At the end of her mental and emotional rope , Thea has a gift that can also be a curse: She can see when people are about to die. Spawn appears to Thea , but she's convinced he's there to harm her. Hell's opportunistic lords are quick to take advantage of humans in Thea's condition , and a smooth-talking , expensively dressed demon approaches her and reenforces her belief that Spawn is out to get her. The demon convinces Thea to give up her soul to him and then reveals , after it's too late , that Spawn was actually there to help.