It had been 29 minutes since the Doctor had left. Sherlock was bored. Percy and Sadie seemed to have gotten over whatever it was that made them dislike each other and were now talking in a corner. The both glanced frequently at the screen, almost without noticing that they did. They seemed to be discussing something about one of the people in the other room.
Tris sat on the bed with her eyes closed. She frequently winced as if in pain. A blonde girl in the other room sat in the same position, brow furrowed in concentration. They must be connected in some way.
"Bored." Sherlock whined from where he lay on the couch. When John didn't look up from his typing, he stood up, gun in hand. As he aimed it at the wall, he felt John's hand on his.
"Sherlock, You know Mrs. Hudson doesn't like it when you shoot her wall." He said calmly as he put the gun away.
"But, I'm bored, John." Sherlock complained flopping onto the couch again.
"Don't you have any experiments to work on?" John asked as he sat back down at his laptop.
"They eyeball won't be frozen for another four hours. So. Bored."
A few moments later, they both heard a knock on the door and Sherlock's text tone.
"Mycroft has a case for us." Sherlock stated as John went to answer the door,"A strange one."
John opened the door and was pushed to the side. Sherlock was up in a flash as several hooded figures burst into the room. Half had their guns trained on Sherlock, half had them on John. Sherlock and John both raised their hands as they were clubbed on the head from behind.
Sherlock frowned and dismissed the memory. It didn't matter how they had gotten here. They were here now, and he wanted to know more about this 'experiment'.
The door opened. The guards had returned bringing the Doctor with them. He didn't look very good. One of the guards deposited him on the bed next to Tris. He immediately slumped over.
The guard spoke something in another language. It wasn't one he was familiar with. However it sounded very similar to English. The guard had a strange voice, even when he spoke English,something Sherlock had noted the first time. It sounded familiar maybe something John had shown him, that he had immediately deleted?
No one in the room had moved, yet movement caught Sherlock's eye. The video feed had zoomed in on the blonde girl in the other cell. Tris paled, then stood up and followed the guard out of the cell. Were those sparks in her hair?
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Carter didn't like this at all. It disgusted him that someone might hurt Sadie to control him. He could tell from her expression that Sadie didn't like it either. Carter knocked on her door, then came in before Sadie could answer. He was slightly preoccupied. Sadie had asked,"What's up?"
"We've been summoned to First Nome. They've uncovered some scrolls. One has a prophecy on it. We're in it. They want us to come and read it in person."
Sadie quirked her eyebrow, "That bad huh? I'll be right down." They had recently brought an Egyptian artifact into Brooklyn House so it would be easier to come and go through portals.
A few minutes later and down the stairs. Sadie opened the portal and they stepped through into First Nome. The hall they had appeared in was deserted. Sadie frowned. something wasn't right.
"Tas" a strange voice came from behind them. Before he could reach his staff, Carter's arms and legs were bound. Someone came up from behind, and blindfolded them.
Carter shook his head and looked at Sadie was talking to the dark haired boy in the other room, and they both glanced often at the screen. He looked closer. That was Percy!
Percy noticed him look and waved slightly. He waved back. He didn't expect to run into Percy again, not unless he was called.
When the door opened and the Doctor appeared in the other cell, Carter heard Jamie give a sigh of relief, he had tried not to seem worried, and failed. After a moment someone stood and followed the guards out of the room.
Sandry breathed something. She had been sitting on the end of the bed with her eyes closed. She then said something else, seemingly, she was unaware that anyone could hear her.
"What do you mean?" Jamie asked curiously. For some reason, Jamie was the only one who could understand her. She began talking, pausing every few sentences so Jamie could translate.
"Well see it's like this..."
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Why can't I reach Sandry? Tris thought. It must have something to do with this infernal buzzing. She and Sandry had connected briefly just as she was leaving, but they couldn't understand each other. Then she got distracted and dropped the connection.
She stopped and stared. On her right was a window, but it didn't look out onto a field or a forest, instead it looked out onto blackness interspersed with bright lights. The guards impatiently pushed her onward. That must be what Nico called Outer Space. He had told her about an adventure he had had before he found her and her foster-siblings. He had met a man who appeared one day in a wooden blue box. The man took him to see the stars up close in Outer Space. Niko never did say what the man's name was but, he did say that he was possibly more powerful than any mage he knew including himself. Bfore Tris could finish this thought, she was ushered into a room filled with strange equipment. She was strapped into a chair and hooked up to the machines. As the machines began to whirr she slipped into unconciousness.