One week later
A full week had passed since Skye and Tech arrived in 2128. The time they've spent readjusting to life in the past hasn't been easy. Tech and Skye desperately needed money and the only money being used in 2128 was credits and cash.

On Earth 2 it was credits, luckily pawn shops still existed back in the past so Tech and Skye traded in some old gadgets and technologies they were never going to use again. The Shop owner gave around five thousand credits because of the nature of what they owned.

Back in the apartment hide out Skye and Tech were working on finding any other incidents that may have occurred to see if they could find some link to what had been happening.

"One long and painful week and still no progress" complained a tired and stressed Skye

"Yea, we've been going through records like non-stop and still can't find anything related to what happened to us" replied a stressed and tired Tech.

There were a lot of news stories relating to people vanishing and then reappearing several years later to be found in tact but nothing relating to the way they were taken.
Tech and Skye had to blend in with the public and couldn't be seen walking around in their uniforms. They decided to use some of the money they got from the pawnshop to buy new clothes

Skye now wore a blue and white tee-shirt that had the left side sleeve torn off so her robotic arm could be used without an issue and with blue jeans that had the right part cut off so her right leg could be used if she needed it her left foot wore a blue sneaker.

Tech now wore a black undershirt followed by a green checked jacket with black jeans and a pair of brown sneakers.

"I wonder if the others have noticed we're missing" said Skye in a down tone

"They would have to I don't think Ace could imagine us being in the lab for as long as we've been missing unless he's thinking of a different picture" replied Tech, they both chuckled when Tech mentioned "A different Picture".

After hours of searching Tech finally found something.

"Interesting!" exclaimed Tech

"What is?" asked Skye

"Apparently someone is stealing items of worth and leaving behind no evidence what so ever" Tech's PDA had a projector installed in it. He projected the image onto the wall and a news headline appeared that said

"Time Bandit Strikes Again, Police Left Puzzled"

"Time bandit?" Skye asked Tech in confusion

"Also known as the Mysterious Man or Lady, they arrive in a museum undetected through a wormhole take something worth extreme amounts of cash or whatever currency is used and then leaves behind a toy clock and a note saying, see you soon"

"Think it could give us a lead that helps us get home?" asked Skye

"I'm not too sure, but there was an incident that occurred on the day we arrived and the CP was absorbed into the wormhole as well, maybe the Time Bandit has something to do with it" replied Tech

"Ok then according to this article that latest robbery occurred the day we arrived, at the museum in the city, we should investigate it" replied Skye.

They both arrived a few minutes after Tech used his jetpack that got sucked through the wormhole and Skye using her Robotic Leg that allowed her to fly without one. They made sure to fly low and stick near non-busy areas and landed a block away from the museum to try and not attract attention to each other.

Upon arrival a crime scene was set up inside near what appeared to be an ancient Egypt exhibition. Tech used a knockout-nade on the guards which puts the targes to sleep and they wake up remembering nothing to get into the exhibition. It's also very quiet and makes no flash.

"That is one big crack in the wall" Skye said in awe as they both stared at what used to be a long wall of ancient Egyptian Text. Tech's scanner beeped to indicate what it had picked up after finishing it's scan of the room.

"Interesting, according to the scanner there are high traces of dark matter, dark energy, and other paranormal energies in general" Tech continued to babble about what had been picked up by the scanner.

Skye was listening but she had a gut feeling someone was watching them. She looked out of the corner of her eye and noticed a black figure up on the overlook. She turned around to get a full view and then noticed he was holding a Rifle as the scope flashed giving the unknown assailant away.

"TECH, GET DOWN" She yelled as the unknown assailant pulled the trigger and the bullet just missed Skye and hit a vase.

"Damn it!" cried the gunman.

As Skye tried to get a shot with her blaster they both saw the unthinkable. The Gunman opening a wormhole and walking through it freely without being forced in by its gravitational force. All that they saw of the gunman was a long grey cloak with a white
hood over his face covering his eyes and a long black outfit that looked like he wasn't from 2128.

"No way" Tech and Skye said at the same time as the gunman walked through the wormhole and vanished.

They both ran up the stairs to find only two things left behind. A toy clock and a note that said.

"Times up"

The toy clock began to tick down from 10

"RUN!" yelled Tech

They both sprinted for the exit out of the exhibition. They Dived into the pond out the front of the entry to the exhibit and then BANG! The clock detonated and the explosion destroyed the entire exhibition but nothing was on fire.

"What the heck... Just happened Tech?" asked Skye as she was breathing heavily after just surviving an explosion.

"That was a threat... Time bandit is the reason were in 2128! He sent us here"