Biblical Notions

JP with mdman, Jaxx, Trustno1 and Cindy

Choi went on to discover that much of the older housing still standing in Gary, were terraced buildings to house workers of the United States Plate and Tin Company, a thriving business in the early 1900s in Gary. They were all designed by the same architect, D. F. Crieghton.

Most of the older buildings around the theater were demolished. The J.C. Penny building, Kresge’s, Sears.

With this information, Choi turned his attention to the homes surrounding Gary. He hoped what he was finding would be helpful.

Dahlia found some interesting material in rabbinical writings. According to some teachers, Cain was not Adam’s son. Cain was the offspring of an unholy union of Eve with the evil one, who seduced her when she sought to become like God. Perhaps, that is what Cain was attempting to acquire: to be like God, instead of being the image of God, like Abel chose.

Alyssa nodded, she grabbed a Coke and sat down in front of her own laptop, and started typing away. She was hacking away, it would take a while but eventually the hacker found a lead, then another, then there it was a database, a highly secured database run by the vampires. It looked like a clan called the Nosferatu ran it. There were more vampires than one might suspect. It looked like, as suspected, the Prince ruled the individual cities and under him or maybe not, was some officer called a Sheriff, though the name didn't seem familiar. Then each clan had a head - called a primogen. Some Primogen's had seconds listed, others didn't. Alyssa wondered why the different clans, what made them different. Some of the clans listed had been the ones mentioned, others she had never heard of. She continued to dig, and more answers came with more questions.

As Ekaterina continued her search into the oddities of Gary, Indiana she found "The Ammons haunting case", also known as the 200 Demons House or Demon House, is an alleged haunting and demonic possession which occurred in Gary, Indiana in 2011. Latoya Ammons, her mother, Rosa Campbell, and her three children claimed paranormal activity occurred in the residence. The story was publicized in January 2014 and received national attention. In November 2011, Latoya Ammons, her mother, Rosa Campbell, and her three children then ages 7, 9 and 12 moved into a house located at 3860 Carolina Street in Gary, Indiana. Days after the family moved in, they claimed black flies swarmed the porch in December and kept returning even after the family believed they were killed.

Campbell initially heard footsteps in the basement and doors creaking. Later, she alleged to have witnessed a "shadowy figure of a man pacing in the living room" and found a "boot print". Campbell claimed she was choked by an unknown force. Ammons' 12-year-old daughter was claimed to have levitated above her bed unconscious during a sleepover with a friend. They were said to have prayed until the girl returned to the bed. The daughter had no memory of the incident. The older son was allegedly thrown across the room by an unknown force. The younger son allegedly had his eyes roll into the back of his head and was growling saying "it's time to die," and "I will kill you". Since no solid evidence was found during the investigation it was blamed on delusions. Later the movie Demon House (2019) was made about this story. Ekaterina sent this information to Alyssa as well.

"Any idea how we can find Prince Modius?" asked Sartre.

"Working on it," Alyssa responded. "I've gotten into the vampire database. I've found him but there's an extra layer of encryption on his information.”

Choi advised Sartre that he was now investigating housing developments around Gary where someone in power could pass unnoticed. He was searching. Many of the places that showed were not in Gary proper. There was Cressmore Estates in Hobart, Bauer Farm in Portage, The Gates in St. John, and Park Ridge in Hebron.

Choi voiced these high-end developments in towns around Gary. “Anything coming up in Gary seems to be apartments,” he reported.

Dahlia turned her attention toward the mark the Creator placed upon Cain. Many had thought that this was as judgment. So, they came up with the idea that Cain had horns from this time or that his skin was darkened. She considered this nonsense. The text literally says the mark was for Cain’s protection, so others would not take revenge. Some thought it was a dog to protect Cain. Others feel that God’s name marked Cain’s head or arm. Others said that Cain shook violently and had tremors, which would be understandable if he were demon possessed. As a child of Satan, Cain would have been the first of the Nephilim.

Agent Powers quietly listened to everyone working and chatting about their findings as he was making coffee to fill the urn. The other one had hot water in it for tea or cocoa. He felt a bit out of place since he was bad at research and crime solving. So other than providing snacks and moving stuff around he was feeling a lot like the odd man out, but he kept quiet and just gave a smolder when he had trouble expressing himself.

Alyssa stretched and looked up from her laptop, "Max, I think we can order lunch soon. Just go ahead and get whatever everyone wants."

She felt bad for him, surely he was bored just sitting around, but Alyssa just couldn't think of anything more for the man to do.

Agent Powers then had everyone text him what they wanted and he began ordering the food from Chicago since the quality was better. He had to cater to everyone's tastes and since money was not an issue due to his enormous allowance/funding from his father. Once he got everyone's orders he began placing the orders for all the meals and drinks. Ekaterina also had Agent Powers order her some Kosher wines as well for later on. Agent Powers figured it was for Ekaterina and Dahlia later on. Once he was done he went back to checking his messages.

Dahlia took a break before she would start to look into Cain’s punishment. She walked over and got a small dish of nuts, some chocolate covered coffee beans, and a cup of coffee. All of course were kosher.

“Thank you, Max,” she said. “I appreciate the support you are providing us.”

She was beginning to think the clans were considering themselves from the line of Cain. Dahlia realized that was impossible, for Cain’s line ended with the flood. Perhaps, it was their philosophy to acquire the place of a god.

As Agent powers was checking his messages with his father he began to have a few thoughts related to the clans. He looked at Princess Ekaterina and gave her a smolder before asking her, "Hey Princess, how did clans start? Like in history of clans."

Ekaterina elegantly turned and smiled at Agent Powers and replied, "Well Mr. Powers the concept of clans dates back to the 12th century and has existed in every country. The word "clan" comes from the Gaelic word clan, which means "children". Clans were originally extended family groups, with most members being blood relatives and descendants of a common ancestor."

Agent Powers rubbed his chin and then asked, "So everyone in the clan are related in some way?"

Ekaterina shrugged a bit and replied, "Well in the beginning yes but, not everyone in a clan was related as time progressed, and some men joined clans by swearing allegiance to a chieftain in exchange for protection or work. Clans were usually associated with specific areas of the country, and the clan chief acted as a leader, judge, and protector for the people who lived there. Why do you ask Mr. Powers?"

Agent Powers rubbed his chin then replied, "Well I was wondering if these vampire clans were related to the Cain and Abel guys. Maybe they were like their kids or something?"

Ekaterina smiled at Agent Powers as she replied, "Well definitely not Abel since he was killed by Cain, but we could look into Cain having children."

Agent Powers then said, "Well from the games and movies I have seen don't vampires call the one who they turn into a vampire a child?"

Ekaterina then asked Dahlia, "What do you think, Dahlia?”

“Well,” Dahlia doubtfully began, “Cain did have descendants. However, many believe his line ended with Noah’s flood. However, the prophet Jeremiah speaks of the Kenites, a nomadic tribe in the Sinaí Peninsula. The name is the same.” Suddenly Dahlia’s eyes brightened. “Nod! The Land of Nod was Cain’s punishment. He was banished to the Land of Nod. Nod means vagrancy or homelessness. So, Cain was cursed to be restless. He was a nomad. But how could Cain have someone alive after the flood?” She was speaking her thoughts aloud, trying to process the information.

Choi thought her argument sounded good. When her face lit up, he was impressed. She was more than beauty. She had intelligence.

“Unless,” Dahlia continued, “…the only way Cain’s children could be alive is if Noah or one of his sons had married a daughter of Cain.”

Dahlia had thought she was near the end of her research. Now, she quickly returned to her laptop, snacks and coffee in hand. She enthusiastically began typing thoughts as she sought answers.

Choi shook his head. Dahlia seemed to have really dug for information, having to think things through. It was quite impressive.

Alyssa was grateful, and a little impressed at the knowledge the others had and were gaining. She listened without comment, while typing away.

The first layer of encryption had been difficult to crack but the second layer was almost impossible, she had to admit the Nosferatu were very good with tech. Almost however difficult didn't mean impossible, nothing was completely impossible to crack. "I got in," she exclaimed, forgetting, for a split second, anyone else was in the room with her, then wanting to shrink in her chair for the outburst. The white house? Huh? No address, just the white house? Of course, it might be a code. Or she did some more digging. "Yeong, did you come across any homeowners by the name of White or Albus?”

Choi was limited as to what he could do with his phone. He could Goggle something and find information, but he was no hacker.

He Googled Albus White and he got a few hits, nothing on any person of interest. He frowned, “Hmm…Albus is a white flower and there is a wine called Albus Bianca or Albus Blanc. I’m not getting anything on a person. Let me try public records of home ownership. That should be available without hacking, shouldn’t it?”

Dahlia brightened up once more. She had found a reference in the Book of Jasher in the Apocrypha, where Noah was as was his wife Naamah, the daughter of Enoch. Enoch was a name listed in both lines of Adam and Cain, however, the only place Naamah was listed was in the seed-line of Cain. She was the daughter of Lamech and the twin sister of Tubal-Cain. Things were beginning to make sense to her. From Noah, both the lines of Adam and of Cain survived.