Part Ten

Sydney was sitting in the back of the truck, Nigel lying in her arms. Thanks to the help of Racine the convulsions had been stopped. A talisman had been placed around his neck, but it was only a temporary solution. Racine was a Mambo, a Voodoo priestess and to Sydney's surpise the sister of the man who given his life helping them defeat Richarde before.

As they reached Racine's home they carried Nigel in and placed him on a bed. He was so still, Sydney placed her fingers against his neck. "Thank God." she whispered. He was still alive, but had long since left the world of the living, he was in Richarde's world now.

Racine came back into the room carrying rags and lengths of rope.

"What do you intend to do with those?" Sydney asked as she stood in front of Nigel's bed.

"These are for his own protection as well as ours." she replied. "As I said before the talisman is only a temporary reprive, the visions will only get worse making him more of a danger to himself and everyone around him."

Sydney knew she was right and helped her tie Nigel down to the bed. She sat next to him gently stroking her fingers through his hair as a single tear slid down her cheek.

Racine came over to Sydney putting her hand on her shoulder, as Sydney looked up she could see the sympathy in her eyes.

"It's never easy seeing someone your in love with in pain."

"Were just friends, he's my assistant." Sydney replied.

"Oh." Racine answered not believing her for one moment. She knew if they were going to help this man, Sydney was going to have to face her own fear. "Come, we must prepare ourselves, Richarde has become very powerful and with each hour he is getting stronger.

By the time they had finished the rituals the sun had begun to go down. Before leaving with Racine, Sydney went to see Nigel again. He had woken up and was struggling to break free from his restraints. The sounds of his screams tore at her heart, she knew there was nothing more she could do here. Sydney closed her eyes, she had to put the images of Nigel out of her mind, she needed all of her strength to defeat Richarde and reclaim the cross. The cross was the only thing that could help Nigel now.

Sydney and Racine headed into the woods, they had left Nigel in the care of her family. As they approached the sealed entrance to the chamber Syd noticed the erie quiet. They search together for another entrance and with in a short time they had found what they had been looking for.

The second entrance to the chamber stood wide open and as Sydney looked at it, one thing came to mind, the old saying "Come into my parlor said the Spider to the Fly."

Go to Part Eleven.


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