Keep in mind this chapter was supposed to be called "Snap Back to Virtual Reality (There Goes Gravity)" in a reference to Eminem's song "Lose Yourself". I don't own Eminem (heh) or his songs.
"Kid? KID!" Dempsey yelled.
Jakob felt a slap on the face. Groggy and confused, he slowly sat up, grabbing his head.
"Jeez, did you have some of Nikolai's vodka? Last time I checked, your underage," Dempsey joked. "You look you have a hangover."
"I had a vision. Samantha was talking to me," Jakob said.
"VAT?!" Richtofen, who was nearby, exclaimed. He rushed over. "Vat did she say?"
"She asked me what you guys did, where I came from. Then she told me to join her," Jakob said.
"And?" Richtofen and Dempsey asked together, causing an awkward 3 seconds.
"I said no," Jakob said.
"Kid…" Dempsey said.
"Huh?"
"You're bleeding," Dempsey said, pointing to a small red hole on Jakob's arm.
Jakob grimaced upon seeing it and quickly wiped it off.
"Anyzhing else?" Richtofen asked.
"I refused. I think she took my blood," Jakob explained.
"Vell, I'm usually zhe one who does stuff like zhat, so I can only guess she is planning somezhing," Richtofen hypothesized. Then he walked away.
"What'd she look like?" Dempsey asked.
"What do you mean?" Jakob asked.
"What did she look like? Hair color? Eyes? I know she's a little girl, but I gotta know my enemy."
"Er, black hair, green eyes, and she was a grown woman instead of a little girl," Jakob explained.
Dempsey gave him a strange look. "Huh?"
"It's 1963, Dempsey. All of what happened before was eighteen years ago. Her body's frozen to be a little girl, but she's really twenty-six or something," Jakob explained.
"Anything else?" Dempsey asked, slightly confused.
"No. She was trying to convince me with power, but I didn't buy it," Jakob said.
"That is one creepy girl," Dempsey said.
Jakob nodded in agreement.
They fought as they normally did. Jakob eventually remembered the rocks, and activated the one in the Dressing Room, and the last one on the shelf in the room up the stairs by the stage. And of course, "115" began to play.
"How can I download this to my MP3 player?" Richtofen said upon hearing the beginning of the song.
Dempsey elbowed Jakob.
"Told you he'd break the fourth wall."
Jakob nodded and grinned slightly.
When the final rift played and the song stopped, things got a little less epic.
"I've always loved that song," Jakob said.
"You've heard it?" Dempsey asked.
"Yeah. It's called "115". When you get your memories back, you'll understand," Jakob said.
"What do you mean, 'get my memories back'?" Dempsey asked suspiciously.
"I can't tell you that. It would mess up time. You're not even supposed to know Richtofen would betray you," Jakob explained.
"Did he brainwash me or something?"
"No," Jakob lied.
"Uh, Jakob?" Richtofen asked, walking over to them.
"Huh?"
"I zhink I have a vay to get you back home," he said.
"Really?" Jakob asked. He wanted to go back home, but fighting alongside Dempsey and the others seemed better than going back to high school and all that other crap.
"Ja. I just have to rewire zhe teleporter, and get a sample of your blood," Richtofen answered.
"Erm…. you need my blood? No offense, but you taking my blood is just creepy," Jakob said.
"Do you vant to get home or not?" Richtofen asked, taking out a small case from his uniform. He opened it, revealing three syringes for blood (labeled BLOOD), and ten syringes with a glowing blue liquid in them (labeled Divinium). Jakob knew those were for reviving. He guessed Richtofen had a limited amount for each map, and ten was the amount since Richtofen hadn't revived anyone.
Richtofen chose a blood syringe and approached Jakob. Jakob wasn't afraid of Richtofen, or needles. He was afraid of Richtofen with a needle.
"Don't squirm like my previous patients. Just stay still," Richtofen said, grabbing Jakob's arm.
Even though he and Richtofen were friends (sort of?), he still wasn't sure of his intentions for him, needle or no needle. Jakob also noticed that it had a bit of 115 left over in it, but quickly forgot about it as a small sting shot through his arm.
Richtofen inserted the needle into Jakob's arm, extracted the blood, causing the small amount of 115 to spill into Jakob's arm as he felt something shoot up from his arm to his shoulder. Richtofen took out the needle then reached into his pocket and retrieved a Band-Aid, placing it on Jakob's arm. Jakob felt his arm shiver suddenly, then settle.
"Zhere. Zhat vasn't so hard, vas it?" Richtofen asked.
"When you're involved, it's hard to tell, Doc," Dempsey said, speaking for Jakob.
"Shut up dumm-" Richtofen began.
Dempsey's raised his eyebrows warningly and put his hand on his knife, ready at any time to cut Richtofen open.
"…. American," Richtofen finished.
Dempsey took his hand off his knife, and walked over to the teleporter.
Richtofen followed him, making a small hole in the cord connecting the teleporter to the mainframe. He then injected the blood and quickly patched up the hole.
The teleporter sparked, and a voice rang out through the theater.
"DNA received. Please step into the teleporter," the masculine voice said.