It was a miracle there was even a front to the house; when Malchoir stepped through the door, he had to dance around a large hole in the ground. Not more than two yards away, the floor abruptly ended into open air. He and Raven shared a glance before he sat her down on a stair to poke around. "Food supplies," he explained, entering the kitchen.
Upstairs she heard footsteps as the other three ran around. It was tedious sitting there, waiting for him to come back, but even if she had crawled all the way up the stairs, there was a large gap from the top the stairs to the upper floor. She wondered how Gizmo and Melvin made the jump to it.
"This place is crumbling apart," Malchior muttered, reappearing at the door. "And all the food is spoiled—someone already went looting, got everything else to eat."
"Not like there's much of a house to need a security system," Raven pointed out, glancing back to the charred termination of the house. "We really shouldn't have come in here anyway. The whole thing could tumble down in a heartbeat."
"I'll go get them," he said, walking towards her. As he passed by her, he patted her thigh. "Don't go anywhere."
She glared at his retreating back, and rubbed the spot that he touched harder than necessary. "Asshole."
With nothing else to do, she leaned back, and stared up at the ceiling. So this is where Terra once lived. It looked like it had been exceedingly normal, and rather well furnished. Rich people's house, she decided. She could imagine Terra/Jennifer living with a cozy little family, a normal mom, a normal dad, and a normal baby brother.
Baby brother… Her eyes narrowed up at the ceiling. Timmy, Teether…where are you? Wherever they went held any new information about a pair of boys with a magical teddy bear for a guard. Where is everyone?
She heard thumping of feet, and watched as Jennifer hopped down with Melvin in her arms, Malchior with Gizmo a moment later joined them. They were carrying some new bags, and Melvin had a "new" bunny in her arms.
"Where to next?" she asked.
Jennifer and Malchior shared a glance. They didn't know.
"…neighbor's house. We'll camp out for the night," Jennifer decided after a moment. Raven nodded, and Malchior exchanged Gizmo for Raven before they hurried out of the decrepit building.