Ascendant Saga Collection: Sci-Fi Fantasy Techno Thriller by Brandon Ellis (best novels to read in english .txt) 📗

Jaxx sat at Shaughnessy’s computer station and nudged the tip of his toe on the laptop underneath the desk.

“Watch it,” came Shaughnessy.

“Why do you have a laptop under there anyway?”

Shaughnessy looked over his shoulder, no doubt to make sure Slade hadn’t heard Jaxx’s question. He rested his hand on the back of Jaxx’s chair, whispering, “I’ve been given the shitty and stressful job of maintaining a backup laptop, just in case Underfoot Black has an emergency evacuation. If it does, this laptop has all the information stored from all the computers in this room.” Slade paced toward them. “Anyway, back to the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza.”

Jaxx paused. He gave Shaughnessy a double take. “Hold on. Did you say this pyramid on Callisto is the exact size of the Great Pyramid of Giza?”

“Yeah. It’s a big blighter.”

“How do you know it’s the exact size?”

“We measured the dimensions. It’s identical. Of course, it weighs a lot less because of the gravity difference on Callisto. Although, I wouldn’t be surprised if it had the exact number of stones as the Great Pyramid of Giza.”

“Why would they make it the exact dimensions?”

Shaughnessy shrugged, half smiling. “You mean why would the Atlanteans give it the exact dimension?”

Shaughnessy was either making fun of him or was on board with Jaxx’s theory. Either way, he didn’t care. He just wanted to get to the truth.

Jaxx cleared his throat. “I’m not one hundred percent positive that the Atlanteans made these structures on Callisto, but if they did, I’d love to know why they’d make a duplicate of the Great Pyramid of Giza.”

Shaughnessy rubbed his hands together. “Why?”

“I mean, how many more clues can they give us?”

“Clues that they are Atlantean?”

Jaxx cocked his head to the side. “Whether the people who built this specific pyramid on Callisto were Atlantean or not isn’t what I am getting at. What I’m getting at is that the people who created this pyramid were from Earth and not from another system or planet altogether.” Jaxx gestured toward the screen. “They are giving us clue after clue.”

Shaughnessy put out his hands, shaking his head. “Uh...can you enlighten me, Atlantis boy?”

Jaxx shot him a look, then sagged in his chair. Atlantis boy? That must be my nickname. Could be worse. “How many days does it take for Earth to orbit the sun?”

“365 days.”

“Almost, but in actuality Earth orbits the sun in 365.24 days, not just 365 days. That’s why we have a leap year. Now, bear with me on this as I explain what I’m getting at here.”

Shaughnessy gave Jaxx a look, a look Jaxx had seen many times. It said, “don’t geek out on me, dude. Just cut to the damned chase.” It didn’t matter. Jaxx needed Shaughnessy to understand the ins and outs of his theory. He needed to geek out on the details, big time. He took another deep breath and launched into his lecture.

“The Atlanteans worked with sacred geometry, something lost to our modern-day science. Sacred geometry ascribes symbolic or sacred universal patterns in the design of reality, including mathematics and geometric shapes. That’s how they were able to create the pyramids in pi and phi ratio and sequences, along with creating perfect Pythagorean triangles within these pyramids. No structure on Earth comes close to the way the great pyramids were built. In fact, the blocks they were created from are cut at 1/100th of absolute geometric and mathematical perfection.

“Everything the Atlanteans did with the creation of pyramids had a reason. And we can see this with this pyramid on Callisto, if it truly is in exact dimension and proportion as the Great Pyramid of Giza. When you measure the Great Pyramid of Giza, you’ll find that all four walls are a total of 36,524 inches in length. 36,524 inches in length correlates with 365.24 days of Earth’s orbit around the sun. This is a hint that the Beings who created this pyramid on Callisto were from Earth and not someplace else.”

Shaughnessy scratched his chin. “I see. Jupiter and Callisto don’t have the same orbit as Earth. It takes years for Jupiter to do a full orbit around the sun. This is conclusive evidence for you, though?”

“To me, yes. It’s just another piece to this ever-growing puzzle. In the most simplistic terms, the measurement of the big pyramid on Callisto asks us to look at Earth, not at any other planetary system that we know of. Why else would they replicate the exact dimension of the Great Pyramid of Giza?”

“Perhaps to look at Earth for the best source of life? I mean, how many habitable planets are out there? Maybe that’s why they built all sides to equal 36,524 inches, to point to another viable home? It could be that simple.”

“Perhaps. Or, it could mean a lot more. That’s why we need to keep digging.”

Slade’s boots clacked as he approached. “Mr. Jaxx, can I see you in the hall?”

Jaxx leaned slightly away from Slade. “Sure.”

He followed Slade into the hall and closed the door behind him.

Slade crossed his arms, chewing loudly. He gave a wink, something he did too often, never mind chewing that gum. “I’m thinking you need some time in the Sendep Unit?”

Jaxx swallowed. Hostility came from Slade. “What do you mean?”

Slade crossed his arms, chewing louder. He stood as stoic as possible. “You’re not firing on all cylinders, Jaxx. We need you to rack focus. Time in the tank will help with that.”

“The tank?”

“Ye gods. What have I told you about the damned echo? You make me insane. Sendep, Sensory Deprivation. I’ve recommended Donny take you there, before your next session.”

Slade was a mess of contradictions. He wanted something from him, but resented him for it. Still, Jaxx was buggered if he knew what it was Slade wanted. “What do you think I’ll uncover?”

Slade shrugged. “You’re on a path, Jaxx. An important path. You know more than you think you know and I want