Subj: Shadows Return: Chapter 15
Date: 8/14/99 2:07:51 PM Central Daylight Time
From: Kim Monroe

Callista and Mulder found Collinwood fairly empty. Maggie was the only one still at the great house and had a distressed look on her face. Not accustomed to seeing that type of look on Maggie's face, Callista decided to let old grudges die and asked Maggie what was wrong. Maggie turned, hesitated, then spoke. "Last night, they found a body of Krystal Pettibone, she was ripped to shreds, and this morning they found another body, a goat, drained entirely of blood." Maggie seemed about to add something else, then paused.

Mulder, now cleaned up entered the room in time to hear Callista say "I don't know why it gets to you so bad, I've heard of those attacks all my life and I never was attacked.." shrugging she turned and smiled in greeting at Fox as she exited.

Fox turned on his heel and went after Callista. "I don't think you know what you just said." Mulder stated. "I'm not trying to change the subject, but where did these come from?"

Callista asked holding up the leather pouches and the a wooden jewelry box. "They were in my forestor when it went l went up in flames. They should have been destroyed."

"I didn't think you would ever come in here," a very familier female voice said. Mulder and Callista both started when they saw who it was, but only Callista knew the true evil that resided in the woman who stood in her doorway.

"Mother," Callista said coldly, almost menancingly.

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The cellar of the Old House 1:45 pm

"Carolyn," Micheal gasped, breathing a sigh of relief,"Give a guy a heart attack,"

"Is Willie with you? I haven't seen him since breakfast this morning," Carolyn looked scared half of out of her wits.

Micheal dropped the shovel and tried to think of something to say, but he didn't get a chance.

"He came in last night, he looked so pale and tired, he went to sleep, but when it got dark, he was anxious, and pacing, I've never seen him like that."

Micheal remembered in his father's diary when Willie had been described like that. It was when he first started working for Barnabas. But Jason McGuire had presumed it was to buy some time and stay at Collinwood. Micheal also remembered that Willie had underwent severe personality changes, for the better. Then Willie got in trouble for abducting Maggie Evans. Maggie Evans, who had been one of the strange attack victems in 1967. Almost immediatley after Barnabas Collins arrived.

"Carolyn, if this was a cartoon, I assure you a light would have went on over my head. I wouldn't worry about Willie, he's probably with an old friend he wouldn't think you'd approve of. Now why don't you run home, get a pot of tea, and have a friend of yours come down. One with kids so ol' Willie'll take the hint." with that Micheal moved his eyebrows up and down
in a Groucho Marc sorta way.

Carolyn laughed,"I didn't mean to frighten you, I just thought that maybe, you were Willie and he was just down here getting something for Rose Cottage. We've rented it out to a young man, his name is Sean Whitewood. If you see Willie, tell him I'm looking for him," after she left, Micheal felt his pulse rate return to normal and once again begin to dig, after few minutes he heard his shovel hit something. He kneeled down to his hands and knees and found a strange item. He looked it over and still had no clue what it was.

"It's an I Ching wand." the voice of the female red -haired ghost explained. " I wanted you to find it. You'll find instructions on how to use it in my notes in the back of the book with my normal patients. The instructions are in the middle of a patient with strong hallucinations."

The ghost faded away and Micheal wasted no time in getting out, with what he knew, and with what he suspected, they had all the answers they needed. He was surprised that the ghost had told him to look in her notes,because the notes were Dr. Hoffman/Collins.The age difference in her picture upstairs in the old house and the spirit he just spoke with didn't match. The spirit looked as old as Callista and.....

"And it doesn't matter Micheal, my boy," Micheal told himself "All that matters is finding Mulder and Scully, and try to find out who Mr.Werewolf is."

In his haste, Micheal neglected to remember the shovel or the large hole in the ground.