My name is Helen Matthews. For the past year and a half I have been Jennifer Simpson's guardian. It has been a strange and chaotic time for us both, but somehow we've managed to face everything that has come into our respective paths. Another psychopath acting like the Scissorman of Norway has attacked Jennifer and I feel that the best way to deal with it is to trust in the police.
However, if by a strange occurence, it is the TRUE Scissorman, it is going to take a lot more than the police have to stop him... anyway, that's how Jennifer feels. The statue recovered by Nolan at Rick's cabin is apparently a vital key to the whole case and Scissorman seems to want to kill anyone that comes into posession of it.
"So this is the statue everyone's been looking for, is it?" I say to Nolan as he hands the cold stone object to Jennifer.
"I guess so." Nolan said. "Why anyone would want a creepy statue like this is beyond me though." The statue is of a man kneeling on a group of serpents and his face is only a skull. Jennifer took it in her hands and said, "It's so cold."
"It's a vital piece of the puzzle, don't you think?" I asked them. Nolan spoke up. "It looks that way. Maybe the whole mystery of Scissorman lies in the castle in Norway... the Barrow's Mansion."
"I was thinking the exact same thing, Nolan." I said. "Let's take it to inspector Gotts and see what he makes of all of this."
*******
Later in the afternoon, we all joined inspector Gotts and took the statue with us. He couldn't come up with a good explanation either, so we asked Professor Barton (who was already at the police station).
"It seems to me that the statue holds some sort of power over this... Scissorman. At least, that's what I would say if I believed in the supernatural; which I don't." Professor Barton had said.
"But you think there could be a connection between this serial killer and the castle in Norway?" I asked him.
"I wouldn't say that, but it's a good possibility. Do you intend to go there, Ms. Matthews? You know, it could be quite a dangerous trip."
"I know." I replied. "But we have to figure out a way to stop the killings.. maybe this mansion holds the ultimate key!" Professor Barton eyed the statue one more time. "Very well, but I'm going too." He said.
"What?!" I exclaimed in genuine surprise.
"I said I'm going also. Is there a problem with that, Ms. Matthews?" I shook my head. "No no, of course not. I was just a bit surprised that you would want to investigate something you didn't believe in."
"If Barton's going, then count me in too." Came from Inspector Gotts. Now I was really getting surprised. "Inspector Gotts?!" I questioned.
"It's assistant inspector.. and if this is the way to stopping the string of killings, I want to be there to put the final nail in Scissorman's coffin."
It seemed we were getting quite a gang of people, ready to journey to the Barrows' Mansion. When I had told Beth about the trip, she wanted to go too, because she had never been to a castle before. Even Leon, upon hearing the news, joined the group. 7 people all going to the same place. Leon and Beth didn't seem to care that the trip might be dangerous, they were just happy to get out of the office for a while. If they had known what they were risking, they would have never set foot on the plane.
Once we were all ready, by the end of the following day we were all on the plane to the Barrows' castle. Once we arrived in the area, we took a jeep into the forest where the castle resided. It got dark quickly, so we had to make camp. We stopped and started to set up when I noticed Jennifer was missing. I called out to her and walked around the area but she was nowhere to be found. The castle was only minutes away. She must have gone ahead without us, I thought. Inspector Gotts and I were actually the only people still around. "To the castle." I said to Gotts and lead the charge. I almost felt heroic. Little did I know that that would all change soon.......
However, if by a strange occurence, it is the TRUE Scissorman, it is going to take a lot more than the police have to stop him... anyway, that's how Jennifer feels. The statue recovered by Nolan at Rick's cabin is apparently a vital key to the whole case and Scissorman seems to want to kill anyone that comes into posession of it.
"So this is the statue everyone's been looking for, is it?" I say to Nolan as he hands the cold stone object to Jennifer.
"I guess so." Nolan said. "Why anyone would want a creepy statue like this is beyond me though." The statue is of a man kneeling on a group of serpents and his face is only a skull. Jennifer took it in her hands and said, "It's so cold."
"It's a vital piece of the puzzle, don't you think?" I asked them. Nolan spoke up. "It looks that way. Maybe the whole mystery of Scissorman lies in the castle in Norway... the Barrow's Mansion."
"I was thinking the exact same thing, Nolan." I said. "Let's take it to inspector Gotts and see what he makes of all of this."
*******
Later in the afternoon, we all joined inspector Gotts and took the statue with us. He couldn't come up with a good explanation either, so we asked Professor Barton (who was already at the police station).
"It seems to me that the statue holds some sort of power over this... Scissorman. At least, that's what I would say if I believed in the supernatural; which I don't." Professor Barton had said.
"But you think there could be a connection between this serial killer and the castle in Norway?" I asked him.
"I wouldn't say that, but it's a good possibility. Do you intend to go there, Ms. Matthews? You know, it could be quite a dangerous trip."
"I know." I replied. "But we have to figure out a way to stop the killings.. maybe this mansion holds the ultimate key!" Professor Barton eyed the statue one more time. "Very well, but I'm going too." He said.
"What?!" I exclaimed in genuine surprise.
"I said I'm going also. Is there a problem with that, Ms. Matthews?" I shook my head. "No no, of course not. I was just a bit surprised that you would want to investigate something you didn't believe in."
"If Barton's going, then count me in too." Came from Inspector Gotts. Now I was really getting surprised. "Inspector Gotts?!" I questioned.
"It's assistant inspector.. and if this is the way to stopping the string of killings, I want to be there to put the final nail in Scissorman's coffin."
It seemed we were getting quite a gang of people, ready to journey to the Barrows' Mansion. When I had told Beth about the trip, she wanted to go too, because she had never been to a castle before. Even Leon, upon hearing the news, joined the group. 7 people all going to the same place. Leon and Beth didn't seem to care that the trip might be dangerous, they were just happy to get out of the office for a while. If they had known what they were risking, they would have never set foot on the plane.
Once we were all ready, by the end of the following day we were all on the plane to the Barrows' castle. Once we arrived in the area, we took a jeep into the forest where the castle resided. It got dark quickly, so we had to make camp. We stopped and started to set up when I noticed Jennifer was missing. I called out to her and walked around the area but she was nowhere to be found. The castle was only minutes away. She must have gone ahead without us, I thought. Inspector Gotts and I were actually the only people still around. "To the castle." I said to Gotts and lead the charge. I almost felt heroic. Little did I know that that would all change soon.......
