CHAPTER FIVE
Less than half an hour later, Beams and the mysterious man who claimed to be from another universe appeared in front of the false storefront entrance to the Elastic Cave, which was Rubberman’s hideout and base. By ‘appeared,’ it was more like stepped, because the mysterious man used a strange device he called a ‘dimension hopper’ which allowed him to open a dimensional portal from one location to the next. According to the man, the device could be used for ‘intradimensional’ traveling as well as ‘interdimensional’ traveling, which made no sense to Beams, but when the man actually activated the device, all of Beams’ skepticism vanished immediately.
But they didn’t leave immediately. The man allowed Beams to put on his costume first, which required finding a secluded back alle
