Author's Note: Here's the sequel I promised. This story is dedicated to my friend LuMezenga who had the main idea for the plot. Again I do not own anything, all those rights go straight to Joseph Delaney. Hope you like it. Read and review it.

Chapter 15: A Strange Help

We walked in the empty street just following Stefan, who had said he knew somewhere to stay for a while. I haven't spoken with Tom, but I knew he was angry and sad. Stefan was walking in front of us and once in a while he looked back at us. We passed through a dark alley and there was someone waiting for us.

"Hey!" the voice called and all of us stopped.

The person came closer and we entered the alley. The person finally stepped into the moonlight and we saw Mary.

"What are you doing here?" Tom asked.

"She's a witch and I think she wants to help," I said.

"Can we trust her?" Stefan got into the conversation.

"Mary, can we trust you?" I asked her and she looked at her shoes. She just seemed sad.

"Yes… I mean, I know what blew up that house earlier. My father got suspicious and we argued. I didn't know what to do, so I ran. I'm going to my aunt's house, but I don't have any place to spend the night. And I wanted to talk to you because I want to help. Make things rights to make up for my past mistakes, like letting that witch get Tom. I knew she wasn't up to any good, but I didn't do anything to stop her," she answered.

She seemed honest and we could use some help. Stefan was suspicious at first, but, in the end, he agreed to let her go with us to wherever we were going.

We walked through the night until we got to an old house. We entered it and sat on the floor of the living room, which was empty. We stayed in silence for the first couple of minutes and Mary was the one who broke the silence.

"I know how to destroy Fiend, but I don't know what consequences there are. Are you sure you want to go on with it?" she said.

"Yes," Stefan answered.

"Fine. You are going to need 2 bottles of love potion, a sword and a lot of luck."

"We don't have any of those items," Tom pointed out disappointed.

"Well, at least you have some of the third item. It happens that I brought you a very special sword made by some old witches from Pendle," she continued.

"How did you get this sword? I've only heard some stories about it. I never thought it was real," I said curiously.

"My mom's entire family is from Pendle. She was a witch just like me and one of her ancestral helped to create this sword so it stayed in my family as a relic," she explained.

"Wait!" I said suddenly. "Stefan didn't I asked you to get a love potion?"

"Lizzie got to the church before I could get it. I'm sorry," he replied.

"Damn it!" Tom cursed.

"Do you guys think I'm that stupid? I came prepared, so brought the love potion too," Mary said rolling her eyes.

"Nice, let's go there now," Stefan got up.

"You're pretty stupid for a demigod, you know?" Mary replied in a bored tone.

"Trust me, I already told him so," I said to her and turned to him. "Just sit back down, Stefan."

He rolled his eyes and sat down.

"Good," Mary said. "Have you decided who will kill Fiend?"

"I will," Stefan and Tom said together.

They looked at each other. Tom was confused and Stefan was angry. Stefan got up again to try to look superior, but Tom wouldn't let Stefan confront him that easily, so he got up too.

"Who do you think you are?" Stefan asked angrily.

"I am the spook. It's my duty to protect this County from the dark creatures. Fiend is the master of the dark. Once he is a threat to the County, I am the one who is supposed to get rid of him," Tom answered.

"He is my father. I want revenge. I'm the one who hates him the most. I don't care if something happens to me, but I'm sure you're dear girlfriend won't let you get hurt, which means you won't be able to do everything, even if it means to die. If I'm going to do this, Fiend has less than 24 hours," Stefan answered.

Tom didn't say anything, so I got up and stood between them. I looked at Tom.

"He is right and you know it," I said.

He didn't look back at me and left the house. I followed him because at that moment the last thing he should be thinking about was all that mess I got us into. Tom stood near the street looking at nothing specifically.

"Go away, Alice," he said.

"I'm sorry," I said standing next to him. "I really am," he didn't answer so I continued. "You saw what happened to Jason, didn't you?" There was still no answer. "It's ok to be mad at me, but it was you or him and you're much more important to me and to the whole County."

Tom turned and grabbed my arms fiercely. He made me look at him. He was crying, but his eyes screamed something more than just sadness. I could see a lot of anger on them.

"Then it should have been me. I'm supposed to protect the County or die trying to do it so," he whispered angrily.

"You're hurting me," I said trying to not to get mad at him. He had never been so rude to me. "Tom, please, let me go and we can talk."

He looked at me again, but this time his eyes were softer. He realized what he was doing and slowly he let me go, but he started to cry even more.

"Alice, I'm sorry," he said and hugged me.

"It's okay, Tom. You have the right to be mad at me, but I wouldn't forgive myself if I had let you die. And I still think Stefan is right," I said and he let go of me. "I know it's your job, but if something happens, it'll happen to him and then we won't have to worry about killing him, because that's why we came here in the first place."

"Fine, he can do it, but I'll go with him. I don't trust him that much," he said annoyed.

"I'm coming too," I said and he rolled his eyes. "I don't care if you don't want me there. I'm going with you and there won't be a discussion about it."

Tom smiled and agreed. I leaned forward and kissed him. Together, then, we got back to the house, where Stefan was talking to Mary. They looked at us waiting for answers. Tom told them that Stefan should do it and Mary asked us to sit down so we could plan Fiend's death. We stayed awake for a while. Planning how to kill Fiend wasn't an easy task.

"It seems that you've got a good plan. It'll be better if we all sleep now. When the sun starts to rise, you guys can leave," Mary said when we finished.

"Aren't you coming with us?" Tom asked.

"No, I can help, but I don't want to get into this mess. I was going to my aunt's house and I still am. I'm planning to get there by lunch time," she answered.

We all found a place to sleep after a while. It was hard to sleep at first. Too many things were going through my mind, but after all I could relax a bit. The next day was going to be rough and I needed to rest.