Category:Blood Price Pt.2

Plot
Vicki awakens to find herself lying on a sofa in Henry's living room. At first, she fears that Henry is the killer. Henry admits that he is a vampire and demonstrates it by running a knife through his palm and showing his fangs, but he tells her that the killer is actually a demon who is being summoned by a human, and he would like to team with Vicki, since Henry cannot work during the daytime. Vicki agrees, and asks Henry how he knows so much about demons. Henry explains how, in 1890s London, he came upon a Satanic cult called Hellfire. Their leader had summoned a demon named Astaroth from whom they requested eternal life. In return, they offered "the nightwalker" Henry to Astaroth. Astaroth asked Henry to open the portal that would let him pass into this world, but Henry refused and sent Astaroth back to hell. Henry is certain that the demon who has been killing people in Toronto is attempting to open that portal. If that happens and Astaroth enters this world, all hell will break loose, Henry tells Vicki.

Since dawn is approaching and he must sleep, Henry suggests that Vicki search the police files for a rash of thefts, as minor demons can only gift their summoners with material goods that they steal from someone else. Vicki jaunts over to the police station and requests the reports from recent thefts. She finds several, all concentrated in the university area. Still too big an area, Henry says when Vicki later shows him her findings. Instead, Henry performs a ritual that reveals the demon will strike again in Bikeman's Park.

Once night has settled on the city, Vicki and Henry go walking in Bikeman's Park. Suddenly, they hear a scream. The demon has taken one victim and is turning on another. Henry and Vicki jump in and fight him until the demon gives up, turns into a horde of bats, and flies away. Unfortunately, Henry has been stabbed several times and needs blood. Vicki rolls up her sleeve and offers him her arm. Henry drinks just enough to keep from dying. Vicki escorts him back to his condo where she spends the day tending to him while he sleeps. By that evening, Henry is healed, so they meet with Dr Betty Sagara [Linda Sorenson], a professor of Demonology at the university and one of the few individuals who knows about Henry. Dr Sagara gives them a list of students who have recently shown an overinterest in demonology.

The next day, Vicki starts looking up the people on the list. Meanwhile, Norman has enticed Coreen to his house by telling her that he knows how to find the vampire that killed Ian. Before she goes off with Norman, Coreen leaves a message on Vicki's cellphone about meeting Norman. When Coreen gets in the Porsche, however, Norman chloroforms her, takes her to his apartment, and ties her up. When Vicki hears Coreen's message on her cell, she notices that one of the people on Sagara's list is named Norman Bridewell. It gives the address, so she calls Henry to tell him where she is going. She asks Henry to hurry over as soon as he wakes up. Then she heads over to Norman's house where she finds Coreen gagged and tied to a chair. Norman suddenly leaps from a closet and knocks Vicki out. As he ties Vicki up, Norman says to Coreen, "I think we have our next sacrifice."

When Vicki finally comes to, Norman has summoned the demon. When Norman offers Vicki as a sacrifice, the demon disappears and Astaroth takes his place. Just as Norman is about to stab Vicki, Henry flies in the door and starts reciting the incantation that will force Astaroth back to hell. Astaroth screams "No!", takes Norman instead, and promises Henry that he will be back for him. Mike rushes in just in time to see Astaroth disappear. As Vicki, Henry, and Coreen file out the door, Mike stands dumbfounded.

Epilogue: Coreen promises not to breathe a word about Henry and applies for a job as Vicki's office assistant. Vicki has somehow had black pentagrams burned into her wrists. Henry thanks her for assisting him, and they vow to keep in touch, since it looks like Astaroth has them both marked.