Walking back to the cottage, Julia noticed that it had started to rain on the sea. For some reason, she has always enjoyed the rain.
"Why does this taste like cooking oil more than food?" she heard Vexen asking disgustedly.
"Oh well. Can't do nothing." Vexen sighed and put her take away food into the bag.
"If you want, I could make some food." Julia said, showing a grocery bag.
Vexen was happy to see how Julia has talked more bravely, when the others haven't been around. Maybe she hasn't always been a quiet person.
"I don't mind, but Bentley can't eat tomatoes or citrus fruits, allergies." Vexen told her, when she suddenly stopped.
Before Julia managed to ask, Vexen took her hand and they hid behind the beach wall.
"¡Dios Mio!" Vexen shouted in her mind, peeking from the hide and saw Jonathan Winthrop walking inside to the police station.
"What are you doing here?" she mumbled and remembered that she still held Julia's hand.
"Sorry, I forgot." Vexen said, seeing the same look on Julia's face when Murray had tapped on her shoulder.
"It's- It's okay, I should say thank you for being so… quickly?" Julia said and looked at her eyebrow raised.
"You mean 'reflexed'." Vexen gave the correct word, before looking back to the street.
The street was clear, but if Jonathan came back on the street, that would be a huge mistake.
"Did you see someone over there?" she heard Julia asking carefully.
"I did. Do you remember that guy who talked to you earlier?" Vexen asked, looking slowly behind her.
Julia nodded first, when her eyes opened clearly.
"What is he doing in here, has someone recognized us?!" Julia whispered in shock.
"I don't think so, but now we need to keep moving. Stay close to me." Vexen told the young lynx and walked the rest of the stairs down.
Both of them get to the cottage to safety. When Vexen opens the door and lets Julia go inside first, she feels raindrops coming on top of her head.
"Everyone, Vexen saw that agent in here!" she heard Julia saying to others and stepped inside.
"What?!" Bentley shouted and dropped the book to the floor with his hands, while Vexen closed the door.
"Next time Julia, wait when the door isn't open." Vexen told Julia, who put grocery bags on the kitchen desk.
"And talk quietly, Kate has a migraine." Kit said and pointed upstairs, where Julia's cheeks turned slightly red. She raised her shoulders into her ears, while mumbling her apology.
"Did he see you two?" Sly asked and closed a book.
"No, luckily." Vexen told and walked to the living room, after she had put the dinner on the kitchen table.
"How's that possible?" Penelope asked and tapped the pen to her chin.
"Bentley made sure that no one wouldn't recognise us."
"Maybe he has a meeting here?" Murray guessed.
Julia had started to put the groceries in the fridge silently, while listening to the conversation, but she wouldn't stop thinking about her friend's situation.
She closes the fridge door, looks up and starts to climb the stairs up.
Julia opened the door and saw Kate sleeping on her bed. She let the door open a little bit, walked inside and was going to put curtains down, when Kate turned to look at her, halfway awake.
"Oh, sorry. How are you?" Julia whispered and leaned closer to her.
Kate leaned on her arms and took a towel on her hand, and realized that her migraine had gone.
"Better, just some after headache now, but I'm okay." She answered and let Julia sit on the bed.
"Do you think you could eat something?"
Kate tilted her head a little and thought that.
"If we share that food. I don't wanna vomit." Kate said and looked back to Julia, who nodded.
…
When girls walked downstairs, everyone saw how Kate was pale and reacted then how Julia had left the room silently.
"I know guys, I look like a zombie." Kate said, still sounding tired and sat on the chair.
Everyone got around to the desk to eat, while the gentle rain drummed on the rooftop.
"So uuh," Kate started and looked at everyone.
"Have you found anything, while you've been studying?"
Everyone felt how Kate tried to sound herself, but it didn't come out like that.
Bentley put a fork and knife on the plate and put his fingers together.
"We found some information called; Pendle hill."
"Did you said; Pendle hill?" Julia asked, who has watched the rain, while eating food in the silence.
"You know that?" Bentley asked and saw a small curious look on her face.
"I only have heard that it was, well, the last stop for some people." Julia said and looked at Kate, who waved her hand and nodded, meaning that it's fine to her.
"What about the internet, did you find something there?" Vexen asked.
Penelope told everyone that she had tried to ask for a Wi-Fi password from the owner, but got an answer that they have connecting problems.
The air between them changed to heavier and they only heard rain outside.
"Do you think that she might be behind this?" Murray asked, where Kate opened her mouth.
"Well, think about it. Tarot cards, visions and that castle moment."
After they had eaten, Vexen noticed that Kit gauze had started to change color to light yellow.
"Should we look at your hand?" Vexen asked and pointed at Kit's gauzed hand.
"I guess." Kit looked at her hand, seeing the same thing.
Julia has started to wash the dishes, when she hears behind her a terrifying gasp. She looked behind her and dropped a plate on the floor.
…
All of them stared at Kit's hand as shocked and they didn't know what to do or say.
"Is, that?" Sly finally asked, walking closer and looking at Kit's hand.
Kit hid her mouth and stared at her hand in horror. There was now a pendulum star.
"It is." They suddenly heard a cold joyful voice, coming from Julia's mouth.
Penelope backs up and leaned to Bentley and her bedroom door, seeing that something has changed on her.
"Guys, that's not Julia."
Murray took Kit away from the situation, who walked closer to Penelope.
Julia dried hands and leaned on the sink after that.
"Oh don't look at me like that. Think about this as a… a facecall, in your time period." She said and they saw how her eyes were red, like a fire.
Bentley stares at the person, who has taken control of Julia, who moves her eyes to him.
"Cat took your tongue?" she asked, keeping a chilling look on her face.
"It's you, you put my laptop on fire, why?!" Bentley asked, getting his voice back.
"Ugh, that 'web' has brainwashed people these days." Julia said disgustedly and looked at right hand finger, but suddenly looked at wrist.
"Tell me, miss Anderson. You are this lady's friend, am I right?"
Julia looked at Kate, who thought feverishly about how they would wake Julia, but nothing didn't came to her mind.
"And 'friends' share, even secrets." She continued and looked at Vexen, who pointed to her with a shock pistol, with the smallest electric shock.
"You wouldn't use that." Julia said, shaking her head slowly.
Vexen realizes that she was right, she will hurt Julia not that 'person'.
The person hid her mouth and chuckled, before continuing.
"Oh, forgive me. My name is Bethanie, the magic hunter."
The last puzzle pieces started to find their places. This Bethanie has followed Kit and teens earlier and gave those visions.
Bethanie swayed suddenly, where others took a step closer to her. When she fixed her standing, they saw familiar blue eyes and they heard Julia's voice coming back.
"Let's talk more in Lancaster castle. 3 am and don't, be, late." She breathes the last 3 words weakly, before closing eyes.