Emily

Weakly, Emily sat up. An alarm was blaring and all of the other kids were sitting up in their beds, rubbing their eyes sleepily.

Helicopters were heard overhead, and the sound of huge vehicles arriving. "Whats going on?" Emily murmured. Everybody shook their heads. Melomeme burst into the room, eyes wild.
"Prepare yourselves! They are here!"

Shaking, Emily looked around. Abi was in the bed next to her, her shallow wounds already healing. John was in the bed to the left of her, his leg set up.

Emily cursed. She hated feeling so helpless, but she couldn't even move, let alone fight.

The doors burst open and the room was flooded with people.

*Heheh. I see a clever way to get my char into this. ^^*

Ballow


Ballow ran through the doors quickly, he was one of the first people who flooded in, "Everyone get up! Quickly!"

Using his superior agility he dodged some of the others, "Come on. I can't carry more than one person. Who can't walk?"

He dragged them from the beds and they stumbled after him. Someone put their hand up and Ballow ran over to them and tugged them up into a piggy-back ride. He wasn't sure if someone else couldn't walk, but there was another able-bodied pesron, so it seemed fine. He continued to run, "UP! Quickly, we've only got one chance."

Then stopping completely he picked something out of his pocket, "Everyone in front of me. NOW!"

They quickly followed his instructions. He pulled the pin from the smoke grenade and threw it into the surging mass of intruders. The people started dropping like flies, but some had been smart enough to hold their breaths and were desperately trying to escape.

"Follow me, now. Quickly. Hold your breath for as long as possible. Join hands."

They complied and he joined hands with some random person, "Let's go."

Ballow entered the smoke and pulled them through. He had memorized where he had entered from and he pulled them through. In all the confusion, the intruders were blindly walking around, they had forgotten to post men to guard the vehicles.

He dragged them into one of the large wheeled vehicles and waited for them to all get in, "Now, this is where I need someone's input. Who can drive?"

Ballow glanced around at the sorry lot, hoping with all his heart that someone could. He let down the person he had been carrying and looked at them, "You alright?"

"Ahem" I coughed. Ballow was attempting to get one of the armored cars to start. "I believe, being older and more experienced, I should drive." Ballow nodded. I pulled out my nifty paperclip and the car started. "This should keep them busy. But I have no idea... we'll have to kick it old school huh?" I drove them to an open field. "Once you pass all your makeshift levels, you hopefully will gain control over this power. " Once again we linked hands and the scene faded. "This is very stupid, but it's the only way you'll learn. We're looking for monsters. Hopefully you'll survive these levels. As this is real life."

John sat on the hard floor it was the park again. "Hows your leg" Kate said
"buggered" John replied "but I think it's only dislocated" John continued Kate looked unconvinced.John put his hand on his leg and undislocet it."Now you just have a giant cut in your leg" Kate said.

I helped get John into the car and then, within an instant, we were gone. He sat by my side as we seemed to teleport through space. Melpomene's words weren't very reassuring, but it made me fear for the ones that were injured. Three out of twelve of us were seriously hurt and could not fight and then we helped them along, as well. Chase seemed to be helping Emily, where ever they went he carried her or supported her. Ballow had helped Emily into the car and I had helped John.

We re-appeared in what seemed to be a metropolis with many people bustling about, not minding our strange car.

"Where are we?" someone asked Melpomene.

Emily

How could she do this to us? More monsters? Emily thought. She rested her head on Chase's shoulder. Every time she moved white hot pain seared throughout her body. Chase looked at her grimace with sympathy.

Melomeme seemed distracted. She was scanning the crowd, as if looking for someone.

Emily slowly lifted her head, ignoring the pain and asked one word.

"Why?"

"You probably think I'm terrible for making you face more monsters," I started. They just groaned. "This was only a taste of what's to come. My house is probably in ashes but we're still here. Time for a time travel, this will stall them for a while. We do need to dress for the times. You guys can take turns changing in the car." I indicated the heavily tinted windows while pulling out 12 pairs of clothing. They were shakespearean and ranged from maybe middle class to upper class attire. They nodded and began. When they were ready we traveled. The streets we landed on were empty and on some doors bright red crosses were painted in bloody red paint. Rats scuttled across. It was your typical day in London in the mid 1400's. SOmething was wrong. Anybody who was out hurried along their way. "This is the plague era. Watch out the Plagues." I warned. "Some of you might see them."
"The plague was caused by fleas I thought." Emily said. "Correct. But the fleas caught the diseases from the Plagues. Some people even saw them. They were painted a lot back then. We're sure to see them."
"Painted?" someone asked. "Yes. He looks like what we call the grim reaper."
"Oh. i saw a painting of one on a boat down the Thames." A person said.
"I'm sure you did. Look- you see that shimmer?" I pointed to a rippling shadow. If you looked hard enough you'd see the shape.

Chase

"She's right," Chase whispered to Emily. "We do think she is pretty terrible at the moment."

Emily smiled a bit, but then grimanced from the pain.

"I can hear you," Melpomene said without looking back.

They walked towards what looked like an old abandoned building.

"I think this will work."

I kept looking around interested at the scene. What had happened back there was... terrible, i specially felt sad about the house burning to ashes.

"So what do we do now?" I asked curiously.

**Sorry all i got right now **

Chase

"Come on," Melpomene told everyone. She walked into the old hotel, with everyone else following behind.

"I hope you don't mind sharing rooms tonight. It don't have enough money to get everyone a room for themselves."

***Don't worry Firestalker. I'm stuck too***

Jake

Around him the kids hobbled to the building. Chase helping Emily, Kate helping John and Abi clinging to his shoulder for support. He walked holding her up with ease, trying to make it easier for her. Ellie and Melpomene had said her wound would heal with in a few days but the gash still bled from time to time forcing Kate to stay a safe distance from her.
When they stopped at the building's door Melpomene spoke," This place will have to do for now. Hopefully I can have you training soon. So rest because we might have to start whether your healed all the way or not."


*** I'm just adding onto Cat's, but I thought we were in medieval times.***

"I think it's a medieval hotel"

John

"I look like a twat" John said sitting on Kate's staring at the mirror opposite Jake walked out of bathroom in his boxers, finishing re-raping his wound "yeah you do"
"you're on to talk that pretty little blue number" John teased
" yeah at least I don't need help getting up to go to the toilet"
" at least I'm not the one helping me" John said Jake shook his head his face said it all no way walked out the door forgetting he was wearing only his boxers.
He tried to get back in but John locked the door "nice pants" Ballows voice said sarcastically "come on John please"
"maybe, wait no"
"what I thought we were mates"
"yeah well that toilet jab was too far I say after this we'll be even" Jake sighed before trying to break the lock
"it's all right I'll let you in I just need to make a quick stop at my house the shakespeare clothes are killing me, have fun" John thought about his house like he had with the pond and suddenly John vanished.

John reappeared in his farther study. He new what he had to do he stood up. The pain in his leg almost unbearable he sat in his fathers chair and disappeared.

John was now in a small metal room. in the middle he saw a strange golden globe it had blue light radiating off it. John put his hand on the globe gently "what" John said as he saw the strange blue light travel up his arm . For some reason his clothes now seamed to big for him John striped down even his boxers were too small for him he looked in the mirror. All his scabs and bruises were gone he was taller and Skinner than before. With stubble on his chin he new none of his old clothes would fit him so he went to his fathers wardrobe he found a red hoodie and pulled it over his bare chest he found a pair of black baggy jeans and pulled them on. John went back to the small metal room. He saw a black bomber jacket hanging on the wall it fitted John perfectly and then John saw something even better a revolver it had a black casing at the bottom with a clock engraved on one side and a candle on the water on thee other side.
John was surprised to find that their was already a socket for the gun in the jacket. John took a final look around the room looking for anything useful all he found was a smaller version of the history book the big one. He slipped the book into one of the jackets many pockets. Yes John thought now he would be as tall as Jonathan, probably, he wondered how pissed off Melepone would be after he'd put Jake outside time traveled away and then turned up again a few years older. Well time time to face the fire John thought before Returning to the hotel.

Chase

Everyone slept pretty good, at least in Chase's point of view.

"You awake?" whispered Jake, coming out from his room.
"Yeah," Chase replied, sitting on the chair. He got to be the lucky one to not get a room.
"Okay," John said. "I think John already went downstairs.
"I don't know. I think I was asleep. I did see Ellie go downstairs. She said the rest of the girls were still asleep."
"Let's go down then."

Chase and Jake walked down the stairs, Jake grimacing a couple of times. They finally walked into the room downstairs.

"Holy...."Chase was at a lost for words. Ellie was talking to John. A older John by the looks of it.

John looked up. "Hey guys. Good morning." He looked at their astounded faces. "Oh. You notice anything different?"

"Yes, but it's not going to last," Melpomene walked into the room behind Chase and John.

John

John was shocked as Melepone spoke "what do you mean it's not going to last" John said he liked his new self.
"well what you touched is called a age globe, it steals your life away making you older by a year, it's dangourus though only us time traveler can use them any human touches on of them at it will suck all their life away, I've seen six die and twenty turned into old folk 90, 100 some times " John thought what Melepone was saying made sence but she still hadn't awnsewerd his quistion why wasn't it going to last "Melepone awnser his quistion" Chase said. "because I'm going to take it away" she held out a globe this one glowed red she held it with gloves so not to touch it with her bare skin "come on John touch it" Melepone said John backed away from her "no it's fine I like it more like this makes me feel older"
"you don't understand Every life taken feeds the great power"
"so one more monster big deal John can go kill it" Jake said at least some one was on his side.
Melepone continued to walk towards John, John took out his gun and pointed it at the globe "drop it melepone I don't think you want to be near that when it blows up. Melepone put the globe down and John shot it the globe exploded. "John your farther would be so disapointed with you"
"I'm use to it" John said
"John your not coming on training tommorow, no you can stay here and watch the hotel make sure nothing happens to it"
"what" John said dissapointed
"don't worry we'll only be praticing baisic time travel, but I aspect the guns cleaned and their mordern day clothes cleaned and folded ready for when we go back"
"Its not fair" John said but Melepone blocked him off "it is fair and you know it John, now go too bed some[/b] of you have busy days tommorow". Chase walked back to Ballows Emilys and Ellies room while Jake walked back to their room "are you coming" he asked. "no I'm not tired" John said Jake shrugged and walked to the room.




A man with a hood watched the screen it showed John and the others "should we go get them sir" a loyal traitor said but the hooded man was whispering to himself "pride, selfishness, skill"
"Sir" the traiter pushed the sobject the monsters needed oders "no, I like that boy"
"but sir he's one of them"
" you are living proof that anyone can be turned" the traiter bowed his head
"I agree, I will send my daughter" a silvery voice said it was the voice of melepones old best friend
"no" the hooded one said again "I all ready have plans of his turning in my mind"
She too bowed her head.

Chase

"What?!?!" Ellie yelled.
"Geez Ellie. Don't yell," Chase told her. He had just told them what happened downstairs.
"Well, it isn't good," Ballow said. "He knows he has an upper hand over everyone now."

"It's not nice," Emily whispered. Everyone looked at her. "I mean, it's not right. You know what I mean?" She looked at Chase.

"Yeah," Chase replied back. "Well, he isn't practicing with us."
"You've got to be kidding me!" Ellie exclaimed. "There is no way we can practice! Emily and Abi are still hurt, and Jake is pretty bad too. There is no way we are going to be practicing today!"

"I don't know," Chase said, looking out the window.