[Domon] Where is everybody?!

[mariko_azrael]

(OOC- One last mod note: for Yuuri-tachi, it's only been a year since they've been away from Tatsuya. Sorry for not explaining that earlier!)One thing they never tell you (and still won't!) at the Time Bureau is that time traveling is hard. As in you're lucky if you don't pass out from the experience

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[megthelegend]

I'm leaning on a wall, sitting in a puddle.

Why am I sitting in a puddle? I stand up, then clutch my head, groaning... now I remember. Time travel. Never easy, and it seems we've been separated. I can't see Domon-san, Yuuri-san or Ayase-san anywhere.

I'm next to a small cart of some kind, that's been boarded up. There are other things like it around, and some buildings that are closed, too, and oh... I grin. There's a big rollercoaster up the far end of the little alleyway I'm in.

"Hello? Um, anybody?"

"Domon-san?" I call. I can't make out where he is, but I think it's him.

[megthelegend]

I blink. "Maybe they'll let me revise the supply inventory when we get back, Domon-san." Not that I want to go back. Not really. But I guess we'll have to, after we find Tatsuya-san and rescue him if we have to.

I'm not allowing any other possibility. We will find him and rescue him. Of course we will.

He pats me on the shoulder. I beam up at him. If Domon-san's feeling okay, then I'm okay too. "This place doesn't seem to be open," I say thoughtfully, looking around. "Maybe it's a weekend? I don't think they dropped us back here on the day they said they would, Domon-san. I've tried to calibrate the scanners for them but they kept telling me that I had other work to do first and I should go home and get some sleep anyway, and they didn't seem to mean that as a joke."

I see what seems to be a street light, unlit of course as the sun's still up, at the far end of the alleyway we're walking down. "I think the street might be this way?"

[mariko_azrael]

I nod in disbelief as Sion talks. Whatever residual respect I had for the Bureau is gone. Seeing how many times Sion saved our collective asses in 2001, you'd think they'd take his input more seriously...

Well, no time to dwell on that now. I look in the direction Sion's pointing, and I'm pretty sure he's right. "C'mon." I grab his wrist, hoping that we'll find a way to find our friends that does involve staying here. It's creepy, and I swear some of the shadows are getting closer...

[megthelegend]

He takes my wrist and says, "C'mon." I go along with him, feeling more energized now we have an actual destination. It's strange being back here and not knowing exactly where I am. At least I've got Domon-san with me.

I register a movement out of the corner of my eye, and duck automatically. Zenitto?! "Domon-san!" I yell, dragging him to the ground just as the blast passes through where his head was.

[mariko_azrael]

"Gyah--" I'm just about to ask Sion why he yanked me to the (very muddy) ground-- but then I hear the shot. And I see the Zenitto.

"You have got to be kidding me..." I drag myself up and get read to attack (while keeping an eye on Sion).

[megthelegend]

"I think this means someone knows we're here," I say while I reach out and punch one Zenitto, and simultaneously stretch back and kick another.

I pick up the next one, grunting, then throw it at a group of its friends. They all go over with a very satisfactory rattling noise.

[mariko_azrael]

"Oh, just great. So much for a quiet entrance." I have no clue who'd be expecting us, and I really can't bring myself to care as I grab a straggler Zenitto and toss it. It stays down.

As much as I love working out stress this way, we need to find a way out of here. There's a very real chance there are more Zenitto lurking around here, and we'll be no good to anyone if we get worn down and knocked out. I grab another one by the shoulder. "Sion-- do you think we can try clearing a path through these guys?"

[megthelegend]

"Yes!" I say happily, dropping to the ground and hurling another Zenitto over my head. "Let's do it, Domon-san!"

We have to get out of here. Find Yuuri-san and Ayase-san, and rescue Tatsuya-san. As quickly as possible!

[megthelegend]

I sit on my bed at the pool hall, looking at the G-Brace Phone, once again around my wrist.

It's a strange thing to have this power back again. I've missed it -- but then again it was quite good to just be me. Not a warrior. Just a traveller, a pool player, a fry cook, whatever I needed to keep me going.

Now I'm back here again, helping out, and my world's been turned upside down by Tetomu. Again.

We're needed. She called us all to Gaorock and delivered all of our henshin devices.

The wind blows my hair back briefly. I lift my head. The amusement park. Other side of town.

Better hurry. The Timerangers that she told us about, two of them are in trouble. I'll see if I can beat the other Gaorangers there.

[timeblue]

I peel my face off the floor as I push myself to my feet, muttering insults at the Time Bureau and their complete inability to do anything right. I'm sure it didn't hurt quite this much when we were in the time ship.

I look around, looking for the others and trying to orient myself. It's only been a year since we left, so it shouldn't have changed that much. Unfortunately there's no one else around, which is just my luck.

"Yuuri?" I ask into my Changer. "Domon? Sion? You guys there?"

There's no answer, but what there is, is an amusement park in the distance. That's as good a place as any to start, I suppose.

[megthelegend]

I arrive just outside the amusement park, and stand there for a moment, getting my bearings. I can't hear anything from inside, but I'll go in shortly. I look around.

...ah, there's a man in blue and black not far away, shaking his head as if he's dazed. I stride towards him. "TimeBlue?"

[timeblue]

I snap my head up as someone calls me TimeBlue. Someone I don't recognise. It's a guy around my age, in a blue and silver jacket. Who is he?

"Who's asking?" I reply warily. I'm not giving away anything more than I have to to a complete stranger.

[megthelegend]

He looks suspicious of me. I nod, impressed -- good, at least one of these Timerangers has the right attitude. "I apologise," I say gently. "I'm GaoSilver. Shirogane. We were sent here to help you. We were active after you were last here."

The wind ruffles my hair back again, just for a moment. I point at the amusement park entrance. "I believe there are people in there who could use some help. Could be your teammates."

[timeblue]

GaoSilver? I check him over and my eyes rest on the device on his wrist, not unlike my Chnager. Well, okay then.

"I believe there are people in there who could use some help. Could be your teammates."

"Probably," I reply sourly. "If there's a way to get into trouble, they'll find it."

[megthelegend]

I take off at a jog, keeping my eyes and ears open. My shoes make sloppy sounds on the mud underfoot as we get into this amusement park.

My head turns almost by itself. "This way, I think," I call to TimeBlue as I head down an alleyway. Sounds like grunting and things being hit. Ahhhh, I'm back.

[timeblue]

"Zenitto," I mutter as I get a quick look at the fight. I look around for their target and - of course - find that it's Domon and Sion. Well, that's two out of three accounted for at least, now I just have to rescue them. It's almost as if we never left.