Buzzword Unanswered Part 3
Flashback 2016
Going into the church had been hard enough for Shax. Fortunately the human he was possessing made it possible, but he had to try very hard not to flinch. He had to pretend that being in the presence of the priest wasn't an issue for him. He literally cringed as the man blessed the bottle of water that Ryan was carrying. He made sure that Ryan labeled the bottle so he wouldn't accidentally drink the holy water.
What Ryan didn't know was that Shax managed to contact the demons that infested the Sallie House. There were actually four demons that lived on the properly currently, all of them invisible to the human eye. He was going to have a lot of fun with Ryan at that location. He'd gotten special permission from Beelzebub herself to show the existence of those specific demons.
"If you want to eat my heart, turn the light on." He said and laughed when the flashlight turned on and Ryan actually screamed like a girl. He, of course, could see the demons manipulating the flashlight. None of the humans could. The whole night was perfectly hilarious as far as Shax was concerned. He was pretty sure that Ryan literally shit himself at one point. It was definitely a very entertaining evening for the demon.
2019
"Ryan, Ryan! You have to watch this." The camera man said as they were packing up their gear.
"See what?" Ryan asked, looking at the camera man like he had a second head. He looked around to make sure that Shane wasn't anywhere near them. He handed Ryan an earbud that was plugged into his camera and then pressed play. The whole thing played out on the little view finder and Ryan just watched it, completely amazed.
"What do you think?" The camera man asked. Ryan pulled the earbud out of his ear and looked at the camera man for a moment.
"So how long ago did you and Shane set this up?" Ryan asked with an eyebrow.
"What are you talking about? Dude, this is real." The camera man said.
"Yeah, okay. Shane's a demon. Ha ha." Ryan shook his head and just got back to work packing up. The camera man turned and Shane was standing right behind him.
"Hey there, buddy. Whatcha got there?" He asked as he grabbed the camera to look at the footage. "Think we could have a little talk about this over there?" Shane pointed to a room off to the side.
"Um....sure...." The camera man said. They went into the room for a few minutes and then came out again. When they did, the camera man's eyes were a little glazed over and Shane tucked the memory card into his pocket.
"Hey, we're missing a memory card." Ryan said as he looked through everything when they got back to their office.
"Are we? Huh." Shane said, looking around with Ryan. "Oh, wait." Shane pulled the memory card out of his pocket and handed it to Ryan. "Charlie asked me to look after that."
"Oh, okay. Cool." Ryan took the memory card and started going through everything. He noticed that the footage just kind of cut off in a strange place, like part of the memory card had been erased.
"You didn't do anything to this, did you?" Ryan asked.
"No, why?" Shane pushed his glasses up. Of course he'd deleted the footage of himself talking to Crowley. That didn't need to get out there.
"It just stops in a weird place, that's all." Ryan shrugged. He was still in the process of reviewing the footage from that night when Margaret came to the office door.
"Hey, did you guys hear about Charlie?" She asked as she looked at the two of them.
"No, what happened?" Ryan asked. Shane appeared completely uninterested.
"He quit. No notice, nothing. Just said that he couldn't work here anymore and left. I guess whatever happened at that bookshop really got to him." She shrugged. "He said something about a monastery......."
"That's really weird." Ryan furrowed his brow.
"Well, I hope he's okay." Shane said with absolutely no inflection at all. Margaret just nodded and then walked away. Ryan looked at Shane for a long time. The footage that Charlie had shown Ryan of Shane talking to that guy Crowley was missing and now Charlie was quitting and going to a monastery. He had some serious investigating to do on his own.
Going into the church had been hard enough for Shax. Fortunately the human he was possessing made it possible, but he had to try very hard not to flinch. He had to pretend that being in the presence of the priest wasn't an issue for him. He literally cringed as the man blessed the bottle of water that Ryan was carrying. He made sure that Ryan labeled the bottle so he wouldn't accidentally drink the holy water.
What Ryan didn't know was that Shax managed to contact the demons that infested the Sallie House. There were actually four demons that lived on the properly currently, all of them invisible to the human eye. He was going to have a lot of fun with Ryan at that location. He'd gotten special permission from Beelzebub herself to show the existence of those specific demons.
"If you want to eat my heart, turn the light on." He said and laughed when the flashlight turned on and Ryan actually screamed like a girl. He, of course, could see the demons manipulating the flashlight. None of the humans could. The whole night was perfectly hilarious as far as Shax was concerned. He was pretty sure that Ryan literally shit himself at one point. It was definitely a very entertaining evening for the demon.
2019
"Ryan, Ryan! You have to watch this." The camera man said as they were packing up their gear.
"See what?" Ryan asked, looking at the camera man like he had a second head. He looked around to make sure that Shane wasn't anywhere near them. He handed Ryan an earbud that was plugged into his camera and then pressed play. The whole thing played out on the little view finder and Ryan just watched it, completely amazed.
"What do you think?" The camera man asked. Ryan pulled the earbud out of his ear and looked at the camera man for a moment.
"So how long ago did you and Shane set this up?" Ryan asked with an eyebrow.
"What are you talking about? Dude, this is real." The camera man said.
"Yeah, okay. Shane's a demon. Ha ha." Ryan shook his head and just got back to work packing up. The camera man turned and Shane was standing right behind him.
"Hey there, buddy. Whatcha got there?" He asked as he grabbed the camera to look at the footage. "Think we could have a little talk about this over there?" Shane pointed to a room off to the side.
"Um....sure...." The camera man said. They went into the room for a few minutes and then came out again. When they did, the camera man's eyes were a little glazed over and Shane tucked the memory card into his pocket.
"Hey, we're missing a memory card." Ryan said as he looked through everything when they got back to their office.
"Are we? Huh." Shane said, looking around with Ryan. "Oh, wait." Shane pulled the memory card out of his pocket and handed it to Ryan. "Charlie asked me to look after that."
"Oh, okay. Cool." Ryan took the memory card and started going through everything. He noticed that the footage just kind of cut off in a strange place, like part of the memory card had been erased.
"You didn't do anything to this, did you?" Ryan asked.
"No, why?" Shane pushed his glasses up. Of course he'd deleted the footage of himself talking to Crowley. That didn't need to get out there.
"It just stops in a weird place, that's all." Ryan shrugged. He was still in the process of reviewing the footage from that night when Margaret came to the office door.
"Hey, did you guys hear about Charlie?" She asked as she looked at the two of them.
"No, what happened?" Ryan asked. Shane appeared completely uninterested.
"He quit. No notice, nothing. Just said that he couldn't work here anymore and left. I guess whatever happened at that bookshop really got to him." She shrugged. "He said something about a monastery......."
"That's really weird." Ryan furrowed his brow.
"Well, I hope he's okay." Shane said with absolutely no inflection at all. Margaret just nodded and then walked away. Ryan looked at Shane for a long time. The footage that Charlie had shown Ryan of Shane talking to that guy Crowley was missing and now Charlie was quitting and going to a monastery. He had some serious investigating to do on his own.
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