The Call

Alex was sitting in the living room sipping some iced tea when she had gotten the call. When she picked up the phone and said hello, it was a while before said person on the other end answered her. "Hello sweet Alex." The chilling voice had said. That very voice made her blood run cold. "What do you want?" she asked trying to sound unafraid. The voice on the other end chuckled at her pathetic attempt to sound brave. "I think you know what I want my dearest Alex. How old is she now; 15? And her friend the same age I presume?" the voice laughed again. This time whatever pleasant tingle she felt at the sound of his voice, whatever fear that went along with it was replaced by a fierce protectiveness. He was after the girls. At first, she felt an attraction to him, but now all she felt was a fierce need to protect the girls at whatever cost.

"If you harm them in any way, if you so much as go near them…" she started. The Wishmaster chuckled. "And what do you think to do about it? You know who is Kenzi's father," his voice softened for a moment. Even though Alex was his enemy he felt an attraction to the woman. "I am prepared to offer you immortality. You, our daughter, and even her friend." He offered. Alex lowered her voice dangerously. "I would rather die than be like you. I'll stop you by whatever means necessary." She warned, all fear gone now. Demarest snarled into the phone. "You cannot keep her from me! Do you honestly think, that once her powers develop, she'd want to spend her life in the realm of you wretched humans?! You should have never been created!" his patience spent. "I will find her. And when she disovers her powers and what she is truly a part of…we'll see if she wants to be with a dying race, or a race of immesurable power! Good day Alex." Demarest hung up the phone.

Snarling, he hurled a chair at the mirror in the house he was "borrowing" at the time. That BITCH! How DARE she try and keep him from his own offspring! He calmed down quickly and smiled. There was one way he could get Kenzi on his side. If he kidnapped Alice and Alex, threatening them with death, Kenzi would have no choice but to side with him to save her bitch of a mother and poor excuse of a human friend. And once his race was released into the human world, it wouldn't matter or not if Alex and Alice perished. Kenzi would be on his side forever and may not even have any memories of either of them.

Alex sat in her chair and wept openly. If Demarest got to her daughter, she wouldn't put it past him to kill her just to get back at Alex. She had to do something. She quickly pulled out a book and began reading on how to stop the Djinn.

Imprisoning a Djinn

There is no known way to kill a Djinn, but there is a way to imprision him/her. The summoner must be of at least neutral alignment for the imprisonment to be 100% effective. Typically the most effective way to make sure the djinn is imprisoned is making sure it is trapped in the Stone Of The Sacred Fire. Once this stone is created or obtained, the summoner would typically purify him/herself and recite the words: Nib Suggaroth Baheem while in close proximity with the creature. Meaning, the creature must have direct contact with the stone along with the summoner. The words must be pronounced exactly, for if there is one slip up the djinn is released from the hold and the process must be done again.

The stone used to imprison the djinn must be its own. If the stone is shattered it is useless and a new one must be obtained, furthermore, if the stone is shattered when the djinn is inside it is released. The offspring of a human and a djinn can imprison the djinn in the stone created by the offspring's blood. Or if the offspring makes the sacrifice of love, the djinn may be imprisoned for 2000 years in The Void without the use of a stone. Good aligned offspring of a djinn often choose to sacrifice themselves in the name of love to imprison a djinn that is causing probems.

Alex closed the book. 'Djinn/human offspring often choose to sacrifice themselves…' Alex shuddered at the thought. The mere thought of Kenzi sacrificing herself was something Alex couldn't bear. And Kenzi had the sweetest, kindest disposition ever. She was, however, a teen and as such, sometimes went with the crowd, she still had a good heart. She thought about sending Kenzi to stay with her aunt Shannon for a while, at least until this Djinn thing ended…but she didn't even really know Shannon all that well. She had only seen her aunt once or twice in all the 15 years of her life. Maybe it was time to reconcile.

a/n: I redid this chapter because after re-reading it I didn't like how the original one turned out. I believe that if the Djinn did contact alex, she wouldn't be as friendly towards the djinn. And I don't think the djinn would help someone out unless it actually benefited him in some way. I hope this chapter is better than the original one I posted.

Special thanks goes to Ana-Shadow-Wolf for pointing that out to me.