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"She's probably still there. Come on Mrs. O'Leary, Bunker 9." Emmett said. His Mrs. O'Leary barked and launched off into the shadows.
"Follow them, To Bunker 9." Nico told his hellhound and she bounded off behind them.
Chapter 8: But Wait! There's more.
Jacob was going to kill her, of all her hair-brained ideas. Time Travel! HA! He stood on the bluff overlooking the lake, Jake wasn't sure how long he had been here but if the leaves in his hair and dirt all over his clothes; he assumed that the trees up hill had broken his fall. Finally he shook the rest of them out and rolled his shoulders making sure nothing was broken. Ever since their quest four years ago Kora had been obsessed with time travel, it was unhealthy. But being the dutiful friend that he was he listened to her, helped her find precious metals, even lied to their parents. Snuck off at all hours of the night and… yep she was dead. D. E. D. DEAD! Jacob let out a frustrated sigh. Being the oldest of the group, most of their parents and camp held him responsible for their little "group". He hated it. There was no one leader. Kora was crazy, Emmett planned, BJ was the voice of reason, and him? Jacob was the muscle, the go to guy and the parental proclaimed "leader".
He listened to the breezes that flowed past him. Finding the strongest one he grabbed it and pushed it under his feet. It brought him up above the canopy of trees. From his view point he could spot the camp on his left and the bunker on the right. Jake assumed that Kora was still in the bunker. If he found her he could shake her for being stupid, of course he would make sure she wasn't injured first, he wasn't that mean. Dipping into the tops of the trees he landed outside Bunker 9. The ramp wasn't open.
'Odd?' He thought. 'I'm pretty sure I left it open.' Walking over to the control panel he went to type in Kora's dad's code, only…the keypad wasn't there. In its place was… nothing.
"What the hell?" he wondered out loud. Banging on the door he tried to get Kora's attention. "Kora!" pause. "Kora open up!" Jacob waited. "Hades." He yelled and gave the ramp a swift kick. Spotting a log close by, he sat wondering what in the hell he was going to do now. He had no idea where Emmett and BJ were. Frustrated, he leaned back against the tree and waited. Ten or so minutes later he perked up. 'Barking? ... Mrs. O'Leary!' he thought. Jake jumped off his log and stood in the clearing in front of the ramp. Out of the shadows charged Mrs. O'Leary with Emmett on her back.
"Thank the gods!" he said.
"Miss me?" asked Emmett. Jacob walked up and hugged Mrs. O'Leary around the neck and was rewarded by a head nudge which, if he hadn't been prepared for, would've knocked him over. He held out his fist to Emmett who bumped it with his. "I'll take that as a yes."
"We got a problem." Jacob stated.
Emmett looked around. "What's new."
"This is." Jacob walked over to where the panel used to be. "Someone took the panel or else the circuits got blown in the explosion."
Emmett stared at Jacob confused. "Explosion?"
"Yeah," Jacob ran his hands through his hair. "How else do you figure we wound up not in the bunker?"
Emmett raised a brow at Jason. "Maybe you should think it through."
"Think it through? What do you…"
-Bark woof bark bark. -
Jacob spun around. Out of the shadows bounded none other than… Mrs. O'Leary? His jaw dropped, stunned in to silence. Emmett reached over and pushed his bottom jaw back up and then crossed his arms over his chest. Jacob shook his head. "What in Hades! How?"
"Jacob meet Mrs. O'Leary, Mrs. O'Leary meet Jacob." Emmett introduced them. Jacob had his hand on the older Mrs. O'Leary.
"But their can't be two… there's. Oh gods I'm going crazy." Emmett squatted down trying to keep from hyperventilating.
"Let me guess…" said a voice from the shadows. "You're a Grace."
Jacob startled. "Who said that?" A figure materialized on their right, standing beside the younger hellhound. He had to squint but, his brain was having a hard time making any sense of this.
Not possible. This isn't happening. Were the two phrases repeating over and over in his head. That person couldn't be here, it was impossible. Hesitantly Jacob took several steps towards the figure clad in black; Emmett staid by his hellhound's side, with a grim face.
"At least the hard part will be over." He mind spoke to Mrs. O'Leary. She raised her brows.
"This is only the first." She thought back. Emmett gave a consenting nod. She was right. Jacob's hand had landed on Nico's shoulder.
"You? I wat… you… I jus…" and with those wonderful last words Jacob's eyes rolled to the back of his head.
"Timmmmmberrrrr." Thought Emmett.
"You could have caught him." Mrs. O'Leary answered. Emmett shrugged.
"Where's the fun in that?" he asked walking over to Jacob who was sprawled out on the ground. Poking him with his finger he said "I guess someone should lick him."
"I can I can!" The younger Mrs. O'Leary volunteered and cautiously stepped up to Jacob and started licking the side of his face. After three licks the body started to groan. After six his eyes opened.
"Wha… What happened? I had the weirdest dream." Jacob said.
"It wasn't a dream dude." Emmett said as he offered Jacob a hand up. He eyed Emmett before accepting his hand. Groaning louder Jacob finally made it to his feet. His eyes moving back to the boy in black standing in front of him.
"Sorry about that." Jacob offered.
Nico cleared his throat. "It's a first."
"How is this possible?" he asked Emmett.
"It worked." Was all he could say.
"Met there is no such thing as time travel."
"Now there is." Emmett countered.
Jacob rubbed the back of his neck. "I'm gonna kill her."
"We should probably find her first." Emmett offered. "I'm assuming she's in the bunker."
"Yeah, about that. We can't exactly get in."
"Did you forget the code again?" Emmett teased. "Dude, we've already had this conversation, remember or did you hit your head again?"
"That was one time! And, no!" Jacob glared at Emmett then walked to the wall and kicked the door again. "How are we supposed to get in with no freaking panel!?"
"Crap, I guess it is 2012, the panel wasn't put in until much later."
"2012?" Jacob said shocked. "Our parents are gonna kill me."
"It can only be opened by a blast of fire." Nico offered causing the other two boys to jump. They had forgotten he was there. Emmett thought for a moment.
"Jake, lighting should do the trick."
"That's not fire Met."
"Just try it."
Jacob was skeptical. "Alright… Stand back." Closing his eyes he concentrated on the energy in the clouds, the electrical impulses they gave off and slowly began to speed them up. The four bystanders felt their hair stand up and for the hellhounds that was a lot of hair. The younger Mrs. O'Leary started edging away from Jacob. With a flash and crack lighting shot down from the sky slamming into the bunker door. Jacob opened his eyes, nothing happened. Sighing he rubbed his arms, when suddenly they all heard grinding. The door was opening! Smiles crossed Emmett and Jacob's faces as they bumped fists. Nico only looked on eager to get this show over with and to figure out who had hypnotized these campers. 'From the future,' he inwardly scoffed. 'Right.'
Once the ramp was down Jacob and Emmett jogged inside.
"KORA!" Emmett yelled. "KORA!" Jacob echoed.
"Emmett? Jake! In here!" A voice yelled from the main room. Glancing at each other they nodded. Down the ramp, Jake was the first one in the room. Running up to Kora, he wrapped his arms around her. He could feel Emmett come up behind him.
"Kora, do have any idea what you did!" Emmett questioned.
Jake relaxed a little, but only a little. He placed his hands on her shoulders and looked her in the eye. "We are not happy with you!" Jacob said as he let her stand back. "This is crazy!"
"Crazy? This is awesome!" Kora laughed.
"It. Is. Not! Awesome." Jacob retaliated. "Do you know how much trouble we're in! gods Kora!"
"Jake calm down man." Emmett put his hand on his shoulder for Jacob to brush it off.
-WOOF-
-BARK-
That drew Kora's eyes to the entrance, there sat two hellhounds. The guys turned to them as well. "Um guys, how?" Kora asked.
"Mrs. O'Leary apparently came with us." Emmett said. "Obviously."
"As much as this reunion is ... fascinating, we should be going." Nico said as he walked out from between the two hellhounds.
"Lord Nico?" Kora asked. Nico's eyebrow shot up in question, first Emmett, than Jacob, now Kora? Emmett shrugged.
"It's a long story Uncle Nico."
"Come on, let's go." Jacob grabbed Kora's arm and led her to the exit of Bunker 9.
"Where are we going?" She asked.
"To Camp Half-Blood." Nico said.
"To our doom is more like it." Countered Emmett, Nico glared at him.
"Emmett take Jacob, I'll take… Kora." Jake put his hand on Emmett's shoulder and off they went into the shadows. Kora reluctantly took Nico's hand.
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