This is Hen aka Andrea again, and things went from bad to worse for a moment.

Poncho, Katt, Freshman, and I were sitting around the dining table, waiting for Russia to come along, but there was no sign of him. Oh, and with Freshman, he was getting better, improving day by day. He can still walk and all, he just moves pretty slowly. Poor guy.

"Where's Russia?" Katt whispered to me.

"He went back to the past. He should be here by now, that was like two hours ago," I told her.

"Can we eat without him?" I heard Cade ask Poncho impatiently. "I'm really hungry."

"Hm." Poncho drummed his fingers on the tabletop. He then turned to me. "Hen and Freshman, why don't you guys go check where he is. The more the merrier, eh?"

I nodded my head as I stood up. "Alright." I looked down at the two members of the team. "Come on, guys, let's go get Russia."

Us two got up and we walked across the main room and into the hallway. We continued walking until we hit the end of the hallway, where Russia's room was located. I pressed the button and the door slide upward, revealing the room it was covering. We walked inside and I bet all of our eyes grew wide with shock, because mine surely did.

On the other side, there were millions of pieces of metal and glass and tools sprawled all over his room. It seemed like as if someone came in and tore everything he built in his room into pieces. At least his furniture was still alive, it seemed like it was what he was building last time I comforted him got destroyed.

"Oh my goodness, what happened here?" I exclaimed with shock.

"Russia?" Freshman called out.

There was no sign of him what-so-ever.

"He time travelled though, how could everything be a mess?" I exclaimed as I stormed further into he room. I rounded his bed and saw that his time machine was in ruins.

"He was time travelling?" I heard Freshman ask from behind me.

I turned around to face him. "Yes, he was."

He walked up next to me. "And that was his time machine?" He pointed to the litter of metal scraps and glass.

"Yes, that's where he was building it at," I told him.

"Well, from what I know with time travelling, he'll not be able to get back into the present with the machine like this. It's needs to be fixed in order for him get back here."

"How can we fix it though?" I was beginning to feel surprisingly anxious about Russia and where he was. I hope he was okay.

Freshman slowly got on his knees and picked up a sheet of metal. "I can fix it. I've built a time machine before."

I nodded my head. "Okay, please do. If you need help, I'll help you."

He nodded his head. "Alright, let's get on with this."

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It's Alek again and my time travel controller still doesn't work.

I walked down the streets of St. Petersburg, my hometown, as I saw the sun rising. I would've been able to enjoy the view of the sunrise and the feeling that comes along with being up early in the morning, but the worries and dismays kept flooding my mind. I couldn't believe that my real parents were actually dead. And I can't believe I still hadn't found a way to get back into the present.

I exhaled deeply while staring up at the towering buildings there were casting shadows over me since the sun was peeking out from behind them. I turned to my left, looking at the river, the Neva River, that was right next to me while walking on the concrete walkway. I would've love to stick around back in my hometown, but I knew the dangers of living in the past since I could bump into my past self, which would cause a huge and destructive butterfly effect and I could mess up the future, or the present, where I'm suppose to be at right now.

I looked down at my controller, hoping that it would stop malfunctioning, but it was still in its static mode. With a groan, I shoved it back into my pocket. I was now wearing my regular clothes since I didn't want to wear my HEROES suits: my favourite jacket, jeans, and red converse. I slipped my hands into my jacket pocket and continued walking while thinking about what to do in the situation I was in.

I looked to my right and saw a tree that was a little bit taller than me as I was walking past it. I kept looking at, then realized that my elbow was going through its trunk. I stopped in my tracks and backed up so that I was next to it. I elbowed the tree; it gave the effect that it was a hologram, a very good hologram. It looked so real, but it was intangible.

I pulled out my left hand from my pocket and stuck it in the truck; my hand went through it. Am I starting to fade now, or is it the tree?

I walked through the tree and over to the railings that lined the walkway between the concrete and the river. I held onto the railing and felt that it was completely tangible with its hard, cold feeling. Why can I not touch the tree, yet I can touch the railing...? I turned around, walked through the tree, and turned around again to face it. "I don't remember a tree being here last time I came here...," I muttered to myself while rubbing my chin. "But I do remember the railing last time I was here..." Then I made a conclusion. "Objects that are in the past, but don't exist in the future are intangible, but objects that still are in the future and still exist in the past are tangible." I nodded my head. "Makes sense."

I continued walking along in the lonely area of my city. I pulled out my controller once more to check to see if it now works.
My eyes lit up when I saw that it no longer had static and that it was starting up again. "Yes, it works." I stopped walking and eagerly entered the date I was suppose to be in on the number pad.

The scenery immediately blurred for a moment while I was travelling back into the present; it then became clearer, showing me that I was back in my room in the HEROES base.

"Russia, you're back!" Andrea exclaimed as she jumped up since she was sitting on my bed; she rushed over to me and embraced me.

I felt uncomfortable, but I just tolerated her hug until she letted go.

"Russia, we were so worried about you!" She told me once she pulled away from me. "Your time machine was broken and Freshman had to fix it so that you could get back here! At least you're safe now!"

"My machine was broken?" I looked down at here it was and it was in perfect shape.

Cade stood from behind it. "Yeah, it was totally messed up, man. I had to fix it all."

"No wonder I couldn't get back here." I frowned at my controller. "I was having a hard time getting here. But who wreaked my machine?" I felt fury building up in me because my creation was destroyed, delaying my arrival back into the present.

"We have no idea who," Andrea told me. "We came into your room and just saw it as a huge mess."

I sighed deeply. "Next time, I'll time travel with no one around." I walked over to my desk and sat on the chair, placing my controller on its top.

"Well, now that you're here," she started, "dinner's ready...!"

"Right." I nodded my head, noticing that I was hungry. I then got up and walked out of my room and Andrea and Cade.