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Chapter 3

Hazel

The movie was almost over when I noticed that Fae wasn’t back form the bathroom yet. I was on the edge of the isle so I told Willow I’d be back so that I could check up on her.
When I got out there, I saw a huge mess. Blood was splattered on the floor and things looked real messy. I waved my hands and cleared the mess before anyone could come and notice the disaster. It looked like there had been a fight. I wondered if Fae had just followed the whatever’s out of the Theatre or if she was captured. I was hoping it wasn’t the latter.
I rushed back into the theatre and whispered to the others what I had seen. I grabbed Fae’s purse as they followed me quickly and we ran out of the theatre and started to call and shout for her. Willow whizzed by, flashing by every now and then and Zeke was sniffing the air for her scent. I waved my hands and muttered several incantations. In the end, we all met up near the center of town. There was no sign of her.
“I can’t find a trace of her anywhere.” Willow cried angrily as we met up.
Zeke looked equally pained, and said, “Same here.”
“I can’t even find a trace of her aura. Whatever took her knew their stuff.” I spoke in a whisper. We all sighed and started to walk back to our house.
“Do you have any idea what might have taken her?” Zeke asked me.
I turned to him, “Well my prime subject is Jerry but he’s not this thorough. He leaves gaps and easy traces. I think it has to do with Jerry but not directly. He probably owed someone something, which is why he wanted her back the other week. He probably thought that it would be easier that way. But I really have no idea. I think we should pay a visit to him in the morning.”
Both Zeke and Willow nodded.
We walked into our house and prepared ourselves for the next morning.

We walked towards Jerry’s house. It was a big manner and had a huge front lawn, of course. We neared the front gate and a guard came running towards us, and started to shoot at us. I guess that Jerry had expected company. This was a good sign.
I waved my hand and the man stood stalk still. Willow broke the lock on the front gate and Zeke ran off to circle around the back. Willow and I headed towards the front door, and when we got there I gave three, big, loud knocks.
I heard Jerry sigh and say, “Who the hell is it now?” He got to the door and opened it, “Hello--”
He stopped and he looked as if he was going to have a stroke. I glared at him and said, “Are you gonna invite us in or am I just gonna have to force my way in?”
He just nodded and let us into the house. I laughed as I walked into the door. Jerry always acted so tough but when anyone confronted him he was a coward.
He brought us into his living room, which was filled with really expensive things, big surprise there. I sat down on the couch, with Willow next to me. Jerry sighed and sat down in the chair across from us.
“What do you want from me?”
“Where’s Fae?” I asked angrily.
“You mean she’s missing?!?” Jerry said with absolute fear on his face.

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Fae

“Ugh…” I woke up and rubbed my head, it was aching; in fact my whole body was aching. Then last night’s events replayed in my head and I groaned. I looked around and noticed that I was in some kind of Caravan, chained to the walls. I sighed and tried to get up, but stopped when I got dizzy and sat back down.
I glared at the walls. I noticed a window on the far side. There was a strange off color from the sun, glow. “Great,” I groaned. I was in the other realm. That meant that these dudes were going to try to sell me to the highest bidder. I still didn’t understand why I was so attractive all of a sudden.
The cart hit a bump and I smashed against the wall. The vehicle then stopped and the door opened. One of the thugs grabbed me by the arm and pulled me up while the other unlocked my chains. They pushed me out of the caravan and a squinted at the bright sun. It was twice as big as it should have been and the moon was full right next to it. I really hated this place. I had been here once before on a mission for Jerry and had almost got killed by a raging herd of vamps. The other realm was the normal realm for mythicals, and they could travel through wormholes into our realm, but these where just the earth realms. I’m pretty sure there are others, but I’ve never seen another one.
The demons kept pushing me and eventually I found myself in an opening that was filled with market people. They led me to a small stage and one of the guys picked up a megaphone and shouted, “Come one! Come all! Buy this human! You could use her as a slave, food supply or even a…” and the list continued. Attracted customers gathered at the booth. I saw a hungry looking Were, and another Fairy who looked like she would like a slave for the next century or two. I didn’t mind fairies and she probably was my number one pick of the group. A couple vamps looked at me with interest and I shivered. Last thing I wanted was to be bought by a vampire. The Fairy shouted out a number and the bidding began. She held strong for a little while until a mysterious stranger in the back tried to outbid her. Eventually she gave up and I was surprised that some one would want me so much.
The demon thugs took the money from the mysterious man and gave my chains to him. The man led me to an empty spot so he could check my shape out, to see if I was a worthy catch. He took off his hood and I gasped. The master vamp smiled, and I nearly fainted.