Dimension 987 Chapter 4

Jean awoke.
Faye awoke.
Sheri awoke.
Ryan awoke.
Wan awoke.
Theon awoke.
"Theon, did you feel that?"
"hang on, i'm conferencing all of us. why didn't anyone call you?"
"you started this whole thing!! obviously everyone would go to you first, you were point on this!!!"
"J... just wait! sheesh..."
Theon pressed the menu button and switched everyone to conference.
"Did you guys just feel that jolt? Theon already confirmed with me that he felt it." Ryan.
"I felt it!! it was sort of like the first time, but this time stronger, and i could hear a PING! sound!!" Jean.
"I felt it." Wan. short and curt. how uncharacteristic.
"I felt it, and also, the force was stronger." Faye.
"I was jerked out of sleep. don't tell me all of you were awake." Theon.
"i was awake." Ryan.
"me too!" Jean.
"i can't sleep, i have an insomnia problem. passed down from my father." Sheri.
"i was wide awake!!" Wan.
"i was still awake working on my editorial column." Faye.
Theon became quiet.
"Jean has something to say." Wan said curtly. Jean cleared her throat.
"i know something about the tunnels." Jean confessed, and everyone was immediately alert.
"why didn't you say so before?! i knew something was missing!" Theon started to get angry.
"hey, come on. it's not Jean's fault. she was probably scared because she had no proof or something." Wan.
"yeah, let's just listen to what she has to say." Sheri.
"listen." Jean said. "the so called source of the power comes from 2 places. one is from the jumper, obviously, since life force is essential, and the other comes from a secondary source. judging by the power of this force," Jean frowned, "the secondary power source would be the moon. the strongest source, the crescent moon. but there was one thing you missed." Theon and Sheri clutched the phone tighter.
"the crystals." Jean said confidently.
"the what?" Theon and Sheri said at the same time. Faye giggled.
"the crystals. as we all know, when something goes through a shiny solid like a diamond with many sides, any light is reflected. the more sides, the more light. it's the same concept, but this time, with power. the amount of power put in by the moon is magnified by the sides of the crystal." Jean concluded her statement.
Sheri was silent.
Theon couldn't find anything to say.
"i have something to say, too." Wan said solemnly. everyone held the phone back to her ear.
"i expected this, Wan." Sheri said, surprisingly. "you sounded a bit too believing at Mac'Donalds."
"just listen. this is what i have to offer." Wan insisted, and everyone waited for the news.
"..."
"Sheri, Theon, Ryan, Faye and Jean... my older brother was a previous jumper."
***
Hisagi landed in a... tree.
'this is a tree.' he confirmed, eating one of the leaves before spitting it out. 'BITTER!' he took a short sip of water from his hip flask.
'so this is Dimension 987. Earth...' Hisagi looked at the lights around him and climbed down. he warily took a step on the grey thing which looked like it stretched on for a long time, but something rushed by that blared at him like it was offended. Hisagi resisted the urge to run up the tree again, where he felt he would be safe from all these things. he sighed as he looked at the left and right side of the grey strip. he took a step, and then another when he saw it was safe. he ran across and looked back when he was on the other side, proud of himself.
before he saw all the funny rounded and square shaped structures and so many more grey strips around him. he breathed out a long breath.
'this is going to be a long night.' he thought, looking left and right to check for blaring things again.