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Cassie was walking towards her next lecture, one that she was looking forward to when it hit her, everything in front of her turned a bright red and right in the centre of this light she saw Moira Bourbon laughing. The intensity of it all drained Cassie of her strength; she sank to the floor as she now saw her sister, Christina, being tortured by Moira. To one side of this very real picture from Hell, Cassie could see her brother in law Rob Hinds, but he seemed powerless to intervene, in fact he was helping Moira, and it was not happening in Hell it was all happening in their home! This time she really was having a vision of the future, one that she had to ensure did not happen.
Cassie struggled to her feet, luckily none of the other students had been in this part of the university so she did not need to find an explanation to satisfy anyone, she pulled out her mobile phone and called Rob, who answered almost immediately and he sounded so happy at that moment that tears began to run down Cassie`s face as she began to speak.
“Rob, why did you tell us that that mad bitch was dead, she is alive and coming after us.” Cassie wailed.
“She is dead Cassie, David and I both heard her scream, we saw her thrown into the black abyss, of course she is dead.” Rob replied and his state of happiness sank to zero because of what he had heard from Cassie.
“Well she is back again Rob and twice as powerful.” Cassie wailed.
“OK, Cassie go home, we can talk there. Have you called Christina?” Rob asked.
“We cannot go home Rob, she is at your apartment, I saw her in my mind torturing Christina and you were helping her.” Cassie replied.
Rob`s good humour had sank beneath the lower levels of the building, especially now that he began to believe Cassie.
“Are you saying that you really have had a premonition?” Rob asked incredulously.
“Premonition, vision, call it what you want but yes Rob and this one was the real deal, it drained me of my strength, it was all I could do to phone you.” Cassie gasped.
“Come to my office now, do not stop for anything, I will call Christina and tell her to join us.” Rob said and then he called his wife and told her everything that Cassie had told him.
She took the news badly, almost accusing Rob of misleading her, but finally she agreed to join him and she sounded even more drained than Rob. All that remained for Rob to do was to call Father Pritchard.
Father Pritchard argued.
“Maybe we should have hung around, then we would have seen the mad bitch climb back out, David she had just drained Lucifer himself of much of his life-force, I should have known better.” Rob replied accusingly but not of his friend only himself.
“OK, Rob I am on my way to your office, lucky for us I never took any of our protections out of the car, I had just decided to do so tomorrow morning, before I went shopping, see you in a couple of hours or so.” Father Pritchard said also sounding very glum, as if the weight of the world was upon him.
When Rob told Sir Willoughby Brown of Cassie`s premonition, the man in charge of the SIS was unable to say anything for at least ten seconds, then he asked a question.
“You are sure Rob, that this premonitions is genuine, not just a young girl seeking attention?” Sir Willoughby Brown asked more in hope than anything else.
“Cassie would never do such a thing, she knows better than that Sir Richard; when she says that she has had a premonition then I believe her.” Rob replied.
“Will Moira come looking for you when you do not return home?” Sir Willoughby Brown asked.
“Yes and she will probably find us using black magic and any number of demons to search for us.” Rob replied,
“Then I will call in the troops, have them wait in the corridor for her to arrive and take her out.” Sir Willoughby Brown said grimly.
“Better not Sir Richard, she will see them before they see her and she will either kill them or make them her allies, her abilities were awesome enough the last time that we saw her, who knows how much they have grown by now.” Rob replied.
“OK then Rob, what are you going to do this time, it had better be good, you have killed that woman, or seen her killed, at least three times already and each time she comes back stronger?” Sir Willoughby Brown asked wearily.
“First we will have to protect this office using the method that Father Pritchard found in one of Ulysses Bourbon`s books, it should at least keep out any minor demons, the ones that we believe Moira has used against us in the past, then we will have to construct a large enough pentagram to protect us all against any of the more senior demons that Moira might well be able to send against us now that she has become more powerful than ever.” Rob said.
Rob first locked all of the doors and the windows of the office and only then did he begin to protect the office from a demonic attack, the system was the same that he had used in his apartment. He walked around the office, including the small kitchenette and the toilets while praying and spraying a mist of holy water upon the outside walls, the ceiling and finally the floor. While he did this Christina and Cassie mixed up a number of mysterious ingredients that made a potion that burned much like an incense, one that gave off a sweet smelling odour. As they all went about their various tasks Sir Willoughby Brown looked on in disbelief, even if he knew that it was necessary for Rob and his family to do it.
The next item on their list was to construct a pentagram, again it was the same as they had used before, luckily he kept everything that was necessary in the boot of his car. First Rob drew a five-pointed star drawn upon the floor using chalk, he then enclosed it with a circle; finally covering the circle with blessed salt. Rob then drew the mystical signs at the apexes of the star, the signs denoting the five elements; four are of matter, fire, air, water and earth, the fifth element being spirit. He finished off the pentagram by placing five white candles at the apexes of the star and five goblets in the valleys of the star, which Christina filled with holy water
Father Pritchard now arrived at the office bringing extra supplies of the various protections that they had used before and as long as everyone obeyed orders all of these measures should keep them safe through the coming night.