There were benches, racks, hooks, ropes and chains all over the place, and on shelves she could see all manner of objects which filled her with terror... much of which seemed to be sports equipment, only modified. She looked down and saw her tracksuit bottoms had been removed, and began to realise what was happening. Just as the awful nature of her situation hit her she saw a man walking down the stairs. Michael drank in Sara’s terror with relish, and the sight of her pulling desperately against. Light, like they had never remembered experiencing, shown through the barrier. The thinning fabric healed immediately, and became opaque again, but the effects of the light that had shown through was felt by all of them. They all felt the euphoria as that brief flicker of light flashed from the momentary thinning in the fabric of creation. The light didn't shine on them, but THROUGH them, causing a universal gasp from the seven humans. A sense of basking in something precious washed back from. As he sat down, the cat took fright and jumped away, spilling George’s tea as its claws dug painfully into his legs as it scrabbled away, running to hide beneath a low chair. ‘Jasper! What the ….’ Then he heard it. A high-pitched wail, rising and then falling, a haunting sound that some called a song, but this song made his skin crawl. He walked to the window, opened it and listened. There it was again, a cry over the waves, keening and lonely. He knew the whale was close, but could not see. ”Doug felt sick to his stomach. He felt bad for Zane and felt a strange pain for Carla. The dark side Angie told him about was darker than he thought possible. He asked Zane the obvious.“So, what did you do?”“I had no way to find her or stop her. I was pissed as hell. The dial back on the guy’s phone was a bogus number. I couldn’t do nothing but wait for her. I decided, instead, to move my stuff to another room and left her a note to call my cell.”“Did she?”“Yeah. At 7:00 the next morning. She.