Nico growled at Lana's father, reminding him of his promise to send them home.

Sitting crossed legged on the grass, much like Lana had done when sending the other visitors home, Alfred concentrated on forming the portal. The air in front of him crackled with electricity. Small tendrils of blue lightning arced from a central sphere that hovered several feet off the ground. It grew, gaining density as Alfred chanted under his breath.

Lana sat too, slipping her hand in her father's when the portal circumference reached the ground. She smiled at Nico before turning her attention on Sidney. "Thank you, we owe you more than a journey home."

"A promise to never create another portal will do," Sidney replied, knowing the command Callie gave to both after feeding on them earlier that day, would see that they didn't. She wanted to hear them say it.

"My mother was desperate," Lana explained, "and she paid the ultimate price to save us all. Don't worry, Graham will reclaim the island and nothing more. Father and I will see to it."

Harmony felt an arm slide around her waist. She beamed at Eric and addressed Sidney. "Don't worry, we'll keep an eye on them for you."

Callie, Nico and Sidney linked arms in front of the portal. Each took a deep breath and stepped forward at the same time on Sidney's broadcast command. On exiting, they turned and watched the portal shrink. A fraction of a second before it disappeared completely, someone else tumbled through. He rolled and jumped to his feet, ready to run.

Nico pounced on the intruder, tackled him to the ground, pinning him by the throat beneath him. "What the hell are you doing here, Dainton?" Nico growled, releasing his grip.

Dainton punched him. "That's for not warning me I was to be badger bait. Do you have any idea how far I had to run? Twice they almost caught me."

"You were the perfect distraction," Nico countered, rubbing his aching jaw. "I deserved that shot, but do it again and I'll rip your head off."

"Boys!" Sidney yelled. She offered Dainton a hand to help him up. "Congratulations, Dainton, you're now stuck in our world. Lana and Alfred are under strict instructions to never open another portal."

Dainton grinned. "Fine by me."

"Who wants to call Sam to come get us?" Nico asked, remembering that he sent his car home with one of the visitors who returned previously.

Sidney volunteered. After several failed attempts to connect with Sam's mobile, she tried the house. Brian answered.

Callie and Nico walked ahead with Dainton to give her some privacy when they heard Sidney giggle and say she missed him too. 

"Brian's on his way. He said Sam's gone to the States to give Rick and his Dad a hand with some territory issues or something," Sidney said when she caught up with them. "We've got at least an hour to kill before he gets here."

"Did he say anything about Adie?" Callie asked. "I wonder if they had any luck finding information on Lucien from the Shaman."