Episode LXVIII: Insolent Child

Recap: Sarah is Sarah again, but the Demon's magic is still inside her, only now, she can control it. Billie and her had just about to have their 'ah, we meet again' kiss, when a voice said…

What did the voice say? Where are they? Will Billie get to kiss Sarah and actually say that he loves her? Why was the chant wrong? Was it intentionally given wrong? Will Steph tell Jack she loves him? So many questions, will they get answered? The next episode is HERE!


Everyone's mouth dropped open, but before they could say anything, a voice said, "Insolent Child."

They all froze. Sarah disentangled herself from Billie and stood up, standing tall, chin up.

"We meet again, Soolt Kreez," she said, looking directly in front of her, where a faint wisp of red smoke could be seen.

"Yes, and by your own blood, you owe me your soul," said the voice.

"Bite me," said Sarah.

"You have nothing against me, Insolent Child! You are but a mortal, and I am a greater being; I am a Demon!"

"You are a powerless Demon!" Sarah shouted. Her voice sounded different. It was as if there were a hundred people inside of her, all speaking in unison. Black lightning crackled around her. "You made a mistake when you came back for me. You should have given up when I defeated you the first time. I had the Grendigogal. I win. Leave now, before I shred your soul into a hundred pieces and scatter them throughout the Pit."

"You have no power against me!" spat the Demon.

"Oh, quite the contrary." Sarah spread her arms and the black lightning flared.

The red smudge spun and began to swell, solidifying and moulding into a shape. It was shape of a beast, a gorilla, three times the regular size, with slitted red eyes and long ebony claws tapering into razor tips. Two horns twisted from its forehead, above thick dark eyebrows. A thin mouth slashed across its jaw, below the flat nose. A corner of the upper lip of this mouth was pulled back, revealing a long, stained ivory fang.

"Try me," it said, lips hardly moving.

"Don't worry, I'll do more than that," Sarah muttered. "Steph, the flubber," she said, her voice sounding like Sarah's again.

Steph snapped out of her shock and tugged the glove off her hand as quickly as she could. As soon as it was free, it shrank into the shape of a tennis ball. Steph threw it to Sarah, who caught it with one hand, her gaze remaining on the Demon before her.

The black lightning around her cracked and lifted the ball from her hand, spinning it in the air. Faster and faster the flubber spun.

The hundred voices that were speaking for Sarah previously returned, gradually increasing in volume. "Skreet flike chrang stult frine. Skreet flike chrang stult frine." The voices rose to a scream. "SKREET FLIKE CHRANG STULT FRINE!"

Then the black lightning slammed the ball into the ground, and the green mass sank straight through the surface.

There was a second of silence.

Then a scream spilt the air. More accurately, a hundred screams split the air, all together, at the same pitch.

A hundred people rose from the ground, all wearing torn gothic clothes with long gloves and scarlet hair. The screaming stopped, and Sarah began to talk, her voice echoing throughout the clearing.

"These are my people of the Soul Pit," she told the Demon. "Their power is mine, as is yours." Sarah lifted her fist to the sky and the black lightning that surrounded her sank into her skin.

She pointed a finger at the Demon.

"I give you one last chance," she said. Her voice was hers again; the souls around her were silent, their gaze focused singularly on the Demon.

"I need no chances from you!" the Demon roared. "You will never leave the place upon which you stand this moment!" It then leapt forward, claws reaching for her, but their sharp lengths never touched her flesh, for Sarah held her palm out to the beast, fingers to the sky.

"Stop," she said. The Demon froze in mid air, talons centimetres from her face. Sarah did not lean flinch. "Krinz frike crale chrang!" she shouted.

The Demon exploded. A hundred wisps of red smoke blew out from its centre.

Sarah dropped her hand. The souls surrounding them swarmed around the wisps of smoke, snatching them from the air. Once they had each grabbed one, they sank back into the ground, taking it with them.


What was that all about? Have the souls scattered the pieces of the Demon's shredded soul through the Pit? How will Billie react to Sarah's new power?

Stay tuned to find out!