Chapter 2: The Last Meeting

Walt was enjoying a wonderful dinner with Debbie when he got a phone call. "Walt Jenkins." he said. "Walt, this is CEO. Again. I am inviting you to be a part of our meeting that we are holding tomorrow."

"Yes, sir. I will be present." Walt sighed. He couldn't sleep at night. He lay in bed thinking. "Everyone's so excited about this discovery. I should be too. Yet I still think something's off. I just can't explain it." He stayed awake till 3AM until finally, he managed to dose off. Probably because he was exerting his brain by thinking too much.

Walt entered the Meeting Room and sat in his respective seat. The CEO sat at the head of the table. Many other people were present. "Well then," the CEO began. "Let's begin. As many of you already know, here at CEL, we have found a new Matter. Walt Jenkins here," Walt raised his hand. "belongs to the Experimental Section. His team ran some tests and discovered that this Matter…can resurrect the dead."

The people who didn't know about this gasped. "Now we come to the million dollar question. What do we do, with this Matter?" A man raised his hand. "How about you know….we revive the dead. Make everyone happy." Walt raised his hand. "I object. This discovery must be kept secret. Otherwise the whole world will be after this Matter. I suggest we run some more tests on it." Some members nodded in agreement.

"I suggest we give it to the government." another said. "I say we give it to the Army. They can use it to revive the casualties during battle." A fourth said. The CEO thought for some time. Then he stood up. "I end this meeting by agreeing to Walt's decision. Walt, make more experiments. Find out everything you can about this Matter." Walt nodded.

Later, Walt went back to the Experimental Section. "What's up?" he asked. "Is there anything you found?"

"Well…not exactly." A scientist replied. "This Matter…is not toxic at all. We can go in the Experiment Room without our suits. There is no radiation what so ever. We ran multiple tests. Tried to look at it biologically but all that we came up with, is that this was the stuff that first created life on Earth."

"Created life? I thought it resurrected the dead."

"Yes it does. When the Earth was created, changes in the soil, atmosphere etc. created some sort of a dead body. Which…the Matter gave life to. This is legendary stuff we got here. We finally got the answer as to how life came on Earth. This Matter was on Earth when it first formed. It's like…really, really old."

"Did you try the Heat Exposure Test?"

"No, not yet." Walt looked at him. "Do it first thing in the morning." The scientist nodded. "Yes, sir." Walt went back home and broke the news to Debbie. She would always keep secrets about CEL to herself, so Walt knew that he could trust her.

Walt couldn't sleep at night. He continuously thought about the Matter. "People are getting too excited about this. I should be too…but I'm not. I feel uneasy around this Matter. Something's not right." he thought. Finally, at around two in the morning, he managed to get some sleep.

Walt woke up to the sound of his cellphone ringing in his ear. "Five-thirty…what is wrong with these people!" he groaned sleepily and picked up his phone. "Walt Jenkins."

"Sir! This is Will. You know…from your team?"

"Yes, I know who you are, Will. Spit out what you want to say."

"Yes, sir." Will replied. "We ran the Heat Exposure Test…and we got some results. You should come here."

"Fine, I will." He groaned. "They're too excited about this aren't they?" Debbie asked. Walt nodded. "I hope we get some answers with the Heat Exposure Test. I'll go and check." Soon, he was walking inside CEL. Will was waiting for him. "So, what happened?" he asked.

"Well, we heated it to about a hundred degrees Fahrenheit and the amount of Matter…shrunk."

"What?"

"You heard me. It's almost as if a part of it died." Walt looked Will in the eye. "Where did we find this Matter, again?" he asked. "It was found underground but not deep. The dirt was cool. We have plenty more Matter. More keeps coming out of the ground and it's being transported to CEL in Resistance Jars." (These jars keep the temperature stable inside. Neither hot nor cold)

Walt thought for some time. "Do a Cold Exposure Test." he said. "The equipment's down. Will take a few days." Will replied. Walt nodded. "I can wait. By the way, where is Harry?"

"Oh, he's sick. He said he won't be coming for a while." Will answered. But actually, back at home, Harry was hatching out a plan. He was very much healthy. "If my plan works," he thought. "I shall be the most respected man in the world!"