Chapter 5: The Power of Four
A little while later, the two cars had sped back and stopped in front of the farmhouse. Millie got out first and ran inside the house to start a vanquishing potion for Axict. Sabrina slowly followed. The other four, being fearful for their lives, sat in the car a few moments longer.
"We better go," Charles said, trying to sound brave in front of Annie. In the short ride back, he had formed a small crush.
"Easy for you to say," Jordan said. "He wants you alive. He won't hesitate to kill any of us."
"That's it," Annie said. "I'm not going. What was he anyways?"
"Well," David said, "he was a demon."
"And how did he get into my house?" Annie asked.
"Isn't it obvious?" Jordan asked, slightly annoyed by Annie's ignorance. "He is a demon, with special abilities, such as his shimmering. That's how most demons move from place to place."
"How did that other girl get in?" Annie asked. "Is she a demon?"
"No, she orbed," David said. "Whitelighters can do that."
"And a Whitelighter is?" Charles asked, getting curious as well. "I thought Sabrina was a witch?"
"Well, from what I've heard," Jordan said, "her father was a Whitelighter." Charles had never met, nor heard of who Sabrina's father was. Having a father was uncommon in his family. His mother had lost her father when she was only five, and he had never known his father, until now.
"A Whitelighter, like guardian angles, is assigned to guide or watch over witches and future Whitelighters. "
"How do you become a Whitelighter?" Charles asked.
"The Elders reward people who have done good things in their lives to have the chance to do more good things." Pausing, Jordan reluctantly said, "We better go in." They each got out and walked up to the house.
"They must be in the Altar Room," David said, noticing that neither Sabrina nor Millie were in sight. In the living room, various people that were staying in the farmhouse were gathered around the T.V. in the living room.
"What have we told you?" Jordan asked. "None of you are allowed to watch our T.V."
"Well, the one in our T.V. room is being used, and the witch inside refuses to share it," one of them said.
"He won't even let us in there now," another one added. Jordan marched up the stairs to yell at whoever was in there. Annie decided to follow her. They walked down a hallway and entered a room to find the same man that Jordan had met in the basement, hogging the T.V.
"You need to share this room," Jordan ordered. The man stood up and walked over to the two girls.
"And are you two little lasses going to make me?" he asked with a snarl.
"I have the authority to kick you out of this house," Jordan said, not backing down, even though Annie was shaking with fear. The man chuckled and then formed a blue sphere of electricity in his hand. "An energy ball?" Jordan asked out loud. "You're a demon!"
"Not just any demon," he said. He changed from the large old man, to the person they had seen in Annie's house. In his human form, which is a form that looks human so that upper level demons can hide their demon face, he had brown eyes and brown hair.
"Axict," Jordan said in astonishment. "Annie, run!" The two dashed down the hallway, but Axict shimmered in front of them.
"Why the rush?" he asked. "Stay and play a little." He didn't see that David was slowly approaching behind him with a lamp in his hand.
There was a loud crash as David smacked the lamp into Axict's head. He fell to the ground and immediately changed into his demonic form. The three dashed down the stairs and rushed through the living room.
"Get into the Altar Room!" Jordan yelled as they passed Charles. "Evil can't get in there!" They ran to it and locked the door behind them. "He's here!"
"We must work swiftly," Millie said. "Come here." The four of them walked forward to her. "We have to get your powers working."
"How can we do that?" Charles asked.
"By you four saying a spell," Sabrina said. She opened the Book to the first page, and they gathered around it. "Read it together." Annie didn't want to, but thought it best to save her skin.
Calling forth the ancient power,
To fight against the evil war,
Upon this night and on this hour,
Give rebirth to the power of Four
The dusk sky crackled with the loudest thunder any of them had ever heard. Shimmering white lights started floating around the air around them and then started to swirl around. The four of them looked at it in wonder. It separated into four separate parts and then floated in front of it's rightful owner. It just floated for a moment, but then disappeared into their bodies.
"Good," Millie said.
"I don't feel any different," Annie said.
"You weren't supposed to," Sabrina said. "But your powers are useless against Axict. He is immune to mind control. He can see through illusions. A clone will be useless without the proper training, and foresight can do us no good now."
"She's right," Millie said. "We must use the vanquishing potion."
"Um…good idea," Jordan said. "But do we have a plan on how we're going to get close enough to do that?"