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Chapter Eleven

Cam lifted his glasses and removed them from the bridge of his nose. He rubbed his eye from what seemed like the umpteenth time.

They had figured out how to send Hunter and Simone back in time and how to get them home. The problem was Cam had a feeling about the getting home part, and it wasn't good.

With Cyber Cam's and Emma's help, Cam was able to build a remote that would open a hole in time. He was confident it would get them there, but he didn't trust the remote to co-operate to return them safely. He stood up from his seat as he put on his glasses and walked up to Hunter.

"It's all ready."

"Really? I thought it would take longer."

"Well I had help, not that I wouldn't be able to do it myself. Nervous?"

Hunter shrugged. "I'll be fine once we get there.

"Speaking of getting there," Cam laid his hand on Hunter's shoulder. "I'm coming too." He held his hand up to stop Hunter before he spoke. "I want to be there incase something goes wrong with the remote. You two don't know it's parameters unlike me."

"Fine, I guess it couldn't hurt. Did Emma figure out how to send Sabrina back to wherever she came from?"

"Every idea she has ends at a dead end. It looks like the only way Sabrina goes back is after…"

"Simone finds out the truth." Hunter finished. "I better go and tell her about the remote working."

All the bustling around Ninja Ops was making Simone extra nervous about the journey she was about to take. In the end she decided she couldn't stay in there and needed fresh air. So that's where she was now, sitting near the lake of the waterfall thinking about what she would soon be seeing.

A blue sphere navigated its way through the forest, dancing around the trees until it came to rest in front of Simone. She wasn't shocked to see this phenomenon as she was quite used to it now.

Gabriel stood before her his arms folded tight across his chest. "The whole point in you wearing the ring is so that I know what's going on and I'd be there in an instant to protect you. I can't do that when you leave it at home."

Simone looked up. "Sorry, I just had a lot on my mind lately."

"I guess about Sabrina."

Simone just simply nodded. "Yeah, and with her back things have got even weirder."

Gabriel's eyes widened. "She's here? You brought here back? No wait, you can't, but Emma can. Why is she back?" His voice rose. "You should've told me you were going to do this."

"It's not lie it's hurting anybody. I needed to know what happened in the past, to ease my mind."

Hunter watched the two from the waterfall entrance. His anger towards Gabriel had dissipated a bit, but now after seeing him again, it was returning to full strength.

Shane appeared next to him. He could tell something was bothering Hunter.

"Hey, are you alright man?"

"I will be when this is all over. Everything was fine until Gabriel told Simone about what happened in his time." Hunter sighed. "I'm trying my best not to confront him about it and to keep my feelings under wrap, for Simone's sake. But if I go over there…"

"I get it." Shane replied.

"I was going to tell Simone about Cam joining us and that the device is ready."

"I'll go, bro." Shane nodded, in understanding about Hunter before leaving him to go talk to Simone.

Simone intertwined her fingers together. "When we saw the past, how comes we had to stay outside when it happened? Why couldn't we go up to the hu…"

"I told you before. I didn't see it happen. We were exploring my memories, so you could only see what I did at the time." Gabriel answered.

Shane walked up to hear Gabriel's answer to the question. "Hey, Simone. Hunter told me to tell you that Cam is going with you two later on."

"Later on?" This came as a surprise to Simone.

"Where are you three going?" Gabriel enquired

"To the track." Simone said quickly. She didn't want him to know what was really happening, incase he tried to stop her or decided to go too. She knew it would hurt him to see what really happened.

"Are you going to be alright with Hunter?"

Shane gritted his teeth. "Hey there's nothing wrong with Hunter."

Gabriel didn't look convinced.

"I'll be fine Gabriel. You don't have to worry. I trust Hunter." Simone said.

"As you wish. Just don't forget to pick up the ring before you go." With that Gabriel disappeared.

Shane watched the blue sphere travel away through the forest. "I can see why he gets on Hunter's nerves. He needs to check his attitude towards him." Shane turned to Simone. "The remote is ready and the guys are waiting for you."

Simone stood up. "Ok then. Better get back to Ninja Ops."

"Are you going to call Tori and Dustin so they can bring Sabrina back here?"

Simone shook her head. "I don't want to get too attached to her. It'll make it harder for me to go back and see…you know. It would complicate things."

"Like things aren't complicated now." Shane stated. Simone rolled her eyes at Shane's comment as they made their way back to Ninja Ops. Shane continued. "Why didn't you tell Gabriel what we were really doing?"

"It's complicated."

"See there's that word again."

Everyone turned to face the steps when they heard footsteps descending down them.

"Ok, let's do this." Hunter said.

"Remember, your ninja powers may not work once you go back." Sensei advised them.

"We'll keep in the shadows, hidden from anybody." Cam reassured his father. "We wouldn't want to change history now." He activated the remote and pointed it towards the center of the room. A white beam shot out from the remote and formed a rippling bubble in front of them. "Are you guys ready?"

"Ready as I'll ever be." Hunter replied. He and Cam looked at Simone who nodded.

"Good luck you three." Shane said.

"Bring me back a souvenir." Cyber Cam waved.

"Have a safe journey." Sensei smiled.

Emma simply waved as the three of them entered the bubble.

The ride through time wasn't exactly smooth and the landing was even bumpier.

"That was worse than a rollercoaster ride." Cam complained. He leant against a tree as he tried to get his bearings.

"There's no time to rest. Someone's coming." Hunter stood up and helped Simone and Cam to stand also.

They began to run to get away from the open surrounding they landed, only to find their ninja streaking faltered after a couple of seconds. The three raced into the forest, with the sound of horses following close behind. After a while of ducking low branches and leaping over logs, their ninja streak kicked into gear once again. Finding an area with enough cover, the three hid until the horses hoofs weren't heard anymore.

"Well this is great." Cam said sarcastically. "We've only just got here and we're being chased."

"I can't hear anything. Do you think it's safe yet?" Hunter asked.

"Only one way to find out." Simone slowly and slightly stood up and peeked through the bushes. Seeing no-one there, she stood up fully. "I think it's…" Fire swirled in the air and landed in front of Simone causing her to jump back. "not safe." She squeaked as the fire formed in a figure. The figure unsheathed his sword and pointed it towards Simone.