Hey! Sorry about the massive cliffhanger in the last chapter, it was so perfect to leave off on that note. :3

Anyhow, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter! I had a really hard time with it to be honest...

And, thank you WCDragonS. for your review! I always appreciate the feedback! :)

Anyways, here's the chapter! Enjoy!

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I woke with a start, eyes wide as a cold sweat broke out on my forehead. I looked around me, confused. Where was I?

"Allie?" I heard my aunt's voice and looked over, wincing a bit as pain flared up my spine. "Oh my god, you're finally awake!" I furrowed my brows. Finally? What happened?

I closed my eyes and tried to remember, flashes of flames and falling wood coming into my mind. I reopened my eyes and stared at my aunt's worried face.

"What happened?" I managed, my voice scratchy and dry. How long was I out? I really needed some fricking water. As if reading my thoughts, my aunt handed me a plastic cup of water, which I gratefully downed.

"Allie, you ran into a burning building." My aunt replied softly. "I thought you died in there. Especially after the roof had collapsed." I blinked. The roof collapsed? Did LJ make it out?

"It collapsed?" I muttered, throat feeling a bit better after the nice cup of water. My aunt nodded, eyes swelling up with tears.

"Yes." She croaked, clearing her throat. "Yes. I thought the worst had happened… but…" She trailed off, looking out the nearby window. I furrowed my brow at her action, wondering why she trailed off.

"But what?" I asked, urging her to go on. She looked back at me, confusion evident on her face.

"I thought you were buried under the rubble." She said finally. "I was so angry, I was yelling at that amateur demonologist for setting the building on fire. As I was ripping into him, I could hear someone clear their throat and a few of the kids gasp in shock. I turned around, fearing the worst when… well, it was him. That creature." I blinked.

"You mean LJ?" I inquired and she nodded.

"Yes. He was… much taller than I expected. It shocked me to see him… but what shocked me even more was he was holding you in his arms." I nodded as she continued, starting to put two and two together.

"He told me that you had saved him, but seriously hurt yourself in the process." She continued, eyes tearing up again. "He said that I needed to call an ambulance right away if I wanted you to live and gently handed you over to me. Then he vanished without a trace." I looked at my lap, staring blankly at the sheets. I remembered breaking the sigil circle that held LJ, fighting with the entity, seeing the beam above him begin to fall and shoving him out of the way. Then there was darkness before that horrid nightmare.

"He did?" I asked, looking at my aunt and she nodded again.

"Yes." She answered. "He saved your life." I swallowed and nodded, smiling a bit.

"Yeah, guess he did." I murmured and my aunt smiled back. She laughed softly and looked at her lap.

"You were right, Allie." She stated. "He wasn't a bad guy after all." I grinned, chuckling.

"Damn straight!" I told her and she laughed with me.

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It was another day before the hospital decided to let me out of the hospital, deeming me fit to be out of their care. It was a relief to be out of the sterile area of the hospital room. I was glad I didn't have to deal with any more tests or questions from people. I stretched and winced a little, but I was grateful for the warm sunlight that shone down.

"Allie!" I heard a familiar voice shriek in joy. I looked over and grinned at the little brunette running up to me.

"Cory!" I greeted as the little boy nearly tackled me to the ground and hugged me tightly. I groaned lightly as a spark of pain flared up my back, but held the kid tightly.

"I was so worried about you!" Cory exclaimed. "Jack said you were gonna be okay, but I couldn't help it."

"Hey, I'm a tough girl." I chuckled. "I can take a hit." Cory looked up at me, concern in his eyes.

"Are you sure?" He asked and I nodded, ruffling his hair.

"Sure I'm sure." I replied with a smile. "I'm not gonna go down because of a stupid demonologist that doesn't even know what he's doing anyways." Cory smiled and hugged me again. I chuckled and pat Cory on the shoulder gently, feeling better that the boy wasn't as worried any more. The brunette pulled back and grinned until there was the sound of someone clearing their throat. We both looked towards the noise and I glared as I saw Ms. McOlsen standing a few feet away with her hands folded in front of her.

"Ms. Allison," She greeted and I scrunch my face up as she used my full name. "I'm happy to see you are alright."

"Yeah," I muttered. "If you never hired that asshole in the first place, he wouldn't have tried burning the damn orphanage to the ground. Don't you ever run any background checks on people like him?" Her face dropped into an irritated scowl.

"I am here to offer my apologies and you ungratefully-"

"Please," I cut her off. "If you're going to berate me then wait until I'm in a better mood before I deck you in the face." The old woman bristled in anger as she quickly walked by us, more than likely to rant to my aunt about me and my 'horrible' behavior. I shrugged away the thoughts and turned back to Cory, who tilted his head at me.

"Is Ms. McOlsen going to get you in trouble?" He asked me and I shook my head with a smile.

"Nah." I replied. "She's just going to go rant and rave about me." Cory nodded and smiled back.

"Oh, okay. Can we go do something?" He asked.

"Sure, I'm looking forward to getting away from this place. Hate hospitals…" I said, muttering the last part under my breath. I started walking away from the hospital and headed towards a park not too far from where we were. Cory followed eagerly, happily chatting about what had happened after the ambulance took me away. I half listened as my thoughts wandered to the nightmare I had before I woke up. It was vivid, as if it actually wasn't a nightmare, but reality. Especially what that thing said to me.

Oh, how we've missed you!

Now, how about we start where we left off, hmm?

I shuddered and wrapped my arms around myself as memories resurfaced once again, mocking and taunting me.

"Allie?" I looked at the little boy beside me, seeing him furrow his brows in concern. "Are you okay?"

"Huh? Yeah, I'm fine, just had another nightmare." I waved off. "Let's play in the park and take our minds off this mess that happened, okay?" Cory nodded and we entered the small park, the boy headed for the swings and I followed.

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"What do you mean you're leaving?" Cory wailed. "You just got here!"

"Cory," My aunt tried. "My job was to find the 'demon' that Ms. McOlsen was talking about and remove it. However, he's not a threat, so I believe he can stay."

"But…" He muttered, eyes tearing up. "Me and Allie became really, really good friends…"

"I know… but we can't stay here forever." My aunt told him gently, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Tell you what. Once Allie has a break at school, I'll bring her back down and you two can hang out again." Cory looked up at my aunt and nodded, wiping the tears away.

"Okay…" He agreed and looked at me. "You promise you'll come back?" I smiled and ruffled his hair.

"Of course, you dork." I replied. "How can I say no to a friend?" He smiled and nodded. I looked up a bit, staring off.

"Hey, Jack," I addressed the entity. "You take good care of Cory. Make sure that old bat doesn't treat him like a dog."

No shit, kid. What do you take me for? I heard and I laughed lightly.

"Alright, Allie." My aunt sighed. "We better hit the road. I've got another case to get to." I looked at her and nodded.

"'Kay," I replied. "Gimme one sec." I went into the RV, grabbing my guitar and heading back outside. Cory furrowed his brows when I approached him with the instrument and handed it to him.

"Your guitar?" He asked, staring at it in confusion. I nodded and placed it in his hands. It was a bit big on the kid, but he'd definitely grow into it.

"Yeah. Well, your guitar now." I smiled. Cory's jaw dropped in shock.

"R-Really!?" He practically squealed. "You mean it?" I nodded again and grinned as he played with the strings.

"Yeah, you seem to like music. So I thought it'd be a good gift for you." I stated. "Don't let Ms. Hitler touch it though. She might burn it thinking it'll summon Satan." Cory giggled and held the guitar tightly to himself.

"Thank you so much, Allie!" He said. "I can't wait to play it!"

"Allie!" My aunt called. "Come on!" I looked back towards the RV.

"Be there in a sec!" I called back, looking at Cory. "See you later, kiddo." Cory smiled and hugged me tightly. I groaned a bit from the guitar between us, but hugged him back.

"See you soon, Allie." He murmured and pulled away, waving goodbye as I ran back to the RV, jumping into the vehicle and sitting in the passenger seat. I felt a small twinge of sadness as my aunt began driving away and all the kids began waving goodbye. I waved back at all of them, smiling as a few looked at the guitar I gave Cory and began to turn their attention to the boy. I leaned back as the orphanage slipped from view, looking at the road ahead of us. My aunt tossed me a side glance.

"Where're we going next?" I asked.

"A cabin hotel in the Jersey woods." My aunt replied. "Some strange things have been happening there and they asked me to investigate."

"Okay, but if we see the Jersey Devil, I'm running man." I stated. "I ain't gonna fight that asshole. Nor am I going to become its bitch." My aunt laughed and shook her head. I grinned and looked out the window.

I don't think any of my aunt's cases could compare to becoming friends with LJ and Cory, stopping a demonologist that didn't know what the fuck he was doing, and dissing a nun like grandma. The summer barely started and I was already loving it.

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So! There's chapter 15! And no, the story isn't over yet! I have much more I want to put in here, so be looking forward to another chapter if my writer's block leaves me alone!

As always, reviews are always appreciated! Thank you all for taking the time to read this, it means a lot! Until next time!