CHAPTER 2

Jack walked down the hallway opening a door to reveal a pure white room with a table and Dr. Trune sitting behind the table hunched down hand cuffed and shaking. He didn't look at Jack. He was staring at the wall. Jack frowned, he could deal with it. He walked up sitting down at the other side of the table. He straitened his papers. Trune was still looking at the wall.

"So Dr. Trune. May I ask what happened?" Jack asked.

"It's coming," Dr. Trune replied turning his head to stare at Jack.

"What's coming?" Jack asked in confusion.

"The place we all fear. The most torturous place known to man. The place many people do not believe in. I know. I know what's going to happen. Everyone will die. EVERYONE!" Trune spat.

"Dr. Trune. Have you considered any medical help?" Jack asked.

"You see, I know, and so does that backstabbing partner of mine who lied about knowing, and let them take me away. Well, he'll pay. He knows what's coming. He'll pay beyond his wildest dreams. I know. I know. He's going to die. Hah hah hah. He didn't see what I saw though. He didn't see it," Trune said hunching down and smiling.

"Dr. Trune. You were a nice man, and if you weren't one of my clients, I would not be defending you," Jack sneered. "So tell me exactly what happened," Jack said.

"Fine. I was a walking down a burnt abandoned lab that no one even set foot in it, and I found a scrap of metal or, or"

"Stop about this, tell about the murder," Jack demanded slamming his fist down.

"I am telling you about the murder you selfless twit," Trune said standing up.

"Fine, fine, please continue," Jack said through clenched teeth.

"Thank you. I took to the lab for studying. I didn't tell anyone about it but my partner, Dr. Streef. We studied it for more than 3 months in secret. Eventually, we opened it to spill much blood. The blood was different from human blood though. We studied that to discover it was the blood of a monstrous creature. One more dangerous than any other creature ever. I studied as many science books as I could until," his voice trailed off.

"Until what?" Jack demanded.

"Until I figured it wasn't science books I was looking for. So I went to the library checking out all of the books I could get a hold of in research without even checking what they were labeled. I read every one until I came to the last one. It was labeled Demons on Earth. I read it, and became most horrified by what I read. I read that the place we most fear comes to Earth on September 6th 2005. I also read that in a demon tomb in Africa if I pour some demon blood on a statue of a demon, it will let me see Hell. When the shadow hits their cross on a blood stained clock," Trune explained in horror.

"And what does any of this have to do with the murders you convicted?" Jack asked.

"I'm getting to that. Well, I did it hoping that the blood I had was not demon blood. I traveled to the tomb, and poured the blood on the statue," Trune said.

"Well, what happened?" asked Jack.

"It worked. I quickly called Dr. Streef to tell him. He believed me. I had seen Hell. There were demons fighting over scraps of meat. There were also demons whipping humans. And there was the clock. If the Devil's plans to invade Earth fail, then he has to wait until the clock fully rotates around again for the Cross," Trune said.

"And why hasn't Hell come to Earth before?" Jack asked again.

"They have. Long ago when our planet was like the toxic planet Venus was when it was here, but then God banished them, but the Devil demanded that they would get a chance to get their home back some day. So God said yes, but he didn't have a choice. The Devil said if God didn't then Hell would come to Earth one day, and God knew this could become true, so he said yes, and made them wait for over 100 million years. That doesn't mean that the Devil will not be back until another 100 million years if we survive this invasion. It could be a thousand years, there's no time limit. It all relies on the clock. God will not control how long the clock takes. Or the Devil could find another way to get up here. Well, I went back to my home haunted by night mares of Hell, when I couldn't take it anymore, and killed those soldiers," Trune said.

"Yeah well, you should consider counseling," Jack said getting up.

"You don't believe me?" Trune questioned.

"Frankly, I do not, but if you are telling the truth, I'll figure out tomorrow when I go to the military lab where you murdered those men," Jack said. He turned around to walk out. He clambered to his car driving back to his apartment.