"Elizabeth... Where... Where are we?" Booker felt a gash on his head, The stability of the tear was bad so they must of had a rough landing, The sunlight blinded him and he struggled to stand up, He regained his vision and he was in an alleyway, It reeked of garbage and food, rats ran by his feet, He saw Elizabeth standing in awe looking at the street at the end of the alley, He quickly ran up behind her to see what the big deal was. The teens were in the middle of the street with cars rushing by them basking in the glow of there time period. Anthony looked at the sky screaming "We're home! We're home!" Jordan and Sheldone just looked around with a grin on there face that couldn't be wiped off. A gust of wind sent a newspaper flying and it got caught on Bookers leg, He read the Headline outloud. "Iphone 5s successfully launched... The date... It says December 13th 2013..." His jaw dropped and he tossed the paper on the ground. Manny tapped on his shoulder and pointed at the cars speeding by on the streets, Elizabeth was in another world fascinated with the street lights and plasma screen tvs on buildings. Anthony Jordan and Sheldone walked back over to them and began to explain what was going on.
"Booker welcome to New York city... Welcome to our time." Jordan smacked his shoulder laughing. Casey and Sheldone hi fived in celebration, they'd finally made it home.
Booker finally snapped out of the trance he was in and started shouting orders like they were still getting shot at constantly.
Sheldone shut him up right away. "Hold up hold up hold up! First off we're getting some mcdonalds then we decide what we do next after!"
Anthony nodded in agreement, His all black eyes sparkled in the sunlight, Elizabeth saw them and it brought her back to reality.
"What about the Luteces! I finally understand what they meant when they said sequimur te in finem mundi! It's latin for we will follow you to the end of the universe, Do you all understand what this means!" She began to get serious, The memories of the Luteces glowing red eyes as they tore columbia apart pierced her memory like a bullet.
Jordan looked at Anthony. "We'll figure that out after some Mickey Ds like Sheldone said, We're all hungry and tired. I say we relax for a minute and then figure out our next move.
Anthony agreed. "Seriously I've had enough steampunk murder world to last me a lifetime, Im almost positive Liz is gonna love it here too." He looked at her while she was still staring at him and she looked away quickly. "Sheldone dyou have any money left? Like our money not silver eagles." He continued
Sheldone nodded and pulled out a 20 dollar bill from his wallet, Elizabeth inspected it touching the green paper like it was some alien material.
"Who is it on the dollar?" She asked innocently and Sheldone shook his head, He really had no clue he just knew it was money, Casey answered the question. "Andrew Jackson... Sheldone you really never paid attention in school did you?" He shook his head.
"Oh the 7th president elected after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865." She felt smart and everyone else ignored her, she frowned and they started walking. Everyone on the sidewalk was staring at them, she couldn't figure out why though, After a couple minutes of pure bewilderment they came upon the golden arches, The teens rushed in buying everything on the menu that they could afford, Booker was still uneasy, he observed everything like a trained predator. He was especially worried about the Ronald McDonald statue, He was convinced it was gonna come to life and shoot him. Elizabeth sat down across from him. A minute later Sheldone put a tray full of food and drinks on the table and Anthony pushed her over on the Booth, him and Casey sat down. He handed her a happy meal and the box confused her, She flipped it upside down and a toy fell out along with food, She opened the toy and was completely fascinated with it, It was a little robot and she clicked the button on it over 100 times. Anthony chugged his drink and ate 2 hamburgers in less then 30 seconds. Casey picked at his fries and Booker didn't touch anything.
Sheldone had his mouth full of McNuggets and realized "Where the hells Manny?"
At this point everyone stood up and looked around frantically.
"Why the hell can't he talk it makes everything so much more difficult!" Casey face palmed. They're prayers were answered and Manny walked out of the bathroom. Elizabeth felt her chest throbbing, she almost had a heart attack. Everyone sat back down and Manny started eating, He rubbed his stomach and smiled. Sheldone laughed and explained how the only time McDonalds tastes good is when your hungry as hell and desperate for food.
Anthony began to notice people staring at them and he realized why. "Guys we need some new threads, we look like a pack of wild homeless men..."
Elizabeth stared at him. "Really?"
"Sorry Homeless men and woman." He corrected himself.
"Thats not what I meant... Oh no!" She shot a missile out of the toy robot and it hit booker, He spazzed out and pulled a gun on it scared to death. At this point everybody else in the room place ducked under there tables.
"We gotta go!" Jordan ran out the door before anyone could react, Booker apologized to everyone and they left.
The streets were filled with people, rows after rows hustle and bustle, They blended in with the crowd perfectly, It was cold... Bitter cold and brisk, the frost nipped at Elizabeth's nose, it made her shiver and shake relentlessly. Casey noticed and couldn't take the cold anymore as well he decided to say something. "So we're just gonna walk around and do nothing?" He got everyones attention now. "We need clothes like right now!"
Anthony had an idea, he remembered before they got to Columbia he grabbed his credit card off the table at home, he has at least 4000 dollars on there from working summers and saving up. He pulled out his wallet and announced his news to everyone.
"I got some spending cash I say we hit up some stores!"
Elizabeth smiled and they entered a Zumiez, Booker and her were flabbergasted they'd never seen anything like it.
The teens got all new wardrobes, Anthony had on Black vans, Black skinny jeans, A black shirt and black beanie, casey bought a book bag and some pants, Sheldone grabbed sneakers, Baggy jeans and a skull cap, and Jordan bought a hat jeans and jacket.
"Dude I missed shopping so much you don't understand!" Sheldone felt brand new in his clothes. Jordan nodded in agreement and Anthony was pissed.
"You cost me 700 dollars what the fuck! That's what we're surviving off of right now!" He was flipping out but the others ignored him.
"Alright well I need something too! Im freezing my butt off." Elizabeth felt excluded. Anthony sighed and he saw his breath, He took her into new york and company and bought her yoga pants, uggs, a jacket, and ear muffs... the white girl outfit.
"You really bought her yoga pants?" Jordan couldn't believe what he did. Anthony nodded and laughed a little, Sheldone on the other hand couldn't stop staring at her butt. The day grew darker and they needed to find a place to stay, More importantly tough they needed a game plan, they all knew it wasn't gonna be long before the Luteces found them they just wanted to ignore it, Booker though... Booker was preparing himself for the inevitable. They stopped in Central park to take a break, the ponds were frozen over and the trees were glazed white, It was beautiful and Elizabeth was just completely taken in by the scenery. As the sun set the lights turned on illuminating a pathway out of the park but eventhough it seemed harmless and peaceful Booker Manny and the Teens still had there guns on the ready, This annoyed Elizabeth a lot, she felt that she'd already been through enough and it needs to end already but the way things were going... It wasn't ending anytime soon.