Chapter 1

Things had gone back to normal in the Cimorelli household over the last few weeks. There had been no further demonic attacks. Christina decided the amulet was too powerful to keep out in the open so, with the consent of her sisters, she sealed it in a magical box and locked it away in their basement to ensure no evil would ever lay hands on it. But Christina could always seem to feel it there, under the house and calling to her. She was writing in the Book of Shadows in the kitchen when Katherine came to join her. 'Hey, what are you up to?' She asked, sitting down.

'Just updating the book.' Christina told her. 'Our future generations should know about the amulet, and Belial. Just in case.' She said.

'Good idea.' Katherine agreed. She was watching Christina write and then she asked; 'And, how are you doing?' Christina stopped writing and looked up at her.

'What do you mean?' She asked.

'Just after everything that happened, I wanted to check in on you. It's only been a few weeks.' Katherine said. Christina lent over and took her hand.

'I'm fine Kath, trust me.' Christina smiled.

'I know you say you're fine, and I also know you were taken and tortured by a demon. So it's okay to not be fine.' Katherine assured her.

'What do you want me to say Kath?' Christina shrugged. 'Yeah, it was scary and painful.' She sighed. 'I thought I was going to die down there without ever seeing you guys again.' Christina pushed the hair from her face. 'But you saved me and everyone is together. And aside from a few left over scars, I'm okay with what happened.'

'Promise?' Katherine said. Christina let out a breath and laughed.

'Yeah, I promise.' She said.

'Alright then.' Katherine sat back in her chair, just in time for a loud crash to echo through the house.

'What the hell was that?' Christina asked, standing up.

'Is Lisa trying a spell?' Katherine wondered.

'No, she's at work.' Christina told her. 'We're the only two here.' Christina led the way out of the kitchen, left hand glowing with energy just in case. 'Stay behind me.' She whispered to Katherine.

'Do you hear that?' Katherine said as they made their way into the hallway. There was a crackling noise, and as they went further into the living room they could see electrical equipment flashing on and off.

'It's electricity.' Christina said, looking around the room. 'Something's making everything go crazy.'

'But what?' Katherine asked. A nearby plug socket was sparking, the television got louder, and the lamp exploded, as a human like shape appeared in front of them. It was glowing without a face or any definable features. Christina stepped back, forcing Katherine behind her, and looked up at the creature. It shot a beam of electricity from it's shapeless hand towards them, but Christina deflected it with an energy shield of her own. After a moment the energy stopped so she released the shield, a grimace of pain on her face. 'Damn!' She said, dropping her arm. Katherine held on to her from behind. She looked down and saw a long burn mark on Christina's forearm.

'Okay, we need a spell.' Katherine said.

'You think.' Christina said, gritting her teeth.

'There's not enough of us here to destroy it, we can only banish it.' Katherine said.

'Let's do that then.' Christina said as the creature took another shot at them. This time, Katherine pulled Christina aside and they landed behind the couch. The electricity struck it and cushions exploded.

'Take my hand.' Katherine said. Christina obeyed and Kathrine began the spell. 'Electricity glowing in the air around, nowhere near shall you now be found.' She said. They waited a moment as the room went quiet. Katherine peered over the sofa and it was gone. 'It's okay.' She said to Christina who stood up and looked around the room.

'We needed a new sofa anyway.' She said, smiling to Katherine.

'Not funny, come on.' She beckoned Christina to follow her. 'Let me see your arm, and we need to call the others.'

xxxxxx

Meanwhile, Lauren was visiting Lisa at work at the funeral home. 'Why are you here again?' Lisa asked, putting some urns up on a display. 'Not that I mind.'

'My class was cancelled.' Lauren told her. 'I was bored.'

'I'll take that as I wanted to hang out with my big sister then?' Lisa smiled at her. 'Can you help me with these?' Lisa said, motioning to another batch of urns on the floor.

'Um, no, not really.' Lauren said from her seat at Lisa's desk.

'Come on Laur, they're just urns.' Lisa said.

'Yeah, for dead people.' Lauren said. 'I'm good watching.' Lisa sighed and turned to face her little sister. But Lauren wasn't the only one in her office. 'Mum?' Lisa said.

'What?' Lauren jumped up and looked around, not that it would make a difference.

'Mum what are you doing here?' Lisa asked, walking over to the desk. 'She's right there Laur.' Lisa pointed to the far side of the desk.

'Hey mum.'Lauren said into the air.

'Girls, you need to get home.' Michelle said.

'Why? What's wrong?' Lisa asked.

'There was an attack at the house, you need to go now.' Michelle urged them on.

'What kind of attack?' Lisa asked.

'Attack?' Lauren's eyes widened. 'Lisa what's she saying?'

'Just go now, Katherine and Christina are there. They can explain.' Michelle said.

'Okay, it's good to see you.' Lisa smiled.

'You too my girls, even if only for a moment.' Michelle said as she faded away. Lisa quickly went and collected her bag and coat.

'Get your stuff Lauren, we have to go.' Lisa said.

'Go where? What attack?' Lauren said as she pulled her coat on.

'At home, mum said there was an attack. Kath and Chris are there.'

'Oh God.' Lauren said as they both ran out of the door.

Xxxxxx

Amy was sitting in her car waiting for Dani to get out of class. She had a feeling she was coming and unlocked the door without looking. Dani slumped down into the passenger's seat, a grumpy look on her face. 'Everything okay?' Amy asked.

'No, school sucks.' Dani told her.

'Why does it suck?' Amy asked calmly.

'It just does.' Dani pulled on her seatbelt.

'Does it suck because you failed that geography test you didn't study for?' Amy asked.

'Not the point.' Dani said, giving her a look. She sighed. 'I know I should have studied.'

'So what are you going to do next time?' Amy asked.

'Study.' Dani said.

'Good girl.' Amy patted her head patronisingly, but was swiftly brushed aside by a laughing Dani.

'You suck too!' She laughed, just as Amy's phone went off. Dani watched her expression change as she read it. 'What's wrong?'

'That was Kath, we need to get home.' She said, putting the key in the ignition and heading home.

xxxxxx

Amy and Dani burst into the house and looked at the remains of their couch. They quickly sped through the living room and into the kitchen where they found their other sisters. 'What the hell happened?' Dani asked. 'Who killed the couch?'

'Some sort of electricity demon.' Katherine told them. 'I'm trying to find it in the book.' Dani took a seat as Amy looked at Christina suspiciously.

'What hurts?' Amy asked looking around at them all in turn.

'Huh?' Lisa said.

'Someone's hurt.' Amy told them.

'Not me.' Lauren said, Katherine shook her head but looked sideways to their oldest sister. Christina sighed and rolled up her sleeve. There was a long white bandage wrapped around her arm.

'You didn't tell us you were hurt!' Lisa said loudly.

'Calm down, I'm fine.' Christina assured them. 'It's just a burn.'

'It burned right through your energy shield.' Katherine reminded her.

'It what?' Dani asked. 'How is that possible?'

'I don't know.' Christina said. 'Nothing's ever gotten through before.'

'Here.' Katherine said. 'I found the demon.'

'What is it?' Dani asked.

'It doesn't look like anyone knows.' Katherine said. 'It's literally been called the demon of electricity.'

'How original.' Lisa commented.

'It uses electricity, and electrical devices, to sneak up on it's victims and attack.' Katherine continued. 'It has no mind of it's own, but can be ordered around with the right incantation.'

'Great.' Amy said. 'So someone's using it to get to us, just like Belial.'

'Hey, let's not jump to any conclusions.' Katherine said. 'We don't know what it was doing here.'

'You said it yourself Kath, this thing has to be ordered to attack.' Lauren said. 'So someone knows where we are and is trying to hurt us.' She slumped down in a chair next to Christina.

'You're pretty quiet Chris.' Lisa said. 'What do you think?'

'I think that it's one demon. Could be it's a direct attack, could be someone messing with us, could have been sent here by mistake. We don't know.' She lent back in her chair. 'Just, be careful for a little while, see if anything else happens.'