Casey's POV (Day 5)
"We need to take them out of the simulation and test them!" I yelled. Everybody started yelling in protest.
Katie hit the mallet - or gabble - or whatever the heck it was called - on the desk.
"Quiet!" she shouted. "For once, I actually agree with Casey. We need to test how their memories have been affected."
After about fifteen more minutes of shouting and arguing, everyone finally agreed. We all walked to the lab where the original groups were.
"Okay, we need to do this very carefully. They're probably going to freak out," Katie said. She started removing the sensors from their bodies. "I am going to wake Group 1 up now. Casey, Will, and Ryan, go the cafeteria to interview them. Record their responses!" Katie shouted after us as we dashed to the cafeteria.
TIME-SKIP: 5 MINUTES LATER
"My name is Cassie Lawrence. I am sixteen years old, and I am a witch," Katniss said. So far the dimensional reset had completely affected all of the groups. What we planned to do is enter everybody back into their original dimensions tomorrow and hit the reset button. Hopefully that would work. Key word being hopefully.
Will Herondale raced into the room carrying a giant book - one of the manuals.
"I found something on dimensional reset!" he exclaimed, dropping the book with a loud thud on the table. His blue eyes were alight with excitement.
"Does it contain an actual solution?" I asked, hearing the sass in my voice.
"Yes," Will said. I tore the book open and flipped through the pages frantically to find the correct page.
Do not remove characters from their dimensions. Go into the off-limits room. There you will find a giant screen where you will be able to program the correct dates, characters, and events remotely. Also, if you screw up and accidentally combine the dimensions, you're going to have to go in the simulation physically and fix the dimensions by finding and "reenacting" the endings. Somebody will have to stay at the facility and rewrite the books that said dimensions come from and program them into the computer. You will also need another person to stay behind to monitor you. Good luck!
"You're a genius!" I yelled at Will, hugging him.
"I know," he said and walked away.
"I have to show this to Katie and the others!" I exclaimed to nobody in particular. I dragged "Cassie" to the lab.
TIME-SKIP: 30 MINUTES LATER (Casey's POV)
"Well, whose going?" Will (Reality) exclaimed.
"Hold up, how do we even know this is a good idea?" Ryan asked, looking doubtful.
"The manual says to do it, so let's do it!" Katie shouted eagerly.
"Katie's good with vitals and medical attention, so she stays. But I want to see the other dimensions -" I began.
"No. Absolutely not. I forbid it," Ryan said. "I am putting my foot down."
"You're not my dad!" Casey argued back.
"Well, as whatever-my-position-here-is, if you go, I go," Ryan jabbed his thumb at his chest.
"My vote is -" Will began.
"Stay out of this!" Casey and Ryan yelled in unison.
Will and Katie stood up and walked out the door.
"So Casey and Ryan are going?" Katie asked.
"Yeah," Will agreed quickly, and they walked off.
TIME-SKIP: DINNER
After another day of endless arguing from Casey and Ryan, everybody was ready for dinner. Even calm, reasonable Jem looked like he was about to pull his hair out.
Christmas tunes were blasting all over the Facility, courtesy of Nudge and Angel. Will and Leia were arguing about what colored lights should go up around the facility, while Ryan sulked about Christmas in general. Sam was provoking Ryan was trying to get him to put a Santa hat on.
"Don't. Touch. Me," Ryan said through gritted teeth.
"Would it kill you to have a little Christmas cheer," Sam asked.
"Yes. Yes, it would." He stood up and turned towards Nudge and Angel. "Cut out that infernal racket!"
They, of course, didn't listen. Sam turned towards Casey.
"Why are you so happy?" he asked.
"Katie's letting me go on the dimensional trip!" Casey replied.
"Wait, what?!" Ryan snapped out of whatever...funk he'd been in before. "You have a concussion and I am not letting you -"
"La, la, la, la, la, la, la!" Casey put her hands over her ears and stood up, walking away. Ryan followed her.
"Are they always like this?" Leia asked.
"Yeah, both more stubborn than mules," Katie said.
"Isn't the expression 'as stubborn as a mule?'" Sam asked.
"Yes," Will answered. "Try living with them."
"I lived with you guys for two years. Those years spent with you guys was, uh, memorable," Sam retorted.
Will Herondale walked over to them.
"Do you reckon he fancies her?" he asked.
Will (Reality) shuddered. "I hope not. As I just said, we have to live with them."
TIME-SKIP: THE NEXT DAY (DAY 6)
Casey's POV
"CASEY, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP!" Nudge yelled as she jumped up and down on my bed. I groaned.
"I am up, I am up!" I snapped, swinging my legs out from underneath the blankets and standing up. I grabbed my glasses, and headed out the door with Nudge, the latter yammering the whole way to the lab.
"Nudge, can you get Angel and go see if the new people need anything?" I asked. She nodded and dashed off. I had to come to care for Nudge, like everybody in the rest of the Facility, but the girl wouldn't shut up. I opened the door and walked in. "I am ready for the simulation."
Katie, Ryan, and Will just stared at me.
"Do you really think that you're going to save the world in your pajamas?" Ryan asked. I looked down.
"Good point."
TEN MINUTES LATER (Casey's POV)
I was now dressed and discussing the plan with the other three Creators. April burst into the lab.
"Uh, Leia accidentally messed with the computer in the off-limits room, and she combined the dimensions." The room was filled with cursing and groans.
"Well, do we have a Plan B?" Will (Reality) asked.
"In the event that the dimensions are combined, we can just separate the characters into little groups and then push the dimensions apart again," I suggested.
"So -" Ryan began.
"We all have to go. It will be up to April and the others to watch over the Facility and monitor everything. We need to go ASAP," Katie interrupted.
"Let's do this, I guess," Will said, smiling.
TWENTY MINUTES LATER (still CASEY'S POV)
After we had explained everything and what was going to happen to the visitors, there was some apprehension.
"Uh, is Brooklyn going to try to kill us?"
"When are you coming back?"
"Are you going to fix things?"
"Look, we're going to do our best. But we can't make any promises. You're just going to have to trust us - and Brooklyn. Sam, April, Leia, Gabe, try not to destroy anything. We'll be back later," I explained and left the library, where the visitors were hanging out.
We all headed back to the lab and April gave us the serum. She put monitors on our bodies (like the ones at the hospital) which would monitor physical injuries and brain activity.
I saw a black tunnel - more like a vortex - and suddenly we were all falling, and within seconds we hit the ground.
DIMENSION: COMBINED DIMENSIONS
My back hurt, and as we got up, everybody was groaning. I saw Harry, Max, Four, Newt, Peeta, and everybody else in the original dimensional groups. We were surrounded by trees with buildings made out of wood and what looked like a maze exit. They were all staring at us.
"Um, hi, you probably don't remember me, but my name is Casey, and we're here to sort you guys back into your original dimensional groups. Group 1 is over by the trees, Group 2 is over by the wooden house...thing, Group 3 is by the maze entrance/exit, Group 4 is over by that shiny thing, and Group 5 is over by us," I directed. By the way, the shiny thing was like a metal frying pan in the middle of a forest. Weird.
Everybody moved to their respective assigned groups back in Reality. They were all kind of apprehensive when we touched them and they constantly corrected their names.
Katie muttered something in her ear piece, and with an earsplitting bang, we were back in Reality.
"Aah!" we all rubbed our ears.
"Remind me to get that thing fixed," I said. The others nodded in agreement.
We went over to the dimension monitor, and, after about thirty minutes of decoding, we separated the now-hopefully-fixed dimensions. Now we just had to wait.
DIMENSION: THE WIZARDING WORLD
Harry's POV
You would think that after I remembered my actual memories and who I was that everything would go back to normal, right? Wrong. I didn't have any magical powers and I had wings. Hermione and George had no magical powers as well, while Ron and Fred were fine.
Other than that, things were okay if you didn't count Voldemort trying to kill everybody.
DIMENSION: THE GLADE
"WHY DO CHUCK AND I HAVE WINGS?!" Alby shouted.
"AND WHY CAN I DO MAGIC?!" Teresa screamed.
Nobody really had an answer to those questions.
THIRD PERSON POV
So, anyway, in the factions, Four, Tris, Uriah, and Will were fine. It was Christina that was driving everybody nuts. She had out of control magic that nobody understood.
In Panem, Katniss was performing magic, while Peeta and Haymitch were fine. But Gale was missing.
In the Flock's house, Gazzy and Iggy were okay, while Max and Fang had lost their wings and abilities. And, more concerning, Angel and Nudge were missing.
BACK TO REALITY (CASEY'S POV)
Sam Temple came running in, out of breath.
"Brianna left the facility!" he yelled.
"SHE DID WHAT?!" Ryan screeched.
"Does she have anything abnormal?" Katie asked.
"She has super speed," Sam answered. "Is she going to be okay?"
"If she left the Facility, that meant exposure to the outside public, which isn't good. Since she isn't supposed to be here, she may start glitching. We need to get her back here NOW!" I explained.
TIME-SKIP: 20 MINUTES LATER
"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING, GOING OUTSIDE?!" I yelled at Brianna.
"I am the Breeze. I was going to get some ice cream, and I figured that nobody would see me," she replied.
"When you do that, you risk not just exposure and termination for you and all you dimensional people, but also us. You're lucky that you weren't seen. That couldn't been really bad!" Katie snapped.
I heard a helicopter whirring above us. You never heard helicopters here - except for Brooklyn. This wasn't good.
"I hear helicopters! Will, get all of the necessary files and books! Get to the portal! Katie, grab food and medical supplies! Ryan, shut the facility down and grab files!" I shouted.
"But -" he protested.
"SHUT IT DOWN!" I yelled. Everybody ran off in different directions.
I sprinted to the cafeteria, where the Brooklyn Creators were.
"Get to the portal!" I yelled.
"What's going on?" Leia asked.
"Government agents! Go!" I yelled. I could hear doors opening and closing and government officials.
I sprinted to the library next, catching everybody by surprise.
They were all sitting around playing games. What a sight I must have been.
"You guys need to follow me! Government officials are here! We need to move! Hurry!" I shouted. Everybody sprang up and raced after me to the door besides the off-limits room.
The Facility suddenly went dark, and I could hear the sound of machines shutting down. In twenty seconds, the facility would detonate.
Air rushed into and out of my lungs as everybody sprinted to the portal door. Everybody made it through along with April, Sam, Leia, and Gabe. Will and Katie had made it through, also.
Ryan came barreling through, his arms full of files.
10 seconds.
"RYAN!" I screamed. He tripped, and I could see government agents coming around the corner.
8 seconds.
The government agents were almost on him, and he got up again.
"RUN!" I yelled. He kicked the agents off of him, and raced towards me.
5 seconds.
"RUN, CASEY, RUN!" He yelled. "SAVE YOURSELF!"
3 seconds.
He sprinted towards me.
2 seconds.
He crashed into me and pushed us through the portal and closed the door.
1 second.
BOOM!
I felt the Facility blow up into pieces on the other side of the portal. We were floating in nothing, trapped in-between.
"Did anybody program this thing?!" I asked.
"I set it for the wizarding world!" Will yelled back. I breathed in a sigh of relief. They were okay.
Then we were all free-falling again and hitting the ground hard. I shifted my body so my legs would absorb the shock. I hoped Ryan, Katie, Will, and everybody else were doing the same thing.
"Is everybody okay?" I asked.
"Yeah," came the chorus of voices.
I opened my eyes and finally got a good look at my surroundings.
We were on the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest, looking up at Hogwarts.
"What do we do now?" Sam (Reality) asked.
"I have no idea."
I think that chapter turned out better than I expected it. Hope you enjoyed! Don't forget to review!
~Misty
