Into the Light [Completed]

Chapter 8

After finding out about the Old Builders' disappearance, Slab, Facemeat, and Clutch set out to inform the New Order of the Stone. They brought along Nell and Em, due to Nell being a witness. They entered into the portal out of their world and into the portal hallway. Only the group encountered a slight problem. Usually, Otto was the holder of the Atlas, and, it just so happened that, he had it on him when he and the others were taken. Although, the group had not known that until now.

"Great," Clutch grumbled, throwing her arms up in the air out of frustration, "Now what? We don't have the dang Atlas; so how are we supposed to know which portal to go through?"

Facemeat shrugged, "Facemeat has no idea."

"Let's just look around. One of us might jog their memory when they see it," Em suggested.

The others nodded before splitting up. Nell looked around at the portals for a few minutes. She had some idea of what the frame looked like but forgot the portal's aura color. She stumbled upon a portal that she believed looked similar to the twins' portal. The portal was an oak log portal with a red aura.

"Yo dudes, I think I found it!" Nell called out to the others.

The others ran over to her and looked at the portal for a few seconds. Em's eyes widened in shock.

"I think you're right, Nell," Em said surprised.

Slab chuckled, "Just when I thought she wasn't good for nothin'."

"Hey, not cool, brah," Nell mumbled.

"Anyways-- We should get to Beacontown as soon as possible. Come on!" Em said running through the portal.

The others quickly followed behind her, as they disappeared into the scarlet swirls.

—————————————————————

Hadrian sighed as he plopped down onto his bed. Another day of torturing the life out of Harper and Mevia. Damn, did that exhaust him. Hadrian shut his eyes as he started to relax, and soon, drifted off. As Hadrian was trying to rest, Winslow managed to slip through the crack in the door and creep over to the bed.

"Meow?" Winslow meowed, trying to get Hadrian's attention.

Hadrian didn't respond as he was fast asleep. Winslow tried again, but still, no response from Hadrian. Then, Winslow decided to take matters into his own paws. He backed up a bit before leaping onto the bed. It just so happened that he landed right on Hadrian's chest. This caused Hadrian to jolt awake letting out a small 'oof'. The calico cat proceeded to knead on his chest before curling up into a ball of white, black, and orange spotted fluff. 

"You know, you're always coming at just the right times, buddy," Hadrian chuckled before stroking the cat's head.

"Purr~" Winslow purred in satisfaction.

A few minutes later, Hadrian heard stomping coming from down the hall followed by a female voice shouting 'WINSLOW!' . This caused Winslow to jump and scratch Hadrian's chest. The cat proceeded to hide behind the pillow that was under Hadrian's head. Cassie walked into the room looking a bit flustered. She sat herself next to Hadrian, pressing and rubbing the bridge of her nose. Hadrian chuckled quietly; he always found Cassie cute when she was flustered.

"What's wrong, babe?" Hadrian asked, rubbing her thigh.

Cassie sighed, "I'm just frustrated, I guess. I swear, Winslow can be such a pain in my ass sometimes."

This statement caused Winslow to hiss at her. Cassie looked around the bed to see where the hiss had come from. That's when she noticed the tip of a black tail poking out from behind Hadrian's pillow. Hadrian sat up to let Cassie lift up the pillow. There was Winslow, curled up. His fur was fluffed up, his claws were unsheathed, and he was hissing like a rattlesnake without a rattle.