Lars was not too far behind, pointing his weapon in the rear, over the SOURCE team members’ heads. Spirits were dishonest. That was the first rule of the haunt. Spirits were angry at the living; that was the second rule. The third and most important rule was: Spirits would, if given the chance, trade places with the living. That is what Night expected, and that is what he and Lars prepared for. The plastic maze lay before them. Before they all could enter the maze, however, Night insisted that each member of the team be blessed, purified, and bathed with a sulfur-based liquid he had obtained near the ancient site of Megiddo in North Palestine. Megiddo was a powerful site in the Cabbalistic faith, oddly enough for the Christians as well. Night knew that in the Christian faith, Megiddo was the town in which occurred the New Testament mention of the end of the world-Armageddon. “We need to leave our doubts and sins behind,” Night told each member of the team. “Since I am not a priest, and I know that Lars is not either, we will have need of the sulfur water from the holy site of Megiddo.”
