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Merlin heard several loud thuds as she peeked into the pot cooking on the stove. "Mom?"
She headed for the front hall and found Gail on the landing, bleeding from the right side of the head.
"MOM! Caleb!" She screamed again for Caleb, but he didn't come, she looked up and saw him at the top of the stairs. "Caleb...."
It wasn't Caleb, yet it was. He came down the stairs, there was blood in the air, she could smell it.
She stepped backwards and stepped into Jared. She let out a scream as Jared reached for her and was knocked into the front door.
"Merlyn Temple, how long have you been haunting this town?" Jared asked getting up.
"Long enough." replied Caleb from the stairs.
"Caleb, would you do the honors?" Jared said.
"Sure." Caleb took one looked at Gail still out cold and stepped over her, or tried to anyway. Gail opened her eyes,
and seeing Caleb make a threatening move towards her daughter, she tripped him. Caleb went head first onto the floor.
"Mom?" Jesse tried to move to help her up.
"Go. Now." Gail told her girl.
"Merlyn, stay with her?" Jesse asked.
Merlyn nodded as Jessica bolted out the back door.
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"She's upstairs to the right, third door on the left." the nurse at the front told Lucas as he burst through the doors.
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"Gail!" Lucas was worried, for the first time in his life he was very worried, first his daughter then his wife.
"Where's Jessica? You have to find Jessica, Lucas, she's in danger." Gail got upset as she spoke to her husband.
"What happened Gail? Gail?" The sleeping pills they had given her put her to sleep.
"He's back." A small voice was heard in the room.
"Huh?" Lucas turned to see a small blond, gray eyed girl holding a blond doll, in the room's doorway. "Ann?"
"She's right Lucas." Merlyn Temple appeared next to Gail. "Jessica is in trouble. And Jared's behind this."
"So where is she?"
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She came to a screeching halt at the railroad bridge. Stuck, she turned around to see Caleb coming towards her.
"Ca..Ca..Caleb, I don't know what Jared's told you, but..." Jessica backed up in the opposite direction.
"Don't listen to her Caleb." Jared's voice turned her stomach. "She's the only real threat to you."
"Caleb, you know that's not true." Jessica tried her best not to get cornered.
She felt the bridge up against her back, then someone grabbed her and threw her against a tree.
Merlin Buck hit the tree with a sickening thud. "She's bleedin'." Caleb saw the blood pour from his half sister's body.
All the wounds had reopened, as had the memories.
"Caleb, please." She pleaded with him, as Jared went to choke her.
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Lucas pulled up to the spot and saw Caleb standing there frozen. "Caleb! Caleb stop him." Caleb didn't move, he didn't even look like he was breathing in Lucas' eyes.
"He's mine Lucas." Jared saw his younger brother and turned to face him.
"Let him go."
"No."
Lucas grabbed his brother by the collar and demanded his son be returned to him.
Jared over powered him and soon both of them were wrestling on the ground.
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Jessica was barely able to open her eyes at the sound of her father's voice, the pain returned,
she could feel the blood leaving her body again.
"Merlyn, Merlyn." She managed to say the Spirit's name twice before she blacked out.
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"She will be all right." Ann remarked about Gail. "But it is Jessica I worry about."
Melyn Temple heard the cry from Jessica as Ann spoke.
"Go to her, I will be along shortly." Ann told her.
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Lucas saw his baby girl's blood surround the place where she landed after Jared threw her.
"Jessica." Jared cut Lucas off before he got to her, with another punch to the jaw the great
Lucas fell to the ground, bleeding from the mouth.
A bright white light imbued the dying daughter of Lucas.
Merlyn Temple appeared, dressed in a white robe and knelt down to Jessica's level.
Placing Jessica Buck's head on her knees, Merlyn Temple did her best to comfort the suffering soul.
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"Jared." Ann's small voice startled the man who had just pushed Lucas over the edge of the railway's bridge. "Your time is now."
"Go away ghost, haunt me not." Mumbling something in Latin, and a twist of the hands, Ann disappeared.
"Now, little brother, its your turn." He pulled from his long duster coat a small revolver and aimed it at a dangling Lucas.
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A shot rang out, then another, followed by three more. Jared, never fired his gun, Lucas was still alive, so who fired the shots?
Jared turned around, aimed his gun at Caleb and was shot once more by Ben.
Still moving foreward, Ben emptied his gun into Jared, and he went down.
Ben moved towards Lucas barely holding on. A shot rang out and Jared dove off the bridge.
Blake, still in his State Patrol dress uniform, fired one more time, this time it hit Jared in the head.
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Merlin heard several loud thuds as she peeked into the pot cooking on the stove. "Mom?"
She headed for the front hall and found Gail on the landing, bleeding from the right side of the head.
"MOM! Caleb!" She screamed again for Caleb, but he didn't come, she looked up and saw him at the top of the stairs. "Caleb...."
It wasn't Caleb, yet it was. He came down the stairs, there was blood in the air, she could smell it.
She stepped backwards and stepped into Jared. She let out a scream as Jared reached for her and was knocked into the front door.
"Merlyn Temple, how long have you been haunting this town?" Jared asked getting up.
"Long enough." replied Caleb from the stairs.
"Caleb, would you do the honors?" Jared said.
"Sure." Caleb took one looked at Gail still out cold and stepped over her, or tried to anyway. Gail opened her eyes,
and seeing Caleb make a threatening move towards her daughter, she tripped him. Caleb went head first onto the floor.
"Mom?" Jesse tried to move to help her up.
"Go. Now." Gail told her girl.
"Merlyn, stay with her?" Jesse asked.
Merlyn nodded as Jessica bolted out the back door.
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"She's upstairs to the right, third door on the left." the nurse at the front told Lucas as he burst through the doors.
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"Gail!" Lucas was worried, for the first time in his life he was very worried, first his daughter then his wife.
"Where's Jessica? You have to find Jessica, Lucas, she's in danger." Gail got upset as she spoke to her husband.
"What happened Gail? Gail?" The sleeping pills they had given her put her to sleep.
"He's back." A small voice was heard in the room.
"Huh?" Lucas turned to see a small blond, gray eyed girl holding a blond doll, in the room's doorway. "Ann?"
"She's right Lucas." Merlyn Temple appeared next to Gail. "Jessica is in trouble. And Jared's behind this."
"So where is she?"
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She came to a screeching halt at the railroad bridge. Stuck, she turned around to see Caleb coming towards her.
"Ca..Ca..Caleb, I don't know what Jared's told you, but..." Jessica backed up in the opposite direction.
"Don't listen to her Caleb." Jared's voice turned her stomach. "She's the only real threat to you."
"Caleb, you know that's not true." Jessica tried her best not to get cornered.
She felt the bridge up against her back, then someone grabbed her and threw her against a tree.
Merlin Buck hit the tree with a sickening thud. "She's bleedin'." Caleb saw the blood pour from his half sister's body.
All the wounds had reopened, as had the memories.
"Caleb, please." She pleaded with him, as Jared went to choke her.
~~~~~~~~~~~
Lucas pulled up to the spot and saw Caleb standing there frozen. "Caleb! Caleb stop him." Caleb didn't move, he didn't even look like he was breathing in Lucas' eyes.
"He's mine Lucas." Jared saw his younger brother and turned to face him.
"Let him go."
"No."
Lucas grabbed his brother by the collar and demanded his son be returned to him.
Jared over powered him and soon both of them were wrestling on the ground.
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Jessica was barely able to open her eyes at the sound of her father's voice, the pain returned,
she could feel the blood leaving her body again.
"Merlyn, Merlyn." She managed to say the Spirit's name twice before she blacked out.
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"She will be all right." Ann remarked about Gail. "But it is Jessica I worry about."
Melyn Temple heard the cry from Jessica as Ann spoke.
"Go to her, I will be along shortly." Ann told her.
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Lucas saw his baby girl's blood surround the place where she landed after Jared threw her.
"Jessica." Jared cut Lucas off before he got to her, with another punch to the jaw the great
Lucas fell to the ground, bleeding from the mouth.
A bright white light imbued the dying daughter of Lucas.
Merlyn Temple appeared, dressed in a white robe and knelt down to Jessica's level.
Placing Jessica Buck's head on her knees, Merlyn Temple did her best to comfort the suffering soul.
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"Jared." Ann's small voice startled the man who had just pushed Lucas over the edge of the railway's bridge. "Your time is now."
"Go away ghost, haunt me not." Mumbling something in Latin, and a twist of the hands, Ann disappeared.
"Now, little brother, its your turn." He pulled from his long duster coat a small revolver and aimed it at a dangling Lucas.
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A shot rang out, then another, followed by three more. Jared, never fired his gun, Lucas was still alive, so who fired the shots?
Jared turned around, aimed his gun at Caleb and was shot once more by Ben.
Still moving foreward, Ben emptied his gun into Jared, and he went down.
Ben moved towards Lucas barely holding on. A shot rang out and Jared dove off the bridge.
Blake, still in his State Patrol dress uniform, fired one more time, this time it hit Jared in the head.
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