-Yumi's POV-

I sat down on a bench next to Aelita. A second later my mobile beeped, meaning I had received a text message. I took out my phone and checked the in-box. The message read: He Is AwAkE!

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He Is AwAke!

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He is AwAke!

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He is AwAke!

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He is AwAke!

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HE IS AWAKE!

"What are you doing here?" a voice suddenly said.

I pocketed my mobile quickly and looked up. A man in a police uniform stood before us and was looking at us with a suspicious look on his face.

"Oh were waiting on our friends. Our car broke down and the bus driver drove us here to get a mechanic." I said quickly. "Who are you?" I added.

"I'm Constable Nathan Birch. I'm the law here in Innsmouth and we don't take kindly to loitering tourist." He snapped and walked away.

I looked down the street that Ulrich and Odd had walked down and said under my breath: "Guys you had better hurry the hell up."

-Jeremy's POV-

I walked down the street towards the bar the cashier had told me about called "The Garden". It sounded nice but when I got to it I saw it was anything but that. It was a seedy looking place that looked like the kind of area a hooker would be murdered in. Suddenly the door was thrown open and a man was thrown out by some kind of bartender.

"And stay out you drunk!" He shouted.

He slammed the door behind him as the guy got up and started banging on the door. He soon gave up and started singing an Irish sounding drinking song. He then faced the building and started to urinate on the side of the building. He finished and zipped his fly and slumped against a streetlamp.

"Oy! Who's that there then? Show yerself!" the man hicced.

"Sir? My names Jeremy Belpois. I'm here with some friends from France." I started.

"Yeah best be movin' on there kiddie. Not many people foolish enough to stay in Innsmouth over night."

"What's your name sir?" I asked, trying to sound polite.

"Zadok! Zadok Allen. All though too few use it now."

"If you don't mind my asking sir, have you lived in this port your entire life?"

"Oh, oh yessir. All me life ever since I was a wee boy. Me dad was a fisherman just like his dad before him. I was here back when this town was a full blown city she were. The population was a good eight hundred something, now it's about two or three hundred."

"What happened?"

"Well, back in '44 a trader by the name of Obed Marsh set sail and ended up on a small island somewhere, the location long lost. The natives of that island worshipped evil undersea gods. They had all the fish they could catch and every once in awhile they were even rewarded with gold. All the gods wanted in return were the occasional sacrifice. Obed saw this as an opportunity, so he befriended the tribe leader, a savage by the name of Walekaiha. Walekaiha gave Obed a set of lead disk that could be used to summon the fish gods from anywhere as long as they were thrown into Open Ocean. Old Obed returned to Innsmouth and started preachin' his new ways. He was tellin' everyone why we should be worshippin' a god who ignores our prayers. Said we should worship gods who actually listen to our prayers. Said we should worship Father Dagon and Mother Hydra. Most called it blasphemy but he got a couple of people to listen to him."

"Sounds like an old ghost story to scare children." I said.

"Heh. Believe what you want kiddie but answer me this young'un. Why did the villagers hear his preachin' all over the port? Him speaking in a language that couldn't be human? Every month or so a person disappeared from the port and was never seen again. Suddenly, Obed was the richest person in town and so were his followers. Eventually more people joined ol' Obed's new barbaric ways. Then finally the local authorities did something about it and in the winter of '56 they jailed Obed and his followers. It was that night that the population of Innsmouth decreased by more than half. I was a wee lad at the time. Aboot ten methinks. Obed called on the power of his undersea gods to aid him. I watched from my window as they came in swarms. Huge creatures that defied nature. I could hear outside. Screaming, barking sounds, shots were fired. By morning Obed and his crew were released and the few people that survived were told to join Obed or die, but now Obed was in deeper debt to his undersea god's. Dagon wanted more than just sacrifice's, he wanted Obed and his followers to take the oaths of Dagon." Zadok paused. He looked like he was about to pass out.

"Zadok? Zadok! What are the oaths?" I asked. I was interested now. It was a habit of mine. If I got into something I wanted to learn more, but Obed passed out.

"No! Nuh-uh! He can't git me! Nope! He can't get me! The captains dead and in hell! And he's stayin thar! He can't get me! Nope!" he muttered in his sleep.

I stood and turned to leave and went back to the shop to grab the groceries.

"How'd it go?" the clerk asked me.

"Huh? Oh! He….was a….yeah….bit of a drunk…" I muttered lost in thought.

Odd's POV-

Ulrich and I returned to the bus followed by Jeremy a few minutes later. The bus driver was nowhere to be seen. The girls were sitting on a bench.

"Are we leaving?" Yumi asked as soon as she saw Ulrich.

She seemed really scared of something.

"No." Ulrich said.

"The damn place is closed. It looks like it has been closed for awhile." I said angrily.

"Maybe the bus driver will take us back to Arkham." Aelita said.

Just then, the bus driver walked out and was followed by a man in a red and blue stripped shirt and black pants with suspenders. His hair was a deep red and slicked back with something greasy looking.

"Kids the bus ain't going anywhere tonight. The motor's bust and it can't be fixed till morning." Joe Sargent said.

I felt like crying.

"Charlie here'll fix you up with a room for tonight." He said. He then turned and walked away.

The man with greasy hair nodded, looked at Aelita and said in deep voice "Evening ma'am." he said. He gave her a creepy look that looked like a stalker checking out a girl.

Then a man in a cop uniform walked up.

"Evening Charlie. The order's issued a curfew for the city. You best get these kids to their rooms." He said.

"Yessir." He said. He led us inside and we signed in at the desk and got our keys. He led us upstairs the second floor, where my room was. I stepped inside, turned and gave my friends one last look and closed the door behind me.