Post by StoryGirl83 on Aug 27, 2008 23:17:48 GMT -5
Chapter Eighteen – Faceoff
and Galskaper
and Galskaper
At her words Mark backed up against the wall, next to where he had left his sister and where she still stood.
Chris walked over to the end table with the potions. He picked up a vial in each hand.
Wyatt, likewise, picked up a vial in each hand. Tense, he looked toward the center of the room.
Arie spun the computer chair around to face Gary. Her eyes locked with his, allowing him to draw strength in the fact that she was there for him, whether she was of any use to him or not.
Gary heaved in a deep breath. In barely a whisper, he called the name. “Galskaper.”
A whirl of color formed in the center of the room next to Gary. As Galskaper materialized in the room everyone tensed.
Chris and Wyatt started throwing potions at the demon.
Though he flinched, he didn’t explode.
Kali grabbed a paperweight from Mark’s desk and threw it hard at the demon.
Galskaper turned to stare at her incredulously.
Wyatt and Chris stopped and stared, too.
“What kind of pitiful attempt was that, mortal?” the demon scoffed.
Kali stared him down, glaring. Proudly she announced. “I’m a Gypsy.”
Galskaper looked down at the paper weight at his feet. “You didn’t seriously think that rock would defeat me, did you.”
“No,” Kali assured him, “but I did think it would sting.”
“Don’t let him bait you, Kali,” Beth called in a loud whisper from the wall where she and her brother stood.
Mark looked at his sister, wishing she hadn’t drawn attention to them.
Galskaper turned his attention to Beth, a shudder running through his body at the sight of the siblings. He turned to look at Gary. “Gary, why is he still alive?”
Bracing himself, Gary exhaled. “I’m not a murderer.”
“You are if I say you are,” Galskaper corrected him.
To his side, Chris threw another potion at Galskaper, fed up.
Seeing what his brother was doing, Wyatt followed suit and then they both threw still another potion.
At Galskaper’s feet smoke started billowing up fast. Galskaper looked down surprised as he was engulfed in smoke.
The smoke cleared almost as fast as it arrived. The reason for the dispersed smoke evident, when they noticed Arie had her palm to her chin, and was blowing at the smoke. Ice hit the door way as the smoke completely dissipated. She exhaled loudly. “So is he gone?”