Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 125

           TheskyaboveRomehadbeenfilledwithsightstonight…askyrocketinghelicopter,anenormousexplosion,andnowthisstrangeobjectthathadplummetedintothechurningwatersoftheTiberRiver,directlyofftheshoreoftheriver’stinyisland,IsolaTiberina.

           EversincetheislandhadbeenusedtoquarantinethesickduringtheRomanplagueofA.D.1656,ithadbeenthoughttohavemystichealingproperties.Forthisreason,theislandhadlaterbecomethesiteforRome’sHospitalTiberina.

           Thebodywasbatteredwhentheypulleditontoshore.Themanstillhadafaintpulse,whichwasamazing,theythought.TheywonderedifitwasIsolaTiberina’smythicalreputationforhealingthathadsomehowkepthisheartpumping.Minuteslater,whenthemanbegancoughingandslowlyregainedconsciousness,thegroupdecidedtheislandmustindeedbemagical.

           

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