The County Police Station. I have not even seen that place in week but there I was. I sat on a small chair, filling out papers on the table about what I saw. Nathan sat across from me doing the same thing.
"I don't understand. How did this happen in a day?" Asked Nathan to himself.
"Look, you should be happy, we ain't had action in months." I mumbled still writing on the paper.
"Happy? Stephen, a kid just died today, a man converted a group of poor people into what he believed, a MAN took control of a church in one day!! What is there to be happy about?!" Yelled Nathan. I looked up from my paper to see him staring at me. He looked angrier than he had ever looked.
"Look, all I'm saying is that we got two people. We got em. They ain't going nowhere, and they are gonna give us some answers. So, chill out." I explained simply.
As we were finishing up, Henry walked in with the same mean expression on his face from before. He looked at me for a while, before speaking.
"Where'd this guy come from, how'd he get here?" Asked Henry calmly." He looked over at me again, as if he wanted me to answer.
"He says he comes from a place called the Red River, didn't know what he was talking about. We literally me this psycho yesterday." I stated.
"The man took over the Church! He took it over in a day, he says the world's gonna end and how he is the father and we were his children." Nate said angrily.
"Sounds to me like you two let and outsider in! Nate, you told me that yall met him the day before this happened?! You didn't think once to report this strange man or do anything huh?! You just decided to let him into your home Stephen?! Yall decided to make him one of us huh? Look how that turned out. A little boy is dead. And now I have to go tell his parents how it happened! Goddammit! Both of you with me now! We can get the truth out of one of them."
"You killed a kid today. You realize that, right? You are not getting out of here anytime soon, so you might as well give us some answers." I said angrily. Leroy sat on the floor inside one of the holding cells. Outside of it were me, Nathan and Henry.
"That boy was not a believer, he died trying to be reborn. Sadly, that happens. It wouldn't be the first time." Leroy said happily as he looked up at me with a grin on his face.
"What the hell do you mean? It wouldn't be the first time? Leroy, this man only arrived yesterday! How many people have you killed for him since then?" I demanded, yelling through the cell. Leroy simply looked at me and smiled.
"You think killing a boy is funny you piece of shit?! This is what's gonna happen. You are gonna tell me how this started, where it started, and how many people suffered the same fate as that boy, or I will open this cell and beat the truth out of you my damn self! You in my town boy! No one here gives a damn about you!" Shouted Henry. Henry's hands were shaking from anger and his voice sounded like he was fighting back tears. He must have known that boy personally.
"No, that is where you are wrong. These people don't give a damn about you! We don't give a damn about you! We follow our savior! Logan, our father is our savior! He is the only one who has helped people like me! But you wouldn't understand would you, Officer? Logan will guide us to salvation and the people like you, the nonbelievers, they who try to stop us, will be judged and punished, and perhaps... dead. Just like the boy. You want to know how it felt watching a non-believer die in my arms? It felt beautiful. " Stated Leroy, laughing in Henry's face. I watched as Henry's hands balled into fist as he punched the cell with all his might.
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The Red River
Mystery / ThrillerI was once like you. Innocent, oblivious to what the world had to offer. I could not see what goals God had set for me, I could not see the damage in the world. I, like you, thought the world was filled with good. I thought everyone had some good in...
