23 Island For Two (2/2)

Reed awoke in a bed that wasn't his, in a room that shocked him silly. It was a pigsty of incredible proportions; all sorts of things littered the room. Clothes, accessories, weapons, books and other... unmentionables lay strewn across the room. It looked like someone's landfill and smelled like one, too. An awful stench of alcohol permeated the room, presumably from last night's celebration.

It horrified to the core and wished he could forget it all happened, but now he was glad he remembered.

This was definitely her room; even though her mess was gone, the faint smell of alcohol still lingered in the room. A sudden thought popped up into his head and he immediately rushed to his room to check his suspicions.

His hunch was on the money -- his room had been emptied. Everything had been taken away and only the bare walls remained untouched.

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Lu'um walked into Reed's room and said, ”Is this your home? It is beautiful, but is lacking certain amenities, Ka'an.”

Reed paid no attention to the girl's comments and rushed outside like a madman as he ran towards the student dormitories. He begged for someone to be there, anyone at all. His gut churned as he denied the reality of the situation.

He ran into the dorms and yelled out, ”Astor! Horatio! Ophelia! Astrid! Sebastian!”

”Hey, you guys, stop playing around with me and get your asses out here!!” He hollered.

Enough was enough. If this was some kind of cruel, elaborate joke that they'd cooked up for him, he wanted out.

Reed burst into the nearest dorm room and found that it was empty.

He couldn't accept it and tried another room...

And then he tried another...

And then he tried...

And then...

And...

Everyone was gone. He had searched every single room in the dormitories and found nothing.

Violett disappeared; his friends disappeared. The island was deserted. Only he and Lu'um remained.

Reed eventually returned to the villa after he gave up. Rather, there was only one person who probably knew what'd happened here.

The same person who had brought him back. It was the only explanation he could think of at the moment. It was either her or an act of god that caused this, he guessed.

”.....Hey, you told me that there would be a certain margin of error in getting us home, right?”

”Hm? Yes, that's right. I don't have a fine grasp of my power at the moment since I've barely woken up. Is something the matter?” Lu'um asked as she sipped on a fruit cocktail.

”Yeah, I've got a bit of a problem. You see, this Island used to have a lot of people here. Now hear me out; although you have done a fine job of getting us home, my friends have disappeared.”

Lu'um laid down on Reed's lap and said, ”That sounds troubling, I suppose. What are you going to do about that, Ka'an?” she asked as she let out a lazy yawn. Reed was beginning to think that this wretch wasn't interested in the slightest...

”I was wondering if you knew why this is happening is all, dearest Lu'um. I would be most appreciative if you would grace me with your wisdom this evening,” Reed said. He was practically grinding his teeth as he politely requested advice from her.

”Hmmmmm... I think I know what happened. It's just a guess though.”

”Yes, my fair lady? Please enlighten me.”

”I told you that there was a margin of error in getting us home. That error might have manifested as a spatial shift in our exit point. That didn't happen, right? So it makes sense that when the error presented itself in the other way.”

”It seems like a temporal misalignment occurred on the way here. I got the spatial coordinates right, but I probably messed up getting the time of arrival.”

”Well...I did get you home, right? I technically succeeded,” she softly mumbled.