Professor Stanley had been busy in his lab. Each night he had dedicated his free time to the lab trying to discover a faster form of transportation. He had worked endlessly trying to perfect what he thought could change the world of transportation forever.

There had been nights when he had literally worked through the night and not even taken the time out to eat his dinner. His wife Donna would leave his supper at the laboratory door and knock. She knew that she was not welcomed into her husband's lab and she respected him for that.

Mark Stanley had been busy once again at his laboratory on Saturday night when things had gone wrong. The laser that he was attempting to use to transport a vase to the future just one minute later had come back as a live snake. The snake was extremely large and it had taken all of his skill to put him in a safe box.

As the Professor studied the snake that he had in a large glass case, he was in wonderment. The snake had shown no signs of weakening even though it had now been without any type of food for three days. 'Where on Earth had this creature come from and where was his vase?'

One more thing worried him about the snake. The snake seemed to be very intelligent and watched his every move. Although Mark was not able to tell the snakes exact weight and length, he estimated the snake to be at least forty five feet long, If that was not fantastic enough, he was sure that the snake weighed well over two hundred pounds.

The only good thing that he could see with the experiment was that the snake had survived the transportation process. He went over to his computer and began to once more go over his figures. Somewhere the answer to his problems were in those figures of that he was sure. In the meantime he was going to have little or no contact with the outside world. He was bound and determined to find the answer even if it meant that he was going to have to work night and day.

Donna had been at the kitchen table eating another lonely dinner. She had been down to her husband's lab and found that once again he had not eaten any of his supper. She had knocked once again, but it had been in vain. He was not answering the door. As she read the paper she read with interest the story of the three people who had disappeared Saturday night while on a ghost hunt just a few blocks from their home. There was now a hefty reward being offered by the families of the three missing people.

Mulder and Scully had been back at the hotel going over the scenes once again. As he looked over the photos he thought that he saw something different. He had several photos of the room that had been taken during the hunt by the witnesses. In the first few that he looked at he saw a table in the middle of the room. On that table was a flashlight, a recorder and a camera. But after the pictures were taken there was a vase on the table. It was an ordinary vase that didn't appear to be anything of particular. But, still it was there. He would need to talk to the owners once again.

As Mulder should Dana the vase, she found the vase interesting. Certainly, just after witnessing something that had frightened a large group of people the first thing that they would not do is move a vase. She then looked at each and every photo once again. Each photo had been marked before the event and after. Mulder was right the vase did indeed appear out of nowhere.

Each and everyone of the people who had been in the room that night needed to be questioned. Three of the people who had been in the room had been children and they would have to be careful when they spoke to them. Some of the people lived near the home, but four of the people lived over one hundred miles away. So, Mulder decided to speak to the local people first.

The first couple that Mulder was able to reach was an older couple in their fifties. They had each been doing ghost hunts for years, and had never experienced anything like this. Mary and Mike Connors were understandably upset with what they had seen.

Mike Connors had seen nothing, and had immediately looked completely around the house for any sign of the missing people. Mary had been more in a state of shock and had noticed the vase. "I mentioned the vase to some of your people, but they didn't seem very interested. Oh and one more thing when I got up to touch it, it was as though it was not solid. My hand seemed to go inside of it. But, by the time I showed it to the lady who was next to me it was solid, but almost hot to the touch. The rest of the room was very cold and I thought that it was strange. The lady that I talked to was Carrie. She was there with her daughter. Such a terrible thing." she told them.

As Scully reached for the phone to call the Hescott's she wondered what the significance of the vase was. Mr. Hescott answered the phone. No one had mentioned a vase to him. There was no vase in that room and no vase in his home anywhere before the people had disappeared. He had been surprised at the question.

As each and every person was questioned about what they had seen there was nothing said of any significance. There had been several people who had noticed the vase, but none could explain why it was there. All denied putting it there. They had all been too frightened.

Scully took the vase to the lab for a complete examination. Under the microscope there was no indication of damage or anything. The vase just appeared to be an ordinary vase, one that could be found at any boutique in town. There were no fingerprints on the vase, except for those that could be accounted for and so she felt as though she was hitting a brick wall.

The news coverage was making it near to impossible for Mulder and Scully to go anywhere in town. There was now a large reward for any information that would lead to the solving of the mystery and the best and worst of people were starting to show up wherever they went.

Dana watched as Mulder came into the lab. She told him about what she had found and he thought for a minute. "With all of the media coverage, what if we used them to help us?" he asked her.

Dana smiled. He was right. "We could give the media a picture of the vase and see if there is someone who will recognize it."

Donna Stanley was in the living room when she thought that she would watch some television. The news was on and once again they were covering the story of the missing people. But, this time something caught her attention. There on the television was a picture of the vase from her hallway. She went out to the hallway and saw that her vase was gone. She needed to go and ask her husband about it.