The Forever Ghost ------------------ A.K.A. The "Renegade Outlaw" A.K.A. "Where did he come from..?" A short story by Brendan S. Once upon a time, there was a cop -- only he was not a real cop. In fact, a lot of people thought he had a sexual disorder, or was some type of homocidal sociopath. He wielded a gun, though. And he knew how to build them, too. It was scary, kind of, to hear about his every next move -- without a single visible, tangible, or forensic trace of evidence of his crimes while he went on his spree across the world -- killing by the dozens -- anyone who got in His Way. But who, and why..? And why were so many people after him..? You see, when he was young he lied about his age. Said he was sixteen -- when he was not, more like 13, or 14, and under the name (to the tragic hearts of many who hear his music) "def" -- and haunted a land called the "The Village Of The Deftones." At first he was kind, but the entire land, from his dark, shadowy entrance, when he was first assaulted, he took to grin, until the whole land was laid to waste when he found out how "they did it" ....... Learning how to break through walls was cake to him, back in the old days. They say he used to steal things. Anything, you name it. And then throw it away. That's right, and then throw it away. He always covered up his tracks, everywhere he went. Not a speck of dust on the floor. He carried a briefcase, and a guitar, and a gun. They called him the antichrist. He could, they said, destroy a single group of men with a single "electric blast" from his collective chi, and jeet (electrical) force of nature, built inside of him... Some people said he was "in league" with a strange group of people. NO, LOTS of strange groups of people ..... He walked through jails, hospitals, and system buildings always dressed from head to toe in Black. They called him "The Angel of Death" after he recited names from the Bible after killing three hitmen in a hospital. -- Or was it four. Though, they say while he was in the "hospital" -- which he didn't like -- and was met with a lot of racism -- he killed six people. TO this day, they say he's taken down fifty men. Fifty "bad men." Why only "bad men..?" If you had all the power in the world, wouldn't you target just about anyone..? I mean, my son, we all know the frailty of the human heart. The heart is a monster... But he always pursued the worst of the worst. And he always won. And you couldn't talk to him. No matter what, it always fell on "deaf ears." He just didn't listen. Wouldn't, no matter how hard you tried, "listen" -- that is, maybe unless he was stoned, drunk, and high on heroin all at the same time. WICKED drug addict. WICKED. He's burned every weird herb in the book... Says he likes the smell of "Musk" I heard -- shit they say is sacriligious not to burn only in churches and funerals. Still, whenever you see him, he always looks the same. Years, son. Years have gone by, And in that window ..... In that screen we sometimes draw on the wall, with the little Egyptian "circle" at the bottom right. The "Electric Screen" as described by Eliphas Levi, who he claims to also have a relationship to -- though there is no proving it -- or where he got the idea from ......... His forever ghost can still be seen. The grandfather closed the book, and read nothing else. He put his hand on his sons leg, and said, "Now remember." Though dressed in black, he said. The Holy Ghost is with you ... And HE always will be. So, if you are haunted .... Or, if you ever feel the presence of evil around you -- As Levi has and will and hath saith -- In the lord God Jesus Amen, Draw the square on the wall, with another square around it, and then put a small circle on the bottom left corner, above the lines. Stare into the screen. And you will rid yourself from all evil. 1385 A.D. Unknown Letter To Grandfather's Grandchild.