Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Everworld characters, even though I am not using any of them. FYI: The 2nd paragraph was supposed to be a flashback. Sorry! Flashbacks will now look like this- blahblahblah....

He quietly opened the garage door, his heart thumping. Gently prodding with his feet, he descended down the four creakiest stairs in the house. He searched carefully through the junk, not wanting to disturb anything-just trying to find something. Then he...

Alex jolted awake. The dank odors of rot and decay surrounded him. What time was it? He realized that he didn't know. Not that it mattered, anyway. Time was nothing to him. Suddenly, a rustling sound broke the heavy silence. His heart started to beat faster. Was that the police? How had they found him so soon? The sound came again. Alex took a deep breath, and barged out of the trash bin. What stood in front of him made him gasp.

Thick heavy jungle was right in front of him. In a tree was a blue monkey, but it wasn't really a monkey. It had wings, and horns. It looked at him curiously with its big black eyes, and dashed into the brush. "You there, stop!" Alex whipped around to find three police men blocking his way back to the street. However, when they saw what was behind him, their jaws dropped open in shock. Alex took this opportunity to dash through the window. He looked back to see the police advancing as the window closed the gateway into the real world.