When they reached the house there were 3 more cars parked in the driveway. Sarah's three best friends, Georgette, Jane, and Ella, were all gathered on the porch. As Sarah and approached, Georgette marched angrily up to her. "Are you insane?" she demanded. Georgette motioned towards the tear. "How could you do this again!?! We were almost killed last time!"
"I didn't do it this time!" Sarah exclaimed. "Susan sold my machine to some guy."
Georgette turned her glare on Susan. "You idiot!"
"Hey," Sarah said to her friends, "have any of you guys ever heard of some guy named Randall?? she asked. "He goes to our school."
"Used to," Susan corrected. "He's my age. He's got black hair, glasses, he's pretty tall. Dresses like a geek though."
Georgette and the others shook their heads.
"Well, he has to live nearby because we can see the warp. So I think I can figure out where he is by the position of the warp in relation to where it was last time," Sarah said.
"Hey," Susan exclaimed, "it's moving."
"What?" Sarah said. They all turned and looked at the warp. "That's imp-" The rest of her sentence was interrupted by the horrible ripping sound, normally heard when the warps opened. The warp was indeed moving. It slowly moved down the sky, tearing new sky open and healing the old sky. "Oh no!" Sarah exclaimed over the sound. "No, no, no stop! Oh my God, that's so dangerous! We'll all be killed!" She winced as the warp continued to move, despite her protests. Finally, it disappeared below the trees. A few minutes later, the horrible tearing sound stopped. Sarah let out a sigh of relief.
"What just happened?" Beka asked, gingerly uncovering her ears.
"He's insane!" Sarah exclaimed. "He moved the warp while it was on. He can't do that!"
"He just did," Tyr pointed out.
"Yes, but did you see how the sky took a few seconds to close up? If it had taken any longer, the warp would have ripped all the way open, dissolving the barrier between the dimensions and killing every living thing in both. If he moves it again, I don't think we'll survive."
"We have to find this guy," Jane said.
"Oooh! I have an idea!" Susan announced excitedly. "Lets look through my old year books."
"Good idea," Sarah said. "You guys look through all the yearbooks we have," she commanded Ella, Jane, Georgette, and Susan. "I'll see if I can triangulate Randall's position."
"Uh, what do we do?" Harper asked.
"Oh," Sarah said, "feel free to make yourselves at home." She motioned toward the house.
"Come on," Susan said, attaching herself to Harper's arm, "you can help us."
"Susan!" Sarah said sharply, "get to work."
"Humph!" Susan marched off into the house.
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Sarah was sitting on the porch with a notepad, pencil, ruler, and a calculator trying to get at least a general idea of where the warp was being generated from. Suddenly, Tyr walked up and sat down beside her on the step. "Hello," he said.
Sarah fidgeted nervously. "Hi."
"How are is it coming?" Tyr's eyes flickered to the paper filled with mathematic equations.
"Uh, I'm close...I think."
"You know, I get the feeling that there's something you're hiding from us," he said casually.
"I'm not hiding anything," Sarah replied.
Tyr leaned closer. "You're lying."
"What makes you say that?" Sarah asked, getting more nervous by the minute.
"Your heart rate has just doubled."
"Right, I forgot about that enhanced hearing thing," Sarah replied. "You're like a living lie detector."
Tyr grabbed her arm. "Exactly, so why don't you tell me the truth before I lose my temper?"
"Fine, you want to know the truth? The truth is, that I know you, all of you. I know almost everything about you."
"What are you talking about?" Tyr demanded.
"You're from a TV show. You are all fictional characters."
Tyr released her arm. "Impossible."
"Am I lying?"
Tyr regarded her for a moment. "No, you believe what you are saying, but you could be insane."
"Fine, test me. Ask me something that only someone who had been watching you for the past year would know."
"Alright." Tyr thought for a moment. "What pride to I belong to?"
"The Kodiak pride, but you're the only one left since it was attacked," Sarah replied.
Tyr's eyebrow raised. "So, it's true."
"I didn't want to tell you, because it tends to depress people to find out that they're fictional."
"You chose well. Do not tell Dylan. He's dangerous enough when he's optimistic, there's no telling how crazy he will be if he's depressed."
Sarah nodded.
Suddenly, Susan came running out of the house. "We found him!" She dropped a year book into
Sarah's lap. "There, that's him." She pointed to a picture of a boy just as she'd described.
"Randall Mandarin," Sarah read. "Did you find an address?"
"Georgette's looking right now," Susan replied.
Georgette came out onto the porch, still flipping through the phone book. "He's not listed under Randall Mandarin, but he probably still lives with his parents."
Susan scoffed. "Loser."
"Let me see it," Sarah said. Georgette handed her the book. "Okay, there are three Mandarins in the book. Only one falls into the target area. This one!"
"What are we waiting for?" Susan demanded. "Lets go!"
They loaded into three cars and drove the ten miles to the Mandarin house. It was a fairly big house, bigger than Sarah's. There were no cars in the driveway. "It doesn't look like anybody's home," Georgette said.
"Well, we should at least knock?" Susan said. She started for the door and the rest followed.
"Wait," Sarah said. "I know that sound."
"What sound?" Susan asked.
"That humming sound. It's my machine. It's coming from over there." Sarah pointed to the garage. She ran to the building and slowly turned the handle of the door. It wasn't locked, so she turned it and pushed the door open, revealing her machine sitting in the middle of the room. "There it is!" A boy sitting in a computer chair on the other side of the room, turned at her exclaimation. It was Randall.
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Next chapter, Randall proves to be very uncooperative and...complications arise with the other people he brought through the portal.
"I didn't do it this time!" Sarah exclaimed. "Susan sold my machine to some guy."
Georgette turned her glare on Susan. "You idiot!"
"Hey," Sarah said to her friends, "have any of you guys ever heard of some guy named Randall?? she asked. "He goes to our school."
"Used to," Susan corrected. "He's my age. He's got black hair, glasses, he's pretty tall. Dresses like a geek though."
Georgette and the others shook their heads.
"Well, he has to live nearby because we can see the warp. So I think I can figure out where he is by the position of the warp in relation to where it was last time," Sarah said.
"Hey," Susan exclaimed, "it's moving."
"What?" Sarah said. They all turned and looked at the warp. "That's imp-" The rest of her sentence was interrupted by the horrible ripping sound, normally heard when the warps opened. The warp was indeed moving. It slowly moved down the sky, tearing new sky open and healing the old sky. "Oh no!" Sarah exclaimed over the sound. "No, no, no stop! Oh my God, that's so dangerous! We'll all be killed!" She winced as the warp continued to move, despite her protests. Finally, it disappeared below the trees. A few minutes later, the horrible tearing sound stopped. Sarah let out a sigh of relief.
"What just happened?" Beka asked, gingerly uncovering her ears.
"He's insane!" Sarah exclaimed. "He moved the warp while it was on. He can't do that!"
"He just did," Tyr pointed out.
"Yes, but did you see how the sky took a few seconds to close up? If it had taken any longer, the warp would have ripped all the way open, dissolving the barrier between the dimensions and killing every living thing in both. If he moves it again, I don't think we'll survive."
"We have to find this guy," Jane said.
"Oooh! I have an idea!" Susan announced excitedly. "Lets look through my old year books."
"Good idea," Sarah said. "You guys look through all the yearbooks we have," she commanded Ella, Jane, Georgette, and Susan. "I'll see if I can triangulate Randall's position."
"Uh, what do we do?" Harper asked.
"Oh," Sarah said, "feel free to make yourselves at home." She motioned toward the house.
"Come on," Susan said, attaching herself to Harper's arm, "you can help us."
"Susan!" Sarah said sharply, "get to work."
"Humph!" Susan marched off into the house.
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Sarah was sitting on the porch with a notepad, pencil, ruler, and a calculator trying to get at least a general idea of where the warp was being generated from. Suddenly, Tyr walked up and sat down beside her on the step. "Hello," he said.
Sarah fidgeted nervously. "Hi."
"How are is it coming?" Tyr's eyes flickered to the paper filled with mathematic equations.
"Uh, I'm close...I think."
"You know, I get the feeling that there's something you're hiding from us," he said casually.
"I'm not hiding anything," Sarah replied.
Tyr leaned closer. "You're lying."
"What makes you say that?" Sarah asked, getting more nervous by the minute.
"Your heart rate has just doubled."
"Right, I forgot about that enhanced hearing thing," Sarah replied. "You're like a living lie detector."
Tyr grabbed her arm. "Exactly, so why don't you tell me the truth before I lose my temper?"
"Fine, you want to know the truth? The truth is, that I know you, all of you. I know almost everything about you."
"What are you talking about?" Tyr demanded.
"You're from a TV show. You are all fictional characters."
Tyr released her arm. "Impossible."
"Am I lying?"
Tyr regarded her for a moment. "No, you believe what you are saying, but you could be insane."
"Fine, test me. Ask me something that only someone who had been watching you for the past year would know."
"Alright." Tyr thought for a moment. "What pride to I belong to?"
"The Kodiak pride, but you're the only one left since it was attacked," Sarah replied.
Tyr's eyebrow raised. "So, it's true."
"I didn't want to tell you, because it tends to depress people to find out that they're fictional."
"You chose well. Do not tell Dylan. He's dangerous enough when he's optimistic, there's no telling how crazy he will be if he's depressed."
Sarah nodded.
Suddenly, Susan came running out of the house. "We found him!" She dropped a year book into
Sarah's lap. "There, that's him." She pointed to a picture of a boy just as she'd described.
"Randall Mandarin," Sarah read. "Did you find an address?"
"Georgette's looking right now," Susan replied.
Georgette came out onto the porch, still flipping through the phone book. "He's not listed under Randall Mandarin, but he probably still lives with his parents."
Susan scoffed. "Loser."
"Let me see it," Sarah said. Georgette handed her the book. "Okay, there are three Mandarins in the book. Only one falls into the target area. This one!"
"What are we waiting for?" Susan demanded. "Lets go!"
They loaded into three cars and drove the ten miles to the Mandarin house. It was a fairly big house, bigger than Sarah's. There were no cars in the driveway. "It doesn't look like anybody's home," Georgette said.
"Well, we should at least knock?" Susan said. She started for the door and the rest followed.
"Wait," Sarah said. "I know that sound."
"What sound?" Susan asked.
"That humming sound. It's my machine. It's coming from over there." Sarah pointed to the garage. She ran to the building and slowly turned the handle of the door. It wasn't locked, so she turned it and pushed the door open, revealing her machine sitting in the middle of the room. "There it is!" A boy sitting in a computer chair on the other side of the room, turned at her exclaimation. It was Randall.
What'd ya think? Please review. Thanks to those who already did.
Next chapter, Randall proves to be very uncooperative and...complications arise with the other people he brought through the portal.
