Sanity: The Saw Chronicles [C]

Chapter 64 | A Plan of Sorts

I grabbed my glass and took a long drink from it. There wasn't alcohol in it, just apple juice, but at least it gave me a second to process everything. "Please tell me you have a plan for all this shit."

"Sort of. The evil spirit is drawn to Chris right now because it wants to fight the Devil inside of him. Kuza could actually switch between himself and the Devil, but I don't think even he knew he was doing it. They'd been apart of one another so long that their souls could operate together. Chris needs to learn how to control it, and he's not going to be able to do that if they keep drugging him out."

"So you want to just let him go back to living life?" I replied, "We can't do that to the others, especially Angelo."

"I know. That's why I'm going to have to keep him in the lab. That way he's not alone, but he's not around any of the others. I have ways to keep him at bay though, if he were to try to act out against me. Once he can keep himself under control, I'll set up equipment in the lab that should be able to track the spirit. Then, I'll leave Chris alone long enough for the spirit to attack him. I have a few theories as to what exactly the spirit is, but I don't want to jump to conclusions until I have actual data on it.

As far as the Devil, He's on our side for now. I'm not going to worry about him, though there is one thing that does have me concerned. He's lashed out at Vinny both when he was possessing Kuza and Chris."

"You think there's something possessing Vinny too? That He doesn't like?" I asked.

"I think there's something inside all of us. That's where this whole reincarnation business comes to play. Some cases were easy to match up, like the ones I told you about. Others, like Vinny's, were nearly impossible to figure out."

Michael stood up, muttering to himself, "I'm trying to remember... This one case... Hang on..." He walked off to another room for a few minutes. I heard some typing faintly, then he returned, "Maybe, based on your whole reincarnation theory, Vinny comes from a long line of people who liked to piss off the Devil. In the early 1900s, there was a fire in Turin, Italy. The city has a lot of Satanic history, so it was no surprise that a sacrifice to the Devil was being made right when the building was set on fire." He handed over some freshly printed papers to Ryan, "From there, several satanic cults were found murdered and their worships destroyed in various ways."

"Fast forward to the twenty first century and Vinny's job is to destroy drug rings. It's not much different, they still have the same cult-ish mentality." I said.

"And it would explain why the Devil hated him, but I can't say this is for certain. I mean, Vinny hasn't burned down any buildings."

"Yet." I replied.

"True," Ryan sighed as he set the papers down, "My main goal right now is to study the evil spirit, and figure out what everyone else means to it and to the Devil. I'm guessing once I figure that out, I'll also know why the cult wants us."

"I wish I could help get you information, but believe it or not, we don't have access to everything." Michael said.

"That's alright," I responded, "Ryan had a very good source for all of this information. He just doesn't want to have to go there, do you?"

He leaned back, taking a strong drink, "I... Don't know what you mean."

I rolled my eyes, "Reese. I don't know what your relationship status is currently, so I'll refrain from calling her your girlfriend. Regardless, I know from experience, if you fuck a fed that's got it bad for you, they give you what you want. Now, I know the thought of actually having to have sex with her disgusts you, but can't you take one for the team?"