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[prittyvenus]

The medium and the nameless ghouls

Case file 007-2 Secondo file Lawyering up

Sara begins her training as a Sibling before she becomes Lucia’s replacement. As the due date approaches, the Clergy begins to shut out the director under the orders of Sister Imperator. Can Alexander use the knowledge of Law to help bring balance to the Clergy?

Markus takes out his spare sunglasses and gives them to Sara. “Sara, are you okay?”

Sara was too dazed to see them. “My eyes… feel like they’re on fire… and my head feels funny...” She holds her head and collapses on Omega.

Copia puts his back on and lets her fall on top of him. “I’m going to give a piggyback ride to the mansion. Put the glasses on her. We can’t let her see the sunlight in this stage.” Markus places the sunglasses over her eyes. Copia lifts her up and walks away from the crypt.

Jackson runs over to Copia. “What do mean by in this stage?”

“She can’t look into the sun or be around sunlight for the next few weeks. She will go blind and will go crazy. It happened to a good few…” Copia trips on a broken tombstone and nearly drops Sara. He manages to stop himself from falling. “I’m okay. We’re good. I’m not like Terzo.”

“Hey!” Terzo felt offended. “That is not true!”

Omega smirks. “You fell twice into the crowd. Not to mention the hole in the middle of the stage.”

Terzo points to Omega. “Don’t you dare, Omega!”

“Oh, and don’t forget about the big ball incident.” Omega laughs out.

“Omega! You’re sleeping on the couch tonight!” Terzo soon tripped and fell down. His face landed on the tombstone. He rolls over and swears in Italian.

Everyone laughs out. Omega covers his face in embarrassment. “Come here, my love.” Omega picks up Terzo and carries him. “Let’s go. I’ll patch you up when we get home.”

When they got to the mansion. They see Alexander on the phone. He was looking at some documents noticing the difference in signatures.

Copia asks. “Is everything alright?”

Alexander looks up at Copia. “Oh! Um, do you know who handles the documents in the clergy?” He notices Sara with the Sunglasses on. “What happened to my daughter?” He sternly spoke.

“She received the blessing from the Oracle. She’s going to be okay.” Copia told Alexander. He sets her down on the couch.

Markus, Sergeant Jackson, and Copia walk over to Alexander.

Markus looks at the documents. “This is impossible.”

Copia looks at the Papa IV signature. “I don’t see anything wrong.”

“Excuse me,” Jackson gets a pen and paper. “How do you sign your signature?”

“Huh?” Copia tilts his head.

Jackson sighs. “You’re autograph. We need it.”

“Oh!” Copia takes the pen and writes PE IV on the paper. “Here you go.”

Jackson takes the paper. “Thank you. Can you please take Sara upstairs?”

“Oakie-dokie!” He helps Sara to Primo’s bedroom. The spirit of Primo is rocking in the rocking chair. He looks at Copia bringing in Sara.

“What happened this time, brother?” Primo asked.

Copia takes the sunglasses off and shows Primo her white eyes. “The Oracle summoned Sara and did the ritual on her.”

Primo interrupts Copia. “Without her consent? She is not ready, Asshole. What the fucking hell were you fucking thinking?!” Elizabeth shows up. “Elizabeth, my love... Our granddaughter...”

“I didn’t want this either, my love.” Elizabeth nods at Copia. He lays Sara down on the bed. “But, this is beyond Lucifer’s will. Rebecca Imperator has created chaos within the clergy. Even those down below are taking notice.”

“What should we do?” Copia asked. “Sister isn’t going to…”

“Copia,” Elizabeth caresses Copia. “you must understand that there’s a thing called karma. She has to reap what she has sown.” Elizabeth sits down. “Sara has the power of foresight. She can predict what is to come. But it is only temporary. She needs the third and fourth gifts to succeed.”

Copia starts to shake and then cries. “I’m scared…” He tears up. “I don’t want to die…” Elizabeth comforted him.

Sara wakes to see Copia crying. She moves over and taps on the empty side of the bed. “Come here, Uncle Copia.” Copia looks at Sara. Copia lays down next to Sara and begins sobbing. Sara hugs Copia as she sees visions of his death as he falls backstage. Sara grips Copia. “It’s okay, Uncle Copia. It’s going to be okay.” The spirits of Primo and Elizabeth watch over Sara and Copia.

“You got to be kidding me!” Screams Markus.

“This is bad.” Omega compared the documents.

“That is fraud.” Sergeant Jackson spoke.

Alexander nods. “Jessica, you have to get the Bureau of Investigators involved. Because this might end up in court.”

“Understood, sir. We will have the documents ready to be submitted.” Said the voice over the phone.

“Thank you and take care.” Alexander hangs up his phone.

Markus rubs his forehead and takes out his phone. “Hilda, it’s me. We got some bad news.” Omega takes photos of the documents with his phone and sends them through text. “Well, Sister has been forging documents with Copia and my signatures.” He paused. “Yes, I need to know how many documents has she been forging. If she’s getting out of line, she will face the consequences for betraying the Clergy.” He stood quietly. “Yes, check the bank statements too. Just in case. Sister Imperator can’t be trusted right now.” He looks at Alexander. “Of course, set up an emergency meeting. The officers will be attending as well.” Markus hangs up his phone.

Omega received a message in Swedish. He messages back. “Sister Imperator had committed fraud. The local police know. She is being investigated by them as well.”

Omega's phone rings and a man starts yelling at him. “Are you shitting me right now, Omega?”

“No, I’m not. Sister Rebecca Imperator has committed fraud. I don’t think Papa knows.” He looks at the director. “The director is helping with the investigation along with the other members of the bloodline.”

The voice yelled. “What! They’re other members of the bloodline outside of our communion!” The voice became louder. “That’s impossible!”

“Allow me to explain.” Alexander interrupted. “I’m Alexander Dickson. I’m an attorney working on this case. Have you heard of the Delta Hospital abductions?”

The voice over Omega’s phone became confused. “Huh? The kidnapping scandal? I heard of it. Why you ask?”

“Because my birth name is Matteo Emeritus. The son of Francesco and Elizabeth Emeritus. I was one of the kids who was taken to be adopted by the hospital.” The voice became silent. “I became a lawyer because of what happened. Their actions caused pain and suffering to the parents of children who were taken.”

“I see…” The voice went silent for a minute. “Omega, keep doing the investigation on Sister Imperator. I’m going to send someone from the main branch. Keep me posted on any new developments.”

“Yes, Frater Dracon.” Omega said.

“Lord Lucifer, give me strength. This is not happening.” The voice hangs up the phone.

“Omega? Tell me that wasn’t the main clergy.” Markus spoke.

Omega nods. “If the main clergy didn’t know, I would not be here.”

“Sister Imperator, you fuck up…” Markus takes a deep breath. “I have to talk to her when she gets back.”

Sunshine runs into the room with a doughnut in her mouth. She gets under the table and starts eating. She made cat noises as she ate. Two officers show up. Markus and Alexander point down to the table.

The two officers walked up to the table. “Alright, doughnut thief! Time to go to jail!” One of the officers shouted before yanking her out from under the table.

She screams like a cat and gets ready to claw at the officers. “Sunshine!” She looks at Alexander. “That’s enough! Learn to behave.” She hisses before being taken away. Markus and Omega look at Alexander. “It’s a dad thing.”

Omega looks confused. “A dad thing?” He tilted his head. “Doesn’t your wife do that?”

“No, she left us a long time ago.” Alexander pointed out. “My wife wanted to be with her affair partner. My kids were still young. I never told them the truth about it and probably never will.”

The secretary enters the room and goes up to Markus and whispers something in his ear. “Really?” He sighed. “Tell the council that someone from the main branch is coming and Sister Imperator is reprimanded from doing clergy duties until the investigation is complete.”

“Understood, sir.” She looks at the documents and says. “Isn’t this the receipt for the tax credit?” She pulls out a copy of the receipt.

“Why is this in here?” Alexander asked.

She shows Markus one of the receipts. “20 packs of juice boxes under clergy expenses?” Markus is puzzled.

“Copia…” Markus and Hilda spoke.

Markus told Hilda. “We’re going to have a word with him later.”

Dewdrop runs to the room and hides behind Alexander. Cirrus and Cumulus enter the room pissed. “Dewdrop, what did you do?” The director asked.

“Yeah, Dewy. Tell them.” Shouted Cirrus.

Dewdrop hissed at the girls. Alexander pinches the back of Dewdrop’s neck. Dewdrop went limp. He looks up at Alexander.

“What did you do?” The director’s left eye glowed.

Dewdrop goes into his shirt and pulls out a pair of pink lace underwear.

“Really?” The director said.

Cirrus goes up to Dewdrop and opens his shirt. Different types of women’s underwear poured out from his shirt.

Dewdrop looks at Alexander. “I’m not defending you.” Alexander told Dewdrop.

One of the officers entered the room and saw Dewdrop being held over a pile of women’s underwear. “Guys, the underwear thief has been caught!”

Dewdrop scrambles to collect the pile and tries to run. But the director helps Alexander stop Dewdrop in his tracks. The officer moved in and arrested Dewdrop.

“Yo, I’m innocent! I didn’t do anything wrong!” Dewdrop screamed.

“Bull shit!” Yelled Cirrus. “Just be happy that Mountain is not here. He could have taken you to air jail.”

When Dewdrop was taken away, Cirrus and Cumulus goes over to Alexander.

“Excuse me, sir. Are you Sara’s father?” Cumulus spoke.

“Yes, I am.” Alexander reached into his jacket and pulled his business card from his pocket.

Cirrus reads the card. “Baby, look! This is the lawyer who is going to help Sunny.”

Cumulus looks at the business card. “Alexander Dickson. District Attorney Prosecutor.” She looks up at Alexander. “Are you serious?”

“Sunshine wants an outside lawyer who is not biased in the clergy. So, she came to me for help.” Alexander explained.

Cirrus got suspicious. “She wasn’t alone when she came to you, right?”

Alexander stood up to Cirrus. “No, she was with someone named Cowbell.”

Cirrus and Cumulus look at each other. “Her uncle.” They both relax and smile.

“So, you are taking her father’s case.” Cumulus wags her tail. “Finally! She was praying for this day to happen.”

“Yeah, but the Ghost Project can’t be delayed then it already is.” The director pointed out. “We will have a replacement for her. So, she can be at the trial and the Ghost Project can continue the tour.”

Cumulus looks concerned at the director. “Are you sure? I remember stories of that time with Terzo…”

The director stopped her. “I understand the Terzo has his flaws. But what happened between him and his ghouls was not his fault. Sister Imperator overruled his decisions for the clergy. It landed him in hot water and the loss of respect of the ghouls.”

Cirrus growls. “That bitch. I heard she was hated by Terzo and now I understand why.”

“You two will continue together on the Ghost Project.” The director informed. “Her replacement will be informed to Copia.”

“Don’t worry about Sunshine. I’ll keep an eye on her.” Alexander told the girls.

“Babe, should I tell him?” Cumulus looks at Cirrus and nods. “Down in the catacombs. Section B-12. Dungeon cell number 1204. That’s where Sunny’s father is.” Cirrus told Alexander.

“It’s about time she can finally be with her father.” Cumulus said as she locked eyes with Cirrus.

A ping sound came from Alexander’s phone. “Alex, I got the guy you wanted. Will be over in an hour. -Robin. P. S. You owe me dinner tonight.”

“What is it?” Asked the director.

“Looks like the lawyer she hired is coming over sooner than expected.” Alexander told them.

Cirrus and Cumulus got excited and hugged each other. They hug Alexander and rushed to Sunshine to tell her the news. Then a text showed up on his phone saying, “They’re here. I’m in the principal’s office. I’m scared. -William”

He text back, “Call my phone number and put me on speaker. I am on my way. -Alexander”

The phone rings and he picks up the phone he can hear the conversation between the principal, the teacher and two officers .

“Okay, kid.” The officer told William.

“Don’t even think about it!” Yelled Alexander. “You do realize you are violating his rights under the fourth amendment, right?”

A cop looks around. “Who said that?”

William takes out his phone and shows it to an officer.

“This is district prosecutor, Alexander Dickson and legal attorney for the boy, William Parker.”

“Shit…” the cop mumbles.

“I know you want to use the boy to get to my daughter. But that’s not happening. I already aware of what you have been up to. I’m already heading over to the school. You better not take him or you will be charged with child kidnapping and witness tampering.”

“Who do you think you are?” Yelled one of the cops.

Another set of officers went from behind the cops and arrested them on the spot.

“Didn’t you hear the guy? The district prosecutor was on his phone. Hey, Alex!”

“Hey Keven!” Alexander shouted from the phone. “Can you keep an eye on the boy for me until I get there?”

“Sure thing, sir.” He snapped the handcuffs on the cop. “Give me a minute while I read his rights.”

William looks at his phone. “How’d they get here so fast?”

Alexander chuckles. “I called them in advance. Just in case I can’t make it.” The bell rang from the hall.

The principal said to William. “Go to your classroom. If your legal guardian shows up, I’ll call the teacher for you to come into my office. Understand?”

“Yes, sir.” William grabs his backpack. “I have to go. Tell Sara, I am waiting for her to pick me up. My dad put her as my emergency contact.”

“No problem. Thanks for letting me know.” Alexander hangs up the phone. He looks at the director. “Looks like we have to wake up Sara. She is the only person who can get William out of school.”

The director and Alexander went to Primo’s bedroom and sees Copia sleeping with Sara and Primo in his rocking chair.

Primo looks up at the director. “Ah, Markus. What brings you to visit me?”

“Hello, papa Primo. I’m here to get Sara. There’s an emergency with her apprentice.” The director answered.

Sara woke up. “Is William in danger?”

“Yeah, they showed up. Lucky I called my boys in advance and they made it just in time.”

“Fuck,” Sara slowly moves Copia so he doesn’t wake up. “Grandpa, do you have bigger sunglasses? I don’t want to hurt my eyes.”

“Me? No. Ask your uncle, Secondo. He should have a spare. His left eye burns sensitive to the sun. So, he always keeps a pair on him.” Primo told Sara.

Sara gets up and kisses Primo. “Thanks grandpa.”

They leave the room leaving Copia to sleep in peace.

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The Medium and the Nameless Ghouls

Case File 007-1 Secondo file Oracle the Ancient Ghoul

Sara begins her training as a Sibling before she becomes Lucia’s replacement. As the due date approaches, the Clergy begins to shut out the director under the orders of Sister Imperator. Can Alexander use the knowledge of Law to help bring balance to the Clergy?

Sara felt dizzy as she tried to get up. Sergeant Jackson puts his flashlight away and holds her head gently. "Sara, are you okay?"

"Yeah," Sara's left eye swells red. "I think so..."

Sara hears the voice of the old woman. "Come to me, daughter of the old one."

Sara asked Dewdrop. "Dewdrop, do you know of an old woman who lives in the cemetery?"

Dewdrop tilts his head. "Old woman?"

Sara explains. "She's an old woman wearing a long black gown and a black veil that covers her face."

Dewdrop gasps. "You met the Oracle?"

Sara asked. "Oracle? Who's she?"

Dewdrop goes to the director and Omega. They were tending to Terzo-possessed Phil.

"Sir," Dewdrop goes to the director. "The oracle has contacted Sara."

Omega overheard what he said. "The Oracle? The ancient ghoul of the founding papa?" Dewdrop nods quickly. Omega looks at the director. "Sir, we have to take Sara. You know how impatient the Oracle can be."

The director spoke. "If she is summoning Sara. It must be of great importance." Omega nods at the director.

Omega checks on Phil. "He's still sleeping." He picks up Phil and carries him. "I'll meet you at the entrance of the cemetery." He leaves with Dewdrop.

The director goes to Sara. "Is she okay, Officer?"

Jackson helped Sara to her feet. "No, she needs to rest. I heard from Kibbles about her powers. Sara has a tendency to get seizures." He takes Sara to the bedroom. "I’m not letting her out of my site."

The director revealed his left eye to Sergeant Jackson. "I know. I have the same problem myself." The director put his sunglasses on and his left eye glows. "We were both born with this power. However, we can’t inherit its true power. That power has to be granted by a high authority."

"What do you mean by that?" asked Jackson.

The director’s left eye returned to normal. "Nihil was given his left eye by Sister Imperator. Secondo and Terzo were blessed with the left eye by the high sister, Inquisitor. Primo was a different case."

"How different?" Jackson became curious.

The director checked on Sara. She was resting in her bed. The director leans over Jackson. He whispers. "Primo, Sara’s grandfather, has both eyes blessed. No one knew how it happened. When he became Papa Emeritus I, he lost the ability to use his right eye during his first tour." Jackson was shocked. "Sara is part of a powerful lineage."

Sara grumbles as she gets up. "Is there something wrong, Sara?" Jackson asked.

Sara feels her left eye sting. "She won’t stop calling out to me."

The director goes to her suitcase and takes out a jacket. He goes to Sara and gives her the jacket. "Here, put this on. I’m taking you to the Oracle. It’s important that you see her."

Sara puts on the jacket and gets out of bed. Sergeant Jackson stops her. "Sara, you just collapsed. You have to rest."

Sara fixes her hair. "I understand that you’re worried. But a spirit medium has to heed the call of lost souls to help them find peace." She looks up at Sergeant Jackson. "It’s an oath I took when I got sworn in the Spirit Medium Society. If you’re that concerned about me, you can come with us. Just in case." Jackson nods and follows Sara and the Director.

When they got to the cemetery Terzo, Omega, and Copia was waiting for them at the entrance. Copia told Terzo. "So, If that’s true that would mean…" Copia stopped mid sentence and turned around. He sees the director, Sara, and Sergeant Jackson. "Ah, you arrived!" Copia goes to Sara and hugs her. "Is it true? Did the Oracle call for your acquaintance?"

Sara nods. "Yes, that’s what I’m here for."

Copia takes Sara’s hand. "Come with me. I will show you the way." They made their way to the oldest part of the cemetery. "Ta-da." Copia showed Sara an old crypt. "Here we are."

Jackson takes a look at the old upside down cross with the G engraved over it. "That’s Templar."

"What?" Sara became confused.

Jackson points to the crypt. "That’s Templar cross. It originated in France. From 1100 to 1300 AD."

"How do you know so much about it?" Sara asked.

"I have an uncle who was a Grand Master of the Freemasons. He once told stories about the Knights Templar and their adventures to the Holy Land."

"Wow, I never knew that." The director spoke. "Do you know what happened to them?"

Jackson became quiet. "They were betrayed… by their own king."

"What? Are you serious?" Sara yelled.

The stone door opens and a young woman in a black wedding dress walks out of the crypt. "Are you the one that the Oracle spoke of?"

Jackson moved aside Sara, "I’m she..." Sara spoke.

"I’m the air Ghoulette, Largo." She bowed to Sara. "I’m one of the Oracle’s maidens. She must speak to you." She holds her hand out to Sara.

Sara takes it and follows her into the crypt. The crypt leads downstairs to the underground vault. The vault is decorated with some old Templar tapestry and a stone statue of a man looking similar to Secondo and the make-up of Primo. In the corner of the vault is the Oracle. She was sitting in front of a large table with a crystal ball.

"My lady?" Largo bows to the Oracle. "I brought the girl as requested."

The Oracle holds up her hand. "Thank you, Largo. Inform Tempo and Allegro that we have company."

"Yes, my lady." She teleported away.

The Oracle shows Sara an empty chair. "Come, child." Sara moved to the chair and sat down. "Do you know why you’re here?" The Oracle asked Sara.

Sara wonders a bit. "Let me guess, is it because it's my destiny to be here." Oracle tilts her head. "Okay, I was being sarcastic. But what I do know is that my grandfather is Primo and that I have the power to see beyond the veil."

The Oracle nods. "I understand your history. But do you know why you're here?"

Sara sighs. She looks at the entrance. Then she looks back to the Oracle. "I'm under witness protection. The director Markus decided to take me in under the name Sierra. Most of the siblings know about what happened."

"You didn't come here alone, did you?" The Oracle asked.

"No. Copia, Omega, Terzo..."

The Oracle interrupted Sara. "Omega's here? I thought he left after Alpha was sent to the pits."

"Actually..." Sara leans closer. "Omega's is here to do an investigation on Sister Imperator."

"I see..." Oracle thinks for a minute. "There are bigger things than what we think..." Sara senses Oracle using her powers. "I can sense Alpha. He's trapped somewhere."

Sara became embarrassed. "Yeah, about that..." Sara tells Oracle about Alpha's return and his attack on Copia and Sister Imperator.

Oracle jumps out of her seat. "Are you serious?!"

"I'm not lying," Sara told Oracle how the police officers and the ghouls work together with Secondo to freeze Alpha. Oracle blinks her eyes in disbelief. "I know, it's crazy. I kind of feel bad for Copia. He had to watch his mom get arrested."

"What is she arrested for?"

"Tampering and destruction of evidence and attempted murder of an officer." Oracle's eyes widen. "She sent an assassin ghoulette to kill me. Plus there are other charges that are pending."

The Oracle was shocked. "I see... She must have seen you as a threat. There was a rumor about her trying to rebuild the Clergy of Sin. To be rid of the Emeritus bloodline completely."

"What? Does she even know that Copia and Markus are part of the bloodline? Not to mention that there are others outside the clergy."

"So, the bloodline is flourishing outside the clergy." Oracle thinks for a minute. "Elizabeth... Your son..." The spirit of Elizabeth appears at the table.

"Grandma," Sara tries to hug Elizabeth. "You're here."

"Hello, dear." Elizabeth caresses Sara's cheek. "How have you been?"

"It's been a long time, dear friend." Oracle smiles.

"Don't worry about my son. He's an adult and a great lawyer. He can take care of himself." Elizabeth explains.

Oracle asks. "Is it true? Has the bloodline flourished outside the Clergy?"

Elizabeth nods. "I'm a grandmother of three and a great-grandmother of two."

"Four," Sara explains. "Steph has a three-year-old son and a daughter on the way."

"Oh, my. Stephanie has two!" Elizabeth cheered. "Sweety, you should get married yourself. I want you to have children." Sara got upset. "What happened?"

"Grandma..." Sara explains about her ex-husband and how she got divorced. She even told them about how her Aunt Wendy and Stephanie defended him.

Elizabeth looks at the Oracle. "Dear friend, can we hex that man and make it look like bad luck?"

Oracle looks at her with a grin. "I can pull some strings."

"We got you, honey. So, you don't have to worry," Elizabeth told Sara. "Now then, let's start the ritual."

Sara sees the two ghoulettes in morning dresses enter the room. They remove the rug to reveal a pentagram and melted wax on each corner. A ghoul comes in with a baby goat. He places it in front of the statue.

"Let the ritual begin!" Shouted Oracle.

"Wait, What?" Sara became shocked.

Outside the crypt, Jackson and Markus argue about the holy grail. While Copia is pacing around.

"Relax, fratellino." Terzo said. He leans next to Omega. "She's fine. Mama Elizabeth received the blessing ritual from the Oracle. How bad can it get?"

Sara emerges from the crypt and nearly collapses. Omega rushes to Sara and helps her up. Sara looks up at Omega, then to Copia and Terzo. Copia and Terzo smile and rush to Sara.

"Lusifer in basso, you did it!" Terzo yelled.

"To the morning star above, congratulations!" Copia hugs Sara.

Jackson and Markus stop fighting and look over to Sara. Markus was stunned. "You truly are Primo's Grandchild." He spoke. He looks into Sara's white eyes.

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Escape from the Clergy

An AU one shot

Phil was walking down the hallway when he saw a pack of ghouls whispering near Sister Imperator’s office.

“I can’t believe she’s actually doing this.”

“I know, right.”

Phil hides behind a pillar and starts to overhear the conversation.

“I can’t believe she actually convinced Papa Nihil to pull it off.”

The other ghoul shushes. “Dude, not so loud.”

“Yeah, we don’t know who’s nearby.”

A ghoul leaves Sister Imperator’s office and joins the pack.

“Do you have it?”

“Yeah,” The ghoul pulled out a box and shows the contents. “It’s the poison needed for the job.” He said out loud.

The pack pulls the ghoul in and hushes him.

“Dude, really?”

“Not so loud. We don’t know who’s listening.”

The pack looks around and didn’t notice Phil hiding.

“I don’t know why you guys are so worried.” He looks around and sees Sister Imperator leaving her office and locking the door. “There’s nobody here. Besides, They’re just extra mouths to feed.”

“Ma’am!” The pack lined up in a row.

“I have to meet with Papa Nihil. The new lead singer has arrived!” She laughed. “I want you ghouls to be near the targets at all times. Until I give you the signal to strike.”

“Who are the targets?” One of the ghouls asked.

Sister Imperator rolled her eyes. “The three papas.” Phil quietly covers his mouth trying not to make a noise. “Once I leave the room, you ghouls take the syringe and inject the poison into their bodies.” Phil turns into a shadow. “I don’t care how it's done. I want those three dead. Am I clear on this?”

Phil moves quickly to the waiting room where the three former papas are playing. Phil becomes physical and knocks frantically on the door.

“Sí?” A strong voice yelled.

“Secondo! It’s me. Can we talk?”

The sound of a chair scratching the floor then footsteps gets closer to the door.

The door opens showing Terzo without his skull makeup on. “Phil? What is wrong? What is it?”

Phil looks around nervously. “Papa, I need to talk to you. It’s urgent.”

Terzo lets Phil into the room. “This better be important.” Secondo scolded.

Terzo closed the door. “It is important.” Phil looks around and can’t sense the Sister’s ghouls. He takes a deep breath. “Sister Imperator has sent assassins to kill the three of you.”

The three men look at each other. “What? are you sure?” Asked Primo.

“I’m not wrong, Papa Primo. You have to believe me when I tell you this.” Phil told him what he overheard from the pack of ghouls and Sister Imperator.

All of them gasped. “You’re joking!” Secondo yelled out.

“I knew it!” Terzo pointed at his brothers. “I told you guys that she’s going to betray us. I told you, but you guys didn’t listen to me!”

“Enough!” Secondo slams the table.

Phil looks at the door. “I think it’s best we take our leave. I sense the other ghouls coming closer.”

“I’m going to pack my things.” Terzo told Phil. “I’ll be waiting at the catacomb entrance.” He leaves through the secret door.

“Secondo?” Phil looks at him.

Secondo rolls his eyes and gives in. “Fine… You better be telling the truth about this.” He leaves Primo alone with Phil.

“Phil, can I ask you something?” Primo looked at Phil.

“There is a place I would like to go to. Would you take us there?” Primo smiles at Phil.

Phil wags his tail. “Of course, Papa Primo. I will take you there.” Phil escorted Primo to the secret door.

As soon the pack of ghouls entered the room, the papas were already gone. The papas packed their bags and headed to the catacombs. As soon as Sister and Nihil arrived the ghouls were waiting in the empty room.

Sister Imperator looks at the ghouls. “Where are they?”

The pack looks at each other and shrugs. “Ma’am.” A shadow ghoul approach Sister Imperator and whispers something in her ear. Her eyes widen. “SPECIAL GHOUL!” Her voice was heard through out the clergy.

Phil stopped dead in his tracks and looks behind him at the catacomb entrance. “What is it, Phil?” Terzo asked.

Phil grabs Terzo’s arm. “We need to run. Now! She knows!”

They start running through the tunnel. They ran past the ghoul dens and saw a group of shadow ghouls. Secondo uses his magic to make the ghouls move out of the way. Primo starts to slow down and stops to catch his breath.

“Papa Primo!” Phil runs up to him. “Come on, this is not the time!” He pulls Primo’s arms over his shoulders and gives him a piggyback ride to his brothers.

When they got to the exit, the pack of ghouls were waiting for them.

“Shit…” Phil groans.

The pack of ghouls took out the syringes. “What do we do now?” Terzo asked Secondo.

Secondo takes off his jacket. “We fight back.” He throws it behind him.

Dewdrop and Omega walk together towards the dens. They hear the sound of fighting from a distance.

“What’s that?” Dewdrop asked.

They hear a familiar voice ringing out. “That’s Papa Secondo!” Omega yelled. They both ran to the sound and see the ghouls holding down the three Papas.

As the ghouls was about to stab the syringe into Secondo and Terzo, Omega and Dewdrop attacked the ghouls.

Dewdrop yelled out. “Aether, Ifrit! The papas are in danger! come help us!”

They fought the Sister’s ghouls until Aether, Mist, Pebble, and Ifrit arrive.

The ghouls rolled over the floor in pain. Omega picked one of them up by the throat. “Don’t ever come near my masters ever again!” The ghoul became frightened. “Am I clear?” Yelled out Omega. The ghoul nods his head quickly. Omega tosses the ghoul to the wall. All of the ghouls ran away.

Aether looks at Omega. “What happened big guy?”

Dewdrop and Phil got up and helps the three Papas. “Sister Imperator sent ghouls to kill The three papas.”

“What? no way!” Yelled Pebble.

“Yes, way.” Dewdrop picks up the broken syringe and shows it off.

Aether takes it and sniffs it. The bad odor made him back off.

Ifrit asked Dewdrop. “What is that stuff?”

“It’s poison.” Phil explains. “Sister gave it to the ghouls to kill our papa.”

Terzo dusted himself off. “Phil is not lying. She really wants us dead.”

“So, you guys are trying to escape.” Aether said.

“Sister has gone too far this time.” Secondo puts on his jacket.

Pebble, Mist, and Ifrit look at each other and nod. “We will help you guys out.”

Terzo smiles at his ghouls. “Grazie, My precious ghouls!” He hugs all three of them.

“Come on. I know a short cut to the garage.” Omega told the group.

They all left to the underground garage. As they were picking out a car. Pebble and Mist heard footsteps running towards them.

“Guys, we got company!” Mist yelled out.

“Let’s hold them off!” Dewdrop told Mist. Mist and Dewdrop combined their powers and made and ice wall.

“Looks like it’s up to us, Ifrit.” Pebble said to Ifrit.

Ifrit nods in agreement. “Just like old times.” Ifrit goes to Dewdrop. He lowers Dewdrop and kisses him. “This might be the last time I will ever be with you.” He caressed Dewdrop and pulled him up. “If I ever survive this, You and I will have that trip to Paris.”

“Just the two of us?” Dewdrop asked.

“Just the two of us.” Ifrit kissed Dewdrop’s forehead.

Pebble gets ready at the wall. “Come on, Ifrit. Let’s get this party started.”

“Right!” Ifrit activates his powers and teleports to the other side of the ice wall. “Viva la France!”

Pebble followed Ifrit. “Pour la révolution!”

Mist and Dewdrop hear the ghouls battling behind the ice wall.

Aether goes to Dewdrop and Mist. “Come on you two. We have to help the papas in the front.” Dewdrop looks at the wall. “Don’t worry about Ifrit. He can take care of himself. We have a job to do.”

Dewdrop closed his eyes and clutched his chest. He runs away from the ice wall. He runs up the ramp with Aether and Mist. Phil starts the car and slowly drive behind them. They made it through to the main entrance of the garage. Dewdrop goes to the side door and peaks out the door window.

“See anything?” Mist whispered.

Dewdrop snares as he sees the guards looking around. He clicks his tongue. He goes to Aether and Mist.

“The whole place is surrounded.” He told them. “Both ghouls and humans are looking for them.”

“Any sign of Sister?” Terzo asked. Dewdrop goes back to the window. He takes a peek. He looks back and shakes his head.

Aether goes over to the door and takes a look outside. He starts counting the guards. “One, two, three…” He notices a man walking around in a black cassock. “A new guy, four, five…” he sees the man bowing and Papa Nihil shows up. “Six, Shit…” Aether looks at Dewdrop. “Papa Nihil is outside.”

Dewdrop goes to the car. “Papa Nihil has been spotted outside.”

“If he’s out there that means Sister might be close by.” Terzo spoke.

“What should we do? How are we going to distract them?” Aether notices the guards looking at him. “Shit!” The guards start running to the garage. “We have been spotted!”

“Get down. We got this.” Mist told the papas.

The guards enters the Garage and spots Dewdrop and Mist looking into the different cars.

“Not here!” Dewdrop yelled.

“Not in this one!” Mist yelled out.

The guards looks at Aether. “I’m just keeping an I out for the papas.” He lyes to the guards. “So far, we haven’t found them, yet.”

Sister’s voice called out to the guards and they head back outside. Mist and Dewdrop were still looking into the cars until they left. Then Aether heard Sister calling out to the ghouls. He sees Sister staring him down making him gulp in cold sweat. “Dewdrop, Mist! Sister wants to see us.”

“Mist, now is the perfect time to distract her.” Dewdrop told her.

Mist nods and heads out the door. Dewdrop looks around and opens the garage gates. “They’re not here!” Aether starts signing to Omega to get the car ready.

Aether and Dewdrop lift up their arms as they walk through the gates. “Ifrit! Pebble!” Dewdrop yelled as he sees the two badly wounded.

“Where are they?” The guards forced Dewdrop, Aether and Mist to their knees. Sister walks over to Ifrit. “You know, I don’t like to be kept waiting.” She yanks Ifrit’s curly hair. “Where are they? Tell me, now!”

Dewdrop gasps at Ifrit’s pain. “Stop it, Sister Imperator! He got nothing to do with them!” He looks at Mist.

“Th-that’s right! We have been looking for them too!”

Sister Imperator let’s go of Ifrit and goes over to Mist to hit her hard. Mist yelps as she falls to the ground.

“What the hell, bitch!” Dewdrop yelled.

Sister interrupted. “Quiet! You…”

The sound of a car engine got Sister Imperator’s attention. As she goes to the front garage, bright high beam lights blinded her. The car drove fast and hits Sister Imperator. Papa Nihil and a cardinal rushed over to Sister and the car was long gone.

“Unholy Mother, I can’t believe we did that!” Yelled Primo

“I will not lie. I never liked her.” Secondo spoke. Terzo looks at him. “She never liked me from the beginning. She always tells me that I’m too much like father.” He leans back. “I never understood why. Now I know.”

“Let’s not worry about the past.” Primo said to his brothers. “Our roles as Papa are long over. We have a future to think about.”

The two younger brothers looked at each other. “What do you have in mind, big brother?” Terzo asked Primo.

Primo turned on the car light and takes out an envelope. “Omega.”

Omega pulls over and takes a look at the envelope. “Is that Prime Mover Elizabeth’s home address?” Omega asks.

Primo nods. “Yes, it is.”

Omega looks dead at his face. “That’s a five hour drive!”

“What choice do we have?” Primo complained.

Phil looks at Omega. “Let’s take it. We’re better off with Mama Elizabeth than with Sister and Nihil. Not to mention that we ran that bitch over with the car!”

Omega looks dead at Phil. “Point taken.” He starts the car. “When we hit the first rest stop. We have to switch places.”

Phil takes off his mask and tosses it out the window. “Omega, you know we’re not bound to her.”

Omega takes his mask off and he tosses it out the window. Omega takes a big breath in. “So, road trip it is.” He turns on the radio to a heavy metal station and drove away.

6 hours later and they managed to find the house. Omega sees a cop car in the driveway of the house. He sees a female officer getting out of the house.

“I’m heading out, grandma!”

An old lady gets out of the house. “Be careful, dear.”

The woman was about to head to the vehicle when she sees the car. “Grandma?”

“I see it, dear.”

She takes out her ticket pad and goes over to the car. When she knocks on the window Phil pulls his head out of the car. “Boo.” He said to her.

The officer was not amused. “Nice try. License and registration, please.”

“Guys, now what?” He said.

All the doors open and they all got out. They all started stretching.

Primo goes up to the officer. “Mi scusi, signora. I’m looking for my wife, Elizabeth Emeritus.” He hands her the envelope.

She looks at the name and address. “Sir.” She shows her badge to Primo.

Primo sighed with relief. “Brothers, she’s an Emeritus.” All the boys went over to see the badge. “And Elizabeth is she…” The officer points to the police car and he sees a crying old woman standing.

“Il mio amato!” He runs into the street.

“Amore mio!” She runs to Primo. They both embraced each other and kissed in the middle of the street.

They awed at them. The officer walks over to them and pulls her hand out, Primo and Elizabeth notice a car heading their way. They start walking to the house. The car slows down to a stop. The officer moved and the driver pulled down the window.

“Morning Sara! What was that about?” Sara looks at the driver.

“My grandfather and uncles came from Italy to visit my grandmother.”

“I see…” He looks at the damaged car.

She looks behind her. “Yeah, I’m also writing them a ticket for driving a damaged vehicle without a registration or insurance.”

“Shit… I’ll let the boss know you’re going to be late.” The car window goes up and slowly drives off.

Terzo goes up to her. “Who was that?” He teased.

Sara smiles. “My coworker.” She faces Terzo. “But he’s married.” He grins. “I’m still writing you the ticket.” He frowns and takes out his wallet.

Omega goes to Terzo. “Let me handle it. You go inside.” Terzo put his wallet away and heads toward the house with Secondo.

“License and registration.” He takes out his wallet and pulls out his passport. She opens the passport. “This is a human photo.”

“Oh, sorry.” He takes out a flask and drinks from it. Sara sees Omega become human.

Sara looks at the photo. “Okay, now the registration of the vehicle.” She follows him to the car and he takes out a small folder from the car. She checks the registration. “The registration has expired a year ago and there is no insurance for the car.” She starts writing in the ticket pad. “Let’s see here. Driving an unsafe car. Operating a vehicle with an expired registration. No valid insurance. Is there any thing else?”

Omega stood silent. “Well, He hit an old lady.” Phil told Sara. She looks at Phil. “It was self defense. We had no other choice.”

“This needs to be explained at the station.” She sighed. She gives the ticket to Omega. “You’re lucky. I’m just doing you guys a favor.”

“Like giving me a ticket is doing me the favor.” Omega said sternly.

“When I pull my car out. Put your car in the garage. The automatic door doesn’t work. So you have to manually open and close it.”

“Is this the favor you were talking about?” Omega asked. Sara takes out her phone and plays the news footage about Sister Imperator being the victim of a hit-and-run. “That bitch!”

“Like I said I’m doing you guys a favor.”

Omega takes a look around. “Fine… I’ll except the ticket.”

“Just lay low and don’t let anyone see you.” Sara closed her eyes then opens them up to reveal her white left eye. “Grandma told me to always keep our powers in check and to take good care of our demons.” She blinks and her white eye turns to normal. “Get ready.” Sara told Omega.

Sara goes to the police car and heads off to work. Omega goes to the garage and lifts the door. He signals Phil and he starts to car and drives it into the garage. Omega looks around and slams the garage door shut.

After years of being in the clergy the papas were finally free from Sister’s wrath. They spend time with Elizabeth even celebrated holidays with each other.

Sara resigned from the police department and became Secondo’s apprentice. They eventually opened a private investigation firm. They are now investigating cold cases with a new member of their team, William.

Terzo and Omega both got married and opened their own satanic church in the town. Terzo’s mother and daughter moved in with them. They even helped Terzo out with the church events. Phil became the Usher and manager of the church.

Primo enjoys his retirement with Elizabeth. He finally got time to do gardening in the backyard. But he loves spending time with his grandchildren and great grandchildren. Spoiling them with his love.

Sister Imperator survived the hit and run. But her reputation was damaged. When the main clergy heard about what happened. They take a look into the case. She was investigated and the assassination was brought to light. The decision was made to remove her from power and give her a dead end position in the clergy. She died without seeing her little Cardinal, Copia.

The Cardinal, Copia has became the new lead singer under the watchful eyes of the main clergy. He did become Papa Emeritus IV under the exception he stays away from Sister Imperator. He takes her death hard but he didn’t get to be the new head of the clergy.

Nihil didn’t return to the stage even after his death. Everyone attended the funeral except for the three papas. His spirit now roams the clergy wondering if he was able to get another chance.

Aether stays with the band for a while, then joins another band in a different branch. Mist is living her days as a den mother in the clergy school for kits. Ifrit became a teacher in the school. Pebble works with the main clergy as a caseworker. Dewdrop became a fire ghoul and leading guitarist in the band. He became sick with Elemental Displacement Syndrome but managed to overcome it. He stood by Copia even becoming his pain in the ass. He settled down with Ifrit in his downtime. Now he's expecting their first litter of kits.

[prittyvenus]

My Zombie Queen Emily

🐍🥀🦋Ghost X Corpse Bride One shot🦋🥀🐍

Francesco (Primo) Valentino (Secondo) Alessandro (Terzo) Dante (Nihil) Giovanni (Copia) Rebecca (Sister)

Warning: adult language, suicide, miscarriage, sexual orientation.

“Another rejection, Valentino!” yelled Sister Imperator. “You are about to be 30 soon, and as the oldest of the bloodline, you have to be the first to have a prime mover! Cardinal Francesco has already been chosen to be Papa in your father's place. As the oldest child of Nihil...”

“Oh, shut the fuck up woman!” Valentino lashed out. “You are not my Mother! So, get off my dick!” Valentino takes a flask out of his jacket and drinks from it. “You got rejected by my father after he cheated on you. Heck, I even know that you lost your role as prime mover. You even gave up your son as a result. So why the fuck should I listen to your failed ass.”

Papa Nihil bangs his staff on the floor. “That is enough, Valentino! You shouldn’t argue with Sister when she's talking to you. You already lost your role as Papa Emeritus Primo to Cardinal Francesco, and I told you many times that if you don't fix that attitude soon, you will never be Papa. Look at you now. You haven't learned anything.”

“Shut the hell up, you hypocrite!” Valentino empties his flask. “You can’t say shit after you left my mother to be with Alessandro’s mother. You cheating scumbag! I found out that you slept with my second date! Why should I go through with what you say after what you already did?” The room became dead silent. “I already had enough of this place! I'm leaving the clergy!”

Papa Nihil gets up from his seat as Valentino leaves the room. “Someone, stop him!” Yells Sister Imperator.

Francesco grabbed his arm and took him to the hallway. “What is wrong with you! Are you drunk?” The smell of alcohol leaves Valentino’s breath. “You have been drinking again haven't you?”

“Fuck you, Francesco. You're not my dad!”

“No, but I raised you like you are my own son.” Francesco told Valentino. “I know you better than you know yourself, little brother.” Francesco drags Valentino back to the conference room. “Come let us go and apologize.”

Valentino pulls his arm away from Francesco. “I’m not going! I'm leaving the clergy and that is final!” Alessandro sees his Valentino run from Francesco. He runs to Valentino and tackles him. The Two brothers fought to the ground. Francesco tried to separate the two. Sister Imperator and Papa Nihil watch as Francesco successfully separates the two.

“That is enough from the both of you!” scolded Francesco. “Don’t you both ever think?” The two men look at Francesco. “Alessandro, you should be studying. Why are you here?”

“I heard the rumors from the ghouls that Fratello is leaving the Clergy of sin. I thought I could stop him from leaving.” Valentino turned away from the two and Alessandro tried to tackle him again.

Valentino punches Alessandro to the ground and runs away. Francesco helps Alessandro as Papa Nihil watches sadly as Valentino leaves. “Sister, send out the ghouls. Valentino must be punished.”

Sister Imperator summons shadow ghouls to him. “Find Valentino and bring him home. He must face punishment for his actions.” The shadow ghoul nods takes physical forms and leaves to go find Valentino. Francesco gets help from a ghoul and they take Alessandro to the hospital wing of the Clergy.

Valentino makes it to the Clergy Cemetery. He tripped on a small headstone and dropped his mother’s wedding band on the ground. He watches the ring bounce and roll away down the hill and into the woods. “Oh, fuck!” He gets up and runs after it. The ring rolls next to the root of a dead tree. he picked up the ring and held it close to his chest. Then a strong hand gently hits his shoulder. Valentino turned around and saw four heavy-set ghouls behind him.

“We are here to take you home Master Valentino.” said one of the ghouls.

“Oh, under whom? Rebecca or Francesco?” asked Valentino.

The ghouls look at each other and then back at Valentino. The ghouls grabbed Valentino and tackled him. Valentino accidentally put the ring on the skeleton's hand as he was trying to get away from the ghouls. The hand began to move as two of the ghouls dragged him away to the Clergy. The blasting sound of dirt exploding got two of the ghouls' attention. They see the corpse of a bride moving up and out of a hole. The two ghouls ran and yelled, “I think Master Valentino has summoned something.” The two ghouls holding Valentino see a dead bride moving towards them. “Protect the Master! We can't let her near him!” A ghoul quickly took Valentino over his shoulder and rushed over to the Clergy. They made it inside the Clergy and dropped Valentino off at the head office.

Papa Nihil and Rebecca Imperator are doing paperwork when the ghoul rushes in. “Take your leave. We’ll handle him.” Rebecca told the ghoul. A sister of sin shows up at the main office. “What is the meaning of this?”

“I’m sorry Sister, but there's a zombie walking around inside the Clergy.”

“Where did it come from?” Rebecca asked the sister of sin.

“Sister!” Nihil points to the corner of the room and sees the bride standing then walking over to Valentino.

Sister yells “Get him out of here! We can not lose the main bloodline to the dead!” The ghoul takes Valentino and brings him to the family mansion.

“Master Francesco, we have some bad news.”

Francesco raised his hand. “I’m already aware of the situation. Alessandro, you...” The doorbell rings. “Who is ringing at this time?” Alessandro looks at the peak hole and sees the corpse standing in front of the door. Alessandro screams loudly and runs away from the door.

“She’s here! She's outside!” Alessandro points to the door.

Francesco looks at Valentino with anger in his eyes. “What did you do?” Valentino was dead silent. “What on earth did you summon here?”

“I don't know!” Yells Valentino. “I dropped my mother's ring and lost it while I was fighting with the ghouls under the dead oak tree.” The doorknob began to move and the doorbell began to ring.

Alessandro's jaw dropped. “You mean the dead oak tree in the woods outside of the Clergy.”

“You know something about it?” asked Francesco. One of the servants came to the door and opened it. “Wait, don't open the door!” The bride walks in and crows and ravens surround her. Valentino ducks as the blackbirds surround him. He looks up at the bride with his back on the steps.

The bride leans on Valentino. “You may kiss the bride.” She said as they vanished leaving behind black feathers in the main hall.

Valentino awakens to the sound of a woman’s voice. “Oh, thank goodness. You’re awake.” She smiled and softly stoked Valentino’s face.

Valentino’s eyes widen with fright. He screams as he crawls backward to the wall. “Who are you? Where am I?” He looks around the room. “Where are my brothers?”

“Your brothers?” The bride looks at the body-less waiter. “Your brothers are not here.” She told Valentino. “You came to me and placed the ring on my finger.” She shows her left hand revealing his mother's wedding band.

“My mother's ring!” He runs to her and falls flat on his face when she moves out of the way. “That ring was my mother's before she died.” He remembers his mother climbing the window. “That ring is all I have left of her.” He sees her fall from the window and lands dead from the four stories. “She’s all I have left.” He tears up with the memories of his mother.

The waiter and the bride look at each other. “Who is your mother? Maybe we might find her.” The bride suggested.

“Don’t you get it! She's dead! She's no longer here!” Yells Valentino.

“But monsieur, this is the realm of the dead. If she is dead, you can find her here.”

Valentino looks at the waiter. “What did you just say?”

“This is the realm of the dead, sir.” Repeated the waiter.

Valentino got up and rushed out the door. He got to the main street and saw walking corpses and skeletons going about their day as if they were alive. He slowly looks around seeing if he can find her.

“Excuse me, sir? Are you from the realm of the living?” He looks around trying to find out where the sound is coming from. “Down here.” Valentino looks down and sees a very short skeleton general. “So, are you from the realm of the living?”

“Yes, I’m Valentino Emeritus.” Valentino answers.

“Emeritus? That family is in charge of the lower Quarter. Off the pier near the lake of the dead.”

Valentino smiles. “Do you know how I can get there?”

The general points to the stairs down the alley. “Go up those steps and you reach the Outlook Park. If you look to the far right of the park you'll find the pier.” The general beacons Valentino to move closer to him. “But be warned. They are demons and ghouls in that area of town.”

“Thank you. I will keep that in mind.” Valentino goes to the alleyway.

The bride walks to greet the general. “Oh, hello my dear Emily. What is it that you need?”

“I’m looking for my husband. He's from the realm of the living.” Emily told the general.

“You mean, Valentino Emeritus?” He points to the stairs down the alleyway. “He’s heading to the lake pier. If you can meet him at the park you might stop him from going there.”

“Thank You, Napoleon.” She kisses his forehead and walks down the alley.

Valentino zig-zags the alley corners and steps to find the park that overlooks the realm of the dead. As soon as he leans down the railing a cold skeleton hand touches his hand. “Ah!” he jumped away and the bride, Emily was standing in front of him.

“Valentino, you can't just disappear like that.” She smiles and looks at the scenery. “Look at this place. It takes my breath away. Well if I had any.” she giggled.

“You’re not very convincing.” Valentino scolded. “What do you want? Why are you following me?” Valentino asked Emily.

“I’m Emily, your wife. I have to be by your side.” She goes over to the bench and sits down.

He looks down on her. “You’re not answering my question.”

“I know, Valentino.” She smiles at him. Emily taps the bench signaling him to sit down next to her. He heavily signs and sits next to Emily. “You know you never gave me your mother's name. Besides the fact that she's an Emeritus.”

“She’s Olivia. She died jumping out the window of our villa in the clergy.” Emily covered her mouth. “She was a kind and lovely woman. I saw her jump out the window to her death.” He lowers his head and tears up again. Emily leans over to Valentino and comforts him. “I couldn't stop her. She died because I failed her.” Emily brings Valentino closer to her. He grabs her waist and cries loudly. “It was my fault! I wasn't strong enough to stop her!” Emily looks defeated and helplessly comforts Valentino.

A shadow looms over the couple and speaks. “No, my son. It was I who was not strong enough.” Valentino looks behind him and sees a rotting nun with a skeleton baby in her arms.

“Mother!” He gets up and hugs the nun then slowly gets back as the skeleton baby begins to cry.

“Valentino this is your sister, Emma. I lost her from the miscarriage. Remember?”

A memory of his mother crying in the bathroom as Rebecca smiles at Olivia's loss. “oh, yeah. I remember Sister was smiling when you miscarried.” Valentino clutches his fist. “She was an awful woman. She is going to pay for what she did.”

“No, son. That's in the past right now. We need to head home so we can celebrate your marriage.”

“My marriage?” He looks behind him and sees Emily waving. “You planned this, didn't you?”

“In the realm of the dead. You can't hide things here.” Olivia told Valentino. “Sister will get what is coming to her. Mark my words, son. If karma doesn't get Rebecca, then it will come after her child.”

“Oh, I get it. An eye for an eye.” Valentino smiles.

“So, when did my baby become such a mess.” Olivia fixes his tie.

“Mother please.” He looks behind him seeing Emily giggling.

“Oh, hello Emily.” Emily gets up and Olivia kisses her on both cheeks. “I can’t believe my son went far to marry you.” Emily shows off her wedding band. “This is my…”

“I couldn’t let Sister Rebecca have her way with the ring. So, I kept it with me until I found someone to give it to.” He explained.

Olivia smiles at him. “My son I’m so proud of you. Well, except for the fact you were drunk when you got married.”

“Mother!” He blushed.

“I’m so sorry for my son’s behavior, Emily.” Olivia holds out her hand.

“It’s fine, Sister Olivia.” She takes Olivia's hand and goes to Valentino's side.

They go down the steps near the edge of the park and head down another alleyway to the east side of a lake. Valentino sees a mountain with a large triangular hole in the center of the mountain. He sees mist forming around a small wooden boat with a cloaked figure on it. Valentino sees the boat move the pier and pick up a man holding a ball that is chained to his leg. The shadows blocked the man from going back to the pier as the wooden boat moved to the hole in the mountain.

“That’s the river, Styx.” Olivia told Valentino as she pointed at the hole. “It’s where the underworld is linked with the pits of hell. Only the most dangerous can go to the pits. The rest are sorted out by their sins.” Olivia sighed. “They are lucky enough to have a decent life sentence.”

Olivia, Valentino, and Emily made it to the pier and meets and old ghoul at the entrance. “The old ghoul looks up at Valentino. “Oh, my goodness. A mortal in the underpass? Sister Olivia, what is the meaning of this? He is not supposed to be dead yet!”

Emily reached to Valentino’s side. “Excuse me? He is my husband.” She told the ghoul.

“No offense, but this is a violation I can’t not let you pass through. You must speak with the elder papas in the church.” The ghoul told Valentino.

“I’m not going down the river. I just want to enter the town.” Valentino told the ghoul. “I won’t go down until I’m dead.”

The old ghoul pulled a lever bringing down the gate to the lakeside town. A bell rang on the side pier by itself. “Ah, new arrivals.” The ghoul sends a message by letter and sends it up a pipe. A letter was sent back to the ghoul and he carefully read it. “Oh, fiddles sticks.” The ghoul shakes his head.

Emily pulls Valentino by the arm. “Come on dear.” They enter the town. And walk up to a cathedral size church with a upside-down cross with a G in the center of the cross.

They heard some singing coming from the inside of the church. As the open the doors the singing stopped and whispered began to erupt. “Why have you stopped?” Yelled a skeleton pope. When the pope looked behind him he sees Sister Olivia going down the aisle with Valentino and Emily. “Why is there a mortal here? Those of flesh and blood are not allowed in this realm. Sister, did you bring him here?”

“No, Papa Emeritus Eternity .” Sister Olivia answered. “He is married to Emily. She is our in-law.”

“But how? Olivia, explain this to me!” Yelled Papa Eternity. Emily explained what happened in the woods and how he was dragged to the realm of the dead. “A corpse can’t marry a mortal. There needs to be a special ritual for it!”

“But, papa!” Emily tried to explain.

“Was there a wedding for the both of you? Was there a mass or ritual for your summoning, Emily?” Emily stood quietly. “No? Then he must return to the world of the living. The marriage is flawed. It will not work.” He turned his back on them.

“Papa, please try to understand.” Emily got on her hands and knees begging for his approval.

“Emily!” He looks down on her. “Death has already taken you. He is still alive and well. He has to return to the mortal realm.” A child with a missing eye came to him with a black staff engraved in silver with an clergy symbol. Papa Eternity banged the tip of his staff on the floor and a fog of mist appeared over the top of the altar.

Francesco was adjusting his red papal ropes in the mirror. “Little brother, I understand that something did happen in the woods. But there’s no evidence or body that can prove anything.” Francesco turned to Alessandro and gently placed his hand on his shoulder. “Your half-brother is in the realm of the dead. When I become papa, I will bring him back home.”

Images of Alessandro was arguing with Francesco appeared in the mist. “Listen to me, fratello. The corpse in the woods is no rumor. There was a murder that happened in the woods.”

“But It will be too late by then. You got around six days, brother! The full moon will rise and he will be trapped inside the realm of the dead for life.”

Papa Eternity looks at Emily. “His brothers are looking for him. You and only you alone can return him, Emily.”

“But, why me?” Emily asked Papa Eternity.

“Because you dragged a man out of his realm with out permission, and then forced him to be your husband with out a wedding.”

“But, he gave me his mother’s wedding band.” She shows the ring.

“That doesn’t count, my dear. If I remember correctly, It’s supposed to be ‘until death due us part’, Emily. He has to go. I told you this before, Death has already taken you.” He banged the end of the staff. “The marriage is invalid. Take him home.”

Emily cried as Papa walked away. The ghouls grabbed Valentino and separated him from the rest of the crowd. They took him to a abandoned bedroom and locked the door. When Valentino looked outside the window he saw that he was in the realm of the living.

“You are lucky that we can travel through both worlds, Master Valentino.” Called out a ghoul from behind the door.

“Alpha, you knew?” Yelled Valentino.

“You, being dragged into another realm? Yeah, we knew.” Valentino stood silently. “That girl, Emily. She was not supposed to be a prime mover.”

“I see.” Valentino clutched his fist.

“Master? I have something to tell you about Emily.” A deeper voice called out.

“What is it Omega?”

“Emily is Rebecca’s younger sister. Papa cheated on Rebecca Imperator with her younger sister. She murdered her own flesh and blood because of Master Dante’s, I mean Papa Nihil’s infidelity. Sister disposed of her body under the oak tree in the woods. She is left there in an unmarked grave.”

“So, how long will I have to stay here.” Asked Valentino.

“Until Sister Imperator says that you can be released.” Said Alpha.

Emily transport to the realm of the living and rushed over to the Clergy. She called out for Valentino in the garden. The ghouls almost noticed her but ignore it. She whisper his name as she goes around the Clergy trying not to get caught. She soon reached an old building guarded by two ghouls. She goes closer to the building and she hears a man singing. She goes around the windows to see if she can find who is singing. She finally finds Valentino as he was singing himself to sleep on a patted mattress next to the window.

“Valentino?” She whispered. He opened his eyes and gets up. He looks around and gets spooked as he sees Emily worried from the window. “What happened to you?” She gently caresses his cheek. “You disappeared from us. We were worried sick.” Valentino told her what the ghouls told him. Emily covered her mouth in shock. “Rebecca? Why?” Valentino looks stern at her as her shock turned to rage. “That two timing bastard! They regret what they did to me. Rebecca is going to pay.”

Foot steps echo loudly through the hall and Emily hid by ducking under the window. A small nervous voice. “Hello, Alpha. I’m here to deliver food for cardinal Valentino.” The opens and a teenage boy dress in a white gown. Enters the room with a tray of food and a pack of cigarettes. “Hello, Cardinal. I brought some food.” He lifted up the tray.

“Thank you, brother Giovanni. Leave it on the table but pass me the cigarettes.” Giovanni nods his head and puts the food on the table and a past him the pack of cigarettes.

A small rat shows up on the table and tried to get a nibble of Valentino’s food. “No little Rosa! That's not for you!” Giovanni grabs the rat and puts it in his pocket. “I’m so sorry cardinal.”

“Get that filthy rodent out of here!” Yells Valentino. Giovanni holds the rat from his pocket and leaves the room. Emily gets up and looks around the room. They hear the door locked from outside the room.

“Fuck off, Sister. I know what you want.” Snarled Valentino. “I know the truth of what you did.”

“Valentino, are you going to be okay?” Asked Emily.

“Don’t worry about me. This is not my first punishment.” Answered Valentino. Valentino leans his hand on the window sill. Emily takes it and holds it close to her face. He soon caresses her soft cold face.

Emily sheds a tear. “You’re so warm.” She hears footsteps coming from the corner and runs to hide in the bushes.

A flame ghoul look around and sees Valentino leaning on the window sill with an unlit cigarette in his mouth. “Hello, Master. Have you seen anything strange around here?”

Valentino takes the cigarette out of his mouth. “No.”

“I see.” The flame ghoul looks around and sees nothing but a baby rabbit coming out of the bushes. Valentino puts the cigarette back in his mouth. “Let me get that for you master.” He lites his thumb like a lighter and lit Valentino’s cigarette. “Sorry to bother you. I'm going to continue my rounds.” The ghoul leaves to the other side of the building.

“You can come out now. He's gone.” Emily gets up and looks around. She rushed back to Valentino’s side.

“There must be a way to get back at them.” She told Valentino.

Valentino eye widen with an idea. “Emily!” He whispered into her ear. She gasps and holds her hand up to her mouth. “I know it's crazy but only you can pull it off. Do you think you can do it?”

“Yes, I'm in.” She seriously answers him.

He gently caresses her cheeks and pulls her in for a kiss. “Thank you, my dear.”

Emily smiles and looks around. “I’ll be nearby if anything changes.”

She ran into the abandoned garden and hid herself there. Valentino goes over to the table and ate his food. He looks out the window biting his time.

3 days went by and a female voice called out his name from the door. “So, have you learned your lesson, Valentino?”

“I don’t even know what you mean. Open the door.” The ghouls unlocked the door and opened it. Papa Nihil and Rebecca went inside the room and the ghouls closed the door.

“What the hell do you want old man?” Valentino asked.

“Tomorrow is your brother’s coronation day and Francesco wants you to be there at the ceremony.” Papa Nihil looks at Rebecca. “Sister and I are considering shortening your sentence. If you make a formal apology to the clergy for what you did.”

“Fuck you, old man!” Valentino yelled. “I will never apologize! I’m not your prisoner, I am not your puppet for you to master! I know what you are Sister Rebecca Imperator! You are the monster that is willing to shed blood of your own flesh and blood, so you can have a seat of power in the Clergy as prime mover!”

Nihil gasped and looks at Rebecca. She stood still with no expression on her face. “Sister, is it true?”

“The dead knew everything of what is happening in the realm of the living. Old man, she killed her own sister to be with you. She has gone that far and will do it again, if she has to.”

Rebecca spoke up to Valentino. “And with what Proof do you have of this ridiculous story of yours?”

Valentino smiles at them. “Hello Emily, My dear.”

Rebecca and Nihil hears a loud breath of behind them. They look around and see Emily pissed from behind them. “Hopscotch” she whispered as she pulled Nihil. Rebecca tried to stop her but Valentino grabbed Rebecca before she could get Nihil. Rebecca screamed and cried when Emily took Nihil to the realm of the dead. The two ghouls opened the door and sees the room filled with black feathers and Rebecca a crying mess.

Alpha and Omega asked “What happened here?” Valentino let’s go of Rebecca and she viciously attacked him.

“You did this to him!” She yelled as she was punching him down. “This is all your fault!”

The ghouls dragged her off of Valentino. “That’s enough Sister!” Yelled Alpha. “It will not bring him back.” They dragged her out of the room as she continued to cry and scream.

Francesco appeared at the doorway completely confused. “What on Earth did I miss?”

Alessandro peeked into the room and sees Valentino beaten up. “What happened to you? Did the bride beat the shit out of you?”

Valentino sticks up his middle finger. “Fuck you, little brother.” Valentino brushes off the feathers from his body.

Francesco asked Valentino. “What happened here?” He looks at the floor of feathers. Valentino explains everything about his adventure and how he discovered the bride’s true identity. “So let me get this straight, the bride Emily is Sister Rebecca’s little sister, and she was murdered by Rebecca, all because of Papa was two-timing them!”

Alessandro thinks for a moment then burst out laughing. “Oh, shit!” He laughs hard till his stomach hurts. “Holy shit!” He can’t stop laughing.

Francisco grabbed Alessandro by his collar and pulled him out of the room. “That is not a funny joke, you are going back to studying.”

Valentino left the room and looked back. “Thanks, Emily. I will send you flowers to your grave.” He stretched his arms out and walked away. Several Days later, Papa Nihil returned alive but Sister was not in the clergy when he got back. She was released from her duties by the Director and was discharged from the Clergy. Many years passed and Valentino was in the woods under the oak tree. He kneeled and placed white flowers on a headstone reading “Emily Imperator Emeritus” he smiles and looks down on the dirt near the root and something shiny. He digs it up and finds his mother’s ring on the finger of a skeleton hand. He smiled and cried as he covered up the hand with the ring. “Forgive me, my dear. Next time we meet we will have a proper wedding.” He looks at the headstone. “I can promise you that.”

Omega shows up behind Valentino. “Master? It’s almost time for your coronation of becoming papa.”

He turned to Omega. “Thank you Omega. I’m on my way.” He looks back at the headstone. “Root for me, my dear. I’m going to be Papa Emeritus Secondo today. I just wish that you were here to see this moment.” A small blue butterfly landed on his hand. He looks at it fluttering around Valentino then flying away from sight. He smiles as he walks away with Omega to the Clergy. As he was alone getting his makeup ready in front of the mirror. Papa Eternity appeared behind him with the silver staff. As Valentino jumped up and looked behind him, Papa Eternity was gone and the staff remained. Valentino took the staff and made a short prayer to Papa Eternity. He finally finished his makeup and takes the staff with him to become the Papa Emeritus Secondo.

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The medium and the nameless ghouls

Case File 006-7 Sunshine file Becoming Part of the Clergy

Sara whines up in hot water from her superiors after ratting out her former boss about his mishandling of her cases. The Director gets her a job in the clergy after she gets laid off from the district. Without the help of William and Detective John Stevens at her side, how would she handle her new assignments on her own?

Sara and William woke up early in the morning to pack his things. "You got everything?" William nods and yawns. "I know. Your school is a one-hour drive. I will make a quick breakfast when my dad gets up."

"Okay..." William yawns.

As they head to the main hall, they see Alexander fixing his tie in the mirror. "Dad, you're up."

He spots Sara and William. "Uh, yeah. I have to help the officers find Bishop Johnathan. They couldn't find him last night."

"He probably still disguising himself as a masked ghoul," Sara explains. "You need to leave the eye patch off. It might help."

Alexander looks at Sara. "Let me guess, our family name has an influence here." he finishes fixing his tie.

'Well, pretty much." Cowbell sits up from the couch. "Where's Phil?"

They all look at each other. Sara shakes her head. "I don't know. He wasn't with me." Cowbell ears lower.

Sara grabs the keys to the cop car. "Going somewhere?" Alexander asked.

"I have to take him to school. It's an hour's drive from the clergy."

"I'll take him." Alexander grabs his keys. They head to the clergy parking lot. William and Alexander go inside his car.

Sara goes to William. "Listen, there will be a chance that cops will be looking for me. If that happens, call my dad." She calls out Alexander. "Dad, can you give him your phone number?"

"Sure." Alexander and William take out their phones. "This is my personal number and my work number." William copies his phone numbers. "In fact," he points to his work number. "call this number and put it on speaker."

"Why?" William asked.

"It's the number for my work cell. I will pick it up immediately and tell those officers off. They can't intervene in an attorney's case without a warrant." Alexander smiles.

"I get it." Alexander rubs Williams's head and starts the car.

"Be careful, you two." Sara steps back.

"We will." William waves goodbye as they drive off. Alexander puts on some music as they reach the gate. "Do you think she will be okay?"

"She'll be fine. I hope that the ninth district doesn't come after our family." Alexander waves at the ghouls. They open the gates. "Did you eat something?" he asked as he drove off.

"No," William answered. "She was going to cook something quick before you got up."

"I see. I'll take you to a fast-food joint." He drives to a drive-thru and orders breakfast sandwiches for them to eat. They soon get to the school. Alexander managed to find a parking space. "Now remember, if any of the officers come up to you about Sara. Call me, and put the call on speaker. I want to hear what they are saying."

William got out of the car. "Got it. I'll let you know right away." They both waved goodbyes. William met with his friends and headed to the school. Alexander started the car and drove back to the clergy.

Sara went to Terzo's bedroom. She sees Terzo and Phil sleeping in the bed. Omega was in his underwear, looking for his pants. "Oh, I'm sorry." Sara closes the door. "Cowbell is looking for Phill. He's waiting downstairs."

Omega goes next to the bed and wakes up Phil. "Cowbell is looking for you. You have to get up."

Phil gets up. "Fine. I'm up." He yawns. He crawls out of bed. Phil sharpens his claws on Terzo's carpet.

"Dude, not on the rug!" Terzo wakes up from Omega's yelling. "Terzo is going to be pissed if he catches you." Phil smiles and continues scratching the carpet.

Terzo grabs Omega's book from the nightstand and throws it at Phil. The book hits Phil's behind. Phil ran off the carpet. The tired Terzo gives the hand gesture to Phil and then slams his head back on the pillow.

"Is everything alright?" Sara asked behind the door.

"Everything's fine!" Omega yelled.

"Phil, hurry up. We have to meet with Sierra and start preparing her welcoming ceremony." Cowbell yelled.

"Who the fuck is Sierra?" Omega Asked.

"It's Sara's new name. Sara is joining the clergy as Sierra Emeritus." Phil grabs his clothes and puts them on.

Omega finds his pants and puts them on. "Oh, yeah. That's right. She's part of the bloodline." Omega finds a clean shirt and puts it on. "I'll take her to the Sisters Quarters first. She has to be in uniform before the tour around the clergy."

Phil opens the door and sees Cowbell with Sara. "She's joining the clergy?" Cowbell asked Phil.

"Yeah," Phil nods. "she's joining the clergy under witness protection. The name Sierra Emeritus is her clergy name."

"Welcome home, Sister Sierra." Cowbell bows to Sara. He grabs her hand and kisses it. "I am at your service if anything." He leaves the hall.

Omega goes to Sara. "You're ready to go?" Sara nods and takes Omega's hand.

They teleport to the laundry room. One of the sisters flips out. "What the hell?" Another sister started yelling. "You should not be here. Get out!"

An older sister enters the laundry room. She smiles as she sees Omega. "Omega." She goes over and hugs Omega. "Welcome back. How have you been?"

Omega hugs her back. "Hey, Prime Mover Maria." Maria makes baby noises as she squeezes Omega's cheeks. "Sa, I mean Sierra. This is Sister Maria. Prime Mover to your uncle, Secondo."

"I remember you." Maria points to Sara. "You were the one who said. You finally got your wish, grandma. When the phantoms appeared."

"Yeah, those phantoms are my grandparents. Papa Primo and Prime Mover Elizabeth." Sara explains.

"She's here to take over for Sister Lucia," Omega whispered to Maria. "Do you think you can settle Sierra in?"

She put up her hand. "Say no more. We will do anything for the bloodline."

"I guess..." Sara and Omega follow Maria out of the laundry room to the fitting room.

A group of tailor ghouls looks at Maria. "Ghouls, we got a new girl. Her Name is Sierra Emeritus. Primo's granddaughter."

The tailor ghouls wag their tails. One of the ghouls drew a pentagram on his chest with his finger. They face an old picture of Primo in his red Papel entire. They start their prayers. After their prayers, they faced Sara. They grab the measuring tape and take Sara's measurements. A ghoul takes notes and hands them to another ghoul. They picked out the fabric and gave the fabric to a seamstress. The seamstress makes the patterns on the fabric. She sowed the patterns together and made a nun dress in Sara's size. The ghouls take Sara and the dress to the back.

"Hold on, hold on," Yelled Maria. "Let us do it." Maria and the seamstress take Sara to a back room and let her try the dress.

Sara comes out of the back room with the dress on. She twirls around in the dress. The ghouls get teary-eyed. Sara goes to a long mirror and checks it out. Sara notices a long gap on the sides of the dress.

"Oh, don't worry about that." Said the seamstress. "You'll get an underskirt with the dress."

Sara takes another look at the dress. "Um... Do you think you can make another one? But with pants underneath." The seamstress and the ghouls look confused. "To keep the perverts from looking under."

The ghoul lowered their ears. "Gregory..." They said.

The seamstress got embarrassed. "Good thing you were informed in advance. I tell you what, I'll make you another one. It's going to be a jumper instead of a dress."

"Thank you, ma'am," Sara told the seamstress. "I appreciate it."

Maria asked Sara. "If you and your cop friends can take care of Gregory for us. That ghoul has been a handful. Especially us women."

"How do I find him?" Sara asked.

The seamstress explains to Sara. "Oh no, he'll find you. Gregory will scream before he goes between your legs and snaps a photo with his camera."

"Got it. I may want you guys to make a report to the higher-ups." They gasp at Sara. "I mean an equivalent to Human Resources or the council. People in charge of the clergy."

"Oh..." The ghouls said under their breath.

"I get what you are saying," Maria told Sara. "The clergy has some outdated Policies. Even Sister Imperator doesn't want to update those policies."

"That's not good." Said Sara. "There has to be some changes."

Maria told Sara. "I agree with you." She helps Sara out of the dress and gives it to the seamstress. "Let us take you to the jewelers next. You get to pick your color gems to go with your Grucifix."

"Oh no," Sara holds her chest. "I left it on Grandma's vanity."

"I'll get it." Omega teleports to the mansion.

"He'll meet us at the Jewelers." Maria takes Sara's hand. "Come on, after the jewelers. We got to go pick up your makeup kits."

"I get to wear makeup?" Sara surprisingly said. "Like makeup that can kill a man twice?"

"Well, if you want to go that far? That's fine by me." Sara claps her hands in excitement.

Sara and Maria meet with the jeweler. "Where's your Grucifix?" The jeweler ghoul asked.

Omega shows up behind the girls. "Got it. It was on top of your grandfather's vanity. Not your grandmother's." He hands the Grucifix to the Jeweler ghoul.

"Hm... Have you been with a ghoul when this was given to you?" The jeweler asked.

"Yeah, Omega was sitting on my left to me, and Phil was standing on my right of me." Said Sara.

The jeweler ghoul uses an eye-sized magnetifying glass. "I see... You have an attraction to spirit energy from others." He takes a closer look at the Grucifix.

"Yes, my grandparents are Primo and Elizabeth," Sara told the jeweler ghoul. "I even have her philosopher's stone." The jeweler ghoul drops the Grucifix. "Omega, do you have it?"

"Yes, I do." Omega goes into his pocket and pulls out Sara's stone necklace. Omega gives it to the jeweler ghoul.

The jeweler ghoul goes to the back and returns with a bowl, a small container of ink, and some tissues. "I remember when Papa Primo came to me with this stone." He puts the necklace in the bowl. "He told me to put a little surprise on the gold rim." He looks at Sara. "Do you know what it is?"

Sara replied. "The secret message. My grandmother told me about it. She said she doesn't remember where it was. Because it was so long ago. But it made my grandmother marry my grandfather."

The Jeweler ghoul pours the ink on a worn gold part of the necklace. He dabs the tissues to remove the access ink. The names Elizabeth B. Emeritus and Francisco Emeritus appeared on a gold band.

Sara placed her hands on her mouth and cried. "Those are my grandparents." Sara wiped her tears. "Omega, take a picture. I have to show this to my dad." Omega looks at her. "He has to know." Omega shrugs and pulls out his phone. The jeweler ghoul holds up the stone. "Make sure you get a close-up of the names." Omega zooms in on his phone and snaps a picture.

Omega shows the photo to Sara. "Is this what you're looking for?"

Sara takes Omega's phone. She gets teary-eyed. "Yeah," she sniffles. "My dad is going to be happy with this." She gives Omega his phone back.

The Jeweler ghoul gives Sara a clear Grucifix. "Omega, keep your distance from her," he warned Omega. "We don't want any interference." Sara held the Grucifix, and everyone stood back. The Grucifix changes from clear to blood red with a hint of purple. "I knew it! She's a chimera! She's her own twin." Sara stood in shock. Looking at the Grucifix changing its colors again. The blood red is changing to a dark magenta. "Don't worry about it, my dear." The Jeweler told Sara. "It doesn't matter if you are born of both bodies. You are still you. No matter what."

Sara gives the Grucifix back to the jeweler ghoul. "Thank you. I appreciate it." Her left eye turns white, then back to brown.

"Good luck, and welcome home." The jeweler ghoul's tail wags rapidly. "Don't worry about the stone. I'll have it fully restored."

"Keep the names on. I want to show it to my dad." The Jeweler ghoul nods and goes back to work.

Maria takes Sara to the Sibling dormitory. "Siblings, this is Sierra Emeritus." All of the Siblings look at her. "She's Primo and Elizabeth's granddaughter."

"Are you that cop from the mansion?" One of the siblings pointed out. "Um... Sara, I believe."

"Shit!" Sara said under her breath. Maria looks at Sara. "Look like the cat's out of the bag." Sara took a big breath in and out. "I'm under witness protection. I ratted out the superiors in the ninth district to the Department of Investigations. My dad is a district attorney from the Department of Justice."

"That's bullshit." one of the siblings said.

"I don't think it's bullshit." said a female sibling. "I heard on the news that a solo officer gathered evidence against the corrupt officers in the ninth police district."

"Thanks for the credit," Sara muttered under her breath. "Detective."

"That was you!" Maria points.

"Just to let you know. It's true, the blood relation l has with Primo and Elizabeth." Sara activates her white eye. "The director helped me get a job here. He changed my name to Sierra Emeritus. I'm not going to lie. I miss my maiden name."

"Sara Emeritus is your real name," Maria said. "Are there any more people with the bloodline?"

"I have a sister and a brother. They chose to live by their adopted name, Dickson." The sibling laughs. "Yeah, I know it's stupid. They're both married with children of their own. I'm the only one that got divorced."

The siblings looked at Sara. "Who divorced you?" The ghouls showed up.

"I divorced him." The siblings gasped. "A lawyer called me the day before the wedding. He informed me that Juan Santos, my ex-husband, was having an affair with a 14-year-old girl and got her sick." The siblings and the ghouls gathered closer to Sara. "I arrested his ass on our wedding day."

"Wait, you didn't go through with it?" Sara shakes her head at Maria.

"No, he was being sued. I can't help him. He fucked around with a child and found out that he was going to prison. That man is no good. I should have listened to my dad about him from the beginning."

Maria placed her hand on Sara's shoulder. "You made the right call. What happened on your wedding day wasn't your fault. You did what you had to do. He cheated on the wrong person. Your ex had it coming. Don't blame yourself for something you don't have control over."

Sara smiles. "Thank you for the advice."

Maria smiles back. "Let's go to your room, Sara. It's on the upper floor."

Sara follows Maria. "It's Sierra, Sister Maria. I'm under witness protection. Remember?"

Sara and Maria take the stairs to the second floor and take the hall on the left. Maria shows Sara the door with the number 215. "This is your dorm room." She opens the door and smells cigar smoke filling the hallway. "Who's been smoking in here?" She goes inside and opens the window. "I'm going to have a word with the Siblings." She goes to the hallway. "I'll be right back. Make yourself at home." She closes the door.

"Welcome, glad to see a new face." Sara looks around the room and sees another soul fragment of Terzo lying on the couch in his underwear. He picks up his cigar and smokes it.

Sara takes the cigar and puts it out. "If Omega was here, he would have been disappointed."

Phil knocks on the door. "Sierra, it's Phil. I got your things."

"It's open." The door opens. Phil and Omega enter the room with Sara's things. She holds up a cigar and points to the couch. "Omega, tell your boyfriend. There's no smoking in the dorms."

Omega looks at the couch and sees the soul fragment. "Phil, here's another one."

Phil takes a look and sees Terzo in his underwear. Phil holds his nose and shakes his head. The four spirit fragments leave Phil's body. "Ci scusi."

The four grabbed him from the couch and took him to the bathroom. They were punching and swearing at the fragment in the bathroom. They came out and dragged him to Sara. "Chiedi scusa a tua nipote!"

"I'm..." The phantoms of Secondo and Primo stood behind Sara with Disappointed looks on their faces. He got on his hands and knees. "I'm so sorry! It won't happen again!" Secondo smirks as he and Primo fade away.

Phil looks at Sara. "I'll take the soul fragment back to the mansion. Here are your things from Master Primo's bedroom and office."

Sara takes a look at her luggage. "Did Detective Stevens take my electronics?"

"All but the laptop." Answered Phil.

Sara checks her bags and finds the laptop. "This isn't my laptop." She opens it and finds a sticky note reading. "Sorry, I want to keep tabs on you. This is a clean laptop. I kept your old laptop for evidence. The suit against the ninth district is going to be ugly. Johnny."

Omega got curious. "Who the fuck is Johnny?"

Sara closes the laptop. "John Stevens. The detective I was with."

"Oh..." Omega lifts the soul fragment from the floor.

"No, allow us. Amore mio." One of the fragments told Omega. They took the fragment Omega had and fused themself together as a purple ball of energy. Phil pulled the energy ball into his body. His body glowed purple. Sara's left eye shows visions of a pentagram flashing between another fragment of Terzo sleeping in darkness and a ghoul in costume looking down at a balcony in the artifact archives.

Sara grips the left side of her face. She tried to hold herself steady as she felt light-headed. She opens her eyes and sees herself on the grass of the clergy cemetery.

She gets up and finds a small mausoleum. She felt herself going inside it. She sees a crystal orb and a woman standing in front of it. The woman was wearing a black veil that covered her face and body.

"Daughter of the first one." The woman moved up, showing her elderly hand. "Come to me..." She pulls off the veil and shows her blank white eyes. "I need you!"

Sara wakes to a blinding white light flashing in her eyes. "She's snapping out of it!" Sara's sight returns to normal. She sees Sergeant Jackson and Dewdrop looking down on her with a flashlight.

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The medium and the nameless ghouls

Case file 006-6 Sunshine File Dinner and a Trial

Sara whines up in hot water from her superiors after ratting out her former boss about his mishandling of her cases. The Director gets her a job in the clergy after she gets laid off from the district. Without the help of William and Detective John Stevens at her side, how would she handle her new assignments on her own?

During dinner, Alexander explains what happened to Sara to Elizabeth. Secondo almost spits out his drink. "That evil, conniving bitch." Everyone looks at Secondo. "How dare she meddle with the bloodline." Secondo stare daggers at Nihil. "Nihil, this is your fault."

"How is this my fault?" Nihil points at Secondo. "And I'm your father. I should be respected as such."

"You were never our father." Terzo interrupted. "Primo is our father. You were never there for us."

"Hey!" Alexander yelled. "This is not the time or place for this!"

Elizabeth raised her voice. "He's right. This is about Sara. You boys can blame each other later. Sorry about that, son. You may continue."

"Since Markus called for an investigation. We have to wait for the results. In the meantime, Sara is going to be working undercover. Since she is on witness protection, Markus is helping her change her name and identity."

"Is she going to work in the clergy?" Nihil asked Alexander.

"I can not say because there are too many people." They look around and see the cops and the ghouls eating together. "I can say Sara will be protected by the ghouls."

"At least she's in good hands." Primo sighs. "If anything, we will guide her. We are her family."

"Thanks, Dad." Markus joins Alexander at the table. "You're late."

"Sorry, I had to sort out the paperwork." Markus sat down and pressed his head on his knuckles. "The magic on the contracts didn't belong to Rebecca. It's demonic magic. It belongs to someone else."

"Saltarian..." Terzo concluded. "That demon..."

"Saltarian?" Markus looks at Terzo. "What do you mean?"

"You know that demon that we fought a few days back. The one that tried to take Copia." Terzo helps Markus remember. "That's Mr. Saltarian's true form. He's Sister Imperator's right-hand man."

Everyone at the table became quiet. "That's not good..." Elizabeth worried. "She is too far gone. How are we going to handle this? The clergy has been in the Emeritus family for Generations."

Nihil agreed with Elizabeth. "You're not wrong. My father was Papa, and his father was Papa, and his father before him was Papa."

"We get it." Alexander interrupted. "There are no laws that won't help with the paranormal. There's only one way to handle this."

"How?" Terzo asked. "She's head of the Clergy."

Alexander made a suggestion. "By removing Rebecca Imperator from her position and replacing her with someone else."

"I get it." Markus has an Idea. "If we force her to retire. We can fire her."

"Careful, now." Alexander stops Markus. "There are Laws that prevent workers from you suggesting. If you want to fire her, it has to be on legal terms."

"I see..." Markus paused.

Sodomizer gets an electric guitar and plugs it into a loudspeaker. He plays the intro of Kaiserion. Aether grabs his guitar and joins Sodo. Dewdrop grabs his bass and plays with them. The ghouls and the officers cheer at the three playing. As Copia started to sing, the door to the tunnels opened.

The Tweedle ghouls went to Sara and whispered in her ear. "They found him."

She looks at the ghouls. "As in the bishop?" The ghouls nod. She looks around the room and spots Kibbles. She goes to Kibbles and pulls her away to the pantry. The two ghouls followed. "They found him."

"What?" Kibbles asked.

"The bishop. They found the bishop."

"Where?" Kibbles asked again.

Tweetle Dee answered. "In the Archive of the clergy. Where the artifacts are kept."

"Okay, thanks. I'll tell George right away." She leaves the pantry and tells Sergeant Jackson.

Alexander notices Sara heading in his direction. "What is it?"

Sara whispered. "The ghouls found the Bishop hiding in the archives."

Alexander holds Sara. "Okay, but don't get involved. Remember, You're under witness protection. It will badly affect the investigation."

Sara nods to Alexander and returns to her table. "You're not going to let her go?" Primo asked Alexander.

"No, she needs to stay hidden." They see Sara leaning on Omega. "We don't know. If some of the officers are part of the ninth district." Phil appears with a box and hands it over to Sara. "Hold the phone..." Alexander goes up to Sara as she opens the box. Sara pulls out a Grucifix ordained with Clear crystals. "What is that?"

Elizabeth smiles at Sara. "It's her first Grucifix. I wonder what colors she will be under."

The spirits and ghouls look at the Grucifix and notice its changing colors. It changed to a light purple, to lavender, to violet, then indigo.

Copia asked. "What color is it?"

Omega yells out. "It's purple! She's part of the quintessence house!"

All the ghouls cheered and played their guitars. "Terzo, she's your problem now," Copia spoke through the microphone. Terzo flipped off Copia. "Fuck you too, Stronzo."

He gets up and signals to the ghouls. The ghouls start playing Cirice. Terzo slowly goes to Copia and grabs the mike from his hand. He held the mike to the air as the music intensified. All the female cops and Ghoulettes get excited as he sings. Sara senses a magical essence in his voice. She almost gets hypnotized as he sings. All of the girls reach out their hands for him to take. Terzo goes to Sara. He gets ready to sing the final chorus of the song. He kneels down and takes her hand. He sings the final part of the song. He looks into her eyes and uses his magic to make her fall in love with him. When he kissed Sara's hand, she pulled it away and put two fingers on his lips.

"I'm sorry. the person, you try to Cirice. Is not available at this time. Please give up or try again when you're not a filthy slut." Sara told Terzo.

Everyone in the room starts bursting out laughing. Secondo smiles as he can't contain his laughter. Omega feels embarrassed and turns away. Terzo froze in place after being laughed at for the first time.

Copia felt humiliated seeing Terzo in his embarrassed state. He knows how it feels. Copia goes to Terzo and pulls him away from the crowd. When they got to the main hall. Terzo fought Copia and ran to his room. Copia ran to Terzo's room and heard him crying in the room. Omega and Phil show up and see Copia sitting outside Terzo's door.

Copia gets up and points to the door. "It's locked. I can't get in."

Omega and Phil teleport inside the room. Omega and Phil see Terzo taking deep breaths while crying. "Omega, get the makeup wipes. I'll comfort Terzo." Omega grabs the wipes and starts to clean the messy makeup from Terzo's face. Phil removes Terzo's jacket and rubs his back. They got him up from the floor and sat him on the bed.

"I-I don't..." Terzo sniffles. "understand..." He can't find the word to say.

"She got her heart broken in two," Phil explains to Terzo. "her ex-husband had an affair with a fourteen-year-old girl."

"What?" Terzo's tears dried up. "Why didn't she say anything?"

"She did. You weren't there. When Sara told her story. It was still too painful for her to handle." Phil removed the cover of a face moisturizer and turned on the lamp. "Sara didn't know about his affair until the day before her wedding. A lawyer called her about it. She was so pissed. That on the day of the wedding, she showed up in uniform and arrested his ass." Phil said as he messaged the cream on his face.

"Well, that karma for him and justice for her." Terzo joked.

"Well, I wouldn't say that." Phil wiped his hands. "Some of her family members were pissed and took his side. They forced Sara to pay the penalties for his crimes. She became broke because of them."

"Did she cut ties with them?" Terzo asked. "Or is she still communicating with them?"

Phil gives Terzo a moist towel. "She cut ties with her family. The only people who are on her side are her older brother, her lawyer uncle, her father, and her grandparents. Those are the only people she still contacts."

Terzo wipes the moisturizer off his face. "If she has family in the law firm, why didn't she sue?" Terzo asked Phil.

Phil's ears perk up. "That's a good question. I really don't know."

Omega lays Terzo's night robe on the bed. "How about we ask her in the morning." Omega undresses Terzo. "She's going to be with her father and uncle. They are going to be discussing things with the Director."

"I bet it's about her stay in the clergy." Terzo puts on his robe. "I need a bath."

Omega nods and unlocks the door. Phil escorts Terzo to the bathroom.

Copia asks Omega. "Is he okay?"

"He's fine. He just needs a moment to himself."

"Drama Queen?" Copia whispered.

Omega looks around and leans to Copia. "Drama Queen."

"Eh..." Copia returns to the dining hall and returns to the party.

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Templar Grucifix. Middle-age drawing of the Founding Papa.

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The medium and the nameless ghouls

Case file 006-5 Sunshine file The Director's Involvement

Sara whines up in hot water from her superiors after ratting out her former boss about his mishandling of her cases. The Director gets her a job in the clergy after she gets laid off from the district. Without the help of William and Detective John Stevens at her side, how would she handle her new assignments on her own?

Sara has returned to the clergy with a tired look on her face. She is on probation due to the investigation of District 9. Sara walks up the steps of the cathedral and finds Copia. He is wearing a long blue papal dress ordained with crystals and seven-pointed pentagrams. Copia noticed Sara looking exhausted. Copia excuses himself as he's shaking the hands of the brothers of sin.

"Sara?" Copia hugs Sara and kisses her forehead. "What happened? I was worried."

"Uncle Copia, I..." Sara looks at the Director with a strange woman with white empty eyes. "Markus?"

"Where are the ghouls?" The woman coldly asked.

Markus introduced the woman to Sara. "Sara, this is my secretary."

The secretary slightly bowed to Sara. "Omega and Phil left the clergy without permission and made a mess in Sister Imperator's office. We need to know where they are."

Sara sighs and looks at Markus. "Can we talk in private?"

Markus understood. They went to the Director's office. She started to explain what happened.

"You're on probation?! Why? You did nothing wrong!" Copia yells.

Sara looks at Copia. "Look, this isn't my choice. My superiors went too far. They tried to force me to sign a non-disclosure agreement. I'm a potential witness to their crimes and a whistleblower. I'm screwed either way."

"So, Omega and Phil are with you?" The secretary asked.

"Yes, they are being my bodyguards for now. My dad gave them the orders." Sara told Markus.

"Alex should have come to me first." Markus leans against his chair. "The ghouls are under the servitude of the clergy. They are not allowed to leave, even if they have consent."

The group heard a knock on the door. Copia opens the door. Phil standing there with a stack of four Frappuccino. "Sara, there you are. Did you tell them..." Phil froze as the director sternly gazes at him. "Just to let you know, it's her father's fault."

"We know," The secretary coldly said. "She told us. You became her bodyguards."

"Phil, sit down." Phil sits and starts drinking one of the cups. "You don't need that much coffee." The director told Phil.

"Fuck you! I earned these!" Phil covers himself with his wings and drinks.

Copia noticed Alexander at the door. "Mind if we come in? There is something we need to discuss." The director nods his head. "Maggie?" Alexander and Maggie enter the room and close the door. "Sara, We have some good news and some bad news."

"That's not good..." Copia wonders.

"Your electronics are safe. They are with Detective John Stevens," Maggie told Sara. "and granted witness protection."

"And bad news?" Copia asked.

"There's a warrant out for your arrest," Alexander spoke. Everyone gasps in disbelief. "You won't be going back home any time soon."

"No problem. I can find a place to lay low for a while."

The secretary smiles and leans to the director. "Sir, we do have an opening due to the death of Sister Lucia."

The director smiles at her. "Get me the paperwork."

"Right away, sir." The secretary leaves the room.

"Ah! ha..." Phil lowered his wings and hisses as he grabbed his head. "That hurts."

Sara asked Phil. "Headache?"

"No... Brain freeze..." Phil hisses.

"That's what happens when you gulp them down too fast," Copia told Phil.

"I won't be lectured by a man who still drinking from a juice box," Phil said in Terzo's voice.

"Uncle Terzo!" Sara yelled.

"Master Terzo, that wasn't very nice." Phil scolded. "Especially when you're using my body as a vessel." Phil looks at Copia. "I'm so sorry, Master Copia."

"No, it's fine," Copia told Phil.

"I'm sorry to interrupt, but what do you mean by vessel," Alexander asked.

Phil looks at Alexander. "Well, I found Terzo's spirit fragment floating around the clergy. I use the summoning chamber to become his vessel. It worked, but it caused a rift within the clergy."

"I heard rumors about it. The ghouls are dissenting the clergy council." The secretary enters the room. "Ah, did you get them?"

The secretary smiles. "Here's the paperwork along with the anonymous application." She hands the paperwork to the director.

"Perfect!" The director begins to start working on it. "Sara, I'm doing this as a favor. Since I know you can't do this on your own." He gives the contract to the secretary. The secretary gives it to Sara. "That's your contract. Sign your name on the contract, and we will protect you."

Sara took a good look at it. "Sierra Emeritus?"

"That will be your name within the clergy. Sara, you are an Emeritus. The granddaughter of Prime Mover Elizabeth and Papa Emeritus Primo." The director paused. "The clergy needs your help and Terzo too."

She hands the contract to Alexander. "Dad, take a look at this contract."

Alexander takes out his reading glasses and puts them on. "This is a witness protection contract." He reads the contract thoroughly. "Seems to be nothing out of the ordinary. Though this is a temporary agreement." He looks deeper. "I see... If she messed up, the contract can be terminated." He finally finished reading the contract. "Well, it's legal. There's nothing in here. That would hurt the law."

"So, it's safe to sign it, dad?" Sara asked.

"Yes, it's safe to sign it." Alexander gives the contract back to Sara along with a pen.

Sara takes off the cap of the pen. She gets ready to sign. Phil stops Sara. Phil turns into Terzo. "Don't do it. It's not worth it. I want you to be free." Terzo told Sara. "Once you sign, you end up a prisoner, just like me and my brothers." Terzo slices his finger and presses it on the paper. Hidden words began to appear. The name Papa III appears in his blood. The contract catches on fire.

Maggie looks horrified. "Oh lord, have mercy. You almost signed your soul away."

Sara and Alexander's jaws drop. "Those contracts had been tampered with?" The director sternly looks at the burned contract. "Head Sister Rebecca Imperator..." He looks at his secretary. "Check all the written contracts and applications. We need to know if they have been tampered with magic."

Sara turned pale. "Copia, let's take her to the mansion. Where she can be safe." Terzo held Sara in his arms. "Omega, I need you. I'm in the Director's office." He started to rock her. "It's okay. You're safe." Sara held Terzo.

Omega arrived with the three other soul fragments. "I got your message. What happened?"

"The contracts have been tampered with Sister Imperator's magic. Sara needs our protection." Phil told Omega through Terzo.

"Good thing I stopped her before she signed it," Terzo spoke.

Omega snorts the three fragments join together and enter Phil's body. Omega goes over to Sara and purrs to calm her down. He soon picks Sara up and carries her. "I will take her to the mansion."

"Alright, be careful with her, Omega." Alexander turns to his secretary. "Maggie, go with them. Can you keep an eye on Sara?"

"Of course, Sir." Maggie left with Phil and Omega.

A brother of sin shows up at the door. "Papa Copia, the black mass is about to start. We're waiting for you."

"Oh shit, the mass! I'm sorry, I-I have to go." He rushes out with the brother of sin.

The secretary left and closed the door. Alexander and the director were both alone in the room.

The director broke the silence. "So, you gave orders to Omega and Phil. Is that true?"

"Yes, a good reason for it." He takes the audio recorder out of his pocket. "Listen to this recording of the operation we had." He plays the conversations through.

The director's eyes widened. He lowered his glasses. "So then, not only are they trying to do harm. They are trying to ruin her reputation and destroy her credibility." He banged his fist on his desk. "Those mother fuckers!"

"I had to, for my daughter's sake," He puts the recorder back in his pocket. "District 9 is corrupted. They will go after her. I'm her father. I worry about her."

"District 11 already taking notice. Her friends have been asking questions. They don't know about what's happening." The director looked at the photos of Elizabeth and his grandmother. "We have to protect her." He looks at Alexander. "The clergy has some of the toughest ghouls to protect her from harm. We have an opening to replace Sister Lucia. We can put her to work as a nun until the trial."

Alexander smiles. "Thank you. She's safe in your hands."

The director shows off the family photos. "This is something that my grandmother would have wanted. For her sister and her family."

Omega makes it to the mansion. He lays Sara on the couch. The other officers noticed Sara being pale. "Hey, is she okay?" One of the officers left to get the sergeant.

Phil looks at the officer. "No, she is not okay."

"Officer Sara," Sergeant Jackson approached Sara. "Sara, what happened? There is a warrant with your name on it." Sara explains the situation with the ninth district and the NDA. "Shit! Did you sign it?"

"No," Sara replied. "My dad has the recording. He is going to use it as evidence against them."

"So, are you going to sue?" Sara nods her head. "I see. Get some rest. I can pull some strings for you. The ninth district is going to pay for what they did." Sergeant Jackson gets the walkie-talkie. "Lieutenant Kibbles? Can you bring William Parker to the mansion? Sara is here."

Kibble's voice appears through. "Understood, sir."

Sara sees Elisabeth floating around the main hall. "Hey, grandma."

Elizabeth stops and sees Sara pale on the couch. "Oh, my sweet little granddaughter." She hugs Sara. Then holds her hand. "What happened? Why are you so pale?"

"It’s a long story, grandma. I don’t know where to start."

"I see," She looks at Omega. "Omega, take her to our bedroom so she can rest. My husband should be there."

"Yes, Mama Elizabeth." Omega takes Sara into the bedroom. He lays her down gently on the bed.

"What happened here?" Sara looks at Primo by the door. "This is the second time you came to my room."

"I almost got my soul sold by a rigged contract," Sara explains. "Uncle Terzo voided the contract before I got to sign it."

Primo sighs and scratches his head. He takes his chair and puts it next to the bed. "I can keep an eye on her from here." He sits in his chair. "You can take your leave. Unless you want to take a nap with her."

Phil takes off his shoes and lays down at her feet. Omega lays down next to her and yawns. He purrs loudly as he closes his eyes. The purring sounds of Phil and Omega calm Sara down. Sara grabs Omega’s arm as she falls asleep.

Dewdrop enters the room and sees Sara. He slowly creeps into the bed and lays down on the other side of Sara. He curls his tail over Sara's legs. He makes chirping sounds as he snores.

William enters the mansion and looks around for Sara. Maggie was in the kitchen helping make dinner. "William, if you're looking for Sara, she's in the upstairs bedroom."

Sunshine calls out to William. "She is with Master Primo. I can take you to her."

Maggie tells them. "Let Sara know that dinner is almost ready when you wake her up."

Terzo follows William and Sunshine to Primo’s bedroom. Primo is asleep in his rocking chair. Sara is sleeping with Omega, Dewdrop, and Phil. An angry look appears on Terzo’s face.

"Excuse me?" Terzo goes to Omega and removes his pillow. He slaps him with it. Omega wakes up along with Sara. "Care to explain yourself. Why are you sleeping with my niece? You are my ghoul, not hers. Now get up!"

"Leave them alone, Terzo." William hears Primo from the rocking chair. "Sara almost had her soul taken by a rigged contract." The room became silent.

William whispers. "No way…"

Terzo crossed his arms. "This is Sisters Imperator doing. Only she can pull something like this."

Primo looks at Terzo. "Brother, you are out of line."

Terzo looks at Primo and yells at him. "Look, she has a grudge against our father for years. She even murdered us to put that brat of hers as the next Papa. She is keeping herself in power by killing off the council!"

"Those are just assumptions," Terzo looks at Sara. "What he is asking, is there proof of her rigging the contract?"

"Proof?" Terzo hummed while scratching his head.

"None?" Sara leans forward. "I have worked in law enforcement for years. We can all blame Sister Imperator. But without evidence, she is innocent until proven guilty." Terzo is pissed. "We have to do an investigation first. I know about what happened. If you have the evidence. You can convict her."

Elizabeth entered the room and greets Sara. "Il mio piccolo girasole. You’re awake." She rushed to the bed. "So, tell me what happened to you?" Sara explained the situation NDA from the district and the rigged contract from the clergy. Elizabeth gasped. "Are you serious?"

"Dad managed to pull some strings and grant me witness protection and Markus is letting me work here until things are settled in the 9th district."

William thinks for a moment. "Sara, you’re on probation. You can’t leave your house. Can you?"

"Only if there are specific circumstances where it could be granted." Alexander appeared from the doorway. "You’re awake, thank goodness." Alexander breathed. "I was worried sick."

"Sorry, dad." Sara apologized.

"Come on, it’s almost time for dinner. Maggie is making her comfort food. Macaroni and cheese with broccoli, mashed potatoes with gravy, and of course fried chicken."

Terzo looks confused. "That doesn’t sound Italian."

"It’s not. It’s American cuisine." William grabs Terzo’s hand. "Come on." He takes Terzo out of the room.

Elizabeth looks at Alexander. "You have to explain to me what’s happening here."

Alexander shows the voice recorder. "I will explain after dinner, mom. I am starving."

"All right." Primo gets out of his chair. "Let’s eat dinner and then we’ll talk about the next step."

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Uploaded the Fanfic before heading out to the Ghovie. No Spoiler until I see it.

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The Medium and the Nameless ghouls

Case file 006-4 Case file Audio confession

Sara: Aria English (US) 

Stevens: Christopher English (US) 

Phil: Connor English (Ireland) 

Omega: Connor English (Ireland) Edited 

Alexander: Andrew English (US) 

Phillips: Roger English (US) 

Betty: Jenny English (US) 

Evens: Guy English (US) 

(Made with Word, Bing, and Audacity)

Phil: This is not going to work. 

Omega: Phil, just calm down. It’s going to work. Once she records them, she’s home-free. 

Sara: Guys, it’s recording! 

Stevens: Alright, let’s get the plan in motion. You know what to do, Sara. 

Sara: Right. Phil let’s go. 

Phil: Sara? Is this a good idea? What if I’m seen? 

Sara: Remember, you are going to be my shadow. Once you’re under the table, you have to call my dad and have him hear the conversation. 

Phil: I can sense Sister Imperator’s energy nearby. 

Sara: I can sense her too. Let’s stick with the plan for now. We will deal with Sister Imperator later. 

Phillips: So, you came alone. Your daddy isn’t here, is he? 

Sara: Oh, are you afraid of the courtroom devil? 

Phillips: Cut the shit, Sara! You know what I’m talking about! 

Sara: My dad is waiting for me in the car. He knows what is going on. 

Phillips: Let’s talk. 

Sara: Hello, Captain Evens. It’s nice to see you again. 

Betty: Sit down. Officer Santos. 

Evens: Sara Emeritus Santos. Cold case Investigator and Head of the Paranormal division. Do you know why you’re here? 

Sara: I do, and you’re not getting it. Not without a warrant. 

Evens: Don’t do it, Commissioner Phillips. We don’t want her father getting involved any further. 

Sara: So, you are aware. Why did you drag me here? 

Betty: Let’s cut to the chase. You are here for your silence. 

Sara: What’s this? 

Betty: It’s a non-disclosure agreement for when you transfer. 

Sara: You can’t do that! This is illegal! My father is going to find out about this! 

Evens: You don’t have much of a choice. If you don’t sign this, you will be reprimanded. 

Sara: So, you are going to arrest me for not signing an NDA. Fuck you.  

Betty: Do you want a permanent citation on your record? You know we have the power to do that. 

Phillips: If you don’t sign, your career is over. Your daddy won’t be able to protect you. 

Sara: Are you threatening me with my job?  

Evens: This is not your choice, Sara. 

Sara: Go fuck yourselves.  

Betty: What? 

Evens: What? 

Sara: Go, fuck, your, selves.

Sara: Hi, dad. 

Stevens: Lieutenant Betty Stone, Captain Oscar Evens, and Commissioner Willson Phillips.

You three are under arrest. Anything you say will be turned against you in the court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you can’t afford an attorney, you will be offered one free of charge. 

Alexander: Are you okay, sweetheart? 

Sara: I’m fine, dad. You can come out now, Phil. 

Phil: I was worried that they were going to hurt you. 

Sara: I am fine. You deserve two Starbucks Frappuccino orders for this. 

Phil: [clap] Thank you! 

Omega: Ha, Caffeine addict.  

Phil: Shut up, Terzo’s wife. 

Omega: For the record, I’m not the wife in the relationship. 

Sara: Stop! Too much information! 

Alexander: Can I have the digital recorder?  

Sara: Sure, dad. 

Phil: Can we go to Starbucks? 

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Mountain, making coffee: "How strong do u like ur coffee?"

Dewdrop: "Strong. I want a spoon to stand up in it."

Mountain: Okay?

Dewdrop: "Like really, really strong. I want it to show up on a drug test!"

Mountain: ...

Dewdrop, climbing over the table, grabbing Mountain and pulling his face close: "Do you understand me? I need pure coffeine! InJeCt It InSiDe My BrAiN!"

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My cosplay is ready for the concert. I have my ticket to see the movie.

Bonus: Meet my hell hounds

FYI: They’re rescues. Max (sitting up) is rescued from an abusive home. Billy (laying down) is from a family member who can’t take care of him. I bribed them with treats to take the photos of my costume.

Billy: Yorkshire Terrier and Chihuahua mix

Max: pure breed Yorkshire Terrier

(The bedding is so old, that it doesn’t hug the bed.)

Living in the hood sucks, but I’m used to it.

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just wanted to say i love the medium and the nameless ghouls series!!! it’s so good!

Thank you so much ❤️

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The Medium and the Nameless Ghouls

Case file 006-3 The CCTV footage

Warning: This may contain acts of violence, gore, and blood. Your discretion is advised.

| Name: Dickson, Allen | Rank: private |

| Police District: 11 | Police File: 1083 |

| Testimony: [written] [video] [audio] |

| Witness: CCTV | sex: none |

March 15, 8:15 PM

Camera 1 shows Phil outside of the cathedral with Detective Stevens.

Camera 4 shows Omega with casket #3.

Camera 12 shows Copia being taken through the halls.

Ghouls going on a riot in the ghoul dormitories on cameras 31-40.

The sibling dormitories and offices are quiet on cameras 46-49 and cameras 15-18.

Nothing out of the ordinary. No sight of the bishop.

March 15, 8:30 PM

On camera 5, Detective Stevens leaves for the mansion.

Camera 2 is showing Phil walking to Omega.

Camera 16 shows Aether guarding outside Copia's bedroom.

A suspicious masked female ghoul walking by on camera 12.

It might be the bishop. I have to keep an eye on him.

March 15, 8:43 PM

I was right. The masked female ghoul is the bishop.

He took off his mask on Camera 21.

He is heading to the hallway near the food court.

Cameras 21-25 catch him running down the hall.

On camera 28, he is opening the door to the underground tunnels.

Lost track of him. There are no cameras in the tunnels.

I have to report to Sergeant Jackson about his last locations.

March 5, 7:51 AM

Murder victim Lucia is walking with some papers on camera 45.

Suspect bishop Johnathan heading to the office on camera 41.

Witness Dewdrop heading from ghoul dorms and head to the koi pond. Camera 43 can't pick up what he's saying.

March 5, 7:52 AM

Camera 44 shows the bishop entering the office.

Dewdrop is talking with a handicapped air ghoul. A ghoul in a wheelchair has shown up on camera 43.

Zypher is the name of the ghoul. He is talking to Dewdrop about the next recovery meeting and rehab schedule.

This was not mentioned in his testimony. We have to press on Dewdrop later.

March 5, 7:55 AM

Camera 43 shows Dewdrop and Zypher leaving the koi pond. Heads to the recovery room in the hospital wing.

This can't be right. I must look up the notes.

March 5, 1:20 PM

I was wrong. I double-checked on the notes. It was the afternoon.

Camera 44 shows the murder victim entering the office.

Camera 43 just spotted Dewdrop back at the pond at 1:21 PM.

Camera 43 shows Dewdrop heading to the window of the office.

Camera 44 can catch some yelling from the office. The Murder victim is trying to pick a fight with the bishop.

Dewdrop is heading to the open window of the office.

The argument is dying down at 1:25. Dewdrop seems to be shocked.

Screams and Banging sounds can be heard from camera 44 at 1:26.

Dewdrop ran out of the garden. Ran away to the halls close to camera 46.

Dewdrop collapsed in the hallway next to the trash can.

Camera 46 is recording him vomit in the trash can. I never heard a screech like that in my life.

March 5, 1:28 PM

Sodomizer and Swiss are leaving Sister's office on camera 48.

Dewdrop's screeches can be Heard from the location.

Sodo and Swiss ran fast to Dewdrop.

Swiss and Sodo find Dewdrop with his head in the trash.

A fire ghoul opens the office door. The bishop's red cassock and face are covered in Lucia's blood.

Sodo and Swiss go see the bishop at 1:30 PM. They picked up the body and left.

Aether shows up and takes Dewdrop to the hospital wing of the clergy.

Notes: Everything they said is true. The fight was started by Sister Lucia Watson. The time of death was at 1:26 PM. The some of footage of March 15 was removed by the director's secretary. There was explicit content on camera 48 around 8:45-9:48. Something about that secretary is off. She is blind, yet she knows where everything is. We choose March 15 when the riot occurred. No one was harmed. It did lead out the bishop. We now know where he's hiding.

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Her test subject husband is gone, but not forgotten.

bench talk // flowers at the bench