- August Corbin: And I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder. One of the four beasts saying: 'Come and see...'. Then behold, a pale horse, and his name that sat on him was Death..... and Hell followed with him.
Sister Mary Eunice: Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called "The Pledge". The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course... it probably isn't.
(Bang!)
La Folia Rihavein: The second act is called "The Turn". The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it, because of course you're not really looking. You don't really want to know. You want to be fooled.
(Bang!)
Mana Takamiya: But you wouldn't clap yet, because making something disappear isn't enough; you have to bring it back. That's why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call "The Prestige".
(Bang!)
Katarina Couteau: Tricks have no fourth act... but the Horsemen do... Rest in Peace, August Corbin... and we will carry on your legacy.
A soldier who had resurrected after two centuries' slumber...[]
Ichabod Crane: (narrator) My name is Ichabod Crane. I was enlisted in the Queen's Royal Regiment, and sent to the American colonies to fight the Patriots. It didn't take long for me to have a change of heart. In 1781, I died on the battlefield, but I was saved by a mysterious spell cast upon me by my beloved wife Katrina. Now, I've been awakened more than two centuries later in a land I've no longer recognized - Sleepy Hollow.
"..........................."
Ichabod grabbed the shining mirror and looked at it to see the face of Lady Van Tassel wickedly smiling at him from the mirror.
Ichabod: Lady Van Tassel?
Lady Van Tassel: [Ichabod Crane? It's been a long time...]
Ichabod: Not long enough. What is it you want?
Lady Van Tassel laughed.
Lady Van Tassel: [I received some very interesting Intel on you, Mr. Crane, Intel that will greatly influence your future. Curious?]
Ichabod: You are not playing around, are you?
Lady Van Tassel: [Not quite, but there is something I'd like to show you, something I think you would benefit from knowing.]
Soon, some visions had appeared, with Katrina being surrounded by Lady Van Tassel and some other witches. They captured and sealed Katrina into the Purgatory.
Lady Van Tassel: [Enjoy the show?]
For a while, Ichabod was too shocked to say anything and soon realized something. He then angrily accused Lady Van Tassel as she shamelessly smiled...
Ichabod: You... you are the one behind Katrina's imprisonment...
What Ichabod did not realized that the real Lady Van Tassel had been imprisoned into Purgatory as well, and this "Lady Van Tassel" was in fact Michael Langdon who pretended to be her.
Sensing Ichabod's anger, Michael smiled in glee. Humiliating Ichabod across the time was exactly what he always wanted since he had a lot of things to do to take part in the World War III...
Michael: (pretending to be Lady Van Tassel) And your entire family will blame you...
A Legends of Multi-Universe Story...
A police officer who was haunted by a demon in her past...[]
Abbie Mills: (narrator) 13 years ago, I and my younger sister, Jenny, were walking down through a forest, and then we saw something very strange... and there was a voice, saying "Come and see..." I don't know if it is the voice of human or thing. It was unbelievable even for me. People said we were crazy... all but him - August Corbin.
"..........................."
In silence, Abbie went to that office with the words "Sheriff August Corbin" on it, and she opened the office, surprisingly seeing Corbin reading his files inside there. Seeing Abbie coming inside, Corbin smiled to her.
Corbin: You look lost, kid.
Abbie: What is this? (paused) I'm dreaming, right?
Corbin: Well, what difference does that make? I'm here right now, aren't I? With you?
Abbie stepped closer to Corbin, ignoring the fact that he was a ghost or perhaps even an illusion.
Abbie: Look, if you're gonna haunt me, be helpful. Okay?
Corbin: Okay, what seems to be the problem?
Abbie: Ooh... "What seems to be the problem?" How about, what the hell is happening here? You were ahead of me the whole time. Were you ever planning on telling me anything?
Corbin: Would you believe me if I did?
Abbie: Maybe.
Corbin: Maybe not. You spent a lot of time running away from what happened to you, Abbie.
Abbie shook her head in confusion.
Abbie: I asked you to be helpful. I don't know how to do this.
Corbin: You're scared, aren't you?
Abbie: Scared? Yeah, and I'm furious... and outraged that you didn't tell me...
Corbin: Good, that's progress. Ever since you were little, you let your life be ruled by fear. You're so afraid about what you don't understand that it kept you from seeing who you really are... or what you were meant to do.
Abbie: Which is... ?
Corbin: The only person that can tell you that... is you. That's what faith is, honey.
Abbie: I really... miss you.
After sometime of silence, Corbin nodded.
Corbin: Don't be afraid of No. 49. That's where you find you're not alone.
Abbie looked up to Corbin before Ichabod came behind her.
Ichabod: Lieutenant?
Abbie turned back to see Ichabod behind her, but when she turned back, she was surprised to see Corbin had disappeared...
Ichabod: Are you all right?
Coming in 2017...
A witch with herself trapped inside the world between the worlds...[]
Katrina Crane: (narrator) We are part of an ancient order sworn to fight the darkness that hides in Sleepy Hollow. When Ichabod wounded the Horseman, their bloodlines merged. They became linked, bound together by blood. The only way to stop him was to cast a spell on them both. Then we entombed the Horseman's body deep below the river. We buried Ichabod in a cave to protect him. I have somehow foreseen a future scene. Though I am not here to awaken Ichabod... the Horseman shall be summoned back to life...
"..........................."
Ichabod slowly walked towards the fake tombstone of Katrina, where the late Reverend Alfred Knapp once kept the head of the Horseman. Ichabod slowly observed the words on the gravestone.
Here Lies the Dust of
Katrina Crane
Burnt for Witchcraft
Died 1782
Aged 32 Year
He brushed off the word on the tombstone and looked at it without a word. He could not find his wife since he never knew where he was. Now, he had so much left to be unspoken to Katrina. Suddenly, Ichabod heard a strange noise and turned back, looking at a bush with confusion. Then, he noticed a gun pointing at him.
Before Ichabod could react, the gun fired a dart on him and it hit his neck. He covered his neck in pain. Slowly, Ichabod fell dizzy and soon, he lied on the ground. Looking at someone running towards him and covered a large black bag on him, Ichabod started to lose his consciousness...
At the same night, Abbie was driving on the car on the road while listening to music. Suddenly, Abbie somehow fell sleepy and closed her eyes. It was dangerous but she somehow just did so. Two seconds later, when she opened her eyes, Abbie found herself inside a dark house, sitting on a chair and looking at a bathtub and candles. Some weak glimpse of light was coming from the window.
Just then, Abbie heard some wailing of a baby. She looked aside and found a pram going all by itself. Abbie stood up and walked to the pram. Outside, the lightning was flashing. Abbie walked closer and closer to the pram and then when she took a closer look at it, she only found an ugly clay doll inside it.
Suddenly, Abbie heard some noise like metal. It was the Headless Horseman who drew his axe and walked towards Abbie. Abbie screamed and ran away.
The Horseman only walked behind Abbie and found her at the stairway. At that time, Abbie was opening the the closet but she failed to open it. As the Horseman came closer, Abbie let out a scream and started running again. She finally found a room and locked the door up.
At this time, Abbie was assured that she was safe from the Horseman, but then she startled once again when she her birds squeak. She saw a large hawk flying in the room. The room was filled with many things such as candles, tables, pianos and so on. Abbie then heard someone speaking in a strange language, and it sounded like an old spell.
She snuck into the room and ultimately found four women, robed in black with their faces covered in fabrics, were chanting some spells. They were hand in hand, surrounding a square table, and the table was full of candles.
Abbie then look aside and saw a book on the piano, which was opened, had went to the next page by itself. Abbie recognized the book as the Book of Revelation, and she saw a famous paragraph on the page.
"A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. It was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth. Then another sign appeared in the sky; it was a huge red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadems. Its tail swept away a third of the stars in the sky and hurled them down to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman about to give birth, to devour her child when she gave birth. She gave birth to a son, a male child, destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod..."
— Revelations 12:1-5
Just before Abbie finished the chapter and verse, a wicked laughter coming from behind, and Abbie slowly turned back, and she saw the women disappeared. Abbie walked towards the table when suddenly---
???: Hello, Ms. Mills.
Suddenly, a deep female voice came behind Abbie. Abbie turned back again and saw a tall woman with dark red hair and black robes was standing not far from her.
Abbie: Who are you?
???: I am Katrina Crane, and this place is an echo of the I once shared with my husband.
Abbie: What am I doing in here? Is this a dream?
Katrina: It's a doorway in which I'm able to reach those who bear witness - You and Ichabod. The Horseman you just saw is a manifestation of what is to come. He will return to Sleepy Hollow by nightfall. He can only be stopped by the two Witnesses... but I'm afraid Ichabod has been abducted.
Abbie: What do you mean "abducted"? I was just with him. Abducted by who?
Katrina: I do not know. They've marked his surroundings with a protective shield to block my sight. That is why I have come to you. It can't be a mere coincidence he was taken now.
Abbie lowered her head and thought for a while.
Abbie: You think he was taken for his blood tie with the Horseman?
Katrina: When I cast the spell on Ichabod to save his life, I had no idea that their fates would become entwined. It seemed irreversible until now.
Abbie: You found a way?
Katrina: The Sin Eater.
Abbie reacted in sheer confusion hearing the word.
Abbie: I don't understand. What's a Sin Eater?
Suddenly, there was a noise coming from the table and Katrina was alarmed when she saw the iron star on the table had moved by itself. She immediately walked closer to the table.
Katrina: We are out of time. He will know how to guide you to Ichabod and undo the spell.
Abbie: What do you mean "guide me"? How?
Katrina: Ichabod must be sanctified. Find the Sin Eater before sundown, before the Horseman returns, or everything will be lost!
Abbie: Wait, I don't understand.
Just then, Katrina disappeared and Abbie awakened on her driver seat. She immediately saw a large truck coming towards her. Abbie immediately made a quick turn before her car stumbled into the grass beside the road. Fortunately, she was not injured.
By Officer Candy Apple...
A police captain with himself swinging between family and duty...[]
Frank Irving: (narrator) You know, there are two things in life I believe a person should hold on to for as long as possible: virginity and skepticism. Surprisingly, I already lost the first thing so I'm going to hold on for the second one as long as possible.
"..........................."
By DestroyerSubjugator30...
At Frank Irving's office, Abbie was talking to him about Crane who fell in danger.
Abbie: What I'm about to tell you is grounds to commit me. The thing that killed Corbin and Reverend Knapp—the Horseman...
Irving: Would that be the Headless Horseman?
Abbie: Yes, and he's coming back... tonight.
Irving brushed his face in confusion.
Irving: I have a question if that's okay? The first one being, how do you know?
Abbie: Crane's wife—I believe he mentioned her—is some kind of witch. She visited me. Crane is linked to the Horseman. Their blood is mixed together, so now, their spirits are connected.
Irving: I'm gonna ask you to clarify that.
Abbie: It means that we cannot hurt the Horseman without hurting Crane. That's why they have to be separated. His wife told me that the only way to break the curse is to find someone called the Sin Eater. Now, who or whatever that is apparently has the power to pull them apart, so that we can stop the Horseman of Death... permanently.
However, on Irving's side, hmm...
Irving: You know, there are two things in life I believe a person should hold on to for as long as possible: virginity and skepticism. Surprisingly, I already lost the first thing so I'm going to hold on for the second one as long as possible.
Abbie: I know him. I know he wouldn't just disappear. Now, I could pretend that it was just a bad hallucination and let whatever is going to happen, happen... but that isn't me... and I know it isn't you.
Irving stood up from his chair and thought for a while. He was finally persuaded by Abbie.
Irving: What do you need?
Abbie: To find the Sin Eater. He'll lead me to Crane, which leads me to my next big ask.
Irving: Let me guess. You're planning a family reunion.
By DestroyerSubjugator90...
Together, They will save the World from Chaos...[]
Tarrytown Psych
Room 49
Following an orderly, Abbie went towards Jenny's cell room. The orderly knocked Jenny's cell door before opening it. Jenny was reading magazine in her room when she saw Abbie coming into her room. She looked at her full of sarcasm. At this time, she and Abbie had forgave each other after Jenny met Ichabod days ago.
Jenny: Well, what the cat dragged in?
Abbie: I got you a 24-hour furlough. Crane is in trouble. I need you to help me find him.
Jenny: You're a cop. Go investigate.
Abbie: I am, and you're my best lead, and you know how important Crane is.
Jenny put the book down and crossed her arms.
Jenny: To you?
Abbie: Yeah, to me... and to you. You said that you went around the world looking for connections, for things that nobody could explain, things that Corbin was trying to help you understand. I'm hoping you'll know about one of them. Have you ever heard of the term Sin Eater?
Hearing these, Jenny immediately went serious and nodded her head.
Jenny: You're right. We better move fast.
By Prime ShockWaveTX...
War is coming to Sleepy Hollow[]
House of the Sin Eater
After this success in their searching for the Sin Eater, the Mills Sisters immediately went to the place to find him. Walking into a corridor of an apartment, they went near a house numbered 106 and turned back. Abbie looked at the place for a moment before she knocked at the door.
Abbie: This is Lt. Abbie Mills with the Sleepy Hollow Sheriff's Department. I'd like to talk to you.
Hearing a noise in the house, Abbie was ready for her gun.
Abbie: Sir, I know you are in there. I have a warrant to search the premises. I need you to open this door now.
Jenny: (whispered) We don't have a warrant.
Abbie turned her head and glared at Jenny.
Abbie: How is he gonna know?
Just then, the door slightly opened and Abbie heard a deep voice whispered to her as she was an old man's face. It was a wrinkled face wearing glasses.
???: What's this about?
Abbie immediately showed the man her badge without hesitation.
Abbie: This is about Ian Kellett, a dead man whose ID number you used to rent this apartment. We know your real name, Henry Parrish. You committed identity theft. You could be facing some real time, or you could open the door and we could talk.
The man named Henry Parrish closed the door and unlocked it immediately before opened it again, wider. The man then turned back before sprinkling some water on the plants on his balcony. A terra-cotta warrior was beside him.Abbie walked into the room and looked at Henry. Jenny was following her.
Abbie: Mr. Parrish, I know who you are, what you are. My friend is missing. I need your help.
The elderly man slowly turned back and spoke in a calm voice.
Henry: People always do. I don't do it anymore.
Abbie looked at Jenny with a worrying face.
Henry: Even if I explained, you wouldn't understand.
Abbie: Try me.
Henry turned back once again and walked closer to Abbie.
Henry: Imagine you had a pair of glasses... that could see people... see through them... into their hearts; what they've done. The parts that are locked down so deep, even they're afraid to see... but you see them... and you carried them... until the only person you can't see anymore... is yourself.
Henry paused a bit as Abbie looked at him with confusion. Then, he continued his words as he started to walk away to a place not far away from the sisters.
Henry: If I didn't stop... I would have disappeared completely.
Jenny thought a bit before she spoke to Henry.
Jenny: We know what is like to live with something that no one else has.
Abbie: No matter what it feels like... it's a gift.
Jenny: You have a responsibility whether you like it or not.
Henry looked at Jenny as he rose his head a bit.
Henry: "Let he who is without sin." I'm fairly certain that isn't you.
Jenny looked at Abbie who questioned Henry.
Abbie: You wanna get biblical? "I looked, and there before me was a pale horse. It's rider's name was Death, and Hell followed with him."
Henry's eyes widened in curiosity.
Henry: Revelation. The first of Four Horsemen.
Abbie: Thing of it is, he's connected to my friend.
Henry: Death?
Abbie: Yes.
Henry: Connected to your friend how?
Abbie: A curse. A blood tie... liking their spirits together.
Henry: And you want me to break the curse... to separate the Horseman from your friend.
Abbie: According to the Bible, a sin... is a transgression to divine law. That is what the Horseman is, an abomination, walking force; pure sin. You have the power to pull him out.
Henry immediately turned to Abbie, speaking in an anxious voice.
Henry: Where is your friend now?
Abbie: I was told you could tell me.
Henry then smiled while nodding.
Henry: Maybe. If your connection with your friend is strong enough, I could use it.
Abbie: Strong?
Abbie walked closer to Henry.
Abbie: Use it.
Henry looked at Abbie and then Jenny, but he soon trembled in terror.
Henry: Like I said, I don't do it anymore. You should go.
Abbie: Wait a minute. Wait a minute!
Abbie went forward to stop Henry from leaving, but then suddenly, Henry's eyes turned blackened as he saw a vision. Releasing Henry, Abbie and Jenny looked at Henry as he saw himself going through the Munition Tunnel very quickly and his vision went all towards a stone door, a door that had a special mark on it...
Henry: Your friend... is underground, behind a door marked with a symbol; a square and compass.
The vision soon disappeared. Jenny immediately realized what had happened.
Jenny: It's the symbol of the Freemasons.
Abbie: Underground, was it a tunnel?
Henry: I've told you what you needed to know to find him. That's all I can do for you. Please leave.
Henry then left for balcony. Abbie tried to go to him again but Jenny stopped her. They then turned back and left the room, leaving Henry standing with silence on the balcony.
By TheVileShadowMan...
Evil Takes Hold...[]
Emperor Mateus: Sometimes I thought... what would happen if I rule a place known as the Netherworld? Once one of the torture chambers of the former LightRay Empire Emperors? My ancestors? The illusion world of Maleficent? That must be truly... truly amazing... I will use the Sleep Curse to trap everyone in an eternal nightmarish dream and they shall never ever wake up. Their soul shall be trapped inside a locked room full of fire as well as tortures. I will make them bow in front of me... in front of their most glamorous and descent Emperor in the whole history... You know this, Atticus Nevins, aren't you? Is that why you invited me to rebuild the long lost LightRay Empire on Lord Moloch's behalf?
Nevins: Lord Moloch said that if you assist him in dealing with the Witnesses, Your Majesty, we will help you to reconstruct LightRay Empire your ancestor made. Since a friend of mine, Michael Langdon, was currently recovering his injury in the future world, he was not due for our mission. Therefore, I acted on Moloch's behalf instead of him.
Emperor Mateus: Very well, Nevins... At first, in my opinion... you must deal with "her" and make Ancitif do the job so that you can give a fatal blow to Ichabod Crane.
Nevins: Her?
Emperor Mateus: The target... is Macey Irving, the daughter of Captain Frank Irving... Use her as a hostage so that... I will share the secret within Washington's Bible with you people... That is my price.
By Jester of Chaos...
Anti-Christ is still out there...[]
Vatican, 2036[]
Vatican City
Neo Hellfire Prison
Vatican is not the Vatican as it once was. The entire city is now pressed by an iron fist.
Now, the whole city where the center of the Catholic Church stood had fell from grace ever since the new Pope had took the throne. Wailing could be heard across the street, and the oppress came from a corrupted God's Right Seat, under the permission of the new Pope himself, had made every Romans lived in somewhere like Hell upon Earth.
Many people, who thought the see the truth behind all of this madness, had demanded Pope Michael to resign, but the Pope chose to ignore the threat. Even so, false rumors rose as many conspiracy theorists had believed/rumored that Cardinal Aleister Crowley was behind the corruption of their "benevolent" Pope, yet no one dare to confirm that.
After Michael's coronation, the city of Vatican had now turned into a corrupt state, even worse than the times when Pope Leo X ruled the Church. Michael set up the Neo Inquisition and established a new era of tyranny. To make one of his archenemies, Archbishop Laura Stuart, to know fear, Michael ordered his men to capture several Anglican Church members and put them inside the prison to torture...
Under the guard of two crusader knights, Pope Michael Langdon walked into the underground chamber after hearing an report. He was talking to the knights who guarded him. At this time, Michael's injury was fully recovered.
Michael: I think it needs a little while longer for me to reconstruct a new monster, but it will be much faster. I have now mastered the skills to create an man-made sea monster and bound it to my own life. Let Lidvia to do the job to reconstruct FOLIE.
Michael's eyes narrowed while speaking. His eyes are now full of sheer malice. He never mentioned Aleister Crowley who was recovering from his injury caused by B1-Killer Kampfdroide Unit-CM 130 or the twisted droid's human experiments.
Michael: I will one day bring Melancholia back as soon as I have Katarina destroyed. Even with this loss... I am glad that Patraich Krans is dead, and I managed to preserve Firenza Junior's blood sample. The Russian Orthodox had also die for good... and so will the Anglican Church...
One of the holy knights answered nervously. His eyes were showing signs of brainwashing.
Knight 1: Aye, aye, Your Holiness.
Twenty minutes ago, after successfully killing Patraich Krans of Russian Orthodox Church and his clergies, Melancholia was defeated by an escaped Carl Robinson and the whereabouts of her remains is unknown. Just one minute ago, Michael managed to regain the Grand Grimoire before Carl got into the portal to the past. The artificial monster, FOLIE, was inactive for now because of Carl and Matt Butcher had destroyed its heart, yet Michael believed there was still some chances to revive it. For now, the army of Catholic Church had invaded Eastern Europe to hunt down Partraich Krans' minions.
Knight 2: Maybe Reverend Mother is dead, Your Holiness.
Michael: It is such a shame that I lost her... but fortunately I gained the blood of Firenza Junior and drove him to Sleepy Hollow... Nothing will matters for now as long as I live... for eternity.
Michael stopped walking as he started to chuckle like a psychopath.
Michael: His blood... combined with a special poison I made... If I poured them into reservoirs, how many monsters will born because of the infection? Hmm... intriguing... Let's go. I will one day make Laura Stuart and Queen Elizard to know some respect, as for Princess Kanon... I did not hear about her for days.
Continued his walking in the corridor, Michael's eyes widened in cruelty and malice. He had now reached the door of one of the many cells. He stooped and slowly turned to the door. With a strange look on his face, Michael walked towards the door and leaned forward. He was trying to hear some voices. He heard someone was screaming and crying inside the cell. Michael was a bit of satisfied yet soon his face turned malicious.
Michael: Hmm... how many times do I have to tell him?
Michael opened the cell door and walked into the cell room. Inside the room, there were many Anglican Church nuns who were tied up and struggling in horror. Their mouths were sealed. Some of them were even mutilated and were bleeding. It was a dreadful mess all over the cell. Terra of the Left was standing in front of a chained nun and turned back to the Pope. He deeply bowed to him.
Terra: Your Holiness... what happened?
Michael: I told you that you need to make them scream, scream and scream. You did it, but that is not enough. Their scream is due to pain of torture, but not for fear to our might or fear of immediate death. Their screaming was never enough for me. Therefore, I am here to help you clean up the mess.
Terra nodded.
Terra: Yes, sire.
Michael: Very well. Now, you all, please wait for me.
The two knights as well as Terra went out of the room as Michael was alone in the cell.
Michael: I need to send a message to the United Kingdom. I will condemn King Henry VIII as heathen... with this.
Looking at the crying Anglican Church nuns after they were severely tortured by Terra, Michael grinned in sheer cruelty as well as happiness before he handed out a metal sphere from his pocket.
Michael: Feeling pain? No, not enough. Thanks for the scream, sisters, but that's not enough. Here's something to remember me by.
Michael then threw a little sphere to the torture Anglican Nuns as they stopped crying in shock.
The sphere cracked and soon, plenty of toxic darts was released, killing many of the nuns and corrupting their corpses as Michael retreated outside of the cell, leaving the prisoners died inside.
The rest of nuns were choked by the toxic fume and their screaming had finally made Michael satisfied. Michael and Terra left the cell immediately under the knights' escort.
Michael: See? It is a new way to deal with heathens.
Terra: It is good to know, Your Holiness.
Soon, the neighboring cells were swallowed with scream, fear and Michael's brutal laughter...
By NightMareMistress8000...
So does the Demon King...[]
In the morgue of the Police Department, the corpse of Andy Brooks was lying on the table silently... until suddenly, the light flashes rapidly and then, the shroud on the corpse of Andy started to move intensely. Soon, a hand came out of the plastic shroud and the corpse fell onto the ground.
Soon, Andy crawled outside and climbed on the iron desk. His neck was still broken and his head was still in that strange position.
Struggling in terror, Andy walked backward to a mirror behind him and saw his bizarre shape.
Andy: Ah! What's happening to me?!
Just then, the blurry shadow of Moloch had appeared in front of Andy and then, Andy's neck snapped back into the right position, but there was still some terrible wounds on his neck.
Andy: M-master...
As an act of response, Moloch was speaking the ancient Greek language to Andy while glaring at him.
Andy: What is it?
Moloch continued his bellow, and Andy recognized one of the sentence was, "Your soul is mine." He shook his head in horror.
Andy: No... no... please...
All of a sudden, Moloch raised his hand and pointed at Andy's neck. Suddenly, Andy felt something stuck inside his throat and tried to pull it out.
Andy: Oh... ugh...
After nearly a minute of struggling, Andy eventually pulled it out. Then, he found out in surprise that it was just another pendant, a pendant similar to Blood Moon Wicked, but it was made of iron instead of ruby.
Moloch walked closer to Andy as the light flashed even quicker, making the place more frightening. Moloch then gave Andy a new order. After listening his order, Andy raised his head in sheer terror.
While many members of the Hexenmeisters thought that Colin Van Bilj died, in fact he was not dead yet. He simply changed another name and lived for more than two centuries without getting aged. Even so, he kept himself as a solitude since he only wanted his family back.
Looking at a portrait with him, his father as well as his sister, Colin smiled in relief. He already knew that Serilda had returned back from her death, but he did not care about it. In fact, he was focusing another thing that was more vital for him, something that Moloch forbids.
Colin: I feel like this year... may be special... don't you think so, Christine? It's almost like something I'm forgetting.
Colin covered his face with his hand until he heard a female voice speaking to him.
Woman: My dear Colin, please be easy on yourself. Why don't you set down your burdens and play a game with me?
Colin then looked up and saw a shadowy female figure was standing not far in front of him. Her body was covered by darkness, yet when she walked closer, she revealed herself to be a beautiful woman who had an appearance in her twenties. She was wearing white dress and had red eyes.
Colin: You're right, Christine. Since you've came back, I have never been so happy.
Colin smiled in relief until he heard the ground shaking. His smile faded. He suddenly stood up in horror as he looked at the dawn sky outside. What he was unaware that it was the explosion that destroyed Michael Langdon's rampage mode. However, he felt that something was going terribly wrong for him...
Colin: This is... the Two Witnesses!
While mumbling, Colin's eyes widened in fear. He turned his face to a mirror beside him, and he saw Moloch's face inside it.
Christine: Oh, no...
Christine spoke this words in a calm tone, yet Colin was terrified. Sweats kept falling from his head. He immediately knelt on the ground.
Colin: M-master... please forgive me... but it looks like the pendant of Blood Moon Wicked had gone out of control... and might be destroyed. Furthermore, the constructing of the accursed rubies... for the rings of Blood Moon Malicious had halted. What is worse, I searched for centuries but I could not find the... the bracelet of Blood Moon Terrible...
On Colin's index finger of his right hand, there was a ring with a large ruby in a shape of crescent on it. It was once his father's Blood Moon Malicious Ring, and it had been in his family for generations. For years, Colin had been constructing more Blood Moon Malicious Rings to expand the coven, but for now he only made thirteen before his father disappeared.
Unbeknownst to Colin, the Blood Moon Wicked Pendant, which symbolizes the leadership of the Order of the Blood Moon, is currently merged with Michael Langdon in the future. The Blood Moon Terrible Bracelet belonged to Colin's sister, Christine, who was supposed/rumored to be dead. After the death of Sheriff Corbin, Colin found Christine alive in front of his house and was happy they had reunited, yet he was confused that his sister's bracelet was lost...
In horror and desperation, Colin kept bumping his head on the ground. For Chinese, it is known as "kowtow". With her eyes widened, Christine found it a bit of amusing to see.
Colin: Punish me, master! I am so weak and stupid, master! Stupid! Stupid dummy...
(- Narrator: People who knew the truth shall understand that Colin was pleading for forgiveness. People who don't know the truth shall feel that Colin was doing an old-fashioned way to express "Happy Chinese New Year" and gain red envelopes filled with money... *chuckled*)
However, instead of punishing Colin, Moloch's eyes narrowed in anger. He ordered Colin to stand up.
Moloch: Rise, my servant. Pick up yourself. There is something else I want you to do... to make our coven rise once again.
Colin: Yes, master...
Colin slowly stood up and bowed to Moloch.
By DarkFallen...
Only they can stop it...[]
After coming out of the interrogation room, Abbie walked into the corridor. Just then, Ichabod came towards her with a book inside his hand.
Ichabod: Ms. Mills.
Ichabod opened the door of a nearby room and Abbie walked into it. Ichabod looked aside to see if anybody was beside them, before he followed Abbie and went into the room, closing the door behind him.
Ichabod: The Hessian's final words were, "Moloch shall rise." This name is referenced in several theological texts, notably Milton's Paradise Lost. Read.
Ichabod opened the book and make Abbie to see a page mentioned Moloch.
Abbie: "First Moloch, horrid King besmear'd with blood... of human sacrifice, and parents tears."
Ichabod: So called as the God-Demon of Child Sacrifice, who led a revolt of fellow demons against Heaven.
Ichabod looked at Moloch's portrait on the book with a serious expression.
Ichabod: This is the creature you saw in the forest, Ms. Mills, the one who controls the Horseman, who guards Katrina...
"....................."
- Ichabod: ... and now we know his name.
By DiabloVil...
Prepare for the Worst[]
Corbin's Cabin
Ichabod: My God...
Ichabod's eyes widened in surprise when he saw a pile of... foods, medicine and drinks... in front of him. Abbie and Sister Mary Eunice were both strengthening the door lock to prevent the Horseman's attack.
Ichabod: Where did you procure such massive quantities of reserves? Is there a nearby citadel?
Abbie: A supermarket... called Buy Plus. Buy in bulk, spend less. I will take you there someday.
Abbie the turned to Crane after she fixed the lock.
Ichabod: Do you know what we could have done with these supplies during the war? We'd have taken Lexington in a day.
Sister Mary Eunice: Right now, we have to make sure that if the Horseman attacks Sleepy Hollow, you could hunker down here. Now that your blood tie with him is severed, you're vulnerable.
Just then, Ichabod saw a large container of mineral water and picked it up. He saw the brand on it and was confused.
Ichabod: "Pine Springs."
He handed the water container to Abbie.
Ichabod: Is that a variation of water?
Abbie: A brand. Cheapest one.
Ichabod: You paid? For water? Hmm... Why not drink from one of the thousands of taps around the town or... the lake?
Abbie sighed in helplessness.
Abbie: Well, tap water's got chemicals in it... and the lake, you don't even want to know.
Sister Mary Eunice: It's true. I am sorry.
Sister Mary Eunice covered her face with her hand as if it made her frustrated as well. Shrugging his shoulders, Ichabod opened his sarcasm mode... again.
Ichabod: The extent to which your generation has defiled the earth is truly mind-boggling.
Just then, Abbie's telephone alarm clock rang. She picked up her phone and check the message. There was a new message in it, saying, "Sundown in one hour." She shut down the alarm.
Abbie: The Horseman will ride after dark. After we finish the kits, why don't you meet with the Masons while I grab Corbin's shotgun from the precinct?
Sister Mary Eunice: I will wander in the town and will inform you as soon as situation changes.
Ichabod: Rutledge says they've discovered information of how best to exploit the Horseman's weaknesses. Are you two certain you can forgo such a conversation?
Sister Mary Eunice shook her head.
Sister Mary Eunice: They won't let us.
Abbie: Indeed, the "No Girls Allowed" role really gets under my skin.
Past Shall Influence the Future[]
September 21st, 1776
Manhattan Island
Underneath the Manhattan Island, New York where the British still controlled the area, there were secret tunnels built by the patriots for transferring. On that day, Betsy Ross was leading patriot refugees off the island via this series of hidden tunnels. Holding her torch, Betsy and her team of refugees turned right and then, she saw Ichabod Crane with his torch coming towards her.
Betsy: Crane...
Ichabod: Betsy... I come from Howe's encampment. He lives, and he refuses to relinquish the city.
Betsy: Our orders have changed. I'm getting out of the city before countermeasures are deployed.
Ichabod was very confused.
Ichabod: What countermeasures?
Betsy: Ichabod, please. There's no time.
Betsy immediately went on her way and numerous patriots had followed her, holding candles in their hands. He did not know that General William Howe was deploying something sinister with the help of Van Bilj Family, who were under the control of both Moloch and Lady Van Tassel. They were not facing conventional forces... but a cadre of Drugur made of undead redcoats.
The countermeasures Betsy referred to was an ancient substance known as the Greek Fire, which could destroy Howe's Drugur Army. The Greek Fire was invented by the scientists of Byzantine Empire, and even though its complete production methods had surrounded in mystery, it was believed by many to be some kind of ancient napalm. However, the Greek Fire is far more sinister than napalm. It cannot be extinguished by water or by sand. Once unleashed, it burns until nothing remains.
Merely hours after the British invaded, just as Howe was checking his army, the city was set ablaze in the Great Fire of New York, the cause of which remained a mystery... until now.
After transferring the patriot refugees to safety, Betsy ambushed the encampment of Howe alone, and she used a crossbow with fiery arrows ignited by the Greek Fire, killing every undead soldiers.
However, as the flame started to lose control, Betsy immediately left with her horse and rode all the way towards safety, leaving the entire New York on fire. Howe managed to escape under his minions' protection.
The fire destroyed about one third of the city and some non-burned parts of the city were plundered. Many people believed or assumed that one or more people deliberately started the fire, for a variety of different reasons. British leaders accused revolutionaries acting within the city, and many residents assumed that one side or the other had started it. The fire had long-term effects on the British occupation of the city, which did not end until 1783.
After the fire, Caspar Van Bilj disappeared and the family of Van Bilj fell into the ruins...
D is for Demise...[]
1798
Purgatory
"......................"
???: It is such a shame you are not so young anymore, Betsy.
While talking the "person" entered as Betsy looked at her. She was a demon with pale skin and purple head. A large purple halo was above her head and her right eye was blocked by her hair. Her head was surrounded by a crown made by darkness with pale blue aura. She was wearing an armor with white, gold and purple in its color. Betsy did not express any fear on her and glared at her.
Betsy: Who are you?
???: My name is Kaysie Virgo, a Demon Princess and one of the demons with Lord Hubert Zodiak. People called me the Unholy Pupilla of Blackness. Welcome, Mrs. Elizabeth Griscom Ross... Oh, I mean, you are Mrs. Claypoole now.
Hearing the demon's self-introduction, Betsy looked at her with full of alarm. She was surprised that this mysterious demon had acknowledged her full name even if they never met before.
Betsy: How do you know my name?
Kaysie: I know everything about you. You sewed the first flag of the Stars and Stripes. You participated the protest committed by Patriot scums. You lit up the Great Fire of New York 17 years ago, and with that, you made me totally impressed. Therefore, I am here to represent the group you ask to speak with.
Betsy was ready for her gun and tried to point it to the strange woman named Kaysie.
Betsy: Katrina told me about you, about you 12 demons representing Zodiac.
Kaysie: We are born from different types of evil and have different moral codes. For me, I am the creation of Lord Moloch, therefore his own daughter. He created me... from the death of children, martyrs and innocence.
Betsy narrowed her eyes. She was now looking at one of the 12 demons that dealt with and assisted Hubert Zodiak, one of the most infamous supporter of Satanism as well as the former assistant of Casper Van Bilj.
Betsy: What about the others? There are still 11 of you, aren't there? How do they call themselves?
Kaysie let out a cold, grim smile.
Kaysie: Their names are unimportant. Betsy, do you know that... why Ichabod Crane bears importance to my father's rising? You shall tell me where you buried him... and then I will make you die with no pain.
Betsy was ready to charge towards the Demon Princess, but the latter had stopped her.
Kaysie: I know you have a lot in your mind, Betsy. However, at first, I am here to show you someone you may like to see her being... hmm, tortured.
Betsy: Her?
Kaysie: Follow me, please.
Walking down a long stairway, Kaysie led Betsy into a place deep below the cave, and soon they walked closer towards a room with its door closed. Kaysie opened the door of the cell, and Betsy saw someone tied inside it, being tortured by several demons. Betsy immediately recognized who the prisoner was.
Betsy: Lady Van Tassel? Why is she here?
Kaysie took a look at the tortured Lady Van Tassel not far away, and then she scoffed. Without letting Betsy in, Kaysie turned back to close the door.
Kaysie: Oh, Lady Van Tassel? Father ordered his minions to torture her day and night for burying the son of Ichabod Crane alive for eternity unless she confess her crime. It serves her right. Our master was never been tolerating towards someone like her. No discipline, unlawful, planning against my father's will... people like that... they will all die.
While Kaysie spoke those things to Betsy, she was walking back to the lair of Moloch and behaved like a friendly neighbor instead of a menacing demon.
Kaysie: What is more, despite I dealt with Zodiak, I might destroy him if he messed up with my father... as a last resort. He knew this and he would not cross my own line.
However, Betsy had found something vert strange.
Betsy: Wait a minute. You are serving both Zodiak and your father?
Kaysie nodded as she stopped walking, since the two had returned back to the cave of Moloch.
Kaysie: Yes, I serve them both, but my father knew this... since it was his plan.
Betsy's eyes widened.
Kaysie: Ah... you seemed to understand now, Mrs. Claypoole. Father created me and some of my other siblings. It is our duty here to obey him. Zodiak's actions will fasten my father's rising, and all shall bow before him.
E is for Evil...[]
A horrible nightmare was making Ichabod felt uncomfortable. In front of him, Corbin, Katrina, Abbie and Betsy were tied on four white trees. Moloch walked towards the trees and burned them all just as Ichabod tried to stop, but he could not move.
Ichabod widened his eyes in horror as he saw his wife and others crying in pain. The smokes rose above the air and formed the shadows of Four Horsemen. Ichabod looked at Moloch in horror and anger, but Moloch did not speak anything. He just stepped away and leave, revealing another person not far behind him.
It was a person with silver hair and black suit, but his face was darkened.
Man in Suit: Are you feeling pain and despair watching those things, Ichabod Crane?
Trying to hold back his fear, Ichabod faced the Man in Suit as Moloch disappeared in shadows. The Man in Suit walked closer.
Ichabod: No... this is just a dream. Just a dream.
Ichabod tried to encourage himself as the Man in Suit came closer to Ichabod, speaking in a menacing tone.
Man in Suit: No, Crane, it's not a dream, but it drives you crazy, doesn't it? What you saw is in fact... the future! A FUTURE WHICH YOUR FORMER ASSISTANT KATARINA COUTEAU LIVED IN!
Ichabod: Future?
Man in Suit: YES... WHEN THE TRIBULATIONS OF YOURS ARE OVER, I WILL COME FOR YOU, YOUR FELLOW WITNESS AND YOUR SWEET LITTLE WORLD.
A Nazi flag suddenly appeared and tied Ichabod like an egg roll. Struggling, Ichabod stared at the Man in Suit unleashed a laugh full of evilness.
Man in Suit: Allow me to introduce you to the mighty Swastika!
Ichabod: What do you want!?
Man in Suit: Crane, give up. I'll make you feel more comfortable after realize that you've lost everything. Your pain force you to forget everything. What is the point to cry for the dead?
DEM Empire Swastika
Ichabod: You...
Man in Suit: Do not worry, I'll cut all your friends and loved ones in front of you in millions of pieces and make you take bath in their blood while crying in despair and being electrocuted to insanity. Let's see for how long you can hold your sanity. Like I said before, sanity is like a stick in front of an abyss. If you push the stick, it will fall on the abyss and it will never come back. But the abyss is the madness itself. You can't undo it.
Ichabod: WHO ARE YOU?!
All of a sudden, the Man in Suit had came closer to Ichabod while laughing madly. This time, he became an enormous and demonic purplish figure with red stripe.
Man in Suit: I am not the shadow that the Mills Sisters saw. It's that demon who burned your wife. However, I am more powerful. Throughout many years, they call me in different names... My allies and my enemies outside this planet gave me different names... The heroes name me the Caligula, my minions hail me as their emperor, but since we meet for the first time, I will present you another, far older name, a name I bet you will never ever want to listen again. A PHANTOM! A SHADOW OF A FORMER LIFE! I - am...
- Man in Suit: The Fallen.
All of a sudden, Ichabod awakened from his nightmare.
A is for Abomination...[]
Moloch: Tell me how you feel, my servant.
Soon, the demonic monster opened its eye and its jaw. It then looked at its hands and torso. At first, its eyes was filled with sheer horror and fright. However, the soul of Betsy was soon fully overwhelmed by the mind of the demon. It grinned to Moloch demonically.
Monster: Thank you, my mighty master, for bringing me back to life...
Moloch nodded in pure satisfaction, but Kaysie started to shiver in disgust.
Kaysie: With all due respect, father, you told me to bring her here so that we can kill her, not just putting her inside such a demonic body...
However, she went quiet when Moloch glared at his daughter in anger.
Moloch: Never doubt my decision. If I tell you the full thing, you may not catch her or kill her. The priority was that I need to know if this demonic body made by Christine Van Bilj was stable enough to seal a mortal soul and controlled its mind, making it to believe it is my servant.
Kaysie's eyes widened as she heard the name "Christine Van Bilj".
Kaysie: Father... you mean that... it is an invention of the late Christine Van Bilj, who is the former adviser of General Howe?
Moloch: Indeed it is.
Hearing this, Kaysie bit her lips, but just then, she took an unintentional look at the corpse of Betsy that was lying on the ground. She then changed the topic.
Kaysie: Uh... what about that?
Without saying a single word, Moloch raised his hand and soon a grey smoke came into the body of Betsy. The Betsy's body rose "back from the dead" - though Kaysie knew that she never was the real Betsy.
This "Betsy" who stood up had a pair of eyes that was void of emotions and had no empathy. It was almost like she was mentally "dead". In fact, she was possessed by a condemned soul who was a puppet of Moloch.
Satisfied, Moloch looked at the body of Betsy with a grim look. The eyes of "Betsy" had became vacant and indifferent since her soul did not belong to her anymore.
Moloch: Don't worry about her. This "Betsy" shall lives on as a living dead until her body became old and frail, and thus she died. The real Betsy shall lives inside the body of until the time came for her to be freed.
Moloch then sent "Betsy" back to her world where she will live on until her recorded "death" in 1836. The Demon of Virgo nodded to Moloch's words and she was so afraid that she dared not look at her father. She bit her lips as she was shivering in fright. However, Moloch sensed this.
Moloch: Is there something else you want to say, my child?
Kaysie's eyes widened.
Kaysie: Uh... nothing... but what about Colin Van Bilj? I thought...
Moloch: He shall be fine, and I assume he will return to his place or became a solitude. Many assumed that he was dead, but... I had made him alive with full of loneliness. Because of the death of Jeremy, the release of the Horseman of War shall be delayed. However, one day, Death shall roam across the land once again, and shall War, Famine and Conquest. They will all be put into the action one by one as long as I live.
Suddenly, a large cocoon started to tremble and drew the attention of the two demons almost immediately. Trembling, Kaysie pointed at the cocoon. It broke a hole as a large stinger came out of it.
Kaysie: Father...
Moloch: I know. I know this day will come after 22 years of preparations. Rise, the best creation of Christine Van Bilj.
As Moloch was speaking, a large yellow claw had torn the cocoon apart, and soon, a hideous monster had appeared which looked like a humanoid bee with that large stinger on its right wrist which it used to impale the cocoon. Kaysie could hardly see its body since it was surrounded by mist and was really cloudy.
Kaysie: That's a... bee?
When finally seeing the face of this insectoid monster, even someone like Kaysie could hardly believe her eyes. However, Moloch was still calm.
Moloch: Mostly a bee, partly a human.
Moloch's words made Kaysie shivered in horror. After a while, the monster turned to Moloch who looked at it with cold indifference.
- Moloch: It is good to see you in your new form, Casper van Bilj... I hope you like your children's "gift". It is a retribution for you to make them a pawn for Howe in order to raise your fame. Well, above all, I will one day set you out when situation needed.
The creature that was once Casper Van Bilj roared at Moloch like a total animal.
Luke: *phone* [Hello, this is Luke. Leave me a message.]
Abbie: Hey, Luke, it's Abbie. I know we were supposed to have coffee today, but something just came up and I'm not gonna be able to make it, so give me a call when you get this, and... hmm, we'll figure out another time... okay? Okay, talk soon.
Abbie hung up the phone. Now she was walking inside the Munition Tunnel. 15 meters away from her, there was something invisible were running passed by her, causing turbulence. Suddenly, Abbie felt someone was behind her and punched the man's face. She then raised her gun to the man until she saw his face.
Abbie: Andy?
Abbie was utterly horrified by this.
Abbie: You're supposed to be dead!
That was indeed Andy Brooks. He adjusted his own jaw which was misplaced caused by Abbie's punch. He then turned to Abbie with a sigh with a bag full of sadness.
Andy: I am dead. Is that not apparent?
Abbie looked at Andy with alarms and horror.
Abbie: Brooks... what happened?
Andy: Abbie, I'm... I'm stuck. I want this to end but "he" won't let me.
Abbie was even more shocked to hear that.
Abbie: You sold your soul?
Andy: I know you won't believe me, but I'm trying to protect you... The Horseman won't stop coming after you until he gets his head.
Abbie shook her head.
Abbie: Well, that's not gonna happen.
Andy: Horseman's indestructible, Abbie, he is Death.
Abbie: We're getting that idea, thank you.
Andy nodded.
Andy: That's what I'm here to tell you.
Abbie: Hmm?
Andy: You can't kill Death, but you can trap him. That's the only way you can defeat him.
Andy: I don't know. I just know its a secret he doesn't want let out.
Abbie: Why should I believe anything that you say?
Andy: Because I care about you, Abbie.
Just then, Ichabod and Sister Mary Eunice had appeared. Both of them had a shocking expression when they saw Andy... "alive"...
Sister Mary Eunice: Isn't that...
Ichabod: ... the sheriff's turncoat?
Andy glared at Ichabod and Mary Eunice.
Andy: Andy Brooks. My name is Andy Brooks.
Ichabod: We saw you die in that cell.
Andy: Yeah... it's not my best day.
Ichabod leaned forward to see Andy closer and he noticed the wound on Andy's neck. However, Andy tried to avoid him. Ichabod then leaned back.
Ichabod: Are you still in communication with the Horseman?
Andy: I am... but that's not why I'm here. I want to help Abbie.
Sister Mary Eunice, Ichabod and Abbie looked at each other and then Ichabod had an idea.
Ichabod: Here's how you can help her. Deliver this message to the Horseman: if he wants his head back, he can meet me at the cemetery when night falls.
Andy looked at Abbie before he responded.
Andy: Okay, I'll tell him.
Ichabod: If you return here, there will be consequences. Do you understand?
Andy: Don't threaten me.
After that, Andy immediately disappeared without a trace. Sister Mary Eunice then turned to Abbie and comfort her.
Sister Mary Eunice: Abbie, are you all right?
Abbie: Hmm... he said the Horseman can't be killed... only trapped.
Ichabod's eyes widened in delight.
Ichabod: He's right... and I think I know how.
He then showed the paper with a password to Abbie.
Ichabod & Sister Mary Eunice: We deciphered the password.
H is for Horseman...[]
As he realized that the Horseman is Abraham van Brunt, Ichabod immediately dodged the attack.
Ichabod: How can this be? Abraham? This is impossible.
The Horseman punched Ichabod before taking control of Andy once again.
Horseman: (speaking via controlling Andy) You watched Abraham died. That was only the beginning. Then he came to me.
Ichabod's eyes widened in horror.
Ichabod: You made a deal with the devil...
Horseman: (speaking via controlling Andy) He's giving me what I always wanted...
Ichabod: Revenge?
The Horseman grabbed the necklace of Katrina tighter in his palm.
Horseman: (speaking via controlling Andy) My prize is not revenge... It is Katrina.
Ichabod: Katrina?
Ichabod immediately remembered a sentence said by Katrina: "I believe I know why I am here..."
Ichabod: She's held captive... for you?
Horseman: (speaking via controlling Andy) Her soul... will be mine once more...
Ichabod: No...
Ichabod swung his sword and rushed towards the Horseman right before they started their duel again. Suddenly, Andy awoke from the Horseman's possession all of a sudden, and he immediately used the Therician phiale to summon Moloch's demon troops.
Andy: (in Greek) Shadow of darkness, enter the chamber! Secure the Horseman!
At this time, after knocking Ichabod's sword down with his wrist, the Horseman had already overpowered Ichabod and grabbed his neck, trying to stab through him with his sword.
However, quickly alarmed, Andy ran towards the Horseman and yelled at him.
Andy: Stop! You can't kill him! THE MASTER FORBIDS IT!
All of a sudden, several livid demons rushed into the chamber and grabbed the Horseman's torso. Andy then looked at Ichabod with full of guilt.
Andy: Tell Abbie I am sorry.
Then, the demons, the Horseman alongside Andy all disappeared in smoke, leaving Ichabod alone in the chamber.
They Form Its Name: DEATH[]
Corbin's Archives
Since the power plant was still fixing, Ichabod, Abbie and Sister Mary Eunice had to light candles to brighten the room. Abbie and Mary Eunice heard Ichabod telling them about Abraham's transformation into the Death, and the two women sighed.
Sister Mary Eunice: You did not cause Abraham to become the Horseman.
Ichabod: Yes, I did. I violated his honor.
Abbie shook her head in disappointment.
Abbie: That is so 18th century. People made their own decisions. You are not responsible for his actions.
Ichabod: No? I was so blinded by my love for Katrina. I created my own nemesis.
Abbie: That is your arrogance talking.
Abbie sarcastically smiled, but to her surprise, Ichabod did not laugh at all. Instead, he lowered his head.
Abbie: What?
Ichabod: I always found Abraham arrogant... but perhaps... he was just a mirror to myself.
As they were talking, the light came back, and Abbie blew the candle beside her. However, neither Ichabod nor Sister Mary Eunice blew the candles beside them.
Sister Mary Eunice: Truth be told, I prefer candlelight.
Abbie: It sets a certain mood.
The three smiled to each other and Ichabod's expression turned serious once again.
Ichabod: Brom could've quenched his desire to kill me... but Brooks and Moloch's minion stopped him. I can't explain why Moloch spared me from the Horseman.
Sister Mary Eunice thought for a while before making her own response.
Sister Mary Eunice: Other than maybe you are not his to kill.
Ichabod: If I'm not meant for the Horseman of Death... then who?
Abbie lowered her head and thought a bit.
Abbie: The Horseman said that Katrina's soul will be his.
Sister Mary Eunice: "Will" being the crucial word...
Ichabod: Hm... so perhaps... she's being held... until he rides with the other three Horsemen.
Abbie: Thus beginning the end of days.
Soon, everyone in the room felt chills on their spines. Ichabod kept silence.
Abbie: We are dealing with forces so beyond our control - beyond, beyond.
Abbie then lowered her sight and thought for a while before spoke once again.
Abbie: And yet...
Ichabod and Sister Mary Eunice both looked at Abbie.
Ichabod & Sister Mary Eunice: Yes?
Abbie: Crane, Sister, listen - If Katrina is being held for the Horseman as his prize and Abraham was willing to go rouge and kill Crane, sell his soul to... trap her...
Both Sister Mary Eunice and Crane had their eyes widened in understanding.
Sister Mary Eunice: Then we've found the Horseman's weakness...
After saying that, Sister Mary Eunice and Ichabod then looked at each other.
Ichabod: My wife?
Sister Mary Eunice nodded as she stood up with a serious expression. She looked at the night sky through the top window, and knowing what they shall do next.
- Sister Mary Eunice: Indeed it is. That's the key, Crane and Abbie. From now on, more than ever... we need Katrina.
And I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder.
One of the four beasts saying: 'Come and see...'.
Then behold, a pale horse, and his name that sat on him was Death.....
Valindra Shadowmantle: Being alive, is the only thing I believe in. My birth caused a great catastrophe on the entire moon elves society. This catastrophe took away all of my kin. It made me learn... only power can be eternal! Henceforth, I gave up my beautiful face, and became a believer of the God of Undead. I exchanged my soul... for power of the supreme! You ask if I am lonely. Does that matter? What I want is eternity. I, Vanlidra Shadowmantle, shall be the queen of this world!
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