Section 8: Entry 3

Digital Diary of Dr. Josiah Wolfe File XOR-7
It was a normal work day at DARPA when my boss, Alex Lawrence, summoned me to his office. Another man showed up to collect my belongings, so I assumed I was either being moved or fired. When I entered his room, the stranger locked the door, and activated a hidden switch that closed the windows. "Mr. Lawrence, what-?" "Dr. Wolfe, we require your scientific expertise to help explain some… events that have happened in recent years." I was immediately intrigued. "What sort of events, sir?" "Do you remember the Typhon Storm of 2012?" I stepped back, surprised. "Y-yes, I was there myself-" Mr. Lawrence smiled and said, "Good," as he tapped an Easy button on his desk. The floor began to descend until it reached the fluorescent lighting of the basement level. "Welcome to Section 8, Dr. Wolfe," Mr. Lawrence said as he shook my hand. "I trust you will be quite at home here." The entire room was a blur of holographic screens, sterile blue fluorescent lighting, and a mix of scientists in white lab coats and black suited CIA operatives. "What is-?" "Section 8? Section 8 is an undercover branch of the CIA which deals with unusual activity that could possibly threaten national security. For about six months we were researching into the Typhon freak storm, for we believe that a very powerful antimatter weapon was fired into the tornado system itself, possibly targeting American soil but was prematurely detonated by the amount of lightning in the storm." "Wait, you said were? What do you mean by 'were'?" "We have since moved on to- ah! Mr. Redfern!" Redfern approached us and shook Mr Lawrence's hand. "So this is the new guy?" I offered my hand to him. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Redfern. My name is Josiah Wolfe." Mr. Lawrence turned to me. "Dr. Wolfe, Mr. Redfern has the new subject we are studying." "Indeed, Alexander. Two months ago, a mysterious crater appeared on Mount Diablo. It was a clean crater with a perfect radius of ten meters in all directions of the epicenter." "What caused it?" I asked. "We do not know. But we did find this." Redfern produced what looked like pieces of gold, but upon seeing the designs I knew it was a Roman spear. "A Roman spear? These are ancient… how did one get on Mount Diablo?" "We don't know that either. But it was at the center of the explosion and does not seem to be any material we know of. And that's why we need you, Doctor." "What do I need to do?" Redfern handed the fragments in my hands. "Identify it."