Kace's POV
We quickly packed up what little we had brought, and were soon on our way. We arrived late that night, and went to school the next morning, as per usual. Interestingly, no one seemed surprised about our strange dis- and re-appearance. Probably someone came along and gave us a cover story in our absence. The day progressed as they used too, and it felt good to have things be 'normal' again. Though Abigail and I didn't fail to notice one of our classmates, Jameson was glancing at us every once in a while.
At lunch, Abigail and I discussed our situation, with CHB, via Iris Messaging. Chiron taught us before we left and ."We should go back. Obviously, not everyone is playing along with our cover story." Abigail whispered to me. "What even is our cover story?" "Well, supposedly we went on a cruise for the past few days, but Jameson isn't buying it." "No kidding, Sherlock. Change his memories or do weird Whisper things that you like to do." She stared at me. "Weird Whisper things? Really?" I rolled my eyes. "Whatever." When the last bell rang, while we walked home, I realized that Jameson was following us, that weirdo. I exchanged looks at Abigail, who had clearly noticed him too. We rounded a corner and heard something in the alley next to us. I looked into the alley, Abigail glancing from behind me, and Jameson didn't notice us stopping before he rammed straight into us. "Ow!" He grumbled. "It's not our fault you weren't watching where you stepped," Abigail replied while reaching down for her knife in her boot when suddenly, some mystical force launched us all away from the alley. As I fell on the concrete road, I could now see the hidden gateway that now revealed monsters and skeletons.
Jameson's POV
Another day, another ambush. This is what happens when you go the same way as people you've seen battle monsters countless times before. No matter how hard you avoid this kind of trouble, it always finds you. "What have I dragged myself into this time?" I thought as a few dozen skeletons drop out in front of us. Quickly, I willed my sword to appear and unsheathed it. Kace sighed in exasperation, while Abigail was slightly confused, surprised, and a little angry at the same time. Probably for not helping them at school, which was frequently being attacked by monsters. I enchanted my shortsword, Titanfate with my magic, and readied myself for what was next. I turned invisible and leaped at the nearest skeleton. With a quick downward slash, it was dust. Another one charged in my general direction and summoned a ball of magic. Another one bites the dust. Or becomes it. No other monsters were coming for me anymore, so I turned and saw Kace slashing through two of the weird monsters while Abigail was stabbing both skeletons and monsters in the head.
Kace turned around, shrinking his sword when he saw something. He cursed and a wave of water come out nowhere, ready to attack, but Abigail leaped forward. She pulled 2 beads from her necklace, and one became a bow, the other a quiver of arrows. She fired, and the arrow whizzed by my ear, into a six-foot demonic hound running up from behind. I saluted her, then remembered she couldn't see me. Soon enough, all of the monsters/skeletons were gone, and I even kept to my personal challenge. Now was the awkward part, explaining. Everything. I sensed a presence trying to enter my mind, seeping in through cracks in my conscience, but I pushed it back, with a good old imaginary punch. I saw Abigail stumble back, and knew she was the one doing it. She glared at me while Kace crossed his arms and stared at me, both wanting an explanation. I exhaled slowly. This was going to be sooo awkward.