See Part One for Disclaimers. Rating: PG-13 for language.
When last seen, Grace and Rayden were getting cleaned up after falling into a bog. Rayden was discovering that he could still access his power, just not instantaneously, which was annoying him no end, except he was being distracted by Grace. dragon and RevSam were hoping the dragon (flying reptile, type one, each; not the rotund lurker) they'd seen wasn't inclined toward short naps and hunger while the seaquest addict was happily bopping back and forth between the seaquest and Portal because the only functioning tesserects they had were her seaquest to home and back locked in version and the altered one which homed in on the one in the bog or returned to the seaquest.
dragon grabbed the homing tesserect as the seaquest addict folded in again and shook it admonitorialy. "That's it. One more fold, and the only place you're going is home. Come to think of it -- where are the Godzilla-phile and the Klingon-Muppet?"
"Trading Post."
"Home."
"Clueless, are we? No matter, if we get out of here, we can get back to the two of them before it becomes a problem." dragon consulted her watch. She'd give Rayden and Grace about half an hour more before she went looking for them. Meanwhile, she was getting hungry. She handed the confiscated tesserect back to the seaquest addict who raised her eyebrows in inquiry.
"Hungry. Go get food. Pizza. Sandwiches. I don't care -- wait, yes, I do. No Domino's and none of that funky soy protein stuff."
The addict grinned and nodded. Fold. Fold. While it had been several hours subjective time by the seaquest addict's pov, it was only about the allotted half hour to the praahr and dragon. Pizza. Pizza Hut Pizza. Thick crust -- dragon was drooling slightly, the praahr was looking peevish (it prefers thin crust) and Grace was sniffing at the air. Rayden looked up at her lazily. She looked down into his dark eyes. Her tummy rumbled emptily and she chuckled.
"I suspect I'm hungry."
"I'd never have noticed."
She laughed. "That hunger has been satisfied -- temporarily." Rumble. "This one hasn't." She slid into her cat suit, which was warm and dry and clean; then helped Rayden get himself relatively presentable. He would have to work out a rhyme to get himself clothed properly again -- regardless of what Grace was murmuring about the enchantment of being slightly less than perfectly turned out.
They set out to rejoin the others and found that the others were joining them. dragon grinned. "She forgot drinks."
Grace laughed. Leave it to a teen to forget something. She smiled at the seaquest addict to lessen the criticism in her thoughts. The kid wasn't bad. Over pizza, which was somewhat fascinating the power isolated thunder god, they discussed the pros and cons of getting the tesserect out of the bog. The seaquest addict pointed out that she could get a modification of the locater made and then they could use something to dig around in the bog to get the thing. RevSam pushed its glasses back up its nose and pointed out that with a little work, Lord Rayden could probably be encouraged to use a rhyme to focus his powers to get the thing out of the bog. Obviously, he was being categorized as a sorcerer by the planet --
Grace looked up and wondered why, if the seaquest addict could get to the seaQuest and then home, couldn't they just go to the seaQuest and then let Rayden take himself home?
dragon, RevSam and the seaquest addict passed around one of those "why didn't I think of that?" looks. "Can we finish eating first," dragon asked plaintively.
Rayden laughed.
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Unfortunately, while both seaquest and the dragonhaven allowed Rayden access to his powers, there seemed to be some sort of jamming when he tried to open a gate to EarthRealm. dragon muttered something about busy signals and alternate reality time lines while trying to find a way to solve the problem.
"Maybe we should work on a rhyme for getting the tesserect out of the bog," RevSam offered mildly. "Before she takes him exploring?" It nodded to the Thunder God and Grace who were headed for the stairs to the trailer above the lair dragon kept for just such emergencies as tangled lurks.
"Good thinking. Hey!"
dragon didn't really mean to boom like that. Everyone present covered their ears until the echoed died down. She gave Rayden a weak smile and explained that the only way to get him back to Siro and Kung Lao and Taja was to retrieve the original tesserect from the bog.
Rayden frowned. He considered. He did not like Portal, but if the only way to get back to EarthRealm was to retrieve the tesserect device, he supposed he'd have to do so. He gave dragon a look and settled down to figuring out just how to phrase the tesserect request.
Finally, they seemed to be ready to try it. The seaquest addict took a firm grip on the homing tesserect and folded them back to Portal. Rayden took a moment to get used to being power restricted again, then intoned the rhyme to retrieve the tesserect from the bog. Pop. One tesserect, in hand. One very dirty, wet, yucky tesserect, in hand. Rayden handed the thing to Grace who made a face over its condition and handed it to the seaquest addict, who also made a face.
dragon looked long suffering and took the device from her eldest. "Euw."
"Well, duh."
dragon gave her eldest a withering look, which phased the teen not at all, and wiped the tesserect off, carefully. Praying that the innards had not suffered from the bog immersion, she set the coordinates for Zhou Zhin and pressed the "go" button. None of them remembered the folding process as being bumpy.
"Yeow!" yelped the seaquest addict as she exited something that looked a whole heck of a lot more like -- "Mooooommmmmmmm!!!" She scooted out of the way as dragon, the praahr, Grace and Rayden exited the whirling wormhole exit at velocity.
Thud.
Thump.
"Hey!"
"Ouch!"
Rayden maintained his balance and helped Grace to her feet. Then he extended a hand to both the praahr and dragon.
"I say," said a delightfully British accent.
dragon, and the rest, looked around. Well, dragon's head snapped around, distressing her cervical vertebrae, the others reacted more mildly. dragon's jaw dropped.
About three feet away stood a tall, slender, bespectacled gentleman in t-shirt and jeans; his mildly curly hair somewhat ruffled looking and his hazel green eyes looking a combination of perplexed, worried and bemused at the sudden arrival of a small crowd in his small living room.
"Er -- hi," the seaquest addict greeted him. It was certain dragon was not gonna say anything for a few moments as she attempted to figure out how she'd dropped them into Rupert Giles' living room.
"May I -- help you?"
The praahr lost it. It started laughing. It sounded just a little hysterical. It also sounded contagious. Grace felt her lips twitch. She tried really hard not to giggle. Then she caught Rayden's eye. That was a mistake. Rayden was grinning. Here he was in touch with his power. It was also beginning to appeal to his sense of humor, which he was beginning to suspect was just a bit warped. A choke of laughter escaped Grace. She looked away as Rayden's shoulders shook slightly. She met Giles' mildly concerned gaze and lost it. Grace and the praahr sat down on the nearest piece of furniture and laughed -- and laughed -- until both were gasping for breath and trying not to let the tears run from their eyes.
Oh, my. Only dragon.
dragon, ignoring the unseemly mirth of her companions, had finally pried the back off the tesserect, releasing a small amount of dirty water from the interior. She sighed and worked at cleaning and drying out the device. Giles, curious, moved closer. He offered the use of his handkerchief, and hoped that at some point, someone, would explain what was going on. At least it wasn't demonic. He caught the plasma gilding in Rayden's eyes and blinked. Then again ---
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