"Can I talk to her?" Caleb asked Reid over the phone.
"Yeah, sure man." Reid answered.
"Guys what's going on?" Caleb asked when he didn't hear anything on the other end of the line. He jumped in surprise dropping his phone as Chase materialized on his hood.
He skidded to a stop and Chase pointed his hands at the windshield, shattering it.
"What's your plan?" Chase asked his eyes as black as night. "You can't beat me you know."
Chase launched off the car and the other windows shattered. Caleb opened the door and got out. Chase was no where to be found, Caleb grimaced and squinted as rain pounded on his face, he made his way into Putnam Barn at a run. He crept forward his eyes searching the inside of the barn. He was in the middle when Chase's voice came from the rafters. "You know, I'm thinking you might not keep up your end of the bargain." Caleb's head snapped up and Chase was leaning down at him. "So I took out a little insurance policy."
Dread flooded through him and he followed Chase's gaze to the back wall of the barn. Surrounded by a ring of fire, Chloe was sitting chained with her back against the wall unconscious.
Caleb took a step towards her.
"You touch her!" Chase shouted, "And she dies."
Caleb raised his hand above his head in surrender. His eyes went black and he shook the barn with his power that was no match to Chase's.
"Ohhhhh…" Chase sang, "Witchy!"
Caleb stood there his expression tense.
"All right look here, I'll make this easy for you." Chase offered. "How about." Chase clapped his hands together, "An accident, you loose control of your car on your way to the pathetic little dance. Trust me, I'm good at car accidents."
Caleb wanted to destroy Chase but he kept still and silent.
"Everyone will miss you, they'll say great things about you." Chase made it sound like it would be such an honor, but Caleb wasn't fooled. "Only the covenant will know the real truth, but to them, you'll become a legend. The one who gave his life for them."
"How about you let her go and I let you life out your life." Caleb offered back angrily. "I'll never will you my power."
Chase leveitated himself onto the railing with his arms spread wide and raised eyebrows. "Then it looks like trouble for Chloe."
"Ill never let that happen." Caleb retorted.
Chase nodded, "Fine, let's do it your way." He pushed himself off the railing and fired an energy ball at Caleb's feet, throwing him backwards into a pillar. As Caleb crawled trying to get to his feet Chase kicked two energy balls at him with a savage smirk.
Caleb lifted himself us and let loose a wave that knocked Chase backwards but he stayed on his feet. He retailiated with another energyball aimed at Caleb. Caleb floated avoiding shot after shot.
With a grin Chase latched onto Caleb with painful weblike energy beams that pulled him back towards Chase and threw Caleb up to the rafters.
Suddenly Caleb hovered in midair against a pillar, he screamed as waves of energy rolled off him.
"Are we ascending?" Chase said loudly with a vicious smile. "Finally!" He shouted with Caleb still screaming. He fired an energyball at Caleb's chest only adding to the pain. "Scary, huh Caleb, this new power you get when you ascend. Frankly, I don't think youre cut out for it. So just say the words."
All of the energy fled back into Caleb and he landed on the floor. Immediately he fired an energy ball stronger than before at Chase who deflected it and knocked over a lantern catching the straw on fire.
Caleb got to his feet angrily. He appeared silently behind Chase and launched him across the barn. Chase began to laugh insanely, "Woah, trying to impress you're date huh?"
They continued to fight, Chase still having the upperhand and they ended up outside the barn. Caleb landed heavily on the wet earth.
What neither of them knew was the Chloe was waking up far quicker than Chase had intended, he had intended to kill her before she ever did wake up.
"Say the words. Just say the words and it will all be over." Chase sank to his knees and grabbed either side of Caleb's head, "Come on!" He growled, "Say it. I."
"I" Caleb choked.
"Will you"
"Will you," Caleb clenched his teeth, "Nothing."
An ugly snarl formed on Chase's face but before he could do anything he was knocked forward several inches and a spot on his jacket burned.
"Hey dickhead!" Chloe shouted from the doorway to the barn. She had magically switched her clothes and she stalked forward in a leather jacket and jeans. "Remember me!"
Chase's head spun around and Caleb lifted his leg kicking energy at Chase and sending him sprawling at Chloe's feet.
Immediately she repeatedly used her exploding power on him, and then slashed her hand and he went flying towards Caleb and landed on his feet. Caleb deflected energy ball after energy ball that was thrown at him until Caleb unloaded his power back onto Chase. Chase threw a ball back at Caleb and he caught it in his hands He felt even stronger suddenly as lightning hit him, enlarging the ball in his hands. Chase ran towards Caleb as Chloe watched in shock. Caleb released the ball and it tore through Chase sending him flying up and through the broken barn window. The barn went up in an explosion when the energy ball hit. Chloe ran away from the barn as the flames grew higher.
Caleb panted heavily, the power still coursing through him and when Chloe reached out to touch him he flinched away from her. He took a few minutes to slow his breathing and force his eyes back to normal as he tried to suppress the newfound power inside of him. When he looked at Chloe she was staring at him in concern, her hair drenched from the rain and falling in her eyes. Without a word he reach out quickly and yanked her to him, crushing her with his embrace. She hugged him back just as fiercely and he heard her choke on a sob. He held her, just held her until the fire department and the police showed up. He dragged her to his car and they sat on the hood, "Are you alright?"
She nodded as he brushed the wet hair out of her face. "God, I thought I was going to lose you for a while there."
"Can't get rid of me that easily." She joked with a weak attempt at a smile.
He smiled at her and then looked at the barn. As if he just remembered they were there he said, "We did it."
She shook her head, "No, you did it." Then she frowned and her face went sad, "You realize what he did right?"
Caleb nodded and swallowed heavily, "Just when we had the chance to get to know each other again."
"You couldn't have done it without him Caleb." Chloe said regretfully. "Your mother was right, he loved you."
A fireman came up to them then, "We searched the entire area, we didn't find anybody." He walked away with a nod in their direction.
Chloe frowned, "Maybe it's like when you vanquish a demon or a warlock, they disiengrate in fire when they die." She offered as some kind of explaination, "Because he's dead. I can feel it."
Caleb nodded and glanced at the smoking rubble before getting in the car. When there was no one looking he pointed two fingers at the windshield and it reformed. Caleb took Chloe's hand and they drove away.
