As Drackoye started towards the stairs, Tohru stepped in front of him
and swung a massive fist at his face.
Drackoye blocked it with one hand, and grabbed Tohru's leg and side. Without the least sign of effort, he lifted
Tohru above his head, and threw him down so he went crashing into the basement. One sweep of his tail knocked
Jackie to the floor. Uncle grabbed a scroll to cast a chi spell, and Drackoye opened his mouth. Fire shot forth, and
Uncle dropped the scroll as it burst into flame. He unfurled his wings and grabbed the trenchcoat he had dropped
to the floor, with one flap, his wings filled the shop with dust and flying papers, he crashed upward through the
roof. Drackoye rose until he was several hundred feet in the air. He circled the store twice until he spotted Jade in
her orange sweatshirt running across the rooftop almost a block away. He dove, and was upon her in seconds.
Jade had crawled out her window and climbed the fire escape to the roof were she planned to try to outrun
Drackoye. As s shadow swept over her, she stumbled on the rough gravel, and fell on the hands and knees. Jade
ignored the stinging in her palms and she looked up at Drackoye, standing less than two steps away.
Drackoye wasn't surprised the mortal child had run and since it would only be her problem if she was late,
he didn't much care, so long as it was an inconvenience to his cousin, Sriven. He pulled his wings close to his
body, and curled his tail so he could swing the trench coat over his shoulders. Drackoye reached down and lifted
Jade up by her arm. His grip wasn't tight, but it was firm, and felt as unyielding as rock. Drackoye, with Jade
swinging from his hand, walked over to the maintenance hatch of the apartment building and pulled the lock off.
He jerked to rusted cover up, tearing off the latch; then he lowered himself and Jade through the hole. Inside, he
slid the cover back over the hole, and twisted the metal pins down.
Jade, whose arm was being twisted slightly, looked up and asked, "Could you put me down? This is sorta painful."
Drackoye looked at her, "Do you promise not to try and escape?"
Jade nodded. Drackoye set her down, and she immediately took off. She got about two feet, before Drackoye's
hand grabbed the back of her sweatshirt. He lifted her up so she was looking straight into his eyes, and stated, "Your lack of honesty is going to get you killed." Drackoye noticed the bottom of the sweatshirt was starting to
strangle Jade, so he turned her upside down and held her at arms length by her ankle. This did not make Jade
happy. He proceeded down the stairs and was about to step through the doors onto the street, when he looked
down at the kicking, screaming girl dangling from his grasp. Drackoye sighed and made a motion in the air with
his hand. The outlines of everything around them blurred, and took on a yellowish tint. Drackoye proceeded to
walk six blocks to the nearest subway entrance. Along the way, Jade tried to extract help from other passerby, but
no one gave her a second glance. "Hello!" she yelled, "Don't you care that there's a girl getting kidnapped?!"
Drackoye replied through clenched teeth, "No, they do not, I have put a glamour over us, in five minutes no one
will remember they ever saw you. Now be quiet, I grow weary of your voice."
As they descended into the subway station, Jade asked, "Why are you taking me down here?"
Drackoye replied after a moment, "It is easier to anchor a portal in the ground than in the air, so that is were the
portal is."
He walked to the very end of the platform, and turned to a door with a battered sign on it that read
Authorized Personnel Only. Drackoye touched the padlock on the door, and it melted like wax. He pushed the
door open and walked down a dimly lit corridor to another metal door. He pushed on the door and began to slide
back into the wall. The door turned out to be a three foot deep block of iron. Once it had been pushed out into the
next room, Drackoye slipped in past it, and pushed it back so it once again sealed the exit. Jade looked around the
room for a brief instant before she was dropped on the ground. Everything swam back into focus and she looked at
her surroundings. The chamber they were now in was about 50 feet long by 30 feet wide, and the ceiling was
almost 20 feet high. The only other door in the room was a massive steel door from an aircraft hangar that sat on
tracks at the far end of the room. Wedges had been driven into the tracks, and metal rods had been driven through
the tacks into the door. Chains were wrapped around the door handles and through bolts in the wall. Drackoye
quickly went to work, pulling out the wedges and rods, and unwrapping the chain. When it was all clear, he pulled
back the door. Jade gasped. Behind the door was a whirling vortex of light. Fire licked about the edges, and
lightning crackled across the depths. A strange substance that shone like metal and ran like water mixed in to
surround the flames. Jade stood up and walked towards the portal; she peered over the edge see a bottomless
abyss.
Drackoye glanced at her, "If you return alive, mayhap we shall meet again."
Jade smiled innocently at him, "Uh.you first."
Drackoye grinned back, "Nope, I stay on this side of the portal." He clapped Jade roughly on the shoulder. She
stumbled forward and teetered on the edge of the portal. Drackoye reached out, and lightly tapped her back. Jade
fell forward.
Drackoye blocked it with one hand, and grabbed Tohru's leg and side. Without the least sign of effort, he lifted
Tohru above his head, and threw him down so he went crashing into the basement. One sweep of his tail knocked
Jackie to the floor. Uncle grabbed a scroll to cast a chi spell, and Drackoye opened his mouth. Fire shot forth, and
Uncle dropped the scroll as it burst into flame. He unfurled his wings and grabbed the trenchcoat he had dropped
to the floor, with one flap, his wings filled the shop with dust and flying papers, he crashed upward through the
roof. Drackoye rose until he was several hundred feet in the air. He circled the store twice until he spotted Jade in
her orange sweatshirt running across the rooftop almost a block away. He dove, and was upon her in seconds.
Jade had crawled out her window and climbed the fire escape to the roof were she planned to try to outrun
Drackoye. As s shadow swept over her, she stumbled on the rough gravel, and fell on the hands and knees. Jade
ignored the stinging in her palms and she looked up at Drackoye, standing less than two steps away.
Drackoye wasn't surprised the mortal child had run and since it would only be her problem if she was late,
he didn't much care, so long as it was an inconvenience to his cousin, Sriven. He pulled his wings close to his
body, and curled his tail so he could swing the trench coat over his shoulders. Drackoye reached down and lifted
Jade up by her arm. His grip wasn't tight, but it was firm, and felt as unyielding as rock. Drackoye, with Jade
swinging from his hand, walked over to the maintenance hatch of the apartment building and pulled the lock off.
He jerked to rusted cover up, tearing off the latch; then he lowered himself and Jade through the hole. Inside, he
slid the cover back over the hole, and twisted the metal pins down.
Jade, whose arm was being twisted slightly, looked up and asked, "Could you put me down? This is sorta painful."
Drackoye looked at her, "Do you promise not to try and escape?"
Jade nodded. Drackoye set her down, and she immediately took off. She got about two feet, before Drackoye's
hand grabbed the back of her sweatshirt. He lifted her up so she was looking straight into his eyes, and stated, "Your lack of honesty is going to get you killed." Drackoye noticed the bottom of the sweatshirt was starting to
strangle Jade, so he turned her upside down and held her at arms length by her ankle. This did not make Jade
happy. He proceeded down the stairs and was about to step through the doors onto the street, when he looked
down at the kicking, screaming girl dangling from his grasp. Drackoye sighed and made a motion in the air with
his hand. The outlines of everything around them blurred, and took on a yellowish tint. Drackoye proceeded to
walk six blocks to the nearest subway entrance. Along the way, Jade tried to extract help from other passerby, but
no one gave her a second glance. "Hello!" she yelled, "Don't you care that there's a girl getting kidnapped?!"
Drackoye replied through clenched teeth, "No, they do not, I have put a glamour over us, in five minutes no one
will remember they ever saw you. Now be quiet, I grow weary of your voice."
As they descended into the subway station, Jade asked, "Why are you taking me down here?"
Drackoye replied after a moment, "It is easier to anchor a portal in the ground than in the air, so that is were the
portal is."
He walked to the very end of the platform, and turned to a door with a battered sign on it that read
Authorized Personnel Only. Drackoye touched the padlock on the door, and it melted like wax. He pushed the
door open and walked down a dimly lit corridor to another metal door. He pushed on the door and began to slide
back into the wall. The door turned out to be a three foot deep block of iron. Once it had been pushed out into the
next room, Drackoye slipped in past it, and pushed it back so it once again sealed the exit. Jade looked around the
room for a brief instant before she was dropped on the ground. Everything swam back into focus and she looked at
her surroundings. The chamber they were now in was about 50 feet long by 30 feet wide, and the ceiling was
almost 20 feet high. The only other door in the room was a massive steel door from an aircraft hangar that sat on
tracks at the far end of the room. Wedges had been driven into the tracks, and metal rods had been driven through
the tacks into the door. Chains were wrapped around the door handles and through bolts in the wall. Drackoye
quickly went to work, pulling out the wedges and rods, and unwrapping the chain. When it was all clear, he pulled
back the door. Jade gasped. Behind the door was a whirling vortex of light. Fire licked about the edges, and
lightning crackled across the depths. A strange substance that shone like metal and ran like water mixed in to
surround the flames. Jade stood up and walked towards the portal; she peered over the edge see a bottomless
abyss.
Drackoye glanced at her, "If you return alive, mayhap we shall meet again."
Jade smiled innocently at him, "Uh.you first."
Drackoye grinned back, "Nope, I stay on this side of the portal." He clapped Jade roughly on the shoulder. She
stumbled forward and teetered on the edge of the portal. Drackoye reached out, and lightly tapped her back. Jade
fell forward.