Chapter 2: Horrible Trip and Morning
The next day was to say; horrible for the guardians. They didn't have the best trip and the hotel was worse. The evening they left started out well; until they had arrived at the airport. When they arrived, they ran into someone that they hadn't seen for years; Phobos. It wasn't seeing him that was odd; it was that he wasn't doing anything bad, until they arrived anyway. Once they got to the airport, Phobos had somehow managed to slip a gun into one of the suitcases which set the metal detector off causing a commotion. Though it was cruel to do that, the guardians slapped themselves because they should have expected it. Sadly; the one that had the gun was in Ashley's suitcase. After two hours of getting everything sorted out, they were finally able to leave and Phobos was fired. Nobody even bothered to ask him why he was even working at all. Things obviously changed in Meridian since they were there last. Once they were one the plane, they had found Frost as the pilot. Frost as pilot scared them, well, except for the kids since they know nothing about the guardians. They were happy to know that he didn't try to do anything, at least to their knowledge. Once they got off the plane, they headed to the hotel they made reservations for. That was hard to make reservations as late as they did to say the least but they did do it.
They had finally arrived at the hotel thirty minutes later to find that gargoyle was the security guard. This scared the girls a little until they got inside and they bumped into someone. Actually, they were the ones that got bumped into and when that happened; that's when they started freaking out. The person that bumped into them was actually a demon in disguise. The only reason they know this is because Will has the heart and the heart activated revealing the demon. The kids were still clueless about the whole thing, thanks to Matt and his glamour power. Everyone made it up to their room and a fold appeared. The kids were in a different room so they know nothing about any of it. Once the fold appeared, Elyon walked through. She had told Matt to use his power on the kids room so that it looked like the room wasn't being used which put more pressure on him. That was the longest night of their lives but luckily, everyone is safe. That is what happened the evening before and everyone was happy to have it done and over with. They still wanted to know why the villains had jobs on earth but Elyon said nothing to them.
Everyone got up and headed out the hotel door and rushed to the taxi that had stopped for them as they called to get one. They started getting in but Will touching the cab revealed that it was no cab and everyone turned and walked away. The guardians were so tired that they would keep bumping into people. Eventually there were no longer people on the street except for a few. Will and the others took no chances especially when they started seeing the people transform into demons themselves. They just kept running and none of them felt like they were getting away from them. Every time they would turn the other way, there would be two more. People had finally started coming out of the shops and other buildings. They had finally made their way to the correct street that Jake lived on.
"Finally, we can rest a little." Cornelia said and everyone agreed but first they had to get to the house.
Earlier that morning, Ashley and Megan gone to take their showers; lucky for them, there are two bathrooms. Megan was in and out of the shower; Ashley however was having a harder time. Ashley got distracted with a certain mark on her hand and had slipped as she was getting out; she was lucky enough to be able to grab onto something but with wet hands, it is hard to grab onto anything so she hit the ground but with less of an impact which was less painful. "Ok, that is it, mom will answer my question." She said as she started getting dressed.
Ashley walked downstairs and had breakfast. "Mom, I don't want you to tell me to wait till I am old enough to understand, I want to know what is up with this birthmark of mine. You keep avoiding it, so either tell me now or after school, but you're hiding something that I should know about and I want to know." Ashley said in a very irritated tone.
"You're right; I'll tell you after school. I am sorry I have been avoiding the question for so long. You deserve to know and you will, after school."
"Thanks mom, I appreciate it." Then the two sisters headed off to school; a few seconds after the girls disappeared, the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it Rose." Jake said as he got up to answer the door to reveal very exhausted people. "Will, come on in, what's up. Hey Rose, it's Will and her friends and family, I assume there is family somewhere in this crowd." Rose then walked into the room. "Wow, you five got…ouch, what was that for?" Jake asked rubbing his arm.
"Look, let's discuss everything later but right now, I think that we need something to drink and a safe place to hide." Will said depressed.
"I'll go get some water for everyone, though this may take a few trips." Jake then left to go get everyone water.
"So Will, what is up?" Rose asked.
"Let's go to the kitchen; just you and me." The two walked into the kitchen.
"So what is up and why are you so tired?" Rose asked worriedly.
Then Will said the one thing that Rose never wanted to hear again. "The Demons are back."