Chapter 3: Off to Find the Doors
The cold air outside left a thin blanket of frost painted on my window. A sigh of relief was let out as I stared out into the dark night. 11:00. Sam worked steadily as she set up her sleeping supplies for the night. I myself sat on the bed continuing to stare out the window and playing with my fingers. My mind had wondered leaving me with so many un answered question. I had now known for a fact my eyes and mind weren't playing tricks on me, I was pretty smart and had a logic side. But being locical wasn't important in this case. No, everything I knew about logic stuff was now thrown away, useless. I know what I saw, the most important question though was, why were they here? That was the question that was calling out the most in my mind. Ringing as a bell hung in a church being rung by a careless man. Sam had now finished and comfotably lied herself down in a position she could fall asleep to. I looked over to her then back to the window. She fixed her self once more before turning her attention to me.
"You okay?" She asked me, raising and eyebrow in question, her voice sounding relaxed but her expression, perhaps a bit shocked herself. Not knowing how to reply, I gave a shrug. For the past time since we returned home things had been confusing for me. Normally I would think it's cool, but Lock Shock and Barrel didn't exactly make a very good first impression. She nodded and decided to drop whatever she had planned to say next. I scratched my head in a bit of confusion, not sure what to do next. I had told Sam we would look for them later, however now, a feeling in my stomach was saying otherwise. Did I want to go look for them? What if perhaps we couldn't handle them? Handle them? They were three small kids! How could we not?! I shook the random voice from my head leaned against the wall.
"Now what?" She asked, breaking the strange silence that held the room still. I let out another sigh and what seemed to be a shrug.
"I don't know." Was my obvious reply to her.
"I thought you wanted to go look for them." She quoted as she was now staring at me. I avoided her gaze but in the corner of my eye, I still saw her. The random voice returned and spoke with anger and determination. Where's your sense of adventure? I rolled my eyes and replied, down the toilet with the rest of my senses and sanity. Then again, things couldn't get any worse....could they?
"Sam...." I finally said, she looked and tilted her head indicating she was listening.
"Let's go." I ordered, she smiled in joy as she got up and grabbed her sweatshirt. I finally got up myself, ingnoring my now asleep feet. I grabbed my black sweat shirt and slipped it on with ease. I then bit my lip as I scanned my room. Sam watched in amusement and finally asked.
"What are you looking for?" I didn't turn my attention to her but answered.
"Anything to use as a weapon..." My search continued until I successfully found two baseball bats stuffed away in a corner under a pile of clothes. I picked up the two metal bats, the weight wasn't much but they would surley pack a punch if needed. Good thing I was a player. I outstretched it to Sam and she took it without hesitation. I shut off my light and went for the door. I gave Sam the hush signal as I gingerly turned the door knob. I cringed at the small creak it made as I pushed open the door. The hall was silent and dark, my family was asleep. I took my first step as the mission impossible theme rushed through my head. I turned to Sam, and she flashed me a grin. I replied with a curt nod and continued my trek. Making it down the hall was no problem, it was the stairs I was worried about. The house was old, and made a lot of noise when enough pressure was put on it. I haulted at the top and bit my lip timidly, we would have to do it. My gaze shifted to the railing, then again...maybe not. I quickly turned to Sam then positioned my self on the rails, without worry I slid down. As silent and stealthy as a fox. I reached the bottom and before I knew it, so had Sam. I gave her a small thumbs up as I pulled out two flashlights from my sweatshirt. Sam smiled at my resoursefullness as she took one. I observed the other one before placing it back in my sweatshirt pocket, as did Sam. I opened the front door and thankfully, it made no noise. We didn't look back, we simply slipped through into the crisp clean night air. Our feet crunched under the snow as we trudged along the front yard. I stopped at the street and Sam was right behind. I turned to her and nodded, checking to make sure everything was okay. The dim light of the streetlights lumintated softly.
"Now what?" She asked me, and even though we were out of the house, she still used a whisper.
"Well, we need to find the holiday doors..." I replied looking around the familiar area.
"Where do we find those?" She asked, I rolled my eyes.
"Gosh Sam, a cirlce of trees, I don't know I'm guessing THE FOREST?!" I replied, my voice rising a bit on forest to make my point.
"Well no need for the sarcasim..." She replied shrinking back a bit. I sighed and rolled my eyes as I turned back to my house.
"There's a forest in the back feild in my back yard, come on!" I said rushing to my backyard gate. Sam hesitated a bit but followed. I ran through my backyard gate that led into the field, I took a right and headed off to the small patch of forest. As we reached the surrounding forest of trees my pace slowed. I had never really looked around closely before, it seemed so familiar. A chill ran down my spine, I shivered and let out a nervous sigh. The breath forming infront of me. I sensed Sam was just as nervous as me. I was going to suggest spliting up, but that was probably the worst idea at this point. I shook the question from my head and continued to look around. They had to be here somewhere....
"Uh, Jen?" I heard Sam's voice from a distance, I turned to her to she her expression abashed. I walked over to her and turned in the direction she was staring and wouldn't take her eyes off. My expression turned the same as a gasp escaped.
"The holiday doors." I whispered in amazement as I starred at the circle of trees.
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Well, I'll have to save LS&B for later in the next chapter ^^' I'm sorry! don't kill me! lol, like I said they'll be back in the next chapter. Til then PEACE XD
