Thread: Book Club Meeting (ATTN: Stan, JD, Anatole, Beckett ONLY 5/5/10)

Stan’s message had been simple and clear. A time, a location, who would be there, the topic of Solomon, and a request for Beckett to attend if time allowed. Tonight he awoke with a sense or urgency and trepidation. Not often would this gathering be possible and the possibility of its implications hang heavy on him. He walked the grounds making sure their were 4 ways in and out so their noted guest could arrive privately and leave just as covertly. The cottage was striped of any possible device that could give away tonight’s events.
He was seated in his chair, a file full of notes and an important book rested on his lap. Everything related to the seals he had unearthed since coming to Lamar 10 months ago was in his hand. No one, not even Maddy knew what all was in there, the private visions, notes he doesn’t even remember writing, everything. That first night, when the light shined down on him, the bells rang and the clock ticked, was the start of it for him. It was all there, to be laid out before their honored guest. He stood and moved out of the office to his car and out into the city. He drove for thirty minutes, turning randomly before he and the car simply vanished from the streets.

Shadows shift and move in a corner of the room, than he is there, sitting in a chair his eyes closed as he mutters softly in French

"Father I have arrived, this is the next place on the list, it is the place I'm supposed to be."

He opens his eyes and looks around, soft brown eyes staring out of his dirty face, framed by wild hair, he is dressed little better than a dumpster diver, but in his eyes, and in his ping you recognize not only a brother, but one that is deeply connected.

Maddalena smiles as she hears the quiet voice in the corner. She moves to sit in one of the chairs that have been set at a table.

"Welcome brother."

He looks at her, unkempt an air of staleness about him, something almost but not quite sour. He smiles, showing his fangs still.

"There is much to discuss here. Events are moving forward, things will happen here that will set the course of destiny."

JD arrives outside and walks to the appointed entrance... he rings the bell then waits...

Maddalena opens the door and motions JD inside quickly, scanning the area outside to make sure no one followed him.

"Mr. Holt, thank you for coming" she says as she closes the door behind him. "Please make yourself at home." She moves to Anatole and looks at JD with a smile "Brother, this is JD Holt. He's come to read the book with us."

JD covers his heart with his right hand and bows in a formal manner to all in the room and studies the person he doesn't know for a bit. "You have me at a disadvantage..."

Stan steps out of the shadows of the woods in the clearing behind the hospital were the family sometimes meets. His eyes scan the keepers house across the way. His hands clutch the documents in the folder. In his mind he hears one voice say they are not ready, another claim it is already too late, but the one that simply chuckles is the one that scares him the most.
He watches as JD makes his way across the courtyard to the small building, another brother was there, he could feel. He just hoped none of the others would feel it in time to interrupt. He looked down at the watch as the door shut, wondering if his letter had reached Becket in time, not even sure if he would answer it. A smile forms on his face as he begins to think of all the chaos that is starting because of this one event. He steps from the woods and moves quietly to the cabin.
As he reaches the door only one though is going through his head. “Time to see what happens when we light the fuse.” He reaches for the door handle, stopping just inches from it. His eyes glass over as he looks around for anything that shouldn’t be there, he looks up to scan the sky, wondering what forms if any he will see. As his hand touches the handle his mind connects to the network that combines all the children of the moon and the walls of his mind close down and the smile fades from his face.
As the door slides open he nodes slightly to those inside. He looks out one last time before closing the door. He simply moves and takes a seat in the first available chair.