Colleen felt like she was going to vomit.
"Are you sure, Brian?" she asked.
Her body was now shaking the whole bed.
"Yes," Brian said with tears in his eyes.
Colleen thought for a moment.
"Okay, we're going to have to exorcise this spirit. Any idea who it is that is possessing him?" she asked.
Brian then lifted his head up with hope in his eyes. He hugged Colleen. She was taken aback by her brother's sudden movement, but returned the hug.
"First thing tomorrow, we visit the library," whispered Brain into her ear, so no one could hear him.
"In the meantime, act like everything is natural, ok? Sully told me that he'd hurt you if I told you," Brian whispered.
Morning came. Brian kept his distance from Sully even though Sully kept shooting him looks all throughout breakfast. Colleen took Brian's advice and acted natural.
Dr. Mike had no clue what was going on, seeing how she was so overworked.
"You have a lot of patients today Ma?" asked Brian.
Dr. Mike sighed.
"Yes, sweetheart, but it'll be over soon. Then I can spend time with you," she finished.
Brian and Colleen exchanged worried glances. Sully caught this, but kept quite.
"It's alright, ma. Take your time or you're bound to make mistakes," said Colleen.
Dr. Mike gave her a loving look.
"Yeah you're right," she said.
She looked at the clock and gasped.
"I got to go, or I'm going to be late for my first appointment." She kissed her two children good-bye and gave Sully a very deep kiss.
I'm going to miss those, thought the evil spirit.
Then Sully looked over at the two kids and smiled. Then within a few minutes, you could hear retreating hoof beats going a mile a minute.
Brian and Colleen put their dishes in the sink then headed for the door. Brian put his hand on the door handle and opened the door, but not until Sully slammed it shut.
"Where are you two going?" he asked suspiciously.
"We…uh…we…we….have to-," Brian stuttered.
Colleen took over saying, "Sully, we have a report to do. It's worth three fourths of our final grade."
Sully thought it over in his head.
"Alright," he said. Colleen and Brian sighed deep inwardly.
"Be back before dark, ok?" he said. Brian and Colleen nodded their heads. They headed for the barn to get their horses.
Inside the barn, Colleen was breathless.
"That's definitely NOT Sully," she stated.
Brian nodded his head while tacking Taffy. Within a few minutes, both kids were off to the library to figure out how to exorcise the spirit and get the old Sully they loved back.
As soon as the two were gone, Sully went and got on his horse. He kicked him hard. "I'm going to find out what those two are up to," he said to himself as the horse took off at a full speed gallop.
Brian and Colleen made it to the library. They rushed inside. Thankfully, no one was around. They closed the door quietly and put up the "CLOSED" sign.
"Ok, Colleen you look up exorcising the spirit and I'll check the newspaper," Brian said.
Colleen looked at him.
"Why do you need a newspaper?" she asked him.
"Sully told me that after he killed his wife, the townspeople burned him, so it'll be in the old newspapers," he explained.
"Oh!" Colleen exclaimed. A few minutes passed. Then a half hour passed. Then an hour had passed.
Sully meanwhile, was watching them from the window.
"A project huh? Yeah right," he said. He snuck over to the back door. As quietly as a mouse, he entered the library. Both children had been reading and didn't hear him come in.
"Finally!" exclaimed Brian. He had finally found what he was looking for.
"You found it?" asked Colleen.
"Yes," said Brian, pulling out a rather old looking newspaper.
He read aloud to Colleen, "31 year old Tom Wells was burned alive this afternoon after killing his wife in their home in Colorado Springs. Judging by the wounds on her body, it looked like she was stabbed to death. The murder weapon, a Bowie Knife, was found lying next to her body. On Tom's clothes was her blood. Tom Wells was found guilty of 1st degree murder for killing his own wife,"
Brian finished with sigh.
"So he did kill her," Colleen said.
"Yeah. We're dealing with a killer," said Brian.
He gathered up his newspapers and headed to put them back. Sully was pissed off. He would get his revenge on these two brats and the town.
Colleen continued to read on. Sully saw this as the perfect opportunity to get his revenge on the brats. He crept up behind Colleen and grabbed her roughly around the neck. She let out a huge scream. She called out for her brother: "BRIAN!" Brian heard her scream and came running. When he turned the corner, the sight he saw would forever haunt him.