Jim and his team return to the ruins, where they make an even more shocking discovery--one that changes the urgency of their investigation entirely.

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Onward with the plot! This chapter could use a rewrite just to be more future-imaginative than it is in its current form; it looks almost like I'm not sure if cell phones are all that common in the future, and I evidently had not heard of google maps. Meh. Not to mention Dave's character is already inconsistent; I paint him as at least mostly conservationist later on, but he has all this super-nice hunting equipment. It doesn't quite add up.

The other thing that needs changing? The journal. I needed to make it about 85% illegible, even after restoration, to avoid that obviously-dulled reaction to reported dragon intelligence that's a prelude to the Major Plot Hole that forced me to scrap this story in the first place. "That will make things more interesting"? Really? Blah, it just looks so forced and clumsy. And it's not even half as bad as the plot hole we'll have later on!

Anyway, now that I've pointed out some of the things that are wrong with it, I hope you enjoy(ed). :P

Comments and critique greatly appreciated.