Witches and Devils

Fire and Ice

As the three of us share a long awaited hug, I feel the air shift. Michael looks over to me, "what is it?"

I shake my head, "somethings not right." I look between him and Mead, "stay here. I need to go check something."

"What is going on?"

"I don't know. Just stay here, please."

Michael presses his lips, but nods and let's me go, "be careful."

"I will." I walk down the stairs to the lobby area of the school and see Cordelia, John Henry, Myrtle and Madison, but the sight of these four doesn't surprise me as much as the fact that Coco, Dinah and Mallory are alive again. "What the hell do you think you're doing here?" I stop at the top of the stairs and cross my arms.

"Well, it's nice to see you too." Madison crosses her arms.

"She's still under the memory spell." Cordelia looks up to me, "Rose, listen to me. I need you to calm down."

"Oh, I'm calm. Do you know how long I've waited for this." I smirk down to Cordelia. Before I can do anything, I feel all my memories come flooding back. I gasp as I remember the memory spell Cordelia put on Coco, Mallory and I to hide us from Michael and everything that he did to our coven. Things I thought I did and I was proud of. I look down to Cordelia and run down the stairs to her and hug her tightly, "I'm so sorry."

"Shh... it's okay. You've done nothing wrong."

I shake my head, "I am responsible for the death of billions."

"No, you're not. Michael is. But we need you now, we need all of you." Cordelia looks around. As she does I step over to John Henry hugging him tightly.

"You're on your own with that shit." Dinah shakes her head. "I'm not here to defeat anyone."

Michael calls out from the top of the stairs, "how can any of you defeat me..." we turn and see Michael and Mead at the landing of the stairs, "when I've already won? Rose?" Michael holds out a hand to me. I nod and walk up the stairs to him.

"You haven't won." Cordelia steps forward.

"Perhaps you haven't noticed the state of the world."

Myrtle shakes her head, "it's almost as bad as your dinner jacket. But at least the world can be saved."

"By you?"

"By all of us." Cordelia takes a deep breath.

"Hey." Dinah shakes her head, "get the wax out of your ears. I'm here to watch."

"But I'm not." Coco lifts her dress and steps up in front of Myrtle. "Just don't let me die again, okay? It really sucked the first time."

Michael laughs, "what can you do? I have your next Supreme. You've lost. When we're done, you'll all wish you were still dead."

"I always thought the world would end with fire and ice," Myrtle sighs, "not witches and warlocks."

"The seventh seal has been broken. Wormwood has fallen from the sky and turned the rivers to blood and fire. The bottomless pit has been opened and my swarm of locusts and scorpions have ravaged humanity. The world has been remade in my Father's image."

Myrtle chuckles, "darling... it seems daddy didn't tell you the most important rule of bringing on the Apocalypse. If you want to finish the job, the thing you have to do first is get rid of all the witches."

"Big mistake." Coco smirks.

Michael takes a deep breath, "I could annihilate all of you in a second and the world would go on without missing a beat. You and all of your work will be forgotten in the rubble of the past. But I want to give you a future. Fall to your knees and accept me as your lord and savior, and I will bring you to the table as my obedient subjects." Michael puts his hands behind his back as Cordelia begins to chuckle.

"Imbiscules," Mead shouts, "fall to your knees before the king! Hail Satan!"

Cordelia shakes her head, "the only way we would sit at your table is if your decapitated head were the centerpiece."

"Cordelia," Dinah steps up, "you raised me from the dead so that you would have the power of voodoo on your side. But if you know anything about who I am, you know that the only choice I'd pick would be the winner." Dinah looks up the stairs to Michael before bowing her head.

"You're half right, Dinah."

"She needs the help of a powerful Voodoo Queen." A woman walks around the corner and I recognize her as Marie Laveau, "But that aint you, sis. To release me from hell, Cordelia promised Papa Legba..." she chuckles, "the darkest and most corrupt voodoo queen's soul for mine. You'll serve him well in my place. You'll serve him well."

"You're a fool, Marie Laveau." Dinah snirs. "You would have done no different if you were queen." Marie flashes up on the stairs, behind Dinah. Dinah turns just in time to see Marie swing down, slicing into her neck with a machete.

"Out with the trash. Give Papa my regards."