Arizona
4 September 1999 / 2pm: When Mike called me, I offered to help immediately. Mike has been a friend for many years and I could not deny him my help. I never anticipated anything like this. It wasn't until I heard the singularity of events in his case that I spoke with Bastien. Immolation is a purification ritual, this man is cleansing his victims. Fire-spitting or throwing demons are fairly common place. I believe the Devil can take many forms, and I am convinced that the perpetrator of these crimes has sold his soul or been possessed by an evil spirit. The details of this case have no scientific explaination because the perpetrator is not of this world.
7 September 1999 / 3am: What have I done? I should have come alone and not introduced the others into this debacle. I am very worried about Bryn. She has not been herself. At first, the death of her friend seemed a blow to her spirit, but she doesn't seem to think about it anymore. She seems distracted, almost disoriented. She professes fitness, but I detect a weariness behind her eyes that is very uncharacteristic. Her sleep is troubled. She disappears for hours during the day. Bastien is as unyielding as always. He instists they remain until the conclusion of this event. I'm not sure why. Reese and Sidney are due to arrive shortly from Dallas. I spoke with Reese briefly habout my suspicions and he's agreed to keep an eye on Bryn for the duration of thsi assignment. I do hope she made some progress on the notes before she dissappeared. This demon must be stopped.
8 September 1999 / 3am: I found Bryn's notes on her desk. She seems to have been on to something with the Milton quote. Later in the same book there is another passage I found interesting:
622 O Myriads of immortal Spirits, O Powers
Matchless, but with th' Almighty, and that strife
Was not inglorious, though th' event was dire,
625 As this place testifies, and this dire change
Hateful to utter: but what power of mind
Foreseeing or presaging, from the Depth
Of knowledge past or present, could have fear'd,
How such united force of Gods, how such
630 As stood like these, could ever know repulse?
The whole portion of this is here, but I doubt if much more is relevant. He seems to be calling forth some great force from beyond. I should talk this over with Bastien immediately.
10 September 1999 / 6pm: This past night was one I hope never to repeat. I nearly wept to see Bryn's broken body on that alter. Thank God she's safe. It seems that she will remain in the hospital for some time, but her injuries are no longer life threatening. We got to her in time. The credit for her life goes to Reese, without him, we would have lost her. I only hope her spirit can be repaired as quickly as her body. The demon has been returned to the abyss whence he came and the world would seem to be safe for another day. We must not lose our vigilance, for the throngs of Hell are clamoring at the door. Take heed and listen to their cries, but do not be swayed by them. This is the message we all must take.
Case Reference Number: 1024
Case Status: Closed
Delaware
14 July, 1998 / 6pm: Bryn has been very matter-of-fact, very organized in her approach to this case. While I implicitly trust the ordered working of her mind, I have a feeling there is more to this than we can see. A sense of unease pervades the hospital room where that unfortunate man lies. I realize it seems odd to call a murderer unfortunate, but I sense no evil eminating from him. The cold-bloded calculation of the crimes suggest some aspect of evil. And yet, there is no question that the man we saw committed these crimes. It's a dichotomy I can not explain.
19 July, 1998 / 2pm: Sidney is stilll asleep. I hesitate to wake her as she was still working when I awoke this morning. After two days of sorting through our broker's collection, I have revised my opinion. He is definitely a very sick man in need of counciling, but I still do not get the impression of evil. I left Bryn to finish the few items left on the list. I have the strongest impression that we are missing some vital, key element of this whole thing.
20 July, 1998 / 8pm: The case maybe solved, but the purity of the evil housed in that skull unnerves me. It's my purpose in life to help those who have turned down the wrong path and wish to reclaim themselves. Those people, like most, are equally good and evil. They choose which of those paths to live their lives along, and its never too late to switch. I was warned when I became involved with the Legacy that I would be dealing with the extreams of being. This is the first time I have encountered an evil as strong as this, as pure. We have delt with this situation in a mostly passive way. I was almost not strong enough to overcome it. Evil has active forms and I don't know if I will be strong enough or even readyto try dealing with it. Is belief, faith, enough to vanquish such an overwhelming force?
Case Reference Number: 1227
Case Status: Closed
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