With his work as an exorcist there was no way Marcus could choose to stay… but for once he would love to know what his life would be like if he had a home to return to.

Marcus felt warmth around him. Ever since he started sleeping in Peter's bed he never had any nightmares. He wasn't a priest anymore so what did it matter if he wasn't celibate any longer.

Quick kisses on his neck made him chuckle lightly as he played with Peter's gray hair.

They lied in each others arms for a few minutes more.

Peter kissed his boyfriend softly, sucking everything good about his mouth.

"I really don't want to go work", Marcus said.

Peter kissed him again and told him not to do it then.

"But I've already decided to take on requests of those poor people", he said and got up.

Peter lied still and looked at his lover's back as he went back to sleep.

Marcus put on the clothes and went downstairs. The house wasn't large but fitted enough for a family of four. He then drove to a little small building next to the church in the little town on the island.

Although he no longer was travelling around he was still an exorcist. He and Tomas both ran a service together, however Tomas was now the one travelling from one place to another while he stayed and people who wanted help came to him. Their service wasn't cheap but it was worth it.

"Good morning, sir" his receptionist and manager, Cindy Evening an eighteen year old, greeted him with her mouth full of chocolate while watching some korean drama illegally.

"Hello, so how is the schedule today?".

"The Windson's will check in today. I will go get them in the morning at nine. The information about them lies on your table. Also Father Tomas and Chelle (a psychic/witch) are coming back. Mouse is visiting for a week. I've already prepared her room and I'm taking Desi on a walk in the woods to gather herbs".

"Sounds good to me", he said and walked into his office.

"Shall I bring some coffee to you, sir?", she asked and got up to go to the kitchen.

"Do that sweet-heart".

His office weren't the normal type of office you would see. Thanks to Cindy's creative mind it looked more like a living room. A living room that had a greenhouse beside it. The lightning made the room really shine up. There were paintings on the wall, some more vulgar than others. A veranda just outside his office. It led down to a garden that had a statue of a madonna inside a half open stone, which inside had been decorated with different colored glasses. The madonna stood on the highest step inside the stone, while on the three lower ones there were candles. Cindy would light the candles every night after the sun went down. The garden also consisted of different flowers and herbs, which surprisingly did not seem to wither even in the presence of evil. A dog house was there too for their Desi, who was only a pup. The plan was to have it stay there when it grew up.

The building their exorcism service took place in looked like any other house. It was a two level house with six bedrooms, all of them had their own bathroom. Two of the bedrooms were on the lower floor while the rest were upstairs. The reception was downstairs too of course. There were two exits. One didn't had steps in case they needed to get in the client on some bed on wheels. The other which the reception faced did.

There was a dining room downstairs too along with a kitchen, next to Marcus' office. Of course the cook was Cindy, if not anyone else would do. Peter would sometimes come and eat from time to time. Barely even being bothered by noises the exorcism made anymore.

Marcus sat down on the couch in his office and began to go through the family history which had been put together by a very mysterious and observing private detective Cindy used to go to school with.

Of course there were more people working for them, including the transporters. They had been tattoed with protection charms and bathed in holy water for protection against evil. So far none of them had been possessed by anything yet.

Chelle had been the one to suggest using protection charms and spells around the house. Although Tomas and Chelle didn't tend to get along too well due their difference in work they did however arrive to one coming ground. To exorcist the evil that should be exorcised.

He looked through the history and came to the understanding of what had made their son being possessed by a demon. The mother had been on and on about how perfect he needed to be that he never understood how good enough he was. Because whatever he did was never enough for his mother he turned to the more easier one to please, which was the demon (disguised as a teacher in his school).

While Marcus was reading through the history of the family Cindy waited on the private boat which the clients were on. She saw darker clouds follow along a boat far away and knew it was theirs.

"Hey, welcome back!", she greeted the crew happily despite how distorted the weather was. "Did the travel go well?"

Henrik and Kevin, the two transporters nodded as they helped getting the family's luggage into the van she had driven in. She greeted the clients warmly and even the possessed person who seemed to be suddenly become more calmer and entered a sleeping mode. As the possessed boy did that the weather cleared up.

"You know, we really need to get you to come with us the whole way next time", Henrik said and she chuckled.

Once they arrived Cindy got out to open the gates for the van.

"You must be starving", she said to the client's family once she helped them settle them down in three of the bedrooms. "Come down to the dining room once you're done fixing yourselves or whatever".

The family nodded and got surprised at how well they were treated. They felt like they were in some luxurious restaurant, with a whole menu. They had never tasted such a good lunch in their whole life and would probably never do after they had left "The exorcist" (name of the building). The view of the garden wasn't too bad either.

Around lunch Tomas and Chelle arrived. Chelle jumped into hugging Cindy immediately, snorting as she passed Kevin. Both of them had an off and on relationship and right now they were on bad terms.

Upstairs you could hear the yelling and banging and shaking from the exorcism, yet there was still a pretty calm and easygoing presence in the house.

Cindy, after forcing Tomas and Chelle to take care of the dishes, went to take care of the financial matters. She was not only a receptionist but also responsible for the pay of the staff.

Around dinner Peter finally decided to show up.

"You're late", she told him smiling. "Marcus awaits you".

He nodded and left through the door to the dining room.

And then she sat at the reception alone, going through the client list while everyone else enjoyed their dinner.

Banging could be heard from upstairs. Cindy didn't mind it though and continued to work while listening to music. Her father called her as the fifth song on her phones stopped abruptly. She answered the phone and they started telling each other how their day had been. Her father knew of what her work was and was simply glad she did not come in direct contact with the possessed person. That was the only reason her parents let her work as The Exorcist's receptionist and manager. She soon spoke with her mother who wanted her to visit them tomorrow for dinner. She told them she would be there.

Meanwhile back in the dining room Chelle was giving the family members some free readings. From them everyone understood that the demon possessing their dear son and brother had been following the father from an early age and his father and grandmother and even their ancestor. The reason why it had been haunting his side of the family was because his ancestor was a very high up man in society that did despicable things. Raped daughters and mothers. Made families end up in hell through economical means. He had innocent people being burned to death or killed in other ways. He preached in the name of God, without God's authority. And so demons was drawn to his ancestor like moths to a lamp. However due to all the hate the man received from people and dead people, that negative energy itself formed into a demon and haunted the family for the next few generations. A lot of children died still in labor or after. If they were lucky they died at their teen years. Nobody had understood the reasons the children were born was because of this curse, formed into a demon, that their ancestor had brought upon them. The demon sometimes possessed people around the one he was haunting and made them kill some of the person's beloved people. In other words it was lucky that the family had such a strong son that managed to keep the demon from killing his family. All the death in the family made the demon even stronger. With more luck the father's mother had unexpectedly recognized the evil that existed within his family and had taken her son and her husband to be blessed by a strong witch doctor who chanted and draw tattoos on them to ward them of evil and protect them. Unfortunately her son grew up in a less superstitious environment and did not believe his mother when she told them there was something evil around them. Therefore when he became older and she tried to take their young son to the witch doctor and tattoo him too he had her sent to prison for kidnapping. He told himself that he did it for everyone's good. In the end she died in prison after the demon possessed the cell mate who killed her. Nobody thought it was weird though.

Now when the father understood that there was something much bigger to the picture he could only cry as he started blaming himself for his mother's death and his son's possession which could have been prevented if he had let his mother take his son to the witch doctor. Chelle told them also that the only way to stop this demon is if they could satisfy the hate and give the innocent justice. That was the messaged she received from her guardian spirit.

Marcus held Peter tightly to himself.

Six minutes passed and Cindy had to end the phone call before it became to expensive to pay the bills.

Cindy continued to read mails, responding to mails and also calling to some of their homes.

Once she finished her work which took five hours she went to shower. She was dressing herself in her nightgown when someone knocked on her door. She went to open it and saw Father Thomas standing outside, blushing a few seconds after.

"Father Thomas?", she tilted her head. "Can I help you with something?".

He cleared his throat and told her that the demon had stopped possessing the young boy but started run around the house for its next prey. He needed to check upon everyone and get them safely to the living room as soon as possible. She nodded and followed him. She noticed his arm was injured and went quickly to medical room to get something to wrap his injuries with. All the while Father Thomas could feel a presence around them but not getting closer to them. Cindy took the first aide kit and then they went to the living room where everyone was waiting. She went to the kitchen to get some herbs which would help Father Thomas heal faster. She heard Desi barked outside and growling. She wished to check upon the dog and went outside to the garden to check upon the dog. The dog immediately ran to her side in fear, however being beside the girl made dog become more stronger as it barked louder. She told him to be quiet and the dog quieted down after a few yells at him.

"Cindy! It's dangerous out here", father Thomas who had been the only one to notice her actions went after her.

"I know but I couldn't leave Desi alone- Father Thomas!", she yelled as she ran towards him along with the girl and the dog.

As soon as she had grabbed him Thomas felt lighter and he felt the darker presence retreat.

"Are you alright? I-I saw a dark shadow around you. It seems to be gone now but let's hurry inside in case it comes back".

She took him by hand and led them all inside the living room.

Henrik and Kevin had gone to hunt the demon down by trapping it in some bowl made out of gold and then seal it with a lock so that they could exorcise it later when the family had left. Meanwhile Chelle and Marcus was planning strategically how to exorcise it. Peter sat in the background with the father of the family speaking calmly with the man.

When Cindy and Thomas came back they had the duty to get the boy all healed up and feed him to since the poor boy must be hungry. She went to get some of the leftovers and brought a plate up to the boy lying quietly crying on the bed.

"We brought you some food that might cheer you up", she told him and went to his side as she began feeding him.

As she continued to feed him the boy seemed to become more energetic.

"Good?", she asked him as she smiled.

The boy nodded. He was the same age as her but because of his state his mind had gone back to a child's. It would soon go over and he would soon recover.

Father Thomas watched them with slightly dark eyes when she suddenly called out to him to help the boy get a shower. She would go to get some clothes for him in the meantime.

Kevin ran past her as he chased the demon, not shocked that it hadn't attacked the girl. It was clear that she had some very strong divine protection over her.

She went down to the living room as she asked the mother where she put the clothes for their son. Once she understood where they were she went up to the third bedroom to get the clothes. She opened a bag with clothes and started taking out something for the boy and when she returned to the room Father Thomas stood in trance as Kevin had been knocked out. The boy had sat down in one of the corners of the room, shaking in fear. Father Thomas eyes had gone completely black. Without fear she went to Kevin to wake him up. With strength from the warmth of the girl the man woke up confused before finding himself focused. By that time the girl had already gone to Father Thomas. She held his hands, telling him that he could fight the demon. It all came down to mental strength.

Thomas was trapped inside his mind by the demon as he fought it with all he could. Hearing the cheering from the girl and familial warm feeling in his hands he gathered the strength to beat the demon.

As the demon came out of the body of Thomas, Kevin stood prepared holding the golden bowl as he chanted and then the demon was sucked into it and he put the lock on it.

Everything was finally over.

Everyone needed some sleep after this and the college boy slept with his family in the living room. Peter and Marcus returned home. Thomas slept in his bed, Chelle did so too with Kevin. Henrik drove home to get some sleep.

Later in the afternoon the family was taken home and they could finally breath in relief that there wasn't anything haunting them anymore.