The Adventures of Louis & Harry

One of my students has given me this abstract painting, I believe it was to be one of the Eskimo's early messages to all of which has lived in their community. The boy's name was Louis- he was by far one of the top students in my class; he has done some very impressive work so far. He had given a map -with the Siberian mountains crossed out- and suggested that the class should stay in the northern parts of Russia to search for ancient objects like the one he has discovered. Skeptical at first, I have denied his wishes, all until his history changing encounter.
The lad has found archaic cave ,filled with miles and miles of paintings and messages put there by the earliest of Eskimos. I truly was stunned by his work, in fact one might dare say I was jealous of his findings. The damn boy has found more artifacts in one sitting than I have found in my whole career of being an antiquarian. Though it was not my job to find the bloody items, but I damn could have named and labeled every one of the things he found in that cave, and yet he was able to do both- and the thought of him being better burned me.
I know it was wrong, but the moment got the best of me. I have sent my group back the U.K and settled in Siberia myself to find more treasures. I had figured to check those mountains anyway, even if they were Xed-out by practically a genius. Unfortunately, karma has been no good to me. I have found nothing for the past 6 months. My fiancé was always worried about me. She would call every morning to see how I was doing. In the later months I started to be preoccupied and have lost most interest in her. I have started skipping calls and didn't write her letters back. Then all of a sudden she stopped writing and calling me.
The times we did talk were a complete bore- until that one morning call which ended in tears. She howled at me to come home but I said I wold not stop until I have found something as great ,and as powerful as the cave, to show off to the world- I promised her and myself I would not rest until I have found it, even if my hands and legs fall of from working and my whole mind and soul collapsed!
At that moment I threw my phone on the bed and stormed out to the Pećian where I found the thing I was looking for! I was about 2 miles under the surface when I have encountered a room filled with nothing but ice. I was about to turn around and head back up to the camp when a glimmer of something sparkled on the cave walls. I did a double take and practically drooled with excitement. I pull my bag off my back and reach for a blow torch; I then melted the object out of the ice and put it in my bag before even looking or analyzing it. I ran back up the cave and pulled out my treasury in the light of the sun.

It was a crown! In marvelous shape, too! I screamed, squealed with joy and ran to camp sight, and then to the apartment I lived in. Oh how happy I was to call my sweet, sweet Betty and tell her of my finding. I video-called her to tell the great news. I showed her the crown and it seemed all of our fights had gone away. I cried I was coming home and she smiled her beautiful smile. When all the tears of delight had faded, I jokingly put on the crown, then I blacked out...

I woke up to a shattered laptop and a cold, wet bed. I called betty on my phone but she didn't answer. Again and again I tried to communicate with her but...nothing...

I didn't think anything of it at the time. Maybe her phone was off, it could have been dead, maybe a bad connection. I just drove to the airport and booked myself the next flight to Manchester. A week later I found myself at home, home home. I walked inside and called her name, expecting a hug and kisses- instead I came home to an empty house. I tried calling Betty another time and she finally picked up.

"Hello?"
"Oh, Betty! I'm home! I'm home! I'm really, really home! Where are you?!"
She paused, I could hear heavy breathing
"You- you stay the hell away from me, you monster!"
I have stood there, mind boggled and frightened...what did she mean?

I went to work the very next day I have came back for no other reason but to show of my crown. I held it tight to me as I drove to the university, and thats when everything got all the more terrifying... Visions- strong, vivid ones. I heard loud voices screaming in my ears telling me the secrets of the ice and snow! I tried to focus on the road but I kept having these strong-practicaly real-hallucinations of spirit like things! I quickly turn on the radio to keep my mind off my strange two days being back home.

The radio station consisted of sirens and warnings- saying war has just been declared. I flip the channel thinking it was just another episode of War of the Worlds, but the strangest thing happened... The other channel had the same warnings... and another channel... and another! Every channel was trying to caution us!

It wasn't long before I was pulled over by British troops trying to evacuate everyone off the roads.

"But where do I go? Whats going on? Will I be safe at home?"
"Sir, listen to me very carefully," He leaned in the window in my car "I want you to call your loved ones and tell them the things that need to be said"
He didn't need to explain what that meant...My stomach had dropped and for the first time in my life I had actually saw the end of my life
"Is their any other way?"
"Well... The elite can..."
Another young soldier came and tapped his shoulder
'We need to get these people out of here, now!" The other man shouted
"listen sir, we need to leave now! do what I said and for now, just keep in touch with the news, stock up on supplies and stay indoors!"
And I did do what he said...

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