The Sentinel Zone

The Sentinel Zone 6/17

"We have to find a clock in down town Cascade, there will be a note attached." Jim said, after hanging up the phone.

"Lets pick up lunch and then start looking." John said, in a tired voice. "Walt, call Sarah."

"Don't do that." Walt said, in a pleading voice.

"Sorry." John said, in an apologetic voice.

"If you'll excuse me." Walt said, as he walked away calling home.

"Was Sarah sending out vibes?" Bruce asked with a smile.

"No. Little John was." John answered, with a sad smile.

"What have you all decided?" asked Bruce.

"They want to tell him, but I don't think he's ready." John answered, so wanting to tell his son that he was his father.

"John, he's seven years old I'm sure he can handle it." Bruce answers.

When John sees that their getting strange looks "Before my accident I was dating a wonderful woman; who had my child while I was in a coma. Now she and Walt are raising him, and they want to tell him, but I feel he's too young," explained John.

"That sucks man. At least your son's lucky, he has two fathers," said Blair. "No he only has one father, Walt." John said, as they got into the elevator.

Just then Bruce's cell phone went off, "Johnson."

"Put Mr. Smith on the line," said the voice. "Yes?" John asked, as he took the phone.

"I'm sure you want to know why I took the children?" asked the voice, "We all do, especially when you want Detective Ellison and Sandburg to reveal their abilities."

"God told me to. He said that every must know and to do it I must take children for it to happen." Just as the man said that, John got a vision of children being made to pray by priests in red robes, while chanting.

"Your parents were satin worshipers." John said, after seeing the vision.

"They were loving parents who only wanted the best for all their children." The voice said, with affection.

"Is that why you took the children?" asked John

"Yes, if I get the children to follow my way, then the world will change and the rightful God will rule." The voice said. You could practically hear the insanity.

"So what do we have to do with all this?" John asked, already hating the answer.

"That you will have to wait to find out, but I will tell you this; those children will be mine in seven days if you don't find them." The voice said, before starting to laugh.

"We have to find those children." Jim said, after the man hung up.

"Jim, did you hear anything else?" asked Blair.

"It sounded like water in the back ground and sea gulls." Jim answered, after thinking for a second.

"He must be at one of the water districts," said Blair.

"That's what he wants you to think." John said, with a faraway look in his eyes.

"Do you know where he is?" asked Blair.

"It's a house, but I can't tell where it is." John answered, trying to dissever the vision. "It feels like something is blocking me."

"We should meditate, maybe that will help." Offered Blair.

"What we need to do look for those children, not sit around and chant." Walt said, hating the waiting.

"Walt calm down," John said, in a soothing voice. "Blair might be right, meditating might help."

"How can you be so calm?" Walt asked, in an angry voice.

"How can I not, it won't help to get angry." John answered, in a calm voice.

"You can stay calm for this, but you hounded the candidate for the presidency." Walt said, trying to stay calm.

"Trust me I learned my lesson, if I become too fixated on something my abilities go away." John answered, trying not to become angry.

"Why didn't you tell me this?" Bruce asked, in a surprised voice.

"I didn't think it was necessary." John answered not realizing that Bruce cared for him as more than a friend.

"It's necessary because Bruce is your guide, he should be told when something happens to your abilities." Blair said, realizing that John's powers are almost identical to Jim's.

When he got strange looks from everyone Blair's cheeks turned red, "What?"

"Why do you think Bruce is my guide, and why would I need one?" John asked, in a surprised voice.

"When you get terrifying or mind numbing visions, who helps you?" answered Blair.

"He's right, Bruce does help you with your visions." Walt said, realizing himself that Bruce guides John with his visions.

"Blair's right, that's why you both have spirit animals," said Jim.

"Really, what are they?" Bruce asked, in a surprised voice.

"Well it seems John has an owl and Bruce has a lion," answered Jim.

"That makes senses, since an owl represents wisdom and the lion represents courage, strength, and loyalty," answered Blair.

"I was wondering does everyone have a spirit animal?" asked Walt.

"Only if they have certain abilities that are connected to the spirit world or they will be able to help the ones that need that person," answered Blair.

"What abilities could Bruce have that he has a spirit animal?" asked Walt.

"I can't read him, and when I do it's only something good," answered John.

"You can't read anything of him?" Walt asked, surprised.

"On occasion I'll get flashes, but they're brief." John answered, trying to remember if he got anything important from Bruce.

"The first time we started working together on his leg, he told me not to worry about the bottle falling over." Bruce said, with a smile. "A minute later the bottle tipped over."

"But how does that make Bruce, John's guide?" asked Walt.

"Do you remember the mall incident? He helped me sort those visions, when I kept passing out," answered John. "He also helped me sort out the visions regarding the murders of those woman."

"We should try having a vision quest, maybe between Bruce and I we can sort out your visions about this case." Blair said; hoping his suggestion would work.

"Chief, if you touch him he might get a vision," said Jim.

"I wont be the one who touches him, Bruce will," answered Blair.

"What do we have to do?" asked John, in an interested voice.

"I think what we should do is search for that clock." Walt said, wanting to change the topic.

"Walt's right, we need to find those kids." John said, picking up on Walt's discomfort on this topic. "It eleven o'clock right now, and I would imagine that your Captain will want a report when we get back."

Before Blair could say anything, he saw the look Jim gave him, which he realized that they weren't ready for anything do to with visions and spirit animals. But Blair knew that a time would come when John and Bruce would have to connect with their spirit animals. Getting into the truck that Walt leased, they drove to Down Town Cascade; were Jim focused his hearing. It was every ten minutes that Jim would slip into a zone out, but Blair was able to get him out.

After a while Blair was becoming worried about Jim's zone outs, "I hear something," said Jim.

"Where's it coming from Jim?" asked Blair.

Concentrating, Jim bounced his hearing to his sight and when he got the target, "Turn left and then go straight." A few minutes later, "Stop," says Jim.

"What do you have Jim?" asked Blair.

"It's around here somewhere." Jim answered, and got out of the truck.

He began to walk around listening to the ticking of the clock get louder. A while later he stops by some stairs with a lot of stuff around them. After listening a while, Jim began to move the stuff away from the stairs. When he had everything clear everyone saw an alarm clock with a note saying,

"John, pick me up." Walking toward the clock John bent down and picked it up, The first thing he saw was two children being dragged into a red house, and then it changed to two men chanting over them.

"Do you have anything John?" Bruce asked, when he saw John coming out of his trance.

"Yes, they're being held in a red house and men are chanting over them." John answered, trying to get the strange felling he got from the sight.

Just then John's phone rang, "Hello." John answered, picking up his cell phone.

That's when he also received a vision; two children being washed in hot water, making their skin turn red. "Why are you washing them in scolding water?" asked John.

"Very good Mr. Smith, and to answer your question we're purifying them." The voice answered. "Seven days is not up." John said, wishing he could do something.

"We're just getting them ready," said the voice. "But back to our little game, your next stop is at the docks where you have to find a fish wrapped in a newspaper."

"Before you go, can I have your name?" asked, John.

"You can call me John Doe." John said, with a laugh. "Don't you get it Smith, Doe?" He laughed hanging up.

"Guess we're off to the docks." John said, after hanging up.

"What did you mean they were being washed in scolding water?" asked Blair.

"They are being prepared for sacrifice." John answered, hating that he couldn't do anything. {Then for some reason he got a flash of the Indian from the cave that he was trapped in with the broken leg, who said //Remember you were given these abilities to help people and even change their lives from time to time. You aren't the one that is supposed to fight destiny just move it along, even though you don't agree with the way it turns out. //}

"John you ok?" Bruce asked, seeing the faraway look in John's eyes.

"Yeah; was just thinking about something." John answered, wondering if his powers were for changing things or making sure that they came out the right way.

It took them about an hour to arrive to the Cascade docks, that's when Jim turned on his sense of smell, and was promptly almost knocked off his feet, also causing him to go into a coughing fit. "Jim!" Blair yelled, seeing Jim double over coughing.

"T?. the s?smell is t?to m?much." Jim said coughing.

"Imagine the dial and start during it down." Blair said, going into his guide voice. Turning around he looked at the others, "He wont be able to us his sense of smell here."

"Let me try." John said, as he started walking toward the freight boxes.

As he approached the boxes John began to feel them to see if he'd get an image. After about two minutes walking around and getting different images, {he got the man that they'd been talking to. The image was of the two kids and they were kneeling and being made to pray at an altar covered with bones.}

As-soon-as he got the image his cell phone rang, bringing him out of his trance, "Smith." John said into it.

"I see that you had to do all the work, it's just a shame that Ellison can't use his abilities in such a smelly environment." Doe said, with laughter in his voice.

"You did this on purpose," said John.

"Of course we did it on purpose, we couldn't have Ellison do all the work." Doe answered, while laughing.

"Now what?" John asked, trying to control his temper.

"Are we getting angry Mr. Smith?" asked Doe.