Casey: And this is my brother Nate.

Me: Hi, Nate.

Nate: Hi. Casey told me you're writing a story. Can I read it?

Me: Maybe when it's done. That reminds me – once again, I don't own Tomorrowland.

EpicNut has killed Nate01!

'Nate, stop dying!' Casey yelled.

'Sorry,' replied Nate sheepishly.

Casey and Nate were both concentrating on a 3D holographic projection on their computers.

InfinityGirl has killed EpicNut!

InfinityGirl has killed Solaria!

InfinityGirl has made a double kill!

Casey's character fired an explosive in the direction of an enemy.

InfinityGirl has killed Awesome_Dude!

InfinityGirl has made a triple kill!

Casey's team gathered around the enemy base and destroyed it.

Red team has won!

'Oh, yeah!' Casey whooped.

'Good job, Casey,' Nate mumbled.

'Thanks.'

At that moment Casey's phone started ringing, the screen indicating an incoming call from Athena.

Casey stepped out of the room. 'Athena?'

'Casey, I have an issue. Can you come over quickly?' Casey could hear worry in Athena's voice, but it was not unexpected given she only started the job an hour ago.

'Okay, sure.' She rushed out the house leaving Nate with only a message of her going to work. For the third time today she caught the monorail to the Administration Offices, but she didn't mind since there was always something new to gaze at out the window of the monorail.

The receptionist didn't respond to Casey dashing into the atrium and into the elevator, and upon entering her office, slightly out of breath, she saw Athena at her desk just finishing a call.

'So what's the problem?' enquired Casey.

'We've lost communication in Western Europe.'

'Just a blind zone?' Casey laughed slightly. 'You had me worried for a second.'

'What's a blind zone?'

'How can you not know about this stuff?'

'They don't program this knowledge into recruiters,' said Athena in a matter-of-fact manner.

'Well, maybe they should. But anyway, the electrical spike earlier today, did you notice that?'

Athena nodded.

'They cause faults in the dimensional anchor on Earth, so-'

'What's a dimensional anchor?' Athena interrupted.

Casey sighed. 'Do you not know anything?'

'My job was to just look for people, Casey.'

'Fine. A dimensional anchor allows communication between two places that are really far away, e.g. between Earth and Tomorrowland. The fault in the dimensional anchor causes a blind zone, an area where you lose this communication, but an engineer can fix it in about a day. The blind zone rarely appears on Earth. Usually it's like halfway across the Solar System or something, but it's still nothing to worry about.'

Athena recorded this new knowledge. 'Where is this dimensional anchor?'

'The main one is in Antarctica near the South Pole. Look, if you want more information, I'll send you the file on it.'

'I would appreciate that.'

Casey took out her phone and instructed, 'send Athena the file on dimensional anchors.' After popping the phone back into her pocket, she turned and headed back out of the office. 'Tell me if you have any more problems.'

'Casey, wait. That wasn't the issue. A recruiter and her new recruit in the blind zone need to get back but we can't direct a portal there.'

'So wait until tomorrow,' Casey said flatly.

'It's rather desperate. They're being chased by the police.'

'What, why?'

'They stole a car and crashed it into a pub, but that's not important. You need to open a mobile portal there before they get caught.'

'You want me to go back over there?'

'It is your job to help recruiters, and you have sufficient knowledge of portal technology anyway. Since it is now my job as well, I'll come with you.'

'Fine,' Casey said reluctantly. 'Do we have to leave now?'

'Of course.'

'Wait, how are we going to get there if it's in a blind zone?'

'We can teleport using a wire station.' With that, Athena strode straight out of the office. Casey quickly grabbed an empty backpack and had to jog a bit to catch up, closing the door shut behind her.

The monorail took them to the portal interchange, a dome-shaped building with one enormous circular hall in the centre, lined with portals around the edge. There were dozens of people in the hall, about to enter through a portal or who had just come back through one, but it was not too crowded. Casey had been here numerous times, especially to a room up ahead which was used specifically for dropping off recruiters at various places across Earth.

While Athena waited in the hall, Casey went into another separate room to hire a mobile portal, and she came out with the backpack which appeared to cause a bit of strain on her. They went up to a vacant portal and Casey happily slung the backpack off of her shoulder despite having only carried it a few metres. She did not need telling what to do; she first recorded her and Athena's identity.

'What are the coordinates?' Casey asked.

Athena let out a string of numbers and letters without hesitation, which included the longitude, latitude, altitude, and so on. Casey continued filling in this information to the computer with ease.

After a few seconds of buzzing and whirring, the portal opened its doors to reveal a forest during daytime with sunlight piercing through layers of leaves. Rays of sunlight that managed to pass through the trees lit up the forest floor and even the floor inside the building. Casey paused, for she had not visited Earth in over a year, and even though the air was more polluted and the sky brimmed with cirrus clouds in contrast to Tomorrowland's perfectly blue sky, Casey took in this moment and enjoyed the sensation.

Athena, meanwhile, unwaveringly headed through the portal, with the sound of dry leaves crunching below her feet; Casey grabbed the portal key and once again scurried to catch up. She pressed a button on the key, and when she looked back, where there was an entrance to the portal interchange had now vanished into thin air.