In Your Eyes I Get A Glimpse of Heaven

Chapter 10: I promise

"Gabi... Gabi wake up. We've gotta go." Gabrielle opened her eyes to find Loki kneeling before her. They were in a hotel room. She recalled them getting off the plain and getting on a train. A few hours later they arrived at their destination and checked into the nearest hotel they could. The only room the hotel had was a double bed room. Gabi put up no protest, she was exhausted and needed to sleep, so Loki didn't protest either.

She rubbed her eyes and sat up, "What time is it?"

"Around 10.Loki answered as he pulled her legs over the edge of the bed and started putting on her shoes. She nodded and watched him, her head tilted to the side as she rubbed her eyes. After he was done he pulled her up from the bed and helped her into her jacket.

They left about 10 minutes later and got a car that took them to Chillingham. They stood at the gates as they opened and they walked in. The man who usually did tours said some words before he left, locking them in. Gabi grabbed his hand quickly, "Did you hear that?"

"What?"

Their was a scream from one corner of the field.

"That." Gabi said her voice shaking a little.

"Come on." Loki said pulling her forward.

Gabi held onto Loki's arm as they walked, she found herself wishing Azreal was there. When the thought crossed her mind it shocked her. But then she realized, as they heard another scream, she had felt safe with him before. Safer than she had realized at the time. She shook her head, she couldn't think about that now. She had a job to do.

They entered the castle and looked around at the amazing castle before them, "This place... It's beautiful."

Loki nodded, "It will be until we open the portal."

She looked at him, fear in her eyes. He looked back at her and they held each others stare for a moment. Again she took his hand and they continued to the dungeon. They entered the room and Loki closed the door. Gabrielle looked around, "So what do we have to do?"

Loki made sure the door was closed and then turned back to her, then looked around too. They both turned around to the sound of rushing wind. There now was a table, a chair, a candle, a container of what looked like blood and a piece of parchment. Gabrielle walked over as another gust sounded and the candle lit up. She stepped backwards, then gathered up the courage to walk forward. Loki followed behind her.

Gabi sat down at the chair and unfolded the parchment. "It's a chant." she read it over, "I think..." She handed it to Loki as she looked at the container. She twisted the top off and smelled the liquid. She gagged, "That's blood."

Loki nodded, "We need to say whats on this paper then poor the blood on the candle."

She nodded slowly, "That'll open the portal?"

"Yes."

Gabrielle shivered, "Alright, let's get this over with."

She took the paper and pulled the candle closer. She took a deep breath and Loki put a hand on her shoulder.

"You sure about this?"

"I don't have a choice."

"You ready?"

"Yeah. I hope Azreal is." Then she stopped, her eyes falling to the ground. She hadn't dreamed that night... but now her mind had wandered to the white room. It was completely white again, Only there was a man standing in the middle of the room.

Loki noticed the look of confusion in her eyes, "Gabi?"

She didn't hear him, in her dream world she walked forward and reached out to the figure.

"You're going to send me back, aren't you?"

"Az?"

"You're going to make me go back."

"No, Az... You don't understand."

"No I don't. I don't understand. I don't know why I'm helping, I don't know why I can't just stop coming to you, I don't know why I can't stop watching you, talking to you. I just can't. Do what you need to... I won't have time to say goodbye when you get Bartleby back, So goodbye Gabi."

"No, Az!" she said her eyes no longer unfocused. She looked around.

"Gabi!" Loki said from his place infront of her, "Gab? You okay?"

"Y..Yeah Yeah I'm fine. Let's get this over with." She said turning back to the candle.

She took a deep breath and started to read the paper.

"In the stems of our twilight we seek to help those on their way.

We see their shadows stir,

We hear their whispers,

hear the cries of their uncertainties as they gather with their kind.

Protect us now as we guide them towards heaven and their final rest."

Loki and Gabi finished. Gabi opened the blood and poured some of it on the candle. Again the wind rushed, this time it hit Gabi and Loki. Gabi stood up and stumbled backwards covered her face. Loki caught her and tried to protect her with his body. They looked up and into the blackness that now floated between them and table. Gabi's eyes grew wide as the swirling portal pulsed. She stood there staring for a few moments before she walked around it. She came back around on the other side, shaking her head in awe.

"How long do we have to keep this open?"

"Until they come through, hopefully before 3 AM."

She knew the significance of 3 AM. It was said to be the most evil hour of the day. The opposite time that Jesus died.

A few hours passed and nothing. It was 2:30 when Gabi finally spoke, "What happens if it's still open at 3?"

"It becomes harder to close. It may be permanitly opened."

She looked at him, "We have to close it before then, don't we?"

Loki nodded, looking extremely worried. She was about to say something else when a bright light came from the portal and voices filled the air. Screams of pain and sorrow made Gabi's skin crawl. She watched Bartleby and Azreal fall out.

Bartleby landed on his stomach at Loki's feet, unmoving. Azreal landed on his back, beside Gabrielle. Gabi dropped to her knees. A hand on his chest, "Az?" she asked slowly.

He opened his eyes, groaning a little. A dark beam, looking much like a rope shot out of the portal. Gabi saw it come near Bartleby and Loki and she lunged foreward and it cowered away from her. While she was next to Bartleby the rope attached to Azreal and he tried to fight it off. She tried to grab onto him, but wherever her hands touched him her hands burned. She yelled and pulled them back, their were severe burns on the bottom of her hands. She looked at him, fear clear in her eyes. He looked back at her and shrugged a little. A smirk across his face. His hand brushed over hers, and he really did smile. She shook her head, tears in her eyes. She looked back at the portal and more images, more gruesome than before, flashed through her mind. She yelled and shook her head, rushing back to the candle. She poured the blood on the candle again and said the words that had just appeared on the paper.

"The night of turmoil winds its way to reach out towards the light.

Farewell old friends and family as you journey to endless night.

Onwards, ever onwards, your journey's soon to end."

She yelled over the roar of the portal, she blew out the candle and in a suctioning sound the portal began to really suck everything back. Gabi rushed over to Loki, Azreal and Bartleby who had just regained conciousness.

Loki and Bartleby held her down, knowing they had to protect her. She looked over at Azreal to see him somewhat reach out to her before starting to be pulled towards the closing portal. She fought her way out. Bartleby had her legs, Loki had her stomach, "Gabi! Don't you'll get pulled in too!" Loki yelled trying to pull her back. She grabbed Azreals hand, It felt burning, but cold at the same time. She pulled Azreal as close as she could, holding on with all her strength.

"As long as I'm around." She whispered, "You'll never go back there." she muttered as the portal closed and Gabi's skin didn't burn anymore. She collapsed in exhaustion next to Az and smiled at him, breathing hard.

"I promise." she whispered as she closed her eyes, their hands still joined.