Chapter 9
Suze fought her consciousness from leaving her but the blackness that was beginning to absorb her was overwhelming. She heard voices calling her but as hard as she tried she couldn't seem to open her mouth to answer them.
"Oh god, she's bleeding" she heard Paul say who was now cradling her head in his lap.
"Where is Father Dominic?!" Jesse yelled but to no use. He knew none of them could hear him. Suze managed to open her eyes slightly to see the panic expression on Paul's face and she imagined Jesse's looked the same way if she could see him.
"Paul…" she managed to whisper.
Paul looked down at her almost in shock and of relief.
"Suze! Thank god," Paul said, "hey Jesse I know you can hear me. Look. It looks like she's going to be okay"
Just then she heard a car pull up outside. Suze's heart that had been hammering in her chest suddenly calmed. Father Dominic was here. She heard the ignition of the car turn off and hard footsteps hurrying up the stairs. Suddenly the door burst open and Father Dominic came running to her side.
"Oh god, Suze…this is all my fault…if I hadn't been so stupid to overlook…" he trailed off and his eyes became agonized.
"It's not your fault, " Suze whispered, looking up at him reassuring but she found it hard to maintain it when her head was throbbing from where the statue hit her, "but did u find out what went wrong?"
"You had to have the amulet," Father Dominic explained, "that's what I forgot. You had to have it on you when you said the spell. I know…so simple and I missed it. I am the worst mentor! the worst…"
Suze took her hand and put it on Father Dominic's.
"No, no it's okay. I just need to get the amulet" Suze said and she started to sit up when immediately Father Dominic and Paul's hands grabbed her and set her back down. She also felt another set of hands that were almost like a cool breeze on her skin, which must have been Jesse's.
"Jesse? Are you here? If you can hear me, move something" Father Dominic instructed. Just then one of the white blankets that was covering one of the dusty old chairs they were near moved off it and hit forcefully to the ground.
"Good," Father Dominic said, "maybe you should go get the amulet Jesse. You can shimmer there the fastest" suddenly they all felt a chill and the temperature around them changed. They knew he had followed the instructions.
"Hopefully he'll be quick. Be careful Father Dom, those two pain in the ass ghosts could be floating anywhere" Paul said testily.
"He'll be back soon" Father Dominic said but then looked uneasily over his shoulder.
Suddenly they heard a big crash from downstairs. All three looked at each other in horror.
"Oh no they saw what he was doing!" Suze said still groggy.
"Susannah, you stay here we're going to go help Jesse and get that amulet. If you feel one of them coming back, scream!" Father Dominic instructed and he and Paul few out of the room. And down the stairs to the basement.
When Paul and Father Dominic ran into the room where they heard the noises they gasped. Two chairs were toppled over and there was a vicious crack in the side wall where there no doubt was a struggle.
"Jesse? Where are you?" Father Dominic yelled frantically. Just then one of the toppled chairs raised from the ground and flew in their direction.
"Watch out!" Paul screamed and they each jumped to the opposite side out of the way. They both landed on the ground with a harsh thud.
"I have never witnessed anything like this! These must be the angriest ghosts I have ever encountered. What happened to them?" Father Dominic asked getting to his feet.
"Something about their how their son got accidentally exorcised or something" Paul said walking over to Father Dominic. Paul knew he shouldn't have brought that up because when he said that there were loud cracks from all ends of the room and the light bulbs from the 5 lit lamps all around them cracked and shattered at the same time. Then they were rendered in darkness.
"Oh crap" Paul said.
