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Message: <blockquote data-quote="crazy_monkey1956" data-source="post: 4703378" data-attributes="member: 49514">Michaels says only one more thing to Connor, "Your choice.  You can sit here and sink deeper into your own personal hell.  Or you can come with me and maybe find a little redemption...and your wife."The airplane took off, Max staring out the window.Another airplane took off, taking Amy away from home.Major Truman gets up and shakes Nathan's hand, saying to Allison, "I think we've got our guy."A helicoptor flies over the Ozarks to a destination unknown.Hangar 18, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OhioConnor Lang, Max Storm, Nathan Abrahms, Corporal Amy Monroe (in dress uniform), and Specialist Howie Blaise (in a hastily procured and slightly ill fitting set of unlabeled fatigues) sit in a conference room about ten levels beneath the actual Air Force Base.Above them, tourists wandered about the National Museum of the United States Air Force, oblivious to the second, secret base below their feet.Brigadier General William Staunton enters the room, along with Harvey Storm, Max's father.Staunton speaks first, "Good morning and welcome to the Shadowgate facility.  I'm the man in charge, so to speak.  You were brought here, first and foremost, to perform a rescue mission, but we'll get to that in a moment.  The Shadowgate is, in essence, a means of travelling through inter-dimensional boundaries.  It gives us the ability to explore realities beyond our own.  Unfortunately, there are threats in some of those other realities, hence the need for a rescue mission."Harvey takes over at this point, trying to force a smile for Max, but failing, "About a month ago, we successfully activated the Shadowgate for the first time.  But, something came through and kidnapped six of our people...including my wife.  We've since reconfigured the operating mechanism so that the doorway, so to speak, is only one way."He passes out small wristbands to each member of the group.  The wristbands each have a small crystal shard and a digital timing device that looks like an over-sophisticated watch."Those are your recall crystals.  When the timer runs out, you'll automatically be recalled back through the Shadowgate, returning here.  It is vitally important to not take that off, as that is your ticket home.  If the timer runs out and you're not wearing it, you'll be stranded."Staunton continues, "I'm sure you are all wondering why you specifically are here.  We'll get to that.  Let's just get the first round of questions out of the way, then we'll take a tour of the facility.  So, questions?"</blockquote>

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