Line of Divergence (Volume 4)

Line of Divergence 2 is the second story in the LODverse.

Plot Summary
Jaz decides to go back to the base in the Pacific where she was captured. She catches the Calculator Man and Andrew Lacard with their strange machine now operational and in the main room, where it is revealed that it is an interdimensional portal machine, and the Calculator Man had stolen the two objects to provide the processing power and energy needed for time travel. During the explanation, Andrew sporadically exclaims that he plans to kill Adolf Hitler and jumps in himself after setting the correct date. Jaz and the Calculator Man, both realizing the negative consequences of doing so, both go into the portal themselves. They are both transported to 1919-era Munich, where there is an ongoing communist revolution that is causing damage throughout. Jaz finds the Calculator Man hiding behind a plant, stating that he does not want to ruin the timeframe by showing himself. Jaz proceeds into a nearby clothing store, taking the clothes of a Freikorps guard on standby, and gives Calculator Man a long woman's dress, which he reluctantly puts on out of necessity. They both agree to team up and travel through the streets of Munich to pick up a trail on Andrew, After getting past multiple armed revolutionaries and non-fatally beating up some members of the German Worker's Party, they make it to Hitler's residence. With Andrew Lacard showing up moments after they do, they fight and attempt to keep Andrew from killing him. The numerical advantage of Jaz and the Calculator Man succeeds in stopping him in time for the portal to relocate the "errors in the timestream" and they head back. Hitler, being the only one to witness the fight, starts explaining it to his maid who dismisses it as loony claims and visions. Immediately after they return, the machine breaks from an unstable overload, and the Calculator Man lets Jaz go away without trouble due to being more focused on the machine.