All the noise from the fighting started to attract attention from people in and outside the building. A few brave employees came up from the stairs and looked in shock at all the destruction in Jynger's office.
"What's going on?" A man asked.
The angel turned to the man and the woman beside him and waved her hand.
"There's been an explosion!" Elizabeth said, "Miss McDonald's been injured! Sound the alarm and evacuate the building immediately!"
Without a word, the two turned and ran back down the stairs. A few seconds later a distant alarm bell began to ring.
Elizabeth turned to the Monkees, holding up a hand to forestall the questions they had.
"We have to look for that tape reel with your songs and destroy it." She said, "Jynger can still use it to spread evil."
"You mean this tape, Elizabeth?" A voice asked.
Everyone turned to see Jynger standing near the smashed wall and windows. A tape reel was in her hands.
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Back at the music store, a dazed, shoeless and disheveled Estella sat on a chair near the back room. She had refused all medical care and now watched as the police and fire investigators looked for the source of the `explosion' that had caused so much destruction.
Suppressing a groan, she undid the bun in her hair which had come loose in the fight with Elizabeth. Estella's whole body ached from the bolt the angel had reflected back at her. The old witch couldn't remember when she had last felt such power. She couldn't help but think the angel's boyfriend had something to do with it...
Suddenly, Estella felt an icy cold band grip around her throat, shutting off her air. The witch clutched at her throat, trying to breath, when she was yanked to her feet by her neck and dragged backwards into the back room. Once inside the back room, Estella was thrown to the floor, where the band finally went away and she found that she could breath again. Looking up, Estella found herself in the presence of her dark master, Satan, dressed in a black cape lined in red. He was holding a cane with a skull on top.
"Master..." Estella breathed.
Satan bent down and backhanded Estella across the face.
"You had an angel working for you for several days and you didn't know it?!" Satan yelled at her. "You incompetent old hag!"
"Please master, she had her powers well hidden." Estella begged, climbing to her knees.
"Perhaps you've outlived your usefulness to me, Lady Estelle." Satan said, tapping his chin.
"Have mercy, master." Estella whimpered, "Forgive me. Remember how faithfully I've served you throughout the centuries?"
"Mercy? Forgiveness?" Satan sneered, "You must mistake me for that other being and his son who bestows such nonsense to their followers. Another reason why I should get rid of you."
"Please master, give me another chance." Estella begged, putting her forehead on the floor.
Satan pace around for a few minutes as Estella cried and pleaded for another chance. Finally, he stopped and commanded her to look at him.
"I'll let you stay up here for now." Satan said sternly. "But you are no longer the personal secretary to my demon Lord Pride in my Circle of Darkness. You are no longer the witch queen of your coven and you will take your pathetic self back to England where you belong. There you will sell your ancestral home and live in public housing until I find a another job worthy of your lower station. Am I clear?"
"Sell my home?" Estella stuttered, but a dark look from her master silenced any further protest.
"Oh and one final thing, Duchess." Satan said with an evil smile. "You will be incontinent for the next one hundred Earth years as well."
With a nasty laugh, Satan disappeared. The disgraced witch stared in shock where her master had once stood, then quickly got up and ran to the nearest bathroom.
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"Please hand over the tape, Jynger." Elizabeth said, "It's over. Your evil plans have been exposed. Hand it over and we'll leave in peace."
Jynger just shook her head. "Never." She said with a smirk, backing toward the broken wall facing the outside, "At least I'll use this tape to send other mortals to my master. Your friends will still serve my master whether they like it or not!"
The wind began to blow again as Jynger prepared to fly away. The angel said nothing. She just stared intently at the tape reel.
Within a few seconds, it began to smolder and then suddenly the tape reel burst into flames!
Jynger screamed and dropped the burning tape reel, stepping back as she did so. The witch's foot caught on a bit of broken masonry. She lost her balance and fell out of the smashed wall toward the ground below!
Elizabeth and the Monkees rushed over to see what happened and saw Jynger hanging onto a piece of the building's now smashed facade.
"Help me!" Jynger cried.
"Take my hand, I'll pull you up!" Elizabeth said as she lay down and extended her hand.
Jynger reached up, but instead of grabbing Elizabeth's hand, she grabbed her wrist and yanked the angel outside as well! The angel just managed to grab the bricks in time. Now both were hanging thirteen stories above the ground, and too far to be grabbed by the Monkees.
"Elizabeth!" Micky screamed.
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While this scene was playing out, something else was happening in the room behind them. Close to where an unconscious Maggie still lay, an amber-colored point of light formed in the room, which turned into a beam that spiraled down until it touched the floor.
When the beam touched the floor, a figure appeared in the middle of the spiral. It wore a dark purple-hooded cloak which covered its face and it carried a copper staff with a large multi-faceted piece of amber on the top. The figure lowered the staff and the beam of light dissipated. The figure pulled down its hood to reveal none other than Keith Locksley.
Ignoring the ruckus only a short distance away, Keith smiled and bent down to the unconscious Maggie. He pulled her to a standing position and held her close against him. Giving Maggie a quick peck on the forehead, Keith raised his staff once again and another beam of amber colored light came from the tip of his staff. The light spiraled around them and they disappeared.
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For several seconds, the two women swung thirteen stories above the Earth. Then Jynger began to punch and hit Elizabeth with one hand while hanging on to the building with the other. The angel pushed Jynger's hand away with her own hand while trying to reason with the witch.
"Jynger stop it!" Elizabeth shouted, "Don't throw your life away!"
Down on the ground, several police and fire rescue vehicles were approaching the building.
"I don't care as long as I take you with me!" Jynger shouted back.
She shot her hand out and gripped Elizabeth's throat. The witch began to squeeze with all her might.
The angel grabbed Jynger's hand and finally managed to pry it from her throat. Electric sparks danced from their joined hands. The power coursing through the angel and the witch made the building around them shake and pieces of the building around them began to break off.
Elizabeth got her hand free of Jynger's grasp and pushed the witch's hand away. Just then, the part of the facade where Jynger's hand was came loose from the shaking and the witch lost her grip.
Jynger screamed as she began to fall. Elizabeth tried to grab her, but then her own hand came loose and she began to fall as well...but her own downward plunge was stopped by a hand from above grabbing her wrist.
"Gotcha!" Micky said triumphantly. He was hanging upside-down from Jynger's office, his legs being held by Mike and Davy.
Jynger tumbled down, but before she could cast a spell to make herself float, her head hit a stone gargoyle head sticking out from the building and she was knocked unconscious. Seconds later, Jynger hit the ground.
"NO! Oh no no!" Elizabeth cried looking down at the scene in horror.
"Hang on, baby, we'll pull you up!" Micky said, taking Elizabeth's other hand, then looked up at his band mates. "Ok, now pull!"
Mike, Peter and Davy pulled on Micky's legs and brought Micky and Elizabeth to safety. Peter held Micky's ankle with one hand while still holding Darlene with the other. Micky pulled the angel to her feet.
"Are you ok, sweetheart?" Micky asked.
Elizabeth just shook her head. "I tried to save her. She fought me, I didn't want her to die!" She started to cry.
Micky took Elizabeth in his arms. "I know you tried to save her. We all saw that, and saw how she tried to kill you, but Jynger was simply...evil."
The other Monkees came over and they all gave the angel a group hug. Suddenly remembering Maggie, Peter looked over to where she was supposed to be, but she was gone.
"Where's Maggie?" Peter asked, pointing to where the witch used to be.
Reaching out with her powers, Elizabeth searched for the witch.
"She's not here." The angel said a few seconds later, "Someone came and took her away."
Down below, everyone could hear the sound of police and firemen rushing up the steps to the office.
"We can't be found here." Elizabeth said quickly, raising her hands.
Just as the first police and firemen arrived, Elizabeth, the Monkees and Darlene disappeared.
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An instant later everyone appeared in the living room at the pad. A second later, the Monkeemobile appeared in the driveway too.
Elizabeth was exhausted from her fight and Micky had to help her over to the couch. Peter came over and knelt in front of Elizabeth. He still held Darlene in his hands.
"Elizabeth, I know you're tired, but can you please help Darlene?"
"Of course." The angel said with a smile, "Sit her down in front of me."
Peter did as he was told and then backed away.
Elizabeth looked skyward as she put her hands together in prayer. Then she looked down and placed her hands on Darlene's shoulders.
Darlene glowed with a white light and then she slowly began to grow! Within a few seconds, Darlene was back to her normal size.
Darlene looked at herself, then bent down, grabbed Elizabeth's ankles, and kissed the angel's feet.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Darlene cried, tears coming down her cheeks.
Elizabeth stood, gently pulled Darlene to her feet and gave her a hug.
"It's ok, Darlene." Elizabeth said gently, "I'm very glad you're safe, thanks to Peter."
Darlene, still crying, turned to Peter and gave him a hug.
"Thank you for saving my life." Darlene said.
"Thank you for saving mine." Peter answered, returning the hug and kissing her head.
Sighing, Elizabeth turned to the others. "I'm going back to my apartment to rest, then we can talk about what happened later." She then noticed the Monkees' down faces. "Don't worry, I'll be back, I promise, but we all need to rest."
"Depart from us for we are sinful men." Mike said quietly, looking at the floor.
Elizabeth then noticed the bruise forming on Mike's face where Maggie had backhanded him. "What do you mean?" She asked, raising a hand to heal his face, but Mike moved away.
"He means we've done a lot of bad things, Elizabeth." Davy replied, looking at the floor as well, "We caused a lot of problems for you. Perhaps you shouldn't have anything more to do with us."
"Don't heal my face, Elizabeth, I deserved that blow for being so foolish." Mike told her.
"If you want to leave us for good, Elizabeth, we'll understand." Micky said, tears in his eyes.
"You Monkees are the craziest people." The angel said, shaking her head. "But perhaps its best that I do leave for awhile." With that, she disappeared.