Escape the Night: Origins of the Society Against Evil
A/N: Hello, world and welcome back to Escape the Night. So, this is a post story that I came up with, and once this entire story is posted, I will post the pre-series story before I start posting Season 2 of Escape the Night.
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Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Escape the Night. I just own any and all characters that I just happen to create.
PROLOGUE: REFLECTION
In the study of the Society Against Evil safe house, James McCoy watched through the window as Joey Graceffa, Dawn Hatcher, Oli White, and Eva Gutowski were escorted to the car that would take them to the police station, where they would be reunited with their friends and families after being declared missing for three months. Both Joey and Dawn did pause to look back at the safe house before getting into the car with their friends.
'The council won't be happy with the decision that I chose to make,' James thought, turning away only when the car was out of sight, and he sighed, not looking forward to that particular conversation.
He was one of many leaders for the Society, and, like him, they all answered to a council of elders that represented the twelve families that were the foundation of the Society itself.
After the four survivors had managed to escape the 1920s house after sealing away the evil and finishing the mission that Shane Dawson hadn't been able to do before his untimely death, James had been instructed by both his fellow leaders and the Council of Elders that he was to tell the truth to Dawn Hatcher about her being the Light-bearer and start her training to use the Light for the battles to come.
He understood why, but he'd been reluctant to push the brunette into such a situation so soon after surviving hell in an evil house that, to her, Joey, Eva, and Oli, seemed to have lasted a single night, but had really been three months.
Instead, he had chosen not to tell Dawn the truth, wanting to give her the time she needed to recover and heal from the horror, and time to let go of the guilt for those who had died because of what the evil had forced them to do.
James went to the desk that had a sizable pile of folders on it, and he was opening the first folder when Dr. Caroline Green entered after one quick knock on the door. "I see that they found everything that Arthur had on the group."
"That and information on other possible targets," Dr. Green added with a nod. "Did you tell her the truth?"
James shook his head, flipping through the folder, which just happen to be about the girl in question. "No, no I chose not to," he answered and sighed at her her surprised expression, sitting down in the desk chair, still holding the folder. "Dawn needs time to heal and cope with what they all just went through, especially her and Joey."
"Do you think there's anything to that event that the council is obsessing over?" Dr. Green inquired.
"I doubt it," James replied with a snort. "Sometimes I think the elders jump the gun when it comes to those kind of events when something happens that looked like it might be connected. For all we know, this could be a one-time event, and these four will be able to move on with their lives without any of them going through it again. Especially Dawn and Joey."
Dr. Green understood where James was coming from. For the past century, the council had jumped to conclusions more then once with certain incidents involving the evil of the Cursed God that they'd been battling for centuries, and that had nearly lead to disaster each time. "Let's hope that it is just a one-time incident."
They both knew that the last time had been toward the end of World War II, which had resulted in a series of bad decisions that lead to the disappearance of a number of Society agents and a Light-bearer, along with an entire town, and even now, no one in the Society was likely to forgive the council a second time if what just happen was another one-time incident.
James nodded, not wanting to think about the Darkness that had infected Joey when he took the deed from the house. 'Given how much time he spends with Dawn,' he thought, 'it's likely that the Darkness won't grow strong enough to harm either of them, I hope.'
There was a knock on the door, which opened to reveal another Society member. "Sir, it's time for the council meeting."
"Thank you," said James, giving the folder to Dr. Green as he stood up, straightened his business jacket, and then headed out the door to meet with the rest of the council about the incident, knowing that they weren't going to be happen with his decision about not telling Dawn the truth about her being the Light-bearer. 'Out of the frying pan and into the fire.'
Dr. Green watched him leave and then looked at the open folder in her hands, where a photo of Dawn Hatcher was looking up at her from the front page. "I hope James is right and your Light won't be needed," she said softly before shutting the folder and placing it on top of the others before leaving the study to return to her work in the infirmary.
As James walked down the hallway that would take him to the chamber for the council meeting, he paused for a moment outside an open doorway that lead to a large room, and most of the walls were covered with portraits of fallen Society members, along with fallen Light-bearers, and fallen members of their many sub-groups.
He knew that the portrait of Shane Dawson would be added to the Remembrance room after his funeral, as per custom of the Society.
'To die before completing his first mission and to die so young,' James thought sadly as he resumed walking, not wanting to be late for the council meeting since he knew that if any leader was late for a council meeting, they would get chewed out by the council of elders and reassigned to a bleak post in either the far North, or some other place that wasn't very appealing, and bring shame to their entire family in the process. 'But it has happen before, and it will continue to happen until the evil of the Cursed God has been wiped out.'
A/N: Ok, so when Season 4 starts sometime next month, I will make any corrects depending on what time period the next season is actually set in. I will see you all again on Thursday for the next update. Bye for now! R&R everyone!