“Ready?” Max takes her hand, and he can see she feels nervous.
“Yeah.” She squeezes his hand slightly.
They step through the portal and into the forest. Their research showed that they were in the right place, just not in the right timeline. This time when they step through the portal, however, the forest looks different. It even smells different. They plan on finding the so-called weapon and then keeping it hostage to get the project back from the government.
A trade of sorts, but first they need to find it.
Max beats away bushes in front of them, and they move through the forest when the city comes into view.
“We found it!” Magenta shouts happily, jumping up and down and hugging Max.
“Yes, we sure did.” He grins at her.
They study the environment and the people from a distance, s
