Once all of them were on the island and the ship that had brought John and Jade had left, John rounded on Dave and Rose, saying; "So you two can fly?"

"I guess so." Dave said, "We also are from the future of right now."

"Like a week in the future." Rose added with a glare at Dave, "I told him not to do it this way, but nooo, he wouldn't listen."

"Being a drama queen does not suit you." Dave said to her, "And besides, this way they don't have to miss us."

"More like you missed them." Rose said as she hugged Jade then John.

"I am not the one getting all touchy feely now."

John hugged Rose back, and said, "I don't mind touchy and feely."

"We know you don't." Dave said.

"So tell us how this happened," Jade said, "Not that I mind having you both here as well."

They all headed towards the house that Jade had been raised in, "Once we get inside I will answer all your questions."

Rose looked over at him and nodded in agreement, "Oh before I forget, I am suppose to tell John to talk to Karkat first."

"He can wait." Dave said.

Rose just shrugged while John blushed. "I guess so."

"You went all day without contacting them." Jade said, "As soon as we are done talking, John should let them know that he was indeed perfectly sane when he jumped from the crows nest on deck."

Dave laughed softly, "You jumped from the crows nest?"

Sheepishly, John nodded his head as they all entered the house, "I can control the wind."

"True." Rose said, "So you forced your powers to wake up?"

"Yeah!" John sat down on a sofa, sitting on his feet. "I am more interested in this time thing you can do though." he said to Dave as the others all sat down too.

"Terezi helped me."

"The troll?"

"Yeah."

"What happened?"

"Well," Dave answered Jade, "I was needing to get the code from their system converted to ours so that we could sync everything; and Terezi is the one that was helping me. She is also the one that reminded me that I had all the time in the world at my disposal. Rose than got her God tier powers and made me want to find mine. So I did, then Terezi said that I needed to work on getting it so that I could teleport anyone I wanted to through time, due to the fact that that is how we are going to have to save the trolls."

"So you worked on moving people through time?" John wanted to know.

"Yeah, and now Jade needs to work on moving those same people through space."

"So the two of you are going to move the trolls through space and time to get here?"

"Just about." Dave said, "While we do that you and Rose need to get the comet slowed down so that it will not cause mass destruction,"

Everyone looked from Rose to John. "I think I can do something…" John said almost to himself, "I did get my powers back after all."

"What about you Jade?"

"She never lost them Dave."

"How do you know so much?" Dave asked Rose.

"Is it true?" John asked Jade.

"I never lost my memory either." Jade nodded her head, "I just thought I was going crazy at times, hearing strange voices in my head. When I tried to talk to you all about it, I just thought it would sound even crazier."

"So you knew all this time?"

"John, don't make it sound like I was trying to keep it from you. I was only thinking that at the time nothing could be done about it all."

"Rose," Jade said, "Will you please explain why I did not want to say anything to you all? I know you know by now."

Rose looked long at Jade while everyone waited for her to say something, "Yeah, I do know what you mean…" Rose finally said, "I just don't think now would be a good time to go into all the small details like that. We need to concentrate on getting them safely here so that they do not crash into the Earth."

"Will you guys stop this mystery BS?" John stood up and started to pace in front of them, "How would you like for me and Dave to keep something from you two."

"We couldn't do that even if we wanted to." Dave sighed, "The seer would see right through it, and that would be the end to that."

John didn't know what to say so he just sat down in a chair and kept quiet.

Rose went on as if John and Dave had not just been discussing other things, "I think that John needs to train more with his windy thing."

"Are you sure?" Jade asked.

"Yes. He needs to be able to stop or slow down the comet, it will be up to him to do this, and you Jade will need to teleport it away as soon as you retrieve the trolls."

"Oh my God," John said, "I have to use that?"

"You can do it John." Jade cheered for him.

"Are you his personal cheerleader?" Dave asked, "Where is mine?" he looked pointedly at Rose, who proceeded to ignore him. "I guess I don't warrant one now."

"John can be your cheerleader now." Rose dryly stated.

"I guess you are too above that then?" Dave asked her.

"You know it." she smiled at him.

"I'll be too busy to cheer for you." John said to Dave. "Jade can cheer for both of us."

"How is it we started this subject?" Rose asked no one in particular. "Can we please get back on track?"

"Yes," Jade agreed, "All this talk about being cheerleader is getting me a headache."

"I take it you were not a cheerleader in school?" Dave laughed as he said, "You would have made a good one."

"Gee, thanks I think." Jade rolled her eyes at the thin compliment.

Rose looked irritated, as she said; "Why don't you go talk to your troll friends and then practice some of that windy stuff?"

John shrugged his shoulders and left the room, only to turn around and say, "Uh Jade?"

"Yeah?"

"Where should I put my things?"

Jade smiled at him and got up to show him where he should stay. "It's a little dusty." she said as she opened the door to a room for him. "I hope this is okay." She went over and opened the drape to let in the late evening light.

"This is fine." John said as he opened his laptop. "Don't worry about the dust, I will use my windy thing to clean up later."

Jade laughed as she left the room.

It only took a moment for John to see that Karkat had indeed been trying to get in touch with him, by the looks of it, he had been trying for over an hour.

CG: JOHN! ARE YOU FUCKIN INSANE?

CG: I SEE YOU ARE!

CG: WHY THE HELL DID YOU TRY THAT FOOLISH STUNT?

CG: YOU COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED... NOT SAYING THAT I WOULD HAVE CARED, CAUSE CLEARLY I WOULDNT HAVE.

CG: I WOULD NOT HAVE CARED IF YOU HAD DIED, YOUR HUMAN BRAINS PLASTERED TO THE WOOD OF THAT CONTRAPTION YOU LANDED ON.

CG: OH SO YOU ARE GOING TO IGNORE ME NOW.

CG: WHAT THE FUCK IS STRIDER DOING THERE WITH LALONDE?

CG: FINE HAVE YOUR TALK, AS SOON AS ITS OVER THOUGH YOU BETTER TALK TO ME ABOUT EARLIER.

EB: sorry about earlier karkat.

EB: i just had to talk with dave and rose.

CG: ABOUT FUCKIN TIME YOU GOT TO ME.

CG: I KNOW YOU THOUGHT I COULD WAIT, ITS NOT LIKE WE HAVE ANYWHERE WE NEED TO BE, HELL NO!

CG: YOU JUST WANTED TO BE WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND LEAVE ME WORRIED SICK ABOUT EVERYTHING.

EB: i thought you said you could care less if i got hurt.

CG: I COULD CARE LESS.

EB: could have fooled me.

EB: anyway...

EB: i will be training my windy thing later.

EB: i just thought that you should know.

CG: OH FUCKIN GREAT!

CG: MORE OF THIS NONSENSE.

EB: how long do you guys have anyway?

CG: NOT THAT LONG.

EB: how long is not that long?

CG: LESS THAN A HALF A SWEEP. WELL THAT WAS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

CG: SO NOW IT IS EVEN LESS THAN THAT.

EB: so we will see each other soon.

EB: i really need to practice then.

CG: SPEAKING OF THAT,

CG: WHY THE FUCK DID YOU JUMP OFF THAT THING EARLIER?

CG: YOU COULD HAVE BEEN HURT.

EB: be careful karkat, you sound like you are beginning to care.

CG: WHY THE FUCK WOULD I CARE ABOUT YOU OTHER THAN GETTING US OFF OF HERE? ITS NOT LIKE I HAVE RED FEELINGS YOU KNOW.

EB: i think you deny it too much karkat, you know what they say about denial.

CG: NO I DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU HUMANS SAY ABOUT DENIAL.

EB: those that deny the loudest are those that hide the most.

CG: HIDE WHAT?

EB: your feelings.

CG: YOU ARE IMPLYING SOMETHING, AND I DONT THINK I LIKE IT AT ALL.

John laughed and simply said goodbye to the troll before opening the window to clean out the room. The dust and stuffiness had gotten to be too much for him to handle. He needed fresh air like a fish needed water.

Going to where Jade had opened the blind, John used the last of his strength to open the stubborn window. With his senses he could feel the room around him, behind him was a desk and chair, next to that was a large bed that had a mosquito net wrapped around it. On the other side of the bed was a large dresser, an old fashioned one that had a wash basin on it. Sitting on the ledge, he closed his eyes and felt the evening breeze gently caressing his face like a lost lover would. His strange metaphor's were causing him to smile.

He felt the wind swirl around him and encompass him, it seemed to want something from him, he didn't know what though. The wind seemed to be touching all the things in the room, bringing it all into focus with his mind. His mind was becoming foggy, as if in a dream.

It was when the wind was rushing towards him that he opened his eyes to see the ground looming ever closer to him. Momentarily panic filled him, he looked behind him, and noticed the window that he had been in only moments ago seem to get smaller and smaller. This was even higher than the crows nest had been, visions of him hitting hard, splattering his brain and all his blood on the hard ground, filled him. It would be like a raw egg hitting the pavement, his head would be the egg.

He had to stop thinking about these things and concentrate. The wind seemed to gather up around him, trying to lift him, he just wasn't concentrating enough though.

Closing his mind to everything except the feel of the wind and the way it seemed to be trying to embrace him, he once more closed his eyes and allowed the feel to take him, this time even the way it gently moved his hair was noted in his mind, and before long he realized that he should have hit the ground.

Cautiously he opened one eye and looked, he was hovering two feet off the ground. A feeling of lightheadedness washed over him and he soared into the air, his shirt flying into his face as he was upside down still.