Kyle stared at the collar given to him by the man when he signed up and frowned. He made it a point to ask the General later what the hell these things were for anyway.
The Tech-Com second in command moved toward a bar area, most people around the area were gone.
“Where’s your latest phone book?!”
The bartender frowned, confused “What?!”
“Your dial phones!” Kyle barked aloud.
The bartender let out a heavy sigh and pointed to an old dusty black phone in the background. “This what you are looking for, stranger?”
The solider nodded “Thank you.” as he simply moved his hands through a torn, dusty old phone book directory as nothing happened even as Kyle entered a quarter.
But what shocked John’s father the most that a hologram made him almost jump out of his skin.
“What in the…”
He found John’s comm number somewhere in the book, just in tinder letters.
“Who is this? How did you find my comm number?”
“SIR!” Kyle stood stiff in front of his Commander and let off a light salute.
“Kyle? You made it here, ok?”
“At precisely 1700 hrs or 5:00 PM, sir”
John nodded and frowned “What did you want to ask me?”
Kyle pointed to the silver “band” around his arm “What the heck is this?”
John closed his eyes for a bit and remembered the silly silver band from last year’s DA. “That, father is your collar that connects you with the Bobinator.”
Kyle looked back and gritted his teeth “So what you are telling me is that your guardian can suddenly read my thoughts?!”
John was silent and responded “At ease, Sgt, I’m sure you can’t read Uncle Bob’s thoughts as much as he can read your thoughts.
Kyle growled, “That doesn’t make me feel any better, John!”
The Sgt growled at his higher-ranked son lightly and frowned “How did this Karl Jak treat those who survived?”
John looked away and frowned “He expects you to save the world and some more, he laughed at me when he mentioned you.”
Kyle was silent “You said yourself I died in 1984, but I’m back to prove myself.”
The wayward Commander sighed “I’m not sure of most of the details, but there’s a lot to explain to you if you survive, Sgt. Don’t let me down.”
Kyle couldn't help but hold back a grunt "Yes, sir. I won't let you down."
He shut the holograms off and sighed, deciding to sit at the empty bar area, staring up at the contestants coming in. The Tech-Com soldier blinked and swore when he saw what a DRAGON was and what, a talking penguin come into this place. Just what did John think he was?