The church was not far from the hotel so they decided to walk. The townspeople were still avoiding them like the Plague. Nigel glanced across the street and saw a women with a small child. The little girl looked at him shyly at first and he could not help but smile. As they got closer the little girl again looked at Nigel and flashed him a big smile.
Nigel stopped dead in his tracks and stared at the girl, the sweet smile she had just given him had become something gruesome and leering. As he continued to stare he saw the forked tongue of a snake extend from her mouth.
Sydney suddenly noticed that Nigel was no longer by her side and she turned around. " Nigel." She looked at him and then over at the women and child. The women was looking at Nigel, while pulling the child closer with fear in her eyes. Sydney quickly rushed toward him. "Nigel" she repeated as she placed a hand on his shoulder.
Nigel nearly jumped out of his skin with the touch "Sydney I just saw...."
"Saw what?" she asked
Nigel quickly glanced back in the direction of the women and child and then looked back at Syd fear clearly show in his eyes. "I could have sworn I saw a serpents tongue come out of that little girls mouth."
Sydney looked at Nigel thinking to herself that the storm was about to hit, and it's name was Richarde. " Come on let's get to the church." she said unable to hide the concern in her voice.
When they reached the church Nigel hesitantly entered staying close to Sydney. The church appeared to be empty, not a living soul in sight. To say the place gave him the creeps would have been an understatement.
"Hello" Sydney called out as they proceeded into the church.
Nigel stopped in front of the mural depicting a man holding the Cross of Utu.
Sydney glanced back at him making sure he was within sight. He seemed to be concentrating on the details of the mural. She walked further into the room "Hello" she repeated.
Nigel glanced at some of the articles on the table, unable to control his curiosity he reached for one of the bowls. As he picked up the bowl to take a closer look he saw a undulating mass inside of it. Without warning it burst and he found himself covered with spiders. He backed up brushing at his arms in a attempt to get the spiders off of him, but as he looked at his arms there was nothing there. The bowl he had dropped was now back in the same place he had found it.
He quickly backed away from the mural and as he turned to look for Syd he felt his world spin out of control around him. Standing in the back of the room were his parents, they looked the same as the last time he had seen them. They started to come towards him and he was frozen in place. "This isn't real, this isn't real." his voice a whisper as the apparitions came towards him.
Go to Part Nine.