Zephir

The sun was rising slowly in the east as government troops surveyed the damage left behind by the exploded meteor. It was not a pleasant sight for one who was weak at heart. For there were many buildings that were completely destroyed. Dead bodies were inside buildings, which had been demolished. Many people busied themselves cleaning up around their own structures. People were trying to salvage what they could, and to the best of the abilities. Much panic and shouting could have been heard above the voices of those who were wounded and were calling out to for help.

Government officials and soldiers had much work on their hands therefore. As soldiers took care of the dead and moved them to holding places for identification, a solitary aircraft approached from the east and landed. Landing gear descended and a stairway descended from the craft. Six uniformed men with electronic equipment at hand exited the craft that had just landed. On the side of the craft the name ‘Gold Rush’ was written. The men who exited the Gold Rush were not soldiers. They seemed to be a surveying team, headed by a man who would later be known as the Captain. Fire trucks sirened back and forth rendering help for fires and for health purposes as needed. Any traffic that would have been on the streets of the city at that time was halted. 

The area in which the city was located, in ancient times it was known as the Mojave Desert. And it was still called by that name at the time the meteor enter the Earth’s atmosphere. All over the desert were to be seen glitters and sparkles in the desert sand. Government officials and military personnel were more interested in helping those who needed help. It did not take long however for members of the surveying team to take notice of what they were seeing in the desert sand.

The surveying team from the Gold Rush spread themselves out in the desert as they tried to make sense of what took place the night before. Heshim, a member of the surveying team from the Gold Rush, was bent at the knees in an area where he was of surveying in moderate piece of the debris from the meteor. The Captain was only a short way off from Heshim, when Heshim called to the Captain. “ Captain, come over here!” Heshim called out. Heshim’s eyes seemed to widen as he spoke. He was so excited at what he was looking at, that he started picking at the meteorite with an instrument he had removed from the side of his boots. Heshim was then picking small pieces of soft yellow material from the piece off meteorite.

Responding to Heshim’s call, the Captain walked towards him. The Captain stood beside him and spoke with him. He too was interested in what Heshim found. “ What is it, Heshim? What is going on?” asked the Captain.

Heshim was beside himself. He could barely contain his excitement as he told the captain, “ You have to see this!” The Captain, realizing there must be something to Heshim’s excitement, knelt down beside him, as Heshim pointed out his findings. Heshim continued to explain to the captain as he told him “ This has to be gold! Gold, I tell you! These pieces of meteorite to are loaded with gold. Do you know what this means?”