The P.O.E. & a Gateway in the Basement

Chapter Fifteen

Rebecca is now shopping for supplies at the closest convenient store. She wants to seek out her revenge on Balthazar right now for killing her grandfather. But she knows that he would say something like 'prepare for anything' and if she follows that rule she is going to have to be patience.

"Just hang in there, Becky. Just remember that time heals all wounds." Brett wraps both of his arms around her. Usually she does not like being hugged; but Brett figures it is an emotional time for her and she could probably use one even though she would not ask.

"Thank you, Brett." After both of them let go of the hug; Brett walks past her and towards the back of the store.

"So... do we have everything we need?" Frank slowly walks behind her pushing a shopping cart that only has half-a-dozen items inside.

"We still need a couple more items. I have never been to Hell before so I don't know what to expect. But right now I wonder what Brett is up to?" She follows his footsteps, grabbing a few more items along the way and tossing them into the cart. She turns the corner and sees Brett trying to pull a middle-aged woman out of a small gateway that is pulling her inside the wall.

"Oh my God... Brett needs our help!" Rebecca quickly goes over to him. "What do you want me to do?"

"Take a hold of her free arm and pull her out before she gets pulled into Hell." Brett already has his right hand inside the portal stopping the middle-aged woman from getting sucked inside of it too quickly.

"But what about you... how are you going to get free? Frank... would you get over here and help me?" She begins to pull. She does not want to lose somebody else she cares about. As she pulls the lady completely out of the gateway; Brett gets sucked more into it. Once free from the suction power of the gateway, the middle-aged lady runs away screaming frantically, leaving her cart of groceries right where it is parked.

"I don't want to be rescued, Becky. I am going to go inside this gateway, offer it a little bit of my blood and then the gateway will be closed."

"That is the right thing to do, Brett. But I am going to miss you like crazy. I all ready lost enough loved ones because of this mission." She now begins to sob, as a single tear slowly rolls down her left cheek.

"Don't worry about me. I will still be alive and I am skillful enough with a sword that I know I can survive. As soon as I find myself another gateway I will return. It is not like I am going to die. So come here and give me a good luck kiss." Brett's body is almost through the gateway. So he knows he only has a couple more minutes in the realm of the living. Rebecca complies and places her lips upon Brett's. Their kiss is very passionate like they are kissing a person that they are in love with. It surprises both of them that they enjoy it so much. It is like time stops... nobody is around them anymore... they feel no pain... just the insistent urge to be in each other's company. Brett pulls away as his head is now the only part of his body that is sticking out of the gateway.

"I love you, Becky... just remember that much. Trust me when I tell you... that we will meet again." His head gets completely sucked into the gateway.

"I love you too." Rebecca says under her breath.

"We have to get out here... right now!" Frank orders.

"What about our stuff?" She still has teardrops forming out of her eyes.

"I will push the cart out of here. Look around you, Rebecca. Everything else has scattered when that woman fled screaming for her life." She looks around and realizes that Frank is right and the store is now deserted.