[Time escaped him in this place; Tuck had no idea how long he had been there. He had once carried with him a cell phone that he had a digital display, but he guessed somewhere in the confusion, somewhere in the vertigo, wherever he had been between China and here, it had been lost. All he really knew was that it felt like it had been forever, and if you asked him now, it might as well be the truth.]
[First the temple. The... thing looking out for him, ushering him on to another place. What had that all been about? A time rift? Getting pulled to this very spot where someone was waiting for him? Cybertron? Go see Nexus Prime, but don't disturb him?... He didn't want to see any Nexus Prime! He just wanted to know what was going on already!]
[There had been apologies, a device given to him. He had been guided out to a chamber beyond and left there on his own.]
[On his own.]
[It had all seemed like a dream until he saw the world beyond the temple. So vast, so big. Hong Kong itself was dwarfed by comparison. In that instant, Tuck knew two things: 1) Eventually, he was going to be sick, and 2) This was not home. To his benefit, somewhere in the back of his mind, he thought at least he was glad he hadn't had a chance to eat much before his last little adventure. Quarry had seen to that. How much to his benefit that would be was something that had yet to be seen.]
[As he stood, staring out at the city somewhere between awe and shock, he uttered something mutedly in Cantonese, unaware that the device provided for him had been recording for the last few minutes.]
[Toppled over as he was by the turn of events, he hadn't even noticed the insignia now imprinted cleanly on the wrapped fabric of his left bicep.] | |
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