Chapter 18: Defeated
Marie, Kara, Lily, and Nathan stood away from the Thermos as they waited and discussed the plan. "Remember," Kara told them, "ecto-energy will only make him stronger. But he can be hurt if you hit him hard enough. You three need to weaken him as much as you can, then I'll send him packing. Understood?" Marie, Lily, and Nathan nodded. As they waited for the demon to appear Marie whispered a prayer, "Anima Christi. Soul of Christ, make us holy. Body of Christ, save us. Blood of Christ, fill us with love. Water from Christ's side, wash us. Passion of Christ, strengthen us. Good Jesus, hear me. Within your wounds, hide us. Never let us be parted from you. From the evil enemy, protect us. At the hour of our deaths, call us, and tell us to come to you that with your saints we may praise you through all eternity. Amen."
Marie waited until she saw the black form come near the Thermos filled with energy. Marie quickly crossed herself and said, "God help us." She looked to Kara who signaled for her to wait. The demon's wings folded back and it walked toward the Thermos. "NOW!" Kara shouted, Marie, Lily, and Nathan flew forward and punched the demon back. "You will all BURN!" the demon roared and blasted them back with an energy ray from its eyes. Marie blasted back with her lightning, stunning it and allowing Lily and Nathan to hit it hard. The demon attempted to attack them, but Marie flew faster than the eye could follow and bashed the demon back.
"Face my spawn, wench!" the demon yelled as it cut its arm and released ten small demons that went after Marie. Marie flew off, leaving the main demon to Lily and Nathan. Nathan flew low and dodged the demon's tail and kicked it up to the sky as hard as he could. Lily tried to follow up with her own kick, only to get hit with another eye-beam. "LILY!" Nathan screamed, flying to her. Nathan made an ecto-energy shield just in time to protect him and Lily from the blast. The demon destroyed the shield with his fist, Lily and Nathan barely avoided its talons.
Marie fought hard against the smaller demons, getting scratched and bit hard. Marie then let her electricity blast out of her, gaining her the space she needed to speedily fly around and beat the demons further before finishing them off with her electrical ball attack. Marie saw Nathan and Lily barely dodging the demon's attacks and flew at it as hard as she could. Nathan and Lily almost got hit with a tail swipe before they saw Marie hit the demon like a missile, sending it back and down to earth. "Together!" Lily yelled, and the three halfas flew down and pummeled the stunned demon as hard as they could. "Now, GET BACK!" Kara yelled, and they flew back from the demon.
"NADINH DU PAOUHT!" Kara yelled, and an orange portal surrounded the demon. "NO!" the demon screamed as he was sucked into the portal. Marie, Lily, and Nathan flew down and turned human, exhausted from the fight. "Is it over?" Lily asked. "He won't come back," Kara assured them. "Thank God," Marie exhaustedly exclaimed as she sat down on the ground.