Sorry this one's late…problems with the website I guess…
"Did you get it yet?" Wesley asked Matthew.
"No," Matthew said. "Just keep picking at the knots. You know, Jimmy's power would really come in handy right about now."
"So would yours," Wesley said.
"It's not like I haven't been trying," Matthew said. "Maybe these ropes are magical or something. Besides, I have a headache and can't really concentrate on anything right now."
"What use is a power if you can't use it?" Wesley mumbled loudly.
"Shut up and keep trying," Matthew said.
"Okay, okay," Wesley said. "Don't get all worked up. Where the hell is Jimmy? You would think he'd have put all the clues together by now."
"I don't know," Matthew said, "you know how he…"
Before Matthew could finish his sentence, his mind was flooded with images, just as it was before. The chill went down his spine, the wind seemed to be knocked out of him, and all he could see were images. A shady looking man, like the one before, is laughing. James has his head in his hands. He doesn't know what to do. Suddenly, a thin rope tightens around Wesley's throat, as well as his own…. He came out of the vision coughing intensely and gasping for air.
"What happened?" Wesley said. "Are you okay?"
"Kind of," Matthew said. "I just had another premonition."
"A what?" Wesley asked. "That's like a vision, isn't it?"
"Yeah," Matthew said.
"Since when do you get those?" Wesley asked.
"Since earlier today," Matthew answered. "To make a long story short, I think Jimmy meant to put a spell on you, but it backfired because it's Jimmy. Now, I'm getting premonitions whenever I focus on something, and you became focused on finding that Stephanie girl."
"What?" Wesley asked. "I'm not focused on that, even though I'd like to be."
"You're not?" Matthew asked. "I guess your part of the spell played out when you found balance in your life. As for me, I think we're in trouble. From what I can piece together, a demon's out to get us."
"Which he has," Wesley interrupted.
"And," Matthew said, ignoring Wesley, "he's planning to make Jimmy choose one of us to die."
"What!?" Wesley shouted. "Why?"
"Why not?" Matthew said. "They all want to get rid of us."
"Either way," Wesley said, "it's an easy choice he has to make."
"What are you talking about?" Matthew asked.
"I'm talking about Jimmy liking you a lot more than me," Wesley said. "Y'all have so much more in common."
"That's crazy," Matthew said. "He's not gonna choose between us. He'll most likely choose himself."
"You don't know anything else about him than what you see here," John said.
"I know what I need to know," James said. "I know that I'm gonna get my brothers back."
"How?" John asked. "He'll make you choose one of them to die."
"I have a plan," James said. "I'll choose myself and when he tries to kill me then I'll just fight him off with my powers."
"What kind of plan is that?" John asked. "Listen to reason. That plan won't work. He will have already killed both Matthew and Wesley. Krasney's power to kill is…well, limited."
"Limited?" James asked.
"For lack of a better word, yes," John said. "In any situation, he's only able to kill either the two you have to choose or the one you do choose. He wouldn't be able to kill you. It's part of his plan. He targets three people; two to kill and one to make a choice between the two. He knows that the chooser can never choose so he ends up killing the two and uses his power of persuasion to drive the chooser to suicide."
"Oh," James said. "What?"
"It's like a fine print of killing," John remarked.
"So if I do choose," James postulated, "which I won't, he can only kill the one I choose. So me and the one who's left would be able to kill him. This spell to vanquish him doesn't need all three of us to read it."
"Nobody's ever been able to choose," John said.
"So you're saying that I won't be able to, either?" James asked. "Look, you're here to guide me, not tell me what to do."
"You're right," John said. "Well, be careful then, because I know that he killed a witch a few days ago and acquired the power to induce sleep instantly. You may not have time to act at all."
"So what should I do?" James asked.
"Now you want my advice?" John asked. "The way it seems, you may have to choose."
"I told you," James said, "I won't do that! I can't risk losing one of them."
"It's either one or all three," John said. "But I can't make you decide. You have to do this yourself."
"Some help you are," James said.
"Thank you," John said. "One more thing? Could you do me a favor and not tell your brothers about me just yet? I don't think it's time they found out about me."
"Got any secrets?" James asked.
"Not really," John said. "It's just not time. Be careful. I want to see the three of you back again in one piece."
"My plans never fail," James said triumphantly as John disappeared in a shower of blue lights. "Because I've never come up with one…"
Truer words were never spoken, right? Just kidding; that's just me and my passive-aggression shining through. Coming up: James finds his brothers and the action begins…again… Don't miss out on it!