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Chapter 3
Twenty Eighth
Date: 28/10/2010
World: 446657p7
Era: Current
Yet another day had come and the group were still nowhere with the investigation, for today Lucas was investigating a spot with Ikuto. He had been contacted by a member of the Dark Seal Clan who wanted to meet him and Ikuto. The two were cautious and wondered what this member wanted, this was their only clue however and so decided to follow up on it. The others held back to provide back up, both Ikuto and Lucas wore a wire so the others could hear everything that was said. Lucas and Ikuto quietly made it down some stairs into an ally, the meeting place but no one was there.
"So finally you have come" said a voice.
Then from out of the wall a person emerged from a dark void like portal, this must be how they were able to kidnap their victims without being seen, it would also explain the scratches and hand prints they found at one of the crime scenes. The person appeared to be a young man, he had dark brown hair but wore a faceless face that seemed impossible to see out of. He wore a brown buttoned robe with fancy markings and carried a black sword.
"I am the leader of the Dark Seal Clan, my name is Tyomai" he said.
"Ikuto" he said.
"Lucas Murphy" he said with his hand on his sword.
"Relax, I didn't come to fight, I suspect that you are wired" said Tyomai.
Ikuto and Lucas were shocked as was everyone else.
"It doesn't matter to me if you are or not, either way I have business with you" said Tyomai.
"What do you want?" asked Ikuto.
"You gave my friends some trouble last night, I kindly ask that you hand over the girl and we'll let you get on with your lives" said Tyomai.
"You must be joking, there is no way we're handing her over to you" said Lucas.
"Very well but you have been warned" said Tyomai.
"What on earth do you want with her?" asked Ikuto.
"It is not what I want with her, it is what God wants with her" said Tyomai.
"God?" questioned Lucas.
"Our god, our saviour has commanded us to bring him thirty one untainted children by Halloween" said Tyomai.
"Why?" asked Ikuto.
"It is not for us to question God" said Tyomai.
"What do you mean untainted?" asked Lucas.
"The correct word to use would be innocent, thirty one innocent children, those untouched by the darkness of this world, their blood is needed" said Tyomai.
"Are they still alive?" asked Ikuto.
"For now, however I can't say that they will still be here on Halloween night" said Tyomai.
"Damn you" said Lucas.
He drew his sword and attacked Tyomai but he managed to swiftly block it, Ikuto was stuck as although he had Yoru with him he was unable to transform.
"What's the matter, can't use magic" said Tyomai.
Lucas was then flung back by Tyomai's power, he was one of the strongest foes he had ever faced, Lucas could see a dark aura that formed around him.
"Too bad, can't say the same for me" said Tyomai.
Tyomai then cast a spell and sent both Ikuto and Lucas flying through the sky even though they tried their hardest to block it. Everyone hastened to the aid but by the time they had got there Tyomai was gone, he had left the same way he came and had spared Lucas and Ikuto who couldn't believe how powerful he was.
"Damn it" said Lucas.
"We need to figure a way to get passed their powers of blocking magic" said Yoru.
"Is there a way?" asked Maria.
"I don't know but I'm going to find out" said Pan.
Meanwhile Officer Jenkins was hard at work in his office and by that I mean he was snacking on doughnuts while just randomly glimpsing at the names of those who had disappeared. As he did a smartly dressed man in a white suit approached him and placed a file on his desk.
"Who the hell are you?" asked Officer Jenkins.
"I'm new, I got an order to deliver this to you, it's a list of suspects for the case" said the man.
"Really, well lets have a look" said Officer Jenkins.
He opened up the file and was surprised to see several photos but then an evil grin appeared on his face.
"You sure about them as suspects?" asked Officer Jenkins.
"Yes, is that a problem?" asked the man.
"No, it will be my pleasure , it's time they grew up anyway" said Officer Jenkins.
"Good" said the man.
"Then we'll begin investigating them immediately" said Officer Jenkins.
He then threw the file on the table to reveal the faces of Lucas, Ikuto and everyone else from the group, it seemed that they had become the top of the list of suspects.
Elsewhere everyone sat down at a restaurant after meeting Mir, Mai and Train so that they could recover form their ordeal. Pan his under the table and flipped through her magic book looking for spells that could protect them from the Dark Seal Clan's abilities. Everyone else was drinking a milkshake while reporting on the incident today.
"At least we now know the leader of our foes" said Lyner.
"But who is this God person he referred to?" questioned Mint.
"Well maybe someone is posing as their god to try and get them to kidnap thirty one children" said Etna.
"But why, why do they need thirty one children and why Halloween, why it that so important?" questioned Husky.
"Oh, this reminds me of a story I heard while I was investigating" said Shelke.
"Hey, your right, it is familiar to that urban legend" said Maria.
" An urban legend, you do know that nearly all of them are based on facts, let's hear it, it may be important" whispered joy who was trying to be a stuffed animal.
It's about a man who was accused of murdering thirty children and was a known user of magic, apparently he was found guilty and was burned to death but his spirit is supposed to return and reap the souls of the living said Shelke.
"What a load of BS" said Lucas.
"You don't believe in legends, this one is well known, I believe the man's name was Thomas Legion, what is spooky was that he was born on Halloween and it Halloween when they killed him" said Mai.
"Born and died on Halloween, weren't you supposedly born on Halloween?" asked Lyner.
" Yes but he was also born on Halloween, the legend says that he would return one Halloween to take the lives of thirty one people" said Mai.
"It's similar to what is happening here" said Sakura.
"Tyomai said that his god commanded him to get him thirty one children said Rita.
"You can't really think that this guy is the God Tyomai referred to" said Lucas.
"After all that we have seen so far it wouldn't surprise me" said Etna.
"Hell no, there is no such thing as ghosts" said Lucas.
"Don't believe in ghosts huh, or maybe you're just scared of them" said Ikuto.
"Shut up" said Lucas.
"We may not be dealing with a ghost, but there are too many coincidences with the story, thirty one children is what Tyomai said and by Halloween, the date he was killed" said Husky.
"Ghost or not we still need to stop him, found anything Pan?" asked Snow.
"I might have...did you say Thomas Legion?" asked Pan.
"Yep" said Yoru.
"Oh no" said Pan.
"What is it now, more unbelievable news" said Lucas.
"That man's name had been seen before" said Pan.
"What?" questioned Dante.
"The Dark Seal Clan worship him as a god" said Pan.
"Why?" asked Train.
"Because they worship death" said Maria.
"What?" questioned Syaoran.
"The Dark Seal Clan worship death, they believe it to be the cure to all sin and the paradise and utopia of the world, which is what Thomas Legion believed, he created the Clan" said Pan.
"The Dark Seal Clan have apparently only one goal, to bring death upon everything, they view it as saving the world from corruption" said Maria.
"So this man existed" said Dante.
"Yes, a long time ago he tried to use a spell that would give him the power to bring death to every living thing, for that he needed to have thirty one people, preferably innocent children" said Maria.
"For the spell to be complete Thomas had to burn a pentagram onto his body and them on the fore head of each of his victims, he would then have to say an incantation then the last thing that would be left was the sacrifice" said Pan.
"Sacrifice?" questioned Aigis.
"The children, he would have to cut out the hearts of thirty of the thirty one children, eat their hearts and then drink their blood while they were still alive, however their was something special, something important he needed to do with the thirty first child" said Maria.
"His barbaric actions have been recorded in the Dark Seal Clan's book as an act of heroism" said Pan.
"That's disgusting, what messed up monster would do that" said Lucas.
"Some people are just sick in the head kid" said Dante.
"So then they are gathering the children for this, good thing we have Mai here, without her they can't complete their ritual" said Amu.
"Besides where the hell are they going to find thirty one innocent children, their lucky they found one" said Husky
"Good point" said Mir.
"Anyway we still need to find those that they have kidnapped, ghost or not who knows what they will do to them when Halloween comes" said Snow.
"That's right, tomorrow we search for their hideout, it has to some place large so we'll look everywhere, Mir, Joy and Snow will guard Mai tomorrow and Pan needs to find a spell to allow us to use magic" said Lucas.
"I think I have something" said Pan.
"What?" asked Etna.
"According to the book there is a potion that I can make that will allow the user indefinite usage of magic for a total of twenty four hours, I'm not sure if it will work against the clan but it is all we have got" said Pan.
"How long will it take to make?" asked Syaoran.
"For all of us, a day to correctly brew this potion, it is very difficult even for a high level Demi and half of the ingredients are going to be hard to get" said Pan.
"A day, so we should find the hideout tomorrow and then attack it on the thirtieth" said Lucas.
"So what do you need for the potion?" asked Aigis.
"Snake skin, fish gills, tears of a monkey, DNA of all those who we want it to effect, Lilly Liver, a tiger's tongue and sea water" said Pan.
"…..." said Mai.
"…..." said Lucas.
"…..." said everyone.
"Are you pulling our legs" said Rita.
"No, don't worry , I already have tears of a monkey, a tiger's tongue, Lilly Liver and snake skin, all I need now is fish gills, everyone's DNA and some sea water" said Pan.
"Rita and Train can get the materials"said Ikuto.
"Hey why us" said Train.
"Where the hell are we going to get fish gills" said Rita.
"Go fishing and don't forget the sea water" said Lucas.
"So you need some DNA, will hair do?" asked Mai.
"Yes why?" asked Pan.
Mai then went around and pulled out several strands of hair from everyone including the Demis and herself, she then gave them to Pan who made them vanish.
"What the hell was that for" said Lucas who rubbed his head after having his hair yanked out.
"DNA" said Mai.
"You should have asked first" said Snow.
"Your lucky" said Rita.
"Why?" asked Mai.
"I can't use my magic in public" said Rita.
"Okay, let's just call it a day alright" said Mis.
"I'm hungry" said Yoru.
"You're always hungry" said Ikuto.
The group decided to call it a day unknown that they were being watched by Officer Jenkins and a police officer.
"Your right sir, there is something odd about them, should we tell them that Thirty people have now disappeared?" asked the police officer.
"No, I'm sure they already know, gather some evidence against them" said Officer Jenkins.
"By that do you mean..." began the police officer.
"Yes you idiot, fake it, just get me enough to arrest them" said Officer Jenkins.
The group then retired for the remainder of the day, Pan got started on her potion as the next day soon began.
