everybody decided to take 2 months off after the "death" of michael and the war with loona not being seen by anyone over the course of those 2 months, but while everyone was at home and just starting to go back to normal richtofen was still in his lab doing random experiments with element 115 and just generally being a mad doctor for that 2 months until
*beep beep beep*
richtofen: what?
he goes to a drawer and sees a device beeping
richtofen: it cant be, it has to be a glitch, but i designed it and built it with care and this can only be broken if the subject tagged is dead
he runs to a computer and connects the device and sure enough it was true his eyes widen as he runs to a phone and trips as he does but continues on and calls blitzo
richtofen: blitzo, we have a situation here at the lab i need everyone here at the lab... yes including loona if possible... ok
he hangs up the phone and awaits everyones arrival
a few hours later several cars pull up including loona in a jeep she was not herself as the loss of michael and PTSD from the war had torn her apart she was obviously sick with a cold but showed up anyway
blitzo: alright richtofen this better be good i had to call loona here even though she is going through a tough time right now
loona said nothing
nikolai: this better have vodka involved
moxxie: is everything vodka with you
dempsey:it is mox you should know Nikolai is the drunk of the group at this point
takeo: he brings no honor
richtofen: ok shut up this is big news.... he is alive
blitzo: who
richtofen stutters before saying
richtofen: michael
blitzo: impossible
richtofen: but his life signature shows him in a separate universe
loona looks up at the doctor and says
loona: dont do that, dont give me a false sense of hope, you saw the blast there is no way he survived
richtofen: but it is possible that he could have somehow teleported before the blast thus the sudden radio cut off, and here it says that a teleporter powered by element 115 could reach that universe
loona: you better be right about this because if you gave me hope that he is alive and he isnt then i will kill you myself
richtofen: my equipment does not lie and it says he is alive
millie: so what does this mean
richtofen: well me and my scientists will have to construct a teleporter
blitzo: which will take how long
richtofen: a day or two
blitzo: and what if michael moves around in that time
richtofen: once we get to the universe the transmission will increase and his location will be able to be tracked
loona: wait how long have you had a tracker on him
richtofen: a few years you all also have trackers in you that transmit your location i also have your individual devices labeled to keep track of all of you
moxxie: that is mildly disturbing
richtofen:dont worry i dont use them actively i only use them when someone is lost and needs to be found