Scream of the Banshee Page #4

how you feel,

then I'll support

whatever decision you make.

Good, because I've

already made up my mind.

Oh.

Hopefully she'll listen

to me this time.

What is the only thing you can

break when you say its name?

I don't feel like

I owe anyone an apology.

I am not crazy.

I am not a lunatic.

I just see the world

for what it is.

Among our ruins is justice.

Judgment will be handed down.

Bean Si.

Bean Si?

Is that Spanish for "Yes,

I'd like some beans"?

Bean Si.

It's Gaelic for banshee.

Irish folklore.

A creature whose scream

warns of imminent death.

Banshees were associated

with five royal Irish families

up until about

the 12th century.

A banshee can

take on many forms.

The most common

is that of an old hag.

But there are also stories of people

encountering a banshee as a waif

or a seductress.

And of course,

if you heard

the banshee's scream,

it will haunt you

until you accepted death.

Otto.

What? What's wrong?

So much for

the implausible.

That's pretty much what I saw,

but it had a body this time.

I didn't see anything.

Well,

maybe it didn't

want you to.

I mean, it was

toying with me, it was

messing with my mind, it

was trying to get me to...

I don't know,

it was tricking me into...

Haunting you?

Silence.

That's it.

That's what you break

when you say it.

That's what Duncan asked

in his clip.

When I didn't scream,

that's what saved me.

It couldn't hurt me.

You're starting

to freak me out.

Starting?

Can I help you?

Uh, yes. My name is

Professor Moira Whelan.

Ah, you're with the school.

What can I do for you?

I only need a moment of your

time. It's about Broderick Duncan.

A box...

They're still looking

for that thing?

No. We found it.

Well, if that's the case,

I'm sure you realized

it couldn't be opened.

It would be a good idea

if you wouldn't...

Well, you see,

that's the problem.

We did open it.

No...

Come in.

Hey, guys.

Where's my mom?

She went out,

but she'll be back.

We'll wait. Is there

anything I can do until then?

You want to help?

Yeah.

As always, a little

too late to do that.

No, thank you.

Does this look

familiar to you?

I don't recall Duncan or I ever

finding anything quite like that.

Mmm-hmm.

Well, it was sent to us

and it turned out to be the

thing that opened the box.

Hmm.

Strange things have been happening

ever since that box was opened.

Some very wild

and vivid hallucinations.

Almost like there was some

kind of chemical agent inside.

Perhaps placed there

by Duncan.

My dear Professor.

Broderick Duncan

is a very intelligent man

whose imagination

was his own worst enemy.

The Templar Box was just one in

a long line of his many crusades.

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