Can We Learn To Love Again ?

The Combination

"Oh shit !" I yelp as Mr.Lincoln stand up. "Woah ! Mr. President! Woah sir don't get up, sir!" we scramble back as he keep stepping forward. He stretch and mumble "Alright, time to see the state". Larry try to catch his attention "Sir, Mr President don't stand up, you will freak everyone out !"

He look down "Freak ? I assure you I'm not a freak". Larry mumble "No I didn't mean you a freak". Suddenly Mr Lincoln bend down and pick Larry up

'So this is how Jed and Oct feel everytime we stand' I thought. "In fact, if anyone is freakish, I'm afraid it's you, sir. The truth is, you are very small. And I mean even for a regular-sized human".

Larry mumble "What ? Why you said that ?". Proudly, he answer "I must be honest". Even from this distance I can hear him sigh "Oh yeah righy Honest Abe, I'm sorry" and Amelia exclaim "Come, now, Mr. President, put the little man down and let's sit our fanny back in that throne of yours"

Finally, Mr Lincoln put Larry down "You have a can-do attitude, and I shall do as you ask" and Larry answer "Thank you". I turn around as I hear a slight noises "They are coming" . We hurriedly hide behind one of the pilar while trying to make Mr Lincoln stay still. Amelia shout or half shout half whisper "Abraham freeze !"

And if I don't remember our situation, i'll laughing my ass off seeing at his "freeze" pose. "Come on lets go to Air and Space" Larry say as we walk to the staircase. "If I may" Mr Lincoln start "you three make an adorable family" and Larry answer "she is my daughter" he point to me "but she is not my wife or girlfriend" he point to Amelia.

Mr Lincoln slam his fist on his chair and shout "I never lie!" he pause "the truth is you make an adorable family". I smile up "Thank you sir" and we walk down the stairs. He answer "Good night lovely ladies and small little man".

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We stop infront of the Air and Space entrance and Larry swipe the card. "Wow" I breathed out as I see whats inside. "DC this is Air and Space we are back online and fully operational" a voice sound from the PA system. We walk in and a group of men, known as The Tuskegee Airmen approach us.

Their Captain, I suppose say "I wanna say thank you, Miss Earhart". She asked confusely "For what, Captain ?". He answer "A lot of people think we can't fly, either. Thanks for clearing the runway, ma'am" and they salute each other. "Race you to Paris ?" He ask "You're on"

But Larry drag her away, "No no no we don't have time" and I hear she mumble "Its just a quick jaunt over the pond". We turn the corner and greeted by a red plane. Happily and excitedly Amelia point to it "There she is, old Bessie, the old family bus. That gal took me across the Atlantic!" and she jog to it.

"But the Einsteins is this way" I follow him and pause infront of the Einsteins glass box. Its.....empty. "Shit ! Where are they ?" I exclaim. Suddenly the control people announce "You are clear to launch, all systems are green and go for lift-off" we hurriedly scramble to the control table and hear the guy ask "I want a go,no-go for launch"

And Larry answer "I say no-go. Lets not go" but I think it fall deaf on his ears as I hear a "Go!" Around us. "We have launch commit" the guy announce and all engine start working. "Ten...nine...eight..seven" and Larry snatch the mic from him.

" No, we do not have commit.Repeat. We are decommissioning the committal of the launch and it is now a negatory launch phase. We are in a no-fly, no-go phase. That is a November-Gorgon phase of non-flying" and all of the engine just stop. We move over again to search for the Einsteins when we meet the space monkey,Able.

I laugh as Able and Larry shake hand. And then Amelia call us "Hey, I found your Einsteins" we jog there and see like ten Einsteins. She take the Tablet and "Gentlemen, we're trying to crack the combination of this tablet doodad, and the writing here says we'll find it if we figure out the secret at the heart of Pharaoh's tomb"

One of the Einsteins chuckle "Thats an easy one, the answer is in the question" I rise and eyebrow "Huh ?". The Einstein say "Figure out, its a figure" he write something on the sticky notepad "i.e a number" he draw a pyramid "and the Pharaoh's Tom i.e the pyramids! Don't you get it kid, you are looking for a secret number at the heart of the pyramids"

Amelia exclaim "Well, whistle me Dixie, the answer is --" we say simultaneously "pi !" And Larry ask "pi ?" The Einsteins writes number and "3.14159265 to be exact" Larry exclaim "yes ! 3.1495265" and they shook their head "No no no 3.14159265" and Larry say "yeah okay 3.14 I'm sorry I can't tell is it yes or no could you just" he press the Einsteins head down"

"Don't touch the hair" murmured the Einstein "We are bobblehead, dummkopf and thats the way we like it" he look to the others "Together now !" And they start singing and jumping. "Could you slow down ?" Larry ask and they sigh dramatically sad "Okay. 3.14...." I smile and "i've got it. Thank you"

"So the combination to open the underworld is pi ?" Amelia ask and I nod.

And that is why I never like using pi in maths.

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