A/N- sorry had a lot of homework near the end of the week. So I had no chance to get onto the computer. Hope you luv the next chapter.

In Case of an Emergency

The beginning of the fourth day was just like the rest of the days where he was being punished at Elinor's house. He had a silent breakfast of toast in his room, leaving leftovers as snacks to hold him over till lunch. Thomas, as most of the days, went to help the cranky old writer and have a lot of chores.

After cleaning up yet another piece of crumbled up paper, Thomas finally had it. "Why me!" he shouted, "I need to get out of here!" Thomas then was quickly embarrassed when the two glass men looked at him in shock. "Sorry" Thomas quietly said knowing that a glassman's ears are very sensitive.

"Would that make you happy?" said the shy one named Jasper. "Very happy, but you can't do anything." Thomas replied. "Well there is an emergency paper…" Jasper trailed off. Rosenquartz hit Jasper on the back of the head. "Jasper that paper is for Thomas' parents and sister." Thomas' curiosity was over powering, "What would this emergency paper do?"

"Before you were born," Rosenquartz began, "Your parents, your sister, your aunt Elinor, Darius, and even Fenoglio came from a different world."

"Ya, ya my parents told me that story, on how they were 'read into this world' by a name named… uh…" "Orpheus" Rosenquartz muttered. "Well your sister can do the same thing. What ever she reads comes true. Have you heard the stories about how Cosmo the Fair came back from the dead?"

Of course Thomas had heard of the man who had come back from the dead only to get himself killed in a battle. "Yes" he answered. "Well did you ever wonder how he came back from the dead?" Rosenquartz didn't pause to let Thomas answer, "I saw Fenoglio write something and your sister read it saying that Cosmo was going to come back from the dead, and less than an hour later Cosmo was riding in the streets."

"Are you saying this piece of paper could make Cosmo come back from the dead again?" "No, no" Rosenquartz said, "You are missing the point; the emergency paper is so that your family can go back to the other world on a moments notice if they get into trouble… again." "What do you mean again?" Thomas asked. "That is a story for another day, but maybe you might want this 'emergency paper'."

It was almost impossible for Thomas to say no to the offer. "But, in return I would like some of that bread in your pocket, for payment." Glassmen, they always wanted human food even though they knew it was bad for their digestive system. Thomas then reached into his pocket and gave them the bread. "Ok" he said, "Give me the page."

Jasper jumped off the wooden desk and went into a crate in the corner of the room. He dug around, and finally he produced a slightly crumbled piece of paper and handed it to Thomas.

Thomas stared at the paper. It was hard to believe that this thing could get him to another world. "All you need to do is read it." said Rosenquartz, "If you are like your sister."

'I can do anything my sister can' thought Thomas and started reading the paragraph on the page.

Suddenly the walls around him started dissolving, in their place were books. Walls and walls of books. The last thing he saw of the world he knew and loved was the writer Fenoglio, with a worried and shocked expression on his face.