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 16: Gone
The sun started to rise and we were already saying good bye. As soon as Mary left, we headed to the church with the potions, the sword and not feeling lucky at all.
We entered the church by a small secret door on its left side. We walked through a silent hall and the church seemed empty. A sound came from the stairs that led to the cells. We went down stairs and we saw Mab screaming in a locked cell.
"Where is he?" Stefan asked.
"Open the cell," she pleaded.
"Tell us where he is or you die," Stefan replied showing her the sword.
"He's on the first floor, sleeping. He has human needs now, because he's on Jason's body. Now, let me go," Mab said.
Stefan ignored her and got upstairs. Tom and I followed him, leaving Mab behind screaming. We went to the first floor. Stefan opened, basically, every door he could find, but there wasn't anybody in any of the rooms.
We got back to the cells. Stefan was furious but Mab wasn't in her cell anymore. She had fooled us and Fiend probably already knew we were there. Stefan stormed out of the cells back to the main room of the church, where the ritual was made. Tom and I didn't have any other choice, but to follow him. We got to the room and it was just like we left it. The candles and the pentagram were still on the floor. Bony Lizzie's dead body was dumped in one of the corners and only a few sun shines were illuminating the room. Stefan was almost going crazy, walking side to side, and looking for something or someone. Tom and I were confused, but suddenly he turned to us.
"He knows we are here. So, it's pointless for you to hide. He'll try to mess up with our heads. Don't let him, we have something important to do here," Stefan said worried.
"Don't talk to us like we're children. I know how to do my job and Alice isn't stupid either," Tom snapped back.
"Just don't ruin the plan," Stefan got mad.
"I'm the one who is supposed to worry about you ruining it," Tom answered.
"Shut up! Both of you!" I basically screamed. "Can't you see what's happening? Fiend already got into your minds. We can't split the group, not now."
"Fiend isn't on my mind. I really don't like him," Stefan pointed to Tom and looking at me surprised because I screamed.
"Well, I don't like you either," Tom pointed out.
"I don't care if you like each other or not. You both have an interest in common and that's why we're all going to work together," I said angrily.
None of them said anything. They just put their heads down and nodded. I was happy, because after all they didn't argue back with me. However, my happiness didn't last much because Mab showed up again. Her eyes were pure evil and she was smirking.
"You never give up, do you?" she asked.
"He's in her mind," Stefan whispered to me.
"Oh, really? Don't tell," I whispered back sarcastically.
Mab went to the back of the room, while Stefan, Tom and I tried to understand what she was doing. She stared at us and raised her hands. She muttered a spell and all of the windows broke in our heads. I was a little slow, but I could cast a spell just in time and the pieces of glass turned into water. It was close, but I wasn't sure if I could do it again so fast. Tom and Stefan kept looking at me surprised and Mab didn't seem happy. She started walking towards me.
"You always know how to ruin everything! Now I understand what I should have done long ago," she got in front of me and reached out her hands and put them around my neck. "I'm going to kill you!"
I tried to make her let me go. I struggled to breathe while Tom and Stefan tried to make her away from me, but something hit her head and she passed out.
"Are you okay?" Tom asked.
I was breathing heavily, so I just nodded. Jason's body, then, appeared out of nowhere. Fiend was laughing and he had creepy look on his face.
"Don't you hate when you're trying to control someone and the person just doesn't collaborate?" he asked.
We looked at him trying to look courageous and not afraid.
"You have no sense of humor," he continued. "Oh! I remembered, you're here to do something great. Save the County. Become heroes because you killed the master of the dark and blah, blah, blah."
Fiend started to walk towards us. He had a twisted expression and it seemed I was the target. Suddenly, he made an unexpected move towards me. Tom was the fastest and threw his silver chain at Fiend. However, before the chain get to him, Fiend grabbed it and pulled it to him. Tom was still holding the other end of the chain so he fell down at Fiend's feet.
"Do you actually think you can stop me with a silver chain?" Fiend asked grabbing Tom by his neck and putting him up so his feet weren't touching the floor. "You don't seem so brave now."
He laughed and threw Tom at a wall. Tom hit his head on the wall and fell on the ground unconscious. I was about to confront Fiend and kill him myself, but Stefan got in front of me and attacked Fiend. They both fell on the ground fighting and punching each other. Fiend pushed Stefan away and they both got up gasping. Stefan opened one of the love potion's bottles he should throw at Fiend. If the potion touched Fiend, it would inhibit his power, he would get dizzy and that would be the perfect time to kill him with the sword. Stefan attacked Fiend again, but he missed. He looked at me and threw the second bottle to me.
"Help me," he said.
I grabbed the bottle and opened it. Stefan and I tried to circle Fiend, but he went after Stefan and he was pretty mad. Fiend grabbed Stefan and threw him at another wall. Luckily for me, Stefan was strongest than Tom, so he didn't get so hurt and he was still able to help me. I gathered all my courage and ran towards Fiend. I couldn't miss and I was the only chance we had. I passed by him so fast that he was caught out of guard, so I threw the potion at him.
Fiend's skin started to bubble and he fell on his knees, but he could still crawl pretty fast for someone in pain. He came after me and I stepped back. Stefan, quietly, got up and raised the sword. Fiend didn't hear him and the attack was a complete surprise. Stefan cut Fiend's head off and my clothes got soaked with blood. Fiend's body almost fell on my feet.
"Start the fire before he gets back," Stefan told me breathing heavily.
"Are you okay?" I asked while I ripped off a piece of Fiend's clothes to start the fire.
"Yes, just do it."
I was so nervous that I had to get concentrated a few times to do the spell correctly. I finally got it and made a big amount of fire. Stefan threw Fiend's body and head on the fire, while I ran towards Tom to see if he was okay. In a few seconds, the fire extinguished and Fiend became ashes. Mab, finally, woke up and looked around curiously. However, there was no time to think about anything because the floor started shaking and a rupture started to open and a hole with flames of fire appeared. An invisible force pulled Stefan to the hole and he almost fell on it.
"Quickly, Stefan! Grab at something," I screamed.
Unfortunately, the closest thing from him was Mab's ankle. He grabbed her, but she wasn't strong enough to pull him. So they both fell into the hole with fire, that later Tom and I interpreted it as hell. Stefan took Fiend's place that day when he killed him and thankfully he took Mab with him.
The fire swallowed them and the rupture closed. When it happened, I felt a strong pain in my chest and everything went black.
