"What happened?" one of the scientists asked.
"What's going on?" Doniger asked one of them.
"Well, the machines can give us a small range of where they end up, such as the Shire or Mordor, but in order to understand the greater area, such as all of Middle-Earth, of the location we have to wait until they come back."
"I know that. I run this whole damn company remember." He didn't mean to be that harsh with him, but if he just killed Charles Winston's kid, he was in deep shit.
"Well, we were able to compare the three trips by overlapping them in the computer. We did this just to make sure there was not a change in the quantum foam."
"Get to the fucking point!" Doniger wanted to get his death sentence over with, but this damn scientist just wanted to prolong it. Doniger was pissed and he really didn't want to have to deal with Charles Winston in a couple of hours.
"The first two trips ended up at the same spot, but this one didn't."
"Do you know where they are?"
"No, the computer's data is too small to be able to tell."
"Shit."
Evelyn cautiously stepped out of the machine and looked around her. It was unfamiliar since all she had were her own visions of the place, but she tried to figure out where they were. Then it hit her. "Shit."
"What?" Gomez asked her.
"Do you know where we are?" De Kere asked.
"Yea, and we certainly landed in the best place at the best time," she said sarcastically.
"It doesn't look to bad. It looks like it's pretty peaceful other than the soldiers setting up defenses. I mean looks like they'll be something soon, but at least it's not going on right now," Margot stated.
"You're right. It's just the calm before the storm, so we'll have some time. We're at Helm's Deep, and we're in deep shit."
"Why?"
"Well the obvious one is that of all the places that are not where you'd want to end up here, this is in the top five."
"Alright, well. We'll do what we can. In the mean time, here are your earpieces. They connect you to headquarters, any of us, and translate what the people are saying here. Unfortunately they won't translate what you want to say. You can turn them off by pressing the button right here," she said as she pushed the button. She handed Margot and Evelyn theirs, and they put them in.
"We have a problem." Evelyn heard Doniger's sharp voice in her ear. "You've been sent to a different area. You're south and a bit east of where the other three probably are."
"Do you know if their location was near a forest?" Evelyn asked.
"Why would you need to know that?" de Kere asked.
"Not exactly, but we believe from the data that they were probably in the near a large forest. We can get some data about the landscape, but usually not buildings unless they are major."
"Were they also close to a large tower?"
"Yes, they were very close to one."
"Isengard."
"What?"
"That's where they were. Isengard. We're at Helm's Deep right now, and we're in for a fight."
"Alright then." She could hear the click as he turned off the microphone he had been using.
They could do nothing in the mean time, but sit and watch as everyone else prepared for a battle. They knew that there was an incoming army and it would be no use to try and get out. It wasn't long until they could see that the battle was now started. Evelyn started to get up and draw her sword. She had been fighting with herself on what to do, but she had now decided.
"What the hell are you doing?" de Kere asked.
"I always admired E?owyn because she didn't just sit around and do nothing, and I'm not going to do that either," she responded.
"You'll get killed," Gomez said, but it was no use against Evelyn's stubbornness. Evelyn knew better than to go out their in fight, but she was tired of sitting around and watching. She would much rather die with them than live and watch them die. Gomez gave in and soon did Margot. 'I'll redeem myself. They all think I can't lift a finger, but I'll show them by lifting a sword,' Margot thought to herself. She too knew she'd probably die, but if she died proving to one person she wasn't as bad as she seemed, she'd be happy. De Kere seeing as he was the odd man out started after them. He had the weapons Doniger gave him if anything got out of hand.
It wasn't long before Evelyn and Margot had gotten their baptism of fire and earned some battle scars. Evelyn had a long cut on her abdomen and several smaller ones her arms and legs. Margot had gotten herself a busted lip and a cut going from her ankle to the middle of her thigh. They had been separated from de Kere and Gomez near the beginning and were doing poorly, but quite well for a couple of 21st century girls. Evelyn praised Elbereth for the fencing lessons she had as a girl, and Margot thanked God she was fit from all of the tennis she usually played.
Gomez and de Kere soon appeared, but Gomez made the mistake of taking her eyes away from the battle. Her head was severed from her body and the bloody head still had her mouth open as if she was about to say something. De Kere was distracted and soon earned himself an arrow in the arm. He quickly grabbed a grenade from where he had hidden it and a ceramic. He called his machine and stepped in. He pulled the pin out just as an arrow soared through the slowly closing doors and into de Kere's heart. Soon his arm went limp and dropped the detonated hand grenade.
Bursts of white light flickered in the room followed by an explosion and pieces of shrapnel flying through the air soon joined with broken glass. The tanks surrounding the large room where shattered and water spilled on the floor.
"Fuck," Doniger screamed. Without the tanks, there was no way to get back from Middle-Earth, and their time was slowly ticking down.
"What's going on?" Doniger asked one of them.
"Well, the machines can give us a small range of where they end up, such as the Shire or Mordor, but in order to understand the greater area, such as all of Middle-Earth, of the location we have to wait until they come back."
"I know that. I run this whole damn company remember." He didn't mean to be that harsh with him, but if he just killed Charles Winston's kid, he was in deep shit.
"Well, we were able to compare the three trips by overlapping them in the computer. We did this just to make sure there was not a change in the quantum foam."
"Get to the fucking point!" Doniger wanted to get his death sentence over with, but this damn scientist just wanted to prolong it. Doniger was pissed and he really didn't want to have to deal with Charles Winston in a couple of hours.
"The first two trips ended up at the same spot, but this one didn't."
"Do you know where they are?"
"No, the computer's data is too small to be able to tell."
"Shit."
Evelyn cautiously stepped out of the machine and looked around her. It was unfamiliar since all she had were her own visions of the place, but she tried to figure out where they were. Then it hit her. "Shit."
"What?" Gomez asked her.
"Do you know where we are?" De Kere asked.
"Yea, and we certainly landed in the best place at the best time," she said sarcastically.
"It doesn't look to bad. It looks like it's pretty peaceful other than the soldiers setting up defenses. I mean looks like they'll be something soon, but at least it's not going on right now," Margot stated.
"You're right. It's just the calm before the storm, so we'll have some time. We're at Helm's Deep, and we're in deep shit."
"Why?"
"Well the obvious one is that of all the places that are not where you'd want to end up here, this is in the top five."
"Alright, well. We'll do what we can. In the mean time, here are your earpieces. They connect you to headquarters, any of us, and translate what the people are saying here. Unfortunately they won't translate what you want to say. You can turn them off by pressing the button right here," she said as she pushed the button. She handed Margot and Evelyn theirs, and they put them in.
"We have a problem." Evelyn heard Doniger's sharp voice in her ear. "You've been sent to a different area. You're south and a bit east of where the other three probably are."
"Do you know if their location was near a forest?" Evelyn asked.
"Why would you need to know that?" de Kere asked.
"Not exactly, but we believe from the data that they were probably in the near a large forest. We can get some data about the landscape, but usually not buildings unless they are major."
"Were they also close to a large tower?"
"Yes, they were very close to one."
"Isengard."
"What?"
"That's where they were. Isengard. We're at Helm's Deep right now, and we're in for a fight."
"Alright then." She could hear the click as he turned off the microphone he had been using.
They could do nothing in the mean time, but sit and watch as everyone else prepared for a battle. They knew that there was an incoming army and it would be no use to try and get out. It wasn't long until they could see that the battle was now started. Evelyn started to get up and draw her sword. She had been fighting with herself on what to do, but she had now decided.
"What the hell are you doing?" de Kere asked.
"I always admired E?owyn because she didn't just sit around and do nothing, and I'm not going to do that either," she responded.
"You'll get killed," Gomez said, but it was no use against Evelyn's stubbornness. Evelyn knew better than to go out their in fight, but she was tired of sitting around and watching. She would much rather die with them than live and watch them die. Gomez gave in and soon did Margot. 'I'll redeem myself. They all think I can't lift a finger, but I'll show them by lifting a sword,' Margot thought to herself. She too knew she'd probably die, but if she died proving to one person she wasn't as bad as she seemed, she'd be happy. De Kere seeing as he was the odd man out started after them. He had the weapons Doniger gave him if anything got out of hand.
It wasn't long before Evelyn and Margot had gotten their baptism of fire and earned some battle scars. Evelyn had a long cut on her abdomen and several smaller ones her arms and legs. Margot had gotten herself a busted lip and a cut going from her ankle to the middle of her thigh. They had been separated from de Kere and Gomez near the beginning and were doing poorly, but quite well for a couple of 21st century girls. Evelyn praised Elbereth for the fencing lessons she had as a girl, and Margot thanked God she was fit from all of the tennis she usually played.
Gomez and de Kere soon appeared, but Gomez made the mistake of taking her eyes away from the battle. Her head was severed from her body and the bloody head still had her mouth open as if she was about to say something. De Kere was distracted and soon earned himself an arrow in the arm. He quickly grabbed a grenade from where he had hidden it and a ceramic. He called his machine and stepped in. He pulled the pin out just as an arrow soared through the slowly closing doors and into de Kere's heart. Soon his arm went limp and dropped the detonated hand grenade.
Bursts of white light flickered in the room followed by an explosion and pieces of shrapnel flying through the air soon joined with broken glass. The tanks surrounding the large room where shattered and water spilled on the floor.
"Fuck," Doniger screamed. Without the tanks, there was no way to get back from Middle-Earth, and their time was slowly ticking down.