'Let us do something, while we have the chance.'
Just something for the fun of it. Hope you enjoy. I don't own Warehouse 13.
"What really matters is what you do with what you have."
- H. G. Wells
During Season3
Chapter 3—More Questions
Near Colorado Springs, Colorado
Day 1
Myka had the book from her dad showing Tesla's accomplishments. It included a picture section, which Pete went to first. Myka saw something interesting. "Hey Dad, this looks familiar. Do you know where this is?" Myka pointed to the book.
Her dad looked it over. He rubbed his chin, "No, can't say. Jeannie, do you remember seeing this anywhere?" He motioned for her to come over.
Jeannie looked at the poles around a circle. They were positioned on a flat piece of land and then behind it there was a steep wall leading up to a mountain. Jeannie studied it. Finally she smiled and said, "Sure, it's up there off the road between Cripple Creek and Victor. I do really remember which turn it is, but a couple turns passed Cripple Creek. Myka you should remember, that's where you saw the baby mountain goat."
Pete's face lit up, the sweetness was dropping off each word, "Myka and a little mountain goat. Certainly, you remember that." He got a swat when he said it. He laughed.
She smiled back at him, "You know, we probably drove right passed it."
Pete ducked his head down and launched a little at Myka, "Does that mean you remember the goat?"
"I'll goat you. Finish up, and we will head to bed. We'll go check in the morning and then go up to Denver." Myka went back to her meal.
The Shores off Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Day 2
Claudia rolled over in bed. She was really happy and felt good. John had insisted that she get the bed in the bow of the boat. It was nice and big. She stretched and looked through the porthole. In the distance she saw a lighthouse. She continued to stare at it. She did not remember a light coming from that area last night. She considered it a little longer. Claudia remembered looking at the starts and lights from boats in the distance, but she was sure there was no light from the lighthouse. She got up and started to get ready for breakfast. John said that it would be on deck, weather permitting.
Claudia put on her wetsuit and deck shoes. They had discussed the idea of looking for the boat the night before. A Coast Guard crew had tired looking of it. They found some floatation devices and small things but the boat was not found. Claudia checked the fittings of her wetsuit and picked up her backpack. She headed up to the deck.
John, Steve and the crew were crowded around the table in the aft section of the sailboat. John was pointing at the map. "See, there is a trench under us. The boat could have been lodge down there. Then," he pulled out another map, "in the winter the currents change. If a swell caught them like one of the winter waves, then it is possible the boat was swept away further north rather then south.
"I'd like to start our search here. Then we'll go two hundred meters, or whatever the limit of visibility is, further to the north," John looked at everyone at the table. They all agreed.
Claudia brought her backpack up to the table and opened it. She held out some micro air tanks. "Hey, I brought something to help. I got these little tanks. They are basically for short dives; like you were snorkeling and saw something you wanted to check. I know we probably won't need them. But hey, they're kind of cute."
Steve smiled at her, "Right, now we're into cute?"
"Oh, just take one in case," she put the strap of one around his neck. Looking at hers, she knew that it could get tangled with the real tanks and tacked it in her wet suit. She looked at Steve watching, "Okay Shirley, don't ask."
Salt Lake City
Day 2
Artie went to the coffee shop that Tyler Struhl used. The owners remembered him. They said he was a regular customer but they had not seen him in almost two weeks. They suggested that Artie stay a while as some of the customers who talked with Tyler had not come in yet.
Artie got a bagel and cream cheese along with his coffee and waited. It was another twenty minutes before two girls came in. One of the owners pointed to them.
Artie decided to show his badge. He went up to their table and presented it, "Good Morning, I was trying to find Tyler Struhl. Have you seen him or know anything about where he might be?"
The girl closest to Artie shook her head, "Haven't seen him in a while. Feels a little safer with out him around. He was always trying to pick someone up. But no, don't know what happened to him."
Artie looked over at the other, "How about you?"
"No. Have you tried 'The Game Pallor' over on East Howard? He used to go there for video games," the other girl provided.
"Well okay, thanks. You've been helpful. I'll check," Artie nodded at them and went back to his table.
When he got to his table he thought he would check in with Pete and Myka on their progress.
Near Colorado Springs, Colorado
Day 2
Pete was holding the Farnsworth, "Hey Artie, we are headed back up to close to the site of the crash. Myka thinks that an old picture of some towers Tesla had in the area might be related."
Artie's face was on the screen, "Okay, let me know what you find."
Myka bent over and spoke into the Farnsworth while driving, "How about you? Did you find anything yet?"
Pete's eyes got bigger, "Hey, watch the road!" Myka scooted back to her seat and took the next turn.
"No, nothing much yet." Artie appeared to shrug and then said, "Stay safe." The call ended.
It was a while yet, but they finally got up even with Vern's house. They saw him outside with a shotgun. Pete motioned and Myka agreed to see what was going on. As they got closer, Vern took two shots. The fence post and a cabbage went flying.
They got out of the car and Vern was still looking around, "There he is again." He pulled up his shotgun and let go with another two blasts.
"Whoa, what's up, buddy?" Pete exclaimed.
"That darn woodchuck is back. He keeps eating my vegetables." Vern was reloading his shotgun to shoot at the vermin again.
Pete had gotten his Tesla out as a precaution. Rather than let Vern continue to blow things up and potentially he and Myka, he saw the woodchuck and took aim, "I got him." Pete shot. The electrical arches hit the fence pole next to the garden and scared off the woodchuck.
Myka looked shocked at him, "Pete?"
Vern pointed his shotgun at Pete, "Who are you people? That's exactly like the bolt that shot down the plane."
Pete and Myka held out their badges, "Remember, we are here to investigate the plane accident. You can lower that boomer any time."
Pete continued, "That's a new kind of Taser or stun gun. Your shot gun."
Vern lowered the shoot gun, "Sure. Now, what are you up here for? The NTSB guys have already left."
Myka thought about it. Vern might know. She went back to the car. She got out the book about Tesla and brought it back to Vern. Pointing at the picture, "We came up here to look for this. Have you seen it around?"
"Oh sure, that's another mile up the road. No one knows what it is. Those poles have been there forever," he replied.
"Well, if we are right, it was a part of Tesla's experiments in electricity. He was an inventor that worked in Colorado Springs back around 1900." Myka closed the book and pointed at the cover with Tesla's name on it.
Vern shrugged his shoulders, "Can't say that I ever heard of him."
Pete smiled, "Yeah, he was kind of new to me. We'll let you know if anything comes up."
"Okay," he waved at them as they got back in their car.
Pete and Myka went up the road. They instantly recognized the poles. The poles were standing in a circle around a cleared opening about thirty feet across. Myka pulled up next to the poles. They got out and started to look around.
Myka went to the back of one pole. She saw the large wires coming from in back of the pole. "Pete, look at this."
Pete followed and saw what she was looking at. He followed the wiring along. It was bundled together with wires from other poles. He pointed to a cement structure at the side of the mountain.
The Shores off Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Day 2
They had come up from the dive. Claudia gave her tanks to one of the crew. Steve was taking his weights off. John pointed to the map, "Well, let's go another three hundred meters. It was clear enough to see there was no boat in between."
Claudia looked up and noticed the lighthouse again. It did not look the same. Then she realized there was a strong blue light coming from it. "Hey what's that coming from the lighthouse?"
Steve was looking the other way, "Oh crap!" He pointed at the giant wave.
A/N Please leave a review. I think they'll help keep those woodchucks away.
A little late in the day, a trip got in the way.
