" Zan and Conner told him."Primary detecting a build-up of energy within the case," Lucy and Shelby informed him."Alright retreat to safety point, all...shields to full keep scanning 'til the box explodes." Derrick ordered, the Shelby hologram was staring at Derrick as if he'd lost his mind.They had to only wait a few minutes after they were all at the 200,000 kilometer limit.Suddenly there was a titanic explosion in front of them. Thankfully Derrick had recognized the danger and had the shields. As he walked me back to my desk, I was quietly pleased that such a strong and powerful man was willing to put his hand in my back pocket and guide me to my chair.I was positively giddy as he helped me to put my headphones back in and start my afternoon training session. But, the tiny rational voice in the back of my head objected, did he really have to brush the lunch crumbs off my chest?The afternoon passed in a flash, and when he was back at my desk, I was sitting in a daze, breathing heavily. In 2005 it would be worth around $2400. Not bad for less than a week's work.We had a quick breakfast and went back to our new sandbar. By noon, we had panned at least two more ounces and by the time we quit for dinner we had another three. All three of us were so tired we didn't even want to eat. I forced all of us to eat something though as I knew we'd need our strength for tomorrow.Day 44 - Sunday, June 13, 1847We worked that bar for a total of five days before we moved on. It gave us. Someonemust have given him the second capsule after his capture." How would that have been possible?" asked Lexi."You!" said Grost, pointing an accusing finger at me. "You left us forten or twelve minutes during dinner." I felt unwell," I said, "and went to my room to be sick. Your guardswatched me go up the stairs, and the maid Helga happened to be passingas I went into my room. I'm sure they'll all confirm this." You could have got it to him somehow," he replied, unwilling to letthis.