5Drip. Drip. Drip...
Logan looked up as he and his friends were slowly but surely getting soaked.
Figures, Logan thought. "Let's go."
Kurt chuckled. "I thought the mighty Wolverine feared no weather?"
Piotr laughed at them.
"You know what I mean, Elf. If you want to stay out here, its fine by me," Logan said to the teleporting mutant.
Kurt smiled innocently.
"What's the fun in that?" Piotr added his own opinion.
Logan rolled his eyes. "Come on Elf. Lets see if they have a cabin or something like that- unless you have a better idea. Anyone want to disagree?" Logan lit his cigar, only to have the rain put it out for him. Kurt grinned at this.
They kept walking. They were soaked by now, but they kept walking.
Drip. Drip. Drip...
Roland looked up. His ka-tet was going to be soaked if they stayed out in the rain. But it wasn't like they had much of a choice. The ground was flat and unforgiving, showing for miles where they had been and where they were going. His ka-tet was the only life Roland had seen since the last mutated village. Roland saw far out into the distance something like a door, looking lonely and ominous. He decided without much thought to change direction to the door. It was somewhere to aim for, a place to go instead of just walking.
Eddie now pushed Susannah with one hand, the other trying to keep the rain out of his eyes. Oy barked as Jake placed him inside of his jacket for warmth.
They kept walking. They were soaked by now, but they kept walking.
Logan sniffed. The woods where they were now standing by on their way to an inn had an area where the scents conflicted. The soft scent of damp pine needles met with the smell of harsh wet wasteland. The air tasted slightly stale. Kurt and Piotr stopped as they noticed Logan's rigid posture.
"Logan?" Piotr asked hesitantly as he watched the much shorter man. Logan walked into the woods, not bothering to check if his friends had followed or not. He soon heard their footsteps behind him. Piotr and Kurt suddenly stopped and stared at an old door ahead of them. It stood proud and alone in the woods. Oddly enough, the surprise of finding a lone door in the woods did not trouble them too much. The smell, almost desert like, was so strong now that they could all smell it. Logan briefly thought about leaving the door as they had found it, but just as quickly pushed the thought away and put his hand out to the antique handle. As his fingers brushed the door, a strong almost telepathic wave rushed over him and he fell to the ground.
"Logan! Are you alright? What happened?" Piotr asked, worry for his friend evident in his normally steady voice.
"Stop with the questions, Pete, I'm fine…" Logan slowly replied. The smell had changed slightly… human and an animal scent lazily drifted out as rain dripped out of the door. He slowly stood up, watching the door as he did so.
As Roland came closer to the door, he realized that this was the same kind of door that his ka-tet came though…. But different. A breeze gently pulled pine needles into Roland's world. Oy barked, as his more sensitive nose picked up the many strange scents that came on the breeze with the pine needles. Ka had answered his prayers that he was, deep in his mind and soul, sure would be only wasted hope. But against hope itself, here was a door. Roland's thoughts came to a sudden halt as reality reinforced itself. There might not be any one on the other side of the door… and if there was, what if they were not meant to be a part of this ka? It had happened once. The others stopped and watched the door. Susannah jumped and quickly silenced a small scream as the door slowly opened…. And stopped almost immediately. Oy's ears twitched as he heard voices on the other side of the door. Jake put a finger to his mouth to silence any noise from his friend. They all watched the door.
Neither group was fully aware that there were others on the other side of the door. Roland slowly put his hand out to the door as Logan did the same for a second time. If someone could see both groups at once, it would seem that Roland and Logan were mirroring one another perfectly. But no one saw this, and no one knew this. Only that what would happen in the next few seconds would change eight lives forever.
Okay, I know, if anyone's reading this, its taken way too long…. And not for much. But tell me what you think and I'll try to do better! Push the button and type what you think!
