"Thanks, Zak," Iris said. "I'd better not mess up anything he's got in mind." She looked at the portal just in time to see Carrie step through. "OK, here I go." She entered the portal, and a heartbeat later was in the throne room in Yarfell Castle.
Almost the same instant a battered and tattered form became visible, stepping out of the ruins of Venger's Fortress. Though dusted in grey, his hair was quite visibly red. He didn't even flinch as a pillar of stone crashed to the ground beside him.
As he moved closer, those remaining could clearly see that it was Tommy.
