Saturday, February 7
Part 9 – Crystal Balls
When they entered the Geology lobby, three Majestic agents were lounging around trying to look collegiate and unobtrusive while surreptitiously guarding the lab. Hammer flashed his badge and they nodded at him.
A man in a lab coat looked up in irritation from a microscope as they entered the lab. “Finally! You know, I’ve got a day job other than inspecting piece of quartz.”
Jim-Bean gave him a pained smile. “Professor Travis Archer? Thanks for meeting with us such short notice. What can you tell us about the crystal?”
Archer handed over a folder of print outs and pictures of the crystal. “It’s been cut recently, with some kind of jeweler’s saw. Other than that it’s a standard pure quartz crystal of a type commonly found throughout North America.”
Hammer pulled one of the pictures out. “That cut … I recognize it.”
“Oh man,” said Caprice, recognition dawning on his face. “That’s not the crystal that brought the ship down, is it?”
Jim-Bean looked a little panicked. “Where is the crystal now?”
“Right here,” said Archer, handing it to Jim-Bean. “But I don’t see …”
Jim-Bean closed his eyes. With a gasp, he fell to the ground, wheezing. Hammer, Archer, and Caprice staggered backwards as it fell as if all the blood rushed from their extremities towards the center of the room where Jim-Bean collapsed. [MORE]
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