Demons In Disguise

Finding a way.

They travelled for a while in almost silence. It wasn't the longest of journeys but everyone was groggy from the events of last night coupled with the mystery of what they were about to face. Haylea was still pretty drained but was putting a brave face on it and she was struggling herself with the burns. Above everything she missed a good night's sleep, no dreams no visions just rest.

It had been weeks now with him in her dreams and now she was going to see him face to face. She had absolutely no idea what to expect. Would he be the kind vunerable Gerard or the demon who seemed hell bent on killing her? Right now both seemed draining just to think about.

She stared out of the car window at the passing scenery, it was flying past in a blur, her sunglasses dulling the bright sunshine from reaching her tired eyes. She could feel her eyes becoming heavy but was fighting it with every ounce of her soul as she couldn't bear to go back to that room again. To think she was looking forward to it, to seeing him what a fool she had been.

Her fingers brushed against her bandaged neck, her fingertips lightly grazing along the fabric there feeling the folds in the material. A reminder she couldn't sleep or this could happen again or worse.

They had a good 30 mins still to go and the restlessness of no sleep was starting affect her. It wasnt even that far but she realised the others were feeling it too as she heard the deep breathing of sleep coming from the back seat. She turned around to see Haylea asleep on Frank's chest her head moving slightly with his breathing and his arms wrapped tightly around her.

'You alright kid you need to stop?' Ray asked from next to her.

'I'm good Ray just you concentrate on getting us there in one piece' she said as she turned to face him, she dipped her sunglasses low on her nose to show him her eyes were open. It was more of a struggle than she was letting on but he was driving the last thing she needed was him worrying even more.

'Ray what are we going to do when we get there?' She couldnt hide the worry from her voice.

'No idea kid but we have to try and stop this somehow right?'

She smiled at him and didn't reply. They had absolutely no idea what they were doing but he was right they had to try somehow it's not like she could just never sleep again.

It wasn't long before they were pulling up outside the house. It had a white front with a big grey garage, nothing overly stood out about it, it just looked so normal she thought but what did she expect a big sign saying demons live here?

They climbed out of the car and started to make their way up the front path toward the three small steps leading to the dark grey front door. Ray took the lead making her stand behind him as his way of protecting her in his own way. Frank walked up next to Ray while Haylea linked arms with her. It all felt so ominous, it might have been the unknown or the fact she knew he was in there but it was like a dark cloud surrounding them, engulfing them in bad energy.

They knocked and waited with baited breath, Gerard knew they were coming but he would have had no way to let his brother know.

The tall blond guy that had been in the store answered the door with a confused look on his face, he held the door only slightly ajar concealing any sight of inside from them.

'Can I help you, are you from the magic shop?' He asked a little bewildered.

'Ok hear us out, your Mikey right? This is going to sound really strange, I don't even know how to explain it properly but your brothers been pulling our friend into his dreams and its hurting her and well we want to help' Ray blurted out not bothering with small talk.

Mikeys face was a picture, a mix of astonishment and relief and something else she couldn't pin point.

'I don't know what your talking about' He said finally and tried to shut the door but Frank left forward pushing his foot in the crack before it could close fully.