Chris rubbed Mika's back as Wyatt stood over her mother trying to heal her. Mika had her hands over her face but Chris could tell she wasn't crying. "Its ok you know" he said "You should cry" he said.
Mika stood up rubbed her hands on her pants "Thanks Chris but don't have the time to cry. A witch never does we all know that. We get our bad news and we killed a demon. No crying" she said as she turned to her husband "Wyatt it's no use she's gone" Lets get back to the house so we can kill this demon".
Wyatt stood up and looked at her "Mika I'm so sorry" he said "But you should really take some time for yourself. I mean we don't even know that….a demon did this". Mika looked at her husband "Your kidding right, only a demon could do this ok!" she yelled "My mother is much stronger then some human! If she has to be killed it's only by a demon".
Wyatt walked towards her and reached her arms out to her. Mika pushed him away "Fine, I'll do it myself" she said shimmering herself out.
Mika opens her eyes to see herself in her and Wyatt's bedroom. She sits on the bed with her head in her hands "Pull it together Mika" she said "You don't have time to cry" she said hearing her daughter's cries from the next room.
It was quiet in the house but for the sound that her boots made as she walked across the hall to the nursery. "Hey baby girl" she said picking her up in her arms "Its ok mommy here". Mika grabbed her daughter's stuffed pig and headed up the attic stairs.
"Want to help mommy find a demon" she said as she walked over to her playpen in the attic. She placed her in there with her toys and walked over to the book.
"Daddy thinks mommy needs to cry but he's full of poopie" she said turning the pages in the book.
"This is going to take forever" she said seeing all the pages. She decided to use a spell she used a lot to scan the pages of the book.
"Demons and Witches,
Potions and Spells,
Give me the man who gave my mother hell" she said smiling as the pages flipped. She frowned as the book flipped to the end and closed. "What" she said "Ok" she said "Let's try this" she said turning to the window. "Ahh" she said turning back to the book.
"Demons are bad,
Witches are good,
Show me the thing and made my mommy sad" she said.
Once again the pages flipped and it closed again.
"Damm it" she said kicking the table over with the book.
"I told you that it wasn't a demon" Wyatt said from the doorway.
"You know what" she started pointing her finger at him "I know what I'm doing" she said,
"The police are going to find the guys so don't worry" he said walking over to her.
"I told you that a powerful source did this" Mika said.
Wyatt and Mika just looked at each other before their daughter broke the silence.
Mika moved to get her but Wyatt was already there holding her kissing her forehead saying nothing.
"I'm sorry" Mika said to his back "I just……my mother was strong and I need someone to blame for her death. I need someone to die with her and that's why I need it to be a demon" she said with her voice cracking.
Wyatt turned around after setting his daughter back down in her playpen. He put his hands to the side "I know, let me help you though this. Like how we get though everything" he said wrapping his arms around her.
Mika nodded her head in his big arms "I love you Wyatt"
"Right back at ya" Wyatt said leading her to the couch. He placed her down and sat next to her "If you cry it will help" he said.
She looked up at him "I don't think I can remember how" she said. Mika almost never cried. Sometimes at little things but when big things happen she kept it all inside.
"Well you can't use magic" Wyatt said stroking her hair.
Mika closed her eyes and thought about the memories of her mother. The first spell she taught her or the day she first shimmered out how scared she was, then her mother was there and she made her feel safe.
Soon as the memories flooded back to her so did the tears on her cheeks.
