Chapter 10

Christina was tossing and turning in her bed. She was asleep and dreaming, dreaming of her time in the cave but instead of being tortured by Belial she was with the Trinity. 'We just want the amulet Christina, we know you have it, we've seen it in your dreams before.' The older demon was speaking to her. She continued to roll around, her hands clutching at her duvet to try and keep herself grounded.

'No.' She whispered out loud, clenching her fists tighter.

'Come on Christina.' Rex, the blonde started to talk next. 'We really don't want to hurt anyone.'

'I don't believe you.' Christina said a little louder. 'You can't have it.'

Amy walked out of her room after a strange feeling took her over. She was met in the corridor by Lisa. 'Hey Aimes, feel something?'

'Yeah, it's Chris.' Amy confirmed.

'I heard her talking in her sleep, I was going to check on her.' Lisa said. Katherine was walking up the stairs with a drink of water in her hand. She saw them and made her way over.

'Can't sleep?' She asked.

'No, Chris is sleep talking.' Lisa told her. Just then, a scream ripped through the house, loud enough to send Dani and Lauren bounding down the stairs to the middle floor.

'What the hell!' Dani said.

'Chris.' Lisa looked at Amy before taking off to their oldest sisters room. Lisa pushed through the door and saw Christina. She was still sleeping, fists contorted around her blanket which was now covered in sweat. She was grinding her teeth and breathing heavily. Lisa went quickly to her side as the others followed in. 'Christina.' Lisa said gently, putting her hands on her shoulders to try and steady her.

'She's having a nightmare.' Dani said.

'No, it's more than that.' Amy said, coming to the other side of her sister.

'You will give us the amulet Christina.' Jonah, the earth elemental walked up to her as he spoke. He was a good foot taller than Christina so he towered over her. 'Otherwise the consequences will not be fun for you.' He whispered, stroking the side of her face.

'Don't touch me.' Christina said. Lisa thought she was talking to her so she lifted her hands away. Christina felt her leave and realised what was happening. 'Lise, come back.' She said weakly.

'She know's you're there.' Katherine said. 'Don't let her go.' Lisa put her hands back on Christina's shoulders.

'What's happening Kath?' Lauren asked, biting her nails from the end of the bed.

'I think they're dream walking her again.' Katherine said. 'But now that she knows about them, she's trying to fight back, kick them out.'

'Your sisters are here then.' The older demon started walking towards her, Jonah moving aside. 'It looks like our time together is about to get cut short.'

'Who are you?' Christina asked. He was in front of her now, and he'd picked up the necklace she was wearing.

'Erm, guys.' Lisa said, looking at Christina's top. Her necklace was levitating above the fabric.

'My name is Abaddon, and you will know me very well, very soon.' He smiled and dropped the necklace. 'Your necklace is interesting, it's made of metal.' He said. Before Christina could respond he closed his hand in the air and her necklace began to choke her.

'Shit!' Dani said, as Christina shot up in her bed, grasping at her neck. She ripped the necklace off and threw it across the room. Breathing heavily she ran her hands through her hair and pressed herself as far into the backboard as she could.

'Chris.' Lisa said, hands reaching out. 'Chris, calm down.' She said, grabbing her sisters hands eventually.

'Lise?' Christina said, breathless.

'Yeah it's me, we're all here.' Lisa motioned around the room.

'Shit.' Christina said, pulling Lisa closer to her. 'Can you…'

'Yeah, of course.' Lisa said, sitting next to her on the bed and putting an arm over her shoulder. 'You're shaking.'

'And really warm.' Amy said, putting a hand to her cheek.

'No, I'm okay now.' She smiled, taking Amy's hand.

'Let me see your neck.' Katherine said, climbing onto the bed. Lauren and Dani were now sitting on the end of the bed, watching on. Katherine lifted Christina's chin and saw a thin red line, the skin broken in one small place on the left side. 'I'll get you a band aid.' Katherine said.

'No, stay.' Christina pleaded. 'Please, just don't go.' Katherine nodded and sat back down.

'What happened?' Lauren asked.

'They were in my dream again. They wanted to know where the amulet is.'

'I gather from the choking that you didn't tell them.' Dani said.

'No, I didn't tell them. They knew I could feel Lisa near me, so they just tried to scare me.'

'It scared us.' Amy said honestly. Christina smiled at her before remembering.

'The older demon, his name is Abaddon and his element is definitely metal.' Christina told them. 'He wasn't anywhere near me when he choked me with my own necklace.'

'Wonderful.' Dani said sarcastically. 'No one wear any metal then.'

'He didn't scare me as much as Jonah.' Christina admitted.

'Why?' Lauren asked.

'There was just something about him, sent shivers down my spine. He said that I wouldn't like the consequences if I didn't give him the amulet, and he ran is hand down my face, it was just a weird vibe.'

'He touched you?' Katherine said, worried.

'He was trying to get under my skin.' Christina tried to reassure her.

'That was why you said don't touch me.' Lisa said. 'I thought you were talking to me.'

'No, I only realised I could feel you too when you let go.' Christina said, realising she was holding Lisa's hand pretty tight she relaxed, dropping her hand.

'It's okay, I don't mind.' Lisa said, picking Christina's hand back up.

'Thanks.' She said. 'What time is it?'

'It's three-ish.' Lauren told them. 'We should probably go back to sleep.'

'You guys go to bed, I won't be sleeping again tonight.' Christina smiled.

'I'm good here.' Lisa said.

'Me too.' Amy settled in beside Christina.

'It's not like we have school tomorrow.' Dani said to Lauren.

'I'm going to make some tea, and get you that band aid.' Katherine squeezed Christina's leg and left the room. Christina smiled and wiped away a stray tear as it fell down her cheek.

'You okay?' Amy asked.

'Yeah, I'm fine. I…. I don't know what I'd do without you guys.' She smiled.

'We love you to Chris.' Lisa said, kissing her head.

Xxxxxx

Katherine had returned with the tea and a band aid for Christina's neck. They were all sitting in a circle on the bed, Lauren looking through the book for anyone named Abaddon. 'God, your room is cold.' Katherine said, pulling one of Christina's hoodies over her head.

'That's why no one else wanted it.' Christina reminded them.

'Chris did kind of take one for the team with this room.' Dani said.

'I don't mind it.' Christina said. 'Just means I have to use more blankets.'

'So Kath, tell us more about this dream walking thing.' Lisa said, sipping her tea.

'Well, it takes a lot of training to be able to communicate with someone whilst their sleeping. In this case they're also able to manipulate the dream and make physical contact with the person.'

'Is that rare?' Amy wondered.

'Pretty rare yeah, and the fact that all three of them can do it at the same time, and remain in communication with each other is very impressive.'

'Will I be able to dream walk?' Lauren asked. 'Seems similar to what I can already do.'

'Maybe, but they're slightly different things. Your soul leaves your body to transport to another place, dream walkers use only their minds to invade others. But if you practice, maybe.'

'Cool.' Lauren smiled as she returned her attention to the book.

'Would they have to be asleep as well?' Dani asked.

'Yes normally they would go to sleep, thinking of Chris in this case, and then channeling their powers into entering her dream.'

'Is it dangerous?' Lisa wondered.

'Sometimes, it really depends on who's doing it and who they're dream walking.' Katherine said. 'Most cases involve some sort of sleep paralysis, which Chris had earlier. The dreams also feel very lucid, which some people don't enjoy.'

'Tell me about it.' Christina said, holding her warm mug in her hands.

'Hey.' Lauren said. 'I think I found him. But there isn't a picture.' Lauren began to read.

'Adabbon, an ancient evil linked to a number of catastrophic occurrences around the world. These include earthquakes, floods, and the fall of entire cities. In the New Testament, this is the name of the place of destruction.'

'The floods and earthquakes are probably due to his partnership with Rex and Jonah.' Katherine interjected. Lauren continued;

'This elemental has the ability to control and manipulate metal, but no one has been near enough to him to try and stop them, or even know what he or she might look like.'

'Sounds like friggin Magneto.' Lisa grinned. They looked at her for a moment before Dani got it.

'Oh, from the X-Men.' She said as Lisa rolled her eyes.

'Anyway.' Katherine said. 'Why would he need the added power of the amulet if he can do all of that? And where has he been all this time?'

'I don't care where he's been.' Christina said. 'And I don't think he wants the amulet for himself.'

'What else could he want it for?' Amy wondered.

'I think he needs it to power up an army of demons.' Christina said, sitting forwards. 'They tried at the lab but something went wrong causing the fire. I don't think they have enough power to fuel the amount of demons he wants to control. I think he's had some success with Jack and this woman from earlier, but I think he's running out of power.'

'Could explain why he's been MIA all this time.' Lisa added.

'If he's been looking for the amulet he wouldn't have time to destroy anything.' Amy said.

'And then I used the amulet and he could sense it, he knew someone had found it.' Christina shook her head.

'We've still got some time, they don't know where it is.' Katherine assured her.

'For now.' Christina said. 'But they will find it eventually.'