In the past part 4

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"C'MON, wake up!" shouted Sasha with a high amount of energy. "We need to get going."
Giovanni slowly stirred awake.
The dream that Rodolf remembered ended so abruptly that it woke him.
Liz and Peter were still stretching when Giovanni looked in Rodolf's direction and quickly turned away the instant that Rodolf looked back at him.
"What?" asked Rodolf blushing. He wondered if Giovanni had read his dream and judged him on it.
Giovanni replied while avoiding looking his way, "Nothing."
"It's not a good day for a dream like that. I can still smell the... peaches?"
"Mangoes."
"How would you know?"
Andy asked them, "What are you two talking about?"
Giovanni answered quickly, "Nothing."
Giovanni's response made Rodolf ask himself if it truly had been his own dream. After all, he had heard Giovanni's thoughts in the pyramid. Since Giovanni could telepathically share images, Rodolf wondered if sharing a dream could be one of his abilities.


After they visited the outhouse separately, the six of them left to find the house in which four of them had been trapped the previous day. Again, Liz led the way. She seemed to be the only one that knew in which direction to go. The six of them reviewed their plan to prevent the man from going to the future and shared more ideas about how to confirm that he was the one after whom they were sent. Andy and Liz tried to add a back-up plan focusing on their new odd abilities in case they would encounter the naked guard again. Even after a few ideas, their best way to confirm who would cross over was to witness the person going through a portal. As for meeting the naked patrol again, their only plan was to surprise them from behind.

The group stopped two buildings away from the desired brick house because Sasha insisted that they discuss the plan once more. They had decided that Andy and Sasha would enter from the front while the rest of them would go to the back and wait for the signal, which would be the first of either three minutes passing or Andy or Sasha shouting. At the brick building, Sasha wanted to see the interior before going inside but there were no windows nor any clear openings other than the hole that they had seen through the roof, which was one meter above his head. Andy and Sasha considered getting on the roof but the partial view of only one room wasn't worth the effort. They opened the front door anticipating guards but the hallway before them was clear. They went inside without closing the door. No one else could be seen nor heard. The two of them slowly made their way to the back through the hallway, which was illuminated by two of the four lanterns and by the sunlight coming through the front doorway. Andy and Sasha hoped to find someone while hoping that no one was there. They peered into the first two rooms. They were empty. While stepping into the back room, Sasha froze.
"Why are you stopping?" asked Andy.
"Mmmmm" was all Sasha said.
Andy felt his body immobilize before the naked person that had first brought them there stepped into view from his left. The person smiled triumphantly but their smirk faded as they realized that Andy's and Sasha's focus was on something behind them.
Sasha tried to warn the object of his attention, "Mmmm!"
The guard turned to face the direction in which the other two stared. A semi-transparent Rodolf stood in the back room close to the wall. The patrol member tried to control his body but Rodolf continued to move. They continued to attempt to prevent him from moving and grew more and more frustrated as their attempts failed. Rodolf paced back and forth seemingly confused and oblivious to what was happening while Andy and Sasha fought against the grasp on them but couldn't free themselves. Their focus was split between escaping the guard's ability and wondering what Rodolf was doing.

Behind the house, Giovanni stood over Rodolf's body on the ground.
Liz approached Giovanni. "What happened?"
Giovanni replied, "I don't know. He suddenly fell."
"Was he trying to do something? What was he thinking about before this?" Liz was concerned about Rodolf and about not being able to go through the back door on time to help Andy and Sasha.
Not wanting to admit that he had tried to read Rodolf's thoughts and failed, Giovanni said, "I don't know. I wasn't reading him."
"Just great!" exclaimed Peter. "Rodolf is unconscious, AGAIN. Sasha and Andy are inside and we have no way to communicate with them or see what's going on. Why doesn't this house have any windows?"
Liz asked him, "Do you want to go in now?"
"Yes. I know Sasha told us to wait but either no one is in there or they're in trouble."
"What about Rodolf?" replied Giovanni. "We can't leave him here."
Rejoining Peter, Liz responded, "You stay with him. If we need help, Peter will scream and you can be our plan C."

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