June 19th, 1981

Gerald

I arrived back to the group and Emberly hugged me tightly, "I thought the next time I was going to see you would be when I did your autopsy! Never do that to me again!" She yelled at me then slapped me.

"Ok ow I'm sorry but look I got really important information, did you guys find anything?" I asked and Megan held up a book.

"The lady at the shop said we needed this gave it to me for free." Megan said and I nodded.

"Great! Now listen Candice and I had a chat she reminded me of something she told Millie. Candice is possessed by the devil and we need to separate them. Candice isn't even evil she's not in control of her own body. We have to help her." I said and I got blank stares and Megan drummed her fingers on the book.

"I guess that makes sense. This book is titled The Devil's Spellbook." She said quietly and I picked it up looking it over.

"How did this get here?" I said quietly and they looked at me confused.

"What do you mean Gerald?" Emberly asked.

"This book is what we used in Japan to summon Hiromay, the Goddess of Japan. She controlled life, love, and light." I stated.

I set the book down and thought in my head as hard as I could. 'Hiromay if you can hear me guide the way.' the book flew open and turned to a page. The spell was titled "Separation Of Possession. This is it! We can help Candice."

"Then let's go there is no time to waste." Emberly said and we all followed her out the door.

***

Candice

Gerald had left what felt like hours ago. The full moon prevented the devil from having control over me for one day. It was the reason I didn't kill because I wasn't being forced to.

I was surprised when the hoard of do-gooders burst through my door. "You could have knocked." I said with a hiccup and the bottle of whiskey fell outta hand and landed on my carpet.

It was empty and I was laying on my couch enjoying my only day of some freedom. "I think you're too drunk to have answered the door." Gerald said and walked around sitting in front of me on my coffee table. Well okay Lindsey's coffee table that I stole, I was hoping she'd find were I live to come maybe arrest me for stealing her table. So far a no show.

"Hey don't sit on that table it's Lindsey's and it's Gucci she'd be very upset," I sat up to a sitting position. "Secondly I'm not that drunk dipshit." I said and Gerald held back a laugh.

"Pretty sure she's gonna be more upset you stole her coffee table. Anyways we know how to separate you from the devil so if you're ready...?" He said and I looked up at him into his eyes.

"You only got one shot so do it, and do it right." I said and he nodded and looked at Megan who opened the book to the page.

***

Gerald

We moved to her entrance hall and formed a circle around her. Megan handed us each a candle she grabbed from her apartment. She pulled out salt and began to chant words as she began to form a pentagram around Candice.

She stopped at the last point said three final words and threw a match onto the salt. "I free you." The salt pentagram burst into flames and consumed Candice then threw her across the room. She smacked her head on her stair railing and passed out.

Emberly and Ryan ran to her aid and Megan I stood to face the devil. She had long black hair and coal black eyes. She looked livid as she surveyed the room. "Well I suppose this is for the better, love was making her weak anyways." She said and tossed her hair.

"Are you the devil?" I asked and she smiled.

"I prefer Michelle dear Gerald. Don't think because you separated us this is over either." She vanished and we ran over to Candice who was starting to come to.

"W-What happened?" She said as she started sitting up.

"Candice you're free." I said and she looked around seeing the world through different eyes, her own. Then she leaned over and puked a bunch of blood.

The next few hours were a blurr, as we rushed her to the morgue where Emberly and Ryan did their best to treat her for any injuries. Lindsey we invited down and explained the situation. Candice apologized for stealing her coffee table but Lindsey thought it was cute. We now had bigger problems however. The devil was still out for blood and revenge.