"I don't really know how to tell you this, but Lucas isn't here. I checked, he was signed in this morning by Mr Carsen and hasn't been signed out but we can't seem to find him anywhere." The woman said, confirming both parents' suspicions. Eve turned to stone, freezing completely and sealing herself into the world in her head. Flynn on the other hand, began to break down. This broke Eve out of her daze and she turned to her husband and began to comfort him while also attempting to console herself. This wasn't right. She trusted this place with her child's life, and they had not followed through, and worse this woman in front of her and the man in the back room didn't seem to care that they had just turned the pair's lives on their heads. Eve and Flynn turned to leave, the three librarians who were waiting outside began attempting to comfort them.
"Once back in the Annex, having told the others the tale, the group began attempting to figure out why the clippings book would be trying to send them to a kidnapping case. This conversation regarding supernatural influence in their son's kidnapping did not help to ease either Flynn's or Eve's nerves. In fact, it increased it ten-fold. After Flynn told the story for the umpteenth time, Ezekiel perked up.
"Did you say the guy was wearing sunglasses and a black suit" he questioned. Flynn nodded. He ran in the direction of the closest stack and pulled out a book. Although it wasn't really a book, it was a game guide. "I was just thinking that sounded like the description of Slenderman, bar the sunglasses, that guy doesn't really have a face" Ezekiel pushed the book towards Eve and Flynn who were sitting together, hand in hand. "Did he look like this," he questioned.
"Don't be stupid, you idiot. Can't you see they are in enough pain as it is without you throwing video game creatures into the mix!" Jacob was starting towards Ezekiel, presumably about to hit him, when Flynn jumped out of his seat.
"Fear Dubh!" Flynn yelled. He then began running around the room, attempting to find a book on Scottish mythology.
"Mind repeating that at a speed the rest of us can understand," Eve chastised and stood up, following her husband around the room with her eyes.
"Fear Dubh. It's a Scottish myth. And an Irish myth. And I guess there is also a Romanian and Germanic version as well. Although that guy is slightly different. Anyways. Fear Dubh. Translates to 'The Dark Man'. Legend has it that he would steal children who dared to wander into the forest alone. Date back way into the 1600's. Really was just a tale to make children behave, but maybe this guy is real. Sounds like our guy though. He kept his hands in his pockets all the time. Fear Dubh doesn't have hands. Doesn't have eyes either, thus the sunglasses." Now Flynn was in a full blown spin. On his way around the table, Eve caught him around the waist and stopped him in his motions. She leant into him and kissed him.
"Are you seriously considering this?" she asked, and he nodded. "So I guess we should come up with a plan to get our son back."