From the journal of Doctor Jon Quayle Cornelius.  With the increased presence of the military in Strangerville in the wake of the explosion at the secret laboratory, I must now focus my investigation on what caused it but in order to do that I must return, at great personal risk, to that lab.  There has to be a way of getting past that electronically locked door.  Soon the army will have that place locked down...I am in a race against time. The television had been on but Cornelius hadn't been paying attention.  It could have been the morning news headlines, a game show or some children's television show...he hadn't taken any of it in.  Instead he was thinking about his next expedition to the secret laboratory and how to avoid capture by the army guarding it. Out in the town Cornelius observed that there were fewer military and scientific personnel in town this morning so he ventured outside to see what was going on.  It wasn't long before he noticed one of ...

As David approached the bar at the 8 Bells he noticed that the regular barman wasn't there but some other guy. "Hey, where's Jack?" David asked. "Jack's not here" came the stern reply. "Day off?" "I said...Jack's not here.  Now what do you want?" David noticed that this guy wasn't the kind of barman who engaged in friendly chat so he said "Just a beer".  The barman silently poured the beer and David checked out the scene to see if there was anything out of the ordinary or that Lauren, Erwin or anyone else he had met in the town was around.   After he was served his beer he noticed out of one of the bar's windows a woman in military uniform running past, screaming.  David immediately became alerted and looked around at the other patrons in the bar, most of them military personnel as well, to see what their reactions were.  Not one person in the bar, not the soldiers nor the barman reacted at all.  David put down h...