Chapter 15

The Gong is ringed, but which twin?

It was Lisha and Lulu's 14th birthday and also the other children that had been born at the time the gong granted life 14 Isola years ago, since then it had granted food, tech points and took technology, as the villagers were rich in technology, did not mind losing a few tech points to the GOW, The villagers thought that it was better than the gong taking health, as villagers disliked been sick. Some thought the sacrifice of, giving away the tech points was worth it.

In the meantime all the birthday males and females all celebrated becoming 14 and the mom's help by making them a feast. Later it was time to look for jobs for at lest 20 over 14 year olds, some already had some skills that were inherited from their parents and started work straight away Lulu and Lisha already had science skills and took up researching. Except, some sat in the centre of the village unsure of what to do, The guiding hand, who watched over them now and again was present and had to teach them some sort of trade by pushing them to either planting crops or to study the herbs if they showed they had some healing skill. After awhile they got the massage and picked up a skill and carried on with the trade that was chosen for them.

It is time, Who will be chosen to ring the GOW?

Kai told Lulu and Lisha to be brave as the guiding Hand was to choose one of you to ring the GOW. As it is foreseen that one of you will be the right one and one that is not. The guiding hand was also anxious of which twin is it to be?, and then the twin that was the youngest twin must be the right twin and the youngest is... A big purse for effect..

Lisha and Lisha was the one to ring the GOW. Lisha was very nervous as it was a great honour to be chosen and she hoped that she would not mess it up, like dropping the mallet. With some encouragement from her equally nervous mom Kai. Walked slowly with the mallet, and she felt the butterflies in her stomach and her mouth dry, that she could do with a drink of water, and kept telling her self to relax to calm her nerves, as she approach the GOW, Lisha kept saying why be afraid there have been many who have done this, I can do this, and with slightly shaky hands and with a strong grip of the mallet, stepped back a little so she could aim true to strike at the centre, and BOEERING, Sparkles flew from it, blinding Lisha for a few seconds and then she could see a vision at the graveside and Lisha could see that the ghost was summering her and she walked to the graveside and saw a white lady and the white lady pointed to the lagoon. Lisha, told her mom and dad about the ghostly vision and told her that it had pointed to the lagoon and that she thought she heard a voice in her head you got to dive deep for the object you seek.

Kai and Kilu, have a discussion about of how they were to dive deeply into the lagoon and after a few tries found it was much too deep. Kai and Kilu wondered how they were going to get the key they so long waiting to find that now thought it was over as it may as well be on the Isola moon, as far as they knew. What Kai did not know, yet was to find out, long ago one of the villagers had discovered a stew that would enable to hold their breath for a long time. The stew recipes were amongst the medical journals in the hospital.. As Kai was a master doctor and she always looked for remedies to cure illnesses, gradually remembered coming across it and that she went to check it out. Kai had to search though all the paper work until she found what she wanted and the three herbs were, (blanked out as it's a spoiler) . Kai quickly started to prepare the stew and got the 3 herbs that would help to hold their breath long enough to retrieve the key to the bronze box. After the stew was done, and she told Kilu her husband what she was about to do, but he told he let me do it as I am much younger now and he eat the stew and he found that he felt, he need not have to breath. He went to the diving board and dived very deep and he searched though the water until he thought he saw something among the waterweeds that looked like something shining metal thing, as the stew was beginning to wear off. He managed to grab it and quickly swim to the service, a few minutes after effects of the stew had worn off. He then had to take a few gulps of breath and Kai was their waiting anxiously by the edge. What took you so long, I thought you were going to drown as I can understand you were down there much longer for the effects to last, as I have read the recipe, and I was about to come and get you.'
'Why, did you eat the stew?'
'No, but I was just about to when you emerge, did you get it.'
'Well I lost it and then he said hear it is.' Kilu said laughing.
'Oh you, you, don't make jokes like that and she to laugh.
'Come on, lets try the key and Kai and Kilu want to get the bronze box that was kept in a hidden place in the research hut. The key fitted the keyhole and when they opened it found the third peace of the map and they both examined it and could see that on the map the path was a direction to another part of Isola that no one had yet discovered, it was the East Shore.

To be continued