Chapter 4 A tale of the Westworld

Clinton locked his door and turned on the lamp by his bedstand.He took out the file from under his pillow and continued reading it from where he stopped at the office.

The file contained the day of his adoption by the sheriff,with the sheriff's signature underneath it. What seemed weird was the fact that the signature of the owner of the orphanage was somewhat similar to that of the sheriff's.He sure did know when someone was trying to forge his dad's signature.

He turned to the next section of the file which contained his medical report.Underneath the report was the name of the lab scientist who examined him, alongside the medical team of three.

"Marylyn Jones...... Ammie's mum" he read out the name. The other names weren't familiar,so he wrote them down in his jotter before going back to the report itself.It had weird scrambles all over behind it made by Ammie's mum.He pulled the light closer,strained his eye and was able to read out some of the scrambled writing.

"An hour without a heartbeat but specimen's still alive"

He wasn't sure about what he had just read.He reached for his chest and touched the location if his heart.It was functioning.He gently flipped through few pages of the file and saw the X marked names.They were the names which he had just taken down in his jotter.To him,it meant something had happened to the medical team.He flipped to the end of the the file and the word 'unofficially closed' was written at the center of the blank paper.

To him,this meant that something had happened to the team,reason for the closure of his case.He closed the file and slipped into his duvet,with his hand still on his chest.

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"Steph... Steph!"Daniel shook her out of her nightmares.She was sweating profusely. "Another nightmare?"he asked.

"More like a glimpse of the future"Steph grabbed the water beside her bed and gulped it all down.

"I've gotten a lead on Dianne"he told her.

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"I've been studying the scroll for days now.Although there are still parts left,I've been able to deduce the likely position of the point where the worlds meet"he rolled out the map of Westham on the paper and pinned it down with thumbtacks.

"Okay..."Dianne let him carry on.

"It all started from the battle of the worlds.According to the tale of the battle between our world and Westworld, there'd been a free access into both worlds,created by the witches of Avalon. They believed communication between both worlds would secure balance,but this didn't last as the Westworlders got greedy and began seeking permanent hosts in our world.The witches were against this,and decided to close this bridge."

He stopped and picked a small object from the table.

"Now this decision led to the war,which began at the North,where the witches lacked the army,then led the battle to the East of Westham,the origin land of witches"he placed the object on the east of the map.

During this war,the gods laid their intention to create the new order,by the blood of the witches. This meant they weren't on the side of the witches,and this created great enmity"

"Dan skip to the location of where the worlds meet"she interrupted.

"That will kill the suspense,I spent days learning about this"he cut her short,then continued. "Out of anger,the witches sacrificed themselves,one after the other,in the presence of a tree..."

"Quadxon"Steph chirped in,and he nodded.

"The quadxon signified two things..a curse on the new order of the gods and a gateway between both worlds.This took place south woods of Westham"he added.Steph looked at him in realization after he had marked another spot round the map and linked both lines.She took a glass cup and placed at the center of the linked lines.

"The gateway is in Strandford High"she said.

"More students in Strandford will be lost if we do not close the gateway before it's completely open"Dan said.He felt fulfilled, atleast.

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Von carried the black bag past the school's Hall, walking all the way down to the basement.He dropped the bag,which had a life body struggling in it and took out a knife.He carved the five pointed star on the ground,which was already rough from previous carvings,and recited some words.

The room began accumulating much wind,causing a rough atmosphere.The wind was directed towards the wall right in front of him.

He opened the bag,dragged the body out and forced her to kneel.After saying some sort of prayer,he slit her throat.

The blood splashed on the wall,and after few seconds,a crack appeared on the wall, emitting blue light.It cracked a bit more,before the light faded.

Von put the body back in the bag and took it out.

Brendan's mum, who'd been hiding at one corner of the building, witnessing everything,walked out with a smile on her face.She walked to the wall,cleaned the just spilled blood with a finger,then licked the finger.Her smile grew wider.

"It won't be long now..... mum"her voice sounded distorted,then she headed out.

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