Johan tried to put a hand to his head and control his breathing. But he couldn't be sure with the numbness where his hand was.
"Oh I hate time sickness! Hate it! Hate it!" Katherine moaned. Johan opened his eyes to see his was sitting in Dad's favorite recliner chair. Katherine was sprawled out on the floor probably exactly where she was kidnapped from. There was a broken candle stick on the ground next to the mantle. He was home. I can't believe it! I'm home! Johan felt his heart swell with happiness and pure joy. Sure he was two years older than he should be but they would get that to work out. He could feel tears form behind his eyes wanting to come out and see the sight for themselves. Johan lifted himself out of the seat testing his legs
"Katherine is that you? Did Mom bring you home because you were sick too? I call dibs on the big TV! I still get to watch whatever I want to, right Mom? I was sick first!" A voice ringed out sounding exactly like his when he was thirteen. A boy swung around the corner and stood exactly where Johan thought he was when Lindbergh first showed up.
"W-who are you?" He asked. Johan studied him. He looked just like he did two years ago.
"Jordan, Johan. Johan, Jordan. You two got to stop pretending you don't know each other. You're practically the same person! That's why you get along." Katherine still said from the floor. Maybe if I was thirteen still. She must still be getting over the time sickness if she hasn't saw him yet. He turned to look at her so she could see him clearly. She stood back on her feet somehow still not noticing him yet. But when she did see him her jaw dropped.
"Wait a minute! Johan!" She said completely surprised. He let her study him for a moment.
"What happened to you?" Katherine raised her voice just under a shout. Before he got a chance to answer there was a loud screech of breaks outside the house. The front door slammed open and two kids plowed their way in pulling Jordan towards him and Katherine. Before he knew it they were in a family group hug. The two teens looked just like his kid parents as he last left them. He spotted Angela giving him a shocked face off to the side.
"I thought you would change back." Johan stammered. It still isn't over?!
"We couldn't wait. We had to make sure all three of were safe first. Oh, Johan…Jordan…Katherine…" Kid Mom said breathlessly. Apparently both kid Mom and kid Dad were so anxious to get to the hug they haven't really seen him. Johan broke the hug by taking a step back. Then they saw him. And their jaws dropped.
"Wait! Is that you Johan?" Mom asked. Johan nodded subtly. Dad squinted at him with his mouth still open looking he was about to saying something.
"How old are you?" Katherine asked carefully.
"Fifteen." He replied. Then she spun her head to stare at Mom and Dad.
"And what happened to you? I see what happened. Just how bad did Johan ruin time?" She asked no in particular.
"Actually Katherine Johan fix time. He saved everyone." Angela answered. But did I? He questioned. At that moment Jordan fell to the floor.
"Jordan!" Katherine shouted kneeling down next to him.
"Katherine relax he just fainted. That's all." He told her. She didn't respond and kept kneeling over him, calling his name.
"Why don't we all go into the kitchen so I can explain." He suggested. Katherine stayed right next to Jordan. He explained everything from the time crash to getting the letters to the adoption conference setup. Katherine and his' trips through time. He purposely left out some of the near death moments but he did tell them about getting shot in the Soviet Union.
"You got shot!" Mom sounded absolutely horrified. And that was nothing compared to what I've been through in the past two years. He continued ignoring her outburst but he completely skipped his failure and his time in the future. There were two new voices in the den. He recognized them as Chip and JB. And was Jordan awake? Is that why he heard a faint third voice? A few moments later JB, Chip and Katherine walked in.
"Alright Jordan's gone back to bed." Katherine sighed.
"That's for the best." Johan muttered. He could feel JB studying him. Johan meet his gaze to see they were nearly the same height now.
"There's something I don't get. The last time I saw you in the time hallow you were thirteen now your fifteen. How?" JB asked. Johan felt himself shut out when he turned his head to avoid the sight of him all together.
"Johan come on! This is crucial information! It could dictate what we do next!" JB raised his voice slightly. Before Johan could realize what he was doing; he grabbed JB by his collar and slammed his back against the wall, staring at him directly in the eyes.
"Dictate? Dictate! All I ever wanted since the begging was answers! But you wouldn't even give me that! And now you expect just to give you what you want? You couldn't even begin to understand half of what I've been through!" He said harshly so badly wanting to shout but didn't. JB's shocked expression brought him back. What was he doing?! JB was his friend. The only person who could now relate with. He let go and backed up.
"JB I'm sorry." Johan looked at him just long enough to apologize.
"No worries. I shouldn't have come on so strong." JB sighed rubbing his collar bone. They walked back to the island, each of them staying to a different edge.
"Wait! Johan you said what you lived through. So your aging happened normally?" Katherine asked breaking the tense silence. Johan looked away for a second before looking back and sighed.
"Yes. I've spent two years in the future." He answered.
"Two years?!" JB looked like he was about to have a heart attack.
"What happened?" Mom asked almost excited. Johan shook his head in dismay.
"Johan please! We need to know what happened." JB pleaded. He opened his mouth but when no words came out he closed it again. Johan hated thinking about what happened. He couldn't even watch it in the time hallow, so how could he tell it?
"All you need to know is Gary and Hodge won. They got all thirty-five babies and Katherine to be adopted in the future. But they also created endless Damaged Time, rendering all Elucidators useless. Until I stumble across this." Johan pulled out the Alpha Elucidator from his pocket. "It's called the Alpha Elucidator. It was made so it could travel through Damaged Time."
