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from me
Mr. Delaney, don’t you ever come near me again,” I shouted at him then turned
and ran into the darkness.
    He called after me but I kept going until I was sure he wasn’t
going to follow me. When I finally stopped running I sank to the ground under a
giant oak tree and cried, deep shuddering sobs that shook my whole body with
the force of the emotions behind them.
    My entire world had just been shaken like a snow globe and
as the chaos in my mind started to settle a new reality was being formed.
Suddenly I saw all the suspicious behaviors I’d attributed to criminal
activities with new eyes. What if Rook wasn’t the only one around here with
super powers? What if they were all just trying to hide their supernatural
abilities, not some massive drug or gun trafficking organization?
    Oh God, my heart started racing with excitement. If Rook
wasn’t a criminal there wasn’t any reason for me to keep turning him down. We
could finally be together. For one shining moment hope sang through my entire
being.
    Then I realized nothing had changed. I couldn’t tell anyone
I traveled through time with Rook. To everyone back at the station he was still
a lowlife criminal that needed to be put behind bars.
    I took a deep breath and sighed. All this would have to
wait. Right now there were people who needed my help. Dragging myself to my
feet I headed back to the main building to help with the rescue efforts.
Whatever my future held I would face it when this disaster was over.

Chapter Two
    Nothing could have been stranger than the situation I walked
into when I returned to the area just outside The Gateway. Somehow Dragon and
Rook had taken charge of the scene and for some reason all the rescue workers
were following their directions. These were men and women that I knew
personally and their behavior was so out of character that I had trouble
believing my eyes and ears. Why would the officers in charge allow civilians to
take control of a scene like this?
    Deciding to get my answers later I jumped in, helping out
wherever I could. Over the course of the next few hours I witnessed a number of
things that had me questioning my sanity but I pressed on making mental notes
for later. Everyone worked together in a well-organized manner until the last
person had been accounted for and the rest of the building had been deemed safe
to reenter.
    In the end there were more than two hundred injured and
forty-seven dead including Senator Mitchell and four other United States
Senators. The secret service agents on duty were outraged that something like
this could happen but Dragon reminded them that they had cleared the grounds
and the theater prior to the festivities beginning. Most of the building had
survived because the fire had been miraculously contained within The Gateway
and its receiving area. Hotel staff members were consoling guests and comping
rooms while the rescue workers wrapped things up and headed for home.
    Shortly before dawn I stood with a group of people
discussing the events that had taken place and what still needed to be done.
The group included Dragon, Rook, whose presence I desperately tried to ignore,
Solomon, the Myths and Legends Entertainment Manager, and Serrano, the Food
Facilities Manager for the resort.
    When all the status updates were complete and the
conversation was winding down I decided it was a good time to get some answers.
I considered waiting until I was alone with Dragon and Rook but figured Solomon
and Serrano were probably aware of the weird shit going on around here.
    “I’ve been watching you closely all night and somehow you’ve
tampered with the memories of every single law enforcement agent and rescue
worker at this scene except for mine,” I told Dragon drawing the attention of
everyone in the circle. “Why is that? Don’t get me wrong,” I added pushing my
hand out in a stop motion. “I want to know how you’re doing it too. But right
now I’m more concerned with why you left