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CHAPTER FOUR

  Day 29, Eighth Lunar Cycle, 25,000 B.C.

  Tevlok wiped his brow with the sleeve of his lab coat. Gods, he thought, catching a whiff of himself. I need a shower! How long has it been since I enjoyed a shower or a hot meal? Days at least. I should take a break and ...

  “Our first trip was a success!” Jensen exclaimed. Tevlok jerked at the noise and knocked over a rack of test tubes. The glass shattered on the floor at his feet.

  “Sorry about that,” Jensen said. “But the boy was abducted as we planned. Step one complete,” he beamed.

  Tevlok retrieved a broom from the closet and swept up the mess. “Have you correlated the data and determined our next spatial entry, doctor?”

  “The calculations have just been completed. This jump and maybe one more and we should be finished,” Jensen replied. “After that the boy will be on his own and we can turn our attention toward dispersing the Window.”

  “And get a shower?” Tevlok asked.

  “Of course, old friend. Of course.”

  “We should hurry, doctor.” Tevlok became more serious. “Small skirmishes have broken out all over the city. You were right about the unstable political climate. I fear a revolution may be under way.”

  “Agreed,” Jensen replied. “Power up the window and I’ll check the coordinates.

  Tevlok crossed the lab and did as instructed. The assistant was worried. He had family and friends in the city and had not been able to contact them. He was ready for this to be over but feared that his world had already been damaged beyond repair.

  “The coordinates are ready,” Jensen announced. “Is the Window powered, Tevlok?”

  “Yes, doctor.”

  Jensen once again keyed his data into the machine and stepped back. As before, a vortex sprang to life, filling the previously empty space in the lab.

  “Back in a minute,” Jensen said, stepping to the edge of the void.

  “I’ll be waiting, doctor.”

  The older man waved and was gone. Tevlok looked around at the empty laboratory and wondered if his mentor would return. He had considered traveling to another time and never coming back. Let his people’s problems fall to someone else to solve. Deep down he knew his mentor would never abandon him or his people. Neither would he. He settled in to wait.