Chapter three

The three just sat down when the doorbell chimed.

"I'll get it" Mikela smiled as she stood up and walked to the door. She put her hand on the brass knob and turned it slowly, smiling she opened the door fully and ushered the familiar person in. The tall man pulled the brown hood off his head as he looked around. His brown hair just went past his chin and his dark brown eyes looked…Sad

"Grant what's wrong?"

"Nothing, I'm fine" He mumbled as he plastered a fake smile on his face.

"Well… Your just in time for breakfast" Grant followed Mikela obediently as they walked to the dining room. Nathan smiled and stood sticking his hand out.

"Nice to meet you" Nathan grinned and Grant took his hand.

"Yeah, you too."

Mikela showed Grant to his new room and leaned against the doorway, watching him as he placed his old bag on the dusty bed. E turned and eyed her warily.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Like what?" she asked innocently

"Like I'm hiding something"

"Are you hiding something?"

"No"

"Then I'm not looking at you like that." She finished with a shrug, ignoring his glare. Silence filled the room and Mikela could see Grant start to fidget.

"Fine, I talked to Amy and Kristy told her that she found some one new." Mikela looked down; she always had a feeling that Kristy was going to do that to him.

"I'm sorry Grant, but there are many other fish in the sea right?" Mikela smiled, remembering when he said that to her after Dere'kral had broke up with her. "Or maybe the guy will be a total jerk and she'll come crawling back. Only time will tell" Grant sat down on the bed with a heavy sigh and Mikela walked over to him wrapping her arms around him in a hug. "You should go back; I can handle myself you know"

"Since when did I listen to you?" He joked and she giggled.

"Grant you're a nice guy, you'll find the right girl, and maybe it wasn't Kristy, so what, there are so many others out there."

"You too"

"Now Grant we both know that I don't swing that way" she grinned and it was his turn to laugh.

"You know what I meant"

"Yes I know, now get some rest. The time change here can be very hard to handle.

"Thanks Mika" she smiled and stood patting his head.

"Anytime, shortie" she answered before walking out.

Mikela sat in Dere'kral's Library looking over the map of Linderslum. A pencil was tucked behind her ear as she chewed on her thumbnail thoughtfully.

"What are you doing?" A familiar voice asked and Mikela smiled up at Nathan

"Trying to figure out where they could've taken her." She replied as she took her pencil out and pointed it at an alleyway. "This is where she disappeared. And from here her captor could've gone three ways. Out the back alley, but that goes to more alleyways and then to a dead-end, making that way no good." She said as she wrote a giant x at the end. "Now the second way would be to go out of the alley and into the market. But people would've gotten suspicious, plus Dere'kral knows my sister's scent and they would've passed here.

"Making those two most unlikely places" Nathan added

"Exactly" Mikela said as she wrote a giant x there to.

"And the last way?"

"That's the most confusing way. They would've gone up. See, after catching her, they could've been able to go on top o the buildings and jumped from building to building which would soon take them out to the woods."

"That's true, but if I remember correctly. Those buildings are too tall for any demon to jump"

"Exactly where it gets confusing"

"But angels and dark angels would be able to." Mikela's breath hitched in as she looked at him

"Meaning"

"Meaning we are dealing with something a lot bigger than what we had figured." He finished venom in his voice.

"But why would the dark angels want her?"

"We aren't sure, that is the real reason I was sent here. Dark angels barely show themselves, but sightings of them have been showing up here like mad, if they were the ones who have taken your sister… Then working together is the best thing."

Mikela and Nathan filled the other two in at dinner.

"So what are we going to do?" Grant asked as his eyes still looked bugged out.

"We are going after them." Mikela answered "So get packed tonight Grant, sorry you weren't able to relax at all" she turned to Dere'kral "And thanks for letting us stay, we will be out of your hair by tomorrow morning."

"What do you mean; I'm coming with you guys. I know this world best, so I might as well tag along." Dere'kral growled and Mikela smiled at him. "So where are we going"

"The Dunerfurth woods"