Now, as per our deal, it was my turn. I had watched the house for several weeks to find out how the get togethers happened. They had quite a neat litt...e system going, Dr. Prick would park in a camping area in the state forest about 200 yards behind my house. Then he would, un-noticed by anyone, hop over our chain link fence, and sneak in the back door.We came up with a plan, and it had all of us laughing our asses off. Sal got some barbed nail plates from a source about which he refused to. “You jerk. Ab tu aapne baap se pitayi khayega!” Before he could get him, Avi quickly said “Punch yourself in the balls dad! ”Rajeev’s fists automatically closed as he hit himself in the balls and fell down. “Oooooouuucccccchhhh. Ye kya kiya mmeeennnnneee aaaaahhhhhh” he screamed in agony.“Tum logo ne humare saath kya kiya ye?” Jyoti demanded an answer.“Well aunty, I had created a mind control hallucinogen and you and dad have been drugged permanently. Aur ab hum aap dono ko pura control. '"Annie grabbed the book from Jack's hand and pointed to the cover. "I wish we could go there."A wind arose outside the treefort. A howling, mournful sound, not at all like the joyous noise they had heard as children. The world outside the window began to spin, and then the treefort began spin with it. Jack's mind reeled at the assault on his senses, an overwhelming spiral down the rabbit hole of time. The howling outside grew in pitch and volume, blotting out all rational thought.And then. “Why me?”“Come on back inside, let’s not tempt fate, it’s not entirely safe out here.”Nallen held my hand as we walked back to the bedroom, “What do you mean, ‘not entirely safe’?”“It’s the dragons’ mating season. It has been decades since a person was taken but every year a few livestock are lost.”“You’re kidding ... dragons?”“Not at all, you noticed how thick the walls are? They’re why.”I grumbled as Nallen gathered me in his arms, then carried me back to the middle of the bed, very much like.