JB ripped the Elucidator out of his pocket and furiously swiped and pecked at it. He kept muttering: "Where is he?! Where is he?!" Johan stood there unsure of what to do. What could he do?
"Dad?" Matt asked with wide eyes filled with fear. JB continued what he was doing knowing Matt's fear. His face went tight and turned a light shade of red. He looked ready to chuck the Elucidator as far as possible. Johan could understand Matt's worry. If something like that happened to Katherine he would be just as worried, but hopefully not as anxious as JB. Then there was a familiar floating feeling. We're trying to travel through time again!
"Hopefully where Basil went." JB answered.
"Something tells me Basil is fine. We should worry about ourselves right now." Matt said in his peppy voice when he was talking about Basil.
"I really hope you're right Matt." JB sighed depressingly. As usual the light rushed up to meet them and Johan felt sick all over again.
When the pain subsided Basil forced his body to stand up. Now the only sound came from the chirping crickets. He pressed his hand against his abdomen checking the severity of the damage. Only chunks that dotted around were left, the rest was too flat. He defiantly didn't dare to lift up his shirt just to find skin on bone and spots the bulged out slightly. The thought of the sight made him slightly dizzy. Dad where are you? Where am I? The moon's glow added eerie shadowing the swaying grass and creating his shadow. Hopefully everyone is still safe back in the twenty first century. A strong feeling took him over. And it was telling him to fallow walk in the direction his shadowing was pointing to. It was pointing to a large cliff off in the distance where huge sideways laying egg shape hole was missing. The place looked like the perfect place to watch over the surrounding land. Well it's not like I have any better idea. Even at the very start of his hike he noticed how much faster he could walk and how much lighter his body felt. If there would be any good things about losing your internal organs it would be easier to move faster…I guess the same would go for jumping. I really hope I don't have to try that out! Something about how the stars were arranged got him thinking about how on a summer night when Bridgette was two they went out into the middle of nowhere on a grassy hill so Basil could test out his new telescope he got. It was one of the most fun times in his life. They left early so they could have a picnic dinner watching the sunset. Dad even brought the huge picnic blanket and Mom brought different kinds of sandwiches and chips and soda. Once they were done eating Matt and he tossed a Frisbee they brought back and forth. Dad would jump in unexpectedly snatching the disk out of the air to mess with them then toss it back. When the stars finally started coming out Dad helped him set up his telescope and telling him where to point to see different planets and stars. He loved seeing what he could find in the night sky and Dad's background knowledge really helped. It was really that night when he decided he wanted to be space explorer when he grew up. He and Matt would switch off back and forth finding and observing. Once they got the hang of it, Dad backed off and went to sit down next to Mom. He hated when they had to leave but Mom promised they would come back again soon. And they did, frequently. I really hope Mom gets to keep to that promise going. He always knew his parents were the best ever. It wasn't always easy but they did love each other. He was lucky to get adopted to a family who wanted him for him, not like this other person he knew who was just adopted because his parents wanted to brag on who he was. Every time anyone picked on them for not being important from history they were right there to defend them.
"I promise somehow I'll get back to you." Basil muttered his promise at the night sky. He looked slightly down at the cave looming awhile away.
Johan finally got his senses together to tell him he was somewhere new. This time his time sickness was worse than ever.
"Take your time, where safe for now." JB bent over him. Wh-where…are…we? His mind thought numbly. He flipped over on his back, his hand slapping something soft and…skin? What his hand hit began to mumble something he couldn't understand. Heck he couldn't even tell who he hit. His head lolled over to see what he hit was Katherine's cheek. Oh she's probably telling me to get my hand off her face.
"W-why is this time so much worse than before?" He forced his mouth to ask JB. JB helped him into a sitting position.
"I'm not sure. I felt worse than normal to." He shrugged.
"Is it because Basil's in trouble or time is just that damaged?" Matt's body sluggishly sat up. JB had his head directed at Matt but he seemed to be looking past him, as if in deep thought.
"Damaged time?" He heard JB mumble to himself. His hand yanked the Elucidator out of his pocket so fast, JB put a hand to his head like he nearly got whiplash.
