Heros of the Everlasting Book

by Thomas Mateer


The year was 1980, in a small town in Montana. A child was born on a tiny chicken farm in June 18,1980. The child was a baby boy,his name was Bobby Eye. The Eye family was on the small side, there was only Paul Eye, Jane Eye, Bobby Eye, and Eagle Eye.

Paul Eye was the father, Jane Eye was the mother, Eagle was 1 year old, and Bobby was 1 month old.

Over the years the boys helped less and less with the farm, Paul and Jane got to old to work the farm, they had to sell it and move on.

After College Eagle and Bobby went to work for the government as assassins, they became a team and after 1 year of service they became the #1 team in the government. One of the jobs they did was to steal back the Mona Lisa from bugler's!

In 2005 Eagle went from good to bad, he stole a top secret government files about a strange book for the Russians. Bobby was shocked, the government wanted Bobby to kill Eagle but Bobby refused.

Bobby wouldn't believe that Eagle was evil until they filmed him killing off agents and stealing top secret data off the computer. Bobby hacked into the computer and found out what Eagle stole.

"It was about a book in India, the book is called E.L." Bobby said to the secretary of defense.

"What does E.L stand for?" he said in a nervous way.

"Well sir, so far our research has no evidence of its survival, but from legends it's supposed to stand for, Eternal Life..."

3 YEARS LATER

Somewhere in Russia, in a small part of town, four men walk down an alley as if they were going to walk through a wall, they pick up speed and then an urgent stop at the wall. They press a secret button hidden in the brick wall. It opens, they walk through, once there in they hear a dark,deep voice say

"Welcome! ha-hah... Eagle, Tobin, Ian, Colin. Remember those files you stole for me three years ago? Well now I send you to retrieve the book, I'm sure I have the location of it! What do you say boys?" said the man.

"Hmmmm.....Ok, but it's going to cost you a lot of cash."

"How much boys?"

"1.5 million!" said Eagle with a huge grin on his face.

"1.5 MILLION!, you're insane!, NO way!" said the man.

"Ok then, find your self new guys then!" said Eagle. They start to walk away. Eagle whispers as all four walk to the exit "Three...two...one."

"Ok! You've got your self a deal!"

"Perfect..." said Eagle as her shook hands with the man.

Later, back at Eagles apartment, they were gathering there gear.

"you think we'll have to shoot anyone?" said Ian

"Probably." said Tobin. "Ok, Were all packed."

said Colin as he screwed his silencer on his 9mm.

"Do you have the grenades?"

"Yea, were all packed."

"Is our private jet ready?"

"Under control." said Eagle.

Back in Washington D.C the President of the United States summoned a secret meeting. It went on for 2 hours, then the secretary of defense told Bobby that they had a lead that Eagle was going to India.

"This could only mean he's going after the book."

"Well, this is why they picked you kid, they picked you to take him out." "Thats a great offer, but no thanks.." said Bobby.

"Kid, I'm not offering, you're...." "volunteering." said Bobby.

(sigh) "When do I leave?"

"In one hour, best pack your things Eye, you've got a long way to go." said the secretary of defense.

Later, at the airport,"Remember Eye, Eagles dangerous." replied the secretary of defense

"We're brothers"

"Yeah, lets just hope he remembers...And Bobby, have a good trip."

"Yeah, thanks."

The plane starts to take off into the sunset...

The plan landed safely in India the next day, but Eagle and his three partners landed at the same airport as Bobby. They arrived after Bobby, Bobby showed his passport at the gate and they let him go. Eagle and his partners showed fake passports, the guards couldn't tell because Eagle made them look real.

The book was in an ancient temple that was abandoned hundreds of years ago. When Bobby entered the city of New Delhi, he found a man that was selling horses, Bobby bought one and started off into the jungle. Eagle and his three partners saw four men ride into the city on dirt bikes, Ian walks up to them and said,

"How much for all four bikes?"

"There not for sale, get away from me!"

Eagle, Colin, and Tobin look at each other for a second, they pull Ian back behind them, then Eagle, Colin, and Tobin pull there guns out of there jacket pockets and shot all four men.

"We've come to far to play games." said Eagle. All four rode off into the jungle. Bobby didn't know the way because Eagle had the only map. So Bobby hid behind some trees and waited and waited for Eagle to pass so he could follow him to the temple.

They travailed for three hours, then they came to these stairs that went up for over 500 feet high. Eagle, Colin, Tobin, and Ian went up the stairs and into the ancient temple. Then Bobby started to go up, when he got to the top he loaded his 9mm, peaked in and saw, Eagle and his partners looking for the book. Sweat was dripping from Bobby forehead, he paused for a moment, leaning up against the wall, he said,

"I'm gonna have to dig deep."

Just then he got the courage to enter the temple.

Bobby yelled,"Freeze!, don't move, put your guns in a pile on the ground.""Now!"

"Bobby!?!,is that you? What are you doing here?!? replied Eagle looking surprised.

"I'm here for the book, and to take you in."

"Wait!, There's only three of you!" Just then, Tobin pulled a gun on Bobby from behind.

"Drop it Eye!, I got you covered!"

"Colin and Ian, watch him.,Me and Tobin will look for the book." replied Eagle.

The temple was very old, and looked like it would fall down any minute, the temple was made from limestone. On one wall in the temple there were the most marvelous carvings, one of the carvings was a genie, the genie was holding a lamp.

"Well, this looks like the spot!" said Eagle

There was a little button on the lamp, Eagle pushed it and, the genie slid into the wall, and the book came out!

"Whoa!" said all four of them at the same time. While they were looking at the book, Bobby grabbed his gun and said,

"Put the book, and your guns down!"

"Four of us against one of you." said Eagle as only 3 of them drew there guns. Ian walked over next to Bobby, and drew two guns and aimed them at Eagle.

"Ian!, What are you doing?"

"Something I should have done tree years ago, besides, I'm evening the odds a little."

Bobby looked at Ian for a second and grinned. Colin drew his gun fast, and tried to soot Bobby, but Ian pulled him out of the way, bullets were flying everywhere. Tiny rock pebbles started falling from the roof.

"Tobin!, Grab the book, quick!, out the back way!" screamed Eagle.

Tobin ran over , grabbed the book, and started to run, then Bobby dove from behind a bolder, while he was in the air, he shot Tobin five times in the back. Tobin lied dead on his stomach with the book next to him. Eagle started to run out to get the book, Ian shot him in the shoulder, he fell on his back, Colin ran out to help him back behind the boulders but Ian shot him in the forehead. Big parts of the celling started to fall now, because of the echo the gun shots were making.

Eagle started to crawl to the boulder, Bobby ran out to get the book, Eagle shot him in the leg, Ian ran out grabbed the book and helped Bobby to his feet.

"If I can't have the book, you can't either Ian!" yelled Eagle. Then he shot Ian three times in the chest, before Ian fell to the floor, he handed the book to Bobby and said,

"Get out of here!" then he died. Eagle went out the back way, Bobby and the book went out the entrance, then the hole temple crashed into pieces. Bobby loaded his gun again, and limped around back of the crumbled temple, there was no trace of Eagle. Just then he heard a dirt bike start up and ride off. Bobby limped as fast as he could to the horse he had bought, he grabbed his backpack, inside was a phone he called the secretary of defense. Bobby told him what happened, then, he asked him where he was.

"I just arrived at the New Delhi airport." replied the secretary of defense.

"Good!, because Eagle went that way. Don't forget, Eagles wounded." said Bobby.

"I'm on my way over there sir."

Eagle rode into the city of New Delhi, he hid in a abandoned building. Bobby rode his horse after Eagle, but Bobby lost him because Eagles dirt bike is faster.

The secretary of defense set up road blocks so Eagle couldn't escape from India.

Eagle broke a window on an old abandoned building and went in, he went up three flights of stairs. Inside the building Eagle could see the airport and all the road blocks that surrounded it.

The secretary of defense told his men to surround the building. Bobby had just arrived, and asked the secretary if he could go into the building.

"NO!, you're not going in there!" he replied

"You don't understand, I can take him alive."

"NO!, he's a national threat, you're not going in and thats final!"

"Sorry sir." said Bobby as he ran into the building. Bobby pulled his gun from his shoulder strap. Bobby ran up three flights of stairs and when he got to the top of the last flight, he went into the first room, there, he saw Eagle standing there with a gun in his hand aimed at Bobby.

"Why?, Why did you do this?" asked Bobby

"Was it because of the money?, Before you shoot me, I want to know why you did it."

"I....,I did it because Mom, Dad, and everyone likes you better than they ever liked me, when we were kids, everyone that we met liked you better, Dad even said to me "Why can't you be more like Bobby?" everyone likes you, and everyone hates me now, and then."

"Thats not true!" yelled Bobby. Just then Eagles cellphone rang, it was the man that hired Eagle to steal the book.

"Don't worry Eye, i set up a sniper in the building next to yours, look to your right." Eagle looks and saw the man with the sniper in the building next to theres, the sniper was aimed at Bobby.

"You tell me and I tell him to blow Bobs head off, theres a chopper on top of the building waiting for you."

Eagle didn't answer. "Look Eye, if you don't get out of there the cops are going in!, You go and I'll shoot your brother in two minutes, counting down now."

Eagle still didn't say anything or move. Two minutes came and went, Eagle and Bobby hadn't move, Eagle still had his gun pointed at Bobby. Before you know it, Eagle dropped his gun and ran in front of the gunfire.... Eagle Eye was dead, shot right in the forehead. Bobby yelled,"NOOO!!!" and picked up Eagles gun and shot the sniper with his and Eagles gun till both guns were empty.

Bobby and the secretary of defense were walking away as the medics covered Eagles body, "I guess I'll never know who that man was, but I swear, I'm going to get him, I swear it on my brothers grave..."

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