The villain in the story is Jasmine Oil. About 1 month ago, Jasmine Oil representative William Vider offered Melias Kramer $500,000 to buy the land he owns. Melias refused. Andrea balked, but respects her father’s decision. She doesn’t know about her father’s powers or his strange ward, thinking him simply a strange but lovable old man.
For two weeks, Vider tried to convince them, through pleading, money (the offer was raised to $1,400,000), and low-key threats. Finally, the threat became less than low key. Some of Vider’s henchmen tried to burn the house down. They doused it with gasoline, lit it, and left. For some reason, however, the house survived well, and the vegetation around the building grew back within days.
One week ago, Vider came by for the last time and threatened them with a ‘final offer.’ Melias flatly refused. Vider left with the words “You’ll regret it.” and slammed the door as he left.
Three days ago, 3 thugs drove up to the cabin. Melias wasn’t in (he was out walking in the Forest), but Andrea was. Realizing that they were up to no good, Andrea grabbed some money (26 dollars) and jumped out the window in her typing room. The thugs attempted to follow her through the forest, but she knows the woods far better than they, so she lost them easily.
She continued running, thinking to draw them away from her father, and to possibly get some help. She hitch-hiked all the way to New York City. With the information network of Jasmine Oil behind them, the thugs were able to follow her all the way here. Until now, she has managed to stay one step ahead of them. Until now.
Why does Jasmine Oil want the Forest? Because they are about to start a project which will allow them to travel to other dimensions. They expect that through this they can make incredibly huge amounts of money—through mining, cutting trees, and otherwise making a nuisance of themselves in these other dimensions.
That’s not too bad an idea, assuming there aren’t any creatures in the other dimensions. If there are, Jasmine Oil will not be above slave trade. But there is another reason they want to travel to other dimensions—nobody can see what they do there. Jasmine Oil wants to train and equip a full army completely out of sight of the rest of the world.
The next problem: They want the Forest because their tests show that it is the best spot to implement such a plan. In fact, their scientist John Koll has already set up a small research station in some caves at the center of the Forest. What Jasmine Oil and their scientists don’t know, and Melias Kramer does, is that once they buy or otherwise acquire the Forest, more than just dimensions will open up to them. The power of the Forest would allow them control over time itself! In their hands such power will be devastating.
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