Authors Note:
So here I am back again, after three crashed hard drives, and two computers, I finally got to the stories I thought I had lost forever and believe me it will not happen again. I will be doing my best to do some more work on them and A Ride to Heaven and Back Part 2 in the near future. You'll also find that Dani and Bull decided to pull some twists and turns on me that needless to say I was not prepared for but that will come clear in a later chapter. Not only do they have to battle the forces of good and evil, but now they have to return the balance of nature to its rightful place.
What a mess, but they will muddle through as always, and I just hope I can do them the justice they deserve.
Hugs
Darkstone57
Chapter 12
Dani sat in the café booth and rested against Bull, it was morning now and after a long night the only thing left to do was wait for the tires to be replaced. Meantime she was listening to Bull, Red and Bull's cousin J.C. talk about odd shit happening. She was still recovering from the sickness that had hit here when she had realized Nick and Jessie were close by. It had never been so bad before, she hadn't even had the strength to call her demon to help Bull and the others fight him off. What the hell had Nick hit her with last night?
"Are you sure you don't need to go see a doctor Dani...?" J.C. looked at her with concern in his eyes, the same color eyes that her beloved Bull had. His daddy was one of Pierre's brothers, one who had left the bayou for a career in the Army and after his own stint in the Marines; J.C. had settled in this small town and joined the police department.
"I'll be fine, just cold and still feeling a little nauseated. Bull will warm me up later..." She felt weak and it showed in her voice, and lack of energy.
The two men grinned at her as they looked at the way Bull kept his arm around her in his possessive manner. "I'm sure he will Dani, still can't believe you've come back Beau, most of the family thought you were dead when we heard you had run off, only your daddy, and your momma kept telling everyone that you weren't. I think a lot of us thought since you were so young when you did it that something bad had happened to you. But I can honestly tell daddy and the others that you are very much alive, and you found yourself one hell of a good looking woman in the process." He grinned then his voice took a serious tone. "Beau, last night..."
Red smiled, "You can ask him, we spent five years in the same jail cell, I know all about his demon. I felt it last night, what the hell you think made me think of Beau. Only felt power like that once or twice before, usually when someone pissed him off big time."
J.C. nodded, "so it was you I felt last night, but there was more and something else..." He sounded concerned.
Dani gave him a nod. "Part of it was from my family, the other thing you felt belonged to a man named Nick Jensen. I know he hit me with something last night, something new. I can normally recover from one of his attacks easy, but not this one. I think I need to get to Massie and Maylene for the answers...even my demon is feeling weak and not up to par. Wouldn't be so bad, but me and Bull, we're having a baby..."
"That explains it, I can see the charms, but that baby doesn't have any protection. He's not attacking you Dani; he's attacking your unborn child. I remember Massie and Maylene talking about such things when I would go to visit. We need to get you to New Orleans as soon as possible."
Red looked at them, "Well count me in, I owe Beau my life, he saved my ass more times than I care to think, and I ain't going to sit here on my ass wondering if you all are okay. I can find a new job down south, if I don't head up to Oregon when this is all over." He grinned as he stood up, "just don't go leaving without me."
"I promise we won't..." Though if she didn't get to feeling better she didn't know what was going to happen. Nick was attacking her son? She wanted to hear more but her maternal instinct was taking over and she went inside herself to check on the fetus, yes, she saw it now, a dark spot and it was growing, the sparks of the families doing their best to hold it back, but the darkness was strong and most were struggling to not fade. She noticed that Pierre's spark and that of her grandfather Charles were the strongest. "Bull, he's right, I need to get to your momma, and granny Maylene..."
She began to shiver and Bull half carried her out into the bright sunshine. The truck was loaded, and ready to go, even as he carefully helped her in, Red came rolling up on a sweet looking Harley Electra-Glide and smiled brightly. Her brother Dave was ready to go as well, and Mike brought Rose to her.
"She's been whining all night, trying to get to you. Dads' in paying for the tires and all, he says get your asses moving. We'll catch up."
J.C. nodded. "I got some business to take care of but I'll catch up too, hit the freeway and don't stop for anyone. I got some friends on the highway patrol force, they'll help, and most of them are bayou boys too..." He grinned and touched her face. "You'll be fine cousin; you got a whole family who will be watching out for you."
His touch seemed to help warm her as much as the blanket her mom had brought out and the feel of Rose against her as well, she saw Bull's look of fear. "Get us to New Orleans honey, I know you'll get us there safe, I'm letting you drive my truck aren't I?"
Bull smiled and reached out to touch her face. "Yes you are love, now rest. Protect our child; I'll get you to Momma and grandma."
The trip south was like a dream to Dani, she knew they stopped for gas, and she could hear the purr of her truck engine as well as her brother's Harley and the Electra-Glide. Various voices spoke to her in her mind and the clearest were her grandfather and a soft, low voice she was sure was that of her lovers' father. She could hear Massie and Maylene's as well, their tones more like a chant than anything, and her mind filled with what sounded like a hundred women's voice reciting the same chant. Her voice was there as well, and her momma and Katie...Sue and Annie were chanting, and her grandma Dee, all of them weaving some kind of spell around her and her child.