Warping to Destiny - A Supernatural FanFiction

Chapter 58 - Let's Be Serious

Katie's POV

The next morning none of us really wanted to get out of bed, because that would be an acknowledgement that fun and games had to be set aside once again, and serious life-threatening possibilities had to be dealt with. But eventually we all did, and by ten we were all in the study ready to get started.

As soon as I had gotten up, showered and dressed, I headed out to the garage to get Eric's packet from the car. Just holding it in my hands brought back all the uncertainty and fear we had all allowed ourselves to ignore for one glorious evening. I brought the boys up to speed on our last meeting with Eric, and explained that for now the ball was in our court. We needed to study what he had given us, and keep checking the car on the other side for anything new he might leave.

Garth agreed to hang around for another day or two, in case there was something we could think of that we needed for him to do. The boys were both eager to get themselves back into top form physically, so they headed to the workout room with Garth, while Maggie and I did what we could to organize the materials from Eric.

I opened the envelope and took out all the materials. The first thing we did was sort everything into piles based on the language it was in. Much of it was hand written in Aramaic, because as Eric had explained, that language was least likely to be picked up by the bad guys. But there were also three slim volumes written in the language of the other world, which I was now able to read, although not particularly fluently yet.

"I wish he'd given you the ability to read this stuff too," I said to Maggie. "It would help us get through all this faster." There were also some things written in English. One of them was a hand written note in large letters that said:

    'Have the boys practice their hand-to-hand skills. Martial arts training would be a plus, but there's probably not enough time for that. Read the pamphlet marked A-2, p.17 to understand the importance of this.'

I found the pamphlet marked A-2, which was written in Aramaic, and I paged through it quickly. Page 17 was titled 'Inhabitants,' and I decided that might be the best place to start. This was apparently a listing of the types of creatures that lived on the other world. About halfway through the list I found what I thought was the reason for Eric's quickly penned suggestion.

    Many of the creatures are capable of invisibility, either by spell or by nature. This is probably one of he most dangerous conditions to be encountered there. Having the skills to sense the nearness of a predator without being able to see them approach could well mean the difference between life and death!

   

When I read this passage to Maggie, we both said, "Mom!" Our mother taught classes in this very thing once a year at the Police Academy, and I was willing to bet that both Maggie and I were better at it than the boys were. It was time to see if she could come through the portal.

We went out to the car and took a quick trip home. Nothing was waiting for us on the back seat, and fortunately we found it was Mom's day off, so she was relaxing with a book. She was happy to see us, and we sat down on the couch to talk.

"What's wrong?" she asked, immediately sensing, in that way that mother's seem to have, that something serious was coming.

"Mom," I said. "Before we go into a long story, we need to know if you can travel through the portal. Because if you can't, then what we have to say doesn't really matter."

She closed her book and laid it aside slowly, concern all over her face. "All right," she agreed. "Let's go see."

We went back out to the car and all three of us got in the back seat. To our total joy and amazement, she was able to go through. When we got to the other side, she looked out the window of the car in amazement. "This is just the garage?" she asked incredulously. "And look at all these classic cars!" Mom had a love for antiques of all kinds and she was wide-eyed with excitement over the cars.