Carrie stood outside Gorman's residence because she wasn't ready to go inside yet. It wasn't the Covenant meeting that Caleb ordered or the fact she hadn't heard from Parker yet – It was because of who else lived in that house. She hadn't been able to see him for the longest time because of what happened, because of what he did, and tonight was no different.

Presently, however, Carrie was leaving a voicemail for Parker because no one had gotten ahold of her yet. "Hey, Park, it's Carrie again. Leaving you another message to say get your butt over here, we're having a meeting. You know what that means. If you can't get here please call someone. We're starting to get worried about you." She ended the call and slipped her cell into her back pocket with a heavy sigh. Except for Parker she was the last one to go inside so there was no more time to put it off.

Carrie rubbed her face and shook out her hands to prepare herself and went into the house. As soon as she stepped over the threshold she saw Gorman standing near the staircase leading to the upper level. Carrie just nodded in greeting before opening the heavy wooden door leading to the winding stone staircase going down to the cellar.

All the candles were already lit as she descended the stairs. Each pillar's candle below was lit as well, lighting up the cellar and those present. Carrie slowed her pace a bit when all eyes turned to her. Clearly she had just interrupted something.

"Did you start the meeting without me?" Carrie asked as she took her place beside Caleb since during these meetings the twins stood together.

Pogue didn't answer her quite yet and asked a question of his own. "Any luck with Parker?" He was starting to worry because she hadn't answered his calls either and that wasn't like her.

"She's probably got her nose in a book. Parker always turns her phone off while she reads." Carrie looked around and saw that Tina and Reid looked more intense than usual. Even Tyler and Rayna looked on edge and that was never good. "Seriously, what is going on?"

Caleb took the lead on this since it involved his sister. He almost beat around the bush to get to the information but decided it would be better to just rip off the Band-Aid. "We found out something tonight, Carrie. Chase is a descendant of the fifth family."

Carrie needed a moment for what Caleb said to click then looked at her brother like he was insane. "No way. That's not possible." It was common knowledge that the Putnam bloodline died out a long time ago.

"Sure, defend your boyfriend even when there's proof," Tina shot back and if it wasn't for the round altar in the center of the room she would have stormed over there, too.

Caleb retook the lead and spoke directly to Carrie since the others had already been filled in on what they discovered. "When I raced Chase in the pool, his eyes were pitch black. After looking into his file we found he was adopted – his birth name is Chase Goodwin Pope. On his eighteenth birthday his adoptive parents died…along with his sister Charlotte."

Carrie felt like her whole world was spinning but pushed all that aside to clarify something because she needed to be sure that she heard right. "Chase is Ascended and he killed his sister?" When Caleb nodded, she needed to take a seat on one of the ornate wooden stools placed around the pillar. Something didn't make sense to her though. "But Pope isn't the name of the fifth family – Putnam is." She couldn't even begin to process the betrayal yet, she needed more information before that point could be reached.

"There's an explanation for that." Caleb Used his Power to summon the Book of Damnation from the bookshelf and place it upon the pillar. Once the Book was levitating in place, a circle of fire ignited while the pages flipped open to the place in the story which held the answers they were seeking.

Once they were all seated and the Book turned so it could be read, Caleb addressed the Covenant. "It's a list of names against all those who brought charges against John Putnam during the Salem hunt. Pope was one of them. Goody Pope, widow of Jacob mother to Hagen. She claimed that John Putnam came to her as an Incubus in her dreams after she was widowed." Pages of the Book flipped to a new place as Caleb continued to speak. "The Book also records births and deaths during the Damnation. Goody Pope's husband, Jacob, died June 4th, 1692. Her son Hagen was born April 11th, 1693. That's ten months and twenty-four days later." The Book of Damnation slammed shut and slammed down upon the altar.

Tina was the first to break the silence, speaking with such a fierceness to her tone. "I told you we weren't the ones messing with Parker. If you took one second to think about another possibility then we wouldn't have learned the truth about Chase sooner."

"We believed the Putnam bloodline died out in Salem," Carrie replied in a level tone because she was still trying to process the fact that the guy she was starting to develop feelings for was the one behind everything that'd happened. She felt such a flurry of emotions but mainly felt stupid and betrayed.

"Chase is one of us," Tyler could hardly believe it himself. For so long it was believed the Putnam bloodline had died out but for generations they've existed under the radar.

"Chase is not one of us," Tina shouted at her brother as she jolted to her feet. "He killed his sister on his eighteenth birthday! As soon as he Ascended he gave into the seduction and killed her! That does not make him one of us. Not by a long shot."

Before anything else could be said, Caleb's cellphone rang. Seeing it was Sarah he answered but tried to keep it quick. "Hey, can I call you back…" His sentence was cut short when Sarah cried,

"Parker's been attacked. The EMT's think it's spiders. She's covered with bites, Caleb. Something weird is happening and I'm scared." She proceeded to tell him that they were taking Parker to the hospital in Gloucester.

Caleb froze the second he heard that something had happened to Parker. Despite freezing in place he felt as if someone had just hit him in the chest with a sledge hammer. It took him a moment to say to Sarah, "Go back to your dorm and stay there. I'll see you soon, okay?" As soon as he heard Sarah agree, Caleb ended the call.

Caleb closed his eyes and took a deep breath to prepare himself for what he had to tell them. "He's put a spell on Parker."

In the lieu of everything asking 'what?' in their various forms, Pogue cut in with, "What are you talking about? What kind of spell?"

"Creation," Caleb answered regretfully then clarified. "Spiders."

Pogue dragged his hands down his face. "Parker had a nightmare about spiders." He had enough time to blame himself for not being there for his sister later, right now he needed more information so he could be there for her. "Where is she? Where is my sister?"

"They're taking her to a hospital in Gloucester." Caleb stood up when Pogue did and tried to keep him calm. "Don't do anything until we know more."

"Don't do anything?!" Pogue shouted back at him. "This is Parker we're talking about!" He was about to run up the stairs but didn't get very far because of what Carrie said.

"I'm coming with you." Carrie wanted to be there for Parker and for Pogue – she needed to be.

Pogue whipped around and made his next words abundantly clear. "You're not going anywhere near my sister. You're supposed to be her friend – her Daughter in arms and instead of looking out for her you're screwing the guy who's trying to kill her!" That was low and undeserved but he was scared and worried and lashed out because of it.

Carrie did something in that moment that she'd never done before in her entire life, she slapped Pogue right across the face. "Screw you!" Not that it mattered, but she'd never slept with Chase and even if she did, it wouldn't change the fact that she wanted to tear him apart for everything he's done.

Pogue looked right at Carrie after recovering from the surprisingly hard slap but he didn't say a word. Instead he turned around and ran up the stairs to get to Parker as soon as he could.

Carrie looked at the others and Caleb as she said, "I have to go." She had to admit that Pogue was right about one thing – If she'd kept a better eye out or had done more to try and protect Parker from being messed with then perhaps things could have turned out differently.

Caleb didn't like this idea one bit. "It could be a trap, Carrie. You and Pogue could be heading right into a trap." He tried to talk some sense into her, but failed.

"If it is a trap then I'm not letting him go into it alone." Carrie ran up the steps before anyone could stop her from going.

At the top of the cellar's staircase, Gorman was standing there waiting for her. He was one of the last people she wanted to deal with because she knew what he was going to ask of her. "Not now, Gorman."

"He wants to see you." Gorman knew why Carrie didn't want to go upstairs, but he had to at least deliver the message.

Carrie snapped, "I'll go see him the day I get to see my aunt." That was relatively low and she knew it but said it anyway and didn't regret it.

Gorman stopped Carrie before she left the house, his arm blocking her path through the doorway. "He loves you. You and your brother."

"Could have fooled me," Carrie snapped before she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "I know he does. In his own way, I know," was all she had left to say before going under Gorman's arm to get to her motorcycle. She didn't even bother putting on her helmet, only putting her protective glasses on before starting it up and speeding off.

Carrie pushed the bike to its limits, breaking many a law on the way. She sped down the road, moving with every twist and turn that it provided but Pogue wasn't anywhere in sight…until he was.

The motorcycle screeched to a halt when Carrie saw Pogue's yellow Ducati in the middle of the road with lifeless looking Pogue not too far away. Carrie felt her heart breaking in that moment and parked the bike before taking off on foot.

Carrie went straight to Pogue and moved his hair out of his face to get a better look at him. He certainly looked as if he'd been put through the wringer more than once. "Pogue? Pogue, can you hear me?" She tried to keep her voice together so he would understand her words if he could hear her.

"Ca-Carrie…," he whispered with a groan before passing out.

"I'm here, Pogue. I'm here." Carrie closed her eyes tightly as she rested her forehead against his while tears streamed down her face. This wasn't the moment to cry. No, she needed to be stronger than this. Carrie softly kissed Pogue's forehead then forced herself to breathe at a more normal rate before taking out her cellphone to report the 'accident'. With that done and help on the way, Carrie called her brother to tell him Chase had struck again and he had gone after another person they loved.

One thing was more than certain now; Any feelings Carrie may have felt for Chase were shattered and all that was there now was rage. Carrie had never felt anything like it before in her life but she was going to use it to make Chase pay if it was the last thing she ever did. She may have vowed that no Sons were going to kill any Daughters, but not once did say that no Daughters were going to kill a Son.

Carrie followed the ambulance the whole way to Gloucester Hospital and went up to see Parker while the doctors tended to Pogue. Seeing Parker hooked up to those wires and tubes and such broke Carrie's heart. According to one of the nurses they gave Parker something to help her rest so Carrie didn't think she'd know anyone was there but stayed anyway.

Carrie pulled up a chair next to Parker's bed and took her hand. She closed both her hands around Parker's and Used her Power to give nothing but good dreams to her. It wasn't much and Carrie knew this, but until Chase either reversed the spell or died then there wasn't anything else she could do.

"We know Chase is the one who did this to you. I vow with everything I have that he will pay. He will pay for what he did to you and to Pogue." Carrie stood up and kissed the top of Parker's head. "Sweet dreams, Park."

Carrie sniffled back some tears and left the room, moments later being told that Pogue was in a room down the hall if she wanted to see him now. Without even waiting for the nurse to finish telling her that, Carrie was already making her way there.

Pogue, much like Parker, was hooked up to monitors and tubes for oxygen. Bandages covered where Carrie could see and the rage towards Chase grew. She wasn't sure if Pogue would even want her there, but that didn't stop her from approaching.

Pogue heard someone walking towards him and opened his eyes to see Carrie there. He had to give her a warning. If anything happened to her, too, he wouldn't be able to handle it. "Stay away from him," he whispered slowly yet urgently to her. "He's too powerful. He's stronger than you can imagine."

Carrie moved some of Pogue's hair out of his face and gently placed her hand on the side of it. "He may be stronger, but I'm angrier." She gave him a reassuring smile. "Don't worry about anything. Chase is going to pay." Carrie removed her hand and was about to walk away but Pogue grabbed hold before she could.

Pogue's voice was louder as he spoke to her now. "Don't go after him, Carrie. If anything happened to you…" He swallowed a lump in his throat with a painful groan. "I'm sorry for what I said before…"

Carrie gave his hand a gentle squeeze as her heart did a bit of a flutter at his words. "For what he did to Parker – for what he did to you is exactly why I have to go after him. It's why I have to make him pay. Messing with me is one thing, but no one goes after the people I love and gets away with it."

Finally giving into a feeling she'd felt for the longest time but never acted upon, Carrie leaned down and kissed Pogue's lips. Her heart did a flutter again when he kissed her in return. She reluctantly pulled away and whispered, "Focus on getting better, Pogue. Don't worry about me," before leaving his hospital room before he had a chance to stop her.

Carrie didn't stop walking until she rounded a corner out of sight. She placed her hand on her heart and closed her eyes tightly to compose herself. There would be time to feel and think about what had just happened later. Right now there was something more pressing to be dealt with.

Borrowing an expression from Tina, Carrie put on her 'murder face' as she pulled out her cellphone and stormed down the hallway. After hitting Caleb's number, she waited for him to answer and once he did, she didn't even give him a chance to speak. "We need a plan, Caleb. And I mean now."

Caleb agreed with her one hundred percent but there was something he had to do first – he had to tell her everything about his run-in with Chase at the Dorms. "I know, Carrie, but first…we need to talk."

The Danvers twins met up at Gorman's place to go over what had happened between Caleb and Chase. Neither of them went into the house but stayed near the fence, the pair of them sitting on the hood of Caleb's car as they spoke.

Caleb told her everything about what happened – how Chase spelled Sarah during the exchange, told him that it wasn't until his adoptive parents' and sister's deaths that he found his birth-father and learned everything about the Power and the side effects of it, was given his father's Power, and how he wanted Caleb to meet him at the Putnam Barn when he Ascends to give him his Power.

Carrie cut him off before he finished his sentence. "Chase wants your Power? That's what all this is about? What, his share from killing his sister wasn't enough for him?"

"I was getting to that." Caleb sighed heavily before continuing. "Chase thinks if he has my Power that you will remain the anchor to that Power – that he can Use however much he wants and will no longer be affected."

Carrie slammed her hand on the hood of Caleb's car. "Even if that is a possibility I would rather die than live as his Power anchor." It made sense to her now as to why Chase put in the effort to get close to her. Perhaps his twisted mind thought she'd be more inclined to side with him if he was, but it'd be a cold day in hell before that ever happened. Carrie was true to her word when she said she would rather die than be tethered to Chase.

"I said as much." That was true, Caleb did tell Chase that Carrie would rather die, but Chase had a retort to that. "He said if you refused then he would just go down the Covenant line until one of the Daughters agreed."

"Well it's not happening. He's not getting your Power. If he gets your Power then you die and you are not dying." Carrie used both her hands to rub her face before running them through her hair. "What's the plan, brother?" They couldn't go into this showdown with Chase without one.

"Right now, let's just breathe. Reid, Tina, and the others are keeping watch over Pogue and Parker right now and there's something else I need to take care of." Almost as if on cue, Sarah's car pulled up behind Caleb's, but she didn't get out of the car yet.

Carrie did not get what was happening. She hopped off the car and pointed towards Sarah's, asking, "What is she doing here? Caleb, what did you do?" With everything else going on she couldn't believe Caleb was about to bring an outsider into all of this.

"She figured it out. Sarah found the history book Tina reads all the time in the library and put the pieces together." Caleb couldn't keep Sarah in the dark about it any longer. He felt it'd be better if he didn't try lying to her about it.

"So you bring her here?" Carrie shook her head with a heavy scoff. "Of all the people you could have brought here to meet him, you bring her?" She couldn't believe Caleb was doing this and out of nowhere she asked him, "Does Parker mean nothing to you?"

Caleb wasn't expecting that question to be shot out at him. "What are you talking about?"

This line of questioning wasn't where Carrie intended to go but she was running with it. "You heard me," she practically spat back. "You've been in love with Parker for…like ever!, but you've been more concerned of it looking like you were taking advantage of her or something because she's the most timid of us. So, what? Does that not even matter now because you've got a shiny new girlfriend?"

Caleb was conflicted about what he felt, this was true, but he didn't think he deserved this. In fact, he turned the tables on her. "And what about you and Pogue, huh? I'm not blind, I see the way you feel about him but you've never said a word, either. That's a bit pot calling the kettle black now, isn't it?"

Carrie threw her hands out to her sides because she didn't even want to deal with this conversation anymore. "Do whatever you want. I don't care, Caleb. I've got more important things to worry about like keeping you alive, for example." Without another word, she got onto her motorcycle and started it up. She put on her helmet and had one last thing to say, "I hope you know what you're doing, brother."

"I do," Caleb answered, hoping it was enough for her. He didn't get a response either way because Carrie lowered the visor of her helmet and sped off into the night leaving him to do as he wished in her wake.

End Part 6