Sabbatical

Prologue

Disclaimer: Ok, Kohta Hirano owns Iscariot and all it's characters. Tecmo owns All God's Village and the Camera Obscura. Junji Ito owns each and every Tomie. Konami owns all real estate to Silent Hill. Finally all quotes from the Iscariot staff belong to the Holy Bible.

"Well, everything seems to be in order." Maxwell said as he signed the three forms on his desk. "You three enjoy yourselves alright?"

"We will, and thank you again Father for letting us take this sabbatical…are you sure you wont need us?" Yumiko asked nervously clutching the hem of her habit.

Maxwell chuckled as he waved his hand at the young nun. "I'm sure we can manage for two weeks without you three. If there's an emergency I'll contact you, but for now just have a good time. After all even the Good Lord himself rested one day." He handed Yumiko her paperwork.

"Danke Father." Heinkel said collecting her forms.

"A' after our short rest we'll ba bac tae do the Lord's work wi renewed vigor." Anderson took his pile of paper.

"Just out of curiosity what are your plans?" Maxwell asked, he was in an unusually good mood, and why shouldn't he be? The FREAKs had died down since the tower incident and even better that Hellsing sow was locked away. The Lord was truly smiling upon them right now, so why not take a little time off and relax?

"Well, umm, I have some friends and family back in Japan I would like to see…"

"Und I have some friends in the States I vanted to visit as vell."

"Ah'm goan tae visit some kin up in Scotland."

"Wonderful. Well see you all in a couple of weeks!"

Tomie smiled as she leaned on William's shoulder on the plane. He was such a sweet boy, taking her to see Scotland. He even was so kind enough to pay for first class tickets. Also the concept of Scotland excited her a little. She had seen that movie with Mel Gibson, Scottish men looked so handsome and untamed. Also there were so many different men there, and they would be all hers. The idea of having all those men to herself exited her, maybe there were too many of them and too few of herself…but that could change. That could change very easily, she thought as she gazed into the stupidly smiling face of the accented boy that was taking the queen to her new court.

Way back in coach in the seat next to the bathrooms a skeletal like man in a filthy striped shirt flicked a lighter on and off again and again and again. His eyes staring straight ahead boring through the limp blue curtain that separated him from first class.

Cybil frowned as she listened to the young girl in the filthy white survival jacket talk to her in her apartment. "You mean they've decided to follow you here?"

"It's crazy, they blame me for killing Claudia and that…that…that THING! They want to sacrifice me so that they can bring back their 'God' also…I don't know how but I swear I saw Vincent yesterday. And every night in my dreams I see It, just standing there turning those cranks faster and faster, I swear that thing is grinning at me!" The dirty blond haired girl broke down sobbing.

The ex-cop frowned and sat down on the couch next to the girl. "It's alright Heather. It's alright."

The crying girl leaned into Cybil's embrace. "It's not Heather anymore…it's Cheryl. Cybil, promise me I wont have to go back there."

"Oh my God…SOMEONE!! COME HERE QUICKLY!!" The dam worker ran up to the two twin girls that wandered out of the forest. The twin girls were dressed in a dark red and white matching ensemble. The limping one leading the other who was staring forward in what only could be blindness.

"Are you two alright?" The worker ran up to the two girls.

The one with the bad leg stared up at the man in the hard hat. The first thing she did was touch his chest. Her face broke out in joy as her hand met with solid flesh. "Mio! Mio! He's real! He's real! We made it out!!!"

The blind one had a camera in her left hand in a death grip. She also reached out with her free hand and touched the man. This was followed by tears streaming down from her eyes in pure relief. "Thank you…thank you so much…"

The worker just stood there confused. "You're welcome. What were you two doing out here?"

"…fulfilling a promise…" The blind one, said.

"Sir…what's your name?" The one with the bad leg asked him.

"Itsuki, Hamaguchi Itsuki."

The workers running up with the site doctor and the first aid equipment were met with an unnerving sight. Itsuki was facing two girls that had collapsed onto the ground laughing hysterically. Their hands around each other's neck.

Author's Note: As always commentary and flames are always welcome.