IMPORTANT author's note: Hi everyone! So, I was going through this story, as I usually do at some point with all of my work, and realized that I completely omitted a chapter! You can find that chapter as Chapter 8 now, and this is Chapter 10! When I realized my mistake I felt really dub - but now it's fixed. So if you've read the whole thing before, please go back to Chapters 7/8 to read the new chapter! Thanks!

Finally Ruth found Carolyn, which means she found her parents and Roger and April, too.

"Carolyn, no!" Lorraine cried from the hole in the kitchen floor.

"Bathsheba!" Ed yelled, startling Ruth. Carolyn looked over to Ed, except it wasn't Carolyn anymore - Bathsheba was showing herself again. Ruth looked around and noticed where April was close to Roger and crawled over there, trying not to bring attention to herself. She held a finger to her lips when she reached April and held onto her to try and keep her safe. "By the power of God, I condemn you back to Hell!" Ed continued. Lorraine reached down a put a hand on Carolyn's head as Bathsheba began to lose her hold no her.

"This is your daughter!" Lorraine exclaimed. "You can't give in!"

Carolyn's screams were beginning to hurt Ruth's ears, but she tried not to let it bother her so she could protect April.

"Roger, we need to get her to fight from the inside," Ed said, looking over at him. Roger nodded.

"Don't let her do this to you, okay?" Roger said calmly, looking over at his wife. "Don't let this thing do this. You're stronger than she is."

"You gotta fight it. Keep going, Roger!" Ed pushed.

"You gotta stay with us, all right? Come on back Carolyn.

"Lorraine, that's it!" Ed called up to her. "Get her back!"

"Remember what you showed me," Lorraine said calmly.

"No!" Carolyn screamed.

"Remember that day that you said you would never forget," Lorraine continued. Ruth wasn't sure what Lorraine was showing Carolyn, but whatever it was, was working. "You said they meant the world to you. This is what you'll be leaving behind."

Ruth watched as Carolyn started crying, and after a moment she bent over and started gagging, vomiting a dark substance. Ruth sighed in relief - Bathsheba was gone. She let go of April when she saw that Carolyn looked more like herself again, no longer afraid that she was going to hurt the child.

"Ruth," Ed said, also sounding relieved and a little out of breath. When she looked over to him, he motioned for her to come to him and she did, a little surprised when he put his arm around her in a hug. She hugged him back the best she could, burying her face into his shoulder. "Let's all get out from under this house."

When Ruth and the others were finally back above ground, it was morning. Roger and April were walking with Carolyn, and almost as soon as she walked through the doorway outside she looked better.

"Are you okay, sweetheart?" Lorraine asked Ruth before they walked outside. Ruth still had bad bruises around her neck, and a few spots where the skin had been broken from being choked with the rosary beads that were now in her hand.

"I'm okay mom," Ruth said with a small smile.

"I guess Bathsheba had it out for you, too," Ed said to Ruth, giving her a small smile. Ruth shrugged, just happy that everything was over. Brad wasn't far behind them as they went outside and watched the family reunion. Ed was between Ruth and Lorraine, hugging both of them tightly. After a moment, April started walking up to them, something in her hands. She stopped in front of Lorraine and handed her the locket Judy had given her, making Lorraine smile.

When the Warren's got home, Ruth couldn't help but smile. They were able to help the Perrons, and got out of it alive.

"I'll call Father Gordon and let him know what happened," Lorraine said once they were all inside.

"Sounds good," Ed replied as he walked past her with their bags. Ruth followed him, knowing where he would be going. He had the music box and was going to put it with the other artifacts.

"Hey, dad?" Ruth said from the doorway of the room as he got the music box out of his bag.

"Hm?" he asked, glancing over at her before walking towards the shelf lined with haunted toys.

"Thank you for letting me do this with you and mom."

Ed paused in what he was doing and smile to himself.

"I think your mother and I will probably let you tag along more often now," he said, still smiling to himself. Ruth walked into the room and over to her dad as he moved things around to place the music box in its permanent home. "She told me about some of the things you were telling her while we were there - you need to speak up next time when you see a ghost that we can't."

"Okay, okay," Ruth said with a smile hugging Ed once his hands were free. They both turned to leave and Lorraine came to the door.

"The Vatican approved the exorcism," she said bemusedly. Ruth snorted slightly and Ed chuckled.

"Nice timing," he said as Ruth left the room ahead of him.

"And if we can, then he'd like to meet with us tomorrow. There's a case in Long Island he'd like to discuss." Lorraine looked over at Ruth and knew she was probably going to ask about going with them. "Yes, Ruth, you can go with us." Ruth grinned in response.

"Really?" Ed asked in response to the Long Island case, closing the door to the artifact room behind him. Ruth smirked as they all walked into the kitchen, ready to eat something since no one had since the previous night.

"So… I'll be doing this with you guys all the time now, right?" Ruth asked with a smile. Ed and Lorraine both chuckled and nodded, knowing better than to tell Ruth no again.

Well, that's all folks! I hope you enjoyed the story as much as I enjoyed writing it and feel to leave a review!