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Deimos tossed a few sticks into the main campfire. "Hey, I'm going to get some fish for myself," he said. "You want me to get some extra firewood or crawlers or something?"

"We're fine," James said.

Deimos exited the cave and headed to the lake.

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When he got to the lake, he noticed a glowing section in the middle of the lake. It was now dark and the moon was high in the sky.

He ignored it and waded into the lake to catch some fish.

Suddenly, he he felt his foot sink into something.

"Damn it! What is it now?!" he said in exasperation.

He gasped as it seemed to suck him down further. To his shock he saw a glowing blue portal beneath him.

"James! Frank! Cleve! Littlefoot! Anyone! Help me!" he shouted as the portal slowly sucked him down. To his horror, he noticed that he was sinking faster.

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Frank jumped up and ran out of the cave toward the lake. "Hang on deimos I'm comming!" Frank shouted.


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James ran out of the cave too with a rope at the ready.

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Deimos was almost completely submerged in the water by the time James arrived.

"Deimos! Grab the rope!" James shouted, tossing the rope into water.

Deimos frantically tried to grab the rope but it was too late; he slid beneath the water and into the glowing blue portal.

"Deimos! No!" James shouted.

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Deimos suddenly found himself in a strange environment at night. he was surrounded by several tall mountains and weird trees. He sniffed the air. It smelled rather dirty to him. And he was standing on what felt like rock.

"Where am I?" he asked.

"James! Ducky! Littlefoot! Frank! Where are you?" he called out.

He received no answer.

Deimos's heart raced. "Okay, now how do I get back?"  

(OOC - Deimos is in NYC, 2011 at roughly 3:00 AM.)

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Cleve ran out immediately following Frank, remembering to grab a rifle in the process. Ruby and Chomper ran right after him. They all arrived too late to rescue Deimos.

"Oh no," Chomper whispered, "What do we do now?"

"Hey," Ruby noticed, "This looks like another portal."

"Which means he is now in some different time right now," Cleve added, "Should we follow?"


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"Let me get my gun and supplies and I'm going in after him," James said.

He then ran back to the cave to fetch his supplies.

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(NYC, 2011)

Deimos looked around him.

"Okay, I need to get to a cave or something," he said aloud.

He then looked around until he spotted a darkened parking garage but to him it looked like a cave.

He then ran into the "cave" and hid himself in a corner.


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"Be sure to tie a rope around your waist, or one of us can.  The rest of us can hold onto the rope so we can all pull you both back."  Dan said going to get the rope.  "Also you may need something to mark where the portal is in case you need to travel some distance away."


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"I'm comming with you James," Frank said checking both his Luger and M1911.



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"Sometimes the portal does not stay put," Cleve noted, remembering his experience on the Bayan, "You might have to look for it, or it might just appear on its own. Once again, if you get into any sticky situations, get pull the rope twice. If you want us to help join you, pull it three times."


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"Ok cleve," Frank said, "Are you ready to go James?" Frank asked.


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Ducky, Spike and Petrie came over to help hold onto the rope and pull if need be.  

"I hope it's easy and it stays put instead of moving around or closing." Dan said.  "I also hope Deimos is not far away."


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Frank drew his dagger looking at the blade before putting it away. Frank took off his jacket that had his rank insignia before he sat down by the lake waiting for james.


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Cleve tied one end of the rope to a nearly tree in order to prevent anyone from being sucked into the portal again. I was not a very good experience for Cleve, and he did not want anyone else to suffer like he did.


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James returned with his backpack and shotgun. "All right. I'm ready to go!"

He then tied the rope around himself. "Wish me luck!" he said, wading into the water and heading for the glowing blue patch.

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Deimos's stomach growled as he hid in the parking garage.

Suddenly, he smelled food.

He then walked out of the garage and followed the scent to a Chinese resturaunt.  

His mouth watered as he drank in the odor of meat. But when he tried to reach through it, he struck something hard. Unbeknownst to him, there was a window in front of him.

In frustration he pounded on the glass as hard as he could, to his surprise, the window cracked.

Grinning, he found a lump of concrete leftover from construction and hurled through the window.

As soon as the glass was broken, he heard an alarm go off. Not knowing what it was, he quickly grabbed a metal rack containing some of roasted pork and bolted down the deserted streets.

(OOC - James will end up in the same time period as Deimos.)

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"Hey wait up!" Frank said also tying a rope around himself and following James.


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Dan went to make sure the end of the rope Frank had tied around himself had the other end tied to another nearby tree for safety reasons.  

"I hope everything turns out ok for them." Dan said.

"I do to, I do, i do." Ducky said nodding and hoping they all got back soon.


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Cleve gave the thumb-up signal. "Good luck," Cleve said, "Remember the danger signal."


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Frank nodded his head before turning to James. "Are you ready james?" frank asked.


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James nodded just before he sank into the portal and out of sight.

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(2011, NYC)

Deimos suddenly found himself surrounded by grass and forest.

"Where am I?" he said aloud to no one in particular. He then looked at the rack of meat he was holding.

His stomach growled but his frantic run through the street nearly destroyed his appetite. Forcing himself to eat, he took some bites from his pilfered meal. The spices and sauce coating it were somewhat foreign to him but he was so hungry, he didn't care.

When he was finished he almost threw the rack and its associated skewers away but then he realized that these might be useful to him.

He then realized how cold he was; in his frantic flight, he failed to notice how cold it was. "Damn it, I wish I my fire rocks with me so I can warm up," he muttered.

He then hunkered down in a clump of shrubs.

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Frank followed James into the water and sank into the portal.



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Cleve held tightly to the ropes as he watched James and Frank disappear into the portal.