I turned slowly around. There was no doubt there were some strange dimensions in this universe. The road seemed to go off into the distance in both directions from where we were standing, framed by exactly the same types of buildings on both sides, all the same height. Each building had a strange shape to it as well, with two doors, and matching windows. There was no way to tell what was on the other side of the buildings, since it was like we were standing in a canyon.
I had no idea how anyone living in this place found his or her way home. Every building was exactly like the one it butted against, with no numbers or colors or any kind of distinguishing marks.
“Wonder where the people are?” I asked.
“Let’s check the map and not wait to find out the answer to that,” Aahz said as he headed for the side of the street.
“Yeah,” Tanda said as she looked around, dearly on guard. “I don’t like the looks of this.”
Aahz pulled the map out as he got near the edge of the road and opened it. On the map the dimension we were in was now marked clearly, with only one path leading away from it. Vortex #6 was our next stop. At least we had jumped over Vortex #5 just like we had over #2 and #3.
Tanda glanced at the map and shook her head.
For a moment I thought Aahz was going to wad the thing up and toss it away, but then he folded it and put it back in his jacket.
Suddenly, in the window of the building closest to us, a creature appeared.
“We have company,” I said softly.
Tanda and Aahz both looked up as another creature appeared in the window beside the first one.