The Stone Age: Duel with the Neanderthal Boss!

"As much as it pains me to say", Chin-Su mutters in an aside to his comrades, "We really can't participate in this fight. Who knows what effect on the progression of the human race we might have by tipping the scales of even ONE tribal battle? We need to save the others, and get out of dodge."

"Yeah," Quinn mutters back, "but how do we know our interference isn't already part of what actually happened? In that case if we *don't* interfere, THEN we'll be changing history."

Louder, he says, "hey future people, solve a dilemma for us here. If we lay this Van-Darr guy out and save you, are we changing history or preserving history?" While speaking, he raises his shield in case Van-Darr strikes. He's going to back up, in a kind of a big circle pattern, hoping to get Van-Darr between himself and his (not bound) friends.

Sure, he's Van-Darr is probably just a cave man with two sticks. But you never can be sure these days.

"Well then, lets beat these guys up." Sam says cracking his fist. "Esuod Erif."

HISSSS! The fire goes out.

This does not divert Van-Darr's focus for even a moment, however. He advances toward Quinn, swinging a stick overhead. When Quinn blocks, Van-Darr stabs with the other stick. Quinn twists aside, so the stick just pokes him in the ribs. But Van-Darr's very quick, and seems to have well-developed fighting skills.

And, as it happens, he has snatched the tonfa from Quinn's belt, dropping his swinging stick to do so. A double feint? Wow!

"Your stick is clad in skin," says Van-Darr. "It must be better than a usual stick. Let me see what I can do with it ... to you."

"No!" says the White Witch. "Our decision to come to the past was the result of the same free will you historical people possess. All that happens is part of the past of the far future, so it has already happened. It is not POSSIBLE to change the past through time travel!"

"If untied," says Karate Kid, "I can make short work of these folk, who fight with hands, feet and sticks. Those, I can use very well."