Kelly awoke to warm ocean surf pulling sand around her cheek. She sat up with a start to find herself and the others in their civilian clothes. She saw Sonya kneeling over Warren's body and performing CPR. She scrambled to her feet and ran over to them unable to reach them before Warren woke with a choking cough, rolled over and spit out seawater. He then took in large breaths of air.
Kelly looked the other direction down the beach to see Dante pulling Gordon out of the ocean surf. He had him almost completely on dry land and lost his footing, falling into the sand on his back breathing heavily from the exertion.
Warren sat up and Sonya took a look at the deserted rocky cliff walls that divided the beach from the rest of the mainland.
"Are we even still in California?" Dante shouted to the sky.
Kelly looked up and down the coastline. "I don't know." She admitted, turning to look out at the open ocean and seeing the dark heavy clouds of a storm moving toward land. "But we'd better find some shelter and fast." She recommended. The group pulled themselves together and headed for the Cliffs.
The outcropping of rocks they found barely counted as a cave but it gave them protection from the rain,
Sonya turned into the cave from surveying the storm. "Does anyone still have a functional pair of glasses?" Each of them checked their pair and found nothing more than normal sunglasses.
Gordon tossed his into the sand. "That's great." He grumbled in frustration. "We're stranded god knows where, with none of our powers, no communications, and I don't know about anyone else but I didn't bring any kind of money with me." He ranted. The others all shook their heads.
Kelly left her glasses on and tucked her knees up under her chin as she sat on the ground. She watched the rain through her darkened lenses.
Time and the storm seemed to be standing still. Each of the kids had retreated to their own corners as far as the cover of the outcropping would allow, which wasn't far. Kelly felt the adrenaline leaving her system and the rain was beginning to lull her to sleep. Her eyes kept drooping and she kept wrestling them open again, but she could feel unconsciousness winning the war, at least until she heard and unknown voice come over the glasses.
"I don't know if any of you are still alive but you have five seconds to prepare for emergency teleport." The voice warned.
Kelly glanced at Gordon's glasses in the sand. 'Gordon!" she shouted, causing him to dive for his pair. he grabbed them just in time for them to all disappear from the cave as the storm raged on outside.
