Episode Fourteen
Nemesis pt. 1
Leroy, Astrid, and Steph are outside The Grill. Steph and Astrid studying hard, Leroy. . .not so much. Josh stops by on his way to class and asks if the gang wants to get together at The Inferno later on, as they haven't seen much of each other outside of their patrolling in a while. The rest agree. Meanwhile, Leroy, curious as to what's been going on with Josh, has managed to get his hands on an animal tag and gets Steph to discreetly attach it to Josh's shoe
Later at the Inferno; Astrid, Leroy, and Steph arrive. After waiting for quite a while, the group get somewhat aggrivated when Josh doesn't arrive. A phone call informs them that he is out of range and a check with Leroys tracker also can't seem to locate him. Astrid become very irrate and when Nick shows up with a detective co-worker, she starts partying hard.
As the night progresses, Steph and Nick check with a somewhat sloshed Astrid to see if she's okay. She says she's fine and Detective Frank. . .Dave while take her home. Figuring she's an adult and can take care of herself they head on out. A little later, Leroy also makes his way out, after making a little money betting with a fraternity on who can handle their whiskey better
In the alley Leroy is jumped by three punks who saw him with a wad of money and, thinking he was drunk, decide on some easy cash. Leroy attacked the three and severly hurt two of them. Tieing them up and leaving a note for the police, Leroy continued on his patrol.
The next morning, Saturday, when Leroy wakes up, he checks in on the rest of the gang. Steph tells Leroy she's fine and planning on spending the day with Nick. Astrid and Josh don't answer. Going by Astrid's to check on her, he finds out from her roommates that she never came home. Concerned, Leroy again calls Steph, she tries to placate Leroy by telling him that she knows and trusts Detective Frank. Bored and lonely, Leroy went to play with some of the dogs at the Veterinarian Science building for a while, but after a couple hours started calling Astrid and Steph again, Astrid finally answered and told Leroy she was okay, but she was going to be studying for the rest of the day. Steph eventually quit answering her phone all together. Leroy eventually went over to Josh's dorm. Not getting an answer and seeing Josh's car and motorbike still there, Leroy decided to use his job as Campus Security to his advantage and got the R.A. to let him in.
Inside, Leroy noticed signs of a brief struggle - Josh's laptop on the floor and his chair turned over. Leaving a message with Steh and talking to Astrid, Leroy continued his detective work and noticed that one of Josh's hidden weapons was missing. Meanwhile Astrid shows up and Steph checks her messages and calls to check up on the situation. Telling Nick that she needs to go check on some things, Steph makes arrangements to meet him later for dinner and a movie.
When Steph arrives the three start checking the area. Noticing that Josh's bookbag was still there (something he nevers goes anywhere without) and detecting and tracking an odd odor to the center of the room, allng with getting the computer working again, lead the group to ascertain that Josh may have been abducted from some other dimension. Contact with an online friend of Josh's, RDH, helps confirms that as RDH had been discussing Portals and Possesion with him for the last few months. RDH informs the group that he(?) may have access to a portal expert and will see what can be arranged.
In short order a woman named Elizabeth (the portal expert) calls Steph and makes arrangements to fly in to the Murfreesboro airport and asks Steph to meet her there. Upon arrival Elizabeth and the group set plans to go rescue Josh. Preparing to use Steph to open a portal, Elizabeth is delighted to find that a dimensional doorway is already on site, making her job much easier.
The group gather supplies and go to the Doorway "sculpture" on display on Campus. Elizabeth is pleased to inform the rest that not only is it a functioning doorway, but it should have detected the portal used nearby to capture Josh and send the group straight to the correct dimension.
Using Steph's help, after explaining that she was not directly able to cast the spell, Elizabeth is able to get the device working and the group step through.
Arriving a heartbeat later in an odd alien landscape. The group barely have time to check out the immediate area when they find themselves surrounded by around 30 red-skinned humanoids armed with bows and other primative weapons.