𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧

Chapter 32-Finding The Body

Finally arriving at Old North Cemetery we get out of the car and begin searching around for Jacob Karns unmarked grave as I walk up to one with the same cross symbol "Dean! Over here!" I yelled as he runs over to me "here we go." Dean said as we both began digging up the dirt.

Until finally we reach the casket at the bottom as I begin pouring salt all over the remains and Dean pours gasoline over top of them before lighting a match and throwing it on the corpse "goodbye preacher." I said as we watched the remains burn.

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Pulling up to the hospital we get out of the car and make our way inside "you can't come through this way." A couple police officers said "no, it's all right. We're with him." I said pointing at my brother before they moved out of the way letting up through "you okay?" Dean asked him "yeah." Sam replied with worry evident in his voice.

"What the hell happened?" I asked him "Hook Man." Sam said "you saw him?" Dean asked "damn right. Why didn't you torch the bones?" Sam asked us "what are you talking about? We did. You sure it's the spirit of Jacob Karns?" I asked him "it sure as hell looked like him. And that's not all. I don't think the spirit is latching on to the reverend." Sam replied.

"Well, yeah, the guy wouldn't send Hook Man after himself." Dean said "I think it's latching onto Lori. Last night, she found out her father is having an affair with a married woman." Sam replied "so, what?" I asked him "so, she's upset about it. She's upset about the immorality of it. She told me she was raised to believe that if you do something wrong, you get punished." Sam replied "okay, so she's conflicted. And the spirit of Preacher Karns is latching on to the repressed emotions, and maybe he's doing the punishing for her, huh?" I asked him.

"Right. Rich comes on too strong, her roommate Taylor tries to make her into a party girl, dad has an affair." Sam said "remind me not to piss this girl off. But we burned the bones. We buried them in salt. Why didn't that stop him?" Dean said "you must have missed something." Sam said "no. We burned everything in that coffin." I replied looking up at him "did you get the hook?" Sam asked us "the hook?" Me and Dean asked him in unison.

"Well, it was the murder weapon, and in a way, it was part of him." Sam said "so, like the bones, the hook is a source of power." I said "so, if we find the hook-." Sam said "we stop the Hook Man." We all said in unison.

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In the library we all sit at a table doing more research on where the hook could be "here's something I think...logbook, Iowa State Penitentiary. Karns, Jacob. Personal effects: disposition thereof." I said "does it mention the hook?" Sam asked me "yeah, maybe...upon execution, all earthly items shall be remanded to the prisoner's house of worship, St. Barnabas Church." I replied "isn't that where Lori's father preaches?" Dean asked out loud.

"Yeah." Sam said "where Lori lives?" I asked him "maybe that's why the Hook Man has been haunting reverends and reverend's daughters for the past 200-years." Dean said "yeah, but if the hook were at the church or Lori's house, don't you think someone might've seen it? I mean, a blood-stained, silver-handled hook?" Sam asked us "check the church records." Dean said.

"St. Barnabas donations, 1862. Received a silver-handled hook from the state penitentiary...reforged." I said "they melted it down. Made it into something else." Sam said "well, let's start looking then." Dean said.

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Making our way to Lori's house we head inside burning everything silver including Lori's necklace finally putting a stop to the Hook Man.