Brian had reached Cloud Dancing. It wasn't easy. The weather wasn't on his side.
One minute it was sunny and the next there was a thundershower. Brian ran up to him panting and soaking wet.
Cloud dancing was surprised to see the boy.
"Everything alright Brian?" he asked Brian shook his head. All Cloud Dancing could make out was "Sully (pant)," "possessed (pant)," and evil spirit, (pant)."
Cloud Dancing widened his eyes.
"Brian are you sure?" the Indian asked. Brian showed him the scar on his neck that Sully had threatened him with his bowie knife.
"Where did this come from?" asked Cloud Dancing touching the scar.
Brian sat down with Cloud Dancing. He explained the whole story very slowly, but left nothing out.
"Now he has Colleen somewhere and I don't know where. Please I need you to help me!" cried Brian breathlessly.
"Let's go," said Cloud Dancing. Both got up and went to where Brian had last saw Sully.
After finding the horse prints, Cloud Dancing started to track down Sully. The prints led deep into the woods. Even if it was raining, the prints were still kind of fresh.
About 25 minutes later, they found a burnt down house. Sully was leaning against a tree sleeping, his horse was grazing near the edge of a stream nearby, and Colleen was tied up lying down on her side in the middle of the old house still knocked out. The rain still hadn't stopped.
"What's the plan now?" whispered Brian. Cloud Dancing sighed. "Well, it's you he wants…so here's what we are going to do," Cloud Dancing whispered.
After about 2 minutes whispering, Brian nodded his head in agreement.
"Okay go," said Cloud Dancing. Brian snuck out of the woods and past the spot where Sully was sleeping. Brian crept over to Sully's horse, grabbed the reins, and mounted on his back.
Cloud Dancing came out of the woods, grabbed Colleen, and snuck back into the woods silently but fast. Brain watched Cloud Dancing do his job, then it was time for Brian to do his. Brian easily nudged the horse with his heels and rode off leaving Sully alone on the clearing.
Success! Brian's mind screamed.
The horse was now cantering towards the trail that supposedly led back to town. The horse then stopped. He snorted.
"What is it boy?" asked Brian looking around to see what was spooking the horse. Out of the dense forest stepped Sully, looking rather pleased.
"Well done," he said.
Brian turned the horse around and kicked him hard, the horse bolted forward with incredible speed.
"Faster, boy!" Brian yelled. His voice was muffled by the sound of a huge crash of thunder. The horse reared up on his hind legs and Brian fell onto the muddy ground. The horse bolted into the sanctuary of the wet woods.
Brian was alright, except for being wet and muddy. Sully walked up the boy with a grin.
"Get up,' he said. Brian didn't move; he was too petrified to move.
"Have it your way," Sully said. The man grabbed the poor, wet, frightened boy. Brian grunted.
"Time to join your sister," he said. Sully turned around and found no sign of Colleen. The boy, he thought.
"Alright kid, Where is your sister?" he asked. Brian looked at him and smiled.
"She's safe," is all he said. "She can't be too far," said Sully.
Cloud Dancing had retreated into the woods with a still unconscious Colleen. He was waiting for Brain to come, but it had already been 5 minutes.
"How long does it take to meet here? And he has a horse!" he said. Then Cloud Dancing heard Sully's voice.
"Come out come out wherever you are, of your brother dies!" he called.
Around the corner of the path came Sully and Brian. Sully had a tight grip on Brian's arm.
Brian! Oh spirits above, protect that boy, thought the Indian.
"I'm going to count to three and if you're not out here by the count of three, I'll kill the boy!" he yelled while taking out his bowie knife. Brian gasped.
"No Colleen! Stay where you are! Don't come out!" yelled the scared boy.
Sully yanked on Brian's arm. Brian felt the cool nip of the blade beneath his neck, just like before. He also felt the death like tight grip of Sully's arm around him.
"One!" called Sully.
"Two!" he yelled. Brian closed his eyes and awaited the blow to come.
"Three!" he yelled. He dug the blade into Brian's skin and then lightning flashed with the silver gleam of the blade.
"NO!" called Cloud Dancing who had come out of his hiding spot.
Brian whimpered.
"Who the hell are you?" asked Sully.
"An old friend of the real Sully," Cloud Dancing said.
"So, you went to get help, huh? And even after I told you not to. I swear sometimes kids never listen" said Sully looking down to the boy's head.
"Let him go," said Cloud Dancing.
"Lose the knife," Sully said. Cloud Dancing put his hand at his side and took out his own knife.
Sully smiled and put the blade even closer to Brian's throat. The boy whimpered. If the bowie knife went any deeper in Brian's neck, he would be dead.
Cloud Dancing dropped the knife into the ground.
"That's good, now give me the girl," said Sully.
"No," said Cloud Dancing.
"Maybe I didn't make myself clear," said Sully. He took the blade away from Brian's neck and sliced a little vertical cut across his cheek. Brian screamed at the pain. The knife was then put back at his throat.
Then what happened next shocked everyone. Lightning flashed the ground right near the three guys. The ground shook. Sully let go of Brian and fell backwards. Brian was caught by Cloud Dancing who took Brian into his arms.
Out of the muddy ground came a woman. She looked like a mud monster. Her long brown hair flew in the wind of the storm. Her slim body was covered in mud.
She opened her eyes and stared at Cloud Dancing and Brian who stared back. She then looked at Sully. Sully looked back at her.
"No! It can't be! I killed you!" he said.
The woman walked over to Sully and kneeled down. She kissed him on the lips. The Earth started to swallow her and Sully. Sully recoiled in panic.
"No! I won't go back! I can't!" he said trying to get out of the mud that was sucking him down. He was thrashing and kicking in the mud hole.
"It's no use," the woman spoke.
"You're coming with me and this time I'll make sure you don't ever hurt anyone again," she spoke.
The Earth then swallowed him. All was quiet, until Sully's body was thrown out. Brian and Cloud Dancing stepped back a little scared.
"Sully?" asked Brian approaching him slowly.
"Brian-," said Cloud Dancing. He let the boy go over, but just in case, he picked up his knife.
Sully slowly opened his eyes.
"Brian?" he asked.
"Is it really you Sully?" Brian asked a little skeptical.
"It's me I'm back," Sully said.
"How can I be sure?" asked the boy.
"Okay, you're horse's name is Taffy, that's Cloud Dancing, and I love you," he said.
Brian cried. "Oh, Sully!" said the boy throwing his arms around his father figure.
"You're back. You're safe," he said.
Sully slowly got up with Brian's help.
"Welcome back my friend," said Cloud Dancing hugging a still muddy Sully.
"It's good to be back. I know I was possessed. I tried to take control of my body, but that spirit was just too strong," he finished.
"Let's not speak of it ever again," said Brian.
Sully went over to Colleen and woke her up. Of course Colleen was scared, but then Brian and Cloud Dancing said that it was fine and that their Sully was back. She of course gave Sully a huge hug.
Then all of them went their separate ways. Sully, Colleen, and Brian, still mud soaked headed for the homestead and Cloud Dancing went back to his teepee.
It was a long walk back, but it gave Sully a chance to apologize for what he had done.
"But that's not the point! You didn't do it! Tom Wells did!" Colleen screamed while stopping in the middle of the path.
"Was that the name of the spirit that took control of me?" asked Sully.
"Yes," said Colleen and Brian in unison.
"I see, well, it's over now so let's go home," he said.
At the homestead, Dr. Quinn was in a panic about Sully, Brian, and Colleen. Matthew kept reassuring her that they were fine.
There was a sign of hope when they came from around the corner and to home.
Dr. Mike ignored the fact that it was raining and went out to hug her family. Dr. Mike hugged her children first, then Sully.
She jumped on him. Sully toppled over into the mud on the ground. Everybody laughed at this. Then the rain let up and a beautiful rainbow appeared over the house.