I was mystified...

Janovah: Say what?
Dash: We can go back in time. We can save Torn and Kat.

I looked back at Torn's body, just hanging there...and I saw something weird...a blue flash whip by.

Dash: This device can take us back to before Torn kills Kat. Save her, I don't know, hit Torn in the head or something. Take her and travel a little ahead and rescue Torn. Only do that much, we don't want to damage the time line.
Janovah: Are you coming with me?
Dash: No...I have to stay here and cover for you.

She handed me the device.

Dash: Realize this, once you go back I have no way of contacting you. And don't be seen by anyone but Kat and Torn.
Janovah: What if am seen?
Dash: The people will think they've gone insane. Or provide proof that you ARE involved in murdering people. Which would really screw things up. Do don't screw it up.

I looked at the various controls.

Janovah: I suppose I push 'past', then?
Dash: Yes. Are you ready?
Janovah: Ready as I'll ever be.
Dash: See you in ten seconds.

I pushed 'past'...The whole place seemed to spin. Like the place was on rewind. What was strange is that I could sort of float, really fast, and I couldn't control it. A flew into a bathroom, and Kat was standing. It knew exactly what I wanted to do. I searched for something to make it stop, so I go in 'normal speed'. I pressed another button that said 'present'...and it was like play on a VCR. This felt like a bad Sci-Fi movie. Kat entered the bathroom. I felt sort of sick. I found I don't like Time Travel. Her eyes were red and puffy, like she had been crying. I felt a cringe of guilt. She was probably crying over me. She withdrew a cigarette and lit it. It had been a long time since I'd seen her smoke. She took a long drag. Kat had her back to the door. A shadow was slinking in...But then I realized I was in plain sight...oh, what was I going to do? I felt around for something, and I don't know why. My hand came to a plastic handle. I grasped it, and pulled it out. The noise startled Kat, and she turned around, and gasped.

Kat: J-
Janovah: Shh!!!

Torn came in through the door, silently, knife raised. I swung what I had in my hand, and knocked him down. I had delivered a ferocious uppercut with a tin bucket. He fell backwards, and his knife clanged to the floor. Kat lowered her voice to a whisper.

Kat: Janovah??? What? How?
Janovah: I'm from the future.
Kat: What?
Janovah: You have to come with me.

I took her hand, and pushed 'future', and hoped that was the right button. And it was, we soared back to the execution site. I pushed 'present'. It was very familiar, the man read off the charges. Deja vu! I found I was under the wooden stage where the trap door was. Kat finally looked like she understood.

Janovah: Kat, we have to save Torn.
Kat: What are they going to do?
Janovah: Hang him, we have to save him!

The man finished, and I heard the familiar sound of the lever being pulled. The trap door sprung open, and Torn's legs came into view. I thought quickly...DAMN IT, WHY WAS THERE NO PAUSE ON THIS DEVICE? I remembered reading about different light powers precursors had...Flash Freeze may work. I expertly became Light Janovah and raised my arms and clapped. It didn't work. This was my first try on a flash freeze. I tried again, still nothing. I was panicking, time was running out. I clapped hard, and a rush of sound hit me, high in bass. It all went still, it felt like a dream. Kat was still too. I climbed through the trap door, inching behind Torn. I could cut the chain...but with what? MY SWORD! Why hadn't I thought of it before? I still remained Light Janovah and pulled out my Sword of Mar. It glowed vibrantly blue. I swung and peirced the metal, and truncated the chain about six inches above the loop around his neck. He didn't fall, he just hang. Time was still stopped. I jumped through the trap door stepped to where I previously was, right in front of Kat. I 'turned off' Light Janovah. The light faded in sparks. Kat then looked confused.

Janovah: Flash Freeze, Light Power.

As I had said that, Torn fell through the trap door. I rushed over to help him. He wasn't breathing...was I too late? He was just lying there, still. I raised an arm and brought it down with force on his stomach. He miraculously coughed and started breathing and gasping. He was thrashing a little, trying to comprehend the situation. I heard Guards rushing downstairs, and then two of them charged at us, looking a little suprised. I charged back, and cut one's throat with a wild swing of my sword while Kat expertly shot another in the chest. I killed a person. But they couldn't be left alive after seeing us. I turned back to Torn. Who was standing up, shocked.

Torn: Janovah?
Janovah: I'm the future version...oh no! We have to hurry!

We had twenty seconds to get back to Dash. I took Torn's hand and we ran...almost there...12...11...10...Just a few more feet...6...5...4...3...One more step...1...YES. We made it.

Janovah: DASH! I did it!
Dash: Did what? Where did you come from?

I retold the account of everything that happened.

Dash: I was counting on this when Samos, Onin, and I were planning. If I forgot, or didn't know, or whatever, what you had done, we did it right.

Torn looked baffled.

Torn: So I was dead, but now I'm not...this is giving me a splitting headache.
Dash: What matters now is to get you out.
Janovah: Where do we go?
Dash: Torn and Kat will be going to Franerik. It's cool now, I can go back. Janovah, I want you to go back to Freedom HQ like nothing happened.
Janovah: Wait!! If we were only going to be gone for ten seconds, why did you stay? You didn't need to cover for me!
Dash: I wanted to see if you could do it on your own.

I felt kind of mad. But still, Dash snuck Kat and Torn out of the back. I just went back to Freedom HQ and kept my nose clean like a good girl. I mainly just roamed, kicking snack machines, staring out of windows...At night fall I decided to go back to the cabin, or to my room, as I now called it. I was three corners away when something grabbed me around the waist, and put a sweaty hand on my eyes. I screamed, trying to attract attention and help.

Janovah: Help! I'm being attacked!!!

I felt a pulling on my belt and realized my weapons were pulled away. I grabbed and the hands hold me, but could not pull them off. There must have been three people holding me, then more grabbed my arms. A male voice yelled frantically.

Voice: Sedate her!

I felt a tough grip on my chin yank my jaw open and felt something go in, like a pill. The hand then snapped my mouth shut and another sort of smacked my bottom jaw and I swallowed the object. I bit a hand a hand near my mouth, and a guy yelled.

Voice: This was easier without that rat-girl here to protect her!

I snapped free of the arms and ran, but I was getting tired, really fast. I finally fell, almost completely numb. For a long time, I felt lifting and being carried, until I came to rest on a matress that seemed to move. It finally came to rest, and I closed my eyes.

Voice: Get some more pills! And get some anisthetic going!

I felt the familiar feeling of a mask on my face, and the smell of Bioxygen. I was becoming less aware, going unconsious.

Voice: It's for your own good, honey. For all our good.

It went black, and I was asleep.