“What’s your name?”
“I’m going to slice you up.”
“Shit,” Celt exclaimed, moving closer to Michelle and me. I couldn’t believe how calm Michelle was.
“You won’t touch anyone. God protects us.”
“He’s not my God. Fuck him.”
“Somebody has attitude,” Celt murmured, and then stumbled.
“What happened?” I demanded, worried.
“Someone pushed me,” Celt replied, looking pissed.
“Fuckin’ bitches. I’ll fuck you in every hole, I’ll suck you dry and eat your bones. I’ll pop your eyes out and swallow them whole.”
“Begone! In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, be gone!” Michelle ordered.
“No power here!”the voice taunted. I couldn’t tell if it was male or female.
Celt pulled Michelle and me back against his body, shielding us. The buzzing and voices intensified.
“Keep your Holy Water to hand,” Michelle whispered.
“Bitches get stitches!”
“And evilness gets sent to hell!” Michelle retorted.
I screamed. I couldn’t help it. Red eyes materialised all around us, and the air thickened, and it became hard to breathe. The buzzing grew louder, and to my horror, a swarm of bees appeared outside, battering the window glass. Michelle and I both stepped back. Strangely enough, Michelle looked more curious than scared.
“Chey!” Sunny bellowed from below, and I heard stampeding footsteps. There were too many pairs of eyes to count, but we were surrounded. The bedroom door slammed shut, and Celt cursed, rushing over to it. Michelle miraculously remained calm, yanked her Bible out, and started repeating the Lord’s Prayer while throwing Holy water around us.
Sunny hammered on the door, and Celt pulled at the handle. Loud screams rebounded off the walls, and the voices grew almost deafening, but I still couldn’t make out what they were saying.
“Begone!” Michelle ordered.
Laughter met her words.
“In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, I order you to cease!” Michelle thundered. Even I felt the weight of power behind her words. Suddenly, shockingly, the noise stopped, and everything fell quiet. The door opened, and Sunny almost knocked Celt off his feet. We all gazed at each other, shocked.
“That escalated quickly,” Callie said.
“Too fast. There’s evil here,” Michelle stated firmly. “Callie, it’s strong and has been steadily building.”
“Demon?” Sunny demanded.
“Unsure, but the entity is powerful, stronger than I imagined. Although it’s certainly malevolent, it was spewing enough bad language at us for that to be a fact,” Michelle mused.
“There were pairs of red eyes everywhere. Surely that’s demonic?” I insisted, still shaken.
“Not necessarily. Did you notice something?” Michelle asked.
“What?” I demanded.
“The bees. In the film, it was a swarm of flies that attacked the priest. This entity has clearly been aware of that and tried to use it to scare us. Historically, there wasn’t a fly attack. Plus, the red eyes reported were only one pair, not loads. This thing is familiar with the movie and the book, and is using scenes from them to frighten us,” Michelle said.
“It succeeded,” Celt ground out. His arm wrapped around my shoulders tighter, and he was keeping me firmly against his chest.
