Abe opened the door to the bathroom down the hall from my room and stepped inside. He turned around to face me.

"Remember the plan?" He asked me, keeping his voice low.

"Yes," I answered, having it run through my mind again. I call tall, scary guy, don't die, and Abe kills it the end. "But make sure as soon as this is over, you need to leave. My mom can't know you were here."

"What? No after party?" He offered me a smile. I had to laugh and shrug. "Go call him."

I enter my room. Shaking despite Abe's attempt at humor, I open my mouth to try to address the demon. Without uttering a word, the heaviness flattens me and knocks the wind out of my lungs. Through what feels like an impenetrable fog, I hear cries of surprise and crashing coming from the bathroom.

"Abe!" I shout, panic spreading inside of me like wildfire. "Abe! No-!"

Something is being slammed onto a rigid surface repeatedly. Something soft, something human, followed by screams of pain. A cracking sound echoed out in waves like nausea. I thought it was over when it went silent. Please let it be Abe. God, please!

"Abe?" I called out hesitantly. Please let it be Abe. God, please! "Abe are you-?"

SQUELSH

The screaming stopped. The crashing stopped. The fighting ceased. I gagged, feeling like fainting. He barely had a chance against that thing. Oh God, Abe! How could this happen? Lord, please protect my Mom and Hannah. You know they mean everything to me. The lanky, shadowy figure stomped into the room, or rather limped. Abe didn't go down without a fight, but it wasn't enough.

"Don't worry about your crappy mother seeing Abe, I'll haul him away and no one will know what happened to him," he spoke those horrid words as if they were comforting to me.

"You fucking monster! You took an innocent man who had nothing to do with you! A friend!" I was suddenly filled with rage, and it felt good. I wanted to let everything out at this horrible, disgusting being that dared to touch my family! "Don't you dare call my mother crappy! She is the best woman to exist on the planet!" Out of the shadows, he wagged his finger, taunting me.

"Dear Jackie, Abe was trying to kill me, and you asked him to. Do you really think so little of me? Don't think I didn't overhear you two devise your plan against me."

I froze, my rage melting away to reveal my overwhelming panic. I knew something was wrong. I knew it, and I went through with the plan anyway. I helped slaughter a man.

It started walking towards me, and I started backing up. I fell backwards onto my bed. Shit! He came closer, towering above me and I started to feel tears stream down my face. I don't want to die!