The light from the fire pit glowed across the walls of the sandstone vestibule. Lights and shadows danced around the room in unison. The danced over the couches around the pyre and on the vestibule's only door, a large door didn't look anything like a door. In the center was an impression of a gigantic hexagram and on either side of it was a pair of intertwining dragons. The only way you could tell that it was actually a door, was the giant seam going down the center of it, otherwise it just looked like a decorative wall. Across from this wall was a large computer monitor with images of different planets. A red warning light, most commonly seen in nuclear power plants, was flashing red above the computer. Andrew, one of the vestibule's registered guardians, was working with the computer to see what the problem was.
Andrew smacked the side of the giant computer. "Is it broken," he asked himself. There hadn't been a leak in three months, and he was hoping that it would stay that way. Andrew sighed and tapped the rotating planet on the touch-screen monitor. The image enlarged to show a planet that appeared similar to Earth, but with slightly different continents, above the planet read, Domino City. Andrew repeated the name a couple times over and pushed a blue button on the bottom right of the screen. Andrew ran a hand through his scraggly brown hair and sighed as a deep red flashed across the room. Out of the fire pit stepped a young man, no more than six feet in height, still tall compared to Andrew. He had long black hair and deep red eyes. "You called," he asked. Andrew nodded pointing to the computer screen.
"Yeah, we have another leak. It seems that it's similar to what happened last time over at the Zombie Apocalypse world. You remember, right Adrian?"
Adrian nodded, "Sadly yes. I really wish we could've just left the Teletubbies there to die."
Andrew shook his head, "Hey our boss said that they'd be even worse as zombies. Believe me I wanted them gone as much as you did. However, doing so would have been against what we do."
Adrian rolled his eyes and jumped onto the brown leather couch, "Whatevs."
There was a green flash around the room. The fire was reduced to cinders revealing a young woman with short black hair with green stripes. Her slender body and pale skin had made a group of sparkly "vampires" think she was one of them. "So, what is it this time, Sorcerer Boy?" Andrew rolled his eyes; his boss was always giving nicknames to everyone based on their weapon preference or abilities. "It seems as though it's a minor leak, Nadia. You know, the place where card games are the dominant species."
Nadia pushed Andrew away from the computer and had a look. "This place again? I though we purged this place of all leaks."
Adrian chuckled, "Well leaks are like bad crossovers, they- actually, they are bad crossovers." Andrew and Nadia looked at each other and back at Adrian. "Not all are bad, Adrian," started Andrew. "It all depends on how life is carried out with the leak," Nadia finished. She double tapped the screen and the image of a microphone appeared on the screen. "Priority Code: Delta Minor." There was a rumbling behind the three guardians. The door behind them began to open out towards them revealing a rainbow colored wall. "Gentlemen," Nadia began, "Shall we break the Fourth Wall." Andrew picked up his staff, "Only to fix it again." Adrian holstered his gun and smiled, "If only we could leave a world with just one leak." Nadia smiled. She sheathed her sword, and they stepped through the Fourth Wall, the sandstone doors closing behind them.
The fire pit within the vestibule continued to dance long after they left. The lights and shadows continued to dance, but something was off. The shadows along the wall began to morph and grow larger. The fire in the center of the room was snuffed out, leaving the light of bioluminescent stones across the ceiling. A dark figure appeared in the center of the room, let out a shrieking maniacal laugh, and phased through the door leading to the Fourth Wall.
