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ack at the others and gave a weird grin. "Wanna check out the fourth floor of Block F? Chance of alifetime!""If this is Kenselton, all the machines that brought us over should be around, right?" Julian asked as theystarted walking towards the stairwell, pointedly ignoring Griffin. "Top floor," he continued. "That's wherewe arrived. Let's go there."Griffin looked disappointed that no one else seemed interested in visiting the fourth floor of Block F."Lights are on," Scott commented redundantly as they entered the lift lobby, the dead, static glow of thelamp casting their shadows on the wall.Ron hit the call button for the lift. The lighted numbers above it showed it slowly descending from theforty-second floor."At least the elevator still works," Kevin said in American.The lift arrived, its doors opening.Griffin strolled in. Julian looked at the others, then went in, the rest following after. The door shut onthem, and they slowly rose up to the top floor and whatever it might hold."Hello!" Dem said, appearing out of nowhere."Stay away from us!" Neo shouted.**Group D: Neo, Eddie, not-Tim"I don't think I will, Mr. Anderson," Dem said. "Now excuse us for a moment-" He grabbed not-Tim, andthe both of them vanished from the room.Not-Tim wrested his arm out of Dem's grip, and met no resistance; they were already at theirdestination, a small, cosy room with two comfortable squashy armchairs."Sit down," Dem offered."No thanks, I'll stand."Dem shrugged and sat down. "I suppose you still haven't changed your mind?"No response."All right. How about I change the deal a little. Do what I told you, and I'll ensure that all of yourcharacters survive. Even the dead ones. Turn back the clock – they don't have to die this time. Jjaks.Alex. Jack. Of course, I'll probably have to make it up with other people, but you don't need to worryabout those. They've got nothing to do with you. What do you say to that?"No response.Dem took out a most excellently tasty bit of cheese from his pocket and munched on it. One of the greatthings about interdimensional travel is that you can get the best cheese in the multiverse."I'm sure you've noticed something by now," he said. "None of your characters came from where youleft them. Most are slightly older, some are slightly younger. Ted's only fifteen, because of... events thathappened a while back that put a different time marker on his universe when the machine hooked on toit. Neo hasn't finished the sequel storylines, same reason."Others have started families. These are real people, Keanu. They have lives outside of the two hoursyou gave them. They have friends and family who care about them and would like to know wherethey've disappeared to. It's been a week. The universes were locked in temporal sync when they gottaken. A week here, a week there. There are a lot of parents out there sick with worry-"Not-Tim gave a cynical laugh. "How's this supposed to convince me to allow even more people to betaken?"