DTH Jon had used the recall function to bring him and Karyn back to his bedroom a split second after leaving to help Zoe in her world. They also returned with Zoe and Athena from Zoe's world. The final member of their party was a displaced Jon who'd been imprisoned by the Sarah in Zoe's world. He was from a time before Jon got the wishing stone.
The DTH could only travel back in time as far as the day Jon brought the stone to school. This meant the DTH couldn't return Prisoner Jon back to his own place and time.
Due to an accident using a badly copied version of the DTH, a wormhole had been created between Zoe's world and a dimension where time folded in on itself. This was a horrific place with no hope of escape. It was referred to as "The Flower Petal" dimension due to the unique shape it's timelines made on the display of the DTH.
"Is this my bedroom?" Asked Prisoner Jon.
"No it's my bedroom." Jon told him as he tried to navigate round the mass of bodies in his room. "The recall feature on the DTH brings us back here. It just saved us another trip across town because I needed to come back here anyway." He looked at the DTH. "I think that used a bit more power than I intended. We should stay here for a little while, so it recharges a bit."
"There isn't exactly a lot of room here." Athena said as she manoeuvred around some of the others. "Three of us could easily sit on your bed but there is another Jon sleeping on it."
"He's not sleeping, he's been drugged. He's a super genius version of me." Jon heard some movement downstairs. Lowering his voice he spoke again. "Try to keep your voices down. My mom is downstairs. It's only supposed to be me and Karyn here."
"Easier said, " Zoe said as she found a gap to squeeze through, "than done." She had managed to reach the computer chair which she now sat on. Four pairs of eyes looked at her angrily for stealing the only decent seat in the room.
"My bed is pretty wide." DTH Jon said while looking at it. "I'm sure a couple of you could get on the edge." Athena sat at the end nearest the headboard and Karyn sat down near the bottom corner.
Prisoner Jon sat on the floor. "I've been sleeping on a concrete floor for weeks, carpets are a luxury for me at this point." He said.
Athena sighed. "I just want to be back in my own bedroom." She said.
Zoe felt she had to say something at this point. She turned to Athena. "Yeah well thanks to that wormhole. We might not have homes or even a world to go back to."
"You think I'm happy about that? It's my world too. I don't want it sucked into another dimension." Athena had slowly begun to raise her voice.
DTH Jon looked between them. "Keep it down. The wormhole is there and there is nothing much we can do about it." Just as the two girls were about to speak there was a loud groaning sound.
"What the hell?" Athena asked as she spun her head round. The groan had came from Sage Jon.
"I guess the drugs are starting to wear off." DTH Jon said. Sage Jon groaned again.
"What... is... the... problem...?" He croaked, barely being able to speak. Each word had seemed to take an enormous effort. His eyes were still closed.
DTH Jon moved towards the bed. "You've been drugged." Sage Jon remained silent for some time.
"No... wormhole..." He said when he finally spoke.
"Is he asking about the wormhole?" Karyn asked DTH Jon. He shrugged.
"He probably heard us say the word." Said Zoe. She turned the chair to look at Sage Jon. "He's probably just repeating it."
"He could be fixated. Those were pretty powerful drugs they gave us." DTH Jon admitted. Sage Jon looked like he was in pain. He shook his head from side to side slowly.
"Tell... me... about... wormhole..." He said. DTH Jon looked at the others.
"Well he wants to know." He moved closer to Sage Jon. "A version of Sarah used the stone," at the mention of the word stone Sage Jon groaned again, "to turn Leonard Drullers into what should have been a hot shot engineer. He made his own version of the DTH for Sarah but it didn't work properly. It didn't close the interdimensional wormhole after the hop. The open wormhole created a vacuum that got stronger and stronger. It started sucking all the matter out of Sarah's basement." He pointed to everyone around him. "We barely escaped before the house collapsed. We're worried that if we go back, the wormhole will have destroyed that world."
Sage Jon gave a satisfied noise, like he just tasted his favourite food, then was silent again. Everyone stared at him waiting for a response. The seconds seem to tick by slowly.
"Well that was pointless. Another complete waste of time." Zoe said after he didn't answer.
"Zoe?" Sage Jon croaked, interrupting her.
She surprised he wanted to speak to her. "Yes?" She asked in a friendly manner. She leaned over wondering what wise words he might say specifically to her.
"Shut... the... fuck... up... I'm... concentrating..." He said. Zoe leaned back in her chair with annoyed look on her face. She folded her arms in disgust. Everyone else had a wry smile on their face.
