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Inside Rob`s office Sir Willoughby Brown had turned a paler shade of white.
“Rob, I believe that we have a guest waiting outside in the hallway.” Sir Willoughby Brown said. “See here in the monitor, the small camera outside in the hallway has captured her nicely. Luckily for us Moira seems to know nothing about how small modern security cameras can be built.”
Rob moved across to the security monitor and saw an angry Moira Bourbon impatiently waiting for the sun to rise and the first members of staff to arrive, she was anxious to rid herself of Rob and Father Pritchard and in doing so finally revenge her father. Rob also saw the Circle of Circe beside her, and that the walls all around the Satanist were lit up by a faint light.
“It looks as if Moira has put on a little weight since the last time we met.” Rob criticised. “She also seems to have found another toy to play with.” Rob mused. “One she appears to be counting on to win the day, we shall have to be wary of it.”
Across from them Cassie had fallen asleep, exhausted by the stress of knowing that once again an insane Satanist was trying to kill her and all those whom she loves and cares about. However, her sleep was not a refreshing one, she was having a nightmare, one in which zombies were walking around killing anyone who their master had a grudge against. Suddenly her nightmare changed, she found herself standing in a white room, there was a man standing in front of her, he was speaking to her, and the man looked exactly like Sunray, except it was not the vampire, it was Moira, she had recharged her batteries using the remaining energy stored in the golden Ark of Ba’al Berith and had used it to punch a small hole through the protection spell within the SIS office.
“Cassie, my name is Sunray, you know me, Rob is only alive because I warned you twice of the danger he was in from the Satanist. Unfortunately I am dead now, Moira Bourbon killed me, however I have been allowed to speak to you Cassie, to warn you that Moira is coming after you, you must all get away from here for you are not safe, go to a church, you will be safe there.”
With that the figure of Sunray disappeared and Cassie sat up and wished that this would all end, for she was so scared. Christina saw the fear upon her sister`s face and went over to her.
“Cassie, are all right?” Christina asked anxiously before turning to her husband.
“Rob, I think that Cassie may have had another premonition.” Christina called across to him.
Cassie turned to Rob and related all that Sunray had told her in her vision; Sir Willoughby Brown had joined them to hear what Cassie had to say.
“As I just said Rob, it is very luckily for us that Moira seems to know nothing about how small modern cameras can be built, she obviously sent the vampire along to try to panic us into running, and straight into her arms.” Sir Willoughby Brown said grimly.
“You are quite right Sir Richard.” Rob replied and then he turned to Father Pritchard. “David, do you think that if we used enough guns against her that it would take her out, or at least give us enough time to decapitate her?” Rob asked of his friend; however it was Cassie who answered his question.
“Rob, if it was that easy then Moira would not be sitting out there waiting for us, and she would not send a vampire with a fake message in order to spook us out.” Cassie argued.
“Cassie may well be right Rob, if the abyss of hell cannot kill her how can we expect mere bullets to do the job.” Father Pritchard said gravely.
“Of course you are both correct; I was forgetting just who we were up against. It was then that Rob`s face lit up, I think that we can settle this for good, and he then told the others of his plan to get out of this without any loss of life.
“Are you mad Rob, you want us to go up against the most dangerous Satanist in the world with just a hope and a prayer?” Sir Willoughby Brown asked angrily. “Surely it would be better to go with your first plan, to go out there with all guns blazing, for god`s sake she is only one woman.”
“No, Sir Richard, that idea was way off line, she would freeze us in a moment, she has done it before to us, when you sent four of us to assassinate her.” Rob replied grimly. “No if we are to go up against her we will need more than a few automatic pistols to save us, we will need protection of the holy kind.”
“You know Rob, I think you just had your Damascus moment, I am game to try it if you are.” Father Pritchard said with a smile that finally chased away the frowns that had been on his face up until that moment.
“David, I have been to hell countless times, I have even seen Lucifer himself, and how could I not believe in the good guys?” Rob asked.
“If you think it will work Rob, then I will follow you.” Christina said to her husband although her face was full of the fear she felt at doing so dangerous a thing without any modern weapons to back them up.
“Rob, Sunray may have been sent to spook us out, but maybe we should attempt to escape from here rather than go up against Moira?” Cassie said anxiously. “And who knows, Sunray did save your life twice, maybe he is trying to help us again, I mean why would he try to endanger it now?” Cassie replied persuasively.
“The minions of hell all have their own agendas Cassie, even Lord Asbaritch is not sure which side his pulsating mass of matter is on. Look everyone, there is no way for us to get passed Moira, never mind us heading to a church with all the minions of hell chasing after us, and we certainly cannot wait here, she must have a plan and one that she will put into operation at any moment.” Rob said grimly.
“There is one more thing Cassie, how did Sunray punch a hole through our protection, it would take one powerful Satanist to do such a thing.” Father Pritchard argued.
Cassie had not thought of that and she sank down looking even more dejected than before and Father Pritchard`s reasoning caused the others to finally agree with Rob.
“OK, Rob, you have always come through before, so I guess that we should follow your instincts this time.” Sir Willoughby Brown said grimly. “But god help us all if you are wrong.”
“We are all agreed then, David if you will proceed with the first of our protections.” Rob said.
Father Pritchard then began to paint the sign of the cross on their foreheads using holy water as the paint and Christina`s make up brush. While he did so he said the same words to each of them. “May almighty God bless you and keep you safe.” To which they each replied. “Amen.”
He then put a string of garlic upon their heads. “Hopefully, this will keep her out of our brain.”
Then he gave each of them a small bottle of holy water, a glass Phial of mercury and a bottle of blessed salt, all of which they put in their pockets, they also had a cross which they hung around their necks. Finally he gave them each a five litre garden sprayer that was filled with holy water; Rob had purchased the sprayers from a small nearby flower shop as soon as Cassie had called him the previous day.
After they had filled the sprayers with water and Father Pritchard had blessed it, Rob moved over to the door, which was the only solid barrier between them and Moira Bourbon.
“We are ready then.” Rob said to them, although none of them were in actual fact ready to face Moira Bourbon, Rob said. “Let`s move out then, and remember to use your sprayer as soon as we enter the hall.”
Rob led the way, unlocking the door silently he then pushed it open, the icy evil chill immediately hit him, however he ignored it and strode forward with Father Pritchard and Sir Willoughby Brown following behind him walking side by side and behind them were Christina and Cassie, the whole group making up a V-formation and all of them reciting the Lord`s prayer.
Moira was at first startled by their sudden appearance and then she was delighted that they had been so foolish as to attack her, until she noticed that they had not been affected by the Circle of Circe. She immediately realised why, the protective spray of holy water was stopping the spell from working and Rob was almost upon her. She now attempted to use her satanic powers to take command of their minds, but once again sh
e found that she was unable to, because of the spray of the holy water coupled with the string of garlic upon their heads. They may have looked a little ridiculous but their preparations were keeping them safe. Moira decided to use physical force and again using her satanic powers attempted to force them all back, however the amount of protection that they all carried about their persons served to lessen the blow and although they stumbled they still moved forward. They had soon reached the device; however the three men ignored it, leaving it to Christina and Cassie who stopped at the device. Moira attempted once more to force them back but without any success, and then the three men reached her, they were standing in an arc around her and it was now that the sprayers were turned on her. Moira screamed in agony as the holy water hit her face, body and arms, then the three men thrust their crosses forward and the agony of them touching her coupled to that of the holy water caused her to faint.
While the men had been tackling Moira, Christina and Cassie had reached the Circle of Circe, Christina picked it up and threw it hard against the nearest wall while Cassie continued to spray her sister, upon hitting the wall the device disintegrated and then its broken parts disappeared and the light around the room went out. Unfortunately, for Moira that is, a powerful bolt of energy travelled from it the instant that it shattered, and it followed along her mental connection to the device and exploded within her brain much like a powerful electric shock, and it fried all of her demonic parts and rebooted her human brain.
Leaving Christina, Cassie had rushed over to Moira and knelt down beside her, seeing the Satanist`s burned skin she cried, for Moira had once been her friend, until her father had contaminated her when she had still been an innocent. Beneath parts of the burnt skin Cassie could just make out what seemed to be a new layer of clean untouched skin, so she took out a cotton handkerchief and using what was left of the holy water seemed to be cleaning the Satanist`s burnt face and arms, however as she did so the burnt skin fell away leaving the new unburnt skin, and Moira looked to them all to be a young virginal woman, gone was even the smallest scent of evil, even the icy chill now left the room. Moira slowly opened her eyes to look up at them all and then she smiled, but not her usual smile this one was quite innocent. The reboot of her brain plus her remaining satanic energy had united with the holy water that covered her and the prayers said by her enemies, and had not only make her whole again; she had also been reborn as an innocent. Gone were her satanic memories, her awesome powers, all that remained was a young woman.
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In his palace in the depths of Hell, Lord Lucifer had watched everything that had happened, and he cried out in anger at his loss of such an ally, the champion of god had triumphed against all the odds, Lucifer swore that sometime in the future he would deal with Rob Hinds.
In his fortress, Lord Asbaritch had also watched everything that had happened, he had been in the actual Dreamscape, and he cried when he realised that he would never see his love again, one who was beautiful, powerful and so very fearless.
Not so very far from Lord Asbaritch, bathing in the river of sludge that had given birth to him, a man known to Moira as Adonis screamed out in pain when Moira was being showered with holy water, later his only emotion was one of anger. He had chosen Moira to be both his bride and his mother, for he would have been both his father and his son when he was born to the most powerful Satanist in the world, but Rob Hinds actions had aborted his evil foetus and put back his plans by one thousand years. Now the anti-Christ would have to start all over again, but only when the signs in the heavens were right, then he would seek out another woman who would be worthy of giving birth to him, but long before that he would seek out Rob Hinds and punish him.
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Cassie took Moira to the showers in the SIS offices; there Moira cleaned her body, and all of the burnt skin fell away leaving clean untouched skin. Christina meanwhile had gone to a local clothes store and purchased a new outfit for Moira. When Moira was ready, Father Pritchard took her away with him, they went to a convent in Yorkshire, having first told the mother superior of Moira`s past and also of her miraculous rebirth. He stayed at the convent for two weeks, just to ensure that Moira would be safe now and then he returned to his house, leaving a happy and contented woman behind at the convent, one who had settled extremely well into her new life.
The End
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About the Author
I was born in London, England. Like most of the world, I had to work hard to pay my mortgage and all the other bills, so I only had the time and the energy to write some short stories. My wife and I have a son who is now married to a lovely wife and they have five children of their own. Since retiring to the Greek island of Crete, I have finally found the time and the energy to write some full-length Science Fiction stories.
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Other Books by the Author
Colonies of Earth Series in order
Galaxy Spies
Time Storm
Rebirth
Trial by Ordeal
The Colonies of Earth Collection
Horror Stories
Strange tales; three short mild horror stories
Rob Hinds Stories
Kidnapped and Bound for Hell; A full-length black magic story
The Satanists
Dreamscape
David Charlton stories, a science fiction series
Rescue Mission to the Stars
The Treasure of Altaraus
Return to Mazere
Other science fiction stories
Quasar
The Venetou
Invasion Earth
A New Colony Amongst the Stars (Coming Soon)
Short children`s stories
Three Journeys of the Scary Kind
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