Chapter 17

The barn was cold and dark as Christina walked in. They had waited longer than an hour to make sure Jonah got their first and the rest of the girls could get into position outside. She took a few steps towards the middle of the barn when she heard his voice. 'I thought you'd changed your mind.' He said, stepping out of the shadows. 'What took you so long?'

'I had five sisters to lie to.' Christina said. 'Couldn't exactly tell them I was off to meet a demon and then give him a powerful amulet now could I.'

'I imagine they'd be very upset with you.' He said, pacing the room. 'You know,' he said, moving closer to her. 'You don't have to give me the amulet.'

'Is that not the whole reason we're here?' Christina questioned.

'I don't have a good feeling about this.' Amy whispered to Kathrine from their hiding place.

'You could come with me.' He suggested. 'We could destroy Abaddon and then rule the world together.'

'No thanks.' Christina said. 'I just want all of this to be over, and for me and my sisters to get on with our lives.'

'But there will always be more demons Christina. Your life will never be normal. If you come with me we would make the entire world fear us. You'd definitely be able to keep your sisters safe then.' He started to circle her. 'Isn't that what you want most in the world?'

'I don't believe in using fear to motivate people.' Christina said as he stopped behind her. She felt his hand on her shoulder as he pushed his body into hers. She tried very hard not to flinch and pull away. Dani, Lisa and Lauren all looked at each other worriedly.

'That's a shame.' Jonah whispered into her ear. 'We would be unstoppable.' He said before punching her in the back with his fist. He hit her kidney and she'd never felt anything like it. 'I know you haven't come here to give me the amulet Christina.' He paced around as she writhed on the floor in pain, unable to speak. 'How stupid do you think I am!?' He yelled, kicking her in the ribs until she was turned over onto her back, looking up at him. 'Come on out sisters!' He called to the room. 'Unless you want me to break a few more ribs!'

'Shit.' Katherine said, launching herself from her hiding spot with the others following close behind. Dani threw her arm out as she ran, catching Jonah off guard and sending him flying, crashing into the barn doors. Amy and Lisa knelt by Christina to help her up.

'Can you stand?' Lisa asked.

'Yeah.' Christina said breathlessly as they hauled her to her feet.

'Well that was unexpected.' Jonah said, brushing dust off of his jacket as he walked back over to them. 'You disappoint me Christina. I thought we could be friends.'

'You thought wrong.' Amy replied for her.

'So what was the plan here? Try to convince me to leave The Trinity?' He said.

'No, we just needed to get you alone.' Lauren said as she linked hands with Katherine and Lisa, before Lisa began chanting.

'In front of us stands the demon of earth, bringing only pain and sorrow from his lonely birth. Send him back to the pits of the ground, to the darkness he shall now be bound.' Lisa finished and a tornado of wind surrounded Jonah.

'You think a silly spell can stop me!' He screamed over the wind. Parts of his body had begun to disintegrate into the twister as he sent his energy towards the ground and directed an earthquake towards them. The ground cracked beneath them and the force knocked the all backwards, with Katherine landing heavily and hitting her head, knocking her out cold. The rest of them were struggling to their feet when Amy noticed Katherine.

'Kath!' She yelled, running to her side. Dani stood in front of them, and flung her arm out once more, trying to send Jonah backwards. He walked through her energy and continued towards them.

'Chris, it's not working!' Dani panicked. With Lisa's help, Christina steadied herself and faced her palm towards Jonah, sending a wave of energy in his direction. It hit him in the chest just as he sent another earthquake towards them. They all stumbled back but did not fall this time, he was weakening.

'Keep going Chris.' Lisa encouraged, watching her sister's eyes bet bluer by the second, but feeling her becoming heavier in her arms.

'Christina!' Jonah yelled, just has he was teleported away by an outside force.

'Shit.' Lisa said, falling to the ground with Christina in her arms. Silence fell as the air settled down around them. Amy was sitting next to Katherine as Dani and Lauren hovered between their fallen sisters.

'He can't teleport can he?' Dani asked.

'Shouldn't be able to, no.' Amy said.

'We have other things to worry about right now.' Lisa said. 'We need to get out of here.'

'We'll get the car.' Lauren said as she and Dani quickly left the barn.

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Katherine was laying on one couch, Christina on another. Robert was looking at both of them with a concerned scowl on his face. 'How did this happen?' He asked.

'Jonah new Chris was lying. He hurt her before we could get to her.' Lisa told him.

'I knew it was a bad idea.' He said, pacing.

'We had to try.' Amy told him. Lauren entered the room with a healing potion and poured some into Katherine's mouth and some into Christina's. Katherine woke up almost immediately, the cash on her head healing before their eyes.

'What happened?' She asked, sitting up with Lauren's help.

'We lost.' Dani said bluntly.

'Is Chris okay?' Katherine asked, looking across to the other couch.

'Shouldn't she be awake too?' Robert asked.

'No, the potion will heal her ribs but her powers drained her energy.' Amy said. 'She has to wake up on her own.'

'Right, okay.' Robert said. 'And how long does that take?'

'We don't know dad.' Lisa sighed. 'Could be thirty minutes, could be five hours.'

'I know you're scared.' Dani said to him. 'But we've been here before, and she will wake up.

'Yeah, of course she will. I'm sorry.' He said, sitting down.

Xxxxxx

Christina woke up alone within the hour. She could hear mumbled voices going from the kitchen so she pulled herself up and stumbled her way out of the room. She grabbed on to the kitchen door frame. Dani saw her come round the corner. 'Woah, Chris, hold up.' She said, jumping from her seat to help guide her to a kitchen stool.

'Thanks.' She smiled. 'Everyone okay? Kath?' She looked around the room.

'Everyone is fine.' Katherine assured her. 'All fixed with a little bit of potion.'

'Thank God.' Christina said, leaning her head in her hands and rubbing her eyes.

'You should still be resting.' Lauren said.

'No, I'm fine.' Christina told them.

'You are definitely not fine.' Amy said.

'I'm fine enough to join in a conversation.' Christina argued. 'Especially if it's about how badly my plan failed.'

'It wasn't your fault Chris.' Lisa tried to convince her. 'And we would have destroyed him eventually if he wasn't teleported out of there.' Lisa said encouragingly.

'Yeah, with Lisa's spell and your power, it would have been enough.' Lauren said.

'Do we think Abaddon teleported him out?' Katherine asked.

'I guess so.' Amy said. 'Who else would it be?'

'I bet he's not happy that one of his right hand men betrayed him to go and try to recruit a witch.' Dani said.

'He tried to recruit you?' Robert finally spoke up.

'He wanted me to go with him and together we would rule the world.' Christina said sarcastically.

'In his dreams.' Dani said, linking her arm through Christina who smiled.

'Chris, your eyes turned blue again.' Lisa told her. 'When you were using your power.

'Really?' She looked confused. 'They only used to do that when I was using my power with the amulet on.'

'I have a theory about that.' Katherine said.

'Do tell Kath.' Lauren prompted, leaning her head on her hands.

'I think the amulet bonded so well with Chris, that it's become a part of her. At least, some of it has.'

'Belial did think the amulet acted strangely with you.' Lisa reminded them.

'It makes sense.' Christina said. 'Ever since I locked it away I've been feeling this pull towards it, like it's calling me.'

'What do you think would happen if you put it on again?' Dani wondered.

'I don't know. And I don't really want to find out.' Christina said honestly. 'I just know that we need to keep it out of the hands of the Trinity.'

'Well it's been a really long day so I suggest everyone gets some sleep.' Robert said

'He's right, we can regroup in the morning.' Katherine agreed as they all began to head upstairs. 'Chris.' Katherine pulled aside and let the others go. 'Can I talk to you for a second?'

'Sure, what's up?' She asked once they were alone.

'I just wanted to thank you, for trying with dad.' Katherine said. 'And that I'm sorry.'

'What are you sorry for?' Christina asked.

'I made you get coffee with him and it just made everything worse.' She said, tears in her eyes.

'Hey.' Christina took her hands. 'First of all, you didn't make me do anything. I made the decision to go and see him. It was all bound to come out sooner or later.' She assured Katherine. 'And now at least I know how he really feels. Sure it was kind of hard to hear, but we can try and work past it.'

'We are always on your side, you know that right?' Katherine said.

'Yes, I know.' Christina smiled. 'Now get me to bed already, I'm exhausted.' Katherine laughed and helped her up the stairs.