There was no time to shout her name or warn Vala to stay away from the apparently dangerous button before he blipped out of existence in the castle. Neal's world was spinning and sky seemed to open up into a vortex of swirling stars. For the world's longest second, and also the shortest, Neal Caffrey was terrified. Well, simultaneously terrified and exhilarated. Vala's stories of time and space were true?!

Before he could consider this fact any further, Neal found himself shielding his eyes. His feet had never moved, his position had never changed, but suddenly the light was far brighter than the room full of painting or the moment of transitioning in time. When his eyes finally adjusted and Neal brought his arm down, the usually loquacious man was silent.

Space craft and hover cars were whizzing by overhead. Skyscrapers that reached where he'd known aircraft to fly in his time. Neal's handsome jaw hung agape as he tried to register everything he was seeing. The amount to take in was beyond overwhelming and when Vala appeared beside him, he was still in the same stunned statuesque pose.