Here it is, Chapter 4. Nothing much really, again. Thanks all again for the
reviews. 'The Calusari' was good. Next week, 'F. Emasculata'! Might get
some more ideas for gruesome murders. Watch out! ;).
CRIME SCENE
WARREN, RHODE ISLAND
30th JANUARY 1994
"I don't know what you hope to find out", said Officer Henston, Chief of the Warren Police. "My police force has searched the area quite thoroughly. Nothing much has turned up."
"You'd be surprised," Mulder said, "Has the body been moved in any way?"
"Hasn't been touched. 'Course, we did cover it in plastic, but we were waiting for the Feds to come and see."
Scully, meanwhile, was inspecting the remains of the bus, scattered all around the ground around the body.
"Mulder, come here."
Mulder came to see a Scully holding a fistful of greenish glowing powder.
"I found this . it was hidden under a seat near the body." Saying so, she poured the powder into Mulder's hand. It was unusually cold.
"Any idea what this could be?" Mulder asked.
"Well, it could be a iron salt, but what are the odds of a iron salt being found in a burnt bus?"
"Nil", Mulder agreed, "Still, how is the body?"
"Burnt, just like you showed me. The body was sliced right across the torso. The intestines were poking out of the halves, however, there is something I have to show you," Scully finished leading the way to where the two halves lay.
Using a rod, Scully turned the body around to show a hole, the size of a little finger, the depth of a pencil inside Walmick's back.
"Has Officer Henston seen this?" Scully asked.
"I don't know," Mulder said, "I'll ask him."
In the minutes that ensued, Officer Henston arrived at their side and admitted that he hadn't seen the hole before.
"So that means the hole was made recently, after the murder," Mulder said, with an unusual gleam in his eye. Scully knew that gleam , it was the gleam he got everytime he had a theory.
"Scully, could you have this tested and see what it contains?" Mulder said, pointing to the green substance in his hand.
"Why, Mulder?"
"This same substance could have come out from that hole."
"Mulder, that substance is green. Blood is red. How can a green substance come out of a red-blooded person?"
"I don't know, Scully," Mulder agreed, "But could you have this tested anyway?"
Scully grudgingly said yes.
"In the meantime, Officer," Mulder turned his attention to the Chief of Police, "What do we know of Jachson Walmick?"
"Nothing much. He was a teacher at the Warren Newtonian Mechanics Engineering College - he taught Gravitation. It seems he had given a tutorial to one of his students in the evening, after which he took a bus home, and then this happened."
"Parents? Relatives?"
"Both parents dead. Walmick was an only child."
Mulder registered this information in his brain.
"Well, thank you, Officer. I think that's all the information we need here. Thank you for your help. Scully, you and I have to pay a visit to the Warren Newtonian Mechanics Engineering College."
Review again, please. Thanks all again in advance. ATX, there is nothing wrong with you. Fanfiction doesn't seem to acknowledge the 'three-dot cluster' ( . . . ) , so whenever I'm using them, they come up as single dots. Don't worry, though, I restricted their use in this chapter.
CRIME SCENE
WARREN, RHODE ISLAND
30th JANUARY 1994
"I don't know what you hope to find out", said Officer Henston, Chief of the Warren Police. "My police force has searched the area quite thoroughly. Nothing much has turned up."
"You'd be surprised," Mulder said, "Has the body been moved in any way?"
"Hasn't been touched. 'Course, we did cover it in plastic, but we were waiting for the Feds to come and see."
Scully, meanwhile, was inspecting the remains of the bus, scattered all around the ground around the body.
"Mulder, come here."
Mulder came to see a Scully holding a fistful of greenish glowing powder.
"I found this . it was hidden under a seat near the body." Saying so, she poured the powder into Mulder's hand. It was unusually cold.
"Any idea what this could be?" Mulder asked.
"Well, it could be a iron salt, but what are the odds of a iron salt being found in a burnt bus?"
"Nil", Mulder agreed, "Still, how is the body?"
"Burnt, just like you showed me. The body was sliced right across the torso. The intestines were poking out of the halves, however, there is something I have to show you," Scully finished leading the way to where the two halves lay.
Using a rod, Scully turned the body around to show a hole, the size of a little finger, the depth of a pencil inside Walmick's back.
"Has Officer Henston seen this?" Scully asked.
"I don't know," Mulder said, "I'll ask him."
In the minutes that ensued, Officer Henston arrived at their side and admitted that he hadn't seen the hole before.
"So that means the hole was made recently, after the murder," Mulder said, with an unusual gleam in his eye. Scully knew that gleam , it was the gleam he got everytime he had a theory.
"Scully, could you have this tested and see what it contains?" Mulder said, pointing to the green substance in his hand.
"Why, Mulder?"
"This same substance could have come out from that hole."
"Mulder, that substance is green. Blood is red. How can a green substance come out of a red-blooded person?"
"I don't know, Scully," Mulder agreed, "But could you have this tested anyway?"
Scully grudgingly said yes.
"In the meantime, Officer," Mulder turned his attention to the Chief of Police, "What do we know of Jachson Walmick?"
"Nothing much. He was a teacher at the Warren Newtonian Mechanics Engineering College - he taught Gravitation. It seems he had given a tutorial to one of his students in the evening, after which he took a bus home, and then this happened."
"Parents? Relatives?"
"Both parents dead. Walmick was an only child."
Mulder registered this information in his brain.
"Well, thank you, Officer. I think that's all the information we need here. Thank you for your help. Scully, you and I have to pay a visit to the Warren Newtonian Mechanics Engineering College."
Review again, please. Thanks all again in advance. ATX, there is nothing wrong with you. Fanfiction doesn't seem to acknowledge the 'three-dot cluster' ( . . . ) , so whenever I'm using them, they come up as single dots. Don't worry, though, I restricted their use in this chapter.