The Cabin
Lancer exited the ground bridge. In front of her, right where she expected to see Crystal City arising from the metallic plain, there was a most unexpected sight: a rectangular structure made of organic materials, mainly cellulose, sitting atop a mound covered in grass. A log cabin. "Ground bridge control, something has gone wrong. I appear to be on Earth." "Lancer, this is Cloudraker at ground bridge control. That's not possible. Everything reads as normal here, and the amount of power needed for space transport would have destroyed the bridge." "Cloudraker, this is definitely not Crystal City. There's a field of grass and a large wooden house." "Perhaps you have been diverted somehow? Let be do some checking." Cloudraker called up the part of the sensor grid which covered Crystal City. "Lancer, the sensor grid indicates that you arrived at the target coordinates. We are reading you in front of Crystal City. Strange....there's s...