The Lost Continent by Percival Constantine Read Free Book Online

about tablets?”
    Stubby silently cursed himself. He had let it slip without even realizing. “I-I don't know what you're talking about, I didn't say anything about any tablets.”
    “No use backtracking now, I heard you loud and clear,” said Seth. “What tablets are they after?”
    “Seth, buddy, you're hearing things! I don't know anything about any tablets, honest!”
    “Mr. Stubby...I can hear your heartbeat,” he said as he came closer. “If you're not careful, that thing's going to pound right out of your chest.”
    “I-it's cause you scare the shit out of me, that's all,” said Stubby. “Plus, just look at me. Not like I'm the healthiest guy in town. I got high blood pressure.”
    Seth's blade dropped lower to the ground, the tip scraping against the concrete floor and drawing sparks. “Mr. Stubby...you know I don't like being lied to. It's...unbecoming.”
    Seth lunged forward, the sword scraping up from the ground before he thrust the blade into Stubby's shoulder, pinning him to the chair. “Argh, you bastard!” he screamed as Seth twisted the blade slightly.
    “Language, Mr. Stubby.”
    “Jesus...what's wrong with you?” asked Stubby.
    “I just want to know the answers to two simple questions. The first is where are Davalos and Hill and the second is what are they after that the Order wants so bad?”
    “Look...Seth, I'll level with you, okay?”
    “Oh really? I thought you were already telling the truth?” asked Seth.
    “Okay, before I wasn't but now I am,” said Stubby. “Listen man, they're on a wild goose chase. You get into this, you're gonna come out with nothing. They're after a myth.”
    Seth cocked his head to the side. “Do I need to remind you what we call ourselves? Myth hunters, emphasis on myth .”
    “Yeah, but not like this, not something as big as this,” said Stubby. “Lots of people have tried, no one's ever found a trace. It was all a hoax from day one, I swear!”
    Seth slowly drew the blade from Stubby's shoulder. “A hoax, you say?”
    Stubby breathed a sigh of relief. “Yeah man, honest. Nothing but a huge myth.”
    “Hill was last spotted in the Caribbean,” said Seth. “What was she tracking?”
    “The Keystone of the Naa'cal.”
    “Well, well, well...” he muttered. “They're after Lemuria, aren't they?”
    Stubby nodded.
    “And the tablets you mentioned...?”
    “The Churchward Tablets, yup,” he said. “The Order thinks the legends are true, that Lemuria actually existed. They're after the Lost Tribe of the Naa'cal.”
    “So what's Hill's interest?”
    “Her parents, they spent most of their careers trying to uncover the truth of Lemuria,” said Stubby. “Lost a lot of money and respect in our world for their trouble.”
    Seth removed a black handkerchief from his overcoat and wiped the blade clean of Stubby's blood. “So Davalos wants the money the Order is paying, the Order wants the Naa'cal, and Hill wants to redeem her family's name.”
    “About sums it up, yeah,” said Stubby.
    “But why is the Order so interested in the Naa'cal?”
    “I don't know man, ask one of them!”  
    “Believe me, I intend to,” said Seth. “Now then, where have they skipped off to? It's obvious they're no longer in the Caribbean. Davalos was last seen in Mexico so where does that put them now?”
    “Where Churchward found the tablets,” said Stubby. “They're in India.”
    “Beautiful.”
    “Look man, you're not seriously going after them, are you? Don't tell me you believe in that bedtime story!”
    “I don't,” said Seth. “But like I told you before, it's about the challenge, not the reward. I've been meaning to repay Hill for the little souvenir she gave me from our last encounter.” He motioned to the scar once again. “This seems like as good a place as any to start.”
    “You're out of your mind, Seth, you know that?” asked Stubby. “Running halfway around the world just to get back at a bitch who gave you a little scar? It's