Chapter 5: Race to Annie

"Can't you drive any faster?" Millie asked. They were in New York City, but still a little ways away from their destination. Millie glanced down at her watch. They still had another five minutes or so more until they would arrive. She didn't know how long Jordan and Sabrina would last.

"I'm trying, mom," David said. "But it's hard to get through all this traffic."

"Try harder, David," Millie said. "We can't lose a Corner."

"What happens if we do?" Charles asked from the backseat. "If all else fails, what if we have to vanquish her." The thought of it brought a tear to his eye. He had just met her, but he loved her. He was terribly sorry for what he had done and feared that he'd never be able to express how he truly felt about her.

"Then the Four Corners are over and evil will surely win."

Sabrina and Jordan orbed into a warehouse. It was full of warlocks. Annie was amongst them. Once seeing them, the warlocks used their various stolen powers against them, but Sabrina protected themselves with a force field. It deflected some of the attacks into other warlocks, therefore vanquishing them, but there were still around twenty of them.

"How long can you hold that thing up?" Jordan asked nervously.

"I don't know," Sabrina said. Jordan could tell it was wearing her out by holding it up. "I've never done it for over a few seconds."

"Orb us out."

"Okay," she said. The moment she let the force field go, she fell to the ground exhausted from using too much magic.

"Uh oh." Jordan quickly leaned down next to her fallen friend. "Sabrina, are you okay?"

"Stop!" Annie yelled. "Jordan, so nice of you to join us. We were just talking about you guys."

"Isn't that nice?" Jordan asked, standing up. Shedidn't want to show a sign of fear.

"You're being foolish. Where are the others, coming no doubt? I know you guys too well."

"Why don't you come back home, and we can talk this whole thing over."

"This is my new home. I'm surrounded by people that won't betray me, or go behind my back."

"Um…they're warlocks, that's what they do…betray and stuff."

"You do have a death wish, don't you? There are several warlocks in here and yet you feel the need to dishonor them, even intheir presence."

"Of course not, Annie." A thought had just crossed Jordan's mind. If Annie had ordered them to stop attacking, maybe she could order them to leave.She closed her eyes and took control over Annie's body.

"Leave us, now!" she yelled, through Annie's mouth. The warlocks sneered, but blinked away, as asked. Jordan let go of her grasp. "How dare you! You've always annoyed me with your ability to enter the unwilling minds. "

"I wanted us to be alone."

"Why? So I could be the one tokill you?"

"Annie, please, say the spell and give up your powers."

"I don't want to, Jordan. I love my new powers. I love the freedom. I can use my powers whenever I feel like it. I don't have to worry about a thing. Plus, there's not the constant danger of demons trying to kill me anymore."

"But witches will be trying to kill you. Plus,you'll lose everything; your friends, your family, your emotions. They'll all be gone when you become fully evil."

"I'm already fully evil."

"No, you're not, I can feel the good in you. It's still left."

"It's gone, along with my pathetic witch powers. I'm a warlock now. I'm stronger than I ever could have imagined possible."

"It's taking over you."

"You don't understand," Annie said. "The power thrives in me. I feel great. I feel invincible."

"But you're not. That's evil's big flaw. They think they're invincible, until good vanquishes them. That was Axict, Nexell, and Draco's downfall."

"Are you going to vanquish me, Jordan?" Annie asked, forming a sword in her hand.

"If it comes down to it, I will do what I must do."

"We were friends," Annie said, forming another sword and throwing it at Jordan's feet. "Do you want to throw that away?"

"You're the one throwing it away, Annie."

"Don't make me kill you, Jordan. Join me. Join evil, and we can fight good, side by side. Just like before."

"Do what you must, Annie, but I won't join you. I won't ever give in to evil, like you did."

"Then you can die." A small tear formed in Annie's eye when she said that.