"How is any of this madness possible?"
Gwen Alonzo paced the bedroom floor trying not to step on her former fiancée's ashes. That alone had not dawned on her quite yet that now both of her mates were deceased. Covering her nudity as best she could with what her torn dress had left to pull together was hard enough as it were. Not even her daughter Jody had let it all sink in. After hearing her father's voice spoken through this insanely hot naked redhead made her edgy. Of course, Jody being bi-sexual found the redhead amazing, if not under the best of circumstances.
"Dark magic we think." Raven admitted out loud, "No use trying to hide it, Mister Alonzo."
"So, you're talking to Hector's soul stuck inside yours?" Gwen rubbed both of her temples just forgetting her dress coverage, it was useless trying to hold it together. It took Jody to go to her father's closet and find her one of his white button-down shirts for her mother to wear to calm her down, although not much help in her emotional state. It was surprising that Jody was keeping her head on straight. She merely felt like guarding her emotions, and her mother's.
"She is." Hector spoke up for his family to hear. "I need you both to listen to me. In a few hours I'll be... crossing over. I want you both to know I love you dearly. You're well taken care of Jody. Gwen? Forgive me but given our past, I rather ignored you in my Will. If Jody wishes to share the wealth, I have left her that is up to her. I would prefer my daughter have a good life without you dabbling into her funds. For what it's worth I am... sorry that you also lost Brandon."
"My God! Now I'll need to buy two urns." Gwen was struggling. "Do you have a dust buster?"
"GWEN!" Hector blurted through Raven's mouth, his ex-wife cringing at his outburst. "SIT DOWN NOW!"
"Can we... do this in the living room?" Jody felt ill, "Brandon's ashes laying there in a pile is... going to make me hurl."
"Watch out where you walk. Broken mirror." Raven added in her own voice. "I'll just get dressed. Ummm? Yikes! Clothing's in the hallway." She herself careful where she walked slithered by Jody and introduced herself in passing. "I'm Raven." Her name had already been mentioned but nerves required a second acknowledgment.
"Jody." She replied back shyly peeking at Raven's perfect little ass as she went by, especially that cute tattoo of a star inside a circle. Deciding to refrain from being too nosey Jody crept into her mother's arms as she was buttoning up Hector's borrowed shirt. Being much larger than Gwen she swam in the long sleeve. Once hugging her daughter, they had a good cry until Raven returned to the doorway fully dressed.
"Ready when you are." She told them. Raven then walked to the living room and awaited their arrival. Slowly, almost terrified they joined her, each taking a seat on either the grey plush sofa or loveseat.
"How am I going to explain Brandon's death?" Gwen asked.
"After a few days just call in a missing person's report." Hector suggested wisely, "I know lying about it will raise suspicions but there really is no easy way out. The police will not believe any of this demonic stuff. You need to erase the front door camera footage of your arrival too. Protect yourselves as much as possible when questioned. He was recorded coming in with you, but not leaving."
"Hector?" Raven interrupted herself essentially, "I think I created a barrier myself when we were in our... trance. Maybe what I did fried your camera. That or maybe the entity did it when coming in to avoid him being noticed."
"I doubt he was concerned with being seen. He would have just been Brandon to anyone viewing it." He replied.
"Please... stop talking to each other like that. It's... creepy." Gwen swallowed dryly hugging Jody to her side, having moved to the sofa to be closer. "There is no way I can face Brandon's family now. For that matter yours Hector. Not that they would ever want to see me again." She frantically stood up and paced behind the sofa, Jody, left to look at Raven utilizing her father's voice in awe. Eye contact was stimulating.
"Y-you left me... everything?"
"Yes, Fairest of Damsels." He often told Jody stories of Knights and glory.
"Only daddy ever called me that. It must be you."
"For a few hours longer Jody. I... unfortunately must move on."
"I don't want you to leave me."
"I'm afraid I have no choice. Even now, I can feel a tug to leave young Raven here."
"Why did you do this to Hector?" Gwen interrupted with the blame game, not thinking rationally.
"Do NOT blame Raven. She is innocent in all of this."
"He... it... called her a Succubus. I heard it distinctly." Gwen searched for answers, "I watch enough TV to know that's a bad thing." Supernatural... mainly for Dean because Brandon looked a bit like the actor.
"Gwen! Raven is only now coping with that possible reality. She has been under my care at the orphanage for years, she's been a perfect angel all that time. Please cut her some slack. If not for her, we would not have these final moments together. It is she keeping me here to offer my love to you both." Technically, he was lunch, but she was not aware of the reasoning of their union.
"Oh, Hector." Gwen melted, "I've been such a bitch toward you. Please forgive me."
"Already done Gwen. I need you to do me a favor, both of you actually."
"What?" Jody asked.
"Offer Raven here a place of shelter until she can figure out her future."
"That... thing is dead right? Brandon did burn up... kind of."
"No, Jody, Brandon was a hijacked host. I'm afraid he's still out there." Raven answered for Hector. "He moves between bodies."
"What if he enters us?" Gwen palmed the back of the sofa with an expression of horror.
"It's our belief he can only inhabit males." Again, Raven. "We have been looking for characteristics in this demon's travel patterns." Hector slipping in for Raven. "It seems he can only stay in one body as long as he can see through their eyes. Once he vacates it, he cannot return to the same identity. At least we presume so. It really is far too early to understand anything fully."
"So... let Raven stay in your... house?" Jody found it strange.
"No Jody... your house. A lawyer will be in touch soon, now that I'm dead. In our favor my lawyer is a woman. Angelique Sweeny at Downtown Legal." Boston Legal had been taken. "Once she becomes aware of my demise she will be in contact."
"How do we keep that creep show out of the house?" Jody shivered looking at the front door, "Wait! I couldn't get out earlier to call for help. It was like the door was jammed. My cell's battery died, and I just charged it before meeting mom and Brandon here to pay respects. Not even the home phone would call out."
"That's on me like I said." Raven entered, "When he created that barrier over the bedroom it was like I reached beyond it in my dream... something I didn't know I could do. Which is why I mentioned that maybe I ruined the camera outside in siphoning the power to create a barrier of my own. Maybe it's because of Hector inside me, I might have somehow used his life energy to slip through and secure the home from him. Guys I really have no idea what I'm doing, just know I don't want anyone to suffer because of me."
"Why would you barricade us inside. Jody could have escaped to safety and gone to a neighbor."
"Do you truly think having the police here would have done any good?" Hector intervened, "It would only have made matters worse. Raven's manifested barrier kept Jody in a safe zone. The thing most likely could not have left that bedroom to go after Jody due to Raven. She was feeding off of my worry for both of you. If you blame Raven, you must blame me."
