Rating: pg
Derek and Alex both went their ways when they reached the house. Derek made his way to the library, to see if he could find something in the books. Alex made herself comfortable in the control room, checking all the things she could find on the internet and in the Legacy database. Both spent the whole night searching, looking desperately for anything that could help their young colleague. Rachel found them both in the control room the next morning, going over the results of their nightly search. Rachel was oblivious to the attack happened last night and therefore she was very surprised to find her colleagues in the control room, looking tired and not to bright on this early hour.
"Hey guys, do we have a new case?" Then she noticed something else. "Where's Nick, still in bed?"
She received sad looks from across the terminals. Her heart jumped, afraid of what news she might hear. "Did something happen? Is Nick injured?"
Derek stood up, while Alex showed Rachel what she found. Rachel was still confused, what had this to do with their security chief? She knew what stigmata's were, she never saw one, but she did read about it.
"Okay, we're dealing with an enigma, some kind of stigmata here.....What does that has to do with Nick?"
Derek and Alex exchanged glances, giving Rachel a bad feeling in her stomach.
"Nick is the one with the stigmata right?"
Derek answered her, his accent thick from emotions.
"It's called an enigma, and yes, Nick is the one suffering from it. We brought him to a clinic last night."
Rachel's bad feeling turned into concern. This was bad, she could tell by the way her friends behaved, and from the dark circles under their eyes.
"How is he?"
This time Alex answered her question.
"He survived, but both his hands and feet are casted, because of the damage to the bones. He lost a lot of blood and they were afraid of more bleedings. But he slept quietly through the night without disturbances. We should be able to take him home today, since he insisted himself on that."
Derek nodded, his frown lessening a little.
"Yes he should be home, we can protect him here. I suggest you set up a hospital here, Rachel."
Rachel was still confused, trying to access the little information she had in her head about stigmata's and the things Derek and Alex were telling her didn't add up with that.
"Correct me if I'm wrong, but stigmata's, aren't they supposed to be one time bleedings, the wounds only opening up on holy days after the first bleed?"
Derek pointed to the big screen, where the information about the one stigmata called enigma appeared, put there by Alex.
"Normal stigmata's yes, but not the one Nick is suffering from. This so called Enigma is summoned, to reveal the chosen one. There isn't much information about this enigma but from what Alex and I could gather, the chosen one is the one causing hell to come upon earth. And he's suffering from stigmata so that the followers of Satan can point him out."
Rachel still didn't believe it.
"Why should Nick be the chosen one? What's so special about his stigmata?"
Derek raised his eyebrows, nodding his head to Alex. "She'll explain it to you Rachel. I'm going to pick up Nick."
With that he left, taking his keys for his 4 by 4 wheel drive. Rachel turned to Alex, wanting to know what was going on, in details.
"We know for sure we're dealing with an enigma here, because of the sky. Didn't you notice the darkness?"
"Yes I did, the radio didn't talk about anything else. They said something about a comet blocking the sun. But I'm guessing you know the answer?""
"It's because of the enigma; this is a sign to the followers that the chosen one has revealed himself."
Rachel turned around, away from the window, looking Alex straight in the eyes.
"So tell me, how bad is it?"
Alex looked away from her, her gaze travelling to the spot where she had found Nick's blood.
"It's bad, very bad. All the things we encountered, everything we've been through...Derek always knew what to do. But now he has no clue at all. It looks like we're in a no win situation. If we don't inform the followers of Nick's injuries, he'll bleed to death. But if we do tell them, they'll come after him, and we don't know how strong they are, and what they need from Nick."
The women exchanged looks, both afraid of what was to come on their path.
Derek and Alex both went their ways when they reached the house. Derek made his way to the library, to see if he could find something in the books. Alex made herself comfortable in the control room, checking all the things she could find on the internet and in the Legacy database. Both spent the whole night searching, looking desperately for anything that could help their young colleague. Rachel found them both in the control room the next morning, going over the results of their nightly search. Rachel was oblivious to the attack happened last night and therefore she was very surprised to find her colleagues in the control room, looking tired and not to bright on this early hour.
"Hey guys, do we have a new case?" Then she noticed something else. "Where's Nick, still in bed?"
She received sad looks from across the terminals. Her heart jumped, afraid of what news she might hear. "Did something happen? Is Nick injured?"
Derek stood up, while Alex showed Rachel what she found. Rachel was still confused, what had this to do with their security chief? She knew what stigmata's were, she never saw one, but she did read about it.
"Okay, we're dealing with an enigma, some kind of stigmata here.....What does that has to do with Nick?"
Derek and Alex exchanged glances, giving Rachel a bad feeling in her stomach.
"Nick is the one with the stigmata right?"
Derek answered her, his accent thick from emotions.
"It's called an enigma, and yes, Nick is the one suffering from it. We brought him to a clinic last night."
Rachel's bad feeling turned into concern. This was bad, she could tell by the way her friends behaved, and from the dark circles under their eyes.
"How is he?"
This time Alex answered her question.
"He survived, but both his hands and feet are casted, because of the damage to the bones. He lost a lot of blood and they were afraid of more bleedings. But he slept quietly through the night without disturbances. We should be able to take him home today, since he insisted himself on that."
Derek nodded, his frown lessening a little.
"Yes he should be home, we can protect him here. I suggest you set up a hospital here, Rachel."
Rachel was still confused, trying to access the little information she had in her head about stigmata's and the things Derek and Alex were telling her didn't add up with that.
"Correct me if I'm wrong, but stigmata's, aren't they supposed to be one time bleedings, the wounds only opening up on holy days after the first bleed?"
Derek pointed to the big screen, where the information about the one stigmata called enigma appeared, put there by Alex.
"Normal stigmata's yes, but not the one Nick is suffering from. This so called Enigma is summoned, to reveal the chosen one. There isn't much information about this enigma but from what Alex and I could gather, the chosen one is the one causing hell to come upon earth. And he's suffering from stigmata so that the followers of Satan can point him out."
Rachel still didn't believe it.
"Why should Nick be the chosen one? What's so special about his stigmata?"
Derek raised his eyebrows, nodding his head to Alex. "She'll explain it to you Rachel. I'm going to pick up Nick."
With that he left, taking his keys for his 4 by 4 wheel drive. Rachel turned to Alex, wanting to know what was going on, in details.
"We know for sure we're dealing with an enigma here, because of the sky. Didn't you notice the darkness?"
"Yes I did, the radio didn't talk about anything else. They said something about a comet blocking the sun. But I'm guessing you know the answer?""
"It's because of the enigma; this is a sign to the followers that the chosen one has revealed himself."
Rachel turned around, away from the window, looking Alex straight in the eyes.
"So tell me, how bad is it?"
Alex looked away from her, her gaze travelling to the spot where she had found Nick's blood.
"It's bad, very bad. All the things we encountered, everything we've been through...Derek always knew what to do. But now he has no clue at all. It looks like we're in a no win situation. If we don't inform the followers of Nick's injuries, he'll bleed to death. But if we do tell them, they'll come after him, and we don't know how strong they are, and what they need from Nick."
The women exchanged looks, both afraid of what was to come on their path.