C.H.A.R.O.N. by Gail Z. Martin

Author:Gail Z. Martin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: SOL Publishing

CHAPTER SEVEN

Doc Medved was waiting for them in the vestibule of the morgue’s after-hours entrance. “Thank you for bringing food. Let’s eat in the break room and talk so the food has time to settle before we go to the autopsy room. I’m still waiting for the bodies to be cleared.”

They sat at the small table, and Medved brought sodas for them from the fridge. “Tony knows my weakness—the diner’s fried chicken isn’t good for my arteries, but it soothes the soul.”

They washed down the chicken with cold Coke and enjoyed the pieces of pumpkin pie that Brent had added to the order, along with hot coffee.

“What do you hope to find in the autopsy reports?” Medved asked. “After all, I wrote nearly all of them for the past many years.”

Travis cleared his throat, knowing what he was going to say sounded insane. “We’ve got a loose working theory that Dr. Wyrick at St. Benedict’s might have been doing psychological experiments on veterans. Experiments that blended science and magic.”

“Go on.” Medved didn’t look as freaked out as Travis expected.

“Have you ever heard of ‘thought forms’?” Brent asked. “Some people refer to them as tulpa.”

Travis glanced at his partner, intrigued by the suggestion. He had considered the possibility himself and found it validating that the idea occurred to Brent as well.

“Can’t say that I have,” Medved replied.

“I’m sure you’ve heard people talk about visualizing what they want and making it happen,” Brent continued. “Thought forms are an extreme version of that theory. It comes out of mystic traditions, which draw from legend and old magical lore. Some people believe they can will an entity into existence and sentience—like a ‘real’ imaginary friend.”

“I’m not sure that I follow.” The way Medved held his coffee in front of his face made Travis wonder if the doctor wasn’t subconsciously shielding himself from a frightening theory.

“Travis and I haven’t worked out the details yet—and it’s still a theory, so we need to prove it. But…what if Wyrick was using patients with latent psychic abilities to see if they could manifest imaginary creatures into reality?” Brent proposed.

“And what if his funding came from a secret government special ops group that deals with supernatural threats in some very unethical ways?” Brent continued. “So they weren’t just interested in testing whether or not thought forms—tulpas—could be created. Their end goal was to weaponize them.”

Medved’s eyes widened. “That sounds like something out of the X-Files.”

“Our lives are a lot like that—with a few other shows thrown in for good measure,” Travis replied in a dry tone.

“We’ve looked into the history of the properties for three of the recent attacks,” Brent continued. “They all echoed past events—and we believe it’s likely that there were similar deaths over the years. I think Wyrick wanted to find out if the natural dark energy that’s given South Fork its reputation for bad luck could be manipulated. If the government agency could do that here—and harness tulpas—then they could theoretically look for places in hot zones that had similar energies and use them in battle.

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