" Specters , that the term we agreed on to call those creatures. Although some of us wanted to name them devils or demons , we finally settled on the term Specters . These creatures, the Specters , for an unknown reason enter the human body and nest in it . It's more akin to a possession of some sort . From the few subjects that we studied and observed, we noticed that this process go through several phases:
Phase one , it begins the moment the Specter enter the human body . The victim, which we call the possessed , is unaware of the Specter's presence . All tests conducted proved that no changes happen to the possessed's body and mental.
Phase Two , the possessed attitude , personality and behaviours underwent subtle changes that became more and more apparent with time .
Phase Three , the Specter influence and push the possessed into doing ignoble acts to the point of driven them crazy .
In this phase, most of the possessed became aware of the Specter's presence , some even manage to communicate with them .
Until now we only had patients that showed signs of the three first phases but we believe that there are even more, but we could only wait and do further observation to a certain that.
Dr.Moon , Journal of the unknown
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To be continued …."
Logan, who was sitting quietly on his chair, suddenly felt a cold shiver run down his spine.
Tic .
The door opened and two people entered the room, they sat on the chairs opposed his .
"Good morning, Mr.Farley , I'm Xia city's special affair department chief , Alanna O'Hanly, and this is Inspector Henry Collins" she pointed at the young man beside her "We hope that you'll help us catch the culprit behind yesterday incident, if it's not too much to ask from you"
"I will, It's just that I have already told everything to the detective, yesterday"
"Yes, but we are not going to have a question answer session , we will perform another form of interrogation"
Collins took off his glasses and put them on the table.
"Another form of interrogation ?" Logan was taken aback "What do you mean ?"
'they are not going to torture me , are they?'
Instead of responding, Chief O'Hanly smiled. A smile devoted of any warmth .
Logan was scared, he turned toward Collins and the second his gaze met with the other's , Logan's eyes became lifeless .
Chief O'Hanly turned to Collins "Can we start ?"
Collins looked at her , his eyes were no longer human's .The black pupils and the irises vanished leaving only a sea of whiteness.
Collins extended his hand and Chief O'Hanly took it. They both closed their eyes and stopped moving.
******
"Hey , Have you seen the new episode ? it was released yesterday" A male student excitedly asked his friend .
The classroom was as noisy as ever, the students were in groups chatting and gossiping about this and that, everything beside studies .
Collins and Chief O'Hanly were quietly standing at the back watching them.
"Here is Logan Farley" Collins pointed at the boy sitting beside the window, looking at the sky.
Chief O'Hanly and Collins approached him and stood behind him waiting.
The school bell rung, the math teacher entered the classroom . After checking the attendance, he started his lesson and turned to the board .
Chief O'Hanly looked at the clock on the class's wall "It's 8:08 am , the Slaughterer entered the class at 9:00 , let's speed up a little"
Collins nodded and closed his white eyes. The surroundings started shifting, the student and teacher movement became fast and blurry, it only stopped when the clock hand hit 9 o'clock.
Chief O'Hanly and Collins turned their attention to the door.
The moment has come, they are finally going to see who that Slaughterer was .
The door opened!
A figure clad in a black long rain coat, black military boots and pants , with the hood covering half his face . He walked in and started his massacre.
"Huh, What wrong?" Chief O'Hanly approached the Slaughterer and looked straight at his face , the latter kept advancing , busy with his slaughter and passed through Chief O'Hanly .
"Why is his face blurry ? I can't make out what he looks like"
"That's how Logan 's memory is, I can't change it , it seems that he didn't see clearly the Slaughterer's face "
"Are you sure no one has tempered with his memories?"
Collins fixed the blurry face , once again the Slaughterer passed through his body "No outsider can change someone memory with such accuracy, it the original memory who is made like this "
Chief O'Hanly sighed disappointed.
The massacre stopped, only Logan was left.
He fell on the ground, the Slaughterer approached him, slowly dragging his bloody axe through the floor.
"Logan Farley must have been able to see his complete face once he fell on the ground, why is it still blurry?"
"I'm not sure" Collins couldn't find a good explanation.
Did the fear blind the boy to such extent ? or …'perhaps it's one of the slaughterer's abilities' but then if he guaranteed that no one could identify him why eliminate every witness left behind ?
As Collins was lost in thought, the Slaughterer lifted up his axe with both arms and swung it down!
Then Blackout.
Literally everything turned black , beside the gleaming figures of Chief O'Hanly and Collins .
"What happened ?" O'Hanly asked .
"The memory ends here" Collins sighed "The boy must have fainted"
O'Hanly nodded "The Slaughterer was about to finish Farley off" She recalled the scene she just saw, everything went black just when the axe was about to touch Farley's neck thus , they couldn't know whether or not it reached the boy "Can you reboot to the last second of the fragment?"
Collins nodded and his eyes changed once more along with their surroundings.
The bloodied classroom appeared again, the heads, the Slaughterers frozen with the axe mid-air ,the frightened Farley on the ground .
O' Hanley approached the pair and this time she stared at Farley.
Fear was writing on his face, his eyes reflected his horrors and no abnormal reaction was apparent , no shifts, no changes in his eyes , nothing .
"Okay, let's head back"
Collins obeyed and closed his eyes .
Unbeknownst to them , among the laying heads, one moved!
The male's head swept its eyes toward the two , its lips arced up and up until its reached the ears forming a disfigured grin .
*****
Back to the interrogation room,
O'Hanly opened her eyes.
Collins did the same, his eyes reverted to normal. He lifted his hand in front of Farley's eyes and snapped his fingers .
Like if released from and invisible force, Farley collapsed on the table .
Tic!
The door opened and Leonard entered the room , he glanced at the boy then at the two .
"Welcome back" He leaned his back on the wall and crossed his arms "how was your little trip?"
"Not as fruitful as I wished it to be" O'Hanly sighed regretfully .
Leonard lifted up an eyebrow "Weren't you able to identify the Slaughterer?"
"No" This time it was Collins who responded "For some reasons, the Slaughterer face was blurred up and just as he was about to attack the boy the memory ended, leaving us without much clues"
Leonard frowned "Another trick from the Slaughterer?"
"It's possible, maybe he used an artifact to mask his face " Collins glanced at the boy then at O'Hanly "What should we do with him , now ?"
"No sign of transformation or anything of sort, he looked and acted like a normal human from end to start , but …" chief O'Hanly glanced at the sleeping boy " This boy gives me a weird feeling , I would like you to investigate his past further , just to be sure"
Both men understood her worries , if he turns out to be possessed and they let him slip their hands , it would sooner or later create another tragedy.
"As soon as he wakes up , I'll search his memories , however to view the 17 years of his life , it's going to take sometimes, as I can't stay more than twenty minutes in his mind, he also needs to rest between the session , it would take probably around a week "
"No problem, we will keep him here in the meantime, let's tell him that we are afraid that the Slaughterer may come back to kill him"
"Now, excuse me, I have to edit the Slaughterer profile"
O'Hanly left the room to return to her office.
Collins and Leonard didn't stay there either, they left the room and walked side by side in the corridor.
"Things are really bad, aren't they?" Leonard said in a sigh.
"Are you talking about the 'Slaughterer' incident ? or the current rise of cases we are experiencing lately ?"
"There is more and more cases these days, don't you think something is preparing in the dark ? I have a feeling that a humongous wave is approaching, bringing no good"
"Whatever is coming we have to face it, that's our duty …Oh, talking about duty!"
Collins took his phone and read the new message .
"Are they calling you over ?" Leonard asked and pressed the elevator call button.
"Yeah , a cleaning job"
"It must be tiring to have your ability, not only you have to perform as an interrogator but as a cleaner as well , I can't image your workload"
"Unfortunately, one can't choose his ability, Well , my master has said that my job won't be easy but I still wholeheartedly followed on his footsteps"
The elevator arrived and the doors opened , Collins entered it "Well then , see you"
"Yeah , see ya" Leonard stood in front of the elevator and only left when the doors completely slid shut .
Vrrr!
His phone vibrated in his pocket, Leonard took it and after reading the message, he took the elevator and headed toward his office.