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Margaret ran into the chamber, then slowed to a walk as she approached the ceremony. The witches gathered around had their eyes closed, focusing on Jynger, so they didn't notice the kitten walking over to Mike's table.
"One pint in." Keith said, watching the pump. "Time for the next step."
He took the vial of water from the stand and held it up. "Water from Dracula's tomb." He said dramatically, "To quench the thirst of death."
He took the vial and poured its contents into Jynger's mouth.
"Remove the stasis spell you have around her." Keith told Synthea.
Mike was already beginning to feel light-headed and nauseous from his blood loss.
Margaret took a big jump and managed to grab her front paws onto Mike's table. With a bit of effort, she got one back paw and then the other up onto the table. She walked along the table and over to Mike's arm.
"Meow." She said, getting Mike's attention.
Mike looked over at her and the kitten winked. He managed a faint nod.
Synthea then noticed the kitten and smiled.
"Oh, our little mascot decided to have a look." She said, reaching for the kitten.
But Margaret scratched Synthea's hand. The witch pulled her hand back.
"That's it, you pile of fleas." She hissed, "I'll zap you into the middle of a dog pound."
"Not now." Keith snapped, "You can deal with that thing later. It's almost time for the next step."
"The next step is to let Mike go." Elizabeth said from the other side of the room. "Immediately."
Everyone turned to see Elizabeth, Micky, Peter, Davy and Darlene standing inside the doorway.
"So. The great angel Elizabeth and her lackeys have come to try and disrupt my plans again." Satan sneered.
"That's Mr. Lackey to you, you ugly troll." Micky said, putting his hands on Elizabeth's shoulders. "Let Mike go now!"
Satan's eyes grew red as he hissed and took a step back. In the sudden silence, a single word was spoken: "Amen."
Synthea got a huge shock as she suddenly found Margaret in human form standing in front of her!
"What the ...?" Synthea began but couldn't finish as Margaret slapped her hard across the face.
The witch howled and went at Margaret, claws out. The two began to grapple.
"Don't just stand there!" Satan shouted at the coven, "Get them!"
Gwen ran toward Elizabeth, but the angel raised her hands and a white light came from them, pushing the witch to the ground. She crawled away into a corner, crying.
Sophia, Alice and Julia fired red bolts at Elizabeth, but she blocked them, sending them back at the witches. Julia ducked in time, but Sophia and Alice didn't and they were knocked to the ground unconscious. Peter, Davy and Darlene rushed toward Mike's table, while Julia backed away.
Keith was frantically keeping one eye on the fracas and the other on the blood transfusion.
"Two pints in." Keith said to Satan, "Protect me! Just a little longer and you can transfer Jynger's soul back to her."
Satan nodded and put a large clear dome that encircled themselves, the two tables, IV pump, Synthea and Margaret and the phonograph table.
Synthea and Margaret were now on the ground in a hair-pulling match. Margaret was on top, her knee on the witch's chest.
"Without your witchcraft you're nothing." Margaret spat. "Otherwise you'd just be another loser giving your so-called "constructive criticism" baloney on people more talented than you."
Synthea suddenly heaved and threw Margaret off her.
"I'll make you sorry you became human again, you wart." She yelled, getting to her feet. She opened her hand as a ball of fire formed in it.
Peter, Davy and Darlene ran over to the dome and began to pound on it. Keith waved to them, a mocking smile on his face. Mike was getting weaker by the moment, now no longer having the strength to hold his head up.
"We gotta get in there!" Davy shouted.
"The holy water!" Darlene replied
Peter, Darlene and Davy threw their holy water at the dome. It cracked, but did not break.
"Elizabeth, break the dome!" Davy shouted over to her.
Elizabeth pointed both hands at the dome, as Micky placed his hands on her shoulders.
"Ready, aim fire!" Micky shouted.
The angel let loose with a blue bolt of power. The dome cracked but held. Satan screamed in anger and repaired the dome. Elizabeth cracked the dome again, but Satan repaired it.
Just then, Synthea threw her fireball at Margaret, but in her anger she took bad aim. Margaret jumped aside and Synthea's fireball hit Satan instead. He screamed and was knocked back.
"Oh no, master!" Synthea screamed.
This distraction gave Elizabeth the opportunity to shoot off several more bolts in rapid-fire succession. With Micky holding the angel's shoulders, the bolts grew in power. With one final burst, the dome simply popped like a soap bubble. Keith grabbed his staff with the large amber stone on top and shot off a bolt at Elizabeth and Micky. The angel deflected it back at Keith. He managed to block some of it, but was knocked against Jynger's table.
Elizabeth, Micky, Davy, Peter and Darlene ran over to Mike, but Satan lifted his hand and the angel was jerked up off the ground. Micky, Davy, Peter and Darlene were knocked down. The evil being's eyes glowed bright red as he made a fist, trying to choke Elizabeth.
"Die, angel." Satan hissed, his tongue long and forked.
Micky grabbed Keith's staff and rammed it point first into Satan's mid-section. He howled, dropped Elizabeth, and yanked the staff from Micky's hand. Satan pulled the staff out of his body and then spoke to Micky in a language that sounded like metal scratching on glass. Micky looked to Elizabeth for a translation when Keith's voice cried out:
"She's alive! She's alive!" Keith screamed as he stood over Jynger's body.
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