Chapter 4 - And So Terror Spreads......

Ray sat alone, well alone as he could be since Piper was sat there next to him biting at her navy blue nails, giving him what could only be described as the death glare. The lighting was dim, since the house was so old it took a while for the electrics to gain their former status after Allistair's last little visit. They sat there in awkward silence till Piper finally spoke out. "Where the hell is Loki, I bet she's off with some other man Ray, betta' watch it" she winked tauntingly at him. Ray frowned at her, and pushed her off the couch standing up in a frustrated manor. "Look just shut up ok?, you little moron, just zip it" he gestured with a zip like movement across his mouth glaring at her. He then walked away towards the back door. Snatching at his black jacket, it was torn around the sleeves and was covered in various things such as Rancid logos and badges of different sorts. He quickly shoved it on and gripped his hand around the door handle. "Where are you going?" Piper asked, standing and brushing at her shoulder. "Out....to look for your damn sister...ok?" he shrugged and opened the door. She stuck out her pierced tongue as he walked off down the back path Loki had wondered down, it lead to the rough areas of the city.

Loki sauntered aimlessly alone down the winding streets, she didn't even appear to know where she was going. Her eyes were almost closed and she seemed to be in a world of her own. Her eyes widened when she saw the same young man standing by an alley way. The young man who saved her previously. "Gage...?" she mumbled. Her slow uncoordinated walking had now sprung into a slow jogging motion as she caught up with Gage. "Gage...." she shouted, he turned. "Jesus....you scared me" he jumped. "Your that girl from be before" he nodded to her. "Uh...yeah I'm kind of lost..." muttered Loki. "And i appear to know where I'm going, right?". She blushed and felt rather embarrassed as he smiled softly. "Well I have no idea where you live so stay with me for tonight" he offered. Loki nodded and followed him down the alley way.

Ray wondered with his hands in the very torn pockets of his jacket looking everywhere, for his girlfriend. 'She usually goes out alone but not for this long', he thought to himself. Ray jolted as he saw a figure coming towards him. It was a strange figure, not human and not well, not anything else that Ray could place. It brushed passed him, he sighed as it turned a corner and left him alone. He stopped walking and frowned sniffing at the smoky air. He touched the sleeve of his jacket and held his two fingers to his face. From his fingers blood dripped. It trickled off the tips of his fingers and splatted onto the floor, leaving a small dot of perfect red. His eyes widened as he threw off his jacket, revealing his t-shirt. He rubbed his hands furiously on his trouser legs and sighed breaking into a steady run down the street. He turned a corner to witness what could only be described as chaos in it's most prominent form. A strange red and black portal swirled in the centre of the road. Winged beasts escaped from the dark abyss. As cars, street lamps and even people were sucked into the depths of it's darkness. Ray's eyes widened as one of the creatures sprung towards him clutching it's blood stained claws around his t-shirt and lifted him up into the ebony sky. It flew straight into the portal and was gone from view.

Ray also was gone......