Another thanks to laceym and SciFiNutTX for keeping me on track and dealing with my insanity on a daily basis. Thanks to everyone reading and reviewing. I'm glad you all are enjoying this.

Chapter 7

The rest of the trip to Macedonia was pretty quiet. Racheal drove, while Katie tried to get more info about the location. John's truck was sitting outside an abandoned carpet factory. The place had just recently shut down, so most of the equipment was still there. Katie managed to pull up the blue prints on the building so she could get a better idea of the layout and figure out where in the building they would be keeping John.

"So what's the plan?" Racheal asked.

"I think we need to do a little recon first," Katie replied, "see exactly what we're dealing with. If the situation is really bad then we may have to pull John as soon as we get there."

"So if it comes to that, you want me to play sniper again?"

"Exactly. I'm hoping there's only one demon, but I don't think we'll be that lucky. Something tells me they were planning this for a while. We've never found that much sulfur at one of the fires before."

"You think the whole thing was a trap? Well that's just great."

"Yeah, tell me about it. This means that they are worried about John."

"After tonight they better be more worried about us." Racheal said.

"And I'm spossed to be the crazy one." Katie laughed.

They finished gathering their stuff and headed for the factory. It only took a few minutes to get there, but it seemed like forever. They climbed up onto the roof and dropped in from the skylight in the main office.

"Hey Rache?" there was an obvious shake to Katie's voice.

"Yes, dear." Racheal replied, trying not to laugh cause she knew what the next question was gonna be.

"Why is it that every time you and I hook up for a job I have to go up in the air?"

"Because I'm not afraid of heights and you need to face your fear."

"I think you just like to torture me."

"Well, there's that too."

"Man, even John let's me keep my feet on the damn ground." Katie grumbled.

They found John in the middle of the old warehouse. He looked pretty beat up and he was obviously unconscious. There were three people in the room and one of them started to hit John with a piece of wood just after the girls entered the room on the catwalk.

"They're gonna kill him." Katie whispered to Racheal.

"Well, so much for doing recon first. I'll try to pull all three of them out, but no guarantees." Racheal said in a reassuring voice.

"Just be careful Rache. As soon as they get close you head for the car. Bobby would kill me and John if you got hurt."

"No, worries sis. Just get your old man and let me do the rest."

They split up from that point on. Racheal waited until she saw the signal from Katie and then started firing. She nailed all three guards right between the eyes. If they had been human, they would have dropped right where they stood. Instead they looked up at the cat walk where Racheal was hiding and then ran for the stairs. Racheal waited until they could see her and then went back out the skylight she and Katie had come in.

Katie waited until she couldn't see the guards anymore and then ran across the room to John. He was still unconscious and bleeding pretty badly in several places. They had not only been hitting him with that board, but it looked as if he'd been shot several times. She checked to see if he had a pulse and then quickly untied him. It was a good thing she'd spent all her spare time at Stanford lifting weights cause she had to carry John out of there.

She picked up her father in a fireman's carry and headed for the exit that was closest to John's truck. She had just tossed John into the passenger seat when she heard some one come up behind her. She spun around and drew her guns in one swift motion. Standing there was a man with a bullet hole between his eyes.

"Now, just what do you think you're doing?" the demon asked.

Katie didn't answer, she just started firing. There was smoke coming from the holes she put into the demon because she had loaded both of her guns with pure iron rounds. It slowed the demon down just long enough for her to crawl over John into the driver's seat, slam the passenger door, and drive away. She thought about going back to the motel, but decided that John's injuries were too severe to patch up on her own, so she went to the nearest hospital instead. On the way, she called Racheal to let her know where she was taking John and that they had gotten out ok.

Katie parked the truck in front of the emergency room doors, jumped out of the truck, and ran to the reception desk.

"I need help!" she yelled, "My dad's out in the truck and he's been shot!"

The lady at reception called out to a couple nurses behind her and they followed Katie out to John's truck. They loaded him onto a gurney and then took him inside. They tried to make Katie stay in the waiting room, but she refused. She was still arguing with a couple of the nurses about it when Racheal arrived and pulled her out of the way.

"Katie, you gotta let them do their jobs." Racheal said.

"I know that, but they can work around me." Katie snapped back at her friend.

"He's gonna be fine." Racheal said soothingly, "Why don't we go get some coffee so you can calm down a little bit?"

Katie took a deep breath and then nodded. Racheal was right, it would be a lot easier if she were out of the way and not contradicting the doctors orders. Sometimes her medical training just got in the way. She needed time to think of a story to tell the cops when they showed up anyway. She told the receptionist she was going to the cafeteria and then followed Racheal down the hall.