Well. here it is, guys. The third chapter . Nothing much really . It might
(or is supposed to, anyway) disperse any discrepancies, and doubts, I might
have slipped in (unintentionally) in my last chapter . Thanks a LOT for the
reviews . Wookie Devil, I didn't see 'Final Destination'... are some of the
murders repeated? :| Sorry. Thanks ATX and Kamikaze Jane for the
encouraging reviews!
FLIGHT 196 FROM WASHINGTON TO WARREN
1:10 PM
"Hmm. I never could get this seat-belt mechanism", said Mulder, fiddling with his seat belt.
Scully was poring over the files (both X and non X) for the case, apparently not taking in a word Mulder was saying.
"Mulder?"
Mulder took a while to reply to the summons. He was still fastening his seat belt. Satisfied when he heard the click of confirmation, he looked over at Scully. "Yes?"
"Well. you said that all murders happened in lonely places. It seemed that Richard Belgire and Roche Wenith died in a crowd."
"It happened when they were alone, Scully. Wenith was slowing down, apparently too tired to continue the race, you're never always young, you know. Belgire and his daughter were the only two people in the merry-go- round apparently, and it was a working day too, so many people wouldn't have come."
"Mm-hmm. It also seems that there were 18, not 15, people in the class of 1984."
"Hmm. Well, that's not too mysterious. They might have been having some sort of disease or something. Dinosaurs were rampant," Mulder finished with a joke.
The joke was lost on Scully, who continued her interrogation.
"Who was their class teacher?"
"A guy named Wellis Camtrophe. He's still alive, married, with two children. He's living in Warren, too."
"The boreholes on Nebrasco's skin . haven't there been any theories?"
"Piranha?"
"Could be." "How can he die of piranha in the US when they're found in the Amazon basin?"
"Revenge, Mulder? Have there been any class rivalries."
"Well, according to records, there was a guy who was constantly being picked on. Name of Nayle Northern. There he is", Mulder said, pointing to Nayle in the picture, "But that's no reason for revenge, is it?"
"Nope. Well, anyway, back to the boreholes. Could it be some kind of seawater decomposition?"
"After an hour or two underwater?"
"Was the water contaminated?"
"Warren is a small town, Scully, not too industrial for anything pollution- wise to happen."
"OK, let's take Belgire's case. Could he have been burnt because of some fault in the merry-go-round? Electric shock?"
"No go, Scully. After the murder, the merry-go-round was checked. It was working fine."
Scully was beginning to think that there was some pattern. But what?
"Elan Norethe died with a branch. How can a branch so small exert so much force to take an eye out?"
"You're the scientific advisor, Scully. You tell me."
"I don't know how that happened, but maybe something else might have . er . poked his eye out instead of the branch."
"Like?"
Scully had no answer. But she trudged ahead.
"George Ancival died during work hours or after?"
"Well. after. It seems he left something of his and went to retrieve it."
"Thanks, Mulder. I'll go through the rest of the case files myself."
"OK."
And Mulder left Scully to re-immerse herself, who had no doubt now that something weird was going on, and it was foolish to pretend it wasn't.
Review again ... Thanks . Off to see 'The Calusari' on the local channel (they're in season 2! I get to see all classics! Be jealous, anyone! (I'm jealous of the ones who have the DVDs. they get to see them whenever they want.. Boohoo!) ) :)
FLIGHT 196 FROM WASHINGTON TO WARREN
1:10 PM
"Hmm. I never could get this seat-belt mechanism", said Mulder, fiddling with his seat belt.
Scully was poring over the files (both X and non X) for the case, apparently not taking in a word Mulder was saying.
"Mulder?"
Mulder took a while to reply to the summons. He was still fastening his seat belt. Satisfied when he heard the click of confirmation, he looked over at Scully. "Yes?"
"Well. you said that all murders happened in lonely places. It seemed that Richard Belgire and Roche Wenith died in a crowd."
"It happened when they were alone, Scully. Wenith was slowing down, apparently too tired to continue the race, you're never always young, you know. Belgire and his daughter were the only two people in the merry-go- round apparently, and it was a working day too, so many people wouldn't have come."
"Mm-hmm. It also seems that there were 18, not 15, people in the class of 1984."
"Hmm. Well, that's not too mysterious. They might have been having some sort of disease or something. Dinosaurs were rampant," Mulder finished with a joke.
The joke was lost on Scully, who continued her interrogation.
"Who was their class teacher?"
"A guy named Wellis Camtrophe. He's still alive, married, with two children. He's living in Warren, too."
"The boreholes on Nebrasco's skin . haven't there been any theories?"
"Piranha?"
"Could be." "How can he die of piranha in the US when they're found in the Amazon basin?"
"Revenge, Mulder? Have there been any class rivalries."
"Well, according to records, there was a guy who was constantly being picked on. Name of Nayle Northern. There he is", Mulder said, pointing to Nayle in the picture, "But that's no reason for revenge, is it?"
"Nope. Well, anyway, back to the boreholes. Could it be some kind of seawater decomposition?"
"After an hour or two underwater?"
"Was the water contaminated?"
"Warren is a small town, Scully, not too industrial for anything pollution- wise to happen."
"OK, let's take Belgire's case. Could he have been burnt because of some fault in the merry-go-round? Electric shock?"
"No go, Scully. After the murder, the merry-go-round was checked. It was working fine."
Scully was beginning to think that there was some pattern. But what?
"Elan Norethe died with a branch. How can a branch so small exert so much force to take an eye out?"
"You're the scientific advisor, Scully. You tell me."
"I don't know how that happened, but maybe something else might have . er . poked his eye out instead of the branch."
"Like?"
Scully had no answer. But she trudged ahead.
"George Ancival died during work hours or after?"
"Well. after. It seems he left something of his and went to retrieve it."
"Thanks, Mulder. I'll go through the rest of the case files myself."
"OK."
And Mulder left Scully to re-immerse herself, who had no doubt now that something weird was going on, and it was foolish to pretend it wasn't.
Review again ... Thanks . Off to see 'The Calusari' on the local channel (they're in season 2! I get to see all classics! Be jealous, anyone! (I'm jealous of the ones who have the DVDs. they get to see them whenever they want.. Boohoo!) ) :)