Note: I'd like to dedicate this story to Angel Jurabe. Angel was a firefighter from the Bronx, in the summer of 2001 he won the murder mystery reality show "Murder in Small Town X." One week later he died on September 11th 2001, trying to save the lives of civilians, and his fellow firefighters. Angel was a true hero, may he rest in peace.

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Chapter 1

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July 1st 2121

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Gary Fredo felt like he was the victim of bad circumstances. He had tried to serve his country multiple times, only for his skills to be mis-used by politicians. Gary was born in 1952. He lacked direction, purpose, after graduating highschool. He eventually decided to enlist in the army, even did a tour of duty in Vietnam. He soon learned that the guy who said "War is Hell" was not exxagerating. The things he saw, and did, haunted him nearly 50 years later. After he got back Gary left the army, but still wanted to serve his country in some capacity. Eventually he joined the FBI. In the 1980s there was a general fear of satanic cults in America. President Reagan even started a unit within the FBI specifically dedicated to fighting occult crime. It probably wasn't a coincidence that it was 1984, Reagan was trying to rally the religious right to get re-elected. Agent Fredo was as caught up in the hype as anyone else, he volunteered for this unit. It ended up being a waste of time and money. The only known satanic serial killer was Richard Ramirez, and his actions seemed more related to his violent upbringing and cocaine addiction than to his choice of religion. There was one incident in 2005, Fredo an other agents were called to investigate the possibility that an english teacher was manipulating four students into commiting satanic ritual murders. By the time the FI even knew about this, the teacher had been murdered by some "preacher" and his alleged followers weren't talking. Eventually one of them broke her silence and gave a full confession. For the most part Fredo and the other agents from this unit gave talks at local highschools, essentially discouraging hatred of neo-pagans, wiccans, and told them to report suspicious activities to local law enforcement, not to take matters into their own hands. After Fredo retired in 2013 he was given the opportunity to present lectures on his occult experiences. At first the audience found them quite boring, so Fredo played to this audience and embelished. But then, in 2020, domestic terrorists blew up the U.S. capitol during president Wallace Brady's state of the union address. These terrorists were extreme religious fanatics, practically believers in a flat earth. At least one of them had attended one of Fredo's lectures, some blamed him and the other lecturers for getting this lunatic fringe hyped up. Thus agent Gary Fredo, being nearly 70, was considered a pariah by some, and a laughingstock by others. Then, on the early morning of July 1st 2121, retired agent Fredo got a visit from one of his few remaining friends in the FBI, Miguel Sanchez.

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Gary: Miguel, what can I do for you?

Miguel: Have you ever heard of a town called "Sanctuary?" It's in Virginia of that helps.

Gary: I don't think I've heard of it. Why?

Miguel: There was a murder there, either last night, or early this morning. A 19 year old girl named Angel was murdered.

Gary: That sounds like a matter for local law enforcement.

Miguel: She had a satanic pentagram carved into her chest. We have very few agents with occult experience.

Gary: I have very little. Occult crime is mostly in the movies and other fiction. Best advice I could give to the local cops is start checking where registered sex-offenders were last night.

Miguel: The sheriff did exactly that. There are six registered sex-offenders in Sanctuary. These people might be scum of the earth, but they all have solid alibies. One of the benefits of ankle monitors.

Gary: Then I have little to offer.

Miguel: Not neccessarily. You know Jane Foster?

Gary: Natalie Portman's character in the Thor movies?

Miguel: Maybe that's why she changed her name to that. You better know her as Jane York.

Gary: That name I know. She was one of Nick Mancuso's satanic groupies. She gave a full confession, eventually, served a few years in prison. I didn't exactly keep in touch with her.

Miguel: She got out, became a teacher, married, two children. Guess where she now lives.

Gary: Sanctuary Virginia?

Miguel: That's exactly right. As you said, satanic murders are almost unheard of in real life. And now just happens to occur in the same town as she lives.

Gary: You want me to question her?

Miguel: You did get her to confess once, if she's guilty maybe you can break her again. There's something else. In the last five years there have been only three other murders. Two were drunk-driving accidents. One was where a man murdered his wife in a fit of rage. Sheriff Duncan is great at preventing crime, he may not have what it takes to solve a murder like this. Given your experience, particularly with Jane York, you might be needed here. The occult crime task force was a joke, a waste of money, but you have investigative skills that the cops of Sanctuary might not. So we're asking you, will you help us solve this girl's murder.

Gary: Okay, I'll do what I can.