"Virgil!" His mother said as he re-entered the waiting room. She rushed over to him and threw her arms around the slightly taller teen. "I was so worried when they called and told me you were here! I'm so relieved that you're okay!" He didn't let go of her for a moment, knowing full well that if he succeeded in getting back... Shaking his head, he forced away the thought. He didn't even know if he COULD get back yet, but the possibility seemed infinitely closer than it had before.

"Virgil," she said into his shoulder. He let go and looked down at her, smiling. "Is something wrong?" He shook his head.

"I'll tell you later, mom. First, let me tell you about Marci..."

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"Hey Rich," Virgil leaned against the railing outside of the hospital after picking up his best friend.

"Hey V," Richie said back. "What's wrong?"

"You sound tired," Virgil commented, finding a bench to sit down on. This would take a little while, and he wanted to make sure he had enough juice.

"Do you know how hard your alter ego is making life right now?" Richie groaned. "There have been three attacks today alone! Does this guy ever sleep?" Virgil heard his friend sigh through the static that crackled loudly, almost obscuring the blond-haired teen's voice. "I've had to leave school twice, and I'm sure that my teachers are catching on to my so called 'tardiness'."

"Well, I may have something that could get me back," Virgil said slowly, not sure wether to be hopeful or skeptical.

"You do!"

"Okay, Richie, that sounded too hopeful." Richie hesitated a moment before answering.

"V, Shanice is great, but I've been fighting crime with you longer, and she's starting to get to me. Then there's this whole 'Viper' thing. I'm just glad he can't get together with Ebon and Hotstreak. Heck we don't even know if those two are alive still...What if they are? Oh man!"

"Focus, Richie," Virgil shook his head. "Look, I almost tripped across a girl at school this morning, she just appeared right in front of me..."

"Wait," Richie interrupted, "did she have sunglasses and red hair?"

"Yeah," Virgil replied, surprised, "how did you know?"

"There was a girl in school today, who tripped and fell. She disappeared before she hit the floor though."

"It sounds like her," Virgil replied. "Her name's Marci, and she's the one that accidently sent me here. Her nick-name's Stock because she could open a kind of hole or something, put things there, and leave them there until she opened the 'hole" again."

"That would require either a teleportation technique, or an inter-dimensional glitch...wait, so you think that she accidently sent you guys too far when she opened one of these 'holes'?"

"Yeah," Virgil smiled. Maybe this would be fairly easy after all...good thing too. His power was beginning to fade already. "Thing is, she's also the same being in both worlds."

"What?" Richie asked, confused.

"There's only one of her between both worlds. She's being sucked between the two dimensions, and she can't find a pattern. She doesn't know when, or how, but she does know that she can't stop it. She also says there's a point where she's actually living in both worlds. Let's just say she's not handling it very well."

"Woah, bro," Richie responded. "You mean that she has sensory perception from two different time lines at once?" A low whistle resounded when Virgil didn't respond.

"So, any ideas?" Virgil asked, now straining to keep contact. "Hurry," he grunted. "I'm having trouble keeping the connection again."

"Okay, I'll do some calculations, and see if I can get anything here," Richie responded quickly. "I'll get back to you tonight. Until then, try and think of anything that may have been brought between worlds. It may be effecting the situation."

"Right," Virgil said. "Later."

"Later bro," Richie said, and cut off. Virgil relaxed back onto the bench, wiping the sweat off of his forehead. Now he had to go see what was going on with Stock, and see if he could get her some sort of protection for when she went back to the other dimension.

You guys have some really great predictions, and I appreciate the reviews. Once again, I'm glad that you like it, and I'm sorry it's taken so long. However, I think I finally know where I'm going with this, and how to get there. So, thanks a lot you guys, for the support, and for your comments. I'm glad you're impressed (I haven't gotten any negative feedback), and if you have any criticizm, I'm open for it. :hug: