Meet Me At Full Moon

Meet Me At Full Moon

CHAPTER TWO

The sirens.It sounded too personal.There were five of them The dodge charger.All black with the sirens blaring too loud above them.The sound was piercing.Piercing that the priest wondered how the police felt comfortable being to close to their cars and still communicate normally.The cars formed an arc behind the priest's hastily parked vehicle.There were ambulances coming through the gate and leaving as well.The children were been taken care.Same as Sister Dominica.Paramedics and Forensic analysts swarmed the whole church yard.The caution tape was masked all over the place.Odd as it may sound,the church today is practically a crime scene.Karl was laid on a stretcher.A crew of paramedics attended to him.One filled a syringe with his blood sample and walked over to the regent delivering with care into her hands.She collected it from him and tucked it in the inside pocket of her black denim jean jacket.She slid her hands into her pants pocket shoving the jacket backwards as she exposed her red cotton turtle neck top tucked into her pants.She wore the Regent's badge that came down to the navel level.Her hair was bright blonde that was neatly packed to a ponytail that trailed down mid her back.She held her head high just like always.With her cocky attitude,she seemed satisfied with the power bestowed on her but people from the outside always sees her as a normal helpless widow. Her gait was of the one you could best describe with over confidence.She walked upto the priest both looking down on Karl who is lying on the stretcher.They where brushing shoulders or rather say she was brushing her shoulders against his arm.

"Father."She said eyes still down on Karl.

"Oh Regent."The priest said sheepishly and brought out his hand as she took it and shook it vigorously before letting go.

"How long has he been out?"She asked and for the first time peered into the priest's eyes.They showed nothing but stress.

"Long enough for me to get worried.This was the exact same state I met him when I came back."The priest said hands in pocket too.

"Can we talk in the car?I believe you know the walls has eyes."She said.

"After you Regent."The priest expressed with his hands for the Regent to go first.They got into the car and slammed the door shut after which the Regent wound up the windows.

"I have been watching you for a while now priest."Said the Regent as she pulled down the sun shade to grab a packet of cigarette.

"What do you mean you've been watching me?."The priest asked with a frown of confusion masked on his face.

"Of course you don't want me to believe you think am a coward or do you?"She said with a stick of cigarette in between her glossy lips.

"I'm yet to get the hang of what you are saying Regent."The priest with a sigh.

"Father,you know the rules.You know what we do in this town."She said passing the packet of cigarette to the priest but he waved his hand with a sign of distaste on his face.

"Are we talking about him Rose?"He asked calling her by the name.

"Hidden Springs have lived almost a decade without any case of supernatural attacks.You know how much we've decided against having the dark ones amongst us.Possession of such a dark power is one of the way beyond our abilities and system of believe.You know what I mean priest."She paused fiddling with the lighter.

"You know,what happened today has already been spread throughout this town and has brewed the premonition that we have the devils in our midst."She continued as she shifted looking at the priest straight in his gloomy dark chocolate eyes looking as mean as ever.

"And what do you intend to do about it?"The priest asked looking out through the windshades to the gates.Before the Regent could open her mouth to talk,a soft tap came to the driver's side tempered glass.Regent wound down the glass and a paramedic in mask said something to her that the priest couldn't figure out.She hastily opened the door and hurried over the hall with the paramedic.Something was amiss and the priest felt it.

"Karl."He thought again. He burst the door open.Looking over to the spot the Karl was laid .There was no sign of him.

Over there!The ambulance was leaving.The priest felt alarmed and rushed to his car but his tires were already deflated.The Regent has successfully played him.She looked at him from over her shoulder and pursed her mouth in a self-satisfying smug as she walked into the orphanage.

"Kidnapping Karl will be your first screw up."The priest swore under his breath.He couldn't help but leaned on his dusty Kia Forte but then his eyes caught something.The rags.Rather what was left of his pyjamas.He made for it.Stooping down,he picked up the piece of blood stained cloth and something shiny fell to his shoes.

"A Moonstone".

I hissed in pain as I fluttered my eyes open but then came the stinging sensation that made me shut them quickly.I peeked my eyes open again, this time slowly trying to adjust them to the rays of light.A strong bang came to my head causing me to wince.It came with a whooshing sound of pulsatile buzzing sound to my left ear.No to both ears I think. All I could remember was Sister Magareta screaming and then I saw Damian and Nathaniel lying dead in a very bad state.Everything around me looked surreal.I can hear voices in my head.Whispers rather.It was all disturbing as it kept getting louder.My eyes began to adjust to the environment.

"What is this place?"I asked myself as I jerked up from my sitting position quickly but was pulled down by a force.It came with a clattering sound of chains.A belt of steel was fastened around my hands seperately giving me the freedom to both arms freely. Not too freely rather.My ankles were tied down to the polished dark floor as well.The restraints were clamped to two huge boulders both sideways with me in between them.

Hunger.It came coursing my system with a strong hit.Now it already downed to me that am in a cell.I couldn't figure out what time it is already.There's not a single window in the cell and the only source of light breaking in was from the hallway leading to the the exit.I stood up and made for the one bars that held me in check.Now am not only a prisoner to myself but also held here by them.I held unto them and with my head placed on the cold rod,I strained my neck as far as I can see.The ice cold bar was soothing at least.There was nothing in sight except for cells similar to mine line up to the door on the left.On the right was a dead end of polished white brick walls.Looking down to the restraints,I felt grateful it was of a meaningful lenght.There was nobody in sight but my sense of hearing was incredibly acute.I can make out sound two miles away from me and also be able to picture what or who made sound.Last week till date had not been the best of experiences for me.Nightmares upon nightmares.Shape-shifting always takes a ton on me.I always black out after every turn.A sound came.I was sure of it.Not the jigging sound in my ear.It was clear and the sound was getting closer as every second edged by.The engine revved closer and closer.A speeding truck almost two miles away from my cell.It doesn't sound too good.Their heartbeats pounded my ears.Almsot three times faster than that of a normal human being.Six of them.I can feel their pulses jamming my temple.Then I heard the sound.The click of silver against steel.Someone was loading a rifle.This is no good.Now,I realized they haven't captured me yet.They are still coming for me.There's still one question in my mind which is "Who are they?And what do they want with a twelve year old boy like me?"