From Eye of the Pharaoh, Chapter 21: Copyright 1995 MJ COSTA, All rights reserved.
(Science-Fiction)
C H A P T E R T W E N T Y O N E:
W W I I I.
Ten years later I introduced an invention of mine which I had thought about during 1985. With the assistance of Japan and of the American NASA, we were able to construct an "Aero-Amphibious" vehicle capable of various functions. Such functions are its ability to drive like an ordinary automobile with a jet engine, to fly like a jet fighter and fire similar weaponry, and to submerge like a submarine. The vehicle's construction consists of synthetic "Diamond glass" consisting of man-made Diamonds (crystallized Carbon), melted Quartz flattened into a glass form, Beryl for reduction of radiation if struck by an atomic warhead, and other bomb-resistant materials. The same Diamond glass can be formed into transparent domes, which can protect cities or important sites from Nuclear Warfare. The vehicle will appear as a sports car in normal mode, preferably a Ferrari with hidden, foldable wings consisting of Diamond glass which, when folded and thus hidden from view, look like a modern siding along the car's surface. The wings are stored in a built-in shaft in between the first and second windows, also consisting of that material. Underneath the car there are emergency wings, which can only be used when in the air, for the wings must rotate on axles under the wheels and can therefore operate when airborne.
The vehicle, called the "M.C. Futura", so named by its creator, has various weaponry systems such as: landing skis which fold out automatically when approaching frozen water formations, computer intelligence, frontal silenced machine guns (over 80 caliber) aside from small missile ports which fire arrow-ribbed, heat-seeking, laser deflective missiles, solar panels on top, rear, and wing ceilings, a bumper siding which stretches across the entire vehicle, and a rear harpoon gun with cable that also fires magnetic explosive charges. Also there are: depth-charge passages which drops explosives when under or on the surface of water, stabilizer wings in rear, and enclosed window in rear which displays the license plate, backlights, and smokescreen tubes. Located at the back window is a high powered strobe light which is similar to smokescreen when used at night. It can also serve as a distress signal. In the front there is an infra-red, blue light filtered camera which can use its telescopic lens to detect what the radar/sonar cannot. For fuel, the M.C. Futura can allow Antimatter to fluctuate in a magnetic storage area in rear, or it can rely on solar power unless fusion is possible.
Should aircars be used in the future, then the vehicle can be modified to fit those standards. Instead of wheels, the M.C. Futura will glide on propeller jets made from a Tungsten coated alloy consisting of Platinum, Titanium, and Iron. Either way, the M.C. Futura will be invincible in the air, land, or sea, ideal for Navy Seals.
Other features include a rear parachute to reduce speed, oil-slick funnels, frontal periscope, side stabilizers, retractable rocket booster, which detaches and can be carried by a trailer, and dark tinted windows or laser reflective, mirror-like windows.
Engineers at NASA and in Japan have designed various forms of M.C. Futuras. The rear harpoon gun can shield itself by lowering itself into the rear trunk and cover the top part automatically so that it resembles an ordinary sports car. One well-planned idea was to use it as an escape car for secret agents or spies. I am sure that any "James Bond" fan would love to drive one, although it is far more complex than a space shuttle to operate. For instance, the only way one may enter is by fingerprint identification located on the door handles and on the ignition button. The on-board computer automatically researches all potential driver prints and should the print be invalid then the person will not be able to activate the controls. Also, should the vehicle be in a bad situation in the air, then a nuclear bomb will detonate after being dropped. The vehicle will be safe while in the "eye of the storm" and protected by the Diamond glass plates. Another use for the bomb is when someone tries to illegally operate or steal the car, for when they do attempt to steal the vehicle the bomb will explode. This will make it very difficult for the corrupt IRS to steal. There is also an emblem on the hood, which emits an electric shock when some foolhardy teenager attempts to steal this "trophy".
Other inventions which I had thought of in my early days are: a sled-mobile with the complexities, weaponry, and design of a M.C. Futura, a space vehicle that drops capsule-like space stations at each location, whether it is a planet or an outpost. The space vehicle will hold each space station or probe like a test tube holder, each space station will be contained within a rocket which will launch itself upon its detachment from the spacecraft. The spacecraft itself will be unmanned, contain escape ships with vital information if crashing is a result, contain a 360 degree laser cannon powerful enough to destroy a medium size asteroid, and be powered by both solar cells and antimatter unless fusion is possible. The vehicle is called the "Space Station Carrier Transport", or SSCT. The purpose is to allow small or portable space stations to enter an orbit with a selected planet so that future craft can refuel or stop while investigating a planet or spaceport.
Another space station possibility is a "Windmill" space station which allows a specified section to have artificial gravity --the section that is rotating around a central core accessible by an internal passage. It would also contain laser weaponry and could be used as a long-term spacecraft, if necessary.
One of the more practical inventions is a wire which supplies cooled Oxygen from a generator worn along a belt, used for air re-circulation under a Latex mask for those who are a "Master of Disguise". It would be very profitable in the future for spies, etc.
For either suspended animation or for hibernation from an illness, I suggest the modified version of a "sleep capsule". This capsule will be powered by antimatter or fusion (both are selected as an easy source aside from using Nuclear power) and will contain liquid Oxygen combined with 10% liquid Nitrogen, 2% liquid Helium, and a liquid, or amorphous version of Chlorophyll. The Chlorophyll will cover the surface of the body to prevent ice crystals from forming, and can also appear in mask form to protect the head regardless if covered by a helmet. The capsule will be constructed from a variety of alloys including Diamond glass, Platinum, Titanium, Iron, Tungsten and Diamond fiberglass (synthetic Diamond glass). The computer will be of gold so that it will last the duration of hibernation, even if not awakened for thousands of Earth years.
Finally, there is another invention of optional character. The car of the future will contain an unbreakable needle consisting of either Tungsten or Diamond glass on the bottom of the car. This needle will be like a giant record player when driving on the road which will contain individual tracks with engraved musical notes. The music will be emitting from the on-board stereo should someone not prefer the built-in compact disc player. The road will be like a giant record when the car travels across it. The road will be covered with metal so that the music is preserved. By covering the road with metal and not the concrete part then, during an Earthquake, the music will continue to function even if the road beneath is separated.
Aside from my glorious inventions, I resided at a tropical home among the Hawaiian Islands. This home, formerly known as the "M.C. Futura Mansion", named because of the built-in garage and runway installed alongside one facing of the house, is very complex although I designed the general floorplans while in High School. There are five levels in all, two of which are underground. There is also a Diamond glass dome over the entire estate, just in case of World War III.
Although the estate retains a typical rectangular shape, it contains more artistry than the White House and more integrity than the Pentagon. The first level contains: a central living room, a family room adjacent to the car showroom where on display are some privately collected sports cars, most of which are M.C. Futuras in disguise. Also in the first level there are: a Ball room, planetarium, indoor pool, playroom, "fun house", video library, aquarium with Aqua-lab installed (scientific study and laboratory), robotic cafe, lounge, dining room and kitchen, den, eight car garage aside from the M.C. Futura launching bay which appears as a fence surrounded with vines which later unfolds to form launching bay, arcade room, exercise room, one bedroom with bathroom, amusement park ride installed, and a miniature hospital with minimum functions. There are five main halls and a secret elevator in the library, which leads to upper and lower levels. All windows are bullet-proof, and in the front yard there is a pyramid and fountain.
In the second level there are: five bedrooms, four guest rooms, six bathrooms, office space (almost similar to the Oval Office in the White House), game room, pet room, indoor race track for remote control vehicles, sun room, six hallways and an open area overlooking a hallway on the first level. The master bedroom includes a fireplace, balcony, mirror maze leading to "secret" closet where computer services and television (security) monitors are stationed, secret elevator accessible by a false wall, bathroom with sauna, and enough space for a double King-size bed. Also on the second level are stairs and a public elevator.
On the third or top level, includes a penthouse with one bedroom and a secret elevator located in a closet. All secret elevators are connected so that the owner may travel to various parts of the house without being seen. Also inside there is a spa, a breezeway for the helicopter pad outside, two halls and a fireplace.
Outside the penthouse there is a radar station with three disks, solar panels and skylight windows, a greenhouse, outdoor pool, a laser cannon used to remove areas of the dome above if necessary, and a storeroom with a hidden breezeway leading to the gun storage room. Along the edges of the third level there is a metal fence.
Down to where the first level of the basement there is: a library with hidden door leading to a storage deposit, a secret jail along a secret elevator leading from the master bedroom. Also, there are: a bedroom and bath, a secret passage leading to a "tomb" beneath the pyramid.
(The tomb contains some sleep chambers and artifacts), a monorail subway with station accessible only by a passage leading from the map room, two mazes and many halls. Hidden from view is the M.C. Futura hanger where the cars are lowered by elevator from the car showroom via a turntable, which selects which car to be used. Next to the hanger is the weapons and supplies garage, and finally there is the elevator that leads to the above runway and secondary garage or release chamber. Thick, reinforced concrete walls separate the rooms mentioned, the same type of material used to hold the dome in the ground. The subway monorail system leads to the underground vault constructed of Diamond glass, Platinum and Steel. The vault connects to the house by a concrete wall. The subway tunnel encircles the entire house and can stop at various places if desired.
The vault is adjacent to a storage room and accessible by a hidden door. Also hidden by a secret door is the stairwell leading to the last level of the house. There are many secret passages and doors throughout the entire estate.
Finally, there is the last level or second basement. This room can best be defined as a lower level bomb shelter, considering the weight, which rests over it. Inside this level there is a water filtering room, a recycle center (for paper, metal, and glass), two storage rooms, the stairwell, a laser work station and the power room. Inside this power room there dwells an antimatter storage area and a neutron accelerator. Both are connected to the backup power area.
Other than the estate there are two other residences which I designed. One is a circular step-pyramid located in South America near Peru. It is used as a secondary tomb and it contains many rooms, most of which contain statues, possessions, and temple furnishings. This tomb is covered by a Diamond glass dome and contains all the once revived souls returned to their Earthly embodiments, or mummies, and are preserved in sarcophagi throughout the tomb. All of the mummies that were used to form the Egyptian empire, and therefore nearly all of the mummified Egyptians of the world, are resting in this palace of eternity. The tomb has seven levels and is energized by solar panels. Outside the tomb are statues and sundials.
The second tomb built in my honor is located near Luxor, Egypt. This tomb is made of granite and limestone blocks covered with green diorite plates sealed with gold. The overall shape is that of a seven-sided prism, rather than the traditional pyramid. The walls are etched by lasers to draw the hieroglyphs necessary for a tomb to be complete. Outside the prism tomb complex are two circular step-pyramids used as storage bins. Both are energized by solar cells, and contain similar items as that of the original in South America. There are seven smaller pyramids of circle design encircling the prism, and each has a mirror directed towards the top of the prism where light is collected and used as energy.
Inside this prism tomb complex are fourteen levels.
Within those levels are: a grand temple at the apex including many courtyards filled with exotic statues from various sections of the times, pillared rooms, a treasury and subsidiary storage rooms, an Osiris chapel, an underground water passage leading to twelve golden gate chambers guarded by robots with lasers, two ferryboats leading to the water passage and departing from underground passages linking the two storage tombs, a large burial chamber at the center of a great maze, and other less important areas. The prism expands one mile in length and one-third mile in width. There is an oval shaped Diamond glass dome over the entire complex with two separate domes over the two pyramids.
In the burial chamber there are golden shrines enclosing a scarab shaped sarcophagus, which opens to a lower chamber where the actual burial room is centralized in the midst of godly statues. There is a unique sleep chamber encircled by a shrine of Diamond glass with statues of the primal gods protecting it. The above burial room contains some personal possessions and much information regarding the life of the owner.
In each of the twelve chambers, each representing the twelve rooms of the Netherworld, are golden offerings and gilt statues of certain deities who supposed to live there. This tomb is truly a masterpiece, and not only the largest tomb complex ever made, but also the best one I could possibly design and own. This tomb is much larger than my past one, and much more deserving as well.
Those inventions already mentioned were organized in my dreams long before the time when I resurrected my former wife, which can only be explained as a lucky chance. It isn't everyday that one may find something he has lost a long time ago, so it was only an exception when I discovered Ankhesenamon's burial pit. Because of this, the inventions would have been made regardless if she was found, although it might have taken a longer time for the inventions to surface from the depths of ignorance should I had not been in a royal or semi-royal surrounding when I ordered their creation.
My inventions will shape the future of the world even if there is nothing left to shape should anything be destroyed by the possibility of Thermonuclear war.
One year has passed since my inventions held a firm grip on the world's industry and technical age. The nation of Iran recently broke free from the empire of Egypt once it acquired a substantial amount of nuclear weapons. The thought of that didn't seem to matter, although Iran directed its interest to the USSR rather than other countries of the world. Iran seemed to take the path of Libya when it acquired nuclear warheads from Russia. Soon enough, World War III started to bubble from the fathoms of incompetence when my empire directed its warring attention to Iran. Russia protected Iran, and America protected my empire. Finally, Nuclear war was inevitable.
I transported all furniture and items of value from the palace in the Egyptian empire to the M.C. Futura residence and the prism tomb near Thebes. The palace was the only area not protected by the Diamond glass domes. Although many zoos and wildlife centers were protected, nothing protected the open land of Africa. Only those animals in the wild were subject to mutation from the radioactivity from the nuclear fallout.
To state what happened is simply that America and Russia were annihilated and Iran was completely flattened. The empire still remained yet it suffered from fallout and acid rain. Those areas protected by the domes were safe and not subject to the second- degree mutation that occurred around them. I consider the mutation process to be second degree because of the fact that the life forms were mutated once and that was during the creation of the humans. This second degree was slightly different in the formation of giant insects and mutant humans in the form of crossbreeds which consisted of humans and reptiles combined to form anything less than dragons.
My family and friends were safe within various domed cities around the world. I slept in a sleep chamber with Ankhesenamon sleeping in her own capsule only a few feet away. The capsules are programmed to awaken the user at a specific time whenever summoned. We were positioned in the tomb chamber beneath the pyramid at the M.C. Futura Mansion in the Hawaiian Islands, safe from destruction.
Six months later the computers awakened us. The capsule door raised itself from the canopy and slid downward so that my head would be facing the outside. I carefully peeled away the molded Chlorophyll from my face so that I could breath from the outside air. My body temperature was stabilized, and I continued to peel away excess Chlorophyll.
I cautiously sat up and viewed the room. I walked over to Ankhesenamon's capsule and deactivated the sleep mechanism. I next started to peel away the blanket of Chlorophyll from her body and place it in the computerized regenerator for future usage.
I noticed that she started to blink so I gently rubbed her arms to signal to her that everything, so far as I know, is okay. She slowly climbed upward from the ice covered capsule, with Oxygen steaming into the surrounding air. I checked the computer readouts from satellite signals and determined that there were still lingering radiation sources covering the world and the oceans.
I walked to the vaulted door and entered the computerized password by use of the hieroglyphic control panel. I used hieroglyphs instead of letters for greater security since not everyone in the world knows how to translate it. The door slowly opened and gases from the inside flushed in between the edges of the door to the outside where they mingled with six-month-old trapped air.
We exited from the hidden passage and went into the storage room neighboring the jail cell where the elevator is. I activated the false wall, which revealed the secret elevator to us and so we entered and traveled to the second level. I exited the elevator and walked in the closet of the master bedroom and activated the security cameras. For an hour I sat at the control table and studied the computer charts describing the world's situation.
I decided that I would personally investigate the destruction while riding in one of my M.C. Futuras. I told Ankhesenamon to wait at the estate until I return. She orbited her arms around me and delivered a farewell kiss to my restless lips. I informed her that I would return in one piece unlike Osiris.
I traveled to the car showroom and selected a vehicle labeled the "M.C. Future Limousine", so named for the added cargo space in back. The floor turned clockwise and the opening in the floor matched the chosen vehicle and connected with the elevator. The car slowly lowered into the hanger while I leaped down the adjoining staircase. I met the Limousine and entered it. I started up the engine and allowed the floor tracks to deposit the vehicle in the weapons garage where the car was refueled, cleaned, loaded with arsenal and checked by computer.
I entered the car again after investigating the report, the car next being raised by the second elevator and into the launch bay. I activated the runway to unfold outside the house and prepared to launch.
I quickly placed a helmet over my head and tightened the straps and infra-red visor. Next, I punched in the flight plan into the car's central computer and activated "flight mode". The wings extended from the sides and the missile and gun ports opened. The rear engine was exposed and other systems were operating within reason. I started up the exhaust port and the engine propeller spun violently. I switched on the control panel and the rocket booster ignited sending the vehicle roaring out of the runway and through a portal in the dome, which opened automatically. I glanced back to the twenty acre estate and watched Ankhesenamon wave from the moving sidewalk.
I flew around Hawaii and hours later I observed the desolate California coast, with its broken buildings hiding among piles of vaporized bodies, blackened with soot. I glided to LA and observed some cruise ships still functioning along the coastline, some of which were irreparable while others were in mint condition. I decided that I would use these ships to salvage the world of its lasting products that I can build the future on and perhaps the new generation of humans into everlasting civilizations.
I parked my vehicle at a cruise liner control tower and explored the ruins with care of the lingering radiation. I collected some souvenirs and placed them in the trunk near the rear harpoon gun. For security measures, I wore a gauntlet which controls the M.C. Futura by remote control. I searched among the rubble for anything of value as I neared a cruise ship.
I silently boarded a cruise ship from a small boat and climbed onto the main deck. I entered the control room and noticed that it was empty, so I climbed upward to the top deck. It was there that I watched a girl in her late twenties practice Tae Kwon Do with a mannequin. She wore black tights and was bare foot as she kicked at the air. I judged that she was slightly over six feet in height with dark hair and eyes. I approached her quietly and she sensed that I was nearing so she quickly turned around. Her beady, deep-set eyes met mine and she gave a wail as she ran towards me, for reasons unknown. Perhaps she was using Cocaine or something. . . She flew in a jump-kick course in my direction, and she was moving too quickly for me to deflect her. Her right foot came in contact with my lower facial area and sent me tumbling backwards. I started to stand up when she delivered five quick kicks, which dislodged the cartilage in my nose causing it to spill blood onto the floor behind me. I struck at her with a force that should have knocked her unconscious, except that she caught the blow between her raised ankles. This was starting to become quite embarrassing for me, since this battle contrasted with my past. Next she pushed me against the rail and, by pressing her foot against my mouth as if to suffocate me, she attempted to push me over the rail and twenty meters into the ocean. I quickly grabbed a Japanese Shuriken (throwing star) from my belt and tossed it into her brain. After that, I knocked her overboard, thus ending her life. [*This battle is a reference to the Battle of Marduk and Tiamat in Babylonian. My actual nose was customized in DNA, and doesn’t break like with normal people].
I wondered why she was trying to assassinate me, although it could have been the radiation that was affecting her. Well, it was of no matter so I ventured below deck and looted the gift shop of its valuables. As I was returning back to the M.C. Futura, I bandaged my nose with some gauze.
Later, I seized control of some of the cruise ships, loaded them with salvaged products, and drove them back to the estate. I would use these products to finance the empire in its growth, as well as future civilizations, which will form from the domed cities.
When I returned to the estate, Ankhesenamon saw my wounds and asked me what happened. I told her that I slipped on the deck of one of the cruise liners I parked outside. Upon hearing that she wandered outside and searched for the ships from one of the hills nearby.
Two years later, after all salvaging operations were complete and the tombs and storage bins were filled, I flew in a M.C. Futura over certain areas of the world. I went to Egypt where I captured my past embodiment in its coffin of gold and plastered its body parts together. Next I submerged the corpse in gold and replaced it in the solid gold coffin, which is far too short for me to use a second time. My height was about six feet and five inches so I could only use the second and third coffins for my future burial.
I entered my former palace and organized it so that I could still rule except I would be in the estate rather than the palace at the empire.
I left the area in one of the M.C. Futuras and flew across Iraq where I spotted some aircraft flying in my path. There were ten "Wolf-vipers", jets of immense strength and firepower, soaring across the ionosphere with their draped back wings and dual rocket engines. The planes must be the remnants of the arsenal of Iran, which were flown sometime after the atomic bombs were dropped. I angled the coarse of my flight to intercept them and when I reached their position a shower of missiles rushed towards me. I dove into the ocean where my vehicle transformed into a submarine and fired torpedo-missiles directly from beneath the surface of the water, using the ocean as a shield from their rapidly firing bullets. My missiles collided with theirs, and their bullets sunk softly into the ocean.
I rotated the M.C. Futura 360 degrees upward and launched two "Gull tube" rockets at the planes. The rockets opened and fired a tornado of miniature missiles at the jets. Of those ten jets, six were destroyed.
After waiting under water for several minutes, I changed back to flight mode and launched into the stratosphere firing my triple-cannon laser cannon at the remaining jets. Two were instantly liquefied and the others were partly damaged on the wings. I rose up between the two jets and allowed the vehicle to spin counter-clockwise while firing a multitude of armor-piercing bolts made of explosive materials. The jets attempted to use Diamond glass- shattering Ultrasound which only confused the radar, however. The jets were splattered against the wind.
Victorious, I flew back to the estate in Hawaii. On the way home I stopped by the prism tomb complex and checked on the M.C. Futuras stored there. I activated the sleep chambers to be ready should we use them in the near future.
When I returned to the island Ankhesenamon welcomed me and asked if there was any adventure out there. I responded that some jets from the Stone Age tried to force me to give them a light. I informed her that soon we would once again sleep in the capsules and examine what the future holds for us. But before I chose to enter the crypts of sleep, I stopped by one of the Sperm banks in the domed "forbidden" city in Nevada where I deposited some genetic material that they can use to repopulate the Earth so that I will have something to look forward to in the future.
I went to the other domed cities and opened them for future business. Using the on-board computers in the lab stationed at a control tower within the cities, I contacted the space stations and informed them to awaken us in, say a hundred years or so. They agreed and sent me their wishes and farewell signals.
I went back to the estate and locked it from the inside. Next I transported our belongings to the prism tomb complex, and stopped by the tomb in South America to deliver some articles of information to the memory banks. We took a last look at the island and flew to the empire where we would rest for a long, long time.
MC 2021.
