Chapter 34: Tonight
"So, what now?" Elliot redirected the conversation. "Well, we find Chase and take him down," Browen said sternly. "Just like that?" Tyler asked. "Yup," Browen answered. "Are you sure you can do this?" Caleb said with concern. "I told you already, I can. That was the point of me doing it, right?" Browen was getting annoyed by the doubt and constant questions."We're going tonight," Browen stated as she walked out to the backyard. She needed to be alone. Can I do this? Shut up me, I can. It won't be easy. Then again, life never is. Because not only does she have to think of them and herself, but her unborn child as well.
She sensed someone behind her. "Reid, I just need some time by myself," she used his first name to stress importance. "No you don't. Besides, you're not alone on this," Reid walked up to next to her. "Thanks but, I just need to clear my head and study the incantation," she moved to sit on the garden bench. "You may have your game face on but I still know when you're bullshitting," he sat next to her. "I'm only part bullshitting. I need to meditate and I needed to get away from the questions and people just looking at me weird," she leaned forward and had her forearms resting on her thighs. "And they're not looking at me weird?!" "True." "They're just caring about you is all." "I know. Still pains in the ass though." Reid cracked a grin. "It is weird though," she leaned onto the back of the bench. "What is?" "Only just now, I realized that we having a kid, when I was thinking of who I'm protecting." "Yeah, I barely getting started on realization myself."
"After all this, I can hide my pregnancy with illusions and finish Spencer. But when he or she is born, I think college is pretty much out of the plan." "Yeah, that sucks." "Well, my family can support me. In all honest opinion, I wasn't striving to be a scholar anyhow." "Yeah, you're too bitchy and beautiful to be stuck in a classroom." "Gee thanks." "What about me?" "What do you mean?" "You sound as if I'm not going to be there." "Reid, I don't expect you to settle just because of me." "Fuck you. I'm the father and the fact that I love you means that I'll be there regardless." "Thanks dude," she lightened the mood. She didn't want to deal with heavy emotions right now. "So, do you think it's a boy or a girl?" Reid thought for a moment, "Doesn't matter. But a boy would be funner." "Funner? I thought I was bad at English."
Pogue, Reid, Elliot, and Browen went back to their own homes and rested for tonight. Browen took a shower and napped. She woke up and ate. They all decided to met where Putnam's barn used to be which has been renamed Putnam's Field. It was nine o'clock at night. Reid drove the hummer and had Caleb, Tyler, Teresa, Alexandra, and Pogue in the car. Browen and Elliot came together. "How do we know he's gonna show up?" Teresa asked softly. "He will," Caleb assured, "He'll sense all of us here, even you." They all stood there in the field just waiting. "You sure you guys are up to it?" Pogue asked Teresa, Alexandra, and Tyler. "Yeah, we're healed up and our Powers are intact," Tyler confirmed. "Good, we need what we can get. Worse comes to worse, we need to just fight him and hope for the best," Pogue slapped his hand on Tyler's shoulder.
A sudden breeze grazed through the trees. Out of the woods, Chase appeared and walked casually towards the group. "I think I allowed enough time to let you think it over. What's this? I see some of your friends were resurrected. Very smart. But truly, do you want another blood bath? Again, I ask just for one of the girls." The group rehearsed a conversation to have in front of Chase. They couldn't just comply because that would seem suspicious. They stage argued and Browen finally surrendered. Reid pulled her quickly to him, "Are you sure?" "Yeah," she whispered. "Be careful." "Yeah," she kissed his cheek. As she was walking to Chase, her heart raced and would looked back to her friends and to Reid. She was recalling the words in her head for the spell.
She clenched her jaw and try to compose her mind. As soon as I get near him, just spit out the words okay, Bro. She stood by Chase's side. "It was sensible of you to do this. Unfortunately, I still need to kill them," Chase raised a hand to summon a blast. Browen grabbed his hand. Chase looked at Browen. Browen's eyes blackened and squeezed her hand to make sure he wouldn't let go. Dark clouds, winds, rain, thunder, and lightening erupted. It was like a monsoon and a hurricane mixed into one. Browen took a quick, deep breath.
The rest of the covenant stood like a front. "Is this suppose to happen?" Alexandra yelled over the wind and thunder. "I think so," Caleb recalled from the Book of Damnation. Chase spat, "What do you think you're doing?!" "Untie the bloodline of greedy ill, I evoke with my will, To fill the void alight, With one that is right ." The weather grew more intense. Many leaves and branches started to break off the trees. Chase tried to break their hands apart. It was too late, a lightening bolt struck the joined hands. The covenant watched in horror. Was this suppose to happen? "Browen!" Reid shouted and started to run. Reid and the others though were blocked by a blast and all fell on their backs. The lightening and wind ceased.
The rain continued and thunder slowly silenced into a distance muffle. There was a burn mark in the ground where Chase and Browen stood. Browen was flat on her back unconscious. Reid beelined to her fallen form. He lifted her head and lightly slapped her face. Reid's drenched hair dripped in front of his face. "Browen?! Come on sweets, wake up. Be the bitch and don't give in." Tyler and Elliot kneeled by Reid. The others went to search for Chase for remains or some kind of confirmation of defeat. "Caleb! Come here!" Pogue called out. The others huddled to Pogue. They saw Chase still alive, but barely. He struggled to breath, "Well done. But did you think you would really win?!"
They saw a glow escaping Chase's body (his Power/life) into a different glow above him. He laughed and knew his death was coming. "You finished me. Looks like one of you are too." With that, Chase stopped breathing and his body broke down into matter and dispersed in the air. The others rejoined Reid, Tyler, and Elliot. "Is she okay?" Teresa started to tear. "Caleb, look in the book to see if she'll be okay," Reid commanded. Caleb looked up the spell and see if it gives some inclination to the outcome. "Reid, it doesn't say anything," Caleb concluded. "Look harder!" Reid gritted. Unaware to all of them, the glow from Chase's body traveled to where they are. "What's that?" Alexandra looked at it strangely with alarm. "I don't know," Caleb confessed.