"Mr. Dewitt Could you maybe... possibly... probably purchase me a duke and dimwitt doll? Please" Elizabeth pleaded with Booker in a novelties shop.
"Elizabeth your 20 years old and call me booker!" He replied
"So you are dull as dishwater, no sense of humor, no sense of life, no love, no astonishment? Look at this world around you! all these people! Its beautiful!"
"No these people are arrogant racist and oblivious, but what am I saying I'm not much better" Booker muttured searching through crates
"Why don't you tell me about yourself ... Booker" She asked innocently
"No"
"Is there a Mrs dewitt?"
"Was"
"Oh"Elizabeth frowned and looked at the ground, The duo continued down the Boardwalk trying to find the elevator to a Hotel, Booker toyed with his 45. Colt loading it and unloading it, twriling it, he looked at Elizabeth and he was fascinated by how many problems such a young girl could cause.
"Soooo... dyou wanna get ice cream?!" She was hyped up.
"Why are you so energetic? Who gave you that damn cotten candy?"Booker looked at her annoyed
"A man gave it to me for free!" She kept on eating it.
"Nothings for free Elizabeth!"Booker yelled, She stopped eating the cotten candy for a second,
"you need to lighten up Mister Dewitt" She laughed
"Lets just get the damn Ice Cream" Booker finally gave up and walked into an Ice cream parlor. He sat down frustrated while Elizabeth was dancing around the store eating Ice Cream and singing. "Bring us the girl wipe away the debt... Oh god what have I done.." He put his head down on the table Elizabeth started screaming, He hopped up and dashed over, she was clutching her head.
"What Happened!?" He yelled leaning over her.
"My head, it hurts, the ice cream ... It made my brain freeze" She was scrounging for words in her head.
"Jesus..." He whispered under his breath and just stood there staring at her, 15 Seconds later she hopped back up and was back to being a 20 year old little kid. They left and by then it was getting dark
"I'm tired!" Elizabeth said yawning and Booker ignored her.
The 2 got inside of an elevator "AHHHHH!"She shrieked curling up in a ball in the corner of it
"What Elizabeth?"Booker reached for his pistol
"Theres a bee in here! and not one of those adorable bumble bees! Its One with a stinger!"
"Kill it"
"No it will sting me! I have an Idea!"
Elizabeth took her small hands and tore a whole in the fabric of space and time. Booker stared astonished
"What the hell is that?!" He yelled and backed up from it.
"That is a tear Mister Dewitt , Since I was little I always had the ability to open windows into different realities and look through them, I used to go through but I always Wanted to come home"
"Thats amazing..." He thought back to when she opened one to paris in the tower. It was a suburban nieghborhood, you could tell distant future, You could hear people talking, The noise was getting closer and closer.
"Elizabeth close the tear! Close it! Damn it!" Booker grabbed her and threw her to the ground in an attempt to close it, Which did nothing, The tear was getting smaller and 4 people stumbled through. All falling on top of each other as soon as they got there. The 4 stood up scratching there heads, One opened there mouth.
"Whaaa... Where are we... Who the hell are you people?" He was white, He stood with a lean, like he had a back issue of some sort just breaking 5'11" with thick Black Boots on, Skinny and lanky, with Long arms, Long legs and large hands with all black contacts. He had an extremely sharp jawline and and nice cheekbones. His nose was pointy and distinguished and he had mid length dirty blonde hair that spiked in the front. He felt his forehead. The second person smacked the first in the head, This one was taller about 6'2" built a little and Black with a short fade and big angry bug eyes. "Anthony what the hell did you do! We can't even go for a damn walk in your neighborhood without something crazy happening." He shook his head.
Anthony flipped him off. "Sheldone I have no clue what's going on don't start with me."
The other 2 people looked at each other, One was Black stocky about 5'10" with a buzz cut and tattoo on his arm that read "Blood, Sweat and Tears." He had large forearms and lax eyes that were embedded in his skull. The other one was white skinny with curly hair, shorter then the other 3 about 5'9". He had long, a round face and innocent dark brown eyes, almost a jet black.
Booker went to speak but he was just so confused he didn't know what to say, So Elizabeth spoke for him, "Excuse me... Who are you all?"
Anthony turned to his left and saw her. "Yoooo It's Belle from Beauty and the Beast!"
"Who are all of you?" She started to get aggravated.
"Chill your Ponytail we need to figure some stuff out ourselves." Anthony turned back around to everyone else. She grabbed his shoulder and got in his face. "I'm going to ask one more time who are all of you?"
This time the 5'10" Black one answered. "I'm Jordan, Thats Anthony." He pointed at the skinny white kid that was 5'11" and continued. "Thats Casey." he pointed at the 5'9" white kid and then Pointed at the Black kid with the fade. "And thats Sheldone... now its your turn to answer questions! Where the fuck are we?!"
Elizabeth looked at Booker because she needed help explaining, Booker ignored her and was just so confused with what to do. The elevator doors opened. The Luteces were standing there.
Rosiland and Robert began to go back and forth. "The question isn't where are you."
"It's when are you."
"Take a pocket watch for example." Robert pulled one out and Rosiland continued talking for him.
"This clock is in the present, but was in the past, Imagine that..."
"But the opposite way, you were in the present but now your in the past."
"But the past right now."
"Is the present."
Everyone stood lost not knowing what to say. Robert handed the Pocket Watch to Booker and he took it. "Why are you 2 following me." He asked looking at the watch, When he looked back up they were gone.
He put it in his pocket and turned his attention back to everyone else. "I feel like you all need a lot of explaining done."
Sheldone clapped his hands slowly. "Thats an understatement... I don't know what'dyou think? With yo Indiana Jones lookin' ass."
Booker thought about what to say for a second, the elevator doors closed again and it started going down, then he began taking them step by step through everything that happened. "I'm Booker Dewitt, This is Elizabeth... She ummm... She can open tears in reality and things from other universes can come through... Which is how you 4 got here, See I had to break her out of a tower she's been locked in her entire life to wipe away a gambling debt... I did that about... Maybe an hour ago or 2... and we're on a Boardwalk called Battleship Bay... and We're on a flying city." He bit his tongue knowing how ridiculous that sounded after he said it.
"How old are you 4?" Elizabeth asked out of curiosity.
Casey answered. "I'm 15, Anthony's 15, Jordan's 16 and Sheldone's 17, How old are you?"
"20..." She trailed off.
Sheldone got Bookers attention. "What year is it?"
He looked around trying to collect his thoughts and finally answered. "1912."
Anthony started shaking his head in disbelief. "No... No... Nooo... C'mon this has to be a joke... A flying city... Interdimensional Portals... 1912, You really expect us to believe you."
The elevator doors opened, The 4 stepped out, saw they were on a flying city and ran back in the elevator.
"Quit being a baby you'll get used to it." Elizabeth tugged on Anthony's arm and he wouldn't move, She sighed and started tugging harder.
Sheldone finally came to his senses, He said "Screw it." and just started walked out, Casey and Jordan followed, Anthony took baby steps and almost threw up from the fear of heights.
The 6 finally got a move on and Sheldone and Jordan fired questions at Booker none stop about Columbia.
"What do we do now... We have to go home, Seriously we do we can't stay here." Anthony pointed out and Booker didn't know how to reply, it took him a minute but he finally did. "That's gonna be a problem... She can't control tears so its gonna be a while and We're looking for a Hotel right now so we can rest tonight and figure out how to get off this city tomorrow."
"FUCK!" Sheldone screamed out of frustration and punched a hot dog stand.
"Why dyou all curse so much?" Elizabeth innocently asked, She'd never seen behavior like this before.
Anthony ignored her and stole a soda from a stand, He chugged it and tossed the glass bottle at a couple kissing on a bench. Sheldone started laughing and Elizabeth stopped him "You need to apologize to that couple."
Anthony laughed and she started copping an attitude again. "I said apologize... to that couple... right this second mister!"
He nodded and turned around, he gulped and walked over, he apologized and came back.
"Thank you... See manners are very important." She thanked him and Anthony shrugged.
"Whatever mom." He mumbled and started asking Booker more questions. "What's the deal with this place... I think I just saw a free hot dogs sign and everyones all... Super nice... Its kinda creepy."
Booker shook his head. "Its this place... It's basically the epitome of ignorance... All these people do is dance, sing, and be extremely racist."
Sheldone heard him. "Racist?"
Booker nodded. "Yea Comstock believes that the white race is superior."
Jordan got aggravated by that. "And who the hells Cock Stock?"
"Comstock is the EgoManiacal religious leader of this place, he wants to kill me really bad." He answered, Jordan and Sheldone were disgusted.
"Really... So this is a Flying City of Technologically Advanced Racists... Fuckin Great. This place is like a Homicidal Disney World, Goofys gonna pop out of the shadows in a minute with a knife and tryn stab me" Anthony mumbled and stopped for a second to catch his breath. "How much longer until the hotel?"
Booker pointed over a ways at a small building on a corner. "Thats it."
Anthony stood up and started walking again. A couple minutes later they were in front of it, Booker told everyone to stop.
"Everyone be quiet let me handle this" He started to walk in and Sheldone stopped him.
"Hold up! You said that Comstock is after you, you should really let us get the room because there prolly gonna call the cops or some bullshit" He protested, Jordan agreed "Yea seriously man you got that brand on your hand goin on... Just let us handle it"He added. Elizabeth looked at Booker with a concerned look on her face, Booker thought about it. "Fine" He sighed and gave them 400 eagles for the room. Sheldone walked up to the counter, Jordan Casey and Anthony were right behind him.
"Hello sir" Sheldone said trying to act sophisticated. The bell hop turned around and saw him "A colored! Get out of here we don't let your kind in our hotels!" He reached under the desk.
"OH FUCK OUTTA HERE!"Sheldone punched the bell hop in the face, Sheldone hopped over the counter and proceeded to beat him untill he was out cold and bleeding. Anthony slid over the counter and grabbed the keys to a room, Casey was hiding behind a desk and Jordan was still standing there with a blank expression. "Lets get outta here! Like right now"Casey yelled peeking over the desk and They all ran out in a hurry.
"Booker lets goo, like now!" Sheldone yelled running out, "Why! What happened you got a room?"He questioned follwing everyone in.
"Yeaa lets just go find it" Jordan changed the subject
"Ok... Damn what happened to him?"Booker mumbled looking at the bloody body behind the front desk, "Just keep walking..."Jordan said pushing him and Elizabeth into the elevator, Booker punched the button and it went up.
The door opened and everyone hopped out and walked down the hallway.
"This is the door."Anthony said putting the key in. The door opened and There was 1 bed, a dresser, a couch, and a balcony.
"You have got to be kidding me"Booker yelled
"Dibs!"Casey proclaimed hopping on the bed. "This isn't gonna work" Anthony pushed him off. Sheldone got an idea, "I gotchuuu"He attempted to solve the problem. He walked next door and knocked the door down "There's 2 Beds in here... Alright then we're doing 2 rooms"
"Ok so me and Elizabeth get this room and you all get the room with one bed" Booker pointed out. Anthony wasn't cool with that. "No no no no no no! 4 people one bed isn't gonna work" He blocked the door so Booker couldn't walk in.
"Well thats to bad" He pushed him out of the way and walked in, He attempted to slam the door but Sheldone knocked it down, he shook his head and laid down, He looked at the ceiling counting sheep, he had to much on his mind. Elizabeth finnaly hopped in the bed next to his.
"Hey Mister Dewitt are you still awake?" She asked
"Now I am."Booker replied aggravated
"Can you sleep?"
"No"
"Neither can I"
"Alright"
Booker turned on his side ignoring her.
"How dyou do it?"She asked, You could hear the wearyness in her voice.
"Do what?"Booker replied dozing off
"Sleep knowing your not home... knowing you can die tomorrow... knowing you can... ...Mister Dewitt? ...Booker?" She pestered him but he was already out cold.
Meanwhile the others were out on the town...