Julie and Ann shine their lights on Nanlar and he raises his arms vanishing from sight.
“Stewart when you see him shine your flashlight on him and stay close to us,” Julie says. Her son stands beside her and Ann in the middle of the room. The rest of the candles along the outer wall fade leaving only the lamp in the middle of the room, he has pinned them in. “Stay close to us Stewart!”
“Do you see him?” Ann asks as she scans the darkness all around them. “Do you?”
“No!” Julie says with panic in her tone as she looks back to the stairs. “I don’t see anything!”
CAR
The car Rob drives is only a mile away from the house. The three passengers are readying themselves to get out of the car running. They are not ready for the loud thump on the vehicle’s roof. It startles the three men as they look up.
“What the…!” Rob yells as the vehicle swerves but he maintains control. Then the silky black arm of Ekabar smashes down through the middle shattering the vehicle’s light darkening the inside of the car. A second later, the shadowy image of Kynar appears in the back on one side of the Professor and the larger shadowy image of Sevol appears on the other side.
“Prepare,” Kynar says.
Smash! Ekabar’s arm pierces through the roof again this time reaching down and grabbing the wheel.
“ Aaaaagh !” Rob yells as he fails to keep the wheel straight. The car swerves off the road and into a nearby light pole. The light pole shatters upon impact and the car comes to a crashing halt, slamming the three men forward. The front two airbags explode out preventing Rob and Rick from slamming into the front dash. In the backseat, Sevol and Kynar disappear as the Professor bounces into the back of the passenger side seat.
A couple seconds pass before Rick regains focus. He looks to his friend beside him. “Rob?” His friend nods yes and he turns to the Professor in the back. “Professor…?”
“Fine,” Professor says. “Fine, my head hurts but I am fine.” He shakes his head as he looks outside. “We have to keep going. Rob’s house is only a mile or so from here. We have to hurry!”
Rob reaches for the door and opens it. He slowly takes a step out of the vehicle. He is not thinking. He forgets about Ekabar on the roof. The Fearling moves fast, grabs him by the shoulder, and tosses him forward out of the car.
“Mine,” Ekabar says. He drops off the roof to land on the ground near Rob as the human stands.
“No,” Kynar says. He appears behind Ekabar , grabs the Fearling from the back, and tosses him to the side before he can react. “No.”
Rick stumbles out of the vehicle. He sees his Molawner Sevol standing a couple feet away from him. “Are you going to help him?”
“No,” Sevol says.
“What?” Rick asks. He looks around and sees that the area is dark enough for an attack. “Is he here?” Rick asks. Scanning across the road, he sees nothing.
“Yes,” Sevol says. He raises his shadowy arm pointing across the car to the other side.
Rick turns to see the large shadowy image of the Molawner that has been hunting his family for generations. His name is Notav and he is very powerful and stands several feet away from the Professor.
Notav takes a step closer to the Professor and lowers his shadowy head. His tone is quiet and direct. “Mine.”
“Really,” Professor says. He stares at the larger shadowy image of Notav and shows no fear and his tone is threatening. “Touch me and more harm will come to you than you could ever escape from.”
Rick stares with amazement as Notav steps back. He turns to see Rob standing next to the shadowy image of Kynar . They are staring at Ekabar who stands without movement several feet away from them.
“Leave,” Kynar says. He takes a couple steps toward Ekabar .