Kayla

The train ride was boring as ever, though Dean seemed intent on glaring at anyone who dared to come near our seats.

"Dean, stop glaring."

"Never." he replied, though he eased the glare as the train stopped again. Three more stops. A group of girls got in and looked Dean over.

"Hey mister, you could do so much better than her." one of them said. I winced as I felt Dean tense next to me.

"What did you say?"

"Leave it Dean."

"I said, you could do much better than that skank." they replied. This could go two ways, either he would yell at them, or her would just clam up.

"First of all, she's an amazing person." oh, so neither.

"Every one seems to say that, you're punching way below your weight though."

"I'm not done. Secondly, she's saved my life more times than you're applied foundation to your pasty face." he said. I had to stifle a laugh as they processed what he had said before glaring at me.

"How did she save your life, I bet she can barely run." one of them said before they all started to laugh. Dean went to reply but I stood up and walked over to them.

"I saved his life by stopping him from getting into unnecessary fights. And for your information my job involves a lot of running. So you just sit there looking pretty whilst I try to save the world." I said before going to sit back down as the train pulled up.

Dean smiled at me before I looked at the stop.

"Our stop, lets go." I said as the train came to a halt. I got out and started towards the stairs.

"How far do you even live, I thought college was near Sienna?" Dean asked as we started the 20 minute walk to my house.

"It is. I live about an hour and a half from it." I replied as I started down the roads I was getting bored of seeing.

The walk to my home was boring and quiet. That changed as we reached my road. There were a couple of young kids outside playing in the road who stopped and looked a me.

"I thought she'd gone away?"

"She had. Or at least her mum said so." the other replied before walking up to me. "Are you really back?" they asked as they tugged at my shirt.

"I'm on a break from my job, but yeah, I am back." I replied. They smiled and ran towards there house, knocking on the door hard. I rolled my eyes and walked over to the red door that I remembered painting in the middle of summer a couple of years ago. I raised my hand and knocked. No one answered, but mum should still be home.

I looked over at Dean as the wind changed. The smell of sulphur caught my interest, as did it catch Dean's. He walked past me and kicked the door. I started to chant the words S had taught me as I walked into the room.

My mum was sat on the floor, her head lolled onto her shoulder with blood coming out of her mouth. I almost threw all caution to the wind, almost. Dean however did. He ran over to her and pressed his fingers to her neck.

"She's still alive."

"Get her out of here, call an ambulance." I said before starting up the stairs.

"Where are you going?"

"My step sisters are still here, or should be." I replied in a whisper as I started up the stairs slowly. There was blood there too. It was on the doors, like some sort of macabre children's painting. The door to their room was open and I could here some one inside, quite crying.

I held my hand in front of me as I pushed the door open slowly. The crying stopped instantly and was instead replaced with the sounds of movement.

"Get under the bed, I'll protect you."

"Olly, it's me." I said as I opened the door fully. The two girls stopped, Olly standing up straight and looking at me whilst Neeks got out from under the bed. Olly placed a hand in front of Neeks and spoke.

"How do we know it''s you?"

"Because I can do this." I said as I joined my hands together and made the wave motion with my arms. Olly didn't seem that convinced. "What did the thing that attacked you look like?" I asked finally.

"It looked like a person, but they had black eyes. I mean black black eyes, not dark brown." Neeks said as she walked past Olly.

"Demon." Dean's voice from the other side of the door. They both started and looked at him. I turned and glared at him.

"You're meant to be outside with my mum." I said. He conceded the point and turned to leave. "Did the demon hurt you?" they shook their heads and I picked them up, glad that they were both still young. I ran back down the stairs and through the front door, almost into Dean.

"Mum!" Olly yelled as she saw mum on the floor, unconscious. She struggled free and ran to her side, skidding on the grass. Neeks wasn't far behind her and they both pressed their hands against her face and tried to wake her up.

"So, where's the demon?" I asked Dean as he looked up and down the street.

"It wouldn't just leave." he replied as the kids from across the road ran up to mum and looked at her.

"Is she okay?" the little girl asked.

"Christo." I whispered. The girl flinched and Dean and I shared a look. "Get away from her." I demanded as the girl stood up, her eyes turning black.

"Now why would I do that?"

"Exorcizamus te omnis immundus spiritus-" Dean faltered, his knowledge of latin failing him.

"Omnis satanica potestas, omnis incursio infernalis adversarii, omnis legio, omnis congregatio et secta diabolica." the girl started to thrash and leaped at me.

"Ergo, draco maledicte. Ecclesiam taum securi tibi favias libertate servire te rogamus, Audi nos." Dean finished. The girl smoked out over me and I turned my head to avoid it. The girl fell on top of me and I gently pushed her off as the ambulance arrived.

I stood up and walked over to my sisters and gently spoke to them.

"That was the demon. It's gone now, but you may be in danger because you're related to me." I said as the paramedic walked over. Dean followed him and stood at my side.

"Long time no see Kayla, how is everything?"

"Everything's fine with me, my mother on the other hand." I stepped aside and gestured at my mother. He immediately took her pulse and seemed happy with it.

"I already checked, she's alive." Dean said. The paramedic looked at him, barely hiding a glare.

"Just doing my job. Who are you?"

"Dean Christo." he replied.

"That's an odd last name." he replied without flinching. Dean and I shared a look. No more demons. Dean shrugged then started towards us, picking up Olly.

"Sorry man, just edgy." Dean said, as the paramedic, a kid called Dan if I remembered right. He checked her pulse again and checked her breathing before grabbing something from his bag and cleaning the cut on her head. I didn't pay much attention, this was all normal, or as normal as normal was now. His partner pulled out a stretcher and they picked her up, wheeling her to the ambulance.

"You gonna come with? We might have space for all of you." Dan asked. I didn't bother looking at Dean, this was my mother and I had to tell her something. I was going with her to the hospital.

"Yeah." I said. I'd never been in an ambulance so this was an experience I could tick off my bucket list.

It was a short ride, with the blues and twos on it seemed even shorter. Dean had offered to stay behind and call Sienna so that she could take him to the hospital. When we got to the hospital Sienna was pulling up, her bike could go faster than the ambulance could through traffic. Dean pulled his helmet off and started after us as the paramedic took mum inside.

We waited for what seemed like forever, at one point Sienna took Olly and Neeks to school, saying that they would only get bored sat here and missing out on their education was no good. I promised to keep them updated.

"Kayla Mac?" a nurse asked making me look up. I raised my hand and the nurse walked over to me. "Your mother is now stable and conscious if you want to go see her." Dean and I stood up and followed the nurse. She turned and stopped Dean.

"Sorry, only family." Dean conceded and raised his hands, walking back to the waiting room as the nurse and I continued down the hall. She stopped outside a room which contained three beds. My mum was on the one nearest the window, looking out .

"Mum." I said quietly. She looked over a me and started.

"Kayla, honey are you back?"

"For now, yeah." I replied quickly as I sat down.

"Are you alright?"

"Honestly, I haven't had the time to question it. Look, I came here to tell you what's been happening." I said. Mum nodded.

"I was going to ask."

"Well, since we left, S and I, we found out why stuff got so bad. It was because the demons in hell are rebelling."

"Well that makes perfect sense." it took a moment for me to realise that she was being sarcastic.

"Our acquaintance, Crowley, is the current king of hell, we want him to stay like that. Others in hell don't-"

"So hell is having a civil war and you've got caught up in it."

"Yeah."

"Well then, why are you here?"

"To tell you that?"

"No I meant why are you in England?"

"We've been away for so long, with so little warning, we wanted to come back if only to have a break from all this." I replied. Mum nodded, as though understanding it.

"I understand. What are you planning on doing whilst you're here?"

" Honestly I don't quite know. We've been spreading the word about demons and how to tell if people are them. What to do if they are, that sort of -"

"That doesn't sound like a break."

"The only thing that had a beak lately was my neck." I said with a grin before I realised that death probably wasn't a good thing to joke about in a hospital. Mum raised her eyebrows at the comment and I shrugged.

"I died, I got better. Either way, are you alright?"

"Kinda confused as to why I'm here but other than that I appear to be okay."

"A demon attacked you, and Neeks and Olly, they're both alright, S took them to school."

"They're okay, and in school?"

"Yeah, they had hidden in their room, they locked the door and- well honestly I don't know how they're okay that wouldn't normally sop a demon. They were here for a while, but S took hem to school cause they were getting bored of waiting. Actually I promised to keep them updated." I realised as I stood up.

"Go call them- or at least the school. I'll be fine in bed." mum said before waving me off. I left the room and started down the corridor, turning on my phone as I reached the waiting room.

"How is she?" Dean asked, waving to Sienna as she walked through the door, helmet in hand.

"She's fine." I replied. " I'm just gonna call the school so that they can inform Olly and Neeks that mums awake and fine." I said before continuing through the doors. Sienna walked past me and grabbed my shoulder, stopping me.

"Did you tell her?" she asked, glancing down the corridor I had come from.

"I did."

"Would you like me to take Dean back to my home so that he doesn't have to wait around here?" she asked. "Also, I can only take one person on my bike at a time, if I take Dean now then I can take you later."

"Sure, you're just a call away."

"Right. I'll get Dean then." she said before letting go of my arm and walking over to Dean.

"We're going." I heard her say as I left the hospital and rang the number for the school. They walked out as the person at reception picked up.

"Hello, this is Bell Hill primary school." I recognised her voice, she's been working there when I was a kid. "How can I help?"

"This is Kayla Mac, I just wanted to let you know that Olivia and Nicole's mother is okay and awake." I said calmly. I heard the jot of a pen hen a humming noise as Sienna revved her bike and left fast.

"Okay, I'll go tell them now, they're in lesson at the moment. Thank you for letting us know, we were all a bit worried considering that you mum normally drops them off, not your biker friend."

"Well, I was at the hospital." I said. "Thanks for letting them know."

"That's alright."

I hung up and turned my phone of before going back inside and staying with mum. I stayed with her for three hours, explaining what had happened in as much detail as I could, telling her how Sienna had died and how she had come back. I paused when I told her about what had happened today, I couldn't deny it, my wringing wet hair proved that I had gone swimming. So I told her as much as I knew, about how S had sold her soul for me. Mum thanked her for that, said that when she got out she'd find the girl and give her a hug.

"So she sold her soul for your life, just like that?"

"Yeah. Just like that. She's an idiot."

"I'll agree to that, but you're alive because of it."

"Yeah, but she'll die in ten years, ripped to shreds by hell hounds." I countered. I didn't want to believe that Sienna had done the right thing.

"So she has ten years, you have the rest of your life, and as you said, it's not like death is permanent with the lot you hang out with." mum replied with a smile. I guess she was right. She yawned and I looked at the clock over head. It was barely two in the afternoon, but I guess being attacked by a demon takes it out of you.

"I think visiting hours are about to finish. I should go, leave you to sleep." I said before standing and handing a anti possession necklace to her. A nurse walked in and checked the IV attached to mum.

"Thanks for saving my life." mum said with a smile before weakly pulling up the cover.

"You're welcome, I guess. Put the necklace on and it'll stop you from being possessed." I said before leaving. I pulled my phone out and turned it on before dialling the number I had memorised for Sienna. She picked up after the second ring.

"Want me to come pick you up?" she asked, sounding out of breath, like she had just jumped for the phone.

"Yeah, please."

"Okay, I'll be there in like fifteen minutes." she replied before hanging up. I leant against the wall and looked up at the grey sky, one thing I hadn't missed in the slightest.

"You look bored." a guys voice to my left said, I didn't recognise it.

"Waiting for a someone" I replied, giving them a once over. They were tall, civilian clothes so they weren't a patient, and smoking.

"Inside?"

"Picking me up." I replied as they walked over to me.

"Same, I would go in but, no point really." they said as they leant against the wall. Something was off about them.

"Nah, there isn't really. The doors don't really stay closed so it's not like your gaining heat."

"Exactly. Who you waiting for?"

"A friend, you?"

"My dad. He's not gonna be happy when he gets here though."

"Oh yeah, how come?"

"I got into a car crash, the kids I hit were taken into surgery, I said I'd visit once I'd gotten home and changed out of these rags."

"They all okay?"

"Nothing too serious, badly broken leg, that was about the worst."

"Why'd you hit 'em?"

"I didn't do it on purpose. I got rammed and lost control. Why are you here?"

"Burglar broke into my house and beat up my mum pretty bad."

"She okay?"

"Been better, but stable."

"Well that's no good."

I looked at him, his eyes going black for a second before he blinked and took a step back.

"Get the hell away from me." he said sounding panicked. Was he fighting it down?

I racked my brain, I had to stop him but I didn't know an exorcism totally off heart, not suddenly like this. Then I remembered the magic S had taught me.

"Tha mi a 'ghairm teine. Tha mi a 'cumail smachd air tiene." I said under my breath. The flame appeared between my hands and I threw it to the floor, willing it to burn a devils trap in the floor.

"What the hell are you doing?" the man asked, eyes wide.

"Step into I, It'll nullify the demon. It won't be able to do anything." I said. The man stepped inside without doubting me. The demon instantly glared at be, his eyes going black. I reached into my pocket, mentally hitting my head, before pressing play on the voice recording of the exorcism. The demon smoked out and the man slumped forwards as Sienna rounded the corner.

"You should be okay now." I said as S pulled up and handed me the second helmet.

"Get on dweeb, we're going home." she said with a smile as I got on behind her. "Hold on tight." she said as I looped my arms around her waist.

"You're early."

"I'm a motorbike, I can get through traffic easier." she replied before starting down the road. It took about twelve minutes before we got to her house. We pulled up and she took the helmet from me and shoved it in the side compartments.

"Tell me you have your keys." I said as I reached the door.

"Of course I do numb ass." she replied before unlocking the door.