The Sentinel Page #5

I know of no such priest.

Perhaps he was a visitor.!

Yes. Yes.

Monsignor Franchino?

Can I help you, Mr. Lerman?

Yes. They told me downstairs

in the office that you were

the man that I should see.

I was told you wanted

some information...

about one of our clergy.

A Father Matthew Halliran.

You are a lawyer?

A client of ours,

now deceased,

has left some money

to a Father Matthew Halliran,

Brooklyn Heights.

He lives on the fifth floor.

At least that's what we're told.

Let me look at the files.

Oh, yes.

I recall the man now.

Father Halliran...

has led a difficult life.

He has a chronic case of palsy...

and he doesn't take kindly

to visitors.

We have to satisfy ourselves

that he's the right man

for the bequest.

He was pastor at the Church

of the Heavenly Angel...

in Flushing, Queens.

He retired in 1952...

after the congregation was disbanded

and the church torn down.

I'd like very much to see him,

if I could.

He has become sedentary,

a recluse.

Even a legacy

would do him little good.

- The Church takes care of his needs.

- Could I look at that file?

I wonder if, uh,

I could have a copy of this.

Church property.

Oh, yes, uh, this quotation.

Uh, I just had it translated

from the Latin.

I was wondering

if it might be familiar to you...

a religious writing or something?

No. It's not familiar.

Are you sure?

I have never seen it before.

Thank you very much

for your trouble.

Jennifer.

It's Alison.

She called me.

Hey, how you feeling?

Terrible.

- The headache back?

- And the dizziness and the nausea.

And I'm losing control

of my reflexes.

By the time I got here

she'd fainted.

Did you call the doctor?

No.

Why not?

'Cause I was scared!

I keep dreaming that I see

that priest in the window,

and there's a funny light

behind him.

This man Perry called.

He said to meet him

tonight at 9:
00

at the Grand Army Plaza.

Can you stay with her tonight?

- Are you leaving?

- Yeah. I have to, darling.

I'll be back, but I'll be late.

Jennifer will stay with you.

Dr. Orton's number's in the book.

If you need him, he'll come.

I just don't wanna be by myself.

Don't worry about a thing.

I'll just be gone

for a couple hours. Okay?

Hello, Perry.

Been a long time, Mr. Lawyer.

It's all there.

You take a high chance.

Let's go.

Open these two locks.

Sure.

"Father Matthew Halliran."

William O'Rourke?

Father Halliran?

"William O'Rourke,

disappeared July 12, 1952...

after attempted suicide."

They're the same man.

William O'Rourke

became a priest named Halliran.

Yes, but why?

I just open doors.

Before Halliran,

there was Father David Spinnetti,

who started life

as Andrew Carter.

Declared missing,

Carter reappeared as Spinnetti...

and died...

the day that Halliran

started life as a priest.

Before him, Mary Thoren...

becomes Sister Mary Angelica.

All of these people,

going back for years,

lived ordinary lives...

and then became priests or nuns.

And all of them, sometime or another,

attempted suicide.

"Alison Parker, Sister Therese"?

"Father in Baltimore.

Attempted suicide.

Meets Michael Lerman.

"Second attempted suicide

on the death of Lerman's wife,

killed July 17, 1976."

If these files are right,

Father Matthew Halliran dies...

the same day

that Alison Parker disappears...

and becomes Sister Therese.

Tomorrow.

When did you get in?

A couple of hours ago.

Nice of you to drop by.

Anyone I know?

You don't trust me,

do you, Jennifer?

Not much.

I think Alison may die.

Tomorrow.

She had a bad night

and I heard her calling out,

but that's ridiculous.

- Look, Jennifer, there's no way

that I can explain this to you.

- Try me.

Look, that girl upstairs

needs our help.

Now, I can be with her all day today,

but tonight I have to be somewhere else.

- The house?

- I'm not asking you to believe anything.

I'm just asking you

to be with her tonight.

You know I'm

giving a party tonight.

Fine.

Fine. We'll come.

She can stay the night with you.

But please, whatever you do,

don't leave her alone after midnight.

Promise me.

Jesus, Michael.

You're really frightened.

Thou art not a God

that has pleasure in wickedness,

nor will the evil

dwell with you.

Let all those

who put their faith in thee rejoice.

Amen.

God be with you this night.

I can't make this party,

Michael.

Darling,

it'll make you feel better.

That's what Charles Chazen said.

Alison, it's really important

that you're with people tonight.

Jennifer will take care of you.

I'd rather be with you.

I have to see this thing through.

The house?

After tomorrow, it'll all be over.

What do you know?

God, I love you.

I love you.

Oh, I just wish I knew

what was happening to me.

Rebecca and Malcolm Stinnett.

Sell.

Gerde Engstrom.

Emma and Lilian Clotkin.

Anna Clark.

All people the Parker girl

said she met.

All killers, all dead.

She went to a party

with eight dead murderers.

Doesn't everybody?

Alison!

She's aged him.

I said, "'Whenever. '"

And she said, "'I don't know. '"

Hello.

Well, you're the last.

I was dressing.

Oh, it doesn't matter.

No one's started eating yet

anyhow.

What's wrong

with Alison?

Nothing.

Nothing?

Michael,

let me go with you.

Take good care of her, will you.

Here's the doctor's number,

just in case.

Excuse me.

Be careful.

Call the doctor!

Oh, no.! Get a doctor.!

"Through me you go

into the city of grief.

"Through me you go into the pain

that is eternal.

"'Through me you go

among people lost.

"Abandon hope,

all ye who e..."

The entrance to hell.

Talk!

Talk, you bastard!

Why the charades?

Why Chazen?

Why Mrs. Clark?

You'd better say something,

or I'm gonna

strangle it out of you.!

Goddamn it, I'll kill you!

You tell me what happened, or I'll kill you.

I swear to God, I'll kill you.!

I'll kill you! I'll kill you!

I'll kill you!

Michael!

Michael.

O God, help me!

O angel of God,

my guardian, please help me.

Ohh!

Michael!

It's all right.

Listen. Listen.

The Latin you saw in that book

was an ancient warning...

from the angel Gabriel

to the angel Uriel.

Michael,

what are you talking about?

The angel Uriel was stationed

at the entrance to Eden...

to guard it from the devil.

Since that time, a long line

of guardians...sentinels...

have guarded the world

against evil.

Right now

it's Father Halliran upstairs.

But tonight...

you become the next sentinel.

The people you saw here...

the lesbians, all of them...

are reincarnations.

Devils.

The only way

they can stop the new sentinel...

is to make you commit suicide.

That's what they were

trying to do.

The cat!

Kill it, Michael.!

Oh, don't.

You don't understand.

I was killed by Monsignor Franchino

for trying to strangle Father Halliran.

I'm damned to eternal hell

for my sins,

for having Brenner

murder my wife.

I am one of the legion.

Welcome home.

Don't be afraid.

I was waiting for you.

You're such a sweet child.

I just love...

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