As they headed toward the house, Henry felt it again; the presence was there, he was sure of it.
Will came out to greet them and Henry quickly pulled him aside, "Do you feel it?" Will nodded, good, Henry wasn't crazy.
Henry was still a little freaked out over the whole sunlight thing, but after the events last night, that was the furthest thing from his mind right now.
Samantha was standing on the back poarch with Tori when they got to the house.
"See Sassy, I told you she was beautiful, just like mommy. And you know what, she can kick a.."
"TORI!" All the adults except Samantha, stopped her at the same time. Samantha giggled.
Tori growled a little vamp growl, stomped her foot and said, "UHHHH, you guys are NO fun at all! Man! You treat me like such a baby..." with that she turned on her heel and started for the house, then turned back to say, "Just wait, you are going to see I'm not such a baby one day, soon too." Her feelings were hurt and that was not lost on her mother, grandmother and her aunt. The two men, however, just saw a shorter version of their significant others and knew it was best not to speak.
"She's right though, I can kick ass. Vicki Nelson, you must be Samantha, Maggie's mother. It's so great to finally meet you." she extended her hand. Samantha was more than sure that statement was true, she did raise Maggie after all..
"Oh my Vicki, we are FAMILY, no handshakes," Samanth grabbed Vicki in a warm hug. Upon doing this, Vicki felt that strange prickling power she had felt before. She knew Samantha's abilities must be strong.
Samantha pulled back, "Maggie, why didn't you tell me? Congratulations Vicki!"
Vicki just shook her head and laughed. "This is definitely going to be interesting."
They all headed indoors, with Henry looking back behind him, still wary. He knew it was out there.
Will told them that he had Bes in a protective barrier in his lab that was located in another building on the property.
They all sat down for a serious discussion.
"So what did Bes tell you Will?'" Vicki asked first, trying to get everything organized.
"Well, he said that Sarah?( Will was unaware of who that was.) had come to him and told him that they had a wayward one and he needed to go help. Hence, he showed up here, none too happy really. As he put it "I'm an entertainer and protector, not a lowly banisher," and they laughed at the way Will imitated him.
Samantha spoke up, "Vicki, how much of your power can you use?"
She shrugged, "I don't know really. I know I can block thoughts so far, not much I guess. Maggie was supposed to teach me but I think we might have to put that off. For now, anyway."
"I think we can give you a couple of quick lessons. Besides the way it sounds here, we're going to have to be ready." Samantha motioned for Vicki and Maggie to follow her upstairs. Little did they know, they had about an hour to get ready...not much time.
Will and Henry brainstormed at what they needed to do. Will decided to go get Bes, especially since they could both feel something strange happening. They both heard odd noises from upstairs but chose not to investigate.
Tori came into the room and sat down beside Henry. She looked like a miniature Vicki sitting there in her little black jeans, black long-sleeved t-shirt, her hair drawn back in a pony-tail and black tennis shoes, instead of boots-ass-kicking clothes really.
"Hey there Tori. You okay?" Henry asked smiling at her. He started to sense something and instinctively started to protect Tori. He turned his back on her, looking around.
His eyes turned, fangs protruded and he began to growl, looking for any sign of the one they called Amun. He didn't have to look far.
"Yes Uncle Henry, I'm just fine and I'll be even better when I enter that brother of hers today..." Henry swirled around to face Tori and found that she was glowing, her eyes had bled red and he knew then that Amun had invaded Tori...