Chapter Eight:
Five miles away, on some road in Eureka:
Carter was in his jeep, on his way back to his house. The search of Henry's garage was a complete bust. They hadn't found anything. There were no clues to what happened to Henry. But Carter tried to put this out of his mind. He turned on the radio, and Life is a Highway by Rascal Flatts was playing. Usually Carter wasn't a country guy, but he liked Rascal Flatts.
"Life is a highway, I want to drive it all night long" Carter sang along. The song was helping him forget about the mess with Henry. But it couldn't completely erase it from his mind. He felt like they had missed something, anything. But the garage was completely normal, well, other than the missing back wall.
They think what happened was, Henry was eating lunch, someone snuck into Henry's garage and injected him with something that was causing his current state. Then they disintegrated the wall with a particle weapon, an illegal one I might add.
Carter pulled up to his house, and got out of his jeep. He walked inside, and fell down the stairs. He really had to get a light installed! He reached out and grabbed hold of the metal railing. He grabbed onto it for dear life, and managed to pull himself up. His head and elbow were killing him. He carefully walked down the rest of the steps, and entered the house.
"Sarah" he called out.
"Yes" she responded automaticly.
"Can you turn on the lights, and get me some peroxide." he told her. One the lights were on he could see the blood on his uniform. Both his head and elbow were bleeding.
"Peroxide isn't necessarily good for cleaning wounds, Sheriff Carter. I will get you some Cartsuf. It is a brand new product made by Global Dynamics. It kills viruses, without killing cells. It even helps generate new cells to help wounds heal faster." she informed him.
"Okay" he replied. He stripped down to his boxers and threw his bloody clothes in the laundry basket. He grabbed the small bottle of Cartsuf off of the counter. He poured some on his elbow. And cursed loudly at the intense burning in his elbow. "Sarah, you forgot to tell me that it burns." he said through gritted teeth. It felt like someone was pouring hot lava on his elbow.
"The burning feeling should only last about a minute Sheriff." Sarah informed him. The burning feeling suddenly intensified! Carter doubled over in pain, and then all of a sudden the pain stopped. Carter slowly stood up and examined his elbow. The wound was completely healed. Carter picked up the bottle of Cartsuf and set it back on the counter.
"Sarah, you can have that back. I think I'll let my head heal the old fashion way." Carter told her. He walked over to the bathroom and got a towel and a band-aid. Of course the band-aid was made by GD. Which meant it probably did something. He wet down the towel and held it to his head. Which was still bleeding slightly. He walked up the stairs to his room and put on some plaid pajama bottoms. His head had finally stopped bleeding so he put the band-aid on. He left his room and went to the guest room. He peeked in, and Jasmine was sprawled across the bed. Having her here made him miss his little girl. Not that Zoey was a little girl anymore. She is a college student, and very brilliant. He silently closed the door and went back to his room.
Somehow he had no idea. He had completely forgot about the mess with Henry. Henry was his best friend and the two of them had been through a lot together. And Carter vowed to himself, that he would find whoever hurt Henry.