Diamond jumps up from the couch when she hears the sudden ring of an alarm echoing through the space.

Iris lets the sound stop with a single hand movement, and without opening her eyes. It must have been the cue the time is up.

Skyler eagerly walks towards them when she's noticing they're both waking up again. She grabs the handle of the case and places it in front of Iris.

Within several seconds Katherine and Elizabeth are fully awake and Iris lets out a shaking sigh of exhaustion.

"I hope you've found something that can help us, because I can't do this again," she tells Skyler who nods at the case lying in front of her.

"I did." Skyler reaches out with her hand to help get Katherine back on her feet while Iris and Elizabeth pull each other back up.

Katherine and Elizabeth crosses eyes and they grin widly.

"What is it?" Kathy asks curious, setting a few paces towards them.

"I think we have found an ally," Katherine answers. "We have found Cynar's hideout and we've found a prisoner."

"A prisoner?" Diamond repeats unsure. "Can we trust her, or him?"

Elizabeth shrugs. "I don't know but he must have been imprisoned for a reason."

"So, you know where the dragon is?" Kathy asks and they both nod.

"We do. He's at the West side of Central Park," Katherine responds.

"West? I thought it was East..." Elizabeth mutters and Katherine chuckles.

"No, it was the West side of the lake. I'm sure of it."

"Alright. So what's the plan?" Diamond asks and they all fall silent.

"How are we going to slay the dragon?" Diamond continues.

To kill a dragon... That's not something they had ever done before. They can all fight off bad guys with their bare hands, but mythical creatures? How are they supposed to be doing that?

"Maybe Phoenix knows?" Elizabeth suggests.

"Phoenix? Who's Phoenix?" Kathy asks confused.

"The prisoner."

"Yeah, just one small problem," Skyler jumps in, suddenly realizing she hadn't told them the bad news yet. "We can't wait that long anymore. We have to act now."

"How do you mean?" Iris questions her, noticing her slightly worried expression.

Skyler rocks back and forths, balancing on the ball of her feet. "The mist... It is toxic. The longer we wait, the bigger the chance is getting they won't wake up again."

"What?!" Iris yells shocked. She casts a glance upon her husband, she hopes they're not too late yet. How long have they been breathing it all in? Half an hour maybe?

"How long do we have?" Katherine asks anxiously.

Skyler shrugs. "I have honestly no idea. I don't even know how long before it becomes crucial. Maybe they'll all wake up with some brain damage."

Elizabeth clenches her jaw in determination. "Then we're going to act now. Kathy, teleport to the armoury. Go grab as many guns as you can carry, bows and arrows and everything else you think can help."

Kathy nods and teleports away before Skyler or Diamond could stop her.

"She shouldn't be going alone!" Diamond protests, which makes Elizabeth looking at her with raised eyebrows.

"Why?"

"Cynar is trying to get inside our heads. He has scared the living daylights out of her with some of his nightmares."

Her look softens. "I'm sorry, I didn't know that. I hope she'll be alright then."

Diamond rubs her temple. "I hope so too..."

Elizabeth turns to Skyler. "Whatever you have came up with, I hope it works. You're going to enter the dream as well because you also always know when you're dreaming. Iris, Diamond and Kathy will stay in the reality to attack him here. Katherine, Skyler and I are going to attack him from inside the dream."

They all agree and not much later Kathy returned again, her arms stuffed with all kind of weapons and she divides them over Iris, Diamond and herself. After all, the Dreamers can't carry anything with them when they're going to enter the dream.

Skyler crouches down and opens the silver coloured case. She rolls out four wires with an injection connected at the beginning of it.

"It's like the movie Inception. I'm going to connect one of these four wires with a sleeper. The other three will be for us. The mist will dessiminate through..."

Katherine cuts her explanation off. "I'm not quite sure if we have time for that. Will it work?"

"I don't know, I haven't tested it yet. We don't have time." She notices their scared expressions and she quickly continues. "But, I'm sure it'll work. I have seen the movie a thousand times."

"Very convincing."

Skyler crosses her arms angrily. "Do you want to try create something in such little time?"

Iris shushes them. "We don't have time for this."

Skyler sighs and continues setting up everything. "I'm going to give us seven and a half minute. You three will teleport to Central Park in five minutes. Which gives us an hour to realize it isn't real, to collect weapons, and to reach his lair."

"And to free Phoenix," Elizabeth adds, and they all look at her a bit sceptic.

"I still think he can help us," she defends herself.

"Fine. And to save Phoenix," Skyler agrees. She looks up to catch the faces of the three who are staying in the real world. They slowly nod.

"We can do this," Katherine says determined.

Skyler grins. "We're going to slay a dragon."

They all shake their head in disbelief.

"What? You have to admit, it sounds pretty cool."

"Fine. Now, lets go to sleep."

Skyler chuckles at Katherine's comment but continues with her work. Elizabeth and Katherine lie back on the floor while Skyler pushes the injection in one of Steve's vein of his arm. She then walks to Katherine and Elizabeth and places the other two injections. After that she does the same by herself and lies back.

"I need you to push that button," she tells Diamond and she nods at the big white button in the middle of the case. Diamond nods and firmly presses it. Skyler feels her eyes getting heavy and she gives in, falling asleep.

Iris, Kathy and Diamond watch the teller on the bottom of the case. Five minutes. They only have to wait for five minutes.

Iris fiddles with her fingers. Why is time always ticking slow when it has to go faster?

Kathy keeps staring at the teller, almost without blinking.

Four minutes left.

Have they already realized they're asleep? Or more important, was Skyler's device and potion working?

Diamond keeps glancing at the transparant wires connected to the case and to the four persons. She can see the mist running through it. She averts her gaze for a little moment at the teller, three minutes left. Would they actually be able to kill Cynar? What if the dragon appeared to be unbeatable?

Two minutes left.

They stop thinking, the only thing they can concentrate at now is the time. It's almost time.

One minute left.

Kathy grabs Iris' and Diamonds wrist and starts to imagine Central Park. They're so lucky she's able to teleport.

5...

4...

3...

2...

1...

And with a loud poof! they disappear.

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A/N: Okay, maybe it is going to be bit longer... xD I can't help it, I'm on a roll!