Noah stepped through to the other side and found his fellow recruits in various states of awe, and he could understand why.
He turned around just to confirm what he already suspected. Behind him there was nothing. No shimmer of purple energy, no residual glow where the portal had been. The air where he'd stepped through looked exactly like the air everywhere else. Just dead grey expanse running back into the distance.
He thought as much.
'This is exactly how I got into this mess in the first place.'
He turned back around.
