To all my reviewers: I know the last one was short, and this one is too. but i'm having writer's block...major writers block...and Zurrikan is writing these for me, 'cause she's awsome. lol. anyway, i hope you enjoy it!
Get Jesse alone! Serena projected to the others. Even as she said this the Followers were disappearing, dismissed by a gesture from Jesse. A wicked smile spread across Catty's face and Serena realized that she was in her mind. Catty slipped through her mental barriers like water through a mesh screen and pain flared in Serena's head. Vanessa was dancing nervously around the parking lot, her arms and legs growing wispy. Jesse sent a bolt of energy at her and she became completely invisible. Serena felt a powerful blow to the entity of her friend inside her head and she was free, Catty reeling from Stanton's attack. He wrapped his arms around Serena and Vanessa appeared beside them.
"Let her go, Jesse. Catty's too powerful for your uses. She'll become the Atrox's pet and you'll be forgotten," Stanton warned.
"Right. The Atrox will never forget the one who brought It the Secret Scroll!" Jesse crowed into the blackness. The trio took the opportunity and sent a blast of power at the Follower. Jesse stumbled, but Catty gave no indication that she had felt anything.
"It's a waning moon, Goddesses," Catty sneered, "your power is weak." Her power scorched the air as it struck Vanessa, sending her tumbling backwards. She sat up, but dark tendrils snaked around her arms and legs, holding her down on the pavement.
"Catty, please, you can fight it. We're your friends!" Serena pleaded. A flicker of recognition sparked in Catty's eyes and the dark restraints grew weak, allowing Vanessa to scramble to her feet. Jesse saw this and wrapped his arms tightly around her. Catty's eyes were no longer phosphorescent, but they were weak. She opened her mouth, but Jesse pulled her closer, squeezing the breath from her lungs.
"I look forward to meeting you again, Goddesses. We'll see what happens on the dark of the moon," Jesse spat darkly. He and Catty dissolved into shadow and flitted away through the night. None of them spoke on their way home.