The three of them walked into the foyer, staying close to each other as they glared out into the rest of the house.

A creak in the wood alarmed Deputy Olsen as he pulled out his gun and aimed it out into the dark.

"That's not going to help you." Elise muttered.

"It makes me feel better." He retorted.

Footsteps began to come from the living room, Elise managed to turn her flashlight on, only to see a cloud of darkness.

Harold guided his daughter a few steps back as the footsteps began to get stronger before they suddenly stopped.

Elise waited a moment when something slid across the floor and stopped at her feet, she handed the flashlight to her father as she picked up the 8mm tin case.

She opened the case to find it empty.

Harold looked at Elise "What does this mean?" he asked.

Elise looked out into the darkness "Over my dead body." She said, dropping the case and slowly walking out of the foyer and towards the living room.

"Elise!" Harold protested.

"Dad, this fight is mine." She said, walking up to the darkness, trying to see something beyond the darkness when something grabbed her and pulled her into the darkness.

Harold cried out, beginning to run towards the darkness while Deputy Olsen held him back "He wins if you both die, she'll be fine!" he proclaimed.

The sounds of crashing and screamed were all they could hear as Harold looked out in fear while Deputy Olsen aimed his gun into the darkness "Just wait, she's got this!" he assured Harold.

The lights turned back on the house and Elise sat on the floor, her hair a mess and her clothes torn as she huffed and puffed.

"Elise!" Harold called out as he rushed to his daughter side.

Elise looked down to see her hand grasping cloth as she let it go to see a piece of Bughuul's suit; she let it fall to the floor as Harold slowly picked her up.

"Are you alright?" Deputy Olsen asked as he walked towards the both of them.

Elise was dumbstruck as Harold guided her to the couch and sat her down, Deputy Olsen and Harold both waited for Elise to say something.

"Sweetie?" Harold asked.

Elise turned to her father "…we have to end this." She said.

"I know." Harold said.

Elise shook her head "No, we have to end this now!" she said, beginning to choke up on tears.

Deputy Olsen handed a tissue from the box on the living table to Elise as she took it and began to brush away forming tears.

Harold held his daughters' hand when the sound of Deputy Olsens' radio began to sound off a crime in progress.

Deputy Olsen stood awkwardly as Elise looked up to him "You should go." She said softly.

He simply nodded as he began to walk backwards then towards the door as he left to take care of his business.

Harold sighed as he rubbed his eyes "Elise," he said "What do we do?" he asked.

Elise shrugged "I don't know…" she said.

They sat in the back yard, using their outdoor fireplace as they made s'mores in silence.

Elise adjusted herself and her blanket in her chair as she burnt her marshmallow, she was thinking of a way to end all of this as she looked into the flames of the pit.

"Elise?" Harold asked.

She continued to look into the flame as the wheels in her head were starting to turn; her father continued to call out for her when she finally turned to him.

"We have to burn down the house." Elise said.

Harold cocked an eye brow "What?"

"He's connected to the house…no house, no Bughuul." Elise said softly.

Harold shook his head "No, it can't be that simple." He retorted.

Elise huffed "Dad, we have to do something!"

"…we'd have to make it look like an accident." Harold said, sitting back in his chair.

Elise nodded "Yeah…" she said, throwing her stick with the burnt marshmallow into the pit before standing up.

She looked at the house before she looked back to the pit, then at the house again as she smirked.

Harold looked at his daughter "…I take it you have a plan?"

"…is there anything vitally important in the house you need?"

"Everything in that house is replaceable…except for you." Harold told her.

Elise nodded "Okay, then." She said, picking up a large dying leaf off the ground and caught it on fire.

She hurried to the house before it could burn her fingers and adjusted the leaf into the paneling of the house; it didn't take long for the paneling to succumb to the flames while Harold and Elise sat at the pit and felt the warmth on their backs.

They had waited awhile before calling the fire department; they wanted to make sure the house couldn't be salvaged before taking action.

Elise and Harold had moved to the front yard as the fire department attempted to put out the fire while the police were speaking to the both of them.

"I'm sorry, I'm just trying to comprehend what could have caused this!" Elise said, putting on a good show for the office.

The office nodded "It's alright, ma'am." He said.

Elise sighed as she shook her head "…I went to bed after midnight…I was," she gasped as she looked at her father "…the pit! Oh my god! I was outside making s'mores, and I went back inside to get more marshmallows, but I got a call on my cell phone." She said, not covering her mouth.

"How long were you on the phone?" the officer asked.

Elise shrugged "Long enough to forget about the pit apparently."

The officer nodded "Alright, well we'll figure it out once this is all said and done." He said before walking away.

Harold smirked "You should have gone to drama school." He said with a chuckle.

Elise sighed "Maybe."

Deputy Olsen pulled up to the house and stared up at the flames before making his way to Elise and Harold.

"What happened?" he asked.

"What had to be done." Elise remarked.

The fire had been deemed an accident after they had found the leaf in the paneling; Elise and Harold had moved into a new house a block away and were enjoying the peace and quiet.

Elise was enjoying the new furniture as well as the new scenery as she propped her feet up on the coffee table.

"Feet off the table, Elise!" Harold remarked as he sat next to his daughter to watch T.V.

Elise put her feet down and crossed her legs as she watched the show in silence; Harold took a bite of popcorn.

"Deputy Olsen stopped by while you were out," Harold said.

Elise turned to her father "Oh yeah?"

"Yeah…wanted to know if you would want to go out to dinner sometime…" Harold remarked.

Elise smirked "Maybe."

"Tell him that." Harold remarked.

Elise let a smile escape her lips "I will."

They both felt secure, the father and daughter could feel that the mess of three months ago was over as their paranoia left their bodies.

This was truly their new beginning.

The End.

Thanks for reading...I'm SUPER sorry this chapter is random yet quick and kind of slaps you in the face. But I hope you enjoyed it. :)

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