It took five minutes to get out of the locker.
Taylor smiled.
Things were finally going her way.
Now she could go home...
...And tell her dad why she's been missing for a day.
Great.
Just... Just perfect.
Well, no point beating around the bush. Just use her power in front of him, promise to explain tommorrow. It was getting late, she hadn't eaten, and she was tired.
Surely, nothing could go wrong with that plan, right?
It's offical. The universe hates her.
Sure, she managed to arrive home safely. It's just that there was a police car there.
Of course there was. She must have been reported missing at some point, and someone would have to talk to her dad about it.
Of course, it meant that she had to show off her powers in front of someone she barely knew.
Too late to back out of it now, though. She didn't have the time to throw together a fake story without someone seeing her lie, and if she pleaded amnesia, it might just get put down as her seeking attention.
Damn it.
Well, better get it over with.
She knocked on the door, and waited.
She didn't have to wait long before her father opened the door.
"...Taylor?"
"Hey, dad."
He rushed out and hugged her.
"Thank god your okay." He said. "Where have you been?"
She pulled out of the hug, and looked at him.
"It's... It's a long story." She said.
"I'd like to here this." Said a voice from behind her father. Looking back, Taylor noticed a Police Officer.
"We've been looking for you for hours, miss."
Taylor sighed. Better do it now.
She closed her eyes, felt the surge of power, and entered the multicoloured space between dimensions.
Then she cut it off, returning to reality.
Her father, and the Police Officer, looked at her.
"You..."
"Well, this is outside my area of expertise." Said the Officer. "I better call up the PRT."