Chapter 8

'So I think these demons have found a way to dream walk.' Katherine said.

'That's creepy.' Dani said.

'They went into Christina's dreams to see if she had the amulet and she did.' Katherine told them.

'They acknowledged the amulet and then left, it was clearly what they were after.' Christina said as she flipped through the book.

'So what did they look like?' Lauren asked.

'There was one older guy who just looked like grandpa.' Katherine said.

'Seriously?' Lisa raised her eyebrows.

'She's not kidding. Are hair, wrinkles, glasses.' Christina said. 'If you saw him on the street you'd think he was just a sweet old grandad.'

'Then the other two were younger, but like polar opposites of each other. One was dark, brown eyes, beard. He looked really sinister.'

'And the other one was this guy.' Christina said, turning the book around to the group. There was a picture of a blonde, blue eyed young man.

'Rex.' Lauren read his name. 'Sounds like what you'd name a dog.'

'It says he's one third of a group called the Trinity.' Amy continued reading. 'Alone their powers aren't that different to a regular upper level demon, but combined they are extremely powerful.'

'Rex is an elemental who uses water.' Lisa read over Amy's shoulder.

'So can we safely assume the other two are elementals as well?' Dani asked.

'Probably.' Katherine confirmed. 'But we need to know which elements they use to best defend ourselves against them.'

'I'll keep looking.' Christina said.

'Chris I can help.' Katherine assured her.

'No, you just had a seizure. You need to go and get some rest.' Christina said.

'It's okay Kath, we'll keep her company.' Lisa said.

'Fine, but only a short nap. I'll be back.' Katherine started to leave the room.

'Hey, Kath, do that again in the voice of Arnold Schwarzenegger!' Lisa said, grinning.

'Goodbye sisters.' Katherine called over her shoulder.

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It had been a couple of hours and Christina was left in the kitchen with only Lauren for company. They had been going through the book carefully and hadn't managed to find either of the other two demons. 'Do you want some more coffee?' Lauren asked as she rose from her seat.

'No, thanks.' Christina said, running a hand through her hair. She looked up to the clock and noticed that it was two in the morning. 'Lauren, go to bed.' She said.

'I'm okay.' Lauren said. 'I want to help.'

'I know you do.' Christina sighed. 'But you need to go to school with Dani to get your assignments in the morning.'

'Dan can drive, I'll sleep in the car.' Lauren assured her. She sat next to her sister and put a hand over Christina's. 'I don't want to leave you down here with your brain going crazy. I'm here for moral support and uplifting commentary.' She grinned.

'Sure you are.' Christina smiled. 'Thank you.'

'You're welcome, besides, I don't think I could sleep after drinking most of the coffee.'

'You did manage a whole pot, I'm impressed.' Christina said. She flipped over another page and stopped. Staring back at her was the face of the other young demon, dark skin, dark hair, dark eyes. 'This is him.' She said as Lauren lent over her shoulder. 'His name is Jonah and he's an upper level demon who uses earth as power.'

'So basically, he can control anything natural on the earth? That's not fair.' Lauren commented.

'He may have limitations, we don't know.' Christina tried to reassure her. 'At least we know two of them now.'

'No sign of the older guy?' Lauren asked.

'Not yet.' Christina said, as she marked the page and continued through the book. 'I don't remember the book being this big.'

'Well to be fair you don't look at it that often.' Lauren said slyly.

'Hey, I look at it plenty.' Christina defended. She saw the look on Lauren's face and let out a breath. 'But not as much as you and Dani.'

'Too bad we're no help though. I don't think I've ever seen a demon in the book who could pass for someone's grandfather.' Lauren admitted.

'Maybe he just isn't in the book.' Christina continued flipping through. 'This book was made by witches in our family recording what they'd seen. Maybe no one has ever seen the third part of the trinity.'

'That's a good point.' Lauren said. 'But we should keep looking.'

'Yes, we should.' Christina said. 'And I will take that coffee.' She smiled as Lauren jumped up to get her some. 'You, however, should not have any more. Ever.'

'But it's so good.' Lauren said. Christina laughed as Lauren re-joined her at the kitchen table.

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Lisa walked into the kitchen at about 6am and found Christina sleeping with her head in the book. She smiled slightly before gently leaning over to Christina and putting her hands on her shoulders. 'Chris, wake up.' She said gently.

'I'm awake.' Christina mumbled without moving or opening her eyes.

'Did you have a fun night?' Lisa asked, pouring some cereal into a bowl. She sat down at the table as Christina lifted her head.

'So much fun.' Christina said sarcastically. 'I found one of the other demons.'

'That's great.' Lisa said. 'Who is he?'

'I'll tell everyone at once when they're up.' Christina lent her head on one hand. 'Do you have to go into work today?'

'No, I don't have anything booked in so Roger is just going to man the desk for me.' Lisa told her. 'What about you? When are they expecting you back in the office?

'Not for another two weeks.' Christina said.

'But you're not happy about that.' Lisa said, eating some cereal. 'Most people love to be signed off work for a month.'

'I'm signed off for medical reasons which I've had to lie about to my entire company. And if I'm signed off, I don't get allocated cases.'

'In other words, you're bored.' Lisa smiled.

'Yes, I'm so bored. What am I supposed to do all day around here? I think I've cleaned this entire house about five times so far.'

'You're supposed to be relaxing. You may have lied about the medical stuff to your office, but you were hurt, pretty bad, so just chill out.'

'I don't do chilling out Lise.' Christina smiled as the rest of their sisters filed into the kitchen.

'Morning.' Christina and Lisa said in unison.

'Morning.' Amy replied, but Lauren was giving Christina a strange look.

'We're you down here all night?' Lauren asked.

'Maybe.' Christina said, stretching her arms.

'She was asleep on the counter when I came down.' Lisa told them.

'Chris! The only reason I went to bed is because you said you'd be right behind me!' Lauren complained. 'I would have stayed.'

'You stayed until three Laur, you did enough.' Christina said. 'Besides, I didn't find anything else after you left.'

'But we did find the other young guy.' Lauren told them.

'Yes, we did.' Christina opened the book to Jonah's page and showed it to the rest of them.

'That's him alright.' Katherine said as she cradled her mug of tea.

'His element is earth, but we don't know exactly what that includes.' Christina said.

'Most elementals do have limits.' Katherine said. 'So, I'd imagine earth includes the ground and anything that grows naturally from it.'

'Like trees.' Dani said.

'Yeah, like trees.' Katherine confirmed. 'But don't quote me on that.'

'And the other guy, the older one, is no where to be found.' Christina said, closing the book. 'So I'm going to assume he's never been seen by or fought with a Cimorelli witch.'

'Great.' Amy said. 'But at least we know he's an elemental.'

'And if the others are water and earth, I can't imagine he'd be the same.' Lisa said.

'Which leaves, air, fire or metal.' Christina said.

'Why not have five elementals? One for each.' Lauren asked.

'Maybe they figured out a power combination strong enough without all five.' Katherine suggested. 'Or, with the amulet they are strong enough without all of the elements.'

'We definitely think they want the amulet?' Dani wanted to clarify.

'What else would they have been doing in Chris's dream.' Lisa said. 'They know we have it now.'

'Which is why we're going to be using the buddy system again.' Amy said. 'No one goes out alone or unarmed.'

'Speaking of going out.' Dani turned to Lauren. 'We should go and get our assignments.'

'Alright, we'll be back soon. Does anyone need anything whilst we're out?' Lauren said as they made their way to the door.

'No, just be careful.' Christina pleaded.

'And take some potions.' Katherine called after them.