Previously:

"Well, we aren't supposed to be here, Professor," Naomi explains since Ally is apparently broken. "We belong in a different world."

A twinkle gleams in the eyes of Dumbledore. "How delightful." He smiles and stands up straight. "I think I may have an idea about how to get you home."

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Neah nods in agreement. "We need to find the nearest ruins."

"Ahramat Abu Sir." It is Mr. Takenouchi who speaks. They turn to look at him. "Those should be the closest."

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Marisol or Nine walks back in to the apartment. "It is time." She holds out her hand. "We must find your son."

Episode Eighty-Eight

"A Little Light Reading"

Naomi whistles to herself as she sits on the step in the once again most vacant office of Albus Dumbledore. She lazily watches the puffs of smoke waft into the air from a table top to her side. She glances over to Ally, whose eyes still seem a bit glazed over. "You back yet?"

Ally remains a bit glazed. "That was Dumbledore." She says airily after what seems to have been hours.

"Yes it was," Naomi says slowly. She speaks in the way you talk to someone who might be crazy. "A delightful man. Very helpful."

Ally shakes out of her reverie. "Did he say How he would help?" She glances about the room.

"No," Naomi replies while watching the cat. "Just that it would take a while to make the arrangements."

"Right." Ally stands up and paws her way over to a book shelf.

Naomi watches Ally suspiciously. "And he told us to wait here." The tinkling noise of golden orbs distracts her momentarily. Such a strange office.

"I have no problem," Ally replies. She peruses the various titles in front of her.

"What are you up to?" Naomi sighs and walks over to the cat.

"Just want to try a little light reading," Ally says. She reaches up and pulls a spell book off the shelf. Naomi has an ominous chill and knows this can't be a good thing.

Meanwhile, in the Desert

Pizoku shivers in the cold night breeze. His feet stumble and slide on the sides of dunes in the darkness. He notices that Taylor attempts to keep in the depressions as much as he can to make it easier on them all.

"Is it much farther?" Ashlee asks. She stretches as best she can while walking. Pizoku agrees in his mind. It would be nice to rest a bit.

"Is that grammatically correct?" Reese wonders aloud. He winks at Pizoku and grins.

Ashlee glares at him. "I will hurt you, nerd boy."

Reese arches an eyebrow at her. "What's got you so twisted?" He exchanges a look with Jilan, who has slowed down to walk next to them.

"Mr. "Something Isn't Right" up there and his constant cryptic feelings of impending doom," Ashlee replies and points at Taylor.

Taylor stops for a moment and looks skyward. "There's a fire in the sky."

"See?" Ashlee says. She holds up her arms towards Taylor. "See what I mean?" She says to the others, then turns to Taylor. "What's that supposed to even mean?"

Pizoku can tell Taylor is rolling his eyes even without seeing them. "It means there's a fire in the sky, would you look up?" He responds and points upward.

Everyone stops and looks up at the stars. "Hello," Reese says in startled way.

Neah pushes a lock of hair behind her ears as she looks up. "Well that's large and meteor like," she observes. She frowns. "And spiraling down towards us."

"Should we be moving?" Mr. Takenouchi asks. He looks rather concerned.

The meteor like fire ball barrels down upon them. It definitely seems to be aiming towards their vicinity. "Get behind us." Taylor says to the others as he and Neah move in front.

The impact of the fireball causes Pizoku to stumble and topple backwards. A wave of fire and sand rises up over them and blocks out the starlight. Naoki Takenouchi leans over to shield his son from the onslaught. There is a roar and rush of noise and air. Then there is quiet.

The Takenouchis look up and are once again in awe.

A great wall of glass now seems to curve around them. It seems that Taylor and Neah shielded the group from the shockwave quite effectively. Pizoku wonders what people will make of the many glass formations that could now be found in the Sahara.

The center of the large glass wall begins to crack and split in two. A great chasm appears in the center and it slides apart. The group watches as two figures appear on the other side of the wall.

It is the gasp of Pizoku that startles the group most. "Mom?"

"So," Marisol of Nine speaks. She holds onto Izanami Takenouchi's wrist. "What will you give me for all the tea in China?"

To Be Continued.