• Adanis continued walking, letting the noise of the street wash over him. He wondered if he should wander off, so he could explore on his own. But something told him that Raphael would not agree to it. He looked sideways at Op who was scanning the crowd for possible threats. They stopped beside a large obelisk, in the middle of a square. It was over ten feet tall and made of crystal, with strange Hardraak glyphs carved into it. But on the inside of the crystal was hollowed out in a three dimensional sculpture of a human man. He was standing with his arms outstretched and his eyes closed as though preparing to fly. The light glittered through the crystal sculpture creating a beautiful dancing rainbow. Adanis stared at it as the twins behind him began bickering over which parts to get for the ship. He put his head on one side, wondering. From this angle the eyes looked almost like two overlapping rings, but distorted slightly, almost like the outline of a butterfly. He squinted at the markings, trying to make out what they said. He blinked and when he opened his eyes they were gone. He looked across at Op-Tec standing guardedly beside him.
    “Did you see that?” he asked quietly. “The butterfly-thing.” Op-Tec looked at him for a moment. Adanis got the impression that if he was able, he would be raising an eyebrow.
    “No master I did not.” He said finally. “Has there been a low level security breach in your CPU?” His usual mocking tone was back. “If so, inform me so that I might recommend several efficient anti-viruses and began defragmentation at once.”
    Suddenly Adanis’ earpiece started ringing. The twins stopped arguing and looked at him as his brow furrowed. He looked down at the caller ID on his heads-up-display. There was no name just a number; 666. Hall was looking down at his implant too.
    “That’s impossible.” He breathed. “These headsets are designed for intercommunication only. How could anyone possibly send a signal form outside?”
    “It must be possible.” Raphael pointed out, “We’ve used them to call other systems in the past. The opposite must be possible.” Hall stared at him.
    “But how could they have gotten the codes and frequencies? Especially for Adanis’.” He demanded. “It’s just not possible.” Raphael looked across at Adanis.
    “Answer it.” He said he said slowly. “But don’t say anything until he does and don’t give away anything about where we are and what we’re doing.” He warned.
    Adanis pressed a button on his headset. The phone stopped ringing and a faint hissing started in his ears. For several seconds the only thing he heard was the static crackling on the line. Then a voice spoke.
    “Adanis.” The voice sounded hushed, as though it was trying not to break the silence. Something in the way it spoke chilled Adanis, as though a snake had slithered up his back and hissed in his ear. He felt the air around him grow cold and he shivered despite himself. “I-” The voice hissed. “-Can-” The hairs on the back of Adanis’ neck stood on end. “-See-” High above a set of cross hairs lined up on Adanis’ chest. “-you!”