Centurion: Mark's Gospel as a Thriller by Waller Ryan Casey

Author:Waller, Ryan Casey [Waller, Ryan Casey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-01-14T08:00:00+00:00

he boy is right.

I know because I've already met this monster.

I move against the tide of people and call out to Maria, but she can't hear me over the commotion. I see Miles take her by the arm, and they vanish into the crowd. I keep moving, shoving people where I have to, until I see the Teacher emerge from the sea of people.

He's walking out to meet Legion.

I run after him.

Legion bows before the Teacher and, in his awful hiss of a voice, spits out, "What have you to do with me, Teacher, son of the most high God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me."

As if meeting a new friend, the Teacher says, "What is your name?"

"My name is Legion! For we are many!"

"Teacher!" I say, running up behind him. "Teacher, it's me, Deacon." The Teacher and Legion pay me a quick glance before directing their attention back to each other. "Teacher, I..."

The Teacher waves his hand in the air, and my tongue freezes; I literally can't speak. It feels like my tongue has ballooned to the size of my hand.

"Please!" Legion screams, his voice sounding entirely different now, like that of a hoarse old man. Then it changes again, this time sounding like the squeal of a tiny girl. It happens again, then again, until a multitude of voices simultaneously explode out of him. They scream, "Don't send us away! We can't go back! We can't go back! We can't go back! Keep us here!" The cacophony of voices is the shrillest sound I've ever heard. I put my hands to my ears to mute the noise, but it's pointless. "Send us into the swine!" they howl. "Let us enter them. Give us the swine to torment!"

The Teacher says, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirits!"

At these words Legion falls limply to the ground, as if he's suffered a massive heart attack. He doesn't move. An invisible cloud of sound travels away from his body and near the lake, where young men are herding pigs. The pigs squeal horribly before stampeding away. They run off a small cliff and fall into the lake below.

Then there's silence.

One of the few townsmen who stayed behind to witness this event, points at the Teacher and says, "You, Teacher, must leave this place. You...are not welcome here. Take your students and leave. Please."

Other people, seeing that Legion has become calm, flood back into the area, echoing what this man has just said. The entire crowd, which moments before had been captivated by the Teacher, now demands his departure. They want no part of whatever power tamed Legion and killed those pigs.

The Teacher ignores their requests and moves closer to Legion, just as he did with the leper, showing no fear.

"Teacher," I say slowly, my tongue returning to its normal size. "I know this man. He's your enemy and can't be trusted."

"Maria told me what he did to you," the Teacher says. "Are you afraid of him?"

"He...has immense power, but no, I fear no man.

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