Six years later

Jessica and Allison hauled the last of their thing into their new house, Alyssa smiled at her daughter as she came back into the living room “I’m so proud of you girls!” she smiled
 
Jessica smiled back at her mom “I know mom, you’ve only said so like a thousand times”

Her mom pulled the gold cigarette case out of her front pocket “here I want you to have it, graduation present!” she said smiling

Jessica took the case and smiled at her mom “You shouldn’t have!” she said

Allison was repressing a smile she walked into her bedroom to let them have their moment, and so she could laugh at poor Alan’s unending bad luck

“well I should go” her mom said picking up her purse

Jessica opened the case and handed her mom a cigarette “one for the road” she smiled

She smiled as Alan begged not to be lit, over six years and the curses effect was as strong as day one

She waved good bye as she watched her mother back out of their drive way then cocked her head as another car pulled in.

To her surprise Beverly got out and came to the door

She opened the door and let Beverly in, she sat on the couch and asked “Is Allison here?”

Allison came out and looked at their unexpected guest, they both noticed how Beverly hadn’t seemed to age a day.

“I wanted to talk to you two, we’ve had our eyes on you for some time actually” she said

The two girls glanced at each other “Why us? And who’s ‘we‘?” Jessica asked

Beverly smiled “I work for NanoGeniCorp my job is to find and recruit women with special…. let’s say skills.”

The two girls sat down Beverly motioned for a cigarette Upon seeing Beverly Alan screamed particularly wildly Jessica repressed a smile, Beverly was a bit of a chain smoker and Alan knew from experience how long she could go.

Jessica took a cigarette of her own and slid the case to Allison who also took one. They both lit up exchanging curious glances at each other. They could barely hear their Alan’s over Beverly’s

“Actually I was originally planning on recruiting just you Allison, but these past few years you’ve really helped our dear Jessica come into her own as well…”

The two girls looked at each other again, was it possible Beverly somehow knew that Allison was a witch and that she had taught Jessica everything she knew? It was the only thing it could possibly be, but it wasn’t possible Beverly could know that could she?

Beverly raised her cigarette to her lips Allison and Jamie still had to repress a smile as they listened to the as yet unlit Alan begging for mercy “Please Beverly don’t smoke me please!“ he pleaded as she began striking her lighter she stopped and sighed “Alan, I’ve probably smoked you close to 150,000 times now and every single time as I raise you to my lips all I hear is “please Beverly don’t smoke me!” and what happens huh? I go…” she paused and lit him “And do you know why Alan? Because you’re a cigarette and like it or not it’s your job to be smoked, although I must say it makes smoking so much more enjoyable when your cigarette is begging you not to wouldn’t you agree ladies?” Jessica and Allison stared at Beverly in disbelief

Slowly they started to smile then it was as if the tension broke, Jessica took a drag from her cigarette and laughed “it does seem to make them taste better”

Allison shook her head “You know I turned a couple of hapless goons into cigarettes, but none of the were as fun to smoke as Alan!” she took a long drag to punctuate her point.

“Well,” said Beverly “I take it you’re on board then ?”


The two girls nodded

Jessica looked at Beverly “just one question, I thought NanoGeniCorp was some kind of medical technologies firm, why would they need us?”

Beverly smiled “That is the public face yes, but you’ll be working for our true purpose…”

“which is?” Allison asked

Beverly smiled again “among other things finding creative ways of punishing any man who dares mistreat a woman, much like you did to Martin there,” She said pointing at Jessica’s feet “or poor little Kendal who I believe is with your mom right Allison?”

Allison nodded smirking

“And let’s not forget Scott, funny story, Jamie actually married one of our employees, and when she found out about Scott, well let’s just say she send her most sincere thanks!”

Jessica and Allison laughed at that

“And last but certainly not least, my personal favorite, little Alan” as she said this she lit a fresh new version of him,  he of course was still making a vain effort to beg her not to, which only made them all laugh

“Actually, I showed Alan to Beth, told her it was your idea Jessica, and with your current abilities she wants you working directly for her, loves your mean streak.”  Beverly laughed

Jessica looked from Beverly to Allison and back again “Wait what about Allison?” she asked

“Beth already assumed you were a package deal, so what do you say?”

“We look forward to it!” they said in unison