The young residents of Oasis were determined to fight the
demons invading their town. Their plan was weak but they were ready for
battle. Or so they thought.
“If we begin the fight on our own, then they’ll be finally forced to
confront the demons,” David said. “It’s over for us one way or the
other, so we might as well go down fighting.”
“Make sure to inform Todd and Sam. That’s the only way this plan will work,” Linda said to the priest.
“I’ll go right away,” said the Father, pulling on his coat.
Linda watched as the priest hurried out the door. He had accepted her
story about Wolf and The Dead a little too easily—without asking even
one question. She hoped that she was just being paranoid and that the
priest didn’t have his own ulterior motive—like everyone else seemed to
have in this town.
Turning to leave, she spotted someone standing inside the front door;
eavesdropping on their whispered conversation. She peered closer and was
shocked to recognize the priest’s housekeeper. Why would the
housekeeper be interested in what they’d been discussing? And why was
she hiding? Linda mentally added this person to her ever-growing list of
suspects.
Meanwhile, Father John was hurrying across the street to the
sheriff’s office. He rushed inside and blurted out loud, “Linda and her
friends are going to Wolf’s house to confront him; you and Todd must
meet them there before they get themselves into trouble.”
“How stupid could they be?” Sam was the only officer on duty: Carl was
off somewhere on his own.“Thank you, Father. Todd and I will take care
of this immediately.”
Father John turned away to leave the office. Before he completely turned
his face away, Sam thought he saw a weird green light reflected in the
Father’s usually calm blue eyes. He hoped that they didn’t have another
enemy to contend with as he watched the priest walk very slowly
from his office and across the street. Detecting no further indication
that the Father was anything but what he appeared to be, he calmed down a
little—but he unfortunately knew that appearances could be very
deceiving.
He called Todd to update him on the new development in town. Todd
replied that he was heading right over to Wolf’s house before Linda and
her friends got themselves killed—or even worse.
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