The Alien Artifact 9 (Novelette) by V Bertolaccini

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had progressed and could reach a conclusion soon, and he left that
without any further explanation, or anything really, and he was
extremely happy how things were going, and that he could solve the
unsolvable case.
    Marple studied me, and asked, “Has anything
happened at the house at Craigmillar Road?”
    “ Nothing!”
    “ Have you been there
lately?”
    “ Nobody has been there since the
paranormal scientists found the disturbances at the hospital and
moved all their equipment over there!”
    “ I want you to take them there again,
and investigate it again!”
    I looked up startled wondering what he
wanted there, and I considered if they would go there, as we
finished our investigations there as far as I was concerned.
    “ What for?” I muttered.
    “ I have had someone contact them and
they agreed to take the exploration association scientists and
their equipment there to scan the building …”
    I was left confused, and wondered what would
happen, as what was there had reacted to the metal detector and I
wondered what it would react to the stuff they had, and I had just
about lost all the powers I had after my last confrontation in the
hospital shaft, and I did not like it, as I had not found any real
use for it, and the powers had only created problems for me as far
as I was concerned, as I had no real control of what it could do,
and I was not so sure they were even mine as they seemed to do
things for something else, which I was not sure I knew what.
    It was incredible as the two paranormal
scientists became fascinated with the occurrence at the woman’s
house again and they wanted to carry out a proper investigation of
what was there, and they had grown tired of their investigation of
the cavity and the hospital and I was left confused as to what they
had found, or thought they had found, and realized there was little
that would be recorded in the history books from the occurrence
after all, even though they were still investigating the black
sphere in the cavity.
    After all that here was no sign of proof of
anything, which the public would accept. Was it a new form
haunting, of paranormal? And if so what the hell was happening?
    Even though the site at that region had been
the site of a large famous battle, and massacre that could have
caused such an occurrence, of which the bodies could well be below
the region, I could not grasp what.
    We investigated everything we could, and all
the information and history of the region, trying to grasp
something, and some clue, and the main regions of the battle that
had occurred, and at Battlefield Road, where the tunnel had
gone.
    “ What’s that?” I asked, seeing Marple
play happily with documents, inside an envelope.
    For a few seconds his face held a sad
expression and he considered the occurrences and his
investigations.
    He finally replied, “The late Dr Barrymore
…”
    “ He died!” I gasped, and wondered if
it really was the end of the investigation for the
treasure.
    “ Sadly so! I think we should find what
he was looking for anyway, as he wanted it very much … His wife can
have her share of it if we find it, and he will be remembered for
the discovery …”
    “ That’s perfect!” I replied, wondering
why he was so confident now, after so many people throughout
history were unsuccessful.
    “ From my questioning of his wife I
found Dr Barrymore found the treasure from an accumulation of
sources, which surely grasped his imagination with the mentions of
the strange magical artifact, which was mentioned like the Holy
Grail …”
    I gasped at what he had said and knew he
never believed in such magical things, and I considered what he
meant.
    “ He was obsessed with its magical
powers …” he continued. “Which I believed he never really thought
existed … He never had the map he gave us examined any further as
it was too valuable to him … I did though … And I had it
investigated by a friend … Who had it investigated further