Inside the lab of New Horizons, Melissa Fuller-Casseus was tapping her foot impatiently waiting for the Soul Drive Alpha to finish doing his job on their computer.
It had been a few days since the devil Geshp had come into Casseus's office, Melissa could swear she could still smell the repugnant stench of brimstone that seemed to emanate from him. Even so, Dustin and Melissa were swift in covering their tracks in anything that could associate them with the Amberhills. Dark Garden wouldn't be able to be traced back to them either since they were officially off the books and as far as anyone else was concerned, in their civilian forms they were just ordinary New Horizon employees.
"How much longer will this take Alpha?" Melissa asked crossing her arms looking at the robotic bird.
"Hacking into the church into records that don't officially exist isn't exactly easy, but it won't be but a moment longer to finish Mrs. Fuller." Alpha answered. Melissa frowned watching the raven android furiously type away, his dark eyes focused.
"Fuller-Casseus, Alpha, that's Mrs. Fuller-Casseus, I know I'm not as smart as Dustin, but I still have a high IQ intelligence, it's how I got into the position I'm in today." Melissa smirked.
"I thought it was just because you and Casseus shared a bed together." Alpha said as Melissa glared at him.
"One more quip like that and I'll have Chapman reprogram you to only say 'Polly want a cracker'." Melissa warned him.
"Sorry Mrs. Fuller-Casseus." Alpha said, the Soul Drive going quiet for another few minutes before speaking again.
"I have a list pulled up ma'am and I believe we might need to find a way to narrow down the search." Alpha said as Melissa came closer to the computer screen.
"Why's that?"
"Because as of this moment, the hunters that have been excommunicated from the church is in the numbers range from at least 150 and counting over centuries" Alpha said pulling up a list of names that seemed to go on forever.
"God damn it! This will take forever to narrow down," Melissa angrily groaned. "Someone who is excommunicated from an operation like this and finding out their history should be fucking child's play!" Melissa shouted throwing her hands in the air.
Melissa suddenly got a call on her phone answering a call from her daughter.
"What is it Missy? I'm a little busy trying to do something for your father." Melissa said to her daughter.
"Hi mom, I'm fine. Listen, I wanted to know if you and....Dustin wanted to join me and Hank for dinner. We're going to that fancy restaurant you and he like." Malissa asked her mother.
"Oh, I'm sorry dear, that does sound like a sweet offer but I'm afraid the two of us will be busy tonight." Melissa said to her daughter.
"Alright mom, bye, kisses." Malissa said.
"Kisses back." Malissa said hanging up her call.
Melissa looked at her daughter's caller ID and then had a thought come to her head.
"Child's play, that's it! Alpha, I know how we'll narrow down the search. Pull up anyone who was excommunicated from the church who had children." Melissa suggested.
"Well that still would leave us with quite a list." Alpha pointed out to Melissa.
"I know that, but this....Seraphim started appearing several years ago according to from what we've learned so far. Let's see....excommunicated hunters, their children....oh! what's this now? A few hunters have adopted children over the years." Melissa said as she looked through the list of hunters and their children. Moving Alpha away from the screen, she now began to study it carefully.
"How to narrow this search down even more? Hmmm, let's see what some of their histories are like. No, not you, definitely not you....wait a minute....this one looks interesting. Let's get a background on you." Melissa said as she looked into the background of an ex-hunter named Linda Michaels.
"Good reputation for quite a long time, even worked alongside the Moreland bastard and....Ezekiel Kane. Okay, now let's look at what you did later on. Oh....oh my...wow, no....she didn't....she chouldn't have. Wait, but if she did that then....that would mean.....HA! Oh that is rich, that is just...so....devious. She's practically a church girl after my own heart. Oh, I have to show this to Dustin." Melissa said printing out some paper with the knowledge she had just gained.
"Alpha, tell no one else about this, understand? This information is between you, me, and very soon, my husband." Melissa explained.
"Understood, Mrs. Fuller-Casseus." Alpha said as Melissa made her way up to Casseus's office.
Melissa stepped into Casseus's office as she saw him at work on his computer.
"Finishing up the day's work for the night my love?" Melissa asked as she sat on his desk and smiled at him.
"I take it from that look on your face my dear you've found something illuminating?" Casseus asked as Melissa nodded to her husband.
She then handed over the paper with all the information she had learned over the last few hours.
"So.....this would be this so called 'Seraphim'?" Dustin asked looking over the paper.
"It is, and the only ones who know this right now, would be you...me...and Alpha who helped me search through the church's private records." Melissa said.
"And I believe it should remain that way." Dustin said as he took out a lighter and lit the paper before dropping it into a waste bin.
"I think Seraphim's identity will be a very dramatic one for those involved. Certainly with their relations." Dustin said chuckling as the paper continued to burn.
"Speaking of relations, Malissa invited us to dinner with her husband at that restaurant we love so much, but I declined telling her we were too busy." Melissa said.
"You know, I think I am hungry for something....but not food. Let's just turn off the office cameras here. I think....you deserve a reward for what you've brought me tonight." Dustin smirked as he began undressing his wife and she did the same for him. Dustin and Melissa were grateful that Casseus's office was soundproof.