The Devil's Harvest

Chapter four

Billie grabbed her cell phone as she ran down the alley once more attempting to find the woman.

"I need back up! Alley at Sunset and Spruce!" She shouted into the phone as she ran.

Van heard her call and called to his partner who was across the street.

"Deaq! It's Billie, she needs backup!"

Deaq ran to his partner's side.

"Billie! Billie repeat your message! You're breaking up!" Van said into the phone. They knew she wasn't working far from them so they both looked up and down the street hoping to spot her.

"................Sunset and Spruce!" The message was filled with static but at least they were able to make out the street names. It was near by. They ran down the street to the location. When they neared it they pulled out their guns not knowing what to expect.

"Billie!" Van shouted, worried when they didn't see her right away.

She slowly came walking up the alley her gun hanging by her side.

"What's up Billie?" Deaq asked.

She said nothing but turned around and looked back down the alley.

"Billie, you okay?" Van asked concerned.

She looked at him with a stunned expression.

"It was so weird.................there were these two dogs....................and then a white German Shepherd came........... and scared them off."

"What?!" Both Van and Deaq said simultaneously.

"You called us down here for a dog fight?" Deaq said to Billie as he glanced at Van and shook his head.

"Billie, why did you call for back up?" Van asked.

She shut her eyes for a few seconds and tried to think.

"I was following a woman, a prostitute. She ran down the alley and I heard her scream. I tried to follow her but...................these two dogs came out of no where and blocked me."

Van and Deaq ran down the alley to see if they could locate the woman and find out what had caused her to scream. No one was there. They checked the doors on both sides of the alley to see if any were open but all of them were locked. They walked back to Billie as they put their guns away.

"She's not there Billie, she's gone." Van said.

"Maybe someone pulled her into one of the buildings." Deaq added.

"We better get some people down here to help check these buildings out. If she's in one of them we got to find her and quick." Van reached for his cell phone.

"Those dogs, it was so strange. I'd swear I saw their eyes glow red before the other dog chased them away." Billie looked at them, then smiled and shook her head. "Maybe I'm losing it...................... Let's get some help down here and search these buildings."

For the rest of the night they searched all the buildings in the alley way and found nothing unusual.

Later

Later that night the woman lay naked on a table with a large hexagram drawn on it, her body covered by a red silk sheet. Black and red candles lighted the area. She could see, hear, and feel everything that was going on but couldn't move. They had injected her with some kind of drug that paralyzed her body but not her mind. Her mind screamed in terror as the black robed figures started to surround her chanting. One of them, known to his followers as Malcolm, broke away from the others and stood near her head. She could see an upside down crucifix hanging around his neck. He said words that she couldn't understand then pulled the red sheet away. He ran his hands over her body then before she realized what was happening plunged two small sharp tubes into her neck. Her blood began to run through the tubes into a bowl. Malcolm then dipped what looked like pieces of bread into the bowl that was slowly filling with her blood and gave one to each of the black robed figures. They popped them into their mouths. The woman could feel herself slowly becoming weaker as her blood slowly flowed from her body and filled the bowl. Malcolm then picked up a large knife and holding it over her began chanting louder and louder then suddenly plunged the knife into her and began slicing downward. The pain was unbearable and the woman finally passed out. When he was finished cutting, Malcolm began removing her organs, which he tossed into a large kettle. They would feast well tonight.

TBC