What happens when you lose your favorite toy? Do you search for it endlessly or simply give up and move on? You would think we'd frantically search for that one missing object until we found it. How many minutes would it take you to give up? Hours, days, months? What if you simply couldn't find it?

'What the hell is he doing?'

'I don't know but he's vitals are going crazy!'

'Ok, Ty's out of it! Move without him, we can do this with four of us!'

People can sometimes be misplaced. Killed, or other various interruptions in time's flow, life has been called too short, and most can't agree more. Some see death as just continuing life's journey.

Very rarely are people lost to time's flow, when that happens everything changes.

'Last hatcher down!'

'Great new Fox! We've saved Sauria!'

'We'll stay here and look for Tricky, then check on Ty, I hope he's ok.'

'Roger, see you in a bit!'

Have you ever wondered what you'd be like in another reality? To watch yourself walk by, see yourself doing a 'day in the life'? I've been there, it's not all as fun as those reality TV shows make it out to be. It's not all fun and games, and seeing yourself? That just about breaks ever rule in time's flow.

'What the fuck is this?'

'It's surrounding us!'

'Krystal! WATCH OUT!'

A time tear is a very rare phenomenon, it brings the unfortunate person or persons to a completely different reality, different time, different planet, everything. Getting back is next to impossible. You can do what is asked of you and get warped to another place, one deemed worthy of assistance.

Fox grabbed a hold of Krystal, protecting her from the purple bubble that had surrounded them. He knew that they were stuck; Tyronos wasn't here to take this one. Wherever he had been, he was too late to save them now. Krystal hugged Fox tight as their minds went blank, the tear forcing them to unconsciousness. They were now lost to time's flow, and at the mercy of the sands.

Trying to pull lost time strands is like pouring hourglasses out on a beach and picking up the pieces one by one. Lost time is rarely made up; it is either poorly spent or taken away.

And what happens to those who are stuck in theses time tears? There was a tribe dedicated to time's flow, they alone have the power to see its course, caretakers of time have but one purpose, ensure no one tries to alter the past, present or future. Even if one that goes astray must be dealt with, or the consequences will have no limit.

'I've failed them…. I've failed...'

Normally you only get the one shot for a normal life, and once a tear in time rips you from you're slot, its game over for you. Being a time renegade is both unwise, and irreversible. In most cases…

This isn't one of those moments.

This is how to trick time.

I may not know what exactly happened with Fox and Krystal, but I know damn well they didn't deserve what happened to them. I've asked them to record what happened, this introduction is merely here to set up the flow.

Because sometimes, the sands of time need a little help replacing lost streams.