When Jamie finished her story, John was in shock. He didn't know if he believed her, but on the other hand, she knew too much. She knew who he was, and that told him something. It was hard to relate the stiff man in the mask to the violent monster he remembered. A part of him wanted to shoot him, but he knew it was useless. "How the hell am I supposed to believe that you managed to stop him from being a killer?" he asked.
"I didn't stop him," Jamie replied. "The curse is too powerful. I don't know how to stop it. I did discover that the same magic that created it can be used to control it, at least to an extent.
"We need you, plain and simple. Michael's not going to be a threat much longer. Right now, the Thorn is working on a new person to carry the curse. We don't have much time. If the curse is passed on, then Michael won't be a problem anymore. They'll kill him. He won't have any value left when there's a new chosen one."
"And this is a bad thing?" John asked wryly.
"For the family who is about to suffer, yes! Let's face it.. the Myers family has few people left. They need to keep the killing going. Michael can take the rest of us out, but then he'll have nothing left to do. So they'll move on to the next family, the next boy," Jamie answered heatedly.
"So what exactly do we need to do?" John asked.
"We have to find the boy. The catalyst is the first kill. That first kill has to be on the date the curse is activated, so to speak. The cursed one will show odd behavior even years before the curse fully comes into play. You're born with it, and it messes with your head. That's how they make it so easy for the curse to fully possess you when the day they choose comes. I know who the one is that they're planning to use. We have to get him away from his family before it begins. I think that if we can do that, destroy the ritual, we might be able to break the curse," Jamie said.
John was torn. He sure as hell didn't want to be within a few thousand miles of this guy. But he knew that he couldn't just sit back and allow this to happen. Jamie explained that they needed all the help they could get. Finally, John responded. "I'll do it," he said huskily.
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Together, the three of them set out to find the chosen one, Danny. Danny was now much older than Michael had been at the first kill, but the cult had focused on the timing instead of the age. Jamie knew there was a chance that it could be her. The odds were minute, as the cult had no clue of her affliction. However, she didn't know if the curse being activated could affect her instead of Danny or with Danny. Either way, it wasn't a chance Jamie was taking. Jamie knew that the thorn kept a close eye on their promised one. So now, here the three of them were, the majority of the remaining Myers, heading back to Haddonfield.
A part of Jamie was looking forward to the trip. She knew that they were going to face something possibly worse than they'd ever seen there, but she'd left something there. Her son, Steven. Jamie had left him as her mother had done her; it was the reason she understood what Laurie had done. Tommy Doyle loved Steven like his own. Jamie wouldn't have left him, but after the night Michael failed to kill her, she knew she had to. If she was anything like Michael, then there was the possibility that she could hurt her son. She wouldn't take that chance. Once, she had chalked up the time she stabbed her foster mother to being connected to Michael's mind. She had honestly thought Michael had worked through her, and that he'd only been able to do that because they'd shared something during that time. When she survived, she knew it there was more to it. She'd never tell Steven who she was, but she'd be able to see he was safe.
John was agitated with Michael in the backseat. They'd had no other option but to drive the distance. John didn't trust that Michael wouldn't suddenly go homicidal on them again. However, he was a young man with no life, and no chance at a life. If he could help break the curse, then he'd be free as well. Free to stay in one place, to have friends, maybe even a family.