Chapter 23

Christina pulled the car to a stop around the corner from the pier. She turned to face her sisters. 'Lisa, you have the spell?' She asked.

'Yeah, hopefully it'll work without all of us.' Lisa said.

'Okay, and both of you stay behind me.' Christina said firmly. 'I mean it Dani, this isn't the time to show off your new power.'

'I got it.' Dani said. 'We need to stop this guy.'

'Alright then.' Christina said as she got out of the car. They followed her around the corner and saw the pier, waves still crashing over the sides.

'Where is he?' Lisa asked.

'He's got to be around here somewhere.' Dani said as they scanned the area. Luckily most of the people had cleared out of the area. They got to the edge of the pier and looked down it. There was a man standing right at the very end with blonde hair and blue eyes.

'There he is.' Said Christina. They followed her eyes to where he was standing. There were walls of water either side of the pier, blocking the view from outside.

'Please tell me we aren't going down there?' Lisa said. Christina gave her an apologetic look and began walking towards him.

'Damn it, I knew she was going to do that.' Lisa said, following close behind with Dani.

'Chris…' Dani whispered nervously as she gazed up at the walls of water surrounding them.

'I know.' Christina replied, not taking her eyes from Rex. They approached him but stopped a good twenty feet away, keeping their distance.

'Hello.' He said calmly. 'You got my message.' He smiled.

'It was pretty hard to miss.' Dani said.

'Only three of you? I'm disappointed.' He said. 'You all went to meet Jonah.'

'Jonah was a different story.' Lisa said.

'Yes, that he was.' Rex said, looking at Christina. 'His little crush on you ruined our chances of a trinity of power, I hope you're happy.'

'Ecstatic.' Christina said bluntly.

'Abaddon took care of Jonah?' Dani questioned.

'His loyalty was always shaky, he saw an opportunity and it failed. The master sent him back to hell.' Rex told them.

'So what now? You've formed a duo?' Lisa asked.

'Not quite.' Rex began pacing side to side in front of them. 'That little bit of power he got from you was rather impressive.' He said, hands behind his back as he paced. 'You've helped us start an army.'

'Well, it's to bad you won't get the chance to finish it.' Christina said, shooting a stream of blue towards him. It hit him full force and sent him flying backwards through his own water wall. He disappeared. There was silence for a moment before he burst back through it, his hair turned white and his eyes as cold as ice.

'That was a silly thing to do.' He growled, sending the walls of water tumbling down on top of them. Christina put her hands up just in time to set up a forcefield. Dani and Lisa came closer to her to minimise the surface area she had to cover.

'Okay, this may have been a bad idea.' Christina admitted, focusing on keeping the water from hitting them. After a moment the flow stopped and she released her shield. Rex was no where to be seen.

'Now where did he go?' Lisa exclaimed, looking around.

'Guys.' Dani said, taping Lisa's shoulder. 'We need to move!' She pointed towards the water. Rex was floating over it, mumbling an incantation under his breath. The water was being sucked into a ball below him.

'Yeah we do.' Lisa agreed. 'Run!' She said, pulling Christina as they followed Dani as fast as they could down the pier. Just as they were about to reach the end, a blast of water struck them all from behind, sending them flying forwards. They crashed into the ground a few feet away, Lisa landed on top of Dani with Christina a few feet away. They were soaked.

'Water power isn't that scary.' Dani said, rolling Lisa off of her. 'Just means I won't need to shower later.'

'That's not what it means Dan.' Lisa said, getting to her feet. Another blast of water suddenly came towards them. Dani instinctively flung her arm at it, forcing it away from them.

'So, I can do that.' Dani said, slightly shocked.

'Good, that's very good. Keep doing it.' Lisa said. 'Chris.' She turned to their older sister.

'Yeah, I know.' Christina was by their side in a second. 'We need to distract him whilst you say the spell.'

'Be careful.' Lisa said to them. Dani ran in one direction, Christina in the other. Lisa took cover to go over the spell in her head and wait for her moment. Rex was floating off the pier and onto dry land. He set himself down on the pavement and calmly walked around.

'Come out, come out wherever you are.' He said melodically. Next thing he knew, restaurant chairs were hitting him, coming from left and right as Dani swung her arms, directing them at him. He used the water to block some of them, before sending one shooting back at her. She wasn't quick enough to dive completely out of the way so her left arm was struck with a metal chair. She yelled in pain as she hit the ground, clasping her arm to her body. Christina came up on the other side of Rex, energy ball in her hand. She sent it directly into his back, stunning him momentarily. Lisa took that moment to reveal herself, standing in front of him and saying her spell.

'Water, water everywhere, this demon will not control it in the air….' She began. He saw her and aimed a blast at her but Christina put a shield between her sister and the water, holding it in place as he sent more energy into it.

'Lisa hurry!' She yelled, wincing at the force of his power. He turned and glared at Christina. He saw a water hydrant on the pavement and ripped it from the floor with the power of the water beneath it. He sent it hurtling towards Christina just as Lisa finished the spell. Christina managed to put a shield in front of herself but the force with which he'd thrown it at her sent her stumbling backwards and onto the ground, hitting the back of her head on the concrete.

'Water is good and heals all who are pure, send him back to darkness and make it sure!' Lisa yelled. She put a hand over her face to shield herself as a twister of water engulfed Rex from the ground up. He vanished in the whirlpool and everything got eerily quiet. Lisa smiled briefly before looking around for her sisters. She couldn't see either of them and began to panic. 'Dani! Christina!' She yelled.

'Ouch.' She heard from behind a parked car at the edge of the pier. Lisa hurried over and saw Dani lying on the ground, left arm being cradled gently.

'Are you okay?' Lisa asked, carefully helping her up with her right arm.

'I think my arm is broken.' Dani said. 'I change my mind.' She joked. 'I don't want an active power any more.'

'Shut up, you did great.' Lisa said.

'Where's Chris?' Dani asked.

'Chris!' Lisa yelled as they ran back to the other side of the pier. They eventually found her sitting on the ground head between her legs. 'Chris, are you okay?' Lisa said and they ran to her side. She looked up at them, squinting as if the sun was shining too brightly.

'Yeah, I think so.' She said. 'You?'

'Dani's arm is broken.' Lisa said, still looking her over. 'You don't look okay.'

'No, I'm fine.' Christina said. 'Help me up.' She took Lisa's hand and got to her feet. As she did a wave of nausea came over her and she lent back over, hands on her knees. Dani looked at the back of her neck.

'Lise, blood.' Dani said, pointing to her neck and shirt. Lisa put her hand gently on Christina's back and moved her hair out of the way.

'Chris, did you hit your head?' Lisa asked.

'I don't remember. Maybe.' She said groggily.

'I think she has a concussion.' Lisa said.

'At least we have some injuries for Amy to practice on.' Dani said.

'Way to look on the bright side Dan.' Christina mumbled.

'Come on, we need to get you both back to Wendy's.' Lisa said, ushering Christina to the car. 'And you're definitely not driving.' She said, taking the keys from Christina's pocket.