Uneasy ~ The Conjuring Trilogy

-Chapter Four-

The Conjuring
Part One—Chapter Four

The next morning everyone was in the kitchen. Conversations and pancakes were made as Dalton sipped his coffee. "For you." He heard beside him and he turned to see April holding a plate of pancakes.

"Thank you, darlin'." Dalton smiled at her and she smiled back before skipping away. Everyone was enjoying their morning but Dalton wasn't really paying attention until he felt a tap on his shoulder.

"Wanna help me with some laundry." Lorraine asked.

"Why not?" Dalton said and she chuckled before they both headed outside.

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Dalton was hanging sheets with Lorraine when Ed walked out, wrapping his arms around his wife and whispering words in her ear that Dalton was thankful to have not heard.

"They have such a beautiful family, don't they?" Lorraine asked them both, turning around in Ed's embrace.

"Yeah, that little one, April, did you see her bring Dalton pancakes?" Ed asked and Dalton chuckled.

Ed and Lorraine got closer to each other and Dalton shook his head, "Okay, you two. Enough lovey-dovie for today." He said.

"You're just jealous." Ed chuckled, tightening his grip on Lorraine.

"Me? Jealous? I'm sorry, did April bring you pancakes?" Dalton asked playfully before answering his own question, "No, sir." Ed and Lorraine chuckled at his humor but didn't bother to separate from each other.

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Dalton was looking through some footage when Lorraine rushed past him, yelling Carolyn's name as she scaled the stairs. He of course ran after Lorraine, making it to her when she was trying to open the bathroom door. "Watch out!" He warned her and she moved out of the way.

He body slammed the door and it flew open to reveal Carolyn, who looked like she was just about to open the door and in a daze. Dalton and Lorraine looked at her worriedly and Lorraine asked, "Are you okay?"

"Oh, I'm fine. I woke up just feeling a little nauseous, that's all." Carolyn shrugged it off.

"I thought I saw—" Lorraine started, making Dalton whip his head towards her. But before she could finish Carolyn cut in.

"I hear Roger and the girls." She said rudely and walked away from them.

Dalton directed his gaze to Lorraine, who spent the next few minutes telling him what happened. When he heard the story he immediately grew cautious of Carolyn. He had been possessed before, more than once, and he knew what it was like.

Flashback

Dalton sat in a wooden chair, in the middle of one of the rooms in Maurices farmhouse. He was sweating profusely as he mumbled words to himself, some in Latin and others in Latin but backwards. Lorraine stood beside him with a very worried expression as she wiped the sweat away from his face with a white cloth. His eyes were white and the priest that chanted in front of him only made it hurt more.

"Come on, Dalton. Fight it. You're stronger." Lorraine said to him, hoping it would help but it only made things worse. Dalton's head snapped towards her so fast you'd think his head might fall off.

He stared at her with wide eyes and began to speak in Latin, "Non est fortis, non est fortis (not strong, not strong)." Dalton repeated the words until the corners of his mouth upturned and he smiled devilishly at Lorraine.

Dalton lunged forward and grabbed her by the arms, Ed panicked beside them but didn't want to hurt him. "No! Dalton!" Ed yelled. But it was too late because Lorraine let out a horrified scream as she stared into Daltons glazed over eyes. The demon inside of him showed her something that even Dalton didn't know about, she kept it to herself and will continue too.