Reaper- Dead Like Me
Chapter Two- The soul at hand
Sam was not that interested in gathering information on his soul. He moved toward the door and watched as Sock flirted with reaper girl. It was bothering him. The flirting seemed genuine and he even saw them head over to the food court. The tall lengthy guy that was with her left the building, Sam just kept his eye on Sock and the girl. The doors flung open at him and Ben frowned.
"What's going on?" He asked. He glanced at the file in Sam's hands. "You got a new soul?"
"Huh?" Sam glanced at Ben and then at the file. "Oh, yeah, I Haven't read it yet, Here." He handed the file to Ben.
Ben watched as Sam approached the door again and continued to spy on Sock. He watched too.
"Who's the cute girl with Sock?"
Sam shook his head.
"Don't know, but she's not what she's seems, and I'm worried."
"Why? She looks pretty normal to me. No pointed ears, or horns, or anything."
"Yeah…she's a reaper."
Ben chuckled.
"You're not serious?" He stared at Sam.
Sam frowned.
"Yeah, I am and we've got to find a way to get keep her and her friend away from Sock."
Ben sighed. He glanced down at the file. His face started to scrunch up.
"Wow. I think this guy should definitely be a high priority though." He showed some of the photos to Sam.
"Ouch." Sam muttered. "A mortician with a dark side."
"Yeah, seems like he took his little "death obsession" a little too far. He has police files in here too that label him as a grave robber, bet you can't guess what he was robbing from the graves?"
"Hmm…Bodies?" Sam grinned. "But for what? Or do I want to know?"
The door flew open and Sock entered the room.
"You're still back here Sam?" He muttered. He glanced at the file. "Oh the devil gave a new job?"
"Yeah, it's a soul who likes to steal dead bodies." Ben said.
"Sweet. For what?" Sock asked.
Sam shrugged.
"Not sure about that one yet." He glanced out the window. He saw the girl and her friend looking at carpeting. He frowned. He turned back to Sock. "At least we know where we can find this guy."
"Graveyard or Morgue." Ben said.
Sam gave a nod.
"Cool, I'll bring my portable dvd player and we can all watch 'the shinning' and 'The Exorcist'. Oh and maybe 'Carey' too!"
Sam and Ben exchanged a glance and then turned to Sock.
"Sounds like a blast. Let's get going." Sam grabbed the vessel box, which he had yet to open and they head out to the parking lot.
As they headed out, George couldn't help but be drawn to the vessel. She kept staring at it. Mason nudged her.
"What's up?"
George shrugged.
"I don't know. There's something…something very odd going on around here." She said. "Let's go." She nodded in the direction the boys went. Mason sighed and tagged along with her.
Sam sat in the driver seat of his car and studied the case file again. The soul was so fascinated by cadavers that it made him sick to his stomach to even think about what he had been doing with them. He sighed and turned to Ben and Sock.
"Let's open the vessel." He said.
Ben passed him the vessel. Sam grabbed it and flipped it open. The usual mist spilled out of the case and then there was something odd about the case. The vessel was glowing. Sam reached in and picked it out the object was a cool metal dagger or sword that had a green hazy glow to it.
"Wow." Ben said.
"Yeah, wicked. Dude, do you know what that is?" Sock asked.
"A sword that glows?"
"No, that is Athame my friend. Used in many a pagan or satanic ritual." Sock said.
"How do you know that?" Ben asked.
"Hello? Horror movie freak!" Sock exclaimed.
"So why is it glowing?" Sam asked.
Sock shrugged.
"I don't know. You might want to ask the devil." Sock said.
"Later. Let's go check out the graveyard and do you think that you can talk to Jose and see if she can come up with anything else on this guy?" Sam asked.
Sock frowned.
"I can try, but you know we're on this break thing and she hasn't really talked to me very much…"
Sam sighed.
"I hate to ask. I'm sorry."
Sock shook his head.
"No big. I'll give her a call. Let's go check things out though."
Sam nodded. He put the Athame back into the vessel box and handed it back to Ben. They headed out of The Work Bench parking lot.
George watched them curiously as they left the parking lot.
"What?" Mason asked.
"We're following them." She said. She gave him a nod. He sighed and stepped on the gas.