Chapter 5:
Brace yourselves

As the shock and excitement of the past hour began to fade, the stark reality of there predicament began to set in on the group. Montoya's corpse was surrounded by a pool a quickly congealing blood, his death wasn't going to be easy to explain, not to mention the the remains of Peter coating the walls and floor. Frank slumped down and pulled a rag out of his jacket pocket and started swabbing off his forehead. We need to clean this place up, and do something with these bodies he said.

Alex went into the kitchen to get cleaning supplies, Dr. Lindsey followed her. Michael seemed weary to move, not yet pleased with Frank's explanation of the situation. How are you going to explain this Michael asked. Frank paused, continuing to wipe his forehead. For now, we don't, we wait till we have more information, we can't be sure that Montoya wasn't the associate of mine under the influence of Mantarok, for all we know, the entire force could be corrupted. This possibility had escaped Michael, he sat in silence thinking about what this could mean. The silence was interrupted by the high pitched whine of sirens coming up the street. It sounded like at least 10 squad cars.

Frank peeked behind one of the front curtains to see the cars park out front, several blues jumped out, guns drawn and begun to run toward the front door of the house. WE HAVE TO GO, NOW! Frank yelled. The took off for the Kitchen to get Alex and Edwin. Frank and mike burst in on them as they were loading themselves down with all manner of cleaning supplies. Drop that crap, we gotta move! Michael yelled. Alex and Edwin followed with out question. We've got company out front, we need to find another way out Back door, follow me Alex led the group toward the back door. As they reached a window that looked out over the backyard, they froze. They could easily make out several cops making they're way through the hedges that ringed the back of the property. No Good!.

They froze in a moment of indecision. Alex grabbed the tome of Eternal Darkness out of Dr Edwin's hands and lowered her head. Everyone link hands, I've got an idea As the others did as she said, Alex began whispering incoherently. They heard a loud pounding on the door. This is the Police OPEN UP! The blues in the backyard were creeping they're way up to the back door. They only had moments before the place was going to be crawling with cops. Michael held his breath, waiting to see what alex had in mind. Suddenly 7 geysers of blinding purple orbs of energy erupted from the floor and began to swirl around the chosen.

KNOCK IT DOWN An angry voice issued from beyond the front door. The orbs began to swirl faster and move tighter in. The back foyer was filled with the sound of tinkling glass as the one of the windows on the back door shattered in. Michael suddenly understood what was going on, and felt a calm fall over him. Right before their eyes the orbs began to slow down and solidify into what looked like a solid reflective purple sphere, casting the outside world in an erie iridescent purple glow. Just as the sphere completed, the front door burst bearing forth a mob of police with guns drawn.