Relics
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Edwin considered Kapnos request. It went right along with his own thoughts. He considered the request a moment and then his mind switched to something else. He was sure that he’d never see Kapnos again and he wanted to thank him. It seemed a little corny to him, but he decided to do it anyway.
“I want to thank you for believing in me.”
There was no response. Edwin turned his head slightly to see if Kapnos had heard him and discovered that the man was no longer there. “Where did he go?”
“I have no idea,” Danna replied.
“I didn’t hear him leave.”
“I didn’t either.”
They spent a few minutes looking around but never find see him. They continued to look out for him until they were called to board the plane. Edwin glanced one last time over his shoulder before going through the doors to board and caught saw him standing not far away with a huge grin on his face. He nodded at him and Edwin returned the gesture, and then got onto the plane.
Several hours later, after arriving home in London, Edwin placed the canvas bag on his bed and turned to Danna.
“Well, love,” he grinned, pulling her to him. “There’s only one thing left to do.”
“Only one?” she teased.
“I was referring to the box.”
“I know.”
“Do you know where to find C4?”
“I have some ideas, but can that wait?”
“I’m really worn out, love,” Edwin responded.
“Not that,” she giggled. “I’m starving for fish and chips.”
“You don’t want murgh mahal?”
“Indian food is gross,” she replied.
“Fish and chips it is,” he said, scooping up his keys and opening the door for her.
“Perhaps, we’ll do that other thing when we get back.”
“Perhaps.”
Epilogue
London Telegraph, Friday Morning Edition
There is plenty of mystery surrounding the death of a victim whose heart stopped after he opened what authorities have identified to be “Pandora’s Box.”
Percival Winston, 37, was found unconscious by his roommate and his roommate’s fiancée in the deceased’s bedroom in the flat that they shared in Bristol on Wednesday evening.
Next to the man was a strange, empty box of unknown origin, which was later identified by the man’s roommate, Mr. Edwin Douglas. Mr. Douglas had just returned from recovering the Greek relic on behalf of the Greek government, along with his fiancée and archaeologist, Danna Sharma, who was employed by the Greek Cultural Recovery Commission.
A post-mortem examination determined that Mr. Winston’s heart had stopped, subsequently causing his organs to fail. A full barrage of tests was ordered in order to establish the cause of the stoppage of the victim’s heart but returned results that still have authorities scratching their heads.
Pandora’s Box is an artifact taken from Greek mythology. The box was given to Pandora by the god Zeus and was said to contain all the evils of the world.
When asked to comment further about the box and its presence in the Douglas/Winston home, neither Mr. Douglas nor Miss Sharma would offer any comment, claiming that it was a matter of Greek national security and in violation of their agreement with their employer.
The box, having been turned over to the Greek Consulate in London, was said to have been one of many of the copies of the original Pandora’s Box. The unnamed official of the Greek Consulate said that several copies had been made in order to confuse and thwart thieves from getting their hands on the authentic box.
“This particular replica had been on display at the Olympia Archaeological Museum and had been stolen in a heist in 1977,” the official said.
He also praised the extraordinary work of Mr. Douglas and Miss Sharma in their recovery of the artifact but seemed to discount any claim that the box had been the cause of Mr. Winston’s death.
Coroner Archibald Sterling said that toxicology tests had found no trace of drugs or any other toxic substance in Mr. Winston’s system and ruled that he died of natural causes.
“There is a possibility that he had a fatal cardiac arrhythmia—a change in his heartbeat,” Sterling said.
The only possible explanation provided sheds little light on this bizarre occurrence.
The End
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