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Ryan was thrown back into the world when the cold water hit his face.
"What?' he asked.
"Who are you?"
"Ryan..." he mumbled.
"And who are you?" the man asked Ilandra.
"I'm Ilandra... You must be Mechs." she answered.
"How do you know who I am?"
"Liv and Xander told us when we found them at the other shuttle. They came searching for you, but apparently they missed you."
"Yeah, the lowlife that hit you two destroyed our shuttle. We went searching for the other."
"Can you untie us now?" Ryan asked.
"We might as well. The enemies from our enemies are our friends." Ponte said.
"I'd like to keep them like that until Liv and Xander confirm their story." Mechs said, "Sorry."
"No problem." Ilandra said, smiling, "I would have done the same."

"Through here..." Raven said, "And then, past this tree."
How can he see the tracks in the forest?" Xander asked Liv, "I could follow them on the grass, but here?"
"Training I guess." Liv shrugged.

"Raven!" Ryan yelled.
"Glad you could join us." Ilandra added.
"Why are you tied up?"
"They take no chances..." Ilandra ominously said.
"And yet they have with them one of the bad guys." Xander intervened, missing nothing in the situation.
"He is no harm." Mechs said, "Ponte could take him on."
Ponte laughed hard, making all the others join in. "I could." he managed to bring out.
Ilandra and Ryan were released and they all sat down in the clearing.
"What are we going to do now?" Mechs asked.
"We wait for our fellows and then we split using the Telps." Raven said.
"What if they aren't in time?" Liv asked.
"Then the Telps will have to carry more people then they are used too."
Raven got up and walked around. "I'll go scout the perimeter. Maybe I'll find Merxes tied to a tree." he said.

A few moments went by before Raven came back: "Still no sign."
A more violent earthquake disturbed the peace of the forest. The hardest one yet. The ground under their feet literally rose up and fell down again.
"Raven!" Ilandra screamed when she saw the mountain behind him smoking. Raven looked up and saw a boulder the size of a car smash down toward him. His instincts took over and he changed. He easily averted the danger and landed.
"A shapeshifter!" Trevor yelled, "You're travelling with a shapeshifter." 
"Apparently we are..." Ilandra remarked a bit shocked. How had Raven been able to hide this from them?
But there was no time for more questions. More blocks rained down. Ilandra grabbed her Telp. She tossed it toward the other group of four.
"Ryan! Get over here and push the button, Mechs you too."
Ryan instantly followed the command. Ilandra only barely caught him and Figaro in time for the pull. She hoped the other four and three would make it too... 

Follow Ilandra, Ryan and Figaro to Darkling Dawn
Follow Trevor, Mechs, Stevan and Ponte to Lantessama
Continue with Raven, Liv and Xander

Lantessama Isle
Cy DragonStake  -   Darkling Dawn

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