Mom was about to call for reinforcements.” Bailey tried to drag me out of the control room.“Hold on, little bro, I’ve got to unload my weapons.”He looked down to see I held the new guns he had developed.“Oh, fun. Did you get to use them on the demon hordes? And what the hell kind of portal was that you came through? I thought it was going to suck the house through it, it’s so strong.”“No to the guns. Sorry. The way things are going, I’m sure I’ll get to use them soon. As for the portal”—I put my sword and harness back on the wall—“it was a Vex.”His head snapped back so fast he looked like Linda Blair in The Exorcist. I hated that movie.“Mom’s going to be royally pissed.” He shook his head. “I don’t think I want to be in the room when she finds out.”I shoved him out the door and into the hallway. “Thank you for your support, but it happened to be the only way I could get home. There’s some nasty black magic causing havoc in the universe.”He held up a hand.
