Scott and Jamie where standing in front of a door. And the house that the door connected to was amazing! It was large and white; it had a green roof and a huge yard. There were llamas around the house and birds soaring through the air, the house radiated friendliness and it seemed everyone was welcome.
After taking in their surroundings Jamie lifted a hesitant hand to knock, but just as his hand was about to come in contact with the door a tall blond man walked out facing inside, "Wait I'm supposed to get milk right?" he called in.
"Richard the only thing I need you to get is rice! How do you mix up milk and rice! Get going!" a woman's voice called from inside.
Scott and Jamie shared a glance. "Uh I'm Ja-"Jamie started but he was cut off.
"Sorry geez! I'm going I'm going!" The man named Richard replied. He seemed to not have heard Jamie. He turned around,
"Hi." He said suspiciously.
"I'm Jam-"Jamie started again, but once again he was interrupted.
"I THOUGHT YOU WHERE GOING!" The woman called again, her voice got louder and Jamie could hear her footsteps coming towards the door,
"Oh… who are they?" The woman came into view.
"My name is-" Jamie started.
"I don't know I was about to leave and saw them and-" Richard tried.
"MY NAME IS JAMIE TYLER THIS IS MY BROTHER SCOTT AND WE-"Jamie tried to shout over Richard.
"Ok, ok you know what come in. But mind you boy, there is no need to shout." Said the woman strongly.
Jamie rolled his eyes as she turned around to let him in.
"OH AND RICHARD," she called to Richard again
"REMEMBER, GET THE RICE!"
"Hypocrite…" Jamie muttered.
She brought them down a hall saying along the way "I'm Joanna Chambers and this is my home. Now you're welcome to stay here. But let's get down to business, who are you?"
They reached a cosy living room in it there were a lot of things but the main things Jamie saw was a T.V., a couch and a boy who looked the same age as him, fifteen. He had long dark hair and tanned skin. He was in bare feet and was sitting with his legs stretched out on the floor beside a couch, the boy wore a loose fitting blue t-shirt and black shorts. He seemed to be watching the news. Jamie recognized him right away. This was Inti, well Pedro these days. Pedro looked over just as Jamie began talking.
"I'm Jamie Tyler and this is my brother Scott," he said to Professor Chambers
He looked at Pedro and saw him grinning.
"Were from America, a few weeks ago my brother was kidnapped by the Night rise Corporation, before that I didn't know I was one of the five but I'm sure now. We travelled through one of the Doorways and it took us to Peru we rode a bus here and I've been looking for him, Pedro." Jamie pointed at Pedro.
Pedro's face went from happy to confused, he didn't know much English and he didn't know what the boy was saying but he had recognized them. They were part of the five. Pedro had dreamt of them many times before the younger looking one was named Jamie and the older Scott; though it was strange knowing their names before having met but it made things simpler. He smiled.
Pedro tried to understand the Jamie but he was speaking so quickly and Professor Chambers had only managed to teach him basic words like I, you, we, help, food, thanks, walk, go and a few more. Jamie then turned and pointed straight at Pedro and said his name, now he was even more confused he frowned.
"I am Pedro." Pedro strung the sentence together slowly.
"Hello Pedro, I am Jamie." Jamie replied slowly realizing that he had to speak slowly and use simple vocabulary for Pedro to understand.
"Pedro," Jamie began,
"Scott" Jamie started and pointed at Scott, "Scott needs help." He stated.
Pedro cocked his head. He understood what the boy said, the boy Scott needed healing but Pedro didn't know why. He looked fine.
"Umm, what emm happen?" He asked.
"The Night rise Corporation took Scott and held him in a facility and tortured him. He's still in a mental state of shock it seems." Jamie explained.
Pedro continued to look confused
"Bad people take Scott and hurt him. He is different, not same." Jamie tried again trying to make it as simple as possible.
Pedro strained to understand.
Jamie tried again making weird hand gestures as he explained.
This wasn't working.
*Professor Chambers stepped in, "Pedro" she said "Scott necesita tu ayuda." She stated in Spanish. (Scott needs your help) She looked to Jamie before continuing. "La gente lo llevó a un lugar y le dolía mucho." She said. (People took him to a place and hurt him)
"Su cuerpo está bien, pero su salud mental es malo." Continued the Professor. (His body is ok, but his mental health is bad)
Pedro nodded in understanding.
"Y Jamie me lo trajo? Buenos, qué lugar puedo sanar?"(And Jamie brought him to me? Alright where can I heal him?)
"Hay una cuarto al lado de Matteo's." (There is a room beside Matteo's)
"Y vas quedar ellos?"(And they will stay there?)
"Si cómo no!"(Yes, of course!)
"Vamos."(Come.) Pedro waved Scott towards him grabbed a matt and set off upstairs. Scott followed like a mindless soul.
Once they reached the top of the stairs Pedro brought Scott to a bedroom with a brown door, he lead Scott in and set him down on top of the matt that he'd brought up. He left and knocked on a white door.
"Yeah?" a voice asked calmly
"Matteo, the twins are here."
A particularly good looking boy with shiny black hair and electric blue eyes stepped out of the room.
"The Tyler's?"
"Yes."
"Where are they Pedro?"
"One is in the cuarto, the other is with Professor."(cuarto: room)
"Thanks Pedro."
"Yes, no problema." (problema: problem)
Pedro returned to tend to the sick boy as Matt descended down the stairs.
When he reached the landing he saw Joanna Chambers chatting with a familiar boy, he'd met him in his dreams; Matt knew right away that this was Jamie Tyler. Jamie was Native American he had dark skin and long black hair. He was thin and seemed friendly but at the same time he seemed in charge, tired and worried.
Matt listened as Jamie spoke in an exhausted voice,
"I've spoken to Nathalie Johnson. She's a member of the Nexus. Alicia drove us in Nathalie's car to Reno where we went through a doorway into Peru. Then like I said we rode the bus here and ta-da we're here in your lovely home now." Jamie explained.
Reno ...like Nevada? As in U.S.A? Matt wondered.
"Well Jamie, it seems like you should get some rest. I'll introduce you to Matt and then you can sleep in my room. While you sleep I'll buy you and your brother a bed ok?" Joanna continued when she as she saw Matt.
"Ah Matt perfect timing. I think I'll buy the bed now. Take care of Jamie, you know where everything is; be sure to feed him and show him my room. Make sure he doesn't touch anything in there though." She turned and set her hard eyes on Jamie. "Clear? Don't touch my stuff." She asked, but it was more of a command.
"Yup." Jamie nodded.
"Good." She reply in a sure way.
"Ok…" Jamie replied somewhat awkwardly.
"Bye boys!" She suddenly turned cheerful and head out the door.
Jamie turned to the boy standing to the left of him.
"Hey." Jamie nodded his head towards the kitchen
"Yeah," Matt laughed
"Uh would you rather cereal or microwave meals?"
They both sat and ate cinnamon toast crunch while Jamie retold his story starting from what he knew about his past (which wasn't much just that he was found in a box and all his foster care families), he told Matt about Circus of the Mind and Uncle Don, Jamie told Matt about Night Rise taking Scott and about Alicia, he told Matt about going to the past when he Sapling died and he explained the Trelawney situation and about his travels here. Once he finished telling his tale he was pretty much sleep walking to the room Matt lead him to. It was spacious had a locked closet and white cabinets, there was a satellite radio and a big mirror and in the center a huge inviting bed. He took one look, threw off his shirt and jeans and dove into the bed straight to sleep.
*The English translation of Professor Chambers and Pedro's conversation is in brackets.
