The Absent Portal

chapter 3- It's Them

"Oh, boy!" He drops the phone. "The line is dead. Why can't we just go back to the treehouse?" The treehouse is an epic hangout of ours that sits in a ginormous tree. It's in the dried up creek behind our houses. "They are at the door of this house. Not the tree house. Besides, it's close to us, not that far of a run," He exclaims, heading towards the back door. He pauses at the sight of them, standing there watching our every move.

We stand there, frozen not knowing what to do or think. Standing there in silence, again. We go back to the front door, they seem to be following us.

"Stay here Rory," Kate tells me. Cameron goes to stand in the living room, watching the both of us. Kate heads to the back door, I stay at the front. We both look through the windows, they are there, both doors standing there, watching us.

"How is this possible?" Kate and I say at the same time. Cameron shrugs and goes upstairs, to my bedroom both me and Kate following him up there. He stops at the top.

"You do know where it is, right?" I ask Cameron.

"Yeah, but I-look! Rory come here!!" Cameron nearly screams. I go to the top. Kate stays there. I freeze. Looking upstairs, I see them. They are standing there, ray guns in their hands. Looking down, at us.

"What do you want from us?" Cameron demands to know. They stand there, motionless looking at us.

"Her," They say, at the same time. Pointing at me.

"Why?" Cameron keeps it going "Who are you and why do you want Rory?" Cameron just doesn't know when to stop. They don't answer either of the questions. The men just stood there, staring at the three of us. I stood there in shock, as did Kate. Cameron looked like he was going to lose it and go bonkers.

"I asked you a question now answer me!" Cameron screamed at the top of his lungs. The men stood there, like nobody had ever yelled at them before. In shock.

"We work for the go-" The lead man said, being cut off by a gunshot. "Oof!" He yelled, falling to the ground. Had he been shot? We debate to go call Agnes again, but she had done enough for us. What would they do if we did call Agnes? Even though we have to comunication to her, she'd come somehow- right? I wondered deeply, barely moving.

One of the men took a couple steps forward, the others taking a step back.
"My name is to be unknown. These men shall not name names around here, Cameron," How on earth does he know Cameron's name? I'm to scared to ask, to scared to move.

"H-how do you know o-our names?" Cameron shudders.

"We've been watching you," One man says. He's got an Australian accent. Those are his last words though, another man shoots him when he finishes his sentence.

"What is that?" I finally manage to say.

"It's a ray gun, sounds like a real gun, but it's not," He pauses. "Nothing bad happens, but you pass out. Now, young lady is this your house?" He looks at me, I look at Cameron for help. I nod my head. The men all motion for me to follow them, and I do as told. Cameron and Kate follow from behind, making sure I don't get hurt or do anything stupid. We walk downstairs, to the passageway. All three of us pause at the entrance, the men don't notice and keep going. One man looks back at us and stops. Yells at us, then they all stop and come back.