The lights of the city were overwhelming to her, they’d jumped at night and the sky was dark. Ashley looked around and saw lights on in buildings everywhere. Didn’t these people know how to conserve energy? It was the bad habits of the past that had set the curse of hell upon the future. The rules and the restraints were to prevent the destruction of the earth but Ashley hated them. She pulled Kyla to a standing position and they hobbled out of the alley onto the sidewalk.

“Owwww! Holy shit that had to be worse than your finger bending torture!” Kyla exclaimed rubbing her temples. “At least our clothes aren’t missing though.”

“Are you okay? You look like you’re going to throw up,” Ashley remarked observing the deep unnatural shade of green that her sister had turned. Kyla’s eyes crossed and then they returned to normal. Her cheeks had paled and beads of sweat prickled her forehead.

“I’m fine,” she said but not a moment after she’d spoken the words, she cupped a hand over her mouth. “Wait… just kidding.”

Kyla hurried over to the gutter and emptied the contents of her stomach violently. Ashley cringed as she watched past few hours of snack foods end up on the street with a sickening splash.

“It’s okay Ky, just let it out,” Ashley said patting her back and holding her chestnut hair away from her face.

“Go home you drunk ass ho!” Yelled a skinny boy as he zoomed by on a skateboard. Kyla paused for a moment and her head snapped up searching out the insulter.

“What did he call me? Uh uh! Blatant disrespect like that deserves a good beat down! Right after this,” She said as she hung her head and heaved again until her stomach was empty. Her entire body was quaking but the color had returned to her cheeks.

“Oh god Kyla, I told you to stop eating those Neptune fries!” Ashley exclaimed when she saw a pile of what used to be the orange neon fast food on the ground. Kyla grinned at her sheepishly wiping her mouth.

“But they’re so good. You can’t just stop at one!” The younger girl protested. Kyla began to walk upright on her own for the first time since they’d arrived in the past and suddenly she stopped feeling the ground spin underneath her like a tilt a whirl on speed.