through the looking glass
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The trio moved across the street towards the firehouse as quickly as they could manage. Which, unfortunately, wasn’t very fast at all. Rowan did his best to walk on his own, but his legs felt like liquid led, and every other step felt as if someone was repeatedly trying to set him on fire. He gripped Abigail’s shoulder as tightly as he dared, half limping, half hopping along at her side, and was desperately grateful that neither of his companions made comment. The blood on his shirt was warm, the rain, less so. Thunder like cannon fire filled the sky above them, and with the violence of the storm thrashing around them, it was little wonder that it took a few minutes for whoever was inside the firehouse to hear the group knocking on their front door.
At last, the door swung open and... He was never really prepared for the shock of seeing them all together. Alive and well, staring at the strangers on their doorstep for all the world as if they’d seen a ghost... Well. It wasn’t every day your doppleganger dropped through a hole in the time space continuum to say hello. Shock was something he’d gotten used to, after the first few times. By the third or fourth universe, other people being confused or surprised to see him was as inconsequential as the weather.
He struggled to disentangle himself from Abigail’s grip, swaying slightly, and wincing as he did. He pressed a hand to his side, acutely aware that he was dripping blood onto the stoop. His pale eyes ranged over the faces clustered in the doorway, and found... Abigail’s.
“She’s coming,” he blurted out before he could stop himself. He winced, dizzy, and raced through his thoughts, trying to make sense of the warning as he struggled to give it. “Sorry. I don’t mean to be blunt, but you’re all in terrible danger. And if you don’t listen to us now... you’re all going to die.”
(next up: @shesascientist )