They literally made their way up the ship practically climbing over other passengers as they tried to make their way to the top floor. By the time they reached the smoking room marked for third class, they could barely stand up right. Passengers were panicking by now and Fred heard someone yell that they were only letting first class passengers on the life boats.

Fred yanked the door open of the smoking room open and pulled Sam inside, before going in himself. Furniture was starting to slide across the floor and Fred's heart practically lept into his throat. This was way too eerie; no wonder why Sam was freaking out.

"There it is!" Sam yelled pointing at a small table.

Sure enough The Book was one a small table...which was slowly sliding towards the still lit fireplace. Fred ran out and grabbed it just in time. Before he could even breathed a sigh of relief, Sam tackled him, pushing him to the side just as a large arm chair slide past where Fred was standing just a few seconds ago and into the fire.

"Thanks," Fred said gratefully. "I think you just saved my life."

"Don't thank me just yet."

Sam pointed again and Fred saw that the chair had caught fire. Several other pieces of furniture were also sliding after it, making the fire grow even larger.

"Come on," Fred yelled pulling Sam up. "We have to get out of here before we're burned to a crisp."

They went through another side door and found themselves outside in the frigid night air. People were running and screaming everywhere around them. Fred tried to open The Book and warp them home, but he nearly lost his footing.

"What do we do?" Sam yelled wide eyed.

"Let's use that railing," Fred yelled back. "And work our way towards the bow of the ship. We can try climbing over the bow of the ship like they did in the movies."

Sam nodded and Fred tucked The Book inside of his jacket so it wouldn't fall out. They used the railing to try and climb up the ship but it was harder than Fred thought it would be. For one thing the rail was freezing cold and it hurt to touch it. Another thing was that the ship was starting to tilt even further and there were times their feet didn't even touch the floor.

As soon as they reached the bow of the ship the lights flickered and everything went dark. Fred could hear Sam hyperventilating next to him amid the wails and screams of other passengers. Suddenly his feet went out from under him and he clung to the railing desperately.

"Sam!?" He called out, his breath coming out short. "Are you still there?"

"Yeah!" Sam panted next to him. "I'm here."

"Um I don't think I can climb over the railing."

"Me neither."

"And I don't think I can pull out The Book without dropping it."

"Isn't that too bad."

Fred and Sam both looked up and saw the air tremble right above them. San-Li materialized, landed gracefully on the other side of the railing and smiled down on them.

"San-Li," Fred breathed a sigh of relief. "Can you help us up?"

"I could," San-Li shrugged. "But what's in it for me?"

"You'd be a decent human being," Sam frowned. "And you'd be saving us for dying."

"But Sam," San-Li said quietly, her eyes cold as the night air. "There are a lot of people dying tonight. Why would I save you two and not any of them?"

Sam fell silent, probably from shock and they all listened to the wailing of thousands of people falling and freezing to death. Fred shook his head to try and push away the empty feeling in the pit of his stomach. Then he had an idea.

"Sam's smart," He said breathlessly. "Really smart. He knows a lot about history stuff and if you save us he could help you with your time thieving."

Sam's jaw dropped in shock and San-Li looked intrigued.

"Could he now?" She said smiling slowly. "So if I agree to save you two he'll assist me on my jobs?"

"Yeah! Sure I will!" Sam yelled sarcastically. "If you save us I'll help you with your time thieving whenever you want!"

Sam thrust his arm in the air for emphasis and San-Li reached out and grabbed it.

"Deal!"

"What!?"

The was a flash of bright light from where San-Li grabbed Sam on the forearm causing him to scream and let go of the railing. Fred called out his name in terror and suddenly he was falling as well. As he fell he looked up to see San-Li diving after them. She wrapped one arm around his waist, the other around Sam's and for a split second Fred felt like his body was made of air.

The next thing he knew they were all on top of a falling smoke stack had become horizontal. Fred realized that he could stand even as it was falling and saw San-Li had an arm around Sam's shoulder and was trying to help him stand as well.

"Fred!" She called to him. "Hurry up and use that book of yours before we all die!"

"But the ban." Fred yelled back. "Will you be okay?"

"I'll be fine." She nodded.

Fred opened the book, found the emergency return home button, and the mist wrapped around them to warp them home.

Fred and Sam landed in a heap in the middle of Joe's now clean kitchen while San-Li landed gracefully on her feet.

"Finally," She sighed happily. "A relatively smooth time warping."

Joe and Fina ran into the kitchen and stopped dead in their tracks when they saw San-Li. Joe clenched his fists and looked ready to pop a blood vessel.

"What the hell are you doing here?" He said angrily.

Fred stepped in front of San-Li protectively and held up his hands. "Whoa Joe, calm down. San-Li just saved me and Sam's lives."

"Really?" He lowered his fist slowly. "She did? The person who tried to kill me and threatened Anna?"

Fred nodded. "Yeah, if it wasn't for her Sam and I would be ice sculptures by now."

"What is this on my arm!?" Sam yelled suddenly.

What looked like black ink circled Sam's forearm in weird twisting symbols and designs. Sam rushed over to the sink to try and scrub it off, but all he succeeded in doing was scrub his arm raw.

Fina rushed over to him and gasped. "It's a bond marking."

"A what?" Fred and Joe asked at the same time.

"A bond marking." San-Li spoke up with a small smile. "As part of our arrangement, I saved Fred and Sam's lives and now Sam is bonded to me."

"What!?" Sam said angrily. "I didn't agree to that!"

"Yes you did." San-Li nodded and smiled wider. "You said, and I quote, 'If you save us I'll help you with your time thieving when you want'. End quote."

"But, but," Sam sunk to the floor in shock. "I was being sarcastic. I didn't actually mean it."

"Sam," Fina shook her head slowly. "It doesn't matter how you said it or what you meant. In your own words you technically agreed to enter a bond with her."

"And now he belongs to me." San-Li said happily. "So I guess I'll be seeing more of you Warp Wizard."

She then laughed and disappeared in a ripple of dark air leaving everyone in stunned silence.

Dark yellow smoke filled the air making San-Li cough. She looked around in disgust at the chipped and broken historical artifacts that floated around her. She always hated coming here but if she didn't make her report to him then he was just going to keep nagging at her until she did.

"Well?" He said in a low growl. "Do you have it yet?"

"No," San-Li muttered. "The ban from the previous Warp Wizard is still on The Book."

"Then why are you here!" He yelled and started to stand but sat down again in a fit of coughing.

"Ugh," San-Li's lip curled in disgust. This man was nearly ninety years old and it looked like the man's skin was actually cracking. "Calm down old man before you hack off a lung. I said I'll get The Book alright?"

"And you'd better." The man coughed into a rag. "If you ever want me to tell you what I know about what you seek. You had better get me The Book as soon as possible."

"I'm working on it alright?" San-Li said desperately. "The boy doesn't know how to remove the ban yet and I miscalculated by threatening him, but recently I've created a bond with the weaker of his two best friends and the other keeps letting his guard down around me so he'll be easy to fool if I need to."

"Excellent." The old man nodded. "My dear sweet nephew thought he had me defeated, but he's in for an unpleasant surprise."

San-Li rolled her eyes as he started laughing manically and chose that moment to use his pocket watch and warp out of there. She landed in her apartment and rubbed her forehead feeling exhausted. She reached into a fridge for a beer. Legally speaking she was about three years too young to drink alcohol and honestly tried not to do it too often but she needed to numb her brain for a while. She was only able take a few sips before a wave of guilt hit her. It was too bad really, they seemed like nice kids. Really nice kids. But then again sometimes horrible things happened to nice kids... innocent little kids. As a matter of fact she used to be a nice kid too.

"Rraaaaa!" A scream ripped from her throat and she threw her bottle of beer into the wall.

She watched as beer and broken pieces of glass slide down onto her kitchen floor. She brushed the hair out of her face and forced herself to smile through her tears. Her life was about to get a lot more interesting.

A/N- experimenting with a new, darker angstier San-Li