Map of Bones/Chapter 9

Chapter 9 The Scavi

July 25, 8:55 P.M.
Rome, Italy The Summer day ran long. Gray lent Vigor his cell phone. They needed to get things done. A sound of a bullet got them to attention. The doorway of the cottage of Giuseppe exploded. A phone rang and it was Seichan. Seichan knew. raoul didn't want to share as well. Seichan tells that the Dragon Court wants the Guild at the sidelines, and marginalized. Seichan was somewhere in hiding, with a clear vantage point to snipe. Seichan tells them they want information, and would not tolerate mistakes. She shot the old man's shoulder, leaving some blood. The old cottage now was in flames, completely dead. Gray tells her and Seichan leaves. They borrow the old man's car, a '66 Maserati Sebring.

9:22 P.M.
They drove forward. They took a few public telephoines to call it in. The danger. Rachel tells of numerous excavations beneath the crypts. In 1939, workers digging a tomb for Pope Pius XI, discovered another layer beneath the Grottoes, a necropolis dating to the first century, simply called the Scavi. They drove up, and went through security. The mass had started with the Pontifical Choir singing Ave Maria. They went to a door that leads down to the Scavi. Vigor had to go and protect the pope and clear out the public without creating a panic. Gray lead the way into the placeo. They enter the tomb of Saint Peter.

9:40 P.M.
The tomb was a giant tomb. They planed to do something to get the drop on the Dragon Court. However, this was n ot to be as explosions cut off their thoughts. A full assault team. The court must have gotten through by their contact and snuck below. They had to dea lwith hiidng.

9:44 P.M.
Vigor gained access to St Peter's Basilica.

Vigor walks in hurridly walks through as the choir is in midsong. Cardinal Spera, near the altar, was seated with the pope. They sat near Bernini's brozne canopy.He walks forward, surrptitiously. He was taken aside by Preffetto Alberto, who puts a gun to his side.

9:52 P.M.
Gray lay on his belly, hiding. The assault team worked efficiently, each person knowing his job. They fixed plates to either side of St Peter's tomb. One of the was Raoull. They were getting ready. Gray said he is ready to go blackout. Five seconds, and they were going. He pressed the button his laptop. However, Raoul was one step ahead of him. He was on the far side, with the controls to ignite the amalgam. Bullets fired by Gray was repelled by bulletproof glasss. Raoul twisted the control device.