“What is it, what are you thinking?” Tess asked, pacing in a circle.
“We’re going to release Jilliup and trap the Kelpie King. Abigail walked to the furthest corner of the room, “Jilliup should be incapacitated in here.” Abigail avoided eye contact with Tess, knowing her face would unintentionally emphasize the operative word.
“Should? Should? You mean you’re not sure?” Tess’ stopped pacing and held onto the wall for support.
“Just make sure that door stays open.” Abigail pointed to the jean jacket holding the door open, “There’s no door handle on the inside.”
Abigail placed the pocket watch on the ground. The sigil circle began to glow, faintly. The hot wet air began circle within the room, creating a pulsating, low frequency hum. As the sigil circle began to glow brighter, the hum grew louder. For a fleeting moment, a high-pitched tone pierced through the hum. Knowing that speaking while opening a spirit trap was not advised, Tess and Abigail relied on facial expressions to ask each other- Did you hear that? Tess quickly averted her eyes and stared through the crack in the down, eyes fixed on the endless hallway, wondering where Paltis was.
FOCUS, Abigail thought. Focus. She used her magic to push the sigil circle to the opposite corner and opened the pocket watch. Jilliup slowly faded into view, laying in the fetal position in the middle of the circle.
Abigail clutched her chest. The itch became a familiar unbearable burn. She could feel the burn spread to her legs. The vamps were getting closer, the burn means they had zeroed in on her. Abigail fell to her knees as the burning sensation took over her feet. The burn would continue to take over until she fought them. As much as she hated to admit it, she wished her father was there to fight them with her.
From down the hallway came deafening, reverberant screeching. Abigail and Tess both jumped, nearly out of their own skin. As Abigail began to guide the sigil circle to surround the Kelpie King she realized that screeching was Paltis.
Paltis was being chased by vamps.
The screeching grew louder, cutting through the hum. The Kelpie King, now in the middle of the glowing circle of sigils, bolted to attention. He was awake and standing, but seemed to move in slow motion. He slowly turned to look at Abigail, then Tess, then Jilliup. The air and hum slowed to a halt. Now only the screeching could be heard. He turned his head toward the sound of the screeching.
Tess, still looking out the door, started yelling in frenzied babble “I can see them! HOLY SHIT, I can see them! They are after Paltis, they are coming right towards us! They…” Tess fainted.
“We will never escape that way. Come with me.” The Kelpie King said, raising his left hand. He drew a circle in the air. Blue smoke followed his finger, creating a portal in the wall of the sauna prison.
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