eAll the people that opted for this expedition on the day before , were present at the dock , a huge hull of ship(Atlantis1) was ready for them to onboard. The bright rays with mild sea breeze and smell of sea, made it a good day.
Across the sea brown pelicans can be seen catching fish, all this made these people seem like they were on a vacation. One by one the crew of ship and people for the expedition began onboarding.
Captain George gave authorization to begin the sails of the ship, they were going to a uninhabited island from their current island.
As the ship began sailing , people were enjoying in the ship with some trying luxury dishes onboard, some people enjoying performances at theatre etc.
It makes sense for them to enjoy now, as after this they might never have this opportunity again if they don't make it out alive.
After 4 long hours of sailing they reached their destination. The ship stopped at a mile from the island due to low depth of the sea at the location.
There were couple of motorboats waiting for them at the sea , everyone was transferred one by one to motor boats through pilot ladder.
The people operating the motorboats were in dark blazers and sunglasses. They all have well defined muscular builds and an average height of 6.5ft. They looked like bodyguard of sorts, after reaching the shore there are more of the bodyguards waiting for them.
A 7 foot tall man with dark skin tone, with bulging muscles that looked like they might tear the blazer apart anytime, greeted them as soon as they departed from the motor boats.
"Hi pals I am Jhon and this is my team , we are deployed here for the security of Mr.Frank and his associates , sorry for any inconvenience that you bore to come here, but I hope you can understand."
"Mr.Frank will be here in a few couple of hours ,in the meantime we will go to the designated location of meeting on the island." A couple of jeeps came as John explained.
They travelled in jeeps ,along a cleared path in the forest filled with large coconut trees , with few coconuts scattered along their path. A bodyguard was placed every 10 feet along the path.
Seriously it was quite intimidating for the ship crew and people on the expedition , to see so many bodyguards with guns around, and it is just the bodyguards they can see, by rough estimates the number of bodyguards on the island will be as low as 1000 and reaching as high 10000.
This will stop any funny business one might have , if they even had it in the first place.
"This looks quite the number of bodyguards, even with my experience as a Captain, I can confirm this is the largest number of guards I have seen." whispered George to Emily and Karl who were in the same ship as them.
"Seriously, it is the least we can expect for the security of Mr.Frank and other people of his status." Said Emily, as they reached their location after travelling few kilometers in the jeeps.
There was a large round building with few hundred feet tall, surrounded by tanks and bodyguards , they are not your typical tanks they are military tanks.
They entered the tall building to find it was designed similar way to a stadium ,with a large space in middle, with a large podium and, designated places marked H for landing.
The people made their way into the seats of the stadium that look quite comfy, the bodyguards are also present few feet apart from each other across the stadium.
George and Paul's team sat together and began chatting, after 45 min of waiting , a large buzzing sound is heard in the wind above the stadium.
Three choppers landed in a orderly manner at different helipad landings one after the other. Two people apart from pilots got out from each chopper. The people in the group of 6 look like a bag of bones, their eyes appear to nearly go into their sockets, they appear to drift from the slightest gust of wind.
The man is particularly striking among the six, he is none other than Mr.Frank who owns approximately 10% of all the wealth present on earth. Mr.Frank is no different from others as they all are old bones above the age of 175 , but he has a particularly striking blond hair.
Mr.Frank without wasting a ounce of time got onto the podium, and began speaking, while his associates went and sat in a special part of stadium arranged only for them.
He began speaking-"I thank you all for taking part in this expedition. As you all know we would be going tom a island located in center of bermuda triangle in 4 days, and you all are from different professions with expertise in their fields, you all can arrange the tools you deem required for this expedition through Jhon. I can see that at the end of the tunnel we can find true immortality and be rewarded for it."
He immediately cut short his speech , and went his way , but the word immortality stuck deep cords with the audience.
George and his team along with other teams were led by the bodyguards to a location outside the stadium , where there were few buildings and each person was allotted rooms of their choice in the buildings.
George, Karl and Emily opted for rooms neighbouring each other. The three got some what tired after the long day and, went their separate ways to their each room for resting.
Next day after having breakfast the three started discussing their plans for the expedition.
"I think we should stick with Paul's team and help each other's team when necessary" said George.
The other two couldn't agree more ,as whole crowd is moving towards a single goal they might not know what might happen next in this expedition. As they were discussing further about the weather conditions and necessary tools for their team , like a makeshift tent , some knives , etc.
Technically there isn't much their team needed in terms of equipment after reaching the island, as their work was to just help the members of their expedition to reach the unknown island , the equipment is the ship itself .
That evening Paul's team and George's team had a rough introduction as the other members of the teams are not as close. There was a blond women named Catherine in her mid thirties and a tall teen boy named Stephen with glasses.
At first George's team was shocked a Nineteen year old was invited in the expedition, but they later found out that he is an expert epigraphist.
George said to Paul-"It seems your team might be more valuable once we step into the island."
Paul replied-"Don't be jealous man , regardless of the result of the expedition successful or not ,we still need to board your ship to return."
George laughed at this remark.
The next few days like a fleeting cloud as teams arranged for equipment ,formed collaborations etc.
Meanwhile In a villa like residence at the other end of the island , 6 people are seated in the highest floor with few bodyguards behind them, and there was another familiar figure of Dr.Phillip in front of them explaining something to them.
Mr.Frank asked-"So there should be a sacrifice ritual to be performed by offering animals to the black pillars, with them in turn arranged in concentric circles."
Dr.Phillip replied -"Yes sir, it should be done for opening the gates of atlantis located somewhere in the island."
A sloppy voice commented -"What a hassle to do , all for the unknown immortality."
"You'd have to be patient Mark, you could not get immortality come and drop itself into our hands."
The others could not agree more.
"Yeah whatever." replied Mark.