Charles ended up on his knees, gagging as his whole head swam violently from the travel through the vortex. He barely managed to keep everything his stomach but it took all of his concentration for several minutes, eyes squeezed shut as he breathed hard. When, finally he had himself under control, his eyes blinked rapidly against the light as he lifted his head.

Oh...

He breathed out slowly as his motion-sickness became only a think at the back of his mind, staring upwards in utter awe then swept across the land he found himself on. It was like nothing he had ever seen before, like something out of a movie. Impossibly colored, foreign, and far too high tech.

This... was Mars? He looked to Jack with all of the awe and wonder of child, completely mystified.