Without warning, the lights in the room dimmed suddenly. Everyone froze and looked around nervously. Even Tayden and the green woman stopped what they were doing.
The doors rattled.
Edulcore stood up slowly. "I don't like this." He felt the subtle pull of Ladnikia but fought the urge to draw the sword.
The lights flickered again, then the room went dark.
Blackwulf slammed his pint down on the table. "Is not amusing." He stood up. "What is being happening in here?"
The doors creaked open, and two magnesium flares lit with a sharp pop!, blinding the partiers and causing some to cry out in fright. The flares lit the open doorway and revealed... nothing. A few of the MBL members looked around warily but couldn't see anything out of the ordinary in the dim light.
A figure flitted about in the darkness, but nobody could get a glimpse of the shadow within the shadows, moving soundlessly throughout the room and definitely putting the fear of God into the partygoers.
BOOM!
There was a deafening noise and blinding flash in the middle of the room. Every head turned to see Leslie Kline standing there in a striking strapless maroon dress, her wavy hair dyed the same shade and cascading off her bare shoulders. Her deep brown eyes (that was their actual color) flashed wickedly as she smiled at the astonished partygoers.
Several guys' jaws dropped, and the less inhibited ogled Leslie's mind-blowing figure shamelessly. Leslie just stood there and took it all in - until a second flash and bang went off and she was gone just as quickly as she had come.
The lights went out, plunging the room into near total darkness as the flares died down. Sparklers lit all over the room, gradually adding light to the darkness. People were starting to get into it now. Blackwulf and Ed remained on their feet, but now they were only interested in finding out who would go through this kind of trouble just to make an entrance.
They got their answer when a ring of lights around the doorway lit up to reveal Leslie walking into the room on the arm of none other than Phil Smith - who was decked out in Armani from head to toe and making it look pretty damn good.
The lights came up.
"For people I haven't met yet, they know how to make an entrance," Tobias said to himself softly.
