Chapter 4
The geologist arrived at the small town and began running every test he knew of on the crystalline object to determine what it was. A few days passed when he approached the mayor and the town council to reveal his findings.
"What have you found out about our little find?" The mayor asked.
"I have done everything I knew of but to tell you the truth it is not a mineral at least one I have ever heard of." The geologist replied.
"Do you think that it may have come from outer space?" A council member asked.
"No I am certain that it did not come from space the entry into our atmosphere would have totally melted what ever it is completely." The geologist replied.
"So if you can not tell us what it is or where it came from who can?" Another council asked.
"I have a friend that I went to college with who is now a doctor of science with a base of operations in New York. He has the facilities that should be able to find out what that object is." The geologist replied.
"And who is this scientist? A third council member asked.
"His name is Nick Tataupolos, he usually deals with new forms of mutations in creatures do to radiation and pollution." The geologist answered. After a short town meeting the mayor and town council agreed to let H.E.A.T. take the object to their facility and test it. Some of Nick's team went and retrieved the crystal object and hurried it back to the H.E.A.T. lab. Nick then set Nevin to the task of uncrating the unusual object and begin doing tests on it to unravel its secrets. He worked on it all day and onto the evening.
"Well what do you have for me so far Nevin?" Nick asked.
Well I put it to every test I could think of and have concluded that it most definitely not made any type of mineral. But it is more like a casing or chrysalis of an insect's egg or metamorphosis capsule." Nevin replied.
"So you are saying that this is some creature's egg or transformation cell?" Nick asked.
"Exactly! But do not ask me which type of insect it belongs to because I have found trace elements of toxic waste that has mutated the insect's D.N.A. , but I have found cells that closely resemble those of the insect known as the cicada. But there are a few more tests I want to run to make sure of my findings." Nevin replied.
"Well let's wait until tomorrow it carry out the rest of the testing and get some rest." Nick said. With that the team shut down the lab and headed to bed. But little did they know that their specimen would not be there in the mourning when they returned.