10:30pm
EVANS' HOUSE
Wallace was going through the house, turning lights off. He made his way upstairs. He overheard talking in Henry's room. "Ok, guys. It's late. Knock it off." He walked past the door.
The talking continued.
He said politely, but in a firm tone, "I mean it. Not another peep."
Their voices echoed from the room. "Peep. Peep, peep!!"
Wallace smiled and shut the hallway light off. He continued to his room, where he saw susan reading a book. "Hi, Sue. What are you reading?"
She looked up from the bed. "This? Oh, it's nothing, just a book I got from a library."
"What's it about?"
"Mostly theology. It's something about angels and beliefs concerning them."
"Oh."
"Learn anything at work?"
He sat on the end of the bed. "Somebody burned it all."
"What?" She sat up, closing the book. "When did this happen?"
"Today. Some guy came in, knocked the guard out, then completely
toasted the body. It's completely ash. Jeff called me an hour ago. They don't know who he is, but they think he did it. They just don't know how. There's no matches, no trace of gasoline or other flammable liquid, no prints. Nothing to prove that he committed arson. They're going over the surveillance tape right now, to see if anything turns up on there. It's all we got." He picked up an old Bible that was on the table.
"What's that?"
"A very old Bible. We found it on the body. Handwritten, Old Latin. But something is strange..it has the 23rd chapter of Revelation. It only went up to twenty-two chapters originally."
"Oh? Can you read Latin?"
"Not much. I'm going to try to get it translated."
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Outaside, Gabriel walked around. He sniffed and looked up. He saw Uziel sitting in the tree, looking intently at the house. "Uziel. Come down."
The Lieutenant jumped, landing on the snow. "Yes?"
"See anything unusual?"
"The woman received a visitor this morning."
"Anyone we know?"
"Danyael."
Gabriel snarled. "Ehh...Michael's order-boy, monkey lovers. How long was he here?"
"Fifteen minutes. Then he left."
"In which direction?"
"The back way. I saw him head through the graveyard."
"Hmm. If Danyael was sent here, he's not alone. We can be certain that his brothers are with him. Perhaps one to three. They're here, Uziel."
"Any idea where?"
"They would choose a place that is remote..vacant. An area where they have an advantage. Somewhere they can watch..high above." He looked over the sea. "Ahh. There, the lighthouse! If anywhere, that's the first place they would go."
"Shall we go there and make an attack?"
"No. Not yet. They have the advantage of numbers on their side. No, we wait for the moment. We kill them one at a time, trail them to a private place, taking them out slowly. Until they are eventually forced to leave."
"As you wish. Where to?"
"Graveyard, by the well. You stay here until I call on you. Continue to watch." Gabriel walked away from the scene.
Uziel jumped up, perching himself on another branch.
EVANS' HOUSE
Wallace was going through the house, turning lights off. He made his way upstairs. He overheard talking in Henry's room. "Ok, guys. It's late. Knock it off." He walked past the door.
The talking continued.
He said politely, but in a firm tone, "I mean it. Not another peep."
Their voices echoed from the room. "Peep. Peep, peep!!"
Wallace smiled and shut the hallway light off. He continued to his room, where he saw susan reading a book. "Hi, Sue. What are you reading?"
She looked up from the bed. "This? Oh, it's nothing, just a book I got from a library."
"What's it about?"
"Mostly theology. It's something about angels and beliefs concerning them."
"Oh."
"Learn anything at work?"
He sat on the end of the bed. "Somebody burned it all."
"What?" She sat up, closing the book. "When did this happen?"
"Today. Some guy came in, knocked the guard out, then completely
toasted the body. It's completely ash. Jeff called me an hour ago. They don't know who he is, but they think he did it. They just don't know how. There's no matches, no trace of gasoline or other flammable liquid, no prints. Nothing to prove that he committed arson. They're going over the surveillance tape right now, to see if anything turns up on there. It's all we got." He picked up an old Bible that was on the table.
"What's that?"
"A very old Bible. We found it on the body. Handwritten, Old Latin. But something is strange..it has the 23rd chapter of Revelation. It only went up to twenty-two chapters originally."
"Oh? Can you read Latin?"
"Not much. I'm going to try to get it translated."
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Outaside, Gabriel walked around. He sniffed and looked up. He saw Uziel sitting in the tree, looking intently at the house. "Uziel. Come down."
The Lieutenant jumped, landing on the snow. "Yes?"
"See anything unusual?"
"The woman received a visitor this morning."
"Anyone we know?"
"Danyael."
Gabriel snarled. "Ehh...Michael's order-boy, monkey lovers. How long was he here?"
"Fifteen minutes. Then he left."
"In which direction?"
"The back way. I saw him head through the graveyard."
"Hmm. If Danyael was sent here, he's not alone. We can be certain that his brothers are with him. Perhaps one to three. They're here, Uziel."
"Any idea where?"
"They would choose a place that is remote..vacant. An area where they have an advantage. Somewhere they can watch..high above." He looked over the sea. "Ahh. There, the lighthouse! If anywhere, that's the first place they would go."
"Shall we go there and make an attack?"
"No. Not yet. They have the advantage of numbers on their side. No, we wait for the moment. We kill them one at a time, trail them to a private place, taking them out slowly. Until they are eventually forced to leave."
"As you wish. Where to?"
"Graveyard, by the well. You stay here until I call on you. Continue to watch." Gabriel walked away from the scene.
Uziel jumped up, perching himself on another branch.
