"You want to what?" Shane sounded pissed and I didn't blame him. I was terrified. I couldn't believe that they wanted to open the door again. We just got back into the real life, without those creatures and they wanted to bring them back.
"We need the door to open. We don't have the power, or the strength at the moment. If we allow them to open it we can go back and take them with us." Nikki said smiling. She looked a little better, but not any stronger.
"But if you don't have the power how are you going to reclose the door?" Eve noticed the same hitch I'd seen.
"We're not." Grant said.
"Okay, when I first met you I thought you were the good guys, then the bad guys and then you turned good again so lets see which side you're on now." I retreated back so Shane could pull me close.
"We are on our side. We don't care if it's good or bad. We do what's best for us and our kind. So say what you want, we don't care. So are you going to help us?" Grant said closing the distance between us.
"What's in it for us?" Michael asked bravely.
"You get to stay alive." Nikki laid back again covering her eyes like it was too bright.
"Oh and that's such a great reason." Shane said.
Suddenly Shane's are was absent from around my waist. I turned and saw him glued against the wall.
"It is, because in the past three years we have become so brutal. We've killed so—"
"Grant, you need to calm down. Control the sin."
"You're not wrath anymore?" Eve asked trying to distract them.
"We both are. We are each all of the sins. It was the only way to make sure someone embodied all the sins. We each took half of the power of each. But poor Grant is having a little problem adjusting." Nikki laughed.
"You don't seem to worried." Michael sounded nervous.
"Why should I be? It's not like he had the power to do any real damage. We told you. Coming through the door wiped us out. It might have almost killed me, but he had to use a fair amount of magic to keep it open long enough."
"Can't you tell him to let Shane go!" I yelled looking back and forth. Shane was starting to turn a bit blue in the face.
"Are you going to help us?" She asked no concern coloring her voice.
"Yes! Fine whatever you need!" I said still paralyzed.
"Grant, come here." Nikki pushed herself up as Grant kneeled down in front of her. She leaned forward and kissed him. It wasn't a make out session, but it wasn't just a peck. They truly loved each other and that was clear.
There was a loud thud as Shane hit the floor. I ran over and grabbed his face. The faint pink tint was returning to his cheeks, but his eyes remained closed. He remained unconscious as I rested his head against the wall softly.
"Okay, we played into your hand. So now what?" Michael asked. But it didn't seem like either of them were listen. They were still in their lip lock. Nikki broke away and rested her head forehead against Grant's and said something inaudible.
"As for what you can do it's simple. Go about your normal life. For now. We can't do anything more until the door opens more. Which could be days, months, or years. We really don't know how many people or how powerful these witches are." Nikki said patting Grant's head like a dog.
"So we'll need a place to stay." Grant sounded so relaxed and vulnerable.
"Are you asking to stay here?" Eve asked steel in her voice.
"Not asking, telling. How else do you propose we get a place to stay? We can't stay at a hotel I mean we don't have money, or even a license. We are technically dead on this half of the world."
"Okay you can stay in my room." I said. It was the farthest from any of ours so they wouldn't be able to do anything stupid like listening to us, and we wouldn't have to listen to them.
"Perfect. We'll see you guys in the morning." Nikki pulled Grant up and lead him up the stairs. I waited till i heard the door shut before I ran over to Eve and Michael.
"What do we do?" I asked quietly.
"Help them." Michael sighed.
"We don't have a choice really. They could rip our world apart if we go against them." Eve said.
"And in retrospect having them stay here isn't the worst they could ask us to do." Michael said wisely.
"Okay." I gave in. I wasn't ecstatic to have my sister back but I guess it could have been worse.
"We'll talk more about it tomorrow. I think we're all just a bit to frazzled." Michael and Eve left to head up to his room. I made sure all the doors were locked before I sat down next to Shane. He'd slumped over and I put his head in my lap. I was perfectly content to fall asleep there, but the minute I started brushing his hair he started to stir.
"What happened?" He was so out of it.
"Nothing really, just a new deal was made. Come on. Lets go up to your room and get some sleep. I'm sure we'll be talking about it for the next few days. Come one." I helped him up and we made our way up the stairs. I changed into a pair of flannel shorts and a used tank top. Shane changed into a pair of sweats and jumped onto the bed. He looked tons better and I was ready to put that to the test.
I stood by the door and waited till Shane looked at my with that grin that set my heart on fire.
"You coming to bed?" His voice was husky and I knew he was thinking the same thing I was.
"I'll get into the, but I don't know about sleeping." I said slowing stepping towards him.
"Oh good I don't know if I could sleep either." By now I'd reached the edge of his bed and I rested my knees against the edge. We looked at each other for a minute before he grabbed me around my waist and pulled me onto the bed.
And for the rest of that night I completely forgot about Nikki and Grant. I forgot about every worry all I thought about was Shane. And I never wanted to get up.
Thank you to all of you who have read this far and I hope this was a nice way to end your week or start your weekend or just take a break depending on when you read this. Please review this chapter, or the story in general. I love hearing what you guys have to say.~vMollie James