Jeremy was glad to see Derek.  It had been a little while since he had seen him, with him having his lady friend to please now.  Fist bumps where exchanged and they walked to the check out.<br/><br/>Jeremy remembered Debbie from high school, probably because he had pulled one or two jokes on her.  All in good fun of course. He thought of her as over conservative, never getting mad and always calling people by their last name.  Jeremy always believed that it was Bills fault that he and Debbie got divorced.  She is much to conservative to do the naughty kind of things.<br/><br/>Hussayn was a nice guy, smart, athletic, and he could stop you from dying. They weren't really close friends like Jeremy and Derek were, but they were at least old football buddies, so Jeremy rendered his name at least.<br/>"Why hello to you too Hussayn, how did you notice me behind Derek?"  Jeremy said, a look of mock surprise on his face.  It was an old joke that the entire football team had, since Jeremy with his small frame could easily hide behind nearly everyone else on the team.<br/><br/>Jeremy recognized Jessica behind the register and instantly the times he had called her up to supply his parties came to mind.  Those where some really good times.  He gave her a little wink as he checked out his groceries, then followed Derek outside.<br/><br/>Jeremy was in the process of asking about how Derek and Charlotte were doing when the first lightning bolt struck.  Staring at the charred remains of the tree, Jeremy gave a little laugh,  "Well, that was close."  Then the second lightning bolt struck.  Jeremy just had time what was happening before he blacked out.<br/><br/>When he woke up, it took him a moment to gather his thoughts.  Looking around, it looked like he was in some kind of old west town.  As Derek went off to go see what was happening, Jeremy started putting the numbers together.  They had been struck by lightning, and now they were in a completely different place, as judging by the cars, clothes, and lack of cement, it was about late 1900s.<br/>Holy shit," Jeremy thought to himself, "I'm in some kind of dream."  It made sense.  He just got zapped by lightning.  Of course he blacked out.  For all he knew he was now in a coma.  The thought scared him a little.<br/><br/>As Jeremy finally got to his feet, he realized the Derek was making some trouble with what looked like the Sheriff.  Well if this was a dream, and there was a possibility he might be here a while, he rather not spend it in some old-time-y jail.  Walking over to the two opposing officers, Jeremy butted him.<br/><br/>"I'm sorry sir," Jeremy said, coming between the two men, "my name is Jeremy, please excuse my friend.  He bumped his head a little while back, he's been a acting strange ever since."  Jeremy elbowed Derek in the gut, knowing full well he's try to talk.  "We're from a town not to far away called Phoenix, we're trying to get to Toronto, but we got robbed in the night.  We haven't a clue where we are so if you could tell us what town we are in I'd really appreciate that."  Jeremy had pulled a stunt like this once in High school, it worked then so chances were that it would work now.<br/><br/>Officer Roberto gave Jeremy a suspicious look, checking him down, then the other four, and finally gave Jeremy a little nod.<br/>"Well, there are some bandits in the area so that would explain things.  You're in Mesa Verda, to answer your question.  I figure you gringos will need a place to stay for a bit.  Try the inn down main street, tell the lady their I sent jew and she'll be nice. I'll be keeping an eye on jew."The sherif then tipped his hat and walked away.<br/><br/>Jeremy turned towards Derek and noticed the newspaper in his hand.  Snatching it from him Jeremy started searching through the pages looking for anything he recognized from history class.  Which he had failed.  Turning to the others his eyes set Hussayn.  He was an A student, he totally didn't fail history.  Holding the paper out to him, Jeremy said "Hussayn, look through this and tell me if you recognize any events that happened in it.  If what I'm thinking happened actually happened then this is our best way of finding out."