"Nick can you get this one!" Kevin William, Nicks cousin, said.
The boy was a sophomore in high-school, he had brown eyes, brown hair, and a couple freckles littering his face.
The group comprised of Holly, Rick, Wendy, and Nick all stopped to turned around to see Kevin pointing at a specific claw machine.
The entire family had all gone to the state fair, they'd rode some rides, ate some food and visited the petting zoo. Nick asked for this, it was gonna be his last vacation for quite a while and wanted to do something with the family.
Nick planned on quitting in a couple months, things in this world would be ramping up soon and he needed time to get prepared. It would require 100% of his attention, a job would get in the way.
It'll suck losing his connections with the Agencies resources but he'll hopefully regain them if he gets invited into the avengers, even if he didnt Nick had plans in place.
Walking over to Kevin who looked at him hopefully, Nick saw that it was a magnetic claw machine that had a dozen IPods in cases that had metal tops. You'd have to hit the case dead on to attach itself and even then it'd probably fall off by design.
"Which color did you want?" Nick said as he put a dollar into the machine.
"Come on Nick you knows these things are rigged, no need to waste the money." Rick said as he stood next to the machine, his dirty blonde hair had to be swept to the side.
"I wouldnt be so dismissive, i am a master at the claw machine." With a smile on his face, Nick activated his Telekinesis ability!
"Well this isnt a claw machine, its magnet grabber. You're out of your depth." Holly said with a smile, just happy that the family is spending time together after the shooting.
"I want the green one!" Kevin said with hope in his eye.
"Then the green one it is." Moving the claw over the green ipod, Nick pressed the button as the machine moved down.
Using his telekinesis, Nick subtly moved the magnet slightly to the left and attached it dead center on the case. Of course he wasnt done there, he knew the thing would probably fall off so he poured more energy into the machine and caused the Ipod to follow the magnet.
As it moved over the drop box Nick stopped and let the Ipod fall out, his use of Telekinesis was impossible to have been detected.
"You actually did it" Kevin lifted up the flap and grabbed his Ipod, his face etched into happiness.
Both Rick and Holy were shocked at house easy it was, Nick was about to walk awah when he saw Wendy's face pout slightly.
Her head was tilted down and her glasses shifted slightly, her curly brown hair covered her freckled face. With her being twins with Kevin, she literally looked like the female version of him.
"What color do you want Wendy?" As he asked this question the light in her eyes lit up.
"Do you really think you could get another one?" Instead of replying Nick just stuck another dollar in.
"I-I want the Pink one!" At her request Nick moved the magnet over the Pink Ipod and used his Telekinesis to once again get an Ipod.
"Thank you Nick." Wendy hugged Nick before grabbing her Ipod, she began talking to Kevin about what he'll download on his.
"Im surprised, i thought all these games are rigged but i guess they just take skill." Holly looked at the scene with mild surprise, she smiled deeply seeing her daughter giggling away.
Just the faintest hints of age appeared on the 42 year old blonde woman's face, the tiny wrinkle around her crystal blue eyes only added to her elegance.
"Come on Kids, its time to go" They'd spent the past five hours at the fair, they had their fun and needed to go home and feed their dogs.
Holly needed this, going to the fair allowed her to unwind and decompress. She was guided the family back to the parking lot, they'd arrived at the exit of the Fair when Holly noticed that Nick had stopped walking.
"You guys go ahead, ill catch up in a few minutes." Nick didnt wait for a response, he immediately began walking away to an alley off in the distance.
It was only for a moment but Holly caught a glimpse in Nicks eyes, the warm kind expression was gone and replaced with a seriousness and distain.
"Rick take the kids back to the car." Holly, similar to Nick, didn't wait for an answer but she knew Rick would follow her instructions.
Reaching into her purse Holly grabbed her gun and quickly moved it into her overcoats pocket, her fingers turning the safety off.
She watched as Nick quickly scurried into the alleyway and she quickly follow but was in for a shock!
There on the floor, was what looked like a homeless man, he had a cardboard box and a jar. The homeless man opened his mouth to speak, he just barely uttered out the words "can you please spare a few do-" when suddenly Nick stabbed him!
He moved so fast neither the homeless man or Holly could react, she didnt know what was happening but she had to find out!
"Nick what the hell is going on! Why did you stab this man?!" Her voice was authoritative, she wasnt speaking to him as his aunt, but as his boss.
"Holly?" Nick was shocked, he didnt think it was possible for her to have tailed him without knowing but then he realized why.
Looking down at the homeless 'man', Nick saw its eyes had now turned entirely black, it was a demon!
'The foul stench of Sulfur this guy is radiating must've overpowered my noise and allowed Holly to sneak up on me.'
The alley was dark and Holly couldnt see well, so instead of answering her he simply turned on his phone and used its screen to illuminate the mans face.
"This isnt a man, its a demon." Nicks words cause Hollys eyes to snap towards the demon as her eyes widen in shock in realization.
She'd see them in their black smoke form before but never in a human vessel.
"Ive seen this guy hanging around our house before and he following us to the fair, so i went to talk with him only to find out he reeks of rotten eggs, the #1 sign of a demon."
Nick wasnt lying too much, his Polar Bear nose smelt sulfur hanging around his neighborhood and knew a demon was close. When he saw the homelessness man, Nicks smelt the revolting stench of sulfur and followed him.
Walking closer Holly saw that the Demon was limp, it couldnt move an inch.
"Arent these things able to exit their vessels in a plume of black smoke?"
"Thats the Devil's trap symbol in affect, i carve it into all of my blades." Nick flashed his second knife at Holly, at the very base of it was a Pentagon with symbols in it.
"You carry multiple blades wi-" "You shit stains! After I pull this knife out, i'll kill you and this Bitch!" The demon cut Holly off to try and sound threatening but it couldnt even move its body.
"You demons love to yap. I'd love to 'interrogate' you on why you were following us but i wouldn't believe a word you'd say, so lets just exercise you and hope the vessel is still alive" The demon began cursing at Nick, begging him and trying to make a deal but it all fell to deaf ears.
It was incredibly hard for a demon to escape Hell, especially since Nick informed the Agency about the literal gate to Hell in Wyoming that he found in one of Bobby Singers old books. The entire place had been gated off with 24/7 surveillance and guarding.
Holly watched as Nick undid the chain around his neck revealing a small silver cross, he place the cross to the Demons face and began.
"Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus
omnis satanica potestas, omnis incursio
infernalis adversarii, omnis legi..."
Nicks voice cause the demon to scream and shout in agony, Holly watched as the black smoke escaped out of the homeless mans mouth and pooled on the ground before sinking down, going back home to the pits of hell.
With the exorcism over, Nick crouched down and placed his finger to the mans neck before sighing and taking his knife out of his shoulder.
"He's dead, its best to calll in the regular police for this one. The agency already has enough dead demon vessels." Nick's calm demeanor about the whole thing caused a feeling of shock and pride to go through Holly.
'He just tracked down and exercised a demon, all without even changing expressions. Perhaps i should be less worried about him and more worried for the things he hunts.'