The aluminum pluton

It was an autumn afternoon I was sitting in, in my office writing dark poetry mistreated while thinking how to escape the beating of Esmaracto thugs, as it often happens that I owe the rent, but also thought it was a wrong time to be reporting it since returning from Britain have not had a good job in months and I have not heard talk about a tenth uncle work, although their jobs are dangerous always rewards me well, but my thoughts were cut by a man I walk into my office without asking aggressively and sat in front of me and said:
- Good afternoon Mr. Didio Falco, my name is and I come from Sicily Petronila need your services.
- How I can help you ... miss? (answered)
- My twin brother was killed Petronilo a month ago and the only clues left the murderer, were the words written with the blood of my brother, saying, "i dus to ETERNUS" and a list of items that were in his left hand.
- Could you give me the list What (asked)
She gave it to me without thinking carefully and I started reading the list but I was surprised and while I bristle that had contained the list as the four key elements to create a living body, but what surprised me even more left the fifth object of the list required as this did not fit, plus it was written with blood when the others were written with ink which gives me to understand that the last item he wrote, was written for someone who can read but no another to understand it, an anagram, that's when I thought that poor female sitting in front of me knew more of what he said, and had to find out what she was hiding, so it had to investigate but the process was quicker told :
- Do you know if his brother was hiding something?
-Yes, Petronilo always been obsessed with the reincarnation of the gods, especially with Pluto's reincarnation and that he hated the government and even on one occasion I mentioned something to overthrow the current government.
- Tell me he had many enemies? (I responded to this poor response)
- I had never known.
After her response a long silence in which the intriguing thought of the case and the difficulty that could decipher, but that did not stop me is more but one of the only cases in which would make free just to know what ends, and after that silence Petronila I approached and said:
- I accept your order, when are we to Sicily?
- Tomorrow morning, I hope in the harbor.
At that time the girl got up from his seat and walked to the door to leave but before I left I instinctively ran to her and grabbed her shoulder and probe:
- Why is it so bad you female?
This sketch in his face a cynical smile and then I replied:
- No I tell prefer morning on the boat, while also telling you the leads and lags with respect to the investigation of the murder of my brother.
At the time I snapped the shoulder and let Petronila withdraw from my office while I returned to my office chair and thought aloud:
- I feel so deceived that woman or man, I'm not sure if it has been mocked in my face, she is using a proper end of it, which I heard my goddess Minerva and only knows why this case did not refuse , I just realized that she was playing with me.
After the departure of Petronila wherever that is hosting the night was very quiet which gave me enough time to do some packing, there are bad ways and keep my poems and odes clerk until he was unconscious on the desk where I slept until Petronio my friend knocked on my door and told me to go out and drink a few drinks and accepted without hesitation saying:
- I can say that God wants to bring to this land of humans.
- It is said that three of these are men and I think it was mentioned that Pluto, Neptune, and Jupiter also believe that the female deity, the mention in one of the meetings of heads of the guard, they mentioned that they wanted to revive the Goddess was Juno.
- But Why revive these gods? - (Ask and to shout)
- Easy Falco, they want to destabilize the state using the gods to the people's loyalty to be changed and that rather well and be faithful to our Emperor Vespasian to become faithful to the four gods while they move the strings from behind.
- Is it that they want a civil war!? - (Screams with such force that I thought after all I had heard)
- Calm down and answer some Falco, does she not have told you something wrong or shown something unusual?
- Yes, a list containing the elements of the human being, but what was strange is that the murdered aluminum Pluto wrote in blood on that list instead of writing him who was the murderer.
- Falco, maybe Pluto that is more important to find out who was the murderer of that man?
- Petronio, are you omitting information? 'Tell me about it.
- Falco, that only certain people know of the guard, but they say that about a month ago a man entered the house of our emperor, that all he took was the aluminum and left Pluto in the breast of an Emperor letter saying "Tergum tuum caput."
- Do you plan to go by the king's head? - (Ask for concern as a Republican)
- No Falco, they want to destabilize the state starting on his head.
- You know something Petronio better not tell me over the possible destabilization of the state, better tell me about that Pluto aluminum. - (I said with eyes full of tears and worry)

- Pluto is said that the aluminum is part of the soul inside Pluto, which was taken by Heracles when he came to Jesus in hell, answer some M. Didius Falco, do you think that Pluto is just made of aluminum?
- The truth itself.
- The Aluminum Pluto is just a cover for a beautiful diamond which will be used and destroyed in this ritual, I mean something Falco recover the treasure before it is destroyed and get the list of Hydra Head I assure you that Emperor will reward you twice the woman.
- I'll get the list Petronio and divide the profits.
- It's late, I'd better retire.
At that time Petronius rose only to realize that it was too late, dare I say that our god Helios and was about to make his triumphal entrance to the north but rather me out of my thoughts and this something was the hand of my friend Petronius, touching my shoulder and the other holding up four fingers and then said:
- Only four things, first do not trust this woman named Petronila it is dangerous, two the "guilty" of murder was a most faithful slave to his master, I want you to go see you may have some information, I have a friend in three Sicily guard if you get in trouble you seek, your name is Nocens and four no word of what we talked about Helen but send him the list of leading to it, she'll know what to do.
- I'll remember.
And at the end Petronio pull out of my office and shut the door in his face and immediately walked toward the bed to go to bed, I could not sleep all night trying to decipher all of this puzzle, is that just could not understand these people, this so-called secret society of the blue I had become a double spy, these thoughts were around in my mind all night until dawn, and still can not decipher, but still had to go to port and take my bags and get out but was stopped by Lenia which I placed a hand on his chest and watery eyes and worried said:
- Falco, do not trust that woman who came looking for you in the afternoon that bad female is really a man.
- Lenya!, How could you tell?
- To all the people who pass through here I ask for your contribution to my business, but this woman raised her robe and left his contribution as any man.
- I'll be careful Lenia.

I could tell he was not going to be careful after all I think this is the first time Lenya has shown concern for me, while I thought about it slipped from my office at the port, I sneaked to prevent men's husband Lenia hit me for owing rent and when it arrives in port Petronila I found, which was up to the boat and had a face as the call forward, his eyes almost killed myself by walking into the boat and tackle, when I was inside the boat approached her for this tell me more details about the "murder of his brother," but I knew this was not going to say something if I did not ask first so that a direct, straightforward, I said:

- I know that you are not Petronila, you are someone who usurped his place.
- How did you find?
- This is an exchange of information, first tell me who you are and by usurping the name of this woman? -
- To tell you the truth I am the twin brother of Petronila, I am Petronilo.
- If you you killed a month ago!
- No, that was killed a month ago my sister really our family has a history of all twins born, they even say in the old that death and sleep protect our family, after a while, when we started to gain power, ourparents began to say that there was only one when in fact born were born two and the second would become the shield of the firstborn and do whatever he wanted his firstborn.
- Then she was killed by the murderer thought that I'll kill you, Petronilo.
- Exactly as you say detective. (Said in a burlesque)
- Another question, why do you want me to inquire about the murderer of his sister? If you discovered who it was.
- It is impossible that he has murdered, he was drinking wine with me that night.
- I understand, in that case I withdraw.
But the man did not let me retire as the fiercely grabbed my left arm, left unable to walk on, to let me go my way I asked:
- What do you want?
- Falco, accompanied only stay an hour's drive failure.
And just as he said in an hour we landed in Sicily at that time I asked you to take me to where the "murderer", he accepted and took me to the cell where he was detained and I fear that even the vague Rome looked better than he; I approached the cell and try to talk to him but all I answered was "morti Debenur nostraque us" after a while I gave up and away from it but when your sack me away arms through the bars and began to strangle me and then whispered in my ear "when the guard returned Nocens then can we talk peace," and after a while he let go of my neck and kept faking insanity.
By late fall, at night I get out of bed in the room where I stayed and went to the cell, when I get there a guard comes near me and awkwardly asked if his name was Nocens to accept and what the I said - I come from Petronius and he asked if I wanted to see the prisoner. And took me beyond where he was a prisoner, then Nocens dropped me and the prisoner while out on patrol when I was alone with the prisoner, I ask:
- What did you talk to me?
- I do not want to discuss anything with you, I'm just a messenger that will deliver some items and a message of my true owner, Petronilla.
- What is the message?
- Lord informant, first let me thank you for coming and second let me tell what really happened the day my "murder," the truth, I was aware of all the acts of my brother and wanted to stop, that's why this plan, this day in the morning talking to my faithful servant, Fidelis, which asked him to take out my brother came to take my brother let me take his place while he was away I took a knife and stab my abdomen and then cut my throat after that take a finger and wrote over my head "I dus to ETERNUS" and with my other hand Aluminum Pluto wrote for my brother thought that was someone in your organization that sent him to kill; Fidelis suicide after I took the knife to me and I keep suicide among things to be subsequently locked in a jail in order to build an escape route with the guard Nocens with which I travel to Rome and take The following documents, the list of the hydra and a map of where Pluto hid the aluminum, let me say that before this happened I steal Aluminum Pluto my brother and I hid in a safe place, thank you Mr. Detective.
Just after completing the message, Fidelis gave me two scrolls made of papyrus leaves one contained a map to where Pluto was aluminum and the other a list of the nine heads, including Petronilo of "I dus to ETERNUS" , while watching this, Fidelis introduced me to the cell with Nocens which showed me a way to escape but before you go ask him Fidelis:
- Why Petronilo betraying your mistress?
- Because she loved the republic as much as you and me.
- Come with us.
- "WE NOSTRAQUE MORTI DEBEMUR" and I am part of the belongings of my beloved mistress.
As I walked away with Nocens, Fidelis hidden the entrance to the hiding place, then I find out who committed suicide, we walked him for two hours and then fell on a small boat which sailed to Rome but still there was something that intrigued me and Nocens was the one to answer my questions, then asked:
- Nocens, you know why not take a boat or something?
- Mr. Falco, I'm afraid that most of the island belongs to the revolution, that is why we had to get away with this little boat.
-Okay, how much time we got to Rome?
- Three days.
- Okay, first thing when you get to Rome I will be visiting uncle tenth.
And Haci was stayed three days' journey from Sicily to Rome, arrived in the evening of the third day and the first thing we did Nocens and I was running to the house of Uncle Tenth and show the scrolls Fidelis and actually gave us one of those scrolls containing the names of the nine heads of the hydra, among whom was the emperor's right hand and the oldest arbor and the other a scroll containing information about what had happened to the aluminum Pluto, she destroyed to the revolution will never be carried out and as it was when I solved a mystery about a murder in Britain was well rewarded for knew who was the murderer, who then had to leave with Petronio where his cousin, because I had both economic backgrounds, as paying the rent, because I had to give the widow of my brother and give some to my mom almost killed me by Helena go to Sicily without notice but in the end everything was settled.
It has been two years after the destruction of "I ETERNUS dus to" kill all their leaders, only escaped Petronilo, all were killed at a Roman circus show I attended with my dear Helena.
After exiting the arena a man touched my shoulder and said:
- This will not end well, because the gods are eternal.
After that I noticed I had a note in a sandal and watch me bend the note which said "Hydra ego novissimus anceps, et caput omne abscidit nascetur three."
But before that man would grab him by the arm and to my surprise was Petronilo, the attack attempts to escape me but the struggle was approached by two guards who realized who it was and therefore was taken arrested after his arrest but only lasted half a day in prison since then stoned him to death and while the man died at rocks I cry:
- "Hydra tandem moritur anceps" -




Short story by senegoid ademordna
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Written on 2011-12-07 at 05:49

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