A/N: I do not own My Babysitter's a Vampire
The trio were on their own. Grandma Weir was down for the count thanks to the spell Vice Principal Stern had casted. Thanks to that spell Ethan's fear was consuming him. He couldn't even look at the faces of his two best friends. The spell had incapacitated him earlier, making him see his loved ones dead and now he was in a fetal position on the couch. He ignored Benny who was trying to get him to do something, while Sarah was somewhere else in the house. Fear. It was controlling him, he didn't know what to do. He normally did, but not now. Not when it really was life or death.
"Ethan, we need your help. If we can't stop Stern who knows what's going to happen to us." Sarah said returning to his side. He hadn't even noticed she returned. That caught his attention. He couldn't let anything happen to his friends. Never.
"Okay." Ethan said taking deep breaths. "I can't let anything happen to you guys. Your grandma said that I had to find something stronger than fear. I think I did. Here." Ethan continued taking deep breaths and took his friends hands, his... dead friend's hands... shaking his head slightly, he ignored the comments that the two were making as he released the fear that had his mind in its clutches. He watched as the spell lifted and he saw his friends as they normally were, well as normal as they got. A sigh of relief washed through him.
"I'm okay, as long as I don't let the fear through. We can do this." Ethan said finally taking a stand.
"We're on our own against Stern." Benny said. They all glanced at Grandma Weir who was motionless on the couch. Then an idea. Something he knew that both Sarah and Benny were going to hate, but he had to try something.
"Well I guess someones banishment can't be enforced." Ethan pulls out his phone and texts a number, positive that the person would show up. He couldn't tell them, not right away but he was their last chance if they wanted to beat Vice Principle Stern. As they waited, Benny looked around for something to do, something that would take his mind off of his Grandmother who was still motionless on the couch. Sarah, had moved her so she was a little more comfortable, but was now pacing the room. Ethan was getting nervous. Time was running out. Ethan walked around the house, taking in the things that made it unique. He had come to know this house since he was six, when he became friends with Benny, and come to see it as his own. Now, if they don't win, no one would be around to enjoy it.
He reached over and touched on of the books that were on the table. He froze as he was sucked into a vision. He could see Benny and he had something in his hand. He looked closer and saw his spell book, and he was casting a spell. He looked around and saw a purple light he now knew was the Lucifractor. Then, as if the whole vision jumped scene, he was with his friends at school, as if nothing happened, except someone new was with them. Ethan didn't want to worry about that new person for now. Coming out of his vision, he heard his phone go off. Neither Benny or Sarah noticed he had a vision. Sighing he checked his phone and realized it was who they were all waiting for. He went to the door to let Jesse in. He knew that his friends would be upset but desperate times calls for desperate measures.
"Guys, don't freak out. I thought it over and this is our best shot, okay?" Ethan motion for their new guest to come in. Jesse came into living room where a not so welcoming Sarah and Benny greeted him. Ethan had expected this response, but they were running out of time. "Sarah, I-"
"You two are obviously aren't very happy to see me, I can tell." Jesse interrupted him.
"You bit my best friend!" Benny pointed out.
"And you made me suck out the venom when you knew what it would do!" Sarah said angrily.
"And I'd love to be sorry about that, but you all know I've done much, much worse." Jesse responded.
"Later." Ethan told them all. He turned to Jesse. "The man who has the Lucifractor is related to the wizard you took down two-hundred years ago."
"Sinisteral family revenge. What a shock" Jesse said sarcastically.
"How did you stop his super great-grandfather?" Benny asked.
"He loved power. He loved to show it off. I let him wipe out most of my flock with the Lucifractor while I snuck up behind him and drained him dry." Jesse explained. With a pointed look he added to Sarah. "I told you I've done worse." She hissed in response. Ethan, tired of the tension came up with a temporary truce then tells them about the vision he had. Benny is skeptical, while Sarah is hopeful.
Only Jesse believes it's possible now knowing that Ethan's powers were growing and assuming Benny's were too. Unsure what spell to use, Benny grabs his spell book and hands it over to Ethan, hoping that he would find something that he recognized. Instead, it sent him into another vision. This time, it showed him the exact spell Benny would use. As the vision ended, Ethan started flipping through the pages, finally finding the spell they were after. He grinned as he handed the book over to Benny, who looked at it with a groan. Benny wasn't sure he could handle the spell, it was something he hadn't learned yet, something above his skill level. With a quick look at Ethan, he practiced saying the words so that when the time came he'd be able to do it with out screwing up. Ethan was positive they could do it, but was nervous all the same. They leave to head to the Vampire Council's building, Benny still practicing the spell, this time adding a little power to it. Once inside they see that Vice Principal Stern had already arrived, leaving dust in his wake.
"We're all a little late to the party." Jesse joked.
"Where would Stern go?" Ethan asked Jesse.
"The Caller. We use it to communicate with other covens but he can use it to broadcast the Lucifractors field across the entire town at once." Jesse told him. Shocked, Ethan turned to Jesse who just waved his arm in front of him. The group headed out to find the room that they now knew V.P. Stern would be, avoiding the dust that was once vampires. They entered a room where the encountered Stern.
"Ethan so happy you could make it." Stern said.
"Well, got bored looking at dead people." He responded.
"I could think of one I'd like to see." Sarah said to Ethan.
"Benny." Stern said with a snap of his fingers, ignoring the comment Sarah made. Benny slowly walked towards Stern. "Benny and I had a little conversation when I caught him in the office. Well, a one sided conversation really. Take care of your friends for me. There's a good boy." The last part was told to Benny before he continued on into the building.
"Benny?" Ethan nervously said. His best friend turned around with a wide grin on his face and attacked them with his powers. The rest of the group ducked just in time.
"We have to take Benny out, he's an acceptable loss." Jesse told them.
"No he's not." Ethan laughed. Pulling out his phone.
"What's so funny?" Sarah asked, a little bit of panic in her voice. Ethan held his phone up, an open email that revealed Benny reciting a spell. The real Benny froze, then was knocked out by the spell. "What is that thing?" Sarah asked.
"After that time the magic camera turned Benny into evil Benny he sent me an email marked, in case of evil Benny open this. I never thought I'd get the chance to use it." Ethan explained pocketing the phone. He checked on his friend who was still knocked out. Not knowing what to do with him they left him there and came up with a plan. They decided to split up, Jesse and Sarah together while Ethan would be better by himself. Jesse and Sarah found Vice Principal Stern in the Caller, right where they knew he would be.
"You know, only some people can pull off a cape, you're not one of them." Sarah said, drawing attention to them.
"Huh, now I see the resemblance spitting image of old Gaelon Sinistral, but with a head." Jesse mocked.
"What do you know about him?" Stern asked, his attention fully on the pair in front of him.
"I remember how his blood tasted, even after two hundred years." Jesse commented.
"Wow, I'm going to enjoy this." Stern told them raising the Lucifractor and using it's power on them. He was distracted long enough for Ethan to sneak up behind him, an idea he had gotten from Jesse. Trying to force himself to ignore Sarah and Jesse, who were visibly in pain from the Lucifractor, he grabbed Stern's arm and entered his mind.
"What is this?" Stern asked looking around.
"I'm in your mind." Ethan silently congratulated himself on being able to do so at will.
"You're stronger than I thought. You're still not as strong as I am."
"You're not strong the Lucifactor is and you're afraid of using it. Just like you tried making me afraid. I can feel it." Ethan was trying to make him lose concentration, and he could tell it was working.
"I'm not afraid of anything. In two centuries no one had enough power to do what I'm about to do." Stern bragged.
"You're not doing anything, the powers in that you're nothing-"
"STOP SAYING THAT!" Stern interrupted Ethan. "I can draw all the energy I need from this and then the power will be in me and then I can get rid of this little ball."
"You can't handle it. You're afraid." Ethan repeated with a smirk.
"STOP IT, ENOUGH!" Stern breaks contact with Ethan, as well as Jesse and Sarah, and all three hit the ground. He starts to draw the power from the Lucifractor into himself. "I can feel the power, the deepest darkest. You're such a fool, you'll never stop me now." Ethan gets up and runs to Sarah and Jesse.
"Sarah." Ethan whispers helping her up. "Get up." She get's on her feet and shortly after Jesse is too.
"I CAN FEEL THE POWER!" Stern yells.
"What I miss?" Benny asks finally up and with them.
"You'll be just in time for the end if we don't leave now. GO! RUN! NOW!" Ethan emphasized each word. He, Sarah and Jesse turned to run, but Benny was frozen in his spot. For some reason he envied the power that the Lucifractor gave off, and for a moment he wanted it. Ethan turned to see that his friend wasn't behind him, and returned to drag him off. "BENNY COME ON! LET'S GO!"
A/N: You may have noticed that I have the dialogue that is in the season two finale. All credit goes to the writers. I just added the filler parts. I did this because it's been a while since the season ended so I kind of wanted a catch up prologue. The actual chapters will be all me. Hope you enjoy.
~J.R.