A/N: Sorry that this chapter is also short, hey will start getting longer after this. So we're trying to update this at a fairly regular schedule but I Will Abandon Heaven For You was having problems with her computer recently and had to take it to the shop to get it repaired. Hopefully it will be fixed in the next couple days.
"Isn't that just the wonder of this world?" Canada muttered pulling out a gun and making sure he could easily reach his sword. "It's just full of surprises."
The door swung open, and Feliciano plastered him to the one side of the wall, carefully leaning to check the room. He walked in; doing a quick scan with his gun, then lowered it, looking up. "Hey Matthew...did Arthur have any pets? With three heads to be exact?"
"I never got to go into the basement whenever I was visiting but there wasn't one when I decided to come get his books." Matthew walked into the room slowly and looked at the dog. "It kinda looks like Alfred pet that vanished when we were little, just with extra heads."
The dog heads looked at Matthew, before one let out a low pitched whine. It stretched its neck forward and sniffed Matthew.
"Well, it seems friendly." Feliciano raised a hand and a different head sniffed his hand. It then gave a hearty lick, covering Feliciano in dog drool. "That is absolutely disgusting." he commented, smiling. He scratched its muzzle, and walked around it.
"Well at least he's not attacking us. You have no idea how tempted I am to steal Arthur's books again when we go back" Matthew stated. "I know this spell will send us back but I'm not sure about any items."
"I hope we have items. Imagine us coming back naked. I'm sure Francis would be delighted." he commented dryly, before continuing his walk around the dog. "It seems we have a problem. This rather large dog is right on our circle."
"That would be bad, too much attention. We will probably have to get this guy out of the room; we don't want to risk him doing something to mess everything up now do we? I have some food in my bag we can lure him with but we should probably make sure that nothing is on the other
side of that door." Matthew motioned to the door that led to the rest of the house.
Feliciano raised an eyebrow and Matthew. "In a fight, who do you think would win? Large, terrifying, three headed-dog with a possible taste for human flesh...or a crazy human?" Feliciano sighed. "Might as well make sure anyway, for safety's sake." Feliciano made his way to the door. He tried the knob then snorted. "It's locked from the other side."
"Of course it is." Matthew sighed "Wouldn't want any creatures summoned to be able to escape. Even if the dog helps fight them I still don't feel like opening the door all the way to have them come running in."
Feliciano ran his fingers along his collar, and pulled a thin wire from the corner. "Being captured so often has taught me a trick or two." He inserted it into the lock, easily jiggling the tumblers into place.
"Nice trick." Matthew commented moving forward and pulling out the silver canister again. "I suggest just peeking out at first and using this if they are out there, this isn't the safest place to fight."
Feliciano took the silver canister. "How does it work? Do I just throw it in the direction of anything running at us?"
"That's the idea, you need to push the button of course. Be careful not to hit the small one there on the side though, it triggers a two minute delay on releasing what's inside." Matthew explained pointing out the two buttons as he did.
Feliciano opened the door, and pushing the button, through the canister out the door. Then he slammed it shut. A slow hiss escaped from the other side of the door. After a moment or two, Feliciano cracked the door open a peek, and inspected the damage. "Nothing is moving out there, that's always a good sign, hm?" He opened it a little wider and walked out there. A feral howl was all the warning Feliciano got before a maddened human lunged out of a closet and came at him wielding a mop. Without even thinking, Feliciano pulled his Ruger and delivered three shots into the crazy. One to the head and two to the chest. "Fuck double tapping." He kicked the body out of the way, and shot it again for good measure. The three headed dog whined, and thumped its tails. "These things are getting smarter. Best we get time-travelling soon or the noise will attract more."
Feliciano moved out of the way as the dog followed Matthew. When it had gotten out of the way of the circle, Feliciano walked into the middle of the circle, admiring the details of it. "It's really something."
"That it is." Matthew stated after getting the dog into the hallway. "Shame we don't have more time to study it."
"Let's begin then. As I have no idea how to do magic, I'll leave it all to you. What do I do? I'd prefer not to stand anywhere I might lose a limb." Feliciano gestured to the empty space around the circle.
"Since we're the one's going back we get to stand inside the circle." Matthew began taking items out of his bag and mixed them in a bowl he spotted on a back shelf. "We're going to be cutting this close." He muttered hearing the dog growl in the hallway.
Feliciano kicked the door closed, and turned the metal, letting the tumblers fall back into place.
"Won't buy us too much time. " Feliciano un-tucked his shirt, and his guns underneath, then tucked it back in. He stepped into the circle, and came up behind Matthew, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Work your magic, ve?"
"Ok, then." Matthew closed his eyes for a minute to clear his mind and make a silent prayer for the magic to not fail them before he lit the mixture on fire and began the spell. "Past to future, future to past, turn back time and see how the die is cast." As he was speaking he couldn't prevent the spark of hope that swelled in his chest as the circle began to glow.
