Rubbing the back of her head, Kate watched Rath with his back to her positioning a board. Sitting beside her in a metal folding chair just was the reason her head hurt, Jess.
Facing his crowd of two, "Explain the theory of relativity?" asked Rath.
"Relativity?" repeated Kate.
"Sorry, all my relations are died," answered Jess.
"Mine are assholes," remarked Kate.
"No," said Rath, "Einstein."
"Oh, Einstein," replied Kate, "The German with the crazy hair."
"Wrong, he's Austrian," corrected Jess.
"He's from Australia?" remarked Kate.
"No, that's Australian," mentioned Jess, "Austrian means from Austria."
"Is that why he had that crazy hair?" asked Kate.
Covering his eyes with his left hand, Rath started to shake his head left to right.
"He's getting mad," stated Jess.
"Yep, if we don't behave, he might kill us," added Kate.
"That what he gets for asking high school drop outs," said Jess.
"I graduated, but didn't go any further," commented Kate.
"It's a matter of perception," remarked Rath bring the women's attention on him, "It explains that time moves at different speeds for different people."
"Still don't get it," said Jess.
"When you're bored…"
"Like right now," interrupted Kate.
"When you're bored, time seems to slow down," finished Jess.
"Correct," said Rath.
"Whoa, the red head got it right."
"What does that have to do with us?" asked Kate.
Rath flipped the board to the other side revealing a map of Amerika. The East coast was shaded in gray.
"Remember when the mist appeared" Rath asked the two females with their arms crossed.
"July 19, 1990," answered Kate.
"Correct," agreed Rath.
"How did you know that?" asked Jess.
"Cause I started dancing a week after it appeared," answered Kate.
"Why?" continued Jess.
"The card pools were drying up," turning her attention back to Rath, "So what does this have to do with us?"
"Simple we're going to remove the mist," remarked Rath.
"How?"
"Electromagnetic explosion."
"And you know this how?"
Picking up a folder full of paper, Rath dropped it in Kate's lap. Her thighs slightly hurt from the sudden weight.
"Jerk," she thought flipping through the pages.
Trying to understand the scientific theory and mathematical formulas in Rath's handwriting was like Galileo explaining why the earth revolves around the sun to the pope.
Closing the folder, "You may as well ask me to speak Greek," remarked Kate.
"Simlpe the government opened a portal between two dimensions, ours and an unknown one."
Kate motioned her right hand for a further explanation.
"They were building a generator to make an endless supply of energy…"
"Guess it blew up," said Jess.
"Correct."
"Dumb question," said Kate raising her hand, "Where is the generator?"
"Under New York City."
"How do you know that?"
"Pete found it for me."
"How's he doing?"
"Fine, still undermining the dictatorial government."
"Who's Pete?" asked Jess.
"The hacker who removed the exploring sphere from Rath's skull."
"Ok," said Jess returning her attention to Rath, "How are we going to execute this crazy plan."
"Already told you, a thermo electromagnetic bomb."
"No you said electromagnetic explosion," then her jaw dropped, "Oh shit!"
"Explain to the uneducated here," replied Kate.
"It uses heat to cause an explosion," explained Jess, "aftereffect is an electromagnetic wave."
"Can it kill?" asked Kate.
"Blast, yes. Wave, no."
"You're crazy," Kate said to the arm crossed Rath.
Smiling, "We're leaving in the morning," staring at Kate.
"We? I didn't sign up for this, you drafted me," turning to Jess, "You're actually going with him?"
"Yes."
Keeping her attention on Rath, she forced air in and out of her nose.
Staring at her feet through her half closed eyelids, "Go back to my old life and get arrested," thought Kate, "or go on an adventure that may get me killed."
Looking up at Rath, she let out a breath.
"I'll go."