My Airport Mistake

Run IX

Right-side-Rust started to growl which made left-side-Rust look up and see her. He, too, growled and they both slowly stalked towards May, blocking any exit she could possibly make. The nice cool air around her suddenly chilled. Rusts' drools were dripping, his eyes were glowing. They were licking their mouths like they were looking at a delicious piece of a tasty treat. May was now frightened. She couldn't move her body at all. She screamed to herself 'MOVE! RUN! JUMP! GET OUT OF HERE!' but nothing happened. For the first time since she met Butú, she really wanted him to appear and take his dog away from her.

Both Rust started to snap at each other for first dibs on her. As they were snapping away, she took a step back. She forgot for a moment she was on the wall of the fountain. The moment her toes landed on the edge and the rest of her foot hit thin air, she knew she screwed up. Without a sound, she landed into the water. She would rather die drowning than get eaten alive. But wait, she didn't feel wet nor is she underwater. It feels like that dip in water but not getting wet. It then clicked, she went through a portal! She opened her eyes to see where she was.

It was somewhat dark. Faint light came through the top and from what looks like a door. All around her were mops, brooms, boxes of things, mop heads, more boxes and bags. This is a storage and cleaning room. 'What the heck... A portal from a beautiful fountain takes you to a dark and mucky storage room? Ok...'

She got up and went towards the door. She peeked through the tiny square window, no one in sight. She felt for the door handle and slowly pried it open before poking her head through to see if anyone or anything was out there. Nope, no one. She left the storage room and looked at the options before her.

'Left, right, straight left, or straight right? Why are there so many hallways?'

She ended up going straight right. As she walked forward and towards who knows where, she heard some commotion. A buzzing and murmuring noise. Sounds familiar. As she got closer, the noise became louder. She opened the double door ahead and gasped. Appeared before her were many folks walking to and fro from one location to another. Reindeer heads, goat heads, bird heads, feathers, talons, tails, scales, wings, dark colored skin, light colored skin, red skin, blue skin, all mythical and fantasy creatures. She had portaled through to Butú's world! Overhead came a loudspeaker of a lady in a foreign language but the tone was the same as that of an airport or train station. A group of people got up from their chairs and headed in one direction as if their flight had been called. 'This is the airport-ish?!'

They had all kinds of outfits, from traditional outfits from all over the world to modern outfits along with outfits she had never seen before. Decades of years in the human world all appeared here. She was utterly at a loss at what to do. She didn't see what looked like a human in her world in sight. She quickly walked to the edge of a stand in hopes to blend in but also peeked out enough to see more of this world. It was beautiful here. The ceiling was open yet it didn't seem like it was. It was like a magic sky. The station was clean and very much different from the one she worked at before.

*Buzz* !@#$%^& *Buzz*

That sounded like a walkie. Two tiger looking figures in human form walked over in her direction quickly. They wore a white long sleeve with a black vest over it along with black pants. They had on an arm band as well but she couldn't read it. On their waist was a series of bulges that she couldn't make out from where she was. She had a feeling that they were either the police or security. She instantly hid behind a flap of curtain by the stand nearby. She could barely make out what one said as it passed by but it was also in a different language. They both entered the double doors she just came from.

A bad feeling came over her. 'I don't think I'm supposed to be here.' She stepped out and went over to the other side of the stand when someone started to shout. She turned to look at what was going on. A male tengu in the same uniform as the two tigers came walking quickly over to her. He grabbed her harshly by the arm and continued to speak his language in an angry tone.