Page 72 of Whispered Warnings: Part Two

I pull a face, “I’m really not explaining anything very well, but I’m used to going by myself.” I take a breath, and explain properly, “The friend that called me lives in Ireland, Sully has a portal, it only goes to a select few places and no, I don’t have any idea how he maintains it or anything.”

“Got it,” River says as he goes back into his room.

Everyone else pauses for only a moment before they do the same. I’m impressed when they come back out of their rooms less than ten minutes later, dressed and with bags already packed and ready to go.

“We have go bags,” Griff explains.

“Smart,” I reply.

We all head down the stairs and out the front door. We, of course, head to the trusty van since Doc is here and can transport us all to Sully’s place.

“Is there anything else you can tell us?” Reed asks as Doc does his thing.

I shake my head, “Sorry guys, I’ve told you everything that she told me. Sully’s portal will take us straight to Niamh’s place,and hopefully, we can get some more information from her when we get there. What’s the time?”

“Two in the morning,” Griff says.

I nod, “Okay so it’s early morning over there now. We can get a start and watch the footage and then go from there.”

The guys nod as they get up and start to get out of the van.

“Sounds good,” Evander says as we get out and close the doors behind us, “Is the van going to be okay here?”

I nod, “Yeah, I don’t see why it wouldn’t be. Sully knows that it’s ours, and he will know where we are.”

Evander nods, and we quickly make our way across the lot and towards the doors. The pub is still incredibly busy, and we bypass the line, getting strange looks as we are clearly not dressed for a night out.

“Thanks, Barney,” I say as he lets us through.

“No problem, Neith. Stay safe,” he replies, clearly guessing that I’m not here for fun.

“Always,” I reply with a smirk.

We thread our way through the patrons and head straight for Sully’s office, the door opening before we reach the end of the long hallway.

“Good, you’ve brought them. I had a whole speech about how you're not alone anymore and it’s okay to rely on other people,” he pauses, “actually, I put a lot of effort into that speech, I even had Ernie help me out, do you want to hear it anyway?”

I laugh, “Sully, I would love to, but I should probably get to Niamh’s place. You know how impatient she can be.”

He sighs dramatically, “Fine. Come on, you lot.”

“How do you have a portal?” Raiden asks. His curiosity is clearly eating him alive and I’m surprised that he lasted this long before he asked.

Sully taps his nose, “Ah, now that would be telling. I’m assuming that you boys have all used one?”

They all nod.

“How come you know about portals but not the ones to other realms?” Raiden asks me.

I shrug, “I didn’t know that there were official portals.”

“Oh, yeah, that makes sense,” He replies.

After making sure that his office door is shut behind us, Sully moves past us and to the back of the room, his magic snaps out and the whole back wall of his office disappears leaving a swirling whirlpool of magic that is the portal.

“Whoa,” Van says.

I’m confused about his reaction until Ransom says, “That’s unlike any portal that I have seen before.”

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