Chapter 280 - Getting In (1/2)

There were black SUVs parked outside, waiting to transfer everyone to the office building. Laz got in the first one while everyone else pilled in. Besides the drivers, everyone else were the ones involved in the operation.

He had already said goodbye to Malene as she had to get going for her flight.

Some might have thought it would be more of a bittersweet goodbye, but those people clearly don't know Malene and Laz.

Sure, there was hugging and kissing... but after that, there was a whole bunch of Malene lecturing Laz about taking care of himself and about what she would do to him if he ended up with other women...

Her description of bad, bad things while looking at his manhood did not turn him on in the least. Ruby, to her credit, didn't add anything. She just looked at Laz from underneath her base ball cap with a 'you'd better listen to her,' kind of stare.

Before long, they were on their way.

The plan was they would park down the street, get out and unload while Laz and Ruby went ahead to find a way to sneak in, or at least blend in.

Well, that was the plan anyway. Laz, Ruby and all the others were under the assumption that this gate opening was going to be some sort of secret endeavor.

They soon found out that they couldn't have been more wrong. The entire thing looked like a media circus with camera crews all over the place. News reporters, both professional and arm.a.t.u.r.e had craved out a slice of the event and were showing everything there was to show. The various military guards just added to the scene, making it that much more of a big deal.

As Ruby and Laz watched, more and more people arrived, making the crowd size swell.

”This...”

”Is perfect, for the most part.” Ruby finished the thought for Laz.

”But why? I mean... why would you even want to?”

”They must have some confidence that this will be more of a show than a massacre.” Ruby said after some thought.

”What do you think?” Laz was curious.

”It's a dice roll baby. How strong will the wizard behind the curtain be? There is that but also they must be convinced that they have the strength to protect themselves and others. It's honestly stupid. I can only think that it was something someone ordered them to do. Anyone who has been inside a gate knows that you could just a likely end up in the center of an abandoned town or in the middle of a scorched wasteland. There really is no telling what happened to the gate on the other side.”

”Then it could even be up in the sky or in the middle of the ocean?”

”Well... Underwater yes, middle of the sky, much less likely, but not impossible.”

”Why is that?”

”Gates are a two way door, darling. They had to have been built somewhere accommodating on the other side as well. Of course, that was when it was built. Depending on the time lapse, an entire civilization could have risen and fallen since then. The same thing could happen here as well. Let's say someone's gate led to the middle of a forest in the past. A nice quiet place that was out of the way. But now that nice quiet forest could be located in the middle of a city. There is no telling. And the gate's... well who knows how or why they appear?”

”I think it has something to do with the energy available in the world. Once it reaches a certain point, the gate will appear,” Laz commented. Although he didn't know anything for sure minus what A'ruya had told him, he had a brain in his head. She said this gate should be safe based on the amount of energy it stored. If it required a lot more than it did, then it probably wouldn't have even shown itself, much less be able to be opened.

”Yeah?” Ruby said, interested in his thoughts. Blood Moon had come to the same conclusion, but there was no way to back up that logic. But now that Laz was talking about it, Ruby felt like there might be something to it. Unless Laz was just making shit up as he went along.

”Yeah. Which can only mean that as the energy on the planet increases, the gates that appear are going to get more and more dangerous,” Laz said in warning. Ruby nodded her head in agreement.

”Well. I guess for now, we should just take the front door?”

”That should work.”

Laz and Ruby made their way back to where everyone was parked and informed the group leaders. Remi and Damien for the council. Dwayne and a much subdued Jennia for the Vodun. Freya's assistant was named Helen and she was the lone leader of the Vampyres group.

”So this is good right?” Dwayne asked, seeing everyone keep quiet.

”Yes and no,” Helen responded.

”How so?” Dwayne asked.

”Well. Getting in will be easy. But now there are a lot more eyes on us, them and everything that's happening,” Helen responded. Everyone nodded in agreement except for Laz.

”That's not as big of a problem as you think it is, at least going in isn't.” Laz said with a strange smile.

”Oh?” Helen was respectful on the surface. In her heart and thoughts however, she didn't like males at all. But since she had orders to follow, she would do so. And order number one that Freya told her was to listen to anything Laz said.

”The rune I used isn't just limited to masking your energy and aura. It's primary purpose is to distort. So not only will it distort your energy and aura, it will also distort your picture on camera. It will even distort you face and features to anyone who looks at you. When they try to think back to who you are, they will simply remember a figure of smoke, here and gone before you leave an impression,” Laz said, explaining things. He only understood how powerful and diverse runes could be after messing around with them. Before that, he could only see on the surface.