Axl woke up in the middle of the night, his heart still pounding with fear from the nightmare he had just escaped. The details were fuzzy, he vaguely recalled being in a math class at a casino where he was forced to write solutions to quadratic equations in shit on the carpet. He wiped sweat off his face with the sleeve of his Bluey pajamas. The glowing red digital display of his alarm clock read 3:04 AM. He flipped it upside down so that the numbers now looked like letters spelling "hOE." He giggled at his own joke. Then his mirth turned to dismay as he remembered that today was Billy's graduation ceremony at Miami Dade College. Billy was getting a certificate in Applied Knitting Science and for the last 3 months had applied the science of knitting to knit everyone in Cake Cream their own misshapen scarf.

With little desire to go back to sleep and fall into yet another nightmare, Axl did the sensible and headed to the kitchen to make a high-calorie snack and wash it down with strong coffee so he could take an early morning dump. To his surprise, there was a figure sitting at the breakfast nook in the dark. Another dream? The figure motioned his hand toward a plate of cheese and crackers and a mug of steaming coffee.

"Good morning Axl. I took the liberty of preparing your midnight snack. Have a seat," the figure said slowly and menacingly.

Axl obeyed and sat down across from the stranger. Now in the faint light from the window he could see the man's scarred face and shabby clothes. His hair was thin and mostly gray, but his eyes were familiar.

"How did you get in my luxurious penthouse suite at the James L. Knight Center," Axl said with his mouth full of cheese and crackers. Damn, Axl mused, whoever this cat was he sure knew how to make a very yummy snack plate. The coffee was also pretty good.

"You don't recognize me, Axl?"

The man lifted his shirt and showed Axl a scar. Axl knew that scar well, but how could it be?? Oh shit, Axl mused, another time traveler. The man raised his eyebrows beckoning Axl to say it.

"How the fuck did you get here from the future and what do you want?" Axl barked.