Speed was running at full tilt tripping up doom bots while Eli gave one of his high and mighty speaches. 'Doom won't listen, he never listens. This is taking too long' he thought. But Patriot was the leader and the team got mad when he did it his way. He went back to humming [i]Another one bites the dust [/i] in his head and attacking the doombots.

It was too late when speed saw the artifact start to glow. 'Forget this' he thought racing at full tilt to knock the artifact from Dooms hand. He was mid stride when he heard Patriot call for a retreat which sounded like a movie plaid at ten percent speed. 'Crap' was all he thought now back pedaling as hard as he could. It was to late for him though the portal picked him up at the moment he changed directions. He tried to reach out for a handhold or a friend's hand but met only air. 'Well this will be good.' He thought.
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He woke up, his head feeling groggy. Looking around he heard Patriot yelling orders 'shocker' he thought. Then he saw Hawkeye and Stature. 'Ok, ok. Four so far but where is...?' His thoughts stopped mid stream. Speed stood up and looked around as fast as he could. 'There.' His excitement grew and faded equally as fast.

He saw Wiccan but he didn't see him moving. Speed sped over to Wiccan and shook his shoulder. "I know your slow little brother, but it's time to get up." He said trying not to sound as urgent as he felt.

It wasn't until he reached Billy that Speed even paid any attention to his surroundings. There was a strange green light, people he didn't recognize, and come to think about it this place didn't feel right. Looking over his shoulder he said "Uh, Patriot? Where are we?"