Read: The Pyramids of Set (Chapter 2)
The Gods above were with us as the first of dawn's light broke over the horizon. The driver of the smaller flying machine had put on a helmet, did a double check of his cargo, and then entered up the ramp and soon after the machine began to hum.
"Quick, Elsim, let's run for the machine before the driver closes the rampart,"
Without another thought we tore across the field. I didn't see anyone else walking about and looked back once to wave for Elsim to move faster. We hit the ramp just as the machine began to move upward, and when we were at a horse's height above the ground, the rampart closed upward. I pulled Elsim over to an area between crates that had been loaded into the machine so we could keep ourselves hidden. Neither of us made a sound above a whisper as the machine took us higher on its way to the bigger flying machine above.
The sound of metal on metal and a subtle grinding followed by the machine becoming still, no more hum. We crouched back in the nook and the driver appeared. He opened a metal door in the floor of the machine and then got on his knees, put one leg through and then his body followed. We waited with quiet anticipation. Elsim nestled closely to me, her hands on my back as I peered around the crates to get a better look and listen to the surroundings.
"Is it safe?" asked Elsim.