"What the hell?!" Rhea snapped. "Are you telling me there is a city that has a nuclear explosion sending death and radiation backward in time?"

"Got it in one elf lady," Mythic giddily responded. "If you check with records in a certain remote portion of the former soviet bloc, you'll find a gradual buildup of radiation and unexplained destruction that slowly works towards its epicenter. Just like this place it is, and it isn't real."

"Help me! Help us!" The voice called out of thin air. "For the love of god, help us!"

"What in all that is holy!" Rhea snapped as she drew one of her gauss pistols.

"Relax,...