”I dug into my dinner and thought about it for a little bit. “Do you guys mind if I spend a bit of money?”“It’s your money,” Jim said.“H...w much is a bit,” Mom asked over the top of him.I smiled. “Not a tremendous amount. I was thinking about sailing around the Channel Islands between Seattle, Victoria, and Vancouver. Maybe go as far north as Ketchikan Alaska.”Jim nodded his head. “It’s beautiful country up there. What sort of boat do you have in mind?”I shrugged. “I don’t know. I don’t know. ? Monte continued toplay with the remote causing her to arch her back and drive herself back to meet each of my thrusts.? This was driving her wild, she was weary, and screaming as Alex came in with the pizzas. Her legs were starting to shake fromthe strain of being tied kneelingon the chairs.? Troy and someof the other guys carried her over to a table and tied her to it face up.?There was a long strap around her waist and shoulders, arms above her head, with her legs tied pointing up to the. I then link to my brethren and update the information to them. So they can send magical beings like yourself here when they request it.”“The odd thing is that I can now only connect to the portal you came from. It seems there is a malfunction, as we believe that you are not in the same period in time, as you would understand it is. Your planet, Earth, seems to have a problem with different forms of radiation interference. This seems to be screwing up the operation of the portals on it.”“The. Everyone here is a visitor. No one has seen a host yet.”“Really?” replied Jada. “That sounds ... so odd.” She turned and looked back at the elevator. In the frame was a triple digital display, somewhat similar to what was in the basement below. A white number was now registering17:20:35, a green number00:01:34, and there was also a static blue number registering 037:112.Jada felt a shiver as she watched the green number count down. She had the weirdest feeling her last chance to escape was.