TO BED!

"Jacob." Amorak Called from a Distance, "Justors' Device did not Make it through."


Jacob Looked Up from his quiet Conversation with Elsteba. "what? Why?"


"go ask Him i would not know." Amorak Replied Sitting down by the Fire.


Jacob Stood and Walked Over to Alsifar and Justor who were Still Arguing.



he Tried to Get their attention but they Didn't even notice


"Justor! What do you mean the IDMTM Didn't Make it?" Jacob Yelled Finaly


"When the Matter Transferal Beguins it can't be stopped, Usualy the IDMTM would have Appeared with me but the Glitch happened After i had Blinked out of my Exiance, leaving me Hurtleing through the void between spaces. Basicaly it Blew up and sent me into nothingness! i could have ceased to exist, it was Fortunate that this reality was so close to mine relitivaly speaking because you can't measure something that isn't there..."


Alsifar Stopped Justor with one Look and then said, " It would have been usless for what we would need it for, it can only Jump twice. once away to somewhere else, and then Back."


Justor looked annoyed " i said i was Beta Testing it! of course it wasn't going to be Perfect."


Alsifar waved his hand " justor! Let it go, it's gone. you have more Interesting Machines and Gadgets to Get aquainted with."


"like what!" Alsifar Pointed at Jacobs Wrist, "like that, and no you can't look at it now, we all need rest for what is to come."


Elsteba And Amorak Aproached Tentitively, " what Exactly is to come?" Amorak asked sounding like he really Didn't care.


Alsifar Smiled " an Adventure, the Details Of which You will find out Tommorow. Now All of you GO TO BED! i will take the first watch."


"what about gammon and Athelia? aren't they Still Out there?" Jacob asked " They are Makeing sure the Shadow is gone, as well as Keeping us Safe from other harms, still one of us should be awake just in case. They will return by Morning, do not worry Jacob as long as your safe they will be fine. Do i have to Repeat it again? all of you Go To Sleep!"


Grumbleing everyone Eventualy made it back to the Places that had Served as Beds since they had gotten there. Justor Quickly and Easily Made his own place and over time Everyone was asleep.

After all were sleeping semi soundly, Jacob arose awakened by Alsifars touch, "Jacob it's your turn"

Jacob quickly stood and streatched, "Alsifar?" jacob whispered," yes, jacob." "i've been talking with Elsteba, and she Really doesn't want to be apart of this. she Thinks it's all very interesting, but she doesn't see how she can be of use. Frankly i don't see how a tecno wiz kid, a mysterious Hermit, a normal school girl, a strange old man, a couple of Holograms, and i can save anything."

Alsifars eyes twinked in the darkness, "neither do i, but it's the only hope there is, and unless you have another plan, there is no other way...you don't have another plan do you?? if you do i would really like to hear it."

Jacob chukkled softly, " no i don't have another plan, but are you sure we can all do this?"

alsifar smiled, "Positive, if we stay togeather and find how to Complete our Parts in the Plan, we won't fail. as for elsteba, she can't return to her world yet. the Umbering is Blocking the way...i belive he has a plan for that world, so we will have to return to stop it eventualy. For now however we can't do anything untill you master how to use the watch, if you truly understand how to use the watch even the umbering won't ba able to stop you from getting somewhere. now if you would excuse me i am tired Jacob, i am glad we had this chat, but i can hardly keep my eyes open. when the moon reaches the horizon, wake Amorak, he will take the last watch. see you in the morning jacob" With that Alsifar Laid down where jacob had just risen from and Almost imidiately began snoreing.

Jacob shook his head, he was a weird Person.

Justor and Alsifar

Amorak Walked back over to where Justor and Alsifar where still in Deep Conversation about something Amorak Didn't want to or Care to Understand.

As he neared Justor suddenly looked annoyed and Began to Yell at Alsifar, "I KNEW IT!!! My calibrations were to precise for This kind of Mistake to Happen! i Memorized them all and yet you say i am Wrong! i have Photographic Memory...YOU SABOTAGED MY IDMTM!!!!!!" Alsifar Looked Slightly Embarased

"Sabotaged is to Strong a word, i would Prefer Tweaked." Justor Glared at Alsifar, "You have no idea How Much it Hurt to suddenly Be Ejected through Space and Time Faster than the Speed of Light. you Could have Killed me!"

Alsifar Smirked "You had to end up here and that was not where you were Going, you have a Job to do Little Cousin. Dead you are not, and i know enought about how the universe works to get you here Alive."

Amorak Paused, Did he Just call Justor "cousin??" that was Shocking. Yet He could not know exactly what Alsifar Ment. Amorak Stepped Forward, " Justor, Jacob Wants to see your Device." Justor Glanced Angrily at Alsifar, "sorry...It didn't make it through..."

The Way Forward

Justor took a deep breath. "So, I am going to ask this question again, and I would prefer it if I got a straight answer instead of a deep epithet from Noah here. Where am I?"

"Exactly where I said before, Justor," Alsifar said, "You are - "

"Where I need to be, yeah. Is that the only response I am going to get?"

"Pretty much, yeah."

Amorak stepped forward. "You are on my home world. I have lived here all my life. It has never really had a name, because I never thought it needed a name. Although," he added, glaring at Alsifar, "due to recent events, I'm not sure it's still the same world I know."

Alsifar laughed. "Oh good, you are starting to show some sense of humor! I was beginning to lose hope in you."

Amorak merely rolled his eyes and walked back to the fire, where Elsteba and Jacob were talking with each other in muted tones.

"...pretty sure that's why he's here."

"Jacob, are you sure? He said it malfunctioned, glitched and sent him through a rip in space. How can we use something like that?"

"I can tell he's the kind of person who lives and breathes technology. I'm pretty tech-savvy myself. If we work on it together, I know we can fix whatever problem is bugging it."

"And then what do we do?"

"We can - "

Jacob looked up and saw Amorak sitting a few feet away and stopped talking. He merely stared at him with a look that contained feelings which Amorak didn't understand, but made him feel like he had intruded at just the wrong moment.

Elsteba turned around to face Amorak. "So how is the newest member to our team of outcasts?" she asked.

Amorak shrugged. "He enjoys talking my ears off, so I'm sure he will be welcome with the rest of you."

"Hey Amorak?" Jacob said, "Can you go tell him that I want to see this device he said brought him here first thing tomorrow?"

"What am I, your - " Amorak started to say, but Jacob shot him a glare that issued a challenge. Amorak thought about it, then decided it wasn't a challenge he bothered to accept. "Sure. Whatever."