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commented on my jeans.
"The air is going to be thinner."
"You told me."
"And it's darker."
"Whatever, it is doesn 't matter because we aren't going to be there long." I hoped.
"Dodd, Buzz…give us a minute." They 'd been lingering in the back of the room, waiting to see us off.
I watched as they both left the portal room.
Cormac stood, hovering slightly, dressed all in black. "You aren't taking this seriously. It can get rough over there very quickly. On this side, there is at least the pretention of civility. Over there, in the wolves' territory at least," he pointed to where the wormhole would open, "you piss them off and they just kill you."
I laughed a little. "Yes, that 's so much different to what I've experienced here," I said making an obvious reference to them trying to kill me.
Cormac didn 't laugh. "Take this seriously or I'll take Dodd instead."
"Relax, I get it. Let 's just get on with it already." I knew he wouldn't go without me but I didn't feel like spending the next twenty minutes arguing about it.
"You think you 're tough, but you don't know what's out there."
"I think I 've got an idea."
He shook his head. "You stay by me the whole time. You don 't leave unless I say so. And if I do tell you to leave, you do exactly as I say."
"Who made you boss? I thought we were partners?"
"That's the only reason I'm even letting you come." He took a couple of steps toward the door to call back Buzz and Dodd.
"That and I 'm probably the only one that can open a wormhole up from the other side in a hurry," I said.
That stopped him in his tracks as he looked back to me. "Goddam n it, Buzz can't keep his mouth shut." He sighed audibly and opened the door as the guys walked back in.
"What?" Buzz asked as Cormac shot him a look.
"Must you repeat everything to her?" he asked, still scowling.
"It 's not my fault. She said I owed her. It was either tell her or she was going to hit me over the head when I least expected it."
I covered my mouth with my hand to hide my smile, not wanting to gloat.
"Forget it. We're going in. I'll open, then you guys shut it behind us," Cormac said as he walked away from Dodd.
I stood back and watched as Cormac opened up a portal. I wasn 't sure if it was because he was older and more experienced or because he was strong, but it was flawless. He opened it just large enough for two people to walk through and the edges didn't fluctuate even a smidge. That might sound like nothing, but we were talking about warping the space time fabric of our very existence. That's some heavy shit to be able to pull off seamlessly.
He looked toward me and held out his hand. "You ready?"
"Yes." The adrenaline pumped through my veins as I moved toward him. In less than a minute, I'd be on a different planet. How many people could say that? Actually, I wasn't even going to be able to say that. Damn contract took all the fun out of things. Half the joy of doing some stuff is being able to talk about it after.
Oh well, this was still the coolest thing I 'd ever done in my life. It was scary as hell, but cool. I was going to travel through a wormhole to steal documents from a group of werewolf aliens. I felt like a live wire as energy pumped through me. Maybe I was made for this hero stuff. Maybe this was what I was meant to do. Maybe I should keep the hero thoughts to myself until I made it back in one piece.
I 'd stepped into this wormhole countless times, but I'd never gone further than a few steps beyond the entrance. The lavender sky became more brilliant the closer I got.
"They won 't see us stepping out?" I asked as we neared the other side.
"No, this opens to an empty area. They are a superstitious lot. They think that living too close to this energy could affect them negatively," he replied from slightly in front of me.
Cormac stepped out first and I watched, a small part of me afraid he 'd fry on the spot, but he didn't. I took a deep breath and my first step into a different
"The air is going to be thinner."
"You told me."
"And it's darker."
"Whatever, it is doesn 't matter because we aren't going to be there long." I hoped.
"Dodd, Buzz…give us a minute." They 'd been lingering in the back of the room, waiting to see us off.
I watched as they both left the portal room.
Cormac stood, hovering slightly, dressed all in black. "You aren't taking this seriously. It can get rough over there very quickly. On this side, there is at least the pretention of civility. Over there, in the wolves' territory at least," he pointed to where the wormhole would open, "you piss them off and they just kill you."
I laughed a little. "Yes, that 's so much different to what I've experienced here," I said making an obvious reference to them trying to kill me.
Cormac didn 't laugh. "Take this seriously or I'll take Dodd instead."
"Relax, I get it. Let 's just get on with it already." I knew he wouldn't go without me but I didn't feel like spending the next twenty minutes arguing about it.
"You think you 're tough, but you don't know what's out there."
"I think I 've got an idea."
He shook his head. "You stay by me the whole time. You don 't leave unless I say so. And if I do tell you to leave, you do exactly as I say."
"Who made you boss? I thought we were partners?"
"That's the only reason I'm even letting you come." He took a couple of steps toward the door to call back Buzz and Dodd.
"That and I 'm probably the only one that can open a wormhole up from the other side in a hurry," I said.
That stopped him in his tracks as he looked back to me. "Goddam n it, Buzz can't keep his mouth shut." He sighed audibly and opened the door as the guys walked back in.
"What?" Buzz asked as Cormac shot him a look.
"Must you repeat everything to her?" he asked, still scowling.
"It 's not my fault. She said I owed her. It was either tell her or she was going to hit me over the head when I least expected it."
I covered my mouth with my hand to hide my smile, not wanting to gloat.
"Forget it. We're going in. I'll open, then you guys shut it behind us," Cormac said as he walked away from Dodd.
I stood back and watched as Cormac opened up a portal. I wasn 't sure if it was because he was older and more experienced or because he was strong, but it was flawless. He opened it just large enough for two people to walk through and the edges didn't fluctuate even a smidge. That might sound like nothing, but we were talking about warping the space time fabric of our very existence. That's some heavy shit to be able to pull off seamlessly.
He looked toward me and held out his hand. "You ready?"
"Yes." The adrenaline pumped through my veins as I moved toward him. In less than a minute, I'd be on a different planet. How many people could say that? Actually, I wasn't even going to be able to say that. Damn contract took all the fun out of things. Half the joy of doing some stuff is being able to talk about it after.
Oh well, this was still the coolest thing I 'd ever done in my life. It was scary as hell, but cool. I was going to travel through a wormhole to steal documents from a group of werewolf aliens. I felt like a live wire as energy pumped through me. Maybe I was made for this hero stuff. Maybe this was what I was meant to do. Maybe I should keep the hero thoughts to myself until I made it back in one piece.
I 'd stepped into this wormhole countless times, but I'd never gone further than a few steps beyond the entrance. The lavender sky became more brilliant the closer I got.
"They won 't see us stepping out?" I asked as we neared the other side.
"No, this opens to an empty area. They are a superstitious lot. They think that living too close to this energy could affect them negatively," he replied from slightly in front of me.
Cormac stepped out first and I watched, a small part of me afraid he 'd fry on the spot, but he didn't. I took a deep breath and my first step into a different
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