The Arks: Over Heaven (by Ben)

Chapter 37: The Golden Egg

“Hyahh!”

Clunk! Clunk! Clunk!

Bobby let out a battle cry as he smashed his pickaxe into the glittering rock. He and Simon were currently toiling out near some strange cave, smashing away at rocks that were filled with pockets of raw metal. They thought it would be useful for future projects for the Book Club.

“Whew, that was some nice work,” Simon noted, wiping sweat from his brow. A comically large backpack slung over his shoulders. Pieces of raw metal poked out from the top. Bobby took the last few remaining pieces of metal and stuffed them into Simon’s backpack.

“Okay, I think that’s plenty. Now let’s head home. It’s already night, we don’t want to run into any more of those orange eyed things,” Bobby said.

“I couldn’t agree with you more,” Simon replied. He tugged on the straps of his backpack and began to walk off back to camp. As Bobby followed though, he turned around for a quick moment, staring at the small, looming crack in the hill that led to the cavern. Bobby could feel dizzy and hot just staring at the opening.

“Who would want to go in there?” Bobby thought, shaking his head in disapproval. He followed Simon back to camp.

Somewhere in the darkness, along the riverbed, something golden glitters.

So when Bobby and Simon were heading back to camp, the two immediately noticed it laying in the sand. A small egg made of pure gold. The two gasped in awe, and Bobby leaned forward to pick it up.

“Nghhhh!” Bobby groaned. The egg seemed to be too heavy, “It’s so heavy!”

Simon patted Bobby on the shoulder, before picking it up with his index finger and thumb. He pocketed it, and gave Bobby a wink and a grin.

“Don’t worry ‘bout it. I can always take care of anything too heavy, you know that,” Simon reminded him. Bobby stared at the golden egg with delight, licking his lips furiously.

“Man, you think we can eat it? I bet it’d taste SO delicious!” Bobby groveled.

“Are you crazy?” Simon sneered, “We shall not! Do you, by chance, know the tale of the Golden Egg?”

“Uh. No. Why, is it important? Does this thing exist IN REAL LIFE?!” Bobby shouted with unwavering anticipation.

“No, it doesn’t. But basically, a farmer discovered his chicken could lay golden eggs. But he grew impatient with how slow it was at laying eggs, so he killed it, but discovered there was nothing inside. Now he had no more golden eggs to make,” Simon explained thoroughly, “We can’t just eat it now. It may serve some use later down the line.”

“Okay, OKAY, I get it,” Bobby replied with a sigh, “Let’s go home then. I bet Skyler and her team will be back by now.”

“Yeah, I bet. I wonder how it went, they probably found what they were looking for, AND their five heroes!” Simon said ecstatically, walking down the sands, “I can’t wait for what happens next!"