The sibling having skipped town and take shelter at a room in a nearby motel, in order to lay low after what happened at their apartment complex. That night, when Ashley falls asleep, she is greeted with a premonitory dream that shows both her and Andrew being stabbed to death by a masked figure. Ashley promptly wakes up Andrew, and they leave the motel as soon as possible to avoid their untimely deaths. While they are waiting outside in hopes of spotting their assailant, they bump into a cult member who wears the same robes as their neighbor back at the apartment complex. In an attempt to find out more about the cult and the demon itself, Andrew trails behind the stranger. Andrew eventually makes it into the cult's secret underground meeting space following a first failed attempt. Undercover, Andrew witnesses a summoning ritual that, much to the cult's dismay, is a failure. The cult's leader is also present at this gathering and refers to the demon as "Lord Unknown". Andrew wants to stay longer and gather more information, but he is forced to leave earlier than planned. Andrew and Ashley eventually reconvene in town, where they finally spot the assassin from Ashley's vision arrive at the motel and sneak into their room. They decide to trick the hitman and come up with a plan to lure him outside.
After successfully locating and killing their would-be murderer, they steal his vehicle and skip town again. In a hurry and strapped for cash, they decide the best course of action would be to break into their parents' new house and take some of their money for themselves. On the drive there, Ashley has another dream involving the demon, in which it reveals that the trinket has ran out of "charge", and more souls need to be offered through a sacrifice in order to recharge it. Ashley is woken up by Andrew, who informs her that it's morning. They eventually locate the Graves' parents' house, sneak in, and begin looking for the money. However, this is cut short when Mrs. Graves arrives home earlier than expected, which jeopardizes their plan. Their Mother isn't pleased with Andrew or Ashley's sudden appearance, but reluctantly agrees to let them stay at the house anyways. Following their initial confrontation with their Mom, Andrew and Ashley decide to prepare a dinner for their parents, where they discuss their next move. Ashley insists they must kill their parents in order to gather two more souls to sacrifice to Lord Unknown in exchange for the recharging of the