Book of Spells, Part 4

"His young assistant puts the fancy equipment away".

"That's you Tom" replies Jaison sarcastically to Tom in the van. The van load laughs. Jerry replies with "Yeah, except I doubt they have pawn shops in the middle of the jungle". The van bursts up even louder into laughter. Tom gives Jerry a dirty look as they continue down the highway.

Jaison continues with his story as Noel and Trisha both give Jaison flirtatious stares. He smiles at them as he continues his tale.  "Alright, so the team immediately begins to scope out the ruins"replies Jaison.

"The tall plaster buildings stood billowing over them. They seemed frozen in time. Surprisingly, they were well preserved for being over twelve hundred years old.

Carefully, the team cut their way through the tall grasses of what was once the route of an ancient culture. The work was labor intensive, the grass guarded over the site with its tall stalks. It seemed to be made almost of steel the sweat keeps pouring down their faces as they hack away at the ancient site.

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