[ WP ] Tell a paranoid thriller-esque story that leaves me asking many questions .

Fire. Only fire would kill it. And not just any fire; wood, oil, not hot enough. Phosporus might do it. Since phosphorus could used to make bombs, he had had to be careful, only buying a little at a time, from varied sources. Bringing it all together here, deep underground, in the farthest reaches of Sumner's cave. Jess was a geology student, working part time as a tour guide. He had found the new passages leading down, then backup, long sealed by a now shrinking aquifer. He had kept it secret at first, wanting all the credit for doubling the known extent of the cave system. So he explored in secret, sweating even while breaking rule 1: never enter a cave alone. But he gloried in being the first to see the hidden wonders there, in room after room. He was about to publicize it when he found the Jewel room. Stunning, sparkling, shining with thousands of gems that should never be possible together, in loose piles like autumn leaves raked by a lazy gardener. A single wide path through them, with scrapes and drag marks. No pirate had ever claimed so rich a hoard; no king or world government had ever had then lost such wealth. The mysteries here scared him, but greed won out. He had student loans to pay, and here was freedom from want forever more. 
 
 But how to convert gems to cash without being thought a thief? How to'fence' what was rightfully his discoveries? He decided, just a few, just to ease the pressure until I can find a way to get it all. 
 
 And how much was'all'? He began to.measure the chamber, north, south, east, west, up, down. At the very back of the room, he found the cause of it all, and it terrified him. Somnolent, but dreadful, he took its measure also. And carefully backing out, trembling, almost wetting himself, he left the cave. In the light of day, he planned. It took another year, and many gems secretly scooped from the entrance of that marvelous room to make it real... contd
