Walking With Darkness

Chapter 5 - Continued

I soon felt hands on my shoulders. The grip was strong. "Finally given up, eh?" a raspy voice asked. " Just as well. We wouldn't want to have to..... hurt you, would we?". The threat sounded like a joke, but as he turned me around I had no doubt that he meant it. He had a gruesome smile on his face, his teeth were blacked, and his collar was stained with food. He had a tattoo above his left eye that said, "Love The Darkness". I guess he's Tattoo. His partner seemed uninterested in.... well..... everything. Not even the slightest bit concerned about the threat. He was checking his nails and looking around. Which either means they're gonna kill me anyway, or that they need me.

"Come on" Tattoo said. "let's go before they come out". By they I assumed he meant the shadows. But it was Noon back home, wouldn't they still be "working" on earth? Before I could ask, he grabbed my arms and tied them with what looked like rope from the shadow world. It felt like rope.

I knew there was no point in running 'cause there's nowhere to run to. My best chance of escape was when they'd taken me back to earth.

That's assuming they even go back.

Always a ray of sunshine aren't you?

But, fortunately, I started to feel that familiar sensation of shadow-hopping. Tattoo threw me over his shoulder and then we were gone.

When we.... landed? Can I say landed?...
When we......Arrived on earth, we were clearly not where we left from. I'm pretty sure we weren't even in the same country anymore.

Is that possible?

Obviously, If it just happened.

But mum said you could only jump to the same place on the other world........... I wonder if she knew....

I looked up, and saw Tattoo holding a rock. he was about to swing when the other guy stopped him. "There's a....... less deadly way to knock her out" He said, putting a hand on my forehead. I felt a sensation in my head. Close to jumping, but only in one place. I tried to fight it but the feeling quickly spread through my body. Suddenly I couldn't see anything.

Then nothing.