Chandra opened her eyes, "I'm never sleeping on a couch again." She sat up and looked around. Jace was the only other person in the library. The doors were closed. The windows that were spaced unevenly around the room were all closed. The room itself was dark. Jace's little part of it was barely lit. Of course it's not like he needs a lot of light. He's a freaking cat.

"I'm not a cat," Jace muttered, "I just happen to share some features with cats."

Chandra laughed, "Okay. Ral's going to give you a suitably cat like nickname though so I'd expect that instead of your name."

"Like I care," Jace shrugged indifferently.

Chandra rolled her eyes, "I'd tell him what you don't want to be called if I were you or he will try it."

"I don't care what he calls me," Jace snapped.

"Okay but then I'll remind you of that if you get pissed off because he called you something you didn't want him to," Chandra left the library.

"Where are you going?" Jace asked.

"Down stairs," Chandra shrugged.

Jace rolled his eyes, "Whatever."

Chandra laughed and left the library, "Don't spend too much time in here or I'm going to bring you down stairs."

"Like you could," Jace muttered.

"Try me," Chandra smirked and disappeared down the stairs.

Jace stared after her, "Two things. You weren't supposed to hear that and could you at least close the door when you leave?" He didn't wait for any kind of response knowing she wouldn't have heard him. He sighed and closed the door. Jace looked around quickly to make sure that he was the only one in the room now that she had left, "Okay." He sat back down and returned to the book he had been reading.

Chandra wandered down the stairs. There were suits of armor at the corners of where the staircase turned around on itself. Each piece appeared to be attached to every other. Scattered sporadically among the suits of armors were stone statues of various creatures including sphinxes, angels, and demons. This place is different than I remember it. "Oh well. Different is good. It still holds the same purpose it had before," Chandra shrugged and continued downstairs. When she stopped by the main room she saw Kaechia sitting on the couch messing with her nails…and a Ral shaped ice sculpture sitting in the middle of the room. Chandra burst out laughing.

"Oh hello," Kaechia smiled.

"What happened to Ral?" Chandra asked in amusement.

"He was being rude and wouldn't leave me alone when I asked him to," Kaechia shrugged, "He'll melt with time."

"Okay," Chandra smiled. He's not dead and in no danger of dying so whatever. She continued to the other side of the room. The castle had redesigned itself so Ral had the entire northeastern corner of the castle as one single room. The room was fitted with all the basics a tinkerer would need. Chandra smiled, "See." She patted the wall of the building, "I knew you always came prepared for your guests." She went back to the main room. Ral was in the beginning stages of melting when she reached it.

Jace walked slowly down the stairs, "I guess it's important for her to know but if she was really interested in finding out more about this place then she'd figure it out herself." Actually probably not. She doesn't seem like the type to care about finding any bit of information before acting. She'll probably disregard it anyway. He glanced up as he stood in the doorway of the main room. His gaze was drawn to the melting Ral ice sculpture. Jace cocked his head to the side. What the? He shook his head, "Whatever."

"Hey Jace," Chandra smirked as he glared at her, "What's up?"

Jace sighed, "Here, read the page on the left."

Chandra took the book and read it, "That's really weird. So it's a part of a world that was literally destroyed."

"That means that you can call this place to any world in the multiverse and it will appear in the sky near you," Jace finished.

Chandra cocked her head to the side, "That makes life a hell of a lot easier."

Jace rolled his eyes, "That's all I came down here for." He disappeared back up the stairs.

Chandra watched him. Is it just me or is he even more closed off than he was last time? He's more closed off. I'm not losing my mind. Chandra's eyes narrowed, "At least there's time."

"Time for what?" Kaechia asked.

"Learning to get along with everyone," Chandra said, "Cause I get the feeling it's going to be a while and a long while at that."

Kaechia nodded, "I can understand why you would say that."

"Kallist," Lilianna called.

Kallist blinked and opened his eyes, "What is it? It's the middle of the night."

"We're leaving," Lilianna said.

"Why?" Kallist asked. He sat up and turned to look at her.

Lilianna looked past him to the open window, "With the redhead acting the way she is there will be a conflict. We're going to stay out of it and we can't do that if we're still here." She handed him a device similar to a bracer, "This will allow to travel to the worlds that are in its database."

"Really?" Kallist took it and looked it over. Most of it made no sense to him at all. There was a keyboard that only had numbers on it and a button that caused the keyboard to spring up. Kallist jumped as it popped up. Underneath was a map of the multiverse and each world had a set of numbers beside it. Kallist glanced at Lilianna, "Each world has a set of coordinates and the keyboard is used to enter in those coordinates."

Lilianna nodded, "Then once you hit that button," she pointed to the button she was talking about, "it'll activate."

Kallist nodded.

Lilianna pointed to a world numbered 72490, "We're going here."

"That's really remote," Kallist commented.

"We're staying out of any conflict that arises," Lilianna repeated. I'm not dying in this one. I'll make sure not to give her any reason to want me dead. Of course I'm off to a wonderful start since I had to steal the thing so Kallist could come along but whatever. That's not reason enough. Not even for her. Lilianna nodded, "Meet me there." She planeswalked.

Kallist punched in the numbers and then hit the enter button. An odd tingling feeling crept up his body from his feet. The world around him started to fade away as a kind of mist clouded it out. Everything suddenly went black. Kallist jumped. Okay this is one of the oddest sensations ever. I'm not sure I like it either. He blinked and a completely different world surrounded him. Lilianna stood in front of him, "Well I see you made it."

Kallist nodded, "Yeah." He checked to make sure he still had everything he had had on his person before the experience.

"Everything's the same," Lilianna assure him.

Kallist nodded, "Alright."

Lilianna led the way to a small town that was nearby. She "borrowed" an empty house on the edges of the town.

"We're actually going to live here?" Kallist asked.

Lilianna nodded, "Until the conflict passes we're going to live here."

Kallist nodded, "Okay."

"Phoenix," Echo said.

Phoenix had dragged Jace to the Lotus Inn for something she didn't specify. Jace hung out in the corner of the room they were in. Inferno and Flame were tossing a grenade that may or may not be active across the room. Shadow, Locke and Sea were all downstairs looking after the inn part of the building. "What's up?" Phoenix asked.

"A jumper was stolen," Echo said, "Eclipse wanted you to know but he doesn't want you to go looking for it."

"Well that's good because I kind of have more pressing issues to deal with right now." Yes! I don't have to hunt down another one of those stupid things! I hate doing that! Phoenix nodded.

Jace glanced at her and shook his head, "Whatever."

"Phoenix," Star said suddenly.

Phoenix turned to her, "What's up?"

"Can I have a word with you?" Star led her up the stairs and into one of the rooms that were used less frequently, "There's something wrong with Jace. I don't know what it is but he has this odd presence that isn't him in his head."

"Well damn."

"I'll let you know if I figure out what it is. I just wanted to tell you so you can keep an eye on him in case something happens," Star added.

Phoenix nodded.

Star grabbed her arm as she turned to leave, "It's been there long enough that he doesn't notice that it's there and it definitely doesn't have anyone's best interest at heart. Not yours not his."

Phoenix nodded, "I'll definitely keep an eye on him then."

Star nodded.

"Phoenix," Night called.

"What?" Why does every single bloody person want my attention all of a sudden?

"Is something wrong?" Night asked.

"No," Phoenix shook her head.

"Okay, well Lotus is here and she wants to talk to you about something," Night shrugged, "She refused to tell me what it was."

"Naturally," Phoenix rolled her eyes. She sighed, "Fine." She hurried back down the stairs. Lotus was waiting impatiently by the doorway, "Phoenix." Lotus led the redhead back up the stairs.

I just came down these stairs. Phoenix sighed, "Today is hectic."

"Phoenix there's something wrong," Lotus said vaguely.

"That's good to know," Phoenix muttered, "I'd be able to help better if I knew what was wrong."

"The dragon isn't destroyed," Lotus said suddenly.

"Well I figured that much," Phoenix said.

Lotus turned to face her, "I mean he's physically destroyed but his soul and spark were salvaged. That means he's a spirit that can possess people."

Phoenix's eyes narrowed, "That does make dealing with him inconvenient." But then whoever he possesses would be connected to him. She smirked, "But not really a problem conveniently enough." It actually makes him easier to deal with. And if my hunch is correct then dealing with him is even more convenient.

Lotus sighed, "I still consistently think you're insane. I don't understand how you can look at this without being worried."

Phoenix looked at her, "I am worried but I am also positive that there's an answer to every single question and a solution to every single problem for those who look for it."

Lotus looked at her, "Really?"

Phoenix nodded, "Always. Even if that solution makes everyone around you think you're absolutely insane and going to die."

Lotus laughed, "Alright." Her face turned serious again, "And um, why is there a telepath in the room with Flame and Inferno?"

"He's kind of on a leash," Phoenix smiled. She winked at her, "Just don't tell anyone."

Lotus nodded, "I could feel him poking around in my head."

"He does that to everyone," Phoenix sighed, "At least everyone here is unreadable for one reason or another."

Lotus nodded, "Alright. Why are you working with him if you don't trust him?"

"It's not that I don't trust him," Phoenix corrected, "It's that I don't trust who could be eavesdropping."

Lotus' eyes widened, "You think—"

"Sh," Phoenix hissed insistently.

Lotus nodded, "Okay."

Phoenix hurried down the stairs, "Let's go."

Jace followed her out the door and into the main inn. What was so important that they had to pull her out of the main room to tell her about it? Why can't I read any of them? Most of them are just blank. It's disturbing. I've never run into anyone other than her that's impossible to read. Jace shrugged. They are assassins after all. I guess mental defenses would be in their training. But then how are the younger ones blank too?

Chandra rolled her eyes, "You're thinking pretty hard."

Jace glared at her.

She smiled, "C'mon don't be a jerk." She stopped, "We're going to talk to Gideon."

"You said we were just going to talk to your assassin friends and then go back," Jace muttered.

"I changed my mind."

Jace growled, "Fine."