As he had placed his hand on her hip and was bringing her in for a kiss, Brendan was feeling quite good about himself. He had successfully summoned a sentient living creature. What's more; it was a beautiful woman - just for him!<br/><br/>Mere fractions of a second before the burns on his hand, he had begun to openly chuckle. "<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Heh-heh-heh-heh</span>- hot-hot -hot HOT-<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">HOT!</span>" His chuckling turned into yelps of pain in an instant. And then, there was a hand on his face, pushing him with such force that he nearly fell over!<br/><br/>Brendan stumbled awkwardly for a few paces and then managed to catch his feet. He stared after her: jaw once again dropped, eyes once again wide.<br/><br/>"W-w-w- What the hell?" he asked quietly, in a daze as he watched the sandy blond-haired girl head toward the stairs. Brendan scratched his head in confusion and looked over his diagram on the floor.<em>"I-I don't understand it!"</em>he thought to himself.<em>"First the calling fizzles out, then it brings someone - but she wants nothing to do with me! I mean, why would the universe send someone I didn't ask for? Wait.... Maybe she wasn't sent! Maybe she came of her own occord!"</em><br/><br/>His heart skipped a beat as a grim thought entered his mind. Recalling Kat's earlier words:<em>"It's just a matter of time before your little magic trick ends up really doing something. And it may not be what you're hoping for."  </em><br/><br/>"Oh no!" he said outloud, both hands grabbing fistfulls of his hair in an open display of anxiety. "I - I think I just summoned a demon!" His legs went weak an he fell down onto his knees. Trembling in fear, his mind raced to think of a possible solution to the problem. But none came to him. And, despite the rather warm temperature of the basement, he broke out into a cold, cold sweat as if someone had just dipped him into ice water.