A/n: here's the second chapter, I've had pretty busy past few weeks, which is why I haven't posted till now, but I'm on spring break this week , I decided to revamp the other chapters,because I changed the direction of the story a little , which will also make it more than four chapters. I will try to update as often as possible till my semester ends then I will be able to update regularly.

Thanks to : Xeen Cyr ,wazup8523257 and ewriter, for reviewing the first chapter, I appreciate and hope you enjoy the second as well

-Pessi Rom

Chapter Two: The Charcoal man

Scottsburg Virginia 6:30 am

A tall brown haired man walked down a street, drinking a bottle of water and all of a sudden he started to gasp for air then he started to scream. A few minutes later,two teenage boys ,who were ditching school for the day started walking on that same street, they turned the corner and saw something on the ground a couple of feet away from them,that they'd never seen before.

"Carter, whats that?" The first boy asked his friend as he pointed toward something a couple of feet away from them.

"Whats, what, James?" The second boy asked not seeing what his friend was staring at.

"That, over there,lets check it out." James said curious.

"I don't know James, maybe we should just go to school." Carter said a bad feeling coming over him.

"Come on, don't be a chicken." James said walking forward. Carter stood there for awhile,deciding to follow when James kept walking.

"Wait up James." Carter said running to catch up. James slowed down and they both walked over to what Carter had spotted.

"Whatever it is, it stinks." Carter said looking at what looked like a giant burnt rock.

"I'm gonna find a stick." James said still curious about the strange object. Carter found a broken broom stick and walked over with it.

"Maybe you shouldn't do that..." Carter said as James started to poke the rock like object.

"Your such a wuss." James said as he continued to poke the giant rock, and suddenly the rock began to crack open, unnoticed by James.

"James..." Carter said scared as he pointed to the rock which was starting emit some type of steam or gas as it cracked open.

"What the hell." James said dropping the stick and staring at the rock, than at his hands ,which were starting to look just like the strange rock.

"Whats happening to you?" Carter asked freaking out as the rock released more gas.

"I don't know, I cant move my arms or legs ,go get help!" James yelled to his friend but when he turned to Carter, his friend was completely covered in the strange rock material and the cracked rock that he had been poking at had a charred human body inside, making the boy scream.

Boston Massachusetts

Olivia was woken from her dreams about the light bomb, by the ringing of her cell phone. She groaned reached her phone and answered it.

"Dunham." She said letting out a yawn as she answered the phone.

It was Agent Broyles, calling about a case in Scottsburg Virginia. He wanted her to get Walter and Peter and meet him at the scene. Olivia got dressed then called Peter to let him know that he and Walter needed to get dressed , because they had a case. She couldn't help but think back to her conversation with Peter two days before , in fact she found herself thinking a lot about Peter lately.

"What's up Liv?" Peter asked when he answered the phone.

"Two bodies were found in Scottsburg Virginia and one victim is in the hospital..." Olivia said.

"Let me guess, they think Walter knows how they died." Peter said knowing that they always came to them when weird things happened.

"Yeah, I'm coming to get you so we can go to the crime scene." Olivia said.

"Ok, I'll wake up Walter, see you in a few." Peter said.

"K, bye." Olivia said hanging up the phone. She then grabbed her keys then locked the door of her apartment before walking down the hallway.

Walter/Peter's hotel room

"Walter, hurry up Liv will be here soon." Peter said to Walter who had been holed up in the bathroom.

"You didn't tell me Olivia was coming over." Walter said opening the door of the bathroom.

"Yes, I did Walter, I told you after she called and again before you went into the bathroom." Peter said slightly irritated.

"Oh, yes, yes you did, I should probably get dressed then." Walter said in that tone of his.

"Yes, you should, I'm gonna take a shower, you better be dressed , when I come out."Peter said walking into the bathroom and closing the door.

Fifteen minutes later Peter emerged from the bathroom a towel wrapped around his torso, he walked into the living room to make sure that Walter was dressed and was surprised to find Walter and Olivia sitting on the couch , Walter going off on one of his random tangents about soda.

"There you are Peter." Walter said bringing Olivia's attention to the half naked Peter.

"Walter, why didn't you tell me Liv was here." Peter said annoyed and a little embarrassed about her seeing him in an undressed state.

"You knew she was coming, why would I need to tell you she was here." Walter asked clearly not seeing the problem.

"We should get going soon." Olivia said. When Peter had walked into the room the sight of his sculpted chest had almost made her jaw drop.

"Right, I should get dressed." Peter said grabbing some clothes then reentering the bathroom, so he could change into his clothes.

Ten minutes later , Peter was dressed and they were all in the car headed to Scottsburg. They arrived at the scene an hour later and after being issued hazmat suits the three of them approached the bodies after Broyles filled them in on the details.

"The bodies appear to have been burned,but there is no sign of any excellerant, the one surviving victim , James Sterling,suffered the same type of burns on his hands and feet, he's not in any pain, but whatever it is seems to spreading to be spreading to the rest of his body, what we think is the source is emitting some type of radiation. Broyles said talking about the rock, which had stopped emitting gas.

"Hmm, very interesting..." Walter said bending down to examine the body that was partially encased in the cracked rock.

"Have you seen this before, Walter?" Olivia asked looking at the charred remains.

"Maybe, it seems familiar...I'd like to see the boy that survived." Walter said standing up and facing Olivia and Broyles.

"What about the bodies?" Peter asked wondering what they were going to do with the remains.

"The radiation is still pretty strong, so we can't risk sending them to the lab,we've set up a tent in a secure location." Broyles explained.

"Ok, we'll go to the hospital and see if we can find anything out from James Sterling." Olivia said.

" Since I can't take the bodies to the lab,would it be possible to take some samples of the rock material?" Walter asked.

"I'll have a team send you the samples." Broyles said.

"That would be most excellent." Walter said than followed Olivia and Peter back to the car after removing their sterilized suits.

The then drove toward the hospital to talk to, James Sterling, who would probably be a major clue to solving this current paranormal mystery.

A/n: That's it for now,thanks for reading.I'm really glad new episodes of the show are back , I missed my fringe fix lol, plus it helps with the inspiration,I'm sure some of you noticed a few parts that I borrowed from Tuesday's episode. Thanks again for reading a review/constructive criticism is appreciated.

- Pessi Rom