Post by mrkite23 on Apr 29, 2008 7:03:03 GMT 12
Christopher Columbus was the first person to document The Bermuda Triangle , he and his crew reported that they had seen strange lights dancing on the horizon and red flames in the sky , that was in October 1472 .
But he was not the first to experience the weird and wonderful of the Triangle
It was one year earlier that a small ship called HMS Empire was carrying Ivory and treasures from the East and a man called Albert , and a captain who was not the best when it came to navigating and they ended up off the Gulf of Mexico and then the crew was awoken in the middle of the night by very bright lights and flames shooting across the hull of the ship .
The captain got up and dressed and grabbed his compass and the needle was spinning like a top and all of a sudden there was a strange mist that covered the whole ship and then total silence .
“All hands on deck” he shouted .
He heard a patter of two feet and the young sailor called Albert stood on his own on the deck
“Where`s the crew sailor ?” the captain asked .
“They have got really good hiding places or they have all jumped ship captain ” said Albert .
After half an hour of looking around the ship Albert and the Captain realized they were alone all the life rafts were still sat on the deck , where had all the crew gone , soon the mist cleared and it was morning the sun was coming up the horizon and in the distance was a large ship was approaching the Empire .
“We are saved “ said Albert and he turned around
There where the captain had stood was now a crumple of cloths and under the pile was a monkey rubbing his head and pointing at the sky .
Albert looked up and he was sure he saw a flying ship disappear into the clouds and not come out at the other side .
The ship pulled along side of the Empire and on the side of the large ship was the words HMS Beagle .
“Ahoy there sailor , where the hell did you come from” said a sailor from the Beagle .
“My mother ,I guess “ said Albert .
“No boy , your ship , one minute the sea was a clear for miles and then your ship appeared from nowhere “ shouted the sailor .
“Really we`ve been here all night ?! “ said Albert
A plank was thrown between the two ships and the captain of the ship and a small man in a suit with a waistcoat and a balding head .
“Where is your captain boy “ asked the captain of the Beagle .
“He`s here “ said Albert pointing at the monkey
“My god the boy has sun stroke “ said the captain turning to the small bald man .
“Where is your crew then boy “ said the captain
“Well I have had a look round and I cant find them , and stop calling me boy , I`m almost 4000 years old I think" said Albert .
"Well you don`t look it, you look as though your in your forties"
Said the captain .
Albert took out his knife and looked in blade of his knife, and to his shock he look about twenty years younger .
The small man came forward and he studied the monkey and then he spoke .
“My name is Charles Darwin , sir and what is your name ?
“Albert “ he replied
“Well Albert , this ship is immaculate and for a four hundred year old ship , are you some sort of a floating museum ?“ said Darwin
“I beg your pardon sir but this is the ships maiden voyage , it was launched by the king himself Henry the seventh , last year and I have a Special edition mug on my mantle piece at home next to my Joan Of arc action figure with stake , limited edition of 500 “ said a proud Albert .
“Yes it sunstroke “ said Darwin .
“I think your in for a bloody nose “ said Albert shaking his fist up in the air at the towering ship above him .
“Well I think Queen Victoria might have something to say about one of her ancestors still launching ships “ said Darwin .
“Who?” said Albert
Two crewmen of the Beagle came on board of the Empire and they tied a rope to the mast and one went to the ships wheel .
“We will give you a tow as there is no crewmen to sail this ship and your not a well man , I think you best come on board are ship “ said the captain .
“Okay then , come on captain “ said Albert as he got hold of the monkeys hand and followed the men on board of the Beagle.
The ship was an impressive navy war ship with two masts and the decks were full of wooden cages and as Albert got close to them they were all full of exotic birds and creatures that were not the kind you would like to pet without loosing a couple of fingers .
He stopped and looked inside a cage .
“Is that an Anteater ? “ he asked Darwin pointing at the said creature .
“No its an Aardvark” answered Darwin .
“An Aardvark ! And pray what does an Aardvark do ?”
“Eat ants mostly “ said Darwin . Who was a bit of an expert .
“Ah , and what about this creature in this one “ said Albert pointing at the next cage .
“It’s a fruit bat “ said Darwin
“And that eats ?”
“Fruit” replied Darwin who just thought it was an obvious one , but he was on a roll
“And small fingers “ said a sailor holding up his right hand and where his little finger used to be there was a bloody stump .
Albert was now looking around the ship and wondering why was a navy ship was now more like a
makeshift Noah`s Ark .
“Your are a man of science I take it , as you are not dressed in naval cloths and I would like to know what are you doing with all these creatures “ said Albert who was now looking for some answers and why he found himself on a ship that looked like it had come from the future and his captain was now eating a banana .
“I am studying these creatures as I am writing a book on evolution and I trying to find the missing link and discover how we came from being like your monkey friend there to as we are today “ said Darwin .
“He`s not my friend he`s the captain “ said Albert.
“I see , and I have found that through studying birds of different species that there is a natural selection , and that apes have evolved by learning and skills and the survival of the fittest and the brain has grown larger over thousands of years “ said Darwin .
“Rubbish , we came from Aliens “ said Albert .
“I see , you are of course going off the myth of the ancient Egyptians ..”
“Myth ! its not a myth , we did and they are still here with us today “ said Albert and there was a rustle in his coat pocket.
“I think you need to get out of the sun my dear sailor “ said Darwin , who was now looking to see if there was any way he could get out of this situation .
“Explain the pyramids of Giza then , sir , as you may well know they were built 3000 thousand BC and the wheel had not even been invented let alone a hammer and chisel “ said Albert
“Indeed sir , I must leave you and your monkey as we are now heading to an Island “said Darwin
And with that he went leaving Albert and his captain who was now swinging off a rope that hung down from one of the masts .
“Some people just don’t know when they are being told the facts , and I didn’t even get onto Stonehenge “ said a disgruntled Albert .
Then he shouted down his captain and took his hand and they sat down at edge of the ship and stared into the horizon.
One week later the ship arrived at the Island of the coast of Chile called Isla De Pascua better known as the Easter Island .
The ship dropped its anchor and a small boat was dropped full of empty cages, Darwin , a few men and Albert , who had been behaving himself and now become a favourite of Darwin`s with all the tales of Albert`s adventures on the high seas .
The captain was left behind on the ship as he now had got very friendly with one of the female monkeys that was in one of the cages and he didn`t have much interest in being a captain anymore , as time had gone by he even stopped saluting the captain of the Beagle every time he walked passed .
“That monkey of yours has stopped saluting me Albert , and I was going to make him an officer “ said the captain of the Beagle to Albert .
“I don’t think that being demoted to officer would had gone down to well with the proud captain “ replied Albert .
The boat reached the beach of the Island , that was pure golden sand and in the distance there were a few men that were not to keen on wearing clothes and had very large spears
The crew and Darwin and Albert walked up the beach and they were met by the men of the Island .
“We come in peace and we don’t mean you no harm and we just wish to take a few birds and we will leave you and your beautiful Island alone “ said Darwin .
And with that the Pascua men said something to each over and before you knew it the men were tied up and dragged up the Island .
“Well that didn’t go down very well did it “ said Albert .
They came to a small village and at the top of the hill that overlooked it was a row of twenty three foot statues of strange men with no legs and there heads were over sized from there bodies .
The men were all lined up and sat down in front of a very large cooking pot and underneath there was a good fire going .
“Do you think this tribe are cannibals sir “asked a sailor to Darwin .
“I think you may be right there sailor” replied Darwin in a shaky voice .
“Did you hear about what the cannibal did when he dumped his girlfriend ?“, he wiped his bottom said a redheaded sailor .
“Your on report sailor when we get back “ said an officer .
“Get back! , how the hell are we getting back , in a doggie bag?” said the redheaded sailor who now was having his arm squeezed by a native and a shaking of seasoning over his head .
Meanwhile when all this was going on Albert had managed to loosen one of his hands free and he reached into his pocket and he pulled out a mouse and lifted him up in the palm of his hand .
This act had the whole dinner parties attention .
Albert slowly turned the mouse to face the great statues and from the eyes of the mouse a bright golden light shot across the village and it met a pair of eyes from the statue and the earth shook and the mouse became a six foot bronzed naked man in a flash of an eye , and the face of the man was the exact features of the statues that stood on the hill .
The entire village people were now on there knees and with there hands underneath them they all were bowing up and down to the naked man .
Khafra ! Khafra !Khafra ! They all cried in unison .
And with that the bronze god licked the back of both hands and then rubbed behind his ears .
Then with his cleaning of his ears done he spoke in a language of the natives and it went something like this .
“People of the Moai you have been loyal servants of the Khafra , but why is my head so big ? It just doesn’t fit the proportion of my body .?”
“Our Ancestors said in the scripts that you were big headed “ replied a brave native .
“I see ..I guess it’s a bit late to put them right ? “ he said
“Yes it’s a bit late !“ said the whole village , who were not to keen on dragging twenty foot stone hundreds of miles just to please a few gods
I see “ said the bronze god and with that he turned to the men of the Beagle
“Let these people go , for they mean no harm to you and stop all this eating people thing you got going here, try a few vegetables and its not going to get you into the afterlife any easier “ said Khafra and with that he turned back into a mouse .
“How`s that for your evolution theory then Charlie ?” said Albert putting the mouse back in his pocket .
Darwin took his head out of his hands and then got his note book and started to rip it up .
“My life`s work has been a joke” said the man who spent most of his life thinking we evolved from monkeys .
The men all got back safely on to the ship and took off the reef of flowers that the natives of the Island had put around there necks as an bit of a apology offering and threw them overboard .
“Those tiny skulls on them things looked so very real “ said a sailor shuddering .
“I think its time we went back home to England captain “ said Darwin .
“Of course Mr Darwin I will set a course for home , and I think we shall take a short cut through the Bermuda Triangle “ said the captain .
One week later the HMS Beagle arrived at the same spot as where they had picked up Albert, well not the exact spot but it was very close as there are no markings in the middle of an Ocean .
It was a beautiful clear day and the sun sat in the sky all on his own until from nowhere a large cluster of clouds appeared and before the ships crew knew it they were covered by a strange mist .
“I have a de ja vu feeling if I knew what it meant “ said Albert to himself .
There was complete silence , the sea was as still as a milk pond and then the mist cleared and there was a sound of thunder in the sky and the whole ships crew looked up and in the sky there were a strange flying ship with long wings and a tail and a glass window and on the wings were red stars , and it was heading straight at the ship .
Before they knew it the flying ship was at the Beagle and it clipped the crows nest and the crow was not to pleased , and the flying ship splashed into the sea .
“My life had just flashed before me ,but it wasn’t to clear “ said the redheaded sailor
“Not to clear ?” said Albert .
“I didn’t have my glasses on “ he replied .
“Look !” most of the crew shouted pointing at the sky and there was a strange pillow of white and underneath was a man hanging on some ropes .
“it’s a flying man “ said Darwin
The flying man dropped into the water and a sailor threw him a rope and the man climbed up the side of the ship and he fell on the deck .
He was dressed in a strange silver suit and what looked like a fish bowl on his head , and Darwin turned to Albert .
“An Alien ?” he said .
“ No idea “ said Albert .
The silver suited man took off his fish bowl and most of the ships crew raised there muskets .
The man from the sky spoke
“Where the hell am I ?” he said in a strange English accent
The captain of the Beagle came from behind one of his sailors
“Your on HMS Beagle one of Queen Victoria `s finest ships “ he said
“Who?” said the silver suited man
“ Who! , she is our Queen and is the ruler of half the world known as the British Empire sir!” said the captain
Who couldn’t understand why people lately didn`t know the ruler of half of the civilized Earth
“I have heard of her now, I remember reading about her in English History at school , isn’t King George the ruler of England now .” he replied looking around and realizing his wasn’t in Kansas anymore .
“Who?” said half of the ship .
“And who are you sir ?” said the captain
“ I am Lt Taylor of the flight 19 flight test mission rank no 197321 date of birth 1920 from Kansas the U S of A “ he replied saluting.
“ Sir, I think you may have banged your head 1920 is in the future that’s a long way off , the year our lord is 1834 “ said the captain .
“What ! Its 1471 are you mad “Said Albert
“ No you crazy limeys its 1945 !“ said Lt Taylor .
“limeys , are they … ?” said Darwin turning to Albert
“Aliens , I don`t know” said Albert .
While wondering if he might be dreaming all this , because he seemed to have lost four hundreds years and found himself feeding his captain bananas .
“There is something going on here that is not explainable, I think time is playing a joke on us “ said Darwin .
“That’s it ! “ said Albert , I know what is going on here, its that darn Shed , I shouldn’t be here this isn’t happening , then again it is “
He started to look round and in the corner was a small Shed like six foot wooden rectangular box , with a sign nailed on it that read Out Of Order .
“I knew it ! Kite ! , where are you boy “
By this time half the ship was looking at Albert as if he lost his marbles big time .
And then from the back a redheaded sailor came to the front .
“Kite !” said Albert
“Albert, I need a word” said the redhead and he got hold of Albert`s arm and took him to one side
“Albert , things have got a bit complicated , you see , you have changed the entire history of mankind by getting out Eric and letting Mr Darwin rewrite his whole theory of mankind and how we evolved “
“I am lost” said Albert.
“Well it’s a long story , but when you and Lana went on a time travel tour , you some how got caught up the Bermuda Triangle , and you have been here for a lifetime
You completely changed everything from the moment you got on the Beagle
when I was at school learning about Khafra and this little trip to the Easter Island
I saw your picture in the history books and then one night I was walking home and I recognized you in a telephone box “ said Kite
“That’s it I remember now , so where is Lana then ?.”
Out of the crowd came a handsome cabin boy and he took of his hat , and a long bunch of tied up red hair flopped around “her" shoulders .
“Hey Albert “she said .
“Lana !“ said Albert .
“Lana came to the future in the shed to get me she missed a year from when you left so I`m from 2008 , and as Lana didn`t know which ship you were on , because when you were in a tavern in England one night , you got shanghaied and you and Lana got separated “
“Shanghaied ?” said Albert felling the back of his head .
“Yeah , it’s a subtle way of recruiting sailors , with a blow on the back of the head and when you wake up your on a ship and in the middle of an ocean.
So now as I remember my school lessons your ship the Empire , meets the Beagle in 400 years later , so we sneaked on the Beagle as Sailors and then we had to wait for the right moment to when you got your memory back as in... now ” said Kite .
“So why am I so young then , I sure I am older than I look ”said Albert .
The ship you were on wandered into the Bermuda Triangle and you been stuck there for four hundred years and it has not aged you it seems to have rejuvenated you
If your still her lets say another hundred years you would have been sucking your thumb and asking for your mummy, as for me and Lana we have only been here a couple of days “said Kite .
“And the captain ?”
“Well , I think he rejuvenated in a strange way , as in he`s gone back to his descent of the trees so to speak “ said Kite .
“And how do you know all this then ?“ said a confused Albert .
“I read it in Charles Darwin`s book The Bermuda Triangle and the Origin Of Man at school “said Kite
So what about the bible ,Christianity and all the Jesus coming down to save us ?”
“Oh , it was a bestseller from an author called Dan Brown , it was ridiculed by the Khafra worshipers and it was banned from all schools and they had a book burning`s of the book ,that’s why it became a bestseller , people were buying it , just to burnt it .”
“I see so what do we do next” said Albert who wished he not asked .
“Well we need to go back in time and make sure you don’t meet Darwin and change the whole religion of mankind and the fact we can only eat cheese on good Friday “
And so Kite and Lana our unlikely heroes got into the shed and with a flash , they were back on the deck of the H.M.S .Empire back in the year 1471 when all the chaos started and there was a strange mist all around the ship and when it cleared there was no one about except a captain and an Albert who was looking for his crew mates , and at the back of the ship was a small box with a sign on it that said. Out Of Order, but he had a look anyway and as he opened the door he was pulled in by two young red heads .
The captain of the Empire stood on the deck of his ship and scratched his head , the ship was completely empty of sailors , and as he stood all alone on the deck of his ship he said to himself
“Well I`ll be a monkeys uncle “ .
For My Father . 1922 - 2002
And Arthur C Clarke . 1917 - 2008 .
But he was not the first to experience the weird and wonderful of the Triangle
It was one year earlier that a small ship called HMS Empire was carrying Ivory and treasures from the East and a man called Albert , and a captain who was not the best when it came to navigating and they ended up off the Gulf of Mexico and then the crew was awoken in the middle of the night by very bright lights and flames shooting across the hull of the ship .
The captain got up and dressed and grabbed his compass and the needle was spinning like a top and all of a sudden there was a strange mist that covered the whole ship and then total silence .
“All hands on deck” he shouted .
He heard a patter of two feet and the young sailor called Albert stood on his own on the deck
“Where`s the crew sailor ?” the captain asked .
“They have got really good hiding places or they have all jumped ship captain ” said Albert .
After half an hour of looking around the ship Albert and the Captain realized they were alone all the life rafts were still sat on the deck , where had all the crew gone , soon the mist cleared and it was morning the sun was coming up the horizon and in the distance was a large ship was approaching the Empire .
“We are saved “ said Albert and he turned around
There where the captain had stood was now a crumple of cloths and under the pile was a monkey rubbing his head and pointing at the sky .
Albert looked up and he was sure he saw a flying ship disappear into the clouds and not come out at the other side .
The ship pulled along side of the Empire and on the side of the large ship was the words HMS Beagle .
“Ahoy there sailor , where the hell did you come from” said a sailor from the Beagle .
“My mother ,I guess “ said Albert .
“No boy , your ship , one minute the sea was a clear for miles and then your ship appeared from nowhere “ shouted the sailor .
“Really we`ve been here all night ?! “ said Albert
A plank was thrown between the two ships and the captain of the ship and a small man in a suit with a waistcoat and a balding head .
“Where is your captain boy “ asked the captain of the Beagle .
“He`s here “ said Albert pointing at the monkey
“My god the boy has sun stroke “ said the captain turning to the small bald man .
“Where is your crew then boy “ said the captain
“Well I have had a look round and I cant find them , and stop calling me boy , I`m almost 4000 years old I think" said Albert .
"Well you don`t look it, you look as though your in your forties"
Said the captain .
Albert took out his knife and looked in blade of his knife, and to his shock he look about twenty years younger .
The small man came forward and he studied the monkey and then he spoke .
“My name is Charles Darwin , sir and what is your name ?
“Albert “ he replied
“Well Albert , this ship is immaculate and for a four hundred year old ship , are you some sort of a floating museum ?“ said Darwin
“I beg your pardon sir but this is the ships maiden voyage , it was launched by the king himself Henry the seventh , last year and I have a Special edition mug on my mantle piece at home next to my Joan Of arc action figure with stake , limited edition of 500 “ said a proud Albert .
“Yes it sunstroke “ said Darwin .
“I think your in for a bloody nose “ said Albert shaking his fist up in the air at the towering ship above him .
“Well I think Queen Victoria might have something to say about one of her ancestors still launching ships “ said Darwin .
“Who?” said Albert
Two crewmen of the Beagle came on board of the Empire and they tied a rope to the mast and one went to the ships wheel .
“We will give you a tow as there is no crewmen to sail this ship and your not a well man , I think you best come on board are ship “ said the captain .
“Okay then , come on captain “ said Albert as he got hold of the monkeys hand and followed the men on board of the Beagle.
The ship was an impressive navy war ship with two masts and the decks were full of wooden cages and as Albert got close to them they were all full of exotic birds and creatures that were not the kind you would like to pet without loosing a couple of fingers .
He stopped and looked inside a cage .
“Is that an Anteater ? “ he asked Darwin pointing at the said creature .
“No its an Aardvark” answered Darwin .
“An Aardvark ! And pray what does an Aardvark do ?”
“Eat ants mostly “ said Darwin . Who was a bit of an expert .
“Ah , and what about this creature in this one “ said Albert pointing at the next cage .
“It’s a fruit bat “ said Darwin
“And that eats ?”
“Fruit” replied Darwin who just thought it was an obvious one , but he was on a roll
“And small fingers “ said a sailor holding up his right hand and where his little finger used to be there was a bloody stump .
Albert was now looking around the ship and wondering why was a navy ship was now more like a
makeshift Noah`s Ark .
“Your are a man of science I take it , as you are not dressed in naval cloths and I would like to know what are you doing with all these creatures “ said Albert who was now looking for some answers and why he found himself on a ship that looked like it had come from the future and his captain was now eating a banana .
“I am studying these creatures as I am writing a book on evolution and I trying to find the missing link and discover how we came from being like your monkey friend there to as we are today “ said Darwin .
“He`s not my friend he`s the captain “ said Albert.
“I see , and I have found that through studying birds of different species that there is a natural selection , and that apes have evolved by learning and skills and the survival of the fittest and the brain has grown larger over thousands of years “ said Darwin .
“Rubbish , we came from Aliens “ said Albert .
“I see , you are of course going off the myth of the ancient Egyptians ..”
“Myth ! its not a myth , we did and they are still here with us today “ said Albert and there was a rustle in his coat pocket.
“I think you need to get out of the sun my dear sailor “ said Darwin , who was now looking to see if there was any way he could get out of this situation .
“Explain the pyramids of Giza then , sir , as you may well know they were built 3000 thousand BC and the wheel had not even been invented let alone a hammer and chisel “ said Albert
“Indeed sir , I must leave you and your monkey as we are now heading to an Island “said Darwin
And with that he went leaving Albert and his captain who was now swinging off a rope that hung down from one of the masts .
“Some people just don’t know when they are being told the facts , and I didn’t even get onto Stonehenge “ said a disgruntled Albert .
Then he shouted down his captain and took his hand and they sat down at edge of the ship and stared into the horizon.
One week later the ship arrived at the Island of the coast of Chile called Isla De Pascua better known as the Easter Island .
The ship dropped its anchor and a small boat was dropped full of empty cages, Darwin , a few men and Albert , who had been behaving himself and now become a favourite of Darwin`s with all the tales of Albert`s adventures on the high seas .
The captain was left behind on the ship as he now had got very friendly with one of the female monkeys that was in one of the cages and he didn`t have much interest in being a captain anymore , as time had gone by he even stopped saluting the captain of the Beagle every time he walked passed .
“That monkey of yours has stopped saluting me Albert , and I was going to make him an officer “ said the captain of the Beagle to Albert .
“I don’t think that being demoted to officer would had gone down to well with the proud captain “ replied Albert .
The boat reached the beach of the Island , that was pure golden sand and in the distance there were a few men that were not to keen on wearing clothes and had very large spears
The crew and Darwin and Albert walked up the beach and they were met by the men of the Island .
“We come in peace and we don’t mean you no harm and we just wish to take a few birds and we will leave you and your beautiful Island alone “ said Darwin .
And with that the Pascua men said something to each over and before you knew it the men were tied up and dragged up the Island .
“Well that didn’t go down very well did it “ said Albert .
They came to a small village and at the top of the hill that overlooked it was a row of twenty three foot statues of strange men with no legs and there heads were over sized from there bodies .
The men were all lined up and sat down in front of a very large cooking pot and underneath there was a good fire going .
“Do you think this tribe are cannibals sir “asked a sailor to Darwin .
“I think you may be right there sailor” replied Darwin in a shaky voice .
“Did you hear about what the cannibal did when he dumped his girlfriend ?“, he wiped his bottom said a redheaded sailor .
“Your on report sailor when we get back “ said an officer .
“Get back! , how the hell are we getting back , in a doggie bag?” said the redheaded sailor who now was having his arm squeezed by a native and a shaking of seasoning over his head .
Meanwhile when all this was going on Albert had managed to loosen one of his hands free and he reached into his pocket and he pulled out a mouse and lifted him up in the palm of his hand .
This act had the whole dinner parties attention .
Albert slowly turned the mouse to face the great statues and from the eyes of the mouse a bright golden light shot across the village and it met a pair of eyes from the statue and the earth shook and the mouse became a six foot bronzed naked man in a flash of an eye , and the face of the man was the exact features of the statues that stood on the hill .
The entire village people were now on there knees and with there hands underneath them they all were bowing up and down to the naked man .
Khafra ! Khafra !Khafra ! They all cried in unison .
And with that the bronze god licked the back of both hands and then rubbed behind his ears .
Then with his cleaning of his ears done he spoke in a language of the natives and it went something like this .
“People of the Moai you have been loyal servants of the Khafra , but why is my head so big ? It just doesn’t fit the proportion of my body .?”
“Our Ancestors said in the scripts that you were big headed “ replied a brave native .
“I see ..I guess it’s a bit late to put them right ? “ he said
“Yes it’s a bit late !“ said the whole village , who were not to keen on dragging twenty foot stone hundreds of miles just to please a few gods
I see “ said the bronze god and with that he turned to the men of the Beagle
“Let these people go , for they mean no harm to you and stop all this eating people thing you got going here, try a few vegetables and its not going to get you into the afterlife any easier “ said Khafra and with that he turned back into a mouse .
“How`s that for your evolution theory then Charlie ?” said Albert putting the mouse back in his pocket .
Darwin took his head out of his hands and then got his note book and started to rip it up .
“My life`s work has been a joke” said the man who spent most of his life thinking we evolved from monkeys .
The men all got back safely on to the ship and took off the reef of flowers that the natives of the Island had put around there necks as an bit of a apology offering and threw them overboard .
“Those tiny skulls on them things looked so very real “ said a sailor shuddering .
“I think its time we went back home to England captain “ said Darwin .
“Of course Mr Darwin I will set a course for home , and I think we shall take a short cut through the Bermuda Triangle “ said the captain .
One week later the HMS Beagle arrived at the same spot as where they had picked up Albert, well not the exact spot but it was very close as there are no markings in the middle of an Ocean .
It was a beautiful clear day and the sun sat in the sky all on his own until from nowhere a large cluster of clouds appeared and before the ships crew knew it they were covered by a strange mist .
“I have a de ja vu feeling if I knew what it meant “ said Albert to himself .
There was complete silence , the sea was as still as a milk pond and then the mist cleared and there was a sound of thunder in the sky and the whole ships crew looked up and in the sky there were a strange flying ship with long wings and a tail and a glass window and on the wings were red stars , and it was heading straight at the ship .
Before they knew it the flying ship was at the Beagle and it clipped the crows nest and the crow was not to pleased , and the flying ship splashed into the sea .
“My life had just flashed before me ,but it wasn’t to clear “ said the redheaded sailor
“Not to clear ?” said Albert .
“I didn’t have my glasses on “ he replied .
“Look !” most of the crew shouted pointing at the sky and there was a strange pillow of white and underneath was a man hanging on some ropes .
“it’s a flying man “ said Darwin
The flying man dropped into the water and a sailor threw him a rope and the man climbed up the side of the ship and he fell on the deck .
He was dressed in a strange silver suit and what looked like a fish bowl on his head , and Darwin turned to Albert .
“An Alien ?” he said .
“ No idea “ said Albert .
The silver suited man took off his fish bowl and most of the ships crew raised there muskets .
The man from the sky spoke
“Where the hell am I ?” he said in a strange English accent
The captain of the Beagle came from behind one of his sailors
“Your on HMS Beagle one of Queen Victoria `s finest ships “ he said
“Who?” said the silver suited man
“ Who! , she is our Queen and is the ruler of half the world known as the British Empire sir!” said the captain
Who couldn’t understand why people lately didn`t know the ruler of half of the civilized Earth
“I have heard of her now, I remember reading about her in English History at school , isn’t King George the ruler of England now .” he replied looking around and realizing his wasn’t in Kansas anymore .
“Who?” said half of the ship .
“And who are you sir ?” said the captain
“ I am Lt Taylor of the flight 19 flight test mission rank no 197321 date of birth 1920 from Kansas the U S of A “ he replied saluting.
“ Sir, I think you may have banged your head 1920 is in the future that’s a long way off , the year our lord is 1834 “ said the captain .
“What ! Its 1471 are you mad “Said Albert
“ No you crazy limeys its 1945 !“ said Lt Taylor .
“limeys , are they … ?” said Darwin turning to Albert
“Aliens , I don`t know” said Albert .
While wondering if he might be dreaming all this , because he seemed to have lost four hundreds years and found himself feeding his captain bananas .
“There is something going on here that is not explainable, I think time is playing a joke on us “ said Darwin .
“That’s it ! “ said Albert , I know what is going on here, its that darn Shed , I shouldn’t be here this isn’t happening , then again it is “
He started to look round and in the corner was a small Shed like six foot wooden rectangular box , with a sign nailed on it that read Out Of Order .
“I knew it ! Kite ! , where are you boy “
By this time half the ship was looking at Albert as if he lost his marbles big time .
And then from the back a redheaded sailor came to the front .
“Kite !” said Albert
“Albert, I need a word” said the redhead and he got hold of Albert`s arm and took him to one side
“Albert , things have got a bit complicated , you see , you have changed the entire history of mankind by getting out Eric and letting Mr Darwin rewrite his whole theory of mankind and how we evolved “
“I am lost” said Albert.
“Well it’s a long story , but when you and Lana went on a time travel tour , you some how got caught up the Bermuda Triangle , and you have been here for a lifetime
You completely changed everything from the moment you got on the Beagle
when I was at school learning about Khafra and this little trip to the Easter Island
I saw your picture in the history books and then one night I was walking home and I recognized you in a telephone box “ said Kite
“That’s it I remember now , so where is Lana then ?.”
Out of the crowd came a handsome cabin boy and he took of his hat , and a long bunch of tied up red hair flopped around “her" shoulders .
“Hey Albert “she said .
“Lana !“ said Albert .
“Lana came to the future in the shed to get me she missed a year from when you left so I`m from 2008 , and as Lana didn`t know which ship you were on , because when you were in a tavern in England one night , you got shanghaied and you and Lana got separated “
“Shanghaied ?” said Albert felling the back of his head .
“Yeah , it’s a subtle way of recruiting sailors , with a blow on the back of the head and when you wake up your on a ship and in the middle of an ocean.
So now as I remember my school lessons your ship the Empire , meets the Beagle in 400 years later , so we sneaked on the Beagle as Sailors and then we had to wait for the right moment to when you got your memory back as in... now ” said Kite .
“So why am I so young then , I sure I am older than I look ”said Albert .
The ship you were on wandered into the Bermuda Triangle and you been stuck there for four hundred years and it has not aged you it seems to have rejuvenated you
If your still her lets say another hundred years you would have been sucking your thumb and asking for your mummy, as for me and Lana we have only been here a couple of days “said Kite .
“And the captain ?”
“Well , I think he rejuvenated in a strange way , as in he`s gone back to his descent of the trees so to speak “ said Kite .
“And how do you know all this then ?“ said a confused Albert .
“I read it in Charles Darwin`s book The Bermuda Triangle and the Origin Of Man at school “said Kite
So what about the bible ,Christianity and all the Jesus coming down to save us ?”
“Oh , it was a bestseller from an author called Dan Brown , it was ridiculed by the Khafra worshipers and it was banned from all schools and they had a book burning`s of the book ,that’s why it became a bestseller , people were buying it , just to burnt it .”
“I see so what do we do next” said Albert who wished he not asked .
“Well we need to go back in time and make sure you don’t meet Darwin and change the whole religion of mankind and the fact we can only eat cheese on good Friday “
And so Kite and Lana our unlikely heroes got into the shed and with a flash , they were back on the deck of the H.M.S .Empire back in the year 1471 when all the chaos started and there was a strange mist all around the ship and when it cleared there was no one about except a captain and an Albert who was looking for his crew mates , and at the back of the ship was a small box with a sign on it that said. Out Of Order, but he had a look anyway and as he opened the door he was pulled in by two young red heads .
The captain of the Empire stood on the deck of his ship and scratched his head , the ship was completely empty of sailors , and as he stood all alone on the deck of his ship he said to himself
“Well I`ll be a monkeys uncle “ .
For My Father . 1922 - 2002
And Arthur C Clarke . 1917 - 2008 .