Four hours later, Maddoc woke up. "What are you all doing?" he asked.
"Waiting to go home."
"Being bored."
"Waiting for you to wake up to tell us what to do."
"Why? Couldn't you just leave?"
"There's no way out."
"Thread, move all the way across the board. Then eat." A while later Thread had eaten a hole which revealed a dark expanse. A red star glowed in the distance. The Thread fell through, and traveled towards the star. Next there was a planet that looked a little like earth, but it had a white and red moon circling it instead. Several pieces came from below, (about another chess team in all) having found a trap door in Thread's old square. The dragons, Raistlin, and Maddoc jumped through. Next planet was also earth-like. The Shadow Lord and the remaining two sisters left here. Another earth-like world, where the Hulls got off. The next was cartoonish, and looked a lot like earth, but one continent was labeled "Duloc," and another "Far Far Away." There the Fairy Godmother left. Finally earth appeared, and most of the team left. Draco Malfoy, Bloodstar, Basta, wolfjackals, Jonnard, Dr. Madden, Goyle, Capricorn, Tybalt, Kludd, Tigerstar, Isabella, Visser Three, Brennard and Voldemort all left through the portal.
"Wait!" Jimmy Blake called. "Wait for me!" He jumped just in time before the world changed. This time the world re-arranged itself, it had two main supercontinents. The final players, the Ilse Witch and Warlock Lord left to the world. And the pieces were gone.
Back at the chess board, a siren blared, "Warning! This board will be destroyed in 3, 2, 1!"
KABOOOOOOM! The chess board exploded, then disappeared. The game was over.
Engrossed in a book, Tragedies of the Alps, Flynn failed to notice his teammate materialize from a fissure. Jimmy looked down at the caption on the page forty-three, "Disappeared before beginning his climb," and the picture across from it. "From different times..."
"What?" asked a startled Flynn.
No wonder they'd been surprised when he'd mentioned Brooklyn. Jimmy had the power to change the future of his team. He would have to phrase his message carefully. Opportunities like this only came around once every few millennia.