Part 10
You're not feeling clear headed enough to make any decision but, then, it's not really a difficult decision to make. You're disorientated and completely out of control. The raw strength of your mind could kill the telepaths you were visiting and could hurt even Stephen and Tyso. How can you go back?
You try to lock down your flailing thoughts. You try to ignore the increasingly anxious pleas from the other Tomorrow People.
You cant risk hurting the others. You cant risk it.
You let the waves of electricity flow around you and then the calm of hyperspace seeps into you even as the swirling colours transfix you. You're wearing an AE suit but without the helmet it does little good and you have no idea how to operate the thing anyway. Still entranced by the colours and patterns crossing your vision, you don't notice as that vision begins to fade.
You drift on the currents of hyperspace, getting steadily further from the voice calling you. Your misfiring powers flood hyperspace with energy around you, distorting and twisting it. Despite that, hyperspace is peaceful, soporific. Your eyes drift closed.
[Jay? Jay!] The voices slam into your mind, pulling you into sudden wakefulness. At first you think it's Stephen and Tyso and pull sleepily away but then the truth hits you.
[Adam?] You shout the name. [Kevin?]
Hyperspace coils and twists around you, manipulated by your raw power. Electricity sparks across your vision and the across your entire body. It clears slowly to reveal smoke-blackened and pale faces peering down at you.
"Jay!" Adam sweeps you into a quick hug. "We thought we'd lost you."
You stare around you in mind-numbing confusion. A moment ago you believed you'd never see this place or these people again.
"I'm home." You whisper in disbelief. "I'm a Tomorrow Person and I'm back."
"Takes a bit of getting used to, doesn't it?" Megabyte grins as he squats beside you. "Come on, Jay, let's get you back to the Island."
"You were gone for ages!" Kevin exclaims as he helps you to your feet. "Where were you?"
You hesitate, thinking about the people you've met and the sights you've seen.
"I don't think you'd believe me if I told you." You sigh.
"Hah! That's what you think." Megabyte tells you. "Did we ever mention..." Adam gives him a gentle thump to shut him up.
"Later, Megabyte." He suggests. You nod and begin to focus on the Island.
"Trust me, Megabyte," You says as you concentrate on this last teleportation for the day, too exhilerated by being home to worry about your tiredness and confusion. "We both have stories to tell. And if there's one thing we have enough of, it's time."
The confused faces around you touches the sense of the ridiculous in all of you. As you teleport, you can't help laughing!
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