Chapter 6- the Storm Returns- Part 2
Friday was the worst day of the week for Portia. She worked non-stop all day and finally managed to drag herself home long after sun down. When she arrived at the apartment she could hear Jack's snores from the bedroom. From the mess in the kitchen she could tell that they had eaten and already gone to bed.
Tired and hungry, Portia forwent eating and slumped down on the couch to fall asleep almost immediately.
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"Is she asleep?" Jack asked. Neither he nor Will was asleep. Jack had been feigning snoring.
"I'll check," Will whispered and slipped out of the bedroom. When he came back he nodded. Carefully they picked up the bags they had packed with their clothes they had come with and went out into the living room.
"She looks exhausted," Jack commented as Will scooped Portia up in her arms. "Wish we could let her sleep more."
"We have to go now, the storm will hit in a few hours. We need to be down by the water before it does."
"Are you sure we have to be down there to go back?"
"Yeah, that was the only place in the whole city that felt like, home... you felt it too."
"Well let's go, before someone sees us, savvy?"
Quietly, Jack and Will slipped down the stairs and out into the night. The streets were still somewhat crowded, but Jack and Will had been careful to wear the clothes Portia had bought for them, so no one looked at them twice. Will carrying Portia down the street was the most unusual thing about them, but no eyes strayed their way.
Neither of them had any idea how to signal a cab or catch a bus, so they hiked heir way out of the city and down a port area just on the edge of the city. In the sky dark clouds were growing overhead, deep and rumbling with thunder and lightning. As Will had hoped they reached the water before the storm hit. From the look of the sky they still had about an hour before the rain started.
"We can wait here," Will said sitting down behind a wall along the dock. Once behind it they were hidden from anyone who might be walking along.
"Are you sure she's the one we need for the prophecy?" Jack was still skeptical about taking Portia with them.
"We arrived in her house didn't we? Who else would it be?"
"Well there was that Emily girl, what if Portia was supposed to be our way of getting to her?"
Will shrugged. "Well, this is all we got."
Suddenly they heard footsteps running along the pavement behind them. Glancing over the top of the wall Jack saw none other than Emily running along the road. For a moment he hesitated and then jumped up over the wall to stop her.
Emily screamed. "Jack!" she said catching her breath. "What are you doing here?"
"I'll tell you on the way," he said and grabbed her, dragging her down behind the wall.
"What are you do..." Will didn't have time to finish. The rain had begun to fall heavily from the sky. Picking Portia up in his arms, Will ran for the water. Jack dragged Emily after him and followed Will. As their feet touched the water's edge lightning struck the road behind them. With a pull around the stomach Jack, Will, Portia, and Emily were flung into the sea and back in time.
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Friday was the worst day of the week for Portia. She worked non-stop all day and finally managed to drag herself home long after sun down. When she arrived at the apartment she could hear Jack's snores from the bedroom. From the mess in the kitchen she could tell that they had eaten and already gone to bed.
Tired and hungry, Portia forwent eating and slumped down on the couch to fall asleep almost immediately.
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"Is she asleep?" Jack asked. Neither he nor Will was asleep. Jack had been feigning snoring.
"I'll check," Will whispered and slipped out of the bedroom. When he came back he nodded. Carefully they picked up the bags they had packed with their clothes they had come with and went out into the living room.
"She looks exhausted," Jack commented as Will scooped Portia up in her arms. "Wish we could let her sleep more."
"We have to go now, the storm will hit in a few hours. We need to be down by the water before it does."
"Are you sure we have to be down there to go back?"
"Yeah, that was the only place in the whole city that felt like, home... you felt it too."
"Well let's go, before someone sees us, savvy?"
Quietly, Jack and Will slipped down the stairs and out into the night. The streets were still somewhat crowded, but Jack and Will had been careful to wear the clothes Portia had bought for them, so no one looked at them twice. Will carrying Portia down the street was the most unusual thing about them, but no eyes strayed their way.
Neither of them had any idea how to signal a cab or catch a bus, so they hiked heir way out of the city and down a port area just on the edge of the city. In the sky dark clouds were growing overhead, deep and rumbling with thunder and lightning. As Will had hoped they reached the water before the storm hit. From the look of the sky they still had about an hour before the rain started.
"We can wait here," Will said sitting down behind a wall along the dock. Once behind it they were hidden from anyone who might be walking along.
"Are you sure she's the one we need for the prophecy?" Jack was still skeptical about taking Portia with them.
"We arrived in her house didn't we? Who else would it be?"
"Well there was that Emily girl, what if Portia was supposed to be our way of getting to her?"
Will shrugged. "Well, this is all we got."
Suddenly they heard footsteps running along the pavement behind them. Glancing over the top of the wall Jack saw none other than Emily running along the road. For a moment he hesitated and then jumped up over the wall to stop her.
Emily screamed. "Jack!" she said catching her breath. "What are you doing here?"
"I'll tell you on the way," he said and grabbed her, dragging her down behind the wall.
"What are you do..." Will didn't have time to finish. The rain had begun to fall heavily from the sky. Picking Portia up in his arms, Will ran for the water. Jack dragged Emily after him and followed Will. As their feet touched the water's edge lightning struck the road behind them. With a pull around the stomach Jack, Will, Portia, and Emily were flung into the sea and back in time.
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