The Demon Conspiracy (50 page)

“What’s so funny, Demon?” called Granny.

“Somethin’ I said-ah,”
replied the demon as it trotted across the yard. Security lights
came on and lit up the area. “I said demons couldn’t lie-ah. But
that was a lie-ah!” The demon broke down laughing so hard it
stopped moving. Travis fired. The marble struck it in back of its
right head.
Thwack!
At the same time Granny shot it in the leg. It took off
running again with a slight limp.

“Ow!” it cried. “I’ll be back for the Kelly
Bishop-ah! You can count on it-ah!”

Granny shot it again, but the creature
escaped into darkness.

“We shoulda killed it,” said Travis, looking
at me upset. I knew exactly how he felt.

“We
did
kill it,” said Granny. “Crikey,
there’s got to be a way to keep those things dead. Something a bit
more permanent anyway, you know?”

I shivered in the December night air. We’d
see that demon again, I was sure of it. The question was when would
it come and how ready would we be?

“Damn those things,” said Angie. “You know,
I should have asked it how it got in the house. I’ll call the
contractors in the morning and let them know the house isn’t
entirely demon proof.”

“You’re gonna tell ‘em ‘demon proof’?” asked
Travis.

“No. But I paid a lot of money to make sure
things like this couldn’t happen. By the way, mom, I finally
figured out what you can get me for Christmas.”

“You’re cutting it close,” said Granny.
“Only a few shopping days left and all. What is it?”

“I want you to teach me how to shoot a gun.
And maybe you can help me buy one later, too.”

“But you hate guns,” I said.

“Yes, ordinarily. But
these demons are tearing up my house and trying to steal my foster
daughter. As far as I’m concerned, this is
war
. Guns are pretty handy in a
war.”

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About the
Author

When R. L. Gemmill was 20,
he hitchhiked from Virginia to California to visit relatives. Along
the way he climbed Handy’s Peak in southern Colorado, had all of
his food stolen by ground squirrels in the Grand Canyon, and most
importantly, began to read books while snowed in on the campus of
Michigan Tech University. He had been writing books since the age
of 12, but actually
reading
books changed everything. Gemmill taught biology
and anatomy in Virginia for 32 years and is now retired.

R. L. Gemmill’s favorite
quote (which saved him from depression and worse):

“
If your life bores you,
risk it.” James Dickey, author of
Deliverance.