. That slowed us down alot. At the market, there was many people
and alot of fruit and vegetables. We didn’t have much time because we
had to go and do our job.
We went to the nearest stale and bought some fruit. It took me along
time to buy the food because I didn’t know what the man was saying.
After we had brought our food we went into the jeep and had some of it
to eat, we were quite hungry. “ Much better food than the hotel had ”. I
said, munching down my food.
“I don’t know why we were asked to stay in that nasty hotel ”. Juliano
said back to me.
“ Maybe because he wanted to keep the cost of the trip low ”.
“ His probably going to keep the thing we fid, if we find anything ”.
“ His just a greedy, overweight slob ”.
“ Your dam right ”.
“ Shall we go and do some work now? ”.
“ Nope ”.
“ Give me the map ”. I snatched the map off Juliano.
“ Where shall we go first? ”. I said.
“ To the nearest place ”. Juliano said.
“ That would be quite a few miles away ”.
“ Are we going to that place which is called ‘the lost city’ ”.
“ Yeah, a small part of it. We better hurry up were behind schedule ”.
“ Why is it called the lost city ”.
“ Some people say there are lost pyramids and jewels, but is quite
creepy ”.
“ What, jewels. Hurry up then, if we find it. We will be rich and
famous! Come on let’s get rich ”.
Juliano was now excited after I had told him about the jewels, he was
eager to go and get rich. We drove down the hot sand and drove on and
on. It seemed we had been in the jeep forever, but the view was worth
it. The pyramids and trees were beautiful, it was a great site to see.
After about 45 minutes of driving, we finally came to the site were we
would look for things. It was deserted.
“ Looks to be no one here Reevo”. Juliano said.
“ It’s deserted ”. I replied
“ There’s only the odd tree around ”. Juliano said.
“ Come on then Juliano lets start digging. I will dig in that patch near
the bush and you will dig over there, on the left. If you find anything
tell me. If you find a place that looks suspicious, dig there ”.
I went over to a dried bush, it was rock solid. The bush had completely
dried out because of the enormous heat wave. As I started to dig, my
skin felt as if it was melting, it was too hard to work. I carried on, I dug
into the ground but the shovel didn’t go through. The surface was hard
too!
“ You had any luck Juliano ”. I said to Juliano, frustratingly.
“ No, this stupid shovel won’t go through the ground ”. Juliano said, he
also sounded frustrated.
“ Same here, this surface is like rock. I don’t think there is anything
good here, there doesn’t look like there are any suspicious places ”. I
replied.
“ What shall we do then? ”.
“ I think we should just go back to the market and come back
tomorrow ”.
“ You want to come back here? ”.
“ No. We will go to the main part of this lost city ”.
“ Why the main part? ”.
“ People say there were lost things there ”.
“ Alright then, lets go to the market ”.
We got into the jeep and headed of to the market, again. I was getting
quite bored, just going to the market and the hotel. but at least going the
market was better then working in the ferocious heat.
We go to the market and looked around. There were many shops which
sold fruit, fish, jewellery and other ornaments. We brought a couple of
ornaments and then went near the end of the market place. At one stale,
there was a jeweller. He had many bits of jewellery.
We wondered where he had brought these bits of jewellery. If he told us
we could go to that place and get some for ourselves. But when I talked
to him, he started to speak some Egyptian language.
After a couple of hours at the market, we finally headed back to the
hotel. We had already eaten some food at the market so we were not
hungry. We just sat in our rooms and looked around the house. At night
we had a nice dinner the owner of the hotel had made fresh
Mediterranean fish, it was beautiful. Then we got ready for the next
day. Little did we know, that there were a few surprises waiting for us.
CHAPTER 4
It was a pleasant sleep for me. There was still the sound of animals, but
it was a better sleep than the night before. It was much cooler so we
could get some work done. I went downstairs to eat breakfast. The
usual fruit was there so that was what I had for breakfast, again. The women
also had some wheat and oats, so I had a nicer breakfast than the day
before.
After a relatively ordinary breakfast, I went upstairs to gat Juliano.
“ Juliano, wake up! Come on we have to get some work done ”. I
shouted out to Juliano.
“ Mmm, what ”. He groaned out.
“ Come on, get changed. We have to some work today ”. I replied.
“ It’s gonna be hot as usual so there is no point ”. He mumbled out.
“ It’s cooler today, so come on! We have to do ”.
“ Alright don’t get your knickers in a twist! ”.
I went into my room and wore my green t-shirt, brown shorts and
sandals. I put on some sun lotion and put on my hat and sunglasses. I
went downstairs and waited for Juliano. After 5 minutes he still hadn’t
come down so I stomped back upstairs, went into his room and
furiously opened the door. He was sitting there, half asleep.
“ Hurry up you idiot! How many times do I have to tell you! Have some
breakfast or starve ”. I shouted to him.
“ What’s the hurry Reevo, nothing is going to happen to use if we don’t
find anything ”. He replied
“ If we don’t find anything, we will be sacked! ”. I said.
“ Oh, I knew that Reevo ”. He went downstairs and eat some of the fruit
and managed to find the oats and wheat. Then we set of to the centre of
the lost city.
We travelled a long way to get to the centre of the lost city, which was
called Jaiquan. The place was deserted, like the first part of the lost
city we went too. The landscape was slightly different, the sand was
darker and there were trees and insects.
We got of the jeep and walked on the sand, it was much softer. “ We
are here ”. I said
“ Looks deserted ”. Juliano replied.
“ It is deserted, the sand is softer ”. I said to Juliano.
“ Yeah, we can get some work done then. We better start digging
Reevo”.
“ Hurry up then because if we don’t find anything, we will probably get
the sack! ”.
“ Where shall we look? There is so much land ”.
“ I will look over there on that hilly surface and you will dig in that
place there. That place looks like it has something poking out. If you
find anything, tell me.
I went over to the hilly surface and started to dig. “ What’s that metal
thing that was sticking out Juliano ”. I said.
“ It’s just a bit of waste metal ”. He replied.
“ Keep on looking ”.
I carried on digging. I felt a sharp point with my hand. I carefully dug
where I felt the point. I pulled it out the sand, it was a piece of
decorative china. “ Hey look what I’ve found! ”. I shouted out.
Juliano came running over. “ What is it? ”. He said.
“ It looks like a bit of china ”. I replied.
“ Reevo, I’ll put it in my bag ”.
“ Juliano you look here and I will look over there, near the mountain.
“ Looks like it’s half a mile away ”.
“ It might be far but it looks like a good place to dig ”.
I ran towards the mountain. After a couple of minutes of running, I
finally reached the mountain. I stepped a couple of metres away and
started to dig furiously. I was determined to find something amazing. I
then heard echoes. It was Juliano. I faced towards him and shouted out,
“ What! ”.
“ I’ve found something! ”. Shouted Juliano.
“ What is it? ”.
“ It looks like head of a kind of beast ”.
“ A real head! ”.
“ No, just a kind of statue ”.
“ Good, keep on looking ”.
I carried on digging as fast as I could. After about 15 minutes I stopped
digging, I was worn out. I must of dug about 3 feet. I threw my shovel
in the hole. When the shovel hit the bottom, it made a ‘ting’ sound.
“ What was that ”. I said to myself. I went over to the hole to have a
look at what it was. There was nothing there. I dug again and I hit
something with my shovel. It made a ‘ting’ sound again. So I kept on
digging and then suddenly I saw something, I couldn’t believe my eyes,
CHAPTER 5
“ Juliano, come quick, I found something amazing! ”. I shouted out. He
came running towards me. I kept on digging around the strange object.
What I had found was amazing, I couldn’t believe what I had found.
“ I’m going to rich ”. I thought to myself.
While I was daydreaming, Juliano got to me, he huffed and puffed then
said, “ What have you found ”.
“ Look in that hole ”. I said to Juliano.
“ What is that? ”.
“ I’m not sure ”.
I dug further. “ Look at that Reevo, it looks like a kind of gravestone ”.
Juliano said in excitement.
“ But why is it a kind of bronze colour ”. I replied.
“ I don’t know, but who cares. With this, we will be rich! ”.
I looked carefully at the gravestone. It had some Egyptian
Hieroglyphics and didn’t have any kind of English Literature. It had a
picture of a monster at the top and at the bottom of the stone, it was also in the
shape of a gravestone and it was covered in a kind of bronze varnish.
“ Look at that picture Juliano ”. I said.
“ Hey, I know that picture ”. Juliano shouted out.
“ Where from? ”.
“ That statue that I found ”.
“ Have you got it with you ”.
“ Yeah, here it is ”.
Juliano gave me the statue. It was the same as the picture. “ I know
what that is, it is a minotaur ”. I said.
“ A minotaur? ”. Juliano replied.
“ Yeah, that mythological creature that is half man, half bull ”.
“ Oh, that minotaur. Reevo, why do you think it has a picture of a
minotaur on the stone? ”.
“ I don’t know ”.
“ This must be worth a lot of money. The stone probably has even more
value. Let’s dig it out and take with us, we’ll be rich! ”.
We both dug ferociously. “ I think we can pull it out ”. I said to Juliano.
We tried pulling it out. It was quite ridged. We pulled again with all our
strength. It started to slither out. “ Pull it a bit more Juliano ”. I said.
We pulled again, it slid one more time then we pulled it out. Suddenly
the ground started to rumble. “ W-what’s happening? ”. Juliano shouted
out. Then the ground collapsed and we dropped down and down.
CHAPTER 6
We kept on falling down and down. My head was spinning, I could
only see pitch black. “ What’s happening here! ”. I shouted out.
“ I don’t know ”. Juliano replied. Suddenly we hit something hard with
a loud ‘thud’. I realized that we had fallen to the bottom of what I
thought was a deep hole. I staggered up, I had fallen flat on my back.
“ Are you okay Juliano! ”. I choked out.
“ Yeah, but I still think that I’ve broken all my ribs ”. He said back
in pain.
“ Where are we? ”. I said to Juliano.
“ Probably in a hole ”.
I looked around and coughed. It had started to get dusty. I looked up
And I saw the light coming in. I had a strange feeling that this hole wasn’t
and ordinary hole. “ Let’s try and get out of here ”. I said to Juliano.
“ Try to climb up that wall ”. Juliano said back to me.
I went over to the wall. It was dusty and there wasn’t anything to grip
onto. “ Hey! Look over there, that wall is bricked, try and climb up that ”.
Juliano shouted back.
I jumped up and got a grip on the wall. I climbed up a couple of metres,
than fell on my back, I felt excruciating pain shoot up my spine.
“ There’s no use, we will never get out of here ”. I said
“ What shall we do then, we can’t stay here all day ”. Juliano replied.
“ Have you got your phone ”. I said
“ No, I left it in the hotel ”.
“ What have you got in your bag then? ”.
“ I’ve got some food, my tools, a stick and a string ”.
“ Why have you a stick and a string ”.
“ Well, if we had found a spot, we could have marked it so that we could look
there later ”.
“ Your strange ”.
I got up and looked forward. There was a wall, which had some
darkness peeping through. “ Juliano, give me a shovel. I want to
demolish this wall. Come and help us ”. I said. We both started to
whack the wall. Dust started to drop down. We hit the wall even harder,
the wall started to crack.
Suddenly it collapsed and a huge cloud of dust rocketed out. We both
started to cough. After a couple of seconds the dust cleared. “ Look, it’s
a tunnel ”. I said, astonished.
“ Shall we check it out ”. He replied.
“ Of course, we’re archaeologists! ”.
Juliano grabbed his torch and threw it over to me. “ Come on Juliano
let’s have a look and let’s see where it leads to ”. I said. We started to
walk forward. “ Juliano, get some spare batteries just in case ”. I said to
Juliano. Juliano went over to his bag a got some spare batteries.
I shone my torch around the tunnel. It was long, narrow and my head
was virtually touching the ceiling. The walls looked like they had been
made of mud or clay and the walls had a brownish, yellowish colour.
Juliano came over to me and gave me the spare batteries. I looked over
to my left and saw something suspicious. I walked over to it and
couldn’t believe my eyes.
“ Reevo, look, the hieroglyphics and the picture again ”. Juliano said.
“ This is getting strange ”. I said in a slow, scared voice.
“ There is something definitely going on here. First the hieroglyphics
and the picture of the minotaur on the gravestone, now the same is on
this wall ”. Juliano said, also in a scared voice.
“ Look at that, on the floor. I think it’s a pot with, a minotaur on. This is certainly
worth a lot of money ”. I said, quite astonished.
“ This is starting to get pretty suspicious ”. Juliano replied
We walked on and looked for more clues. I suddenly saw something on the
wall. I rushed over to have a closer look. “ Look Juliano, more
hieroglyphics ”. I said.
“ Why are you telling me, I can’t read that or translate it ”. He said
sarcastically.
“ Stop being an idiot. These hieroglyphics are more clues ”. I replied.
We carried on and saw some more pictures of the minotaur. “ I can’t
believe this, this is getting too weird ”. I said.
“ Yeah I know this place is getting a little too creepy. I wonder way this
monster is drawn everywhere ”. Juliano said to me.
I then saw more pictures of the minotaur and it sent shivers up my spine.
CHAPTER 7
“ Reevo, look at what the minotaur is doing to those people ”. He said
in a scared voice.
“ I know, I don’t think we’ve just landed in a hole or tunnel ”. I said
back, also scared.
“ What do you mean? ”.
“ Back in the ancient Egyptian times, there were mythological creatures
which were called minotaur’s. They were half man and half bull. They
sometimes lived in labyrinth and killed any trespassers ”.
“ What labyrinth are you going on about ? ”.
“ A labyrinth is a big maze which is very difficult to get out of ”.
“ Do you think we are in a labyrinth? ”.
“ Yeah, but I don’t think there would be a minotaur after all these
years ”.
“ Phew ! ”. Juliano said with a sigh of relief.
I thought about how we could get out. There was no way we could
climb up the dusty wall and we couldn’t stand on anything. So I
decided to carry on a see if we could find some material, which could
help us climb up.
“ Juliano let’s carry on ”.
“ Wait Reevo, what about the labyrinth? ”.
“ Don’t be scared, I know there’s no minotaur ”.
“ I know that, but how shall we find our way back ? ”. I thought for a
minute.
“ I know, we will get the string, put it on the stick, stick in the ground
and we can follow it back when we need to ”.
“ Great idea ”. Juliano tied the string around the stick then placed it in
the ground. Then we walked on into the labyrinth.
CHAPTER 8
We walked into the labyrinth, not knowing what we were going to see.
We walked into the darkness and then saw a bit of light. There we saw
the labyrinth. It was not very high because I could reach the ceiling
with my hand but we could see many crumpled walls with insects living
on them. We also saw the maze because the whole place was now split
up by the walls. “ We are here Juliano, let’s make sure we have the
string otherwise we will definitely get lost ”. I said, quite astonished.
“ I have got the string here. I think we should go to the left ”. He
replied.
“ Okay ”.
We went to the left hand side and started to walk. We followed the path
and kept on walking until the labyrinth split up again.
“ Which way shall we go? ”. Juliano said.
“ I think we should go right ”. I replied
We went right and saw a stone on the ground.
“ Juliano, we could use that stone ”. I said
“ But it’s too low ”. He said back to me.
“ It might come in handy ”.
“ Can you pick it up? ”.
“ Probably ”.
“ Let’s take it back then ”.
We were about to pick it up, when suddenly we heard and loud crashing
noise.
“ What’s that? are the walls caving in? ”. I said.
“ I don’t think so ”. Juliano replied.
It then stopped. “ I think it might have been stone’s crashing ”. Juliano
said me.
“ Shall we see if it was because we could find some more stones ”. I
said in hope.
“ Alright then ”.
We rushed along the walls, dashing left and right. We kept on running
for ages.
“ We are never going to find it. We are just going around it circles ”.
Juliano said in a tired voice.
“ It doesn’t matter ”. I said, as I frantically looked for a stone
“ We’re going round in circles! ”. He said annoyed
“ Look over there, some dust ”.
“ Wow! dust ”. Juliano said sarcastically.
“ That’s where the stones must have dropped ”. I said.
We went over to the cloud of dust, then I stopped.
“ Why are you stopping ”. Juliano said.
“ Did you hear that? ”. I whispered.
“ Here what ? ”. Juliano replied back.
“ That sound ”.
“ What sound? ”.
“ That kind of roar ”.
“ No I didn’t hear anything ”.
I waited and I listened like an owl does, for it’s prey. Suddenly I heard a
faint roar that echoed along the walls.
“ There it is again! ”. I said.
“ I didn’t hear anything ”. Juliano said to me.
“ Let’s walk over there Juliano because I’m not quite sure what that
sound is ”.
We walked around the corner to where the dust was. There was only
little stones. “ I told you there weren’t any good stones here ”. Juliano
said to me.
“ Shut up! You’re the one who told us to come and have a look ”. I
replied back to him, in an angry voice. I walked into the corner and
leaned against the wall. I smelt something strange. I went around the
corner to see what it was and I was astonished at what I saw.
CHAPTER 9
I rushed over to Juliano. “ J-Juliano, look at what I have just found ”. I
said, stuttering.
“ Calm down Reevo, let me have a rest ”. He said.
“ No! Look at what I’ve found! ”. I shouted to him. He didn’t move so I
grabbed him by the collar of his t-shirt and I dragged him along the
dusty, hard ground.
“ Look at that! ”. I said to him. His eyes opened up and he looked
scared.
“ What the hell is going on here ? ”. He said in a trembling voice.
I looked at what I had just seen. It was a head, which had been rotted
over time. The skin was all wrinkly and the hair had
all disappeared. The head still had blood under it. Could it be a recent
killing? I wasn’t sure, but I was now getting an idea about who or
what caused this. As the flies swarmed round it I looked at Juliano.
“ Now, who do you think could have done this? ”. I said to Juliano.
“ The minotaur? ”. He said
“ Exactly ”. I replied.
“ So what shall we do if there is a minotaur here ”. Juliano said.
“ We quickly find a stone and get out of here ”.
We carefully walked along and then came to a place, which looked to be
the middle. “ Juliano, which way? That way goes to the middle and the
other goes somewhere else ”. I said.
“ I think we should go towards the middle ”.
We walked over to the middle part. I felt something slimy creep up my
leg. I looked down and saw a little kind of snake. It was slimy and
green. It had little specs of white and yellow and it also had two tiny
fangs. I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my leg and I knew the snake had
bit me. I screamed out in pain and I frantically threw my leg about,
trying to get rid of the snake. It finally grabbed it and threw it in the air.
As I was mending the bite, I heard the roar again, this time it was
louder, much louder. “ Uh, oh. Holy crap! ”. Juliano shouted out.
“ What is it? ”. I said back to him, as I mended my bite.
“ It’s our worst nightmare ”.
“ It better not be ”.
I got up, in pain, then I looked around the corner, I gulped as I saw the
minotaur.
CHAPTER 10
“ You better get ready for a showdown Reevo because I think that thing
can smell us ”. Juliano whispered.
I peeped through a hole in the wall and saw the amazing, but dangerous
creature. It had a man’s body, but instead of having a man’s head, it had
the head of a bull. The minotaur’s body was exactly like a real man’s. But this
minotaur had many scars on it’s big, muscular arms.. It had a bull’s head, which
was looked terrifying and the head had two sharp horns pointing out. It had a guard
on it’s chest and the minotaur had a big gold belt.
It looked around like a hawk. I knew that we were it’s prey and it was looking for
us. “ Juliano, it’s looking for us ”. I whispered.
The minotaur looked up, he twisted round and round. “ Seems like he
might have heard us ”. Juliano whispered cautiously .
The minotaur got out his sharp axe, which had blood on it. I gulped and said,
“ Looks like we’re dead ”.
“ Here Reevo, take these tools just in case ”. Juliano went into his bag
and grabbed his sharpest tools. I gripped on to the tool as I saw the
minotaur coming towards us.
I looked into the corner and saw dead bodies and blood, I just hoped
that we wouldn’t end up like them. The minotaur grunted and came towards
us. I felt death coming nearer. I held up my tool and waited.
CHAPTER 11
As the minotaur strutted towards us, I started to feel very scared. I
looked at it’s mean, red eyes and I knew that me and Juliano had to do
something. The only thing we could do, was to run. I signalled to
Juliano. He understood. I counted to three.
On the third count we ran like the wind. The minotaur heard us
run and he started grunted, suddenly we heard him running, he
smashed through the wall and saw us.. He started to chase us.
“ Were dead meat now Juliano, that thing is chasing us ”. I said,
running as fast as I could.
“ I know, let’s carry on running till we find a place to hide, then we will
try and lose him ”. Juliano said, huffing and puffing.
I heard the minotaur’s steps getting louder. I looked behind me and saw the
minotaur gaining on us. I felt as if we were little animals, being chased by
a cheetah. The minotaur looked hungry, his eyes were glowing and he
looked determined to kill and eat us.
“ He’s getting closer, we’ve got to find somewhere to hide, then we can
hopefully kill him ”. I said.
“ Reevo, hide over there, where the labyrinth turns. Then we can wait
for him to come ”. Juliano said back to me.
We flew around the corner into, it looked like we were
back in the middle, but strangely the labyrinth didn’t carry on. There was
a dead end. We hid behind a rock and waited for the minotaur to come.
We waited a few minutes, the minotaur still hadn’t come so we decided
to have a look where he was. He was nowhere in sight. “ Where’s the
minotaur gone ”. Juliano said, confused.
“ I don’t know ”. I said, suspiciously.
Suddenly the minotaur came out of nowhere and started to steam
towards us. “ He’s behind us! ”. I shouted.
Juliano grabbed one of his sharpest tool and threw it towards the
minotaur. It hit the minotaur’s chest. The minotaur squealed out in pain,
but still headed towards us. He lifted his sword and swung it towards
Juliano’s head. “ DUCK! ”. I shouted. Juliano fell to the floor, the
minotaur missed Juliano by an inch.
“ That was a close one, now let’s strike his head ”. I said, as the
minotaur came back for another hit. He came streaming towards me, I
got my tool and flung it towards his head, the minotaur moved to the side and
and the tool missed him. I started to run as I knew I had no more
weapons left. “ Hit him Juliano! ”. I shouted, while running from my
death.
Juliano grabbed his shovel and threw it at the minotaur’s leg. It made a
loud ‘thwack’ sound. The minotaur cried in pain and he could barely
move. “ Nice shot Juliano, I think you broke his leg ”. I said, as the
minotaur’s eyes glowed even more red, with anger.
“ I think I’ve made him really mad ”. Juliano said in fear.
“ Hit him with your chisel ”. I said.
“ Good idea ”. Juliano replied.
Juliano got out his chisel and threw it with a lot of force. The chisel was
so sharp, that it chopped the minotaurs hand off. The minotaur had now lost his axe.
As blood poured out of the minotaur’s hand, I ran towards the axe. I picked it up,
jumped and whacked off his head. I heard a squelching noise as I chopped off his
head. The head fell to the ground, we had killed the minotaur, we had
triumphed.
“ Well done ! Reevo, nice shot ”. Juliano said.
“ We make a great team ”. I replied as my heart raced at an incredible speed.
“ Now that we have killed the beast, how shall we get out of here because the
string broke as I ran away from the minotaur ”. Juliano said.
“ Mabye we could take that rock and try and break through the
ceiling ”.
“ We could try ”.
We went over to the rock and started to lift it up. Again I had some
hieroglyphics. But I ignored them. We lifted the rock up and suddenly
the ground started to shake. “ What have you done now! ”. Juliano
shouted out.
“ I don’t know, I just lifted the rock”. I replied
Suddenly the wall which marked the dead end, collapsed. And to our
disbelief, we saw an army of minotaurs, all looking at us, with their vicious red
eyes . They looked at the dead minotaur and their eyes bulged out in
anger.
‘ UH OH, WE DEAD! ’