Jaycie

I try to calm my tears and quiet my breathing. If he can't find me, maybe he will just give up. I stay perfectly still, staring at my bedroom floor from underneath my bed. I shiver as I hear him slowly come up the stairs. I'm used to him hitting me. It's been happening for years. Tonight he's been more violent. If I make it through this, I'm gonna have some nasty bruises tomorrow. He shuffles into my room, and I watch his bare feet pace around. He suddenly stops. I have to stop myself from gasping. I know this is it. He bends down and stares at my tear stained face. He grins viciously and reaches for me.

Dean

South Carolina. This isn't a state we come to often. The residents have a tendency to be very religious, so there isn't much problem with supernatural creatures. The few cases we have seen here, have been gnarly. Sam comes out of the small town library.

"There are demon signs all over the place. Dead livestock, storms, the works."

"Really Sammy, all that research to tell us what we already know?" Sam rolled his eyes.

"Ok Sam, so what are we working with. Any idea who the demons are possessing?"

"Well, there have been multiple teen deaths, and a couple suicides. Honestly, I have no idea. Maybe other teenagers being possessed and terrorizing the local high school?" Something about that didn't sound right to me, but it was a good theory.

"Why don't we go see the sheriff and see what he can tell us?"

We drive through the small town. I notice that everything looks antique, and that there are trees everywhere. We reach the sheriff's office, which is really just a department in the small city hall building.

"I'm Agent Forrester and this is my partner, Agent Cain. We heard about the numerous deaths over at FBI, and we were sent to check it out. What's going on around here?" The sheriff didn't even bother to check our badges. He took off his hat and scratched his head.

"Well it's the damndest thing. When you think of bullying, you assume it's the other kids at school. You don't expect the parents to be the bullies. It's like the parents turned on their kids. Half of the kids were beaten to death, and the others killed themselves due to emotional abuse. We don't have enough to cells to compensate for all of the adults we've had to arrest. What I can't figure out, is why these parents are turning. The kids who have died had great relationships with their parents. There were never any problems before. It was just a sudden change. I'll have Marsha, my assistant, give you the files. Maybe you can find something we missed". Well that was easy.

Jaycie

Play dead. If he thinks you are dead, he will go away.

"I aint stupid girl. I'm not gonna stop until I know you are dead. I don't have a choice. You might as well make this easy on the both of us". I turn to face my father. I'm to see tears running down his cheeks. He is shaking and I can tell he is fighting some internal war. That's when our neighbor, Phil, walks into my room. My spirits lift. Someone is here to rescue me!

"Chuck, I told you what you had to do. If you don't kill her, you know what will happen. Do you want her to be tortured by my finest demons for the rest of her life?" I whip my head to look at him when he says the word demon. That's when I notice his jet black eyes.