Ripley's RBI 04: Secrets of the Deep

By Ripley's Believe It Or Not

Join the RBI—a group of teen agents with special gifts—on a series of action-packed adventures as they travel the world!

In an eerie underwater cavern, human hands reach out from the seabed searching the dark water. The RBI are sent on a watery quest to find out what lies beneath. How do mysterious happenings on the sea at night, an angry school of sharks, and zombie ghost stories link with this creepy new mission? The RBI are on a mission to search out the truth!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ripley Publishing
• Release date: Dec 6, 2011
• ISBN: 9781609910365

Ripley's Believe It Or Not

Ripley's Believe It or Not! is globally renowned as the authority on the weird, the eccentric, and the amazing. Ripley's Believe It or Not! provides entertaining books for children of all ages which educates and informs them in a humorous style. The Ripley brand is known around the world as a trend-setting source of family-friendly fun and excitement! Every day the researchers at Ripley's are busy digging up the craziest true stories and the most unbelievable facts.

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Copyright © 2010 by Ripley Entertainment, Inc.

All rights reserved.

Ripley’s, Believe It or Not!,

and Ripley’s Believe It or Not! are registered trademarks of Ripley Entertainment Inc.

ISBN: 978-1-893951-54-9

ISBN : 978-1-60991-036-5 (eBook)

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Design: Dynamo Limited

Text: Kay Wilkins

Interior Artwork: Ailin Chambers

No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher.

For information regarding permission, write to VP Intellectual Property, Ripley Entertainment Inc., Suite 188, 7576 Kingspointe Parkway, Orlando, Florida 32819

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All characters appearing in this work (pages 1-118) are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

WARNING: Some of the activities undertaken by the RBI and others in this book should not be attempted by anyone without the necessary training and supervision.

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Collector card picture credits: t/l ©francois brisson\fotolia.com; t/r Rinspeed; b/l Dan Burton www.underwaterimages.co.uk

Contents

Prologue

Chapter 1: Serious Swimming

Chapter 2: The Lost City

Chapter 3: Power Packs and Pyramids

Chapter 4: Jaws

Chapter 5: Shark Shocks

Chapter 6: Dramatic Discoveries

Chapter 7: Quaking Cavern

Chapter 8: Dazzling Underwater Leisure

Chapter 9: Shark Scare

Chapter 10: Megalodon

Book 5: Wings of Fear – Teaser

Case File #001

Case File #002

Case File #003

Info Files

INTRODUCING THE RBI

Hidden away on a small island off the East Coast of the United States is Ripley High—a unique school for children who possess extraordinary talents.

Located in the former home of Robert Ripley—creator of the world-famous Ripley’s Believe It or Not!—the school takes students who all share a secret. Although they look like you or me, they have amazing skills: the ability to conduct electricity, superhuman strength, or control over the weather—these are just a few of the talents the Ripley High School students possess.

The very best of these talented kids have been invited to join a top secret agency—Ripley’s Bureau of Investigation: the RBI. This elite group operates from a hi-tech underground base hidden deep beneath the school. From here, the talented teen agents are sent on dangerous missions around the world, investigating sightings of fantastical creatures and strange occurrences. Join them on their incredible adventures as they seek out the weird and the wonderful, and try to separate fact from fiction …

Prologue

This diving group had been really lucky. Not only had they managed to see a swordfish and a turtle, but a group of dolphins had played alongside them for almost five minutes.

As he led his group of happy tourists home, Minas noticed a large shape appear, casting a cool, gray shadow over the otherwise crystal-blue water. Minas had been a diving instructor long enough to know exactly what that particular shadow was—a very large shark.

Minas signaled that his group should follow him, hoping to move the inexperienced divers to safety before they noticed anything was wrong. But it was already too late. One by one they all saw the enormous, angry silver shape headed toward them.

Trying his best to stay calm, Minas saw a narrow fissure in one of the rocks and guided the group inside. Outside the shark prowled, but was too big to follow his prey in. Their hideaway led into a series of tunnels, which Minas thought could be another way out for his group. He led them as quickly and efficiently as he could through the network of darkness, until suddenly the tunnel gave way to a huge cavern.

Swimming into this enormous chamber, Minas’s diver’s light picked out shapes and textures in the gloom that took on an eerie green glow as the shimmering yellow beam hit them. He swam farther into