Gary and Miller were in the middle of a conversation about some of the results of the Puerto Rican research project when the phone rang. Miller picked up the phone. He was somewhat irritated by being interrupted in a conversation involving his research.
The voice at the other end was that of a rather panicky Herman Swartz, who said, “Frank, the people at NORAD have broken part of the code. The pulses apparently represent some sort of warning about activity deep inside the earth that could cause the destruction of much of mankind. One of the decoded words was ‘Apocalypse’! All of this came into better focus with the intense 9.0 earthquake that occurred in Japan last Friday.”
Miller sighed and said with a look of apprehension, “Herman, I suggest that we set up a conference call with you, Gary, Dolores, and me. I’m beginning to think that there is some sort of tie-in between the alien device and all of the earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that have occurred since my grandson turned the magic knob. These events have been worldwide. We still need some input from the archaeologists attempting to translate the Mayan glyphs.
Dolores said that these glyphs are much older and different from any that her experts have ever seen before. We need to get all of the available experts to work on the translations. People’s lives may be at stake. Herman, the new information from your computer experts may lead to a breakthrough.”
Over in his office at the Johnson Space Center, Herman said as he paced back and forth, “Okay, let’s go for the conference call. Frank, I’ll let you handle it at your end. I suggest we set this up for two o'clock tomorrow afternoon.”