It wasn't long before their flight began boarding. The girls found their seats and settled in. Magaly got the window seat kept her bag with the Secret Scroll under the seat in front of her, to give her easy access, and prevent the stewardess taking it out of the overhead bin. It was, unfortunately the Follower who came past checking the overhead lockers to make sure that they were all shut properly.
'Good thing you put the bag under the seat,' Althea muttered. 'Otherwise she could have gotten to it right then.'
The girls settled back into their seats for the flight. They would have to stop and change planes in New York City, and all fervently hoped that the Follower stewardess would not follow them. But she did. Magaly again got a window seat and stowed the Secret Scroll under the seat, to keep it as safe as she could.
About halfway through the flight, Magaly asked Althea to move, so Magaly could get to the bathroom in the back of the plane. The Follower stewardess was waiting for her.
'I saw you have an old manuscript of something in Latin when you opened your bag a little while ago. Where did you get it?' she asked.
'Inter-Library loan from Colby College,' Magaly replied. 'I´m taking Latin in school, and it was an assignment to read portions of it.'
'Colby College doesn´t have that type of manuscript that you have in your bag,' she said. 'Now, where did you get it?'
'My teacher told me that she really did get it out of the Colby College Library,' Magaly said.
'And I said that Colby College doesn´t have that type of manuscript. Your teacher was pulling your leg. What did she tell you to do with it?' the stewardess growled, threatening Magaly.
'Read it,' Magaly said.
'Now you listen here girly,' the stewardess growled. 'That type of manuscript is not just handed out to kids that look like they should be in 6th grade. It was probably stolen, or contains something illegal. Now, I will be waiting by the exit when you get off this plane. You hand that manuscript over to me and I will make sure it gets to the proper authorities.'
With that, she let Magaly use the bathroom and go back to her seat. Magaly told the other girls what had happened on the way back.
'Okay, we need to do something,' Jenni said.
'Do you have to be able to picture a place in order to time and space travel there?' Althea asked.
'If I want to be accurate about where I land,' Magaly said.
'Have you been to Anaheim before? Can you picture someplace in Anaheim?' Althea asked.
'I´ve been there once,' Magaly said. 'Last year.'
'All right, let´s go, teleport us,' Kris whispered.
'That will look suspicious, and someone needs to take care of our carry-ons,' Magaly said, checking her watch. 'Ok, we have an hour before this plane is supposed to land. There are two lavs in the back. One of you come with me.'
'Let´s wait a few minutes, see if the stewardess goes to the front,' Althea said. 'She might try to grab you and stop you.'
Much to their luck, and surprise, the stewardess did walk up to the front with the beverage cart ten minutes later. Magaly slung her bag over her shoulder and followed Althea to the back.
'Good thing Mom and Dad got seats further up front. This way when they don´t see us getting off the plane, we can tell them that they just didn´t see us because of too many people in the way.'
'Oh no,' Althea said, pointing.
The stewardess was hurrying down the aisle towards them.
'You are not going anywhere girls,' she said, as she got close to them.
Magaly pulled an image into her head of the airport they were to land at, and grabbed Althea´s arm. The stewardess grabbed hold of Magaly´s bag, holding them back. Magaly wrenched away as hard as she could, but the stewardess was much stronger.
'Althea, help me,' she muttered.
After a few minutes of struggling, the girls got free long enough for Magaly to pull them both into the time tunnel. They fell out in a handicapped bathroom stall.
'Where are we?' Althea asked.
'I hope I got the right section of airport,' Magaly said. 'I aimed for this bathroom because it is near baggage claim. Plus I thought that we wouldn´t be as conspicuous this way. People will automatically assume that they did not see us enter the bathroom, or forgot, but if we appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the passageway, we will be noticed.'
Upon exiting the bathroom, Althea asked, 'How long do we have before our plane lands?'
'Ten minutes by my watch, unless the plane is early,' Magaly replied.
By looking at the computer moniters stationed every so often, they were able to determine that their flight was on time.
'Good, we are right near where the plane will unload passengers,' Althea said.
Magaly nodded. They found two empty seats nearby and sat down to wait. Twenty minutes later, their parents and friends walked out of the plane. Kris and Jenni handed the girls the stuff that they had left on the plane.
'That stewardess looked pretty mad that you two got away,' Jenni whispered, as they walked to baggage claim.
Magaly smiled. 'I just hope that she doesn't have too many friends waiting for us here,' she whispered back.
The girls watched their backs the whole way to the hotel, relieved when nothing happened.
'Wait, don't you have to take off your amulet when competing?' Kris asked.
Magaly nodded. 'Why do you think I was so eager to have one or all of you come with me?'
Magaly debated with herself about the Secret Scroll. It wasn´t exactly a purse sized object, but she didn´t want to just leave it in the hotel room while they went out to dinner. Eventually she decided to hide it in the room. She hid the Secret Scroll as best she could in the hotel room, between mattresses. On their way out to dinner that night, they saw the Follower stewardess, and a friend checking in to the same hotel.