Ch 36

Vicki stood back watching Henry speak to Father Cascioli. She could tell by the young priests face that he was worried and she was beginning to doubt if he would be any help. She looked down at her phone to see a message from Kerrie.

'Some of the witches have arrived, we are going to start.' Vicki jammed the phone in her pocket.

'Henry, she is going to start. We better get back.'

'Father, please consider what I said.'

'Please let me know what happens.' Henry nodded as he rushed back to the apartment. Vicki and Henry entered quietly. Danny was in the kitchen and he motioned for them.

'Kerrie kicked me out. She said my nervous energy wasn't helping. There are 2 other women in there with her.' Vicki moved to get a view into the room. It was lit up with candles and the women were holding hands.

'You can't save her, vampire. What's wrong with her?' Kerrie looked to Henry who slowly approached Coreen.

'There's no heartbeat.' Kerrie stepped forward and looked to check. She took a step back and was caught by an older woman.

'What do you want? I'll do it.' Vicki said stepping forward.

'Where is her heart? We want it back in her body before we hear any of your demands.' Kerrie said.

'You make a hard bargain young witch.' Astaroth gave hints to where the heart was. Vicki and Henry went in search of the heart as Kerrie took a seat on the edge of the bed.

'Coreen, you need to fight him. When it's time we're gonna need your help.' Coreen's body let out a gasp.

'Kerrie, help me.' She said her eyes filling with tears.

'We are. Once we get your heart we-'

'Was he right? Are you pregnant?' Kerrie bit her lip and nodded.

'I took a test.'

'Don't let him hurt the baby. You need to think of that before me. I should have listened- oh such a sad story.' The voice said deepening.

Kerrie backed up and left the room as the other women closed the door.

'What happened?' Danny asked pacing again as he looked at the women.

'You heard the part about Coreen's heart, she's just upset.' Tasha, the owner of the New Age store said as the other woman nodded.

'I know that's she's pregnant. Did that thing inside Coreen said anything about the baby?' Tasha shook her head as Danny decided to give up on getting answers.

The women went to the table and looked over the material they brought. Kerrie opened the door a few minutes later her cheeks splotchy and she was trying to stop herself from crying. Danny rushed over and pulled her into a hug.

'You'll be fine. Your are going to be a great mother and Mike's a good guy.' He said rubbing her back. Kerrie managed to calm herself before Vicki and Henry arrived with Mike arriving a few minutes later not looking all to happy.

'Are you ok?' Kerrie asked softly.

'Yea, I'm most likely gonna lose my job. Crowley's pissed and just left a nasty message but Coreen needed help- wait, are you ok? What happened?' He asked noticing her eyes.

'I'm ok, just worried about Coreen.' Danny looked to her, Tell him, he mouthed before turning away.

'Tell me what?' Mike said frowning. Kerrie pulled him into the kitchen.

'Please don't freak out, I'm going to tell you something and we're not going to talk about it now. We'll talk about once Coreen is safe.' Mike reluctantly nodded. 'I'm pregnant.' She said quickly as Mike's look of concern disappeared and he leaned forward to kiss her. Vicki burst into the kitchen.

'This isn't the time-' Henry appeared at her side and pulled her out of the doorway.

'Let them be for a minute. It's important.'

'What do you know? Why didn't you tell me?'

'It's not my business to tell you. Honestly it has nothing to do with you or anyone else. I just so happened to be there when it came out.' Vicki glared at Henry. Kerrie emerged from the kitchen with Mike who was a lot more relaxed and stood at her side protectively.

'We need to do this now. If he breaks his word we need to get him out.' Kerrie said picking up the papers she wrote the spells on. She quickly went over what she planned to do as there was a knock on the door. Mike opened the door as a priest walked in.

'I'm here to help.'

'Father Cascioli, I assume?' The man nodded. 'We are going to perform an exorcism, if anything goes wrong want to step in?' He nodded nervously.

Everyone took their positions. Kerrie had decided that everyone was needed except Father Cascioli who stood back. Tasha looked to Kerrie and shook her head as she motioned to the priest. Kerrie had to force a smile, the priest was young and both women worried what would happen if he needed to step on.