Both Ellie and Cal stare on in slack jawed amazement.

"Where the hell are we?" Cal begins to walk forward and is suddenly stopped by Ellie, whom grabs him by the collar, dragging him back into the alley.

"You can't just wander out into the open like that! What if you were spotted?" Cal takes a deep breath and removes Ellie's hand from his hoodie.

"We're fine! There's not a city like this anywhere close to where we were! Wherever that portal took us, it wasn't to anywhere we know." Podering the situation, Ellie comforts her freightened daughter by rubbing her back.

"We need to get somewhere safe. Somewhere away from here. Who knows if that portal could open back up?" Cal nods his head.

"Then we need to move out from this alley and find out what city were in. Then I can contact a few friends that will probably help us." Ellie gives Cal a sharp, pointed look.

"Probably help us?" Cal shrugs.

"We attacked our coven and fled. Our list of friends is limited and maybe some humans don't want to get caught up with a Nephilim, her child and a rogue witch?" Ellie takes in a deep breath and sighs.

"Ughh, alright, alright, take Sarah and turn around." Cal grabs Sarah from Ellie and looks at Ellie.

"What are you doing?" Ellie begins to slowly undress then rotates her finger in the air.

"TURN AROUND." Cal rolls his eyes and turns around. "I'm going to use my stealth magic and gather information. There's no way in hell i'm going to let you see me naked." Cal scoffs.

"I've seen like half of the Nephilim naked! Ya'll an't a very discreet bunch of women!" Ellie reaches out and smacks Cal in the back of the head as he begins to turn around. Cal winces and begins rubbing the same spot.

"Jeeze alright, alright! I won't freaking look!" A minute passes and Sarah begins to stir.

"She's going to wake up any minute now and i'll have to deal with a pissed off little Nephilim." A loud thump behind Cal, startles him and he quickly turns around. Focusing his sight he can see a slight shimmer in the alley.

"How do I look?" Ellie says with a playful tone. Cal whistles and winks in her general direction.

"Well besides for a little shimmer, I might as well be looking at nothing." Ellie crosses her arms and examines herself.

"Yeah, the suit works better with the glyphs, but I don't have a suit. Anyways, she'll wake up in about an hour. Hopefully i'll be back before then. If not find a discreet place to hide and -" Cal waves his hand infront of his face and rolls his eyes.

"Yeah, yeah. I know, I know. Put down a sigil and you'll find me." Ellie laughs and as she runs by Cal, she mussies his hair.

"Good boy." Quickly bounding out from the alley, Ellie begins to scan the city streets and the people about.

"Hmm, things seem different." Eyeing about she can see that some people have what looks like magical etches on their hands, legs or arms of varying designs ranging from a magic symbol to animals.

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"Why the hell would someone get that done deliberately?" Stopping quickly a car flies by infront of her and she takes in a breath.

"Whew that was close!" Looking around she can see no indicators of what cities she's in.

"None of these buildings, the markings or the signs seem vaguely familiar. Where the hell are we?" Seeing a library in the distance Ellie breaks into a sprint and discreetly pops inside, heading towards a computer. Looking around she can see almost no one.

"Thank god for phones and laptops." Quickly typing into the computer she sees that it requires an ID and password.

"Shit!" Looking around again, she sees an older woman browsing the romance section. Walking over to her, Ellie quickly casts a small locator spell that finds the I.D. card and pickpockets the older woman. Examining the card she heads back to the computer and types in the woman's information. Quickly opening up the internet she can immediately tell some things are off. Brushing it off she types in a few things and is lost and amazed at what she's found.

"We're not on Earth anymore or atleast not OUR Earth." Thinking of something, she quickly looks online for a map and is even more shocked at what she's found. Shaking her head to get her out of the daze, she notices the old woman heading towards the counter. Quickly logging off she repockets the old woman's card and heads outside. Deciding her only course of action is to find Cal and tell him everything she's learned, she sprints back to the alley and scans for Cal's sign. Quickly whispering a few words and breathing into her hand, it begins to faintly glow. She slowly walks about the alley and finds an arrow that says "red building". Nodding her head, she suddenly feels a powerful magical presence coming closer to her position.

"Fuck!" Looking at the magic writing, Ellie quickly erases it and tries to cover up any magical traces of her, Cal and her child. Happy with her quick work, she bounds up the alley's walls and peers from the rooftops. From the distance she can hear a car come to a abrupt stop and three sets of feet quickly heading for the alley. Not a minute later and the three people seem to draw weapons and point them down the alley. Quickly summing them up, Ellie can see that the tallest man is the presence she can feel.

"He's masking his power, but not well." The taller man is a man with dark-brown hair and green eyes, with a bit of stubble growing on his face. He was barrel chested, with seemingly strong arms, all well hidden beneath a large leather coat.He gave off the feeling of a rugged, hard working soldier. He seemed to be hiding something. What was a man like him doing in a place like this?

The tall man pulls out some sort of device from his pocket and flicks it on. It seems to let off this loud beep the closer they draw to where the portal had dropped the three of them. The large man pulls out a phone and seems to call someone.

"Yes, Proffesor the device seemed to have worked. Doesn't look like anything or anyone crossed over. You bet your ass we got lucky! No, theres no signs of any magic around the portal. What do you mean there should be?" A bead of sweat appears on Ellie's brow and hits the rooftop.

"Shit, shit , shit! I shouldn't have been that proificent with deleting our presence!" Contemplating what to do, Ellie leans back over the side and listens more closely. The large man seems to hang up his phone and walks over to the other two people.

"Proffesor says something made it through." One of the men rubs his neck and looks up to the sky and sighs.

"Ughh. And how does he know that?" The large man shrugs.

"He says there should be a massive outcropping of mana that reaches beyond the ends of the alley, but it appears to only be near where the portal is suppose to be. That plus the fact that the portal isn't currently here, means that something came through." One of the men puts his hands on his hips.

"Couldn't that also mean that something went through?" Again, the large man shrugs.

"Ask him?" The three men laugh and begin to walk out of the alley. Feeling something the large man turns around and looks up as if looking directly at Ellie. Immediately her heart stops and she meets eyes with the man. Time seems to slow down and what feels like years pass in moments, one of the men breaks the silence.

"Garett, you coming?" The large man shakes his head and rubs his temples.

"Yeah, just felt something is all." The three men get in the car and take off. Ellie waits a few moments, to be sure that they're gone and jumps down from the roof.

"Alright, time to find Cal."