The Jumbies

Bouki and Malik run from the lagahoo until they come to a clearing in the woods. All around them, they can hear the screams and sounds of hand-to-hand combat between the villagers and the jumbies. Bouki wants to retreat to the cave, but Malik pulls him back toward the fighting. As they make their way, the brothers meet a La Diabless, wearing a long white gown, white gloves, and a matching broad-brimmed hat.

The creature tries to lure Bouki away, but Malik catches the jumbie and ties it up with rope. The two boys escape into Corinne’s village, where they see jumbies terrorizing people. Bouki accidentally bumps into an old woman, who turns out to be a soucouyant, a type of jumbie whose true form is a fireball; the soucouyant sucks blood from its victims, usually attacking babies and children. The boys run from the soucouyant and meet Victor, the fisherman, who is fighting a lagahoo. Using a broken oar like a cricket bat, Bouki encourages Victor to launch the fireball at the lagahoo, destroying them both.

Victor tells the boys to go home and get away from the chaos, but they stay and help a group of villagers fight off a band of douens.