Sorry it took me awhile to update. My mom handed me this Charles De Lint book and I've been reading it, like, non-stop. lol...I'm such a dork. Also sorry this chapter is so short, I have writer's block :S
After leaving Josef's office I decided to call Beth to see if she's done working. We really needed to start investigating the case and looking for the girl. Of course the police were already looking for her, but I definitely wasn't going to sit back and eat popcorn while they did all the work. And anyways, we didn't have much time left. According to that riddle we have until ' the sun reaches the sky'. It's 9:00 p.m. and the sun rises at about 5 a.m., so we've got only about 8 hours until that girl is dead.
Pushing that morbid thought out of my mind completely I walked into Josef's living room and pulled out my cell phone. I dialed Beth's number and counted three rings until she finally picked up.
"Hello?"
"Hey Beth, It's Kate. Are you done with your story yet?"
"Yeah, I'm on my way to Mick's as we speak."
"OK, I'll see you in a few minutes then."
We hung up and I walked back to Josef's office to tell him I was leaving. I thought about not telling him. He would seriously get pissed if I did that. I smiled, making Josef mad would be fun, but I'll tell him anyways. I didn't bother to knock this time, I just walked right in since the door was already slightly open.
"Ah, back already?" he said with a smirk.
"Yep, miss me?"
Before he could answer I interrupted,"I'm just coming to tell you I'm going back to Mick's place."
He got up,"I'll drive you there."
"I can drive Josef."
"Yes, but you're not going out alone. Psycho killer out to get you remember?"
I glared at him,"I can take care of myself."
"I'm still going," he said firmly,"I'm not taking any chances."
"Why do you care?"
"Why do you think?" he said and brushed past me and out the door,"Let's go."
I rolled my eyes and followed.
It surprisingly only took us 15 minutes to get there, but that was probably because Josef went about 20 m.p.h. over the speed limit, dodging cars with his enhanced reflexes. If I wasn't in such a bad mood, I'd say it was fun. Neither of us spoke the whole drive there. Without a word I got out of his car and walked into the building where Mick lived. I could feel Josef watching me until I was completely inside.
A few minutes later I'm sitting on Mick's couch scanning the list of abandoned churches we made earlier. Luckily, most of them were in the L.A. area.
"OK," I said and handed the list back to Mick,"Let's go."
Six hours later and we've been to 17 out of 20 churches. Now we're heading to the next one, all exhausted and eager to get this over with.
This church is practically in the middle of nowhere. It's located a little ways outside of town. The only building for 3 miles. Odd place to put a church, dont'cha think?
When I got out of Mick's car I gazed at the building. There weren't any lights near here, so it was pretty dark. It would be really hard to see the church at all, that is, if I wasn't a vampire with amazing night vision. It looked almost exactly the same as all the other churches, except it looked like it hadn't been used for a lot longer than the others. For one, the bushes and plants were out of control, growing all over the place. Also, the stone walls of the church looked faded and eaten away by time and most of the stained glass windows were broken.
I was about to comment its run-down appearance to Mick and Beth, but stopped abruptly. I heard something. The slightest rustle, heavy breathing, struggling, a whimper.
Without thinking I ran up the big stone steps and up to the huge wooden doors. I pushed them open, surprisingly heavy even for me, and ran inside.
I stopped.
Why did I stop? Was it because the doors behind me shut and locked? No. Was it because Beth was shouting and Mick was unsuccessfully trying to break the door down? Nope. It had to be because I had a horrible feeling on the pit of my stomach about this place. No. That wasn't it.
It was because of the person standing before me, smiling evilly. Suddenly I felt sick.
I swear, If it was possible for my heart to actually break, it would have crumbled to pieces.
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