Origins Unkown

chapter 2

Shadow

John packed the rest of their things into the new SUV they bought. Shadow was on the phone with The Boss.

"Oh honey I know. Why don't you come with us? Okay. We will keep in touch. I love you, bye."

"So how mad is he?" John asked.

Shadow wiped a tear. "He's not mad, just surprised."

"Well, everything is packed. Are you sure this is what you want to do?"

"Yes, let's go." Shadow picked her head up and went out to the car.

They drove off into the night and never looked back.

"Since we are driving there, it should take about six days." John reported as they drove out of town.

"What? Why so long?" Shadow asked shocked.

"We are only driving at night, so it will take longer." He said laughing. Shadow sighed and turned to dig in the back floor for the junk food she hid there. John smiled as she stuffed her face with all the cakes and jerky.

"What? Don't judge me! You did this to me." She scolded with a mouth full of snack cake.

John laughed. "I didn't say a word, but now that you mention it, you might want to chill on the sugar or the baby is going to be born diabetic." He ducked as a marshmallow snack cake came flying at his head.

Twilight

Roman knew Twilight would be up already as he knocked on the door.

"Come in, Roman, we are dressed." Twilight called out with a chuckle.

"Well mostly anyway." Roman laughed as he entered the room. Drake was fussing with Acheron trying to get some clothes on his wiggly little body.

"Well, when can we depart?" She asked.

"Whenever you are ready. I have all the information you need in this envelope." Roman said sadly as he laid it down on the bed. He turned to leave and Drake stopped him.

"Roman we would like for you to come with us."

"I do not want to be the third wheel." He said without turning.

"Roman that is just nonsense. Now gather your things so we can leave at dusk. No arguments." Twilight said. Without a word and a small smile on his lips, Roman did as Twilight ordered.

As dusk approached, Twilight fidgeted with small things.

"Love, I am sure everything is fine. Let's go get Roman and load Acheron into the carriage." Drake said placing a small kiss on her forehead with a smile.

When they reached the entrance, Roman was putting his last suitcase into the carriage.

"Oh you are here. Are we ready? We don't have much time before they realize that we have gone."

"Yes we are ready." Twilight said smiling.

"So the journey begins." Roman said looking back at the only home he had ever known.

Tess

"Tess, honey, wake up. We need to get moving or it will be too late." Rylan whispered.

"Okay. Where's the carriage?" Tess answered through a yawn.

"Outside the window. Can you shrink it?"

"Sure, why?"

"It would be lots easier and faster to load it if everything is small." Rylan said laughing.

So Tess shrunk the carriage and then one by one started shrinking the things load onto it. When they were done, Rylan sat it back outside the window and Tess made it normal size again.

"Okay, that's it. I'll get Marc and you can get the food and drink stuff." Tess gathered Marc and the bag she made for him up and got into the carriage. Rylan was right behind them.

"Here we go." Rylan said tapping the roof. The carriage eased forward.

Tess sat Marc down on the floor and smiled. "How long til we get there?"

"About five or six days, depending on how often we stop." Rylan answered with a smile.

"Why would we stop?" Tess asked confused.

"We will have to put our trash and things somewhere. Otherwise, this place will smell horrible in a few days."