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or Keni were asleep yet.  I quietly crept across the yard and into the house.  Inside, a bathrobe clad Grams was zonked out in her recliner.  Apparently, the Kardashians weren’t holding her attention this evening.  I clicked off the television, covered her with a blanket, then bolted up the stairs taking them two at a time.  As I share a room with my sister, and I needed to change out of my work clothes, she got to be the my lucky first recruit for our evening field trip.  The bedroom light was on. Keni lay sprawled across her bed.  Dressed in her favorite Tinkerbell jammy set, she had her laptop open, her iPod earbuds in, and was texting away. 
                  “Keni!” I yelled to be heard over the music blaring in her ears, as I peeled off my coffee scented clothing.  “We’re going patrolling!” 
                  Nothing.  She didn’t even glance my way.  Just kept thumbing away at her phone’s keyboard.
                  I yanked on a sweatshirt, and pair of jeans.  “Kendall!  Fate of the world!  Come on, let’s go!”
                  She slid her electronics extravaganza over on the bed, then rolled away from me.
                  I plopped down next to her, flicked one of her earbuds out of her ear, and laced up my tennis shoes.  “Come on.  There are butts to be kicked.”
                  “No!”  She snapped as she glared over her shoulder.  Her pixie like features set in a deep scowl. 
                  “What do you mean, no?  No isn’t an option.  Now, get up and get dressed.”
                  My normally sweet-natured sister picked up her stuffed zebra, Mr. Hoofington, and whipped him at my head.  “No!  There are no butts that need kicking tonight!  You got rid of Darious last night !  They haven’t had time to call in a new Seeker yet.  For tonight the world is safe and we can all pretend to be normal.  Now. Go. Away!”
                  “There may not be another Seeker yet,” I countered.  “But there are other demons after us.  I met one tonight.  He’s new and the very definition of bad news.  I’ve never seen anything like him!” 
    Kendall stared up at me like I’d gone bat-poo crazy.  “Why are you all weird and giddy over a new kind of demon?”
    “I’m not .  Shut up!”  Her eyes widened in surprise at the harshness of my rebuttal.  I cleared my throat and softened my tone.  “It’s just that this guy is obviously up to something and we need to find out what it is.  So, come on.  Up and at ‘em.”
                  “No!”  She folded her arms across her chest in a gesture of resolute obstinance.  “I am not leaving this bed.”
                  “Fine.”  I shrugged.  The bed squeaked as my weight lifted off of it.  I didn’t look back until I got to the door.  “Gabe will go with me.  I just hope neither of us get some sort of mortal wound and die because you’re not there to heal us.”
                  “Take your cell phone.”  She shoved her fuchsia earbud back in.  Katy Perry could be heard clear across the room as Keni kicked up the volume.
                  “Why?  So you can be all heroic and come soaring in to save us?” I yelled over the music.
                  “No, so you can call 9-1-1.”
                  “Oh, that’s nice.” 
    From the sliver of light under his door and the murmur of muffled voices, I figured Gabe was watching television.  I was optimistic he’d come with me. Maybe it was his lion nature, but he was always up for a demon beat-down.  I knocked once, then pushed the door open.  I was not prepared for the sight before me.  My big brother was locked in a passionate embrace with some random chick.  His mammoth frame practically crushed her into the mattress as he rammed his tongue down her throat.  Grossed