Nemesis Ridge was little more than a fly tird at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. A General Store, two Churches (one white, one black) a Sheriff's Office, Town Hall and Fire Station was about all there was, if you didn't count few dozen scratch-dirt farms surrounding it. It was this shit hole that Special Agent Dana Scully found herself driving through to investigate a sexual assaultâŚby a Werewolf? She knew that the whole thing sounded silly. A werewolf? Really? Scully shook her head and smiled every time she thought of it. âAbsurd.â She said over and overâŚyet there was something in that report she had receivedâŚit seemed almost too real to be made up. She had to fine out for herself.
Stopping at the Sheriffâs Office to report in, she walked past two old men who were playing checkers on a cracker barrel outside of the Office. The scene was so farcical, that Dana had to bite her lip as not the burst out laughing. One old man elbowed the other so that he could watch her walk up the steps. âWongo have dat over dis here barrel?â She hears one say. Dana chose to ignore the comment and the laughter that follows.
As she As she stepped through the door, a spring-bell rang out above it causing a rather young handsome deputy to run out of a back room with an arm full of files. Before he could open up his mouth, a loud coarse voice booms from a near by office. âWhoâs out thar Marvin?â
The boy jumps nervously, and looks toward the office. He turns back to watch Dana pull out her F.B.I. identification card and badge. The boyâs eyes grew wide.
âSh-sh-ShurfâŚitâs tha F. ba-ba-B. Aye.â The boy stutters. Dana hears the sound of scrabbling behind a desk as fat cigar chopping Sheriff sporting a huge belly slung over his gun belt, came charging out.
âWelllll, looky hereâŚand a prudy F.B.Aye shz too. Wel-cum tuh Nemesis Ridge. Iâm Shurf Potts. Houd we hep yew? He held out his hand, Dana, who was reluctant to shake the sweaty paw, instead thrust the Werewolf file in it.
âIâm here to investigate a Sexual Assault. Sheriff.â Dana returned.
âAssaultâŚ? Yew meanâŚwa happinâ tuh Chloe McCoy. Shoot, that werenâ no assault. Justnâ a local gal a havnâ some fun wit a hillbilly boy. War did yew find dat out anyway?â The Sheriff opened the file and spit out his cigar. âWerewuff!â He shot a burning look at his deputy. Then turned back to Scully.
âAgentâŚthars no werewuffs here âbout. Ma dumbass deputy here sent tha report. He hasnâ wuld imaginationâŚurrerstand?â
âBarely.â Scully shot back sarcastically.
âTha boy is in back. Rat cheer! Him dat mus with the gal. Aye can tell yew heâs no werewulf. Juz olâ boy from tha hills come down looknâ fer some funnâ ahâite?â
Dana looks at the deputy who is stares down at his feet. âRegardless Sheriff, I have to investigate. This report is on file with the Department.â Potts throws the file at the boy who drops the pile he was holding to catch it.
Sheriff Potts curses at the boy then tells him to clean it up. âNow AgentâŚ?â
âScullyâ she returns.
âWhach want tuh do first? Wongo see tha boy? Not waiting for a response the Sheriff turns around to lead Dana to the back room. She sighs with disgust and follows the fat man. But before entering the room she looks back at the boy picking up the files and gives him a smile. He returns her kindness with his own smile.
âYou leave us Sheriff.â Scully says to the fat man unable to stand his sweaty odour in the confines of the small room. âIâll question the suspect myself.â
âButâŚ.?â
âThank you SheriffâŚoh and Iâll need all the information that you have on this suspect and the parties involved. Thank you!â The officer mutters a few off colour remarks under his breath about women, then leaves the room, slamming the door behind him.
In a darken corner, she see the vague shape of a very large man. His face cast in shadows. He rocks from side to side, breathing with a laboured breath. She swallows hard, then goes over to the clipboard on the wall containing the manâs rap sheet. She glances through it then turns back to the cell.
âYou are Billy-boy Dobber? Is that correct?â Dana waits for a second then goes to ask the question again, but is interrupted.
âRed hairâŚâ comes a raspy voice from the shadows