The Alien Artifact 9 (Novelette) by V Bertolaccini

the end of the
war!
    The two paranormal scientists sat along from
the others at a large table, in the now large cavity, sitting
opposite each other, with an accurate map of the surrounding region
stretched out across it, searching the area and discussing it,
fascinated at the battle that had taken place, which before the
event I thought had events missing from it. It was strange as there
never looked as though there was anything there, especially in such
a public place, and going by recent information they got from
questioning locals and the woman at the house, there were no
occurrences up until the woman had activated her metal detector in
her house, and I felt I was missing something about the incident
that we should know, but I could not grasp it.
    When something did occur with the equipment,
as they started activating it in stages, the reactions they gave
were unbelievable, and I suddenly realized how late in the evening
it had become, and discovered it was dark outside, and it was late
at night!
    T he equipment started showing strange reactions that they
could not comprehend as they never had all their equipment
functioning, and they could not grasp what was there, and it was
too vague, and insignificant vague reactions, which could be
anything being detected, especially from the surrounding city, and
hospital itself, and something nearby creating disturbances or
being detected for something.
    From what I
heard they had a problem having not fully checked the equipment’s
reactions to everything, even though the original version had been
tested out for years, and they were sure that other things could
create some reactions. The equipment was far more sensitive at
detection than ever before, and had even been modified just before
its arrival, especially for working at close range, and at
distances that they had not worked at.
    Suddenly one
scientist jumped up startled at a reaction on the screen of his
equipment and the scientists all went around him, where definite
reactions were being detected, and they all started excitedly
discussing what they thought of it, and what could cause such a
disturbance, and I saw that some were disappointed, but thought
there was definitely something there, and I waited to find out what
they had and if it would be a disappointment!
    Yet they
realized that what they were receiving was not being detected
properly as it was too close and that the equipment was not
designed for such a close range, and the images were badly blurred,
and they argued over what it could.
    Most thought
by their reactions that it would be nothing, as they had not found
that much with the other equipment.
    They had not
had a chance of finding anything significant and they never wanted
to claim they had discovered something that was not there, and was
detected wrongly, but as the other scientists worked hard
connecting other equipment and adjusting it they started getting
increased strange reactions and findings, and they no longer
checked for equipment problems, and they gradually perceived that
there was something deep below and that it had similarities to an
artifact, but with immense proportions!
     

Chapter 21
     
    The Tunnel
     
    All
communications to the above outer world vanished as the
archeologists dug deep into the central point of the cavity, going
directly down where the above shaft was directly above, and the
scientists moved their expensive and fragile equipment away from
the area, and in the end stopped work to watch.
    What was
incredible was even with all the technology and experience of the
scientists, and all their discussions, nobody knew what they had
found, and the theories gave too little or were too fantastic, and
too far from the truth to believe and be true, but the main
discover was there was a tunnel below and the entrance was just
below, and the archeologists had been close to finding it, and I
for one thought someone had and for some reason never wanted it to
be found.
    Yet the