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A Small Place in the Sun Chapter one. Mr. Lucky George Grant sighed as he sat in his command chair in the pilot house of his ship, the Antelope. He idly scanned the various screens in front of him. His GPS, the two radar screens, and then he checked the instruments reading out the engine temperature, the oil, and the fuel levels. It was late into his night shift, and he was alone. He wasn't tired, just lonely up there looking out into the darkness of the night on a fairly calm sea. Four hours on and eight hours off. He envied his four companions, at least they took their watches in pairs. Still, it was quiet and he could think about what w

Chapter 8 Revelations Peggy stood by the dining table. “O K. Well the food and drink is up here, so you can all make your own sandwiches, except, of course for Geordie and Kim. Sandra and Neil, you two will have to put together the meals your little charges want to eat, and then Neal will have to shrink their plates down for them.” “I guess I will grab a couple of sandwiches and some coffee and get back to the pilothouse.” Steven said dejectedly. As he turned to the table George called out to him. “Steven, hold on.” Sandra felt George trying to turn his body around to face the room and it suddenly dawne

A Small Place in the Sun. Chapter 7 The Eye of Ra. Part 11 Archer, sighed as he fished out his cellphone and found Waldhern's number and had the phone dial it. He hated making these useless checkup calls. Waldhern really couldn't give him any new intelligence on the situation he had not already been given by the Eye. “Ah, Phoenix. You must have some interesting news for me, to be using your private cellphone, instead of the secure Ship-to-Shore line up on the bridge.” Waldhern said. “Well sir, as you well know, this line is actually far more secure then what we have on the ship. Only our mutual friends have any access to

A Small Place in the Sun. Chapter 7 The Eye of Ra. Part 10 “You are welcome. Can I help you out of there Geordie?” She asked him softly. George continued to stare at her, there was something very different about Sandra. Maybe it was simply that being so small while Sandra was now huge, he could make out many features of her face that would have gone unnoticed had he been his... large size. Whatever it was, she was different, she seemed more relaxed and the strain of her anger seemed to be gone. She looked even more youthful then when he had first met her. Sandra suddenly became very self-conscious when George failed to respond

A Small Place in the Sun. Chapter 7 The Eye of Ra. Part 9 “Is our gear down Neil?” He asked. “Yes, George, from what I can see here it's down. Good luck.” Time seemed to stand still for everyone. Steven and Peggy listened to the radio speakers in the pilot house. Neil was intently watching the little plane as it rapidly approached them. Sandra was the only one who suddenly went into action. They had forgotten to put the boat into reverse, and she literally threw herself to the edge of the deck where she could reach her hand into the cockpit and push the throttles back just enough to have the boat reverse itself. She

A Small Place in the Sun. Chapter 7 The Eye of Ra. Part 8 * Inform Osiris, Target vessel may be carrying advanced technology. British spec-ops code name Gulliver is to acquire Scientist Peggy Higgins along with her research.  * ********** Weapons technology?  * * Affirmative, size manipulation * The window remained blank for some time. Archer took advantage of the situation and made copies of all the communications, both verbal and written between himself and Waldhern along with a copy of Sandra's e-mail. * Sending all pertinent information I have to collaborate my statement.   * Archer typed in and then he hit the send button on the wi

A Small Place in the Sun The Eye of Ra Chapter 7   part 7 Steven blinked and was about to answer her when Peggy literally jumped and said. “We can try out the rifle, it has the power to shrink or grow larger objects like Sandra's boat. I'll be right back.” And she ran down the stairs. “O K.” Steven said after Peggy had left. “I guess we are going to use your boat.” “Do you have any experience with fast boats? Like runabouts, Speedboats?” Sandra asked. “A little bit.” Steven answered her. “I've rented small ski boats a few times with Peggy for a day out on the lake.”