The Jerusalem adventure
By Babyloly
Chapter one
The phone kept ringing on and on. The Dutch man finally awoke and picked it up, not before looking at the clock to see it was 4 am.
"This better be important," said Derek to the person on the line.
"It is Derek," said the feminine voice on the other side.
"Abigail?" questioned Derek.
"Yes it's me. Sorry for the inconvenient time but it is urgent".
"What can I do for you"? Asked the tired precept.
"Well, we have been having some major security problems in our house recently, but last night something terrible has happened ".
"What"?
"Well, David has been killed, murdered," said Abigail.
"Murdered?" asked Derek in amazement.
"Yes. I need your help Derek. I thought I could handle it but it seems stronger forces are at work here.
"Unnatural forces?" asked Derek.
"So it seems. I can't explain all the strange things that have happened recently in our house. I need help Derek, soon."
"Ok Abi, I'll talk to the others and get back to you later."
"Thanks Derek." There was a sound of relive in her voice.
San Francisco Legacy house 8 am
Derek walked into the kitchen to find Alex and nick already having their morning coffee.
"Morning guys" he said.
"Morning Derek" said nick and Alex.
"Is Rachel here yet?" he asked.
"No. She should be in any moment now," said Alex.
"Ok. As soon as she gets here, meet me in my office, all of you." Said the precept.
Alex looked at Nick and said, "what was that all about?"
Nick shook his shoulders and didn't say a word.
8:30 am Derek's office
Rachel, Alex and Nick stepped into Derek's office. He asked them to sit down.
"Derek?" asked Rachel, "what's wrong?"
"Well, I have some bad news." He answered. "Abigail called me at 4am this morning, it seems one of her legacy members has been murdered last night."
"Abigail, who is she?" asked Nick in curiosity.
"She's the precept of our Jerusalem house." Answered Derek.
"Wow", said Nick. "I didn't know there was a house in Jerusalem".
"It's a rather new house, Just a few months, they really didn't need any help in securing the house, but it seems something unnatural is in the house" was Derek's response.
"So what is the problem? It's summer vacation so I wouldn't mind a trip to Israel", said Rachel. "Never been there before, and I'd really like to meet Abigail. Especially after all the praises you and Sloan
"That's what I wanted to talk to you guys about". How would you feel about going to Israel?" Asked Derek, looking at Alex and Nick.
"Love to." Was Nick's answer.
"Sound's great", said Alex. "But can we really all leave? I mean doesn't somebody have to stay here?"
"Not really, It's been really slow lately, and there is nothing of urgent the requires our presence here." Was Derek's response.
"Then Israel here we come." Said Alex.
"Ok, I'll call precept Abigail and tell her we are on the way." And with that Derek sent everyone about their business, preparing for the trip.
Two days later, Ben Gurion airport
Abigail was waiting impatiently for the plane to land, and as soon as it did she headed over to welcome her guests. They were stopped at customs but with in 2 minutes, she helped clear everything so there won't be any more delay.
"Derek, It's so good to see you again, I just wish it was under better circumstances."
"Your welcome my dear", said Derek.
"I'd like to introduce to you the rest of the San Francisco house," and then one by one introduced everyone. "This is Nick Boyle. He is our chief of security. This is Alex moreau, she is indeed my right hand, and she is also the visionary among us, besides me that is. And also meet Dr. Rachel Corrigan our psychiatrist and her daughter Cat. "
"I'm pleased to meet you all," said Abigail. "The car is waiting to take us to Jerusalem".
The car drive was about an hour and a half long. Abigail was driving so Derek did not want to bother her with to many questions. Besides she turned the radio on so there was no possible way to talk, and they were all feeling really tired after the long flight. So each one kept to him or her self. Watching the scenery outside quietly.
When they arrived at Jerusalem Abigail said, "I tool the liberty of opening some of the guestrooms for you, I think it will be best if we are at the scene of the so-called "accident", at least that's what the police call it".
Derek said "I think that will be best".
As they went in to the Israeli legacy house, they were very impressed with the decor of the place. It was designed as an old castle, like one of those big British castles in England. Specially designed armors and swords, all kinds of armory suites. Very stylish, and antic. The members of the San Francisco house were really impressed especially Nick when they saw the security system of this magnificent place. To the left of the entrance was a library. A Hugh, incredible library. This caught the attention of both Derek and Alex.
"I thought that would get your attention," said Abigail.
"We have some really interesting stuff in this library."
Then she said, "You must be tired from this trip, Perhaps you would like to rest a wile before dinner."
They all nodded yes and then Abigail pushed a button that rang through the hose and a young man appeared. "This is Ethaniel," she said, "He is my second in command, he will show you to your rooms."
Ethaniel led them all upstairs.
The floor above was really big and there were 6 bedrooms there. The first room on the right. It had big white doors. The doors were covered in hand painted angels.
"This is Dr. Corrigan and Kat's room, it has two beds, and it's the biggest room on this floor" said Ethaniel.
Rachel and Kat went in and were amazed by the decor of the room. There were two gigantic beds covered with canopy. On the beds there were hand made quilts, the theme of them was angels. Angels of all sorts and kind. It was obvious this room was designed with a lot of love and spirituality. There were also big shelves loaded with angel dolls and figurines.
Kat was mesmerized and said, "Wow, this room is great, I could stay here for ever".
On one side of the room there was a big mirror and a make up table. On the other side there was a workstation with a computer.
"All the rooms have computers and Internet access, and they are also connected to the main computer in the control room" said Ethaniel.
They left Rachel and Kat to settle in and Ethaniel took then to the next room next door.
This room was completely different, more masculine. There were armors hanging on the walls, and the bad was and iron cast. The quilt was again hand made but its theme was of Scottish clan symbols.
"This is your room Dr. Rayne," said Ethaniel.
"May I use the computer?" asked Derek.
"Of course, it's here for your use, feel free to use it any time" answered the young man.
Then Ethaniel led the rest of the group out and said, "As you can see, each room has different decor, some are more "ancient" and some are more up to date."
The next room was quite ordinary, no special fancy decor. The bed was big as in the other rooms, the quilt was just of random patterns, and Ethaniel said to Nick that this was his room. He then led Alex out ant into the next room; a well designed country motif room. A wooden bed, the quilt theme was farm animals, and like in Rachel and Kat's room there was a big mirror and a make up table on the one side and of course the computer station on the other side.
As he was leaving her to settle down, Alex stopped him and asked, "Where do you and the precept sleep?"
He signed her to follow him and in the corridor he said "first we have two more guest rooms down here, and you see these big doors over there? We have three more rooms behind these doors. This floor is divided by the big doors into two separate sections, this side is for guestrooms and the other side is for the staff, but not all the staff sleeps here, some are married and sleep at home. Abigail lives here and I stay on from time to time when she needs extra help."
Ethaniel left Alex and went downstairs. He knocked on Abigail's office door. He heard her say "come in" and went in. He just stood thfor a few moments staring at her.
After a few minutes she felt she could no longer bare his stare so she said, "Ok, so what is it that bothers you so much?"
Ethaniel looked at her and then said, "Do you really have so little trust in me, that you had to ask for outside help? I could have handeled this investigation, I do not need any help.
Abigail looked at him amazed, she hadn't realized he felt this way. She sighed and then she stood up moved closer to him and said, "I'm sorry. I had no idea you feel this way. It's just that we never handled such a serious matter before. We are a new house, so I thought Derek's experience and his staff's expertise will be of use. Besides, you saw that in this case even my psychic abilities seem to be limited for some strange reason. This has never happened to me before."
He looked at her and then lowered his look mumbling "Ok, I guess I can work with them, but this Dr. Rayne better not order me around."
"Ok," she said smiling, "I'll talk to him."