> Derek shook his head, only to stop and touch where he had been struck and
> knew moving like that was a very bad idea at the moment. Then he focused
on
> what Kat had said... Julia?
>
> "It - it couldn't have been, Kat.. I was talking to her on the phone
> when..." he moaned a little and tried to sit up, only to bump up against
the
> field that surrounded them and touch it tentively. Strong and unyielding.
>
> Then he looked at Kat and cleared his voice "Kat.. remember what I told
> you.. about looking inside yourself, Feeling de tr'th."
>
> His accent was thicker than usual and he was sure he had suffered a
> concussion from the demon's blow, but Kat couldn't let the demon have
power
> over her - and that was exactly what it was doing; using the girl's
earlier
> fears about Julia against her.
>
> He grimaced as a wave of nausea hit and squeezed his eyes closed, fighting
> it.
>
> "Julia.. would never.. hurt - us..." was all he managed as the wave of
> dizziness that quickly followed hit him, swallowing him into the blackness
> of unconsciousness.
>
"No she did," Kat insisted shaking her head fervently as the tears started
up again. She didnt' want to believe that Julia was bad, but she'd seen
her. "She tricked us." Kat wanted to feel whe Derek said, but all she
could feel was fear and dread taking over. So what he told her to do was
not easy "She came back to hurt us....."
Kat
