Chapter 22
Satanism seemed in the news today. There had ofcourse been that incident in California, where a devil-worshiper manipulated a young girl into suicide yet somehow beat justice. It had happenned again. A suicide bombing, seemingly done in Satan's name. Was this connected to the other incident? Or had Internuntius Caligo started something that he couldn't stop even if he wanted to? Preachers like Caleb had talked for years about wide-spread devil worship. Some even performed by those in power. Now it seemed he might actually be right about a few things. International attention was focused on the upcoming elections in Sloboda, particularly Karadizc's pledge to purge vampires and werewolves from their country. President Obama was stressing diplomacy at the moment. Romney and Wilkins were hesitant to give an official response just yet. The possibility that the U.S. might intervene to prevent genocide against these alleged "monsters" had provoked a response from the general. He claimed to have an army, of the devil's spawn at his command. Karadizc had never claimed to be on God's side neccesarily. Always said his only allegiance was to the human population. Now he was willing to be on Satan's team. The general said this army would fight against vampires, werewolves, and U.S. soldiers if they invaded. Most of the world saw this as part of the superstitious pre-scientific beliefs in the Balkans. It seemed similar to when Clinton sent troops to Haiti to put down a coup. The leader of the coup claimed to have an army of zombies. That threat never materialized. Few outside Sloboda took this threat too seriously. But some did, and they were very troubled by this. Amongst them were Rupert Giles and his girlfriend Jenny Calander. They wondered what they could do about this disturbing development.