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She was about to take
off when Aden grabbed her around the middle and lifted her off the
ground. Her legs kicked as she fought against Aden. She let out a
string of curses and struggled to get her weapon. Her partner took
her handgun from her belt.
    “ It’s not there,” Aden
said. “It’s not real.”
    Gretel’s entire body seemed to take an
enormous breath of air. She slumped in his arms.
    “ I’m going to set you
down,” Aden said.
    The moment her feet hit the ground, she
tried to take off. Her partner, Jeff, pulled out his taser gun and
tased her. She screamed and fell to the ground just inside the salt
circle. Seth knelt down next to her.
    “ What is it?” Seth asked.
“What did you see?”
    “ My twin,” she whispered.
“Angie’s being tortured by the rapist who killed her. I have to
save her.”
    Jeff sat down next to her.
    “ The rapist is in Colorado
State Pen,” Jeff said. “We’ve been there.”
    “ It’s using your love for
Angie against you,” Seth said. “Think Gretel, think. What would
Angie do? What would she say?”
    “ What would Angie say?”
Jeff repeated.
    Gretel nodded her head. Aden held his hand
out and pulled her to her feet.
    “ Angie was stronger than I
was,” Gretel said. “Tougher. She always used to tell me not to be
afraid. That’s what she’d said when everything was happening.
That’s what she’d say today. Thanks.”
    “ Sir?” Jeff turned to
Seth. “You seem unaffected.”
    “ I’ve done a lot more
drugs than you have,” Seth said. “I know this feeling.”
    “ Me too,” Aden
said.
    “ This feeling, sir?”
Gretel asked.
    “ Reality separating from
what I’m experiencing,” Aden said.
    “ Here we go again,” Jeff
said.
    He reached his hand out to hold Gretel’s
hand. Gretel took Seth’s hand. Seth took Aden’s hand and Aden took
Jeff’s hand. Standing in a circle, they prepared for the creature
to attack.
    ~~~~~~~~
    Monday early morning — 1:07 A.M.
     
    The entity fell upon him the moment he
stepped away from Delphie. Unwilling to do battle so close to
Delphie, Jacob ran down the hallway. The entity jumped ahead to
entrap him in darkness. Jacob slowed, surged to the left then took
off down the hallway to his right. He ran along the back of the
mansion.
    Like a dark jelly fish, the entity pulsed
around him. At one moment, it was overhead. The next moment, he
could see it in front of him. Once or twice, he passed it in the
hallway.
    With each passing moment, the entity grew in
size and power. Jacob ran past the back entrance to the great room.
Spinning in place, he ran toward the entity. The entity was
unprepared for his change of direction. He ran right through it. At
the corner of the house, he pushed open a door to the kitchen. The
ancient kitchen was filthy but tile lined and contained. He could
fight the entity here.
    At the doorway, the entity grabbed him by
the shoulders. The darkness lifted him into the air and hurled him
toward the tile floor. With his hand out, Jacob used his skill to
slow his momentum. Back on the ground, he made it into the
kitchen.
    The entity followed.
    At the corner of the room next to the gas
stove, Jacob turned to assess the creature. The entity vibrated and
floated up and down. Thousands of tiny string like strands came off
its body and into the world. Even as the entity drew into itself,
evil power pushed out through those tendrils. If the spirits were
ever to be free, Jacob had to cut these tendrils.
    Jacob removed a small propane torch from his
fanny pack. Turning on the gas, he lit the torch and moved toward
the entity. He aimed the flame toward the thin tendrils of dark
power.
    The creature absorbed the hot blue flame and
seemed to grow in size.
    Jacob flicked off the gas and retreated to a
tight tile lined corner next to the stove.
    His mind whirled. The entity absorbed all
energetic intervention. Salt didn’t affect it. Sage smoke blew
right through it. Blessed earth had no impact. He opened four