The Time Stone, Third Edition (Extended Version)

Broad and his group walk out of the pod after having squeezed the four of them into the platform.

“That is awkward” says Elizabeth. “I never have been nor do I ever again want to be in a tight closet with three men. No offense guys.”

“None taken, dear” says Broad.

“Now what do we do?” asks Hightower.

“Well, help us find some means of egress, Chief. Stop being such a worrywart.”

“Need I remind you who is in command” screams Hightower.

“Yes, I am. Your unit belongs to Temporo, Inc. because of the last election so don’t you forget where your priorities lie, Sir” he yells and everyone remained quiet.

“Look, a door” says Elizabeth.

“Why don’t you try to open it?” Hightower asks rhetorically. Everyone tried to budge it, but could not open it.

“Curious markings, I have seen these five orbs before. I cannot place where” says Broad. “Break it down.” Hightower and Cumberberry armed their side pistols and began aiming to fire at the door.

BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, suddenly came from the other side of the door from where James and Tina stand.

“Someone else is here?” Tina screams.

“Is it another beast?” asks James.

“I don’t know! Who else knows about this stuff? Let’s go now!” says Tina.

“Where?” asks James.

Tina beckons to the circle of light before them. “It seems like a vortex, one of those portal things that can take you anywhere in the universe, or something” says Tina.

“Does it go anywhere?” asks James.

“Beats me, could be a death trap, but there is only one way to find out. Besides anyplace could be better than here in a few seconds” says Tina indicating the now vibrating door.

James smiles and nodded in agreement, looking at the object in his hand and the five orbs symbol is emblazoned into it just like in the small one on the key, plus it is five sided too. “Let’s go!” says James.

They look into the swirling golden abyss before them and in awe, hold hands, and step forward towards it then two tendrils from the swirling mass reach out and grab them transforming them into golden balls of light energy and sucking them in. James and Tina feel energy pulsing through them and their consciousness merged with the void. Within moments, they felt their consciousness return to their normal states as they are projected out of the vortex- and find themselves in an office!James looks around.

“This is a corporate office.” He looks out the window and sees the Central Tower.

“We’re back in Chronix Bay!” They both shout.

“Very good, now tell me what that is.” The beast Satyr stops what he’s doing and stands before them, then begins moving towards them with both clawed hands open as he points his long clawed finger toward the object in James’s hand.

BOOM! The door exploded open in the secret chamber in Brazil. Broad and his entourage entered the room with the altar to find no activity and no one there.

“I knew my explosives would work” says Mr. Cumberberry.

“Where are we?” asks Hightower.

“We are too late,” Broad says touching the altar and feeling heat from recent activity and seeing and deciphering the language on the altar. He squeezed behind the crevice of the altar and felt his hand through the wall behind it, but found nothing.

“Wow, how did you do that?” asks Elizabeth. “What were you seeking?”

“It’s gone!!!” He yells angrily. “We’re too late. It could be anywhere in time or space.”