Chapter 8: Horrible News

"What did I tell you?" Jalvor asked. "Marvik failed."

"We have to take them out ourselves," Heru said. "It's the only way."

"You know the law," Zera said. "We can't."

"We are the law!" Jalvor yelled. "We can do as we wish!"

"This is why there is more than one voice of the Guild," Zera said. "Because if there was only one, one like you, the Underworld would be a mess. You're trying to destroy us all."

"Us leaving them alive is trying to destroy us. We have more thanenough power to take them out. We are stronger than they are. They're new to the craft. They're just weak witches!"

"We will do as we have been doing," Elvon said, saying something for the first time.

"And what's that?" Jalvor asked. "Stand around, sending other pathetic demons to do our dirty work?"

"Exactly," Elvon said. "Only this time, I think there's someone else to do our dirty work."

"And who's that?"

"A being we banished from the Underworld centuries ago. We must thaw him out." Zera gasped.

"You don't mean…"

"Yes, we'll have to set Draco free. He'll take care of them."

"He'll take care of us as well."

"So, how about tomorrow night?" Charles asked. He and Annie were sitting on her bed, talking. Tomorrow was Saturday, and he was trying to establish a date.

"Sure," she answered. "Where are we going?"

"How about a movie?" She smiled. Annie's door suddenly flung open, and Jordan walked in.

"Oh, I'm sorry," she said. "Am I interrupting something?"

"No," Annie said. "Charles was just leaving." She smiled at him as he got up and walked away.

"I told you I could get him to talk to you," Jordan said, after Charles left the room. She sat down next to Annie.

"Thanks for that," Annie said. "I was starting to think he would never come around."

"Yeah, he's pretty shy isn't he?"

"Hell yeah. I would've had to make the first move pretty soon."

"Girls!" Millie called up the stairs. "Come on down, we're watching a movie!"

"Well, let's go," Jordan said to her new found friend. They walked downstairs to watch TV.

"What're we watching?" David asked.

"How about a good romance movie?" Annie asked.

"No, comedy," David insisted.

"Action," Jordan said.

"Horror," Charles said.

"Can't you four ever agree?" Sabrina asked.

"They're as diverse as they are as powerful," Robert said. "But together, they fight as one."

"Stop being so philosophical, Robert. It's kind of annoying. We'll just watch some TV" She turned it on. "You guys ready for Monday?"

"What's Monday?" David asked.

"School starts next Monday," she said. "You start your first year as seniors."

"What?" they all echoed out.