Saint Lysander Institute for disturbed children, Chicago, September 1st 2009
Chrysanthos Stavros was in a therapy room wishing he was dead, sitting across the table from him was Dr Erica Pines. A camera in the corer recorded his every twitch.
Chryanthos was generally dark and brooding but he wasn't always suicidal, there were times during his treatment where Chryanthos genuinely believed his life was worth living. Unfortunately, his doctor insisted on having the Hanna Montana theme song playing in the background on an infinite loop. After 7 minutes of listening to "best of both worlds" Chrysanthos officially decided there was nothing left to live for.
"During the spring and summer plants go crazy around me, during the fall and winter my presence drains the life out of them."
"So you believe you have the power to control plants?" the doctor asked and Chryanthos nodded no "I can't control the way I effect plants its just something that happens around me."
"When did you first notice this...effect, do you believe this effect is in any way related to the demons you see?" "I've always had this effect, but I didn't start seeing the monsters until I was 13, about twice a year one of them would attack me and I would have to outrun them. It wasn't until 3 months ago that one of them attacked me in my home."
Chryanthos told the doctor once again about the day his father was killed by a woman with ghostly white skin, flaming hair and sharp fangs. Chryanthos described the scene to his doctor in as much graphic detail as possible, he told his doctor about how he saw his father ripped apart before his eyes. How his father died trying to save him.
He'd told the story a hundred times. The doctors didn't believe that Chryanthos's father was killed by a vampire, they told Chryanthos that he was afraid and that he had projected the image of a monster onto the woman's face.
Chryanthos finished talking and then came the part where Dr Pines said it was easier for him to believe he was the victim of a demonic conspiracy than to accept that the person who murdered his father was human.
A old woman in a black pinstripe suit walked into the room and halted the therapy session. The woman in the suit said very bluntly "Chrysanthos Stavros, get up your coming with me"
Chryanthos stood up and his doctor huffed indignantly "Let me guess you're an FBI agent or detecitve or someone here to question Chryanthos about his father's murder."
The woman in the suit laughed then handed Dr Pines her card.
"I'm Alecto Dodd's, from Fire & Brimstone Attorneys at law, I represent the boy's mother Korra Rich. The boy is to be released immediently."
Dr Pines inspected the blank index card, her mind projecting onto the paper what she thought a lawer's bussiness card should look like.
Alecto materialized a scorpion whip out of thin air and snapped it at the camera in the corner. As soon as the end of the whip touched the camera there was an blue spark and the camera was fried.
Dr Erica Pines didn't notice this, Chryanthos wondered if he'd just imagined it. Miss Dodds took Chryanthos by the hand (her grip was like steel) and dragged Chryanthos out of the therapy room.
As Miss Dodds led Chryanthos out of the building, Chryanthos noticed that she would snap her whip at every single camera they came across.
Parked outside the institute was a limo being driven by a skeleton man. Right after they got outside and Chryanthos saw this he broke away from Miss Dodds "I know you're not human, you're a monster and you've come here to kill me, so just get it over with already. It's not like I have anything to live for"
Miss Dodds grabbed Chryanthos again and pulled him into the car with her. Leathery wings unfolded from her back and her eyes turned into burning coals.
Chryanthos Stavros closed his eyes and braced himself for getting his guts ripped out. Instead the demonic hag just laughed at him then turned to the driver and said "Take us to camp half-blood"
Two hours later, police detectives would come to St Lysander's, hoping too question Chryanthos Stavros yet again about his father's murder.
Detectives Coppers and Richards arrived at the Aslym to find Chyrsanthos missing. Apparently there was no record of a Korra Rich, Alecto Dodds, or a Fire and Brimstone laywer firm anywhere. Apparently the identity of his mother was unknown.
This would make the 7th ADHD or Dyslexic child to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances since August the 19th. Later that day these disappearance would officially become a federal investigation. Agents Sofia Romanov and Kyle Long were assigned the case.
