It was fastened to a postthat went into the platform under his chin and held his head upright andbent so far back he was now looking straight ahead. ...A large ring gagfilled his mouth. It held his mouth wide open and his teeth rested in aglue filled crevasse in the outside of the ring. Additional rods ranfrom his fingernail rings to the gag ring, effectively holding his headin place, immovable.His legs were then lifted up and he was bent backwards until he felt hisspine might snap at any. She was in a near panic; she couldn’t be arrested for DUI; her promotion was pending, and an arrest would ruin it.Then there was a knocking at her window, and as she lowered it, a large cop stood there, wearing a helmet and dark glasses, even though it was night.“M’am, may I see your driver’s license and registration, please?” he said.“Yyy..yes officer. I have it right here” Susan stammered, as she frantically looked for the documents. Finally, she found her driver’s license, and went to hand. "I learned about the pocketdimension within your cape when I scanned your mind earlier." I was counting on it," I said as, ghost-like, I emergedfrom the ground behind him, "which is why I used my phasingpower to go intangible and pass through the Earth instead."Before he could react, I'd leapt into the portal and washeading back to the real world and to my own flesh andblood body. I heard the demon scream in rage and frustrationbehind me, but it was too late for him to do anything aboutit. I. She gave us all a hug of welcome, and somehow we packed four of us plus four rucksacks and two suit bags into the car and boot. Jen and Hamish were waiting for us at home, having been collected by Dad the previous day, and it was really good to see them after so long; we chatted away twenty to the dozen, and Mum just smiled as we talked over each other in our excitement. The first pot of tea and plate of broken biscuits vanished very quickly and Jen rapidly replaced them, though still.