Scarecrow Jack- The Awakening

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No one saw Viktor ever, some even believed he has been dead for a decade now, others believed he has become mad and locked himself in his room. Viktor was accused of practicing dark magic, that's why most people thought he went mad, but no one was sure as they never heard news of his death. Inspector Bradshaw stood on front of the huge mansion. The mansion was in excellent condition, like it was built yesterday but something about it always bothered the people who passed by it, like someone or, something was watching them. It was white in color, with tall pillars supporting the structure, big windows all around but all were covered always. The property was huge, it spread across the land. Bradshaw knocked on the door. After a while a tall slim man opened the door. He was in his sixties and wore a black coat, black trousers, white shirt and a bow tie, the custom uniform for the butlers. His name was William and he was serving the Castellanos for more than fourty years, before that his father served them, before that his grandfather and so on. The butler had a wife and two sons which served in the mansion as well. The wife's name was Gloria and she was the chef, while the son's name were Hammond and Ben. Hammond worked the garden and Ben used to clean up the house. They were the only people seen around there. Bradshaw informed William of the whole matter, to which he remained still, after a while he said "I shall inform the master, and soon shall send his word." Bradshaw asked the butler "Is MR Viktor here? Can I meet him?" but the butler didn't even bother replying to him and closed the door and went inside. Bradshaw felt insulted but he couldn't do anything and went away. Inside the mansion the butler went in the kitchen where tea was being prepared, he put the tea in the tray and took it upstairs. He stood in front of a room which had a large door, he knocked 3 times and then walked in. inside the room was a library, a large library filled with many books which were all about magic and dark magic or necromancy. There was a man sitting at the large table, he was reading a book when the butler put down the tea-tray on the table, poured a cup of tea and put it in front of the man. Then he informed the person about the incident. The man was not affected by the news as he was not interested in the death of a casino owner and his thugs, until the butler mentioned of stacks of hay shoved down their throats. This made the man turn away and look at the butler, he closed his book, stood up from his chair, went by the fireplace and said in a very low voice "So, you are finally born." He ordered the butler to send word to Bradshaw to keep them updated on the investigation and keep an eye out for similar activities, then he took his cup and went into his room. This man was quite young of age, but he had a composure of someone who is quite older, no one knew who this man was but the butler kept calling him "Master." This town was called Greywood. It was a mysterious town, there was only one road that led out of the town and it was behind the mansion through the forest, no one was allowed access to the road. There was an, other way but it was across the river, the most mysterious thing about the river was nobody could ever cross it, who ever tried they drowned, no matter if they tried to swam or use a boat. It was always cloudy here, the sun never shone on this town. Some of the town-folks thought the town was cursed, that's why no one could leave it, that's why the sun never shone here. The Castellanos family ruled this town, no one knew how long they had been ruling it or how they acquired it. Damon wanted to become rich and take revenge on those who wronged him. First, he went back to Benny's casino at midnight. There was a guard outside as the place was shut down due to the massacre that happened there. He asked the scarecrow what should they do. The scarecrow told him to transform into him. Damon said "How can I do it? I don't know how to transform. Can't you just take control like last time?". The scarecrow replied "When your mind is strong and you are in your normal state I, cannot take over your body, as you have the stronger conscience and a stronger connection with your body." "However, if you put your mind in transforming into me even with a stable mind, you will be able to do it, but some of the actions of your body will be controlled by me." Then Damon closed his eyes and thought about transforming into the scarecrow. He felt his body changing, his hands became lighter and started to turn into hay, his torso also started to change, his head also changed. The bone structure was totally changed as if Damon never had any bones, his feet were also like hay and he became tall, taller than most human beings. It was midnight so no one was around, the guard was sitting in front of the door of the casino, he was relaxed, suddenly the guard heard a whisper. He was frightened and started looking here and there, but there was no one there, he stood up from his chair, took out his baton and became alert. But there was no one to be seen around so the guard sat down on his chair again, he was frightened as the strange killing scared the whole town. Suddenly the guard felt something was wrapping around him, before he could see or shout for help, the scarecrow closed his mouth by wrapping his hay arm around his mouth too and pulled him towards him. The fear could be seen clearly in the guard's eyes as he came face to face with the most-strangest and scariest face he had seen, those glowing red eyes and terrifying body structure, he struggled a lot but all was in vain. The scarecrow was too strong for the guard and then it tightened the grip around the guard, suffocating him and killed him.