We arrived at the site, there was lots of News crews surrounded the area, as did yellow police tape. Beth grabbed her bag and small kit. We walked up to the police officer who stood by the tape, trying to keep the news crews back.
"Hi, we're here to see the bones, we're Phd students Gerald Wilson sent" Beth smiled
The police looked at Beth and I, then walked off. I looked at Beth, she just shrugged her shoulders. The policeman walked over to a lady, she had her back to us. She then turned and smiled.
"Beth Dear" She called over the site, I looked at Beth.
"Harriet" Beth smiled as the lady walked closer. The woman lifted up the tape and Beth and I ducked under it.
The lady, who Beth had called Harriet, I didn't recognise her. She was tall, tanned, slim and had blonde grey hair.
"Beth, your father never said it was you coming, however, then again I didn't take the call, it's so lovely to see you Dear" Harriet said as she took Beth into her arms and hugged her tight.
"I didn't know you would be here either Harriet, last I heard, you were in Egypt" Beth smiled
Harriet laughed and let Beth go.
"I was, for a very long time, only just come back really" Harriet replied
"Oh, Harriet, sorry, this is Carmen, she's on the course with me" Beth said pointing to me.
"Carmen, this is Harriet Reynolds, she and my father worked together when I was younger, she's a good family friend" I held out my hand and Harriet shook it.
"Any friend of Gerry's and Beth is a friend of mine" Harriet smiled
"Come on, let me show you what we've got here" She said, leading the way through the site.
We walked past some young looking students who were gently cleaning some bones and placing them delicately in trays before someone else would carry then off into a tent. We then walked towards a large dug out area.
"It's strange you know, the bodies are laid out, it just looks like the bones were tossed in, so what you see, is how they were dumped...no decaying bodies...it seems all flesh was striped before burial" Harriet said
"We're thinking of expanding the site, but there are so many bones, we have people desperately trying to match them up to get a full skeleton, before we examine them further" She then said
Harriet climbed down into the large hole, Beth and I followed after.
"Beth, you must remember my daughter, Clara" Harriet said walking over to a small red head.
"Of course I do...Clara, It's lovely to see you again" Beth smiled, the young girl, stood up and dusted herself off before extending her hand out.
"Beth, it's been a long time" Clara smiled. Beth shook her hand then introduced her to me.
"Hi" I smiled then shook her hand. She smiled back.
"So sweetheart, what have you found so far" Harriet asked her daughter
They bent down together and looked over the bones
"Like mother like daughter" Beth laughed looking at them, I joined in.
Harriet looked over her shoulder
"You're one to talk" Harriet laughed
"You're the spitting image of your mother, although I never thought you would follow your father's footsteps, I envision you helping people somehow, maybe being adventurous...but you obviously enjoy it, your glowing" Harriet said before looking back at the bones her daughter was carefully clearing out.
I nudged Beth and smiled
"Guess you are doing what she thought" I whispered softly
Beth smiled back, then laughed softly
Harriet stood up then
"Come on girls, follow me" She said
Harriet led us back the way we'd come and through to the tent, there in the tent were several tables, laid out on the tables were the bones, some starting to form full skeletons.
"The strange thing is, they are all different, length of time they've been buried, sex...all very different, however the only thing that connects them is age, they are all young, say under 25yrs old, young" She said leading us over to the furthest skeleton
"The worst thing is, some have only been buried a couple of weeks, but there are ones that have been in the ground longer then I've been around...so whatever is going on, it may still be going on" Harriet said looking disgusted.
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Beth and I had been at the site for a while now, Harriet had left us to study the remains, and help collect pieces of bone. Harriet came back into the tent after a while
"You girls ok?" she asked
Beth was about to give an answer but a young policeman came into the tent.
"Harriet the FBI are here, said one these two asked for them" He said.
"Oh yeah, that would be me" Beth said lifting her head from looking closely at one of the corpses.
"And it's perfect timing...I think I've found teeth marks in one of the bones" She said
I stopped looking at the corpse I was examining, and looked at what Beth had been looking at, Harriet came over to take a look as well.
"My goodness, Rick, send the FBI through...seems they may need to be involved in this case" Harriet said as she pulled on a glove and began to look at the teeth shaped indents.
Beth turned and reached for the camera, as she turned back around, Sam and Dean entered the large tent. Beth smiled at Dean, he winked back. I quickly turned to look at Harriet, she was still looking over the bones. I turned and glared at Beth, then did the same to Dean.
"Ah...Gentleman, please come in" Harriet said, finally lifting her head
She held out a hand
"Harriet Reynolds" She said
"I'm the head Archaeologist on this site, these lovely ladies are Beth and Carmen" She said
Sam shook her hand first, following by Dean
"I'm Detective Turner, and this is Detective Hooch" Dean replied
Beth and I tried to stifle a laugh
"Unfortunate pairing" I giggled
Sam looked at me and smiled
"The feds have a sense of humour" Sam replied
Beth nudged me gently then looked at Sam. I nodded once understanding what she meant.
"Well detective Turner, it's a good thing you're here, Beth had just found what looks like teeth marks on one of the bones that we recently excavated from the large 'burial pit'. We may have something a little more serious then we originally thought" Harriet said
Dean looked shocked then walked towards us, Beth passed his a pair of gloves, as Dean put them on, he bent over the corpse, Beth bent down beside him and showed him where the teeth marks were.
I looked towards Sam who was looking around the tent at the other bones.