In 1937 the team says goodbye to a member of their group, there they discover something that surprises them.

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In Remembrance

The year was 1937 in the small town of Whippany a resident had returned home for the last time. She passed away four days ago in her sleep, a vast contrast to exciting life that she had led. Wilhelmina Packard was not well known to the town because she started traveling at the young age of 16 and never looked back. She was known however to varied collection of people that were currently socializing in her modest house she had bought just two years ago. She had been traveling abroad taking pictures of different places around the world, many of which covered the walls of the house.

There were many different people there, traveling performers, business men and women, a few former soldiers, and other varied friends of the departed. Among them was a curious group that seemed well natured enough though they kept to themselves.

There was linguist with his wife, a flower shop owner, a doctor, a repair shop owner, a retired cook, and a geologist. They currently were talking amongst themselves accompanied by a rather serious looking lawyer from Whitmore Industries the last employer of Mrs. Packard.

Unknown to the attendees this group perhaps knew more about her than anyone there (bar perhaps one of her many deceased husbands). They didn't share what they knew of their friend. Instead they just spoke amongst themselves about their memories of the deadpanning snarker of a radio operator and photographer. They were the group known only to each other as the ones that had found the lost city of Atlantis. After their great adventure they went their own ways but kept in touch and visited the underwater city often.

Milo and Kida had married, had two sons and a daughter and had been working on rebuilding Atlantis from the inside of the underground realm that it resided in. Dr. Sweet had retired from being a doctor and now only went on a few house calls to a small number of patients that he had developed in his years of practicing medicine. Similar with Audrey She had built up and developed a small empire of repair shops with her family, in her spare time they would watch her sister compete for various boxing titles over the years. Vinny got his flower shop that he dreamed of and lives quietly in Brooklyn. Cookie had briefly been the owner of a steakhouse until he found a hobby in breeding bloodhounds that he swore where the best in the world due his "secret diet" he fed them, and to everyone's surprise it seems that it works. Then with Mole he had been traveling the world collecting dirt samples from around the world.

"I can't believe she's gone." Audrey the now fully-grown repair shop owner said, "Didn't the crystal she was given help keep her alive longer than average?" Looking to the now middle-aged Dr. Sweet, fellow companion to the unforgettable trip to Atlantis.

"There are so many things that we don't know how the crystals affect non-native users of the crystals" He looked to his old friends Milo and Kida to get assurance in his assessment, "Unless I missed something."

Milo and Kida had spoken in length on the very topic during their ride to the surface. "We can only guess as to why our friend is gone." Kida began to explain, "There are old tales of Atlanteans that did die early on in life though those times where rare and we did not record these events often."

They settled into a silence because they had already caught up on each other's lives before the funeral of Packard. Taking advantage of this moment the lawyer a certain John Franco, now spoke up "Whitmore Industries will ensure the balancing of accounts and properties of Mrs. Packard, there are however a few personal items that the executor of the will has set aside for each of you.

"What would there be?" Vinny asked. Looking a little confused, "I mean we knew her, but wouldn't her possessions go to her family?"

Franco replied, "Under normal circumstances yes, that would be the case most items have gone or are going to the extended family or are being liquidated to balance any accounts with the banks." Franco leaned in lowering his voice, "These items have connections to your journey twenty-three years ago. Mrs. Packard and Mr. Whitmore came to the agreement to give them to the original members of the expedition or have them destroyed."

"Where is it all?" Audrey asked, her interest spiked after the long day at a funeral that they all had been having.

"On the second floor above us, the rooms have been cleared of any items the family would have had claim to." Franco said.

Seeing that the wake goers where mostly leaving Dr. Sweet spoke up "Would we be able to see what is there?"

"Of course, is that what you wish?" the lawyer asked. He looked around and saw nodding heads all around. "Please follow me." He then turned and led them through the hallway up the main staircase.

The upstairs was very spacious due to it being cleared out and in the first room that they saw where souvenirs from Atlantis and the surrounding area. There were three other rooms and a common area, every room there was cleared and where empty save it for the first room.

The souvenirs sat on a long table and the contents consisted of clothing from the region, little statues, and knick knacks that were immediately recognizable to Kida and the others. There were however three filing boxes at the end of the table that stuck out from all the Atlantean items, the first two where labeled 'Atlantis', the third was left blank.

The groups silently descended on the table inspecting the items before them. Milo found a book that was there, Kida stood behind him, she had gained an affinity to books aver since the two had met. Sweet, Mole, and Cookie looked at the knick knacks while Vinny and Audrey investigated the boxes. Vinny started with the closest labeled box while Audrey grabbed the unlabeled one. Vinny found pictures of the first expedition to Atlantis all they way up to the groups latest one six months ago.

"Hey look, it's that huge lobster Mole and I caught last year on that fishing trip near the falls of Atlantis City." Vinny said showing everyone. "What did you guys find?"

Milo responded excitedly "I think this is a book of folktales, one that the royal librarians have been looking for!"

"Clothes and trinkets here" Sweet responded, "Audrey what did you find?"

"Let me check" she got distracted with Vinny's box she hadn't had a chance to look.

She looked down and paused, there was a pile of pictures and on the top of the pile was a hand-written note that read: In Remembrance. Curiosity spiked she lifted the paper and peered at the pictures.

What she saw made her freeze. "Uh guys you might want to take a look at this."

Let me know how I did, conclusion to follow.