Semua Bab 51: The Series: Bab 41 - Bab 50

Not being in the office had been driving Lindsay crazy. The department had been updating her every shift, usually by at least one dispatcher on duty calling her or a deputy stopping by. Cat had been calling at 8 a.m., noon, and 4 p.m., almost on the dot, to ensure Lindsay knew everything that took place during the day shift. Little Bob had also stopped by the house daily to inform her of everything, just in case Cat had forgotten something. Big Bob and Andy had both stopped by once per shift at different times. That way, they were in other areas of the county and better able to respond to any calls that came in. Max had been stopping by between 7:30 a.m. and 8 a.m. to fill her in on the night shift.Wren had taken her phone and answered for her for the first few hours she was home. He had also managed to convince her doctor to do a house call and make sure she had not been seriously injured. She was glad she had taken a couple of days off to rest and heal. While her head no longer hur

Lindsay took the tablet and began to scan the files from the camera memory card to find the correct ones. She found it and started to watch. Everything seemed to be perfectly normal for being on patrol at 3 a.m. in the middle of nowhere. She had just reached the time stamp 03:12 in the clip when she heard a screech of some kind and could see something near the top of the windshield of Max’s car. She watched carefully and could hear more shrieks and see more movement above the vehicle at the edge of the camera’s view. Then she saw it, but could not believe it. It looked like a flying monkey. She watched the clip a couple of more times and then began to laugh. She looked at Little Bob and Mike, then handed the tablet to Wren to watch.“You two have got to be kidding me,” she said. “A freaking flying monkey? Max is just messing with you.”“How could he mess with us like that?” Little Bob asked.“You don’t know about Max’s hobby? He makes computer-animated short films and posts them onlin

They got into their patrol cars and began to drive to the address they were given. Even though it was only a few minutes out of town, it was in a very isolated area. It was the only home in a half-mile radius. It was a simple farmhouse that sat off the gravel road. When they turned down the driveway and approached the house, they saw a woman standing on the porch, visibly flinching as they drew closer.Lindsay pulled in front of the house and got out of her car. Before she had even taken a step toward the house, she heard a loud thump come from inside.“Ms. Martin, is someone in your house?” Lindsay asked, approaching with caution.“No, ma’am. That is why I called you. I didn’t know what else to do. Everything was like every other day, and then I saw a book fly off the shelf and hit the wall in the other room. I thought I must have been seeing things at first. Then it happened again and again, and each time came quicker than the last. Now listen to that. It sounds like my home is flyi

Lindsay and Cat continued working their way through stack after stack of files. They went back to about one month before Lindsay took over the department. The problem was that the first report of anything truly unusual was the event that happened at the Sycamore River that had injured Amber Clark. Now, the big question was, what could have happened to cause these things to start happening? Lindsay began trying to remember anything she had seen or heard that could explain why this was happening. Suddenly, she remembered a conversation she had with Wren. He had said that an incident had occurred on the base. What kind of incident could cause this?“Something happened on the base,” Lindsay said softly, almost to herself. “What?” Cat asked, looking at her, confused.“I don’t know anything more than the military knows why these things keep happening,” Lindsay answered.“Did Agent Gold tell you that?” Cat asked.Lindsay answered, “Yes. Agent Gold told me a while back that there had been an

They ate without talking much. Wren was still trying to wrap his head around the number of calls and their variety. Lindsay was still thinking about the little creature she had seen and wondered how much of a danger it might pose to people in the county. As they were eating, there was a knock on the door.“Come in,” Lindsay called out.Deputy Keith Abernathy opened the door, came in, and closed it behind him.“What can I do for you, Keith?” Lindsay asked.“Nothing, ma’am. I quit effective immediately. I just saw something, and after the call that I had with you and Little Bob, and now this one, I’m done. I quit,” Keith said as his voice trembled.“Deputy Abernathy, what exactly did you see?” Wren asked him before Lindsay could.“Agent Gold, I know you fix things around here, but this was like nothing I have ever seen before. It shouldn’t exist. It just shouldn’t,” Keith stammered.“What did you see?” Wren asked more forcefully than before.“It was walking among the trees near where a