Eclipse Part: 1

Prelude

Ouch! A voice rang out in front of me. "Finally you woke up, and now I got a lot of questions to ask you? Also, any questions you may have must wait at the end of the interrogation. Now let's get started. What is your name of which your species call you and how did you get here?"

Well I have no choice but give them the spill.

Taken

The year is 2950, and it's a very nice day in New Joseph. The economy was healthy and vibrant, crime was at very all-time low, and the weather is great. Then my phone rang, picked it up and answer to whoever it is on the other end. My face went into total shock when I hear that my project has the go ahead to proceed to the testing phase. I quickly pack my bags and fell down the stairs. My wife Jessica Yugotav came running to me and with a cheerful voice. "Abram! Are you ok ... wait a minute? Did your project that your father was working on, got approved by the government?"

I got myself up and picked up my bags so I can answer. "Yes Jessica, Yes! Where's my son Cloud at?"

Jessica was cheering with me. "Oh, your boy is eating the rest of his birthday cake. Want me to call him over?"

My voice was still sore from the fall down the stairs, I gave her a nod to do so and Cloud came running towards me. "Yes Dad?"

I can't believe he's already eight years old. "Son, I got my project approved by the Pope. I'm going to be gone for a while…so. I want you to take care of your mother and be the man of the house ok?"

He gave me a good nod and gave me a hug goodbye. Jessica gave me a kiss and I started my way to the door. Pulled the knob open and a loud treacherous noise with a blinding light came rushing through the door. Two shadowy figures threw me out of the house and two gunshots are fired. Then everything went dark and cold.

Leviathan Adventures

I woke up with icicles hanging off my nose. The room I was in was flashing red and I knew I was on a ship. I blew the icicles off my nose and proceeded to the comms next to the door way. The button is frozen solid, how I'm posed to call the bridge with the button frozen. I had no choice but to break the door loose and make my way up to the bridge. Once there, I started shouting, "Captain, Captain what's going on…? Captain?" I pulled on his shoulder and his dead lifeless skeleton flew off the chair. "Well that explains everything."

With no personal flight experience, I went back to where I was before. Maybe I wasn't the only one cryogenically frozen. I re-entered the room and I found a man of Italian origin reading a book. With no clue what to say, I just spoke. "Hello there, do you know how to fly a ship?"

The man looked up and he had a pretty cool mustache. "Why certainly, I've been a pilot for years. Just lead me to the bridge."

We both headed to the bridge and the man easily recognized what type of ship were on. "Me Amigo, we're on a Paradigm Republic destroyer. The layout is modified for a research vessel, so it will take me a minute to get used to the controls. Do you have any idea where were at by the way?"

I'm glad he knows his ships but I don't know where were at exactly. "No sir, but I do see a planet with cities on it. Maybe we'll find out from the locals."

Quickly he got the alarms silent, but I noticed he is worried about something. "OH, me amigo. We got one problem, I don't think we have the parts on the ship to fix the engine controls. Let me look and see if we have some type of landing craft on the ship."

It didn't take him long to find a craft on B deck. The craft is already pointing towards the planet so it will be a quick trip to the surface. The man and I hopped on the craft and made our way surface bound. The city we're about to land at has no sign of any allegiance that I can tell. I looked over to the man and I asked. "Do you recognized any of the flags Sir?"

"No, but you don't have to call me Sir Amigo. My name is Ron Otani or Ron for short. What's yours'?"

"Well…my name is Abram Yugotav…"

"Mr. Yugotav, I'm supposed to be part of your crew for that… what's it called?"

"Experiment?"

With glee. "Yes, yes, the experiment. Wait?"

"What is it Ron?"

"Did you get knocked out or attacked?"

"Why yes! I got attacked at my house."

"Hmm, me Amigo, you think this is kinda… what you say…suspicious you say?"

"Now you got a point Ron, but who did it is the question and why? We can't make any assumptions as of now. Let's get the parts we need and head back to the ship."

"Right you are Abram!"

The trip down to the nearest landing pad didn't make things any easier. The buildings stand on all sides with only a few hundred meters of navigation room. Once I got the bull's-eye on the landing marker, Ron took her down. We stepped out and got a better view of the bustling metropolis. From the looks of it, the city wasn't very old at all. I looked at an electronic news stand and picked up a tabloid.

"Xenon Republic Newsletter

Today's star date is Jan 1st, 3000 A.D.

The Interpol police have discovered a ship that has been reported missing for more than 50 years. What the police are wanting know is the two cryogenically frozen souls inside. An expedition of the ship will start on Jan 5th."

"Hmm, that's interesting?" I put the tabloid down and Ron and I went down to the market to find the necessary parts we're looking for. Ron looked up at me with a little concern. "Abram me amigo, how we're going to pay for the supplies?"

I felt around my pants and found about 5,000 credits. "Ron, I hope they take credits, or we'll have to steal them." Luckily we found a shop that will take our money and we left with what we needed. We crossed over a cross walked and I happened to look down. The streets were pure black due to the shadows of the buildings, or we are just that high up. Next I looked up and about dozen military ships were hovering above us. "Umm, Ron. We need to get going fast."

He looked and noticed the issue for himself. We ran towards the ship and took off. Then two fighter craft came up behind us and started firing. "Ron, we need to go now."

With no worry inside of him, he put the ship into overdrive and left both the fighters and the military ships behind us. "Ron you crazy fool, you would've got us both killed."

"Ah, don't worry Abram. Like I said, I've been a pilot since I was young. Flying with only forty feet on both sides is normal in my case."

I felt rest assured that my uncle chose the right pilot. We landed back on the ship and Ron got to work fixing the engines. I on the other hand, went to find out if this is the ship with the experimental time machine on it. I went to the Electronic Historical Recorder or E.R.H to find out about this ships assignment.

The machine came to life. It calls itself Eva and it even knows my name. "Abram Yugotav how may I help you." I've asked Eva to find out whether the ship has the time machine onboard, in which indeed has. "You'll find the WX2912 in cargo bay C28. Warning, area has been having electrical issues due to the machines massive power drain."

Ron is only a few blocks from where the machine is held. I just need him to help me get the machine back online and fix the electrical issue. Then the sirens started flaring off. "Proximity Alert! Hostiles approaching!" What was that all about? I turned around and looked at the holographic screen. It showed 20 ships approaching at nine O'clock. Ron came rushing in. "What's going on Abram? Why is the alarms going off?"

I move out-of-the-way of the haloscreens and Ron started laughing. "Those ships will take hours just to reach us. I'll put the ship on guard mode to give us more time. I've also got the engines fixed and ready to go."

I turn towards Ron with a smile on my face. "Ron I need your help. The ship has my dad's experiment on board. It just has some minor electrical drain issues."

Ron was surprised on what I have to say. "Forget those ships headed our way, let's get that machine rollin Abram."

We stormed out of the bridge and headed where the machine was held. The cargo bay looked like a tornado went through it with a flood following it. "Here it is Ron, C28. Let's get this door open and see how bad it is." The door flung open, but nothing was messed up. It was a clean white storage area with the machine in the dead center of it. Ron walked up to the electrical hook ups and found the problem. "Abram, no wonder they been having issues. The machine isn't out of safe mode, neither was the transformer. Let turn it off real quick." Then a loud roar came from the machine. The LED screen popped up saying three hours till fully charged. Ron was confused at the spectacle. "Why we have to wait three freaking hours?"

"Let's head to the bridge, the machine is already preset to go back three thousand years anyhow."

Ron was even more confused. "Do you have any control over the machine?"

"Yes and no Ron, you see the machine is uncontrollable at first, but it's been known to go far back as 3,000 years ahead or back in time to Earth. We'll just have to see what happens."

Ron was still unease about the machine, but we sat down and took a nap. Then a violent shake rocked the ship. I woke up and saw that the ship was surrounded by a ring of plasma. "Ron wake up please!" He woke up and flew out of his chair. "I've never seen this space anomaly before, have you Abram?" Next the ring turn dark and started to churn right in front of us. A jet of electrical energy then shot out though the center, causing a loud screaming sound along with a sound of a bustling wind to go right though the ship. Ron and I held our ears and then a clap of thunder followed by silence. I looked up and we're in a bluish white tunnel. Ron stood up and spoke in hysterical amazement. "Are we dead, did the machine worked?"

"Yes, Ron, Yes!" Then the clap of thunder returned and we flew forwards then back next to our chairs. I got up to see Earth right in front of us. I feel back into my chair in amazement. I read about her in the history books but actually seeing the Earth in real life…is…just…amazing! The oceans of blue, the tanned deserts covering its surface and the green fertile soils around the body of water. "Ron get up, you got to see this."

He made a reticule statement, "I've seen the Earth hundreds of times when I lived on Lunar Eclipse. She's nothing but a gray mark in the sky."

Keeping the laughter to myself, "Ron are you sure about that? You really need to get up then."

He got up and his jaw dropped to the floor almost. "Abram my friend, punch me in the face so I'm not dreaming. She has color again!"

Like my father said, "If a man ask you if he's dreaming or not, don't do what he asks. Just kick in the face." SMACK!

Ron was knocked out for a mere second and looked at me with a funny jester. "Hmm, Abram, I think you kicked out my k9 tooth. Nice kick by the way."

"Ron, I found a good spot we can land on the Sinai Peninsula."

"Well if your machine worked Abram, there shouldn't much people living in the area. We can take the whole ship down."

With a strange feeling that I never felt before came rushing through me. "Let's do it!"

Ron perfectly landed the ship right into the mountains in the area. A little north than I suspected but it will work. I got up and headed towards the bay doors to the outside world. A bright hot ray of light came through once the doors were opened. "Wow it's hot outside."

Ron followed me and agreed that the weather is a tad bit hot. We ventured out a little ways to a tall hill. We got up to the top and a city was in front of us. Next thing I know I was laying on the ground with a searing pain in my shoulder. Ron ran back to the ship and came back with a medical kit and a gun. "Ron, what's going on?"

"You been hit you doughnut! Just stay still, this will hurt a lot."

I felt a yank from deep within my shoulder and came out a stick with an iron tip on it. I woke up into a night sky with the sun rising from the east. "Ron where are you?"

"Over here amigo, you were knocked out cold you know."

"Thanks for getting that thing out of me. How long was I out?"

"Abram, you were knocked out for three days?"

"WHAT?"

"Just kidding man, you were knocked out for 12 hours!"

"I was about to say Ron."

Our conversation ended when a group of 10 to 13 people came walking up to us. A man with white robes halted his men and then they went blank. The man with white robes then proceeded forwards and spoke, "Sorry for the confusion back there. I see that he woke back up Ron."

Ron laughed with his reply, "He was hanging by a thread Jesus, also thanks for coming back to us."

I interrupted the conversation with my confusion, "Wait, what's going on here."

Ron looked down on me, "You're not a Christian Abram."

I looked back at both of them. "The only time I heard about the bible was when I was a little kid. My mother and father spoke about the Word of God until my dad disappeared, and my mom died with the only bible in my family. I don't want to remember those moments and I continued on with my dad's research with my uncle Mark."

Jesus looked at me with understanding and spoke. "Abram, I know what happened to your mother and father. Especially your mother. Died saving you, when the ship had a malfunction and was going down. She gave you the only para suit and threw you out moments before she died in the fire that was to come. She loved you all the way to the end, but your father was a different story. He made a covenant with God to bring his people back, but in order to do so, he had to leave you two behind."

I was shocked, my father is still alive. "Jesus, pardon me for asking. Do you know how Ron and I got on the ship or what happened to my family?"

He stared at me and spoke. "Sadly Abram, the covenant that God made with Cronos was to be kept quiet. We can't give you any answers, you must find that out on your own. As of now, I must head out and complete my father's work. I'll give you guys the perfect escape on Friday. Your ship will be charged by then and you will jump into the future to meet another companion that will help you. I will give you Angels Vince and Joseph to accompany your journey. Warning, these two are Angels in training. That's all, may God be with you."

He turned around and snapped the 12 men out of their spell and walked to Jerusalem. I looked at Ron and asked him to teach me the Bible. He laughed and ran back to get his two bibles. He gave me the bible his father gave him long ago. "Abram, you're about to take on the biggest testimony in your life. Let's get you started, turn to John 3:16 and read. Then we'll get to the other stuff as our adventures push forwards."

We got up and headed back to the ship to get some rest, who knows what happen next.

Vince and Joseph

I woke up and headed to the mesh hall, there I saw two unknown figures in the room. I turned on the lights and it was two men with chain mail armor and both had swords on their sides. I had no real choice but to confront them. "Hello there! How can I help you guys?"

The man on the right had an English look to him. With the dirty blonde hair and thin look. The other was Roman with black hair and big shoulders. Then the one on the right looked at me and replied to my question. "Hello their Abram, my name is Vince and this is my partner Joseph, and we're here to help you as much as we can."

I was delighted to see angels in front of me. Ron came in and shake the men's hands and offered coffee. Joseph got up and told us the message that God gave them to us. "Abram you must head out into orbit and get out of here. I'll tell you where to go from there, then after that your back in charge."

I was confused, "Wait, Jesus said that he'll give us the perfect opportunity on Friday."

Vince replied a mean tone. "Today is Friday, remember your time is different from ours."

Ron was on top of it and we all fell to the ground when he put the ship into orbit. "Abram tell Ron to plot a course to Alpha Century, then I must teach you how to use the machine." I did what he said to do and followed him to the machine.

Joseph spoke when entered the room, "Your father gave us the ability to teach you his powers. Just hold still for a minute." He started to open the machine and pointed a device that I never seen before when I was working on it. "Abram, your father built this machine to help you train your abilities. Before we can do that however, we must reactivate your father's side of the genes."

I was startled, I saw what my father can do. He can levitate objects without even touching them. Now I'll get that ability, I was ready…I think. "LET'S DO IT!" A rapid successions of electrical impulses ran throughout my body. I felt my body changing and noticed a glow around me. Joseph yelled at me to keep up just a bit longer. "We're 90% complete Abram…" The glow overwhelmed my senses and I can't hear nothing. Then it stopped and I can now move. My hearing never quite make it back yet, but I can tell something has changed. Joseph gave me a lot of hand signals to pick up a wrench that was on the ground. I open my hand just like I was going to pick it up. Then it started to levitate, I took note that there must be a goal with jester before my new abilities to work.

Joseph was shocked on how fast I managed to use my magic. "Abram you're learning fast, let's just keep it slow till we get to our destination. On the other hand however, let's get your time powers going. You can use your father's abilities to manipulate time, that's how he made this machine work. Put your hands on the machine and think of a date and time, if you're wondering what, set it to 2990 A.D."

I did what I was told and the machine was recognizing the date he wanted at. "Good Abram, now go gets some rest, Vince and I will continue your training tomorrow."

Sunday Meltdown

Today is Sunday, the day that my mother died. My doctor gave me medication for Post Dramatic Stress Disorder or PTSD for sort. The ship has an endless supply but I wanted to see if I can go without it this week. No one here knows about this…I believe, and continued on with my day. Ron got the machine hooked back up and now it's charging. I went back to my room with my coffee and the scene came rolling back. "Mom, what's going on?" "Mom why are you handing me the para suit? She responded with only "I… Love…You…" and she threw me out. The ship made a nose dive into the ground and exploded and I screamed mom all the way down to the ground. I watch my mom die, and I can't do anything about it. I stood their helpless on the ground, my pupils large and dark. More than ten dozen people came to help. Some parents of their own cried horribly when they saw me…just standing there. Next thing I know a police officer alongside with a medic came and flashed a light into my eyes. Then that's all I can remember.

I felt someone holding me down and I got my vision back. It was Ron that was holding me down. He was screaming something, but I can hear. I looked around and the mesh hall was destroyed or just really messy. "Abram, what's going on? Tell me something, anything." I babbled out PTSD pill and pointed towards the box. Joseph ran and got the pill and shoved it into my mouth. Then I calmed down and told Ron to let me go. "I'm good guys, thanks for the help."

Ron looked at me with frustration. "Why haven't you told us that you suffer PTSD man, you would've got us all killed with your new-found abilities."

I looked back him with sorry in my heart. "I want to see if it didn't come back or not."

Joseph came up me and patted my shoulder. "Abram there is another way to release the stress inside you. Head somewhere quiet and shout out your feelings. Scream it to the heavens, hold nothing back."

I took on Joseph's advice for future reference. "Thanks!"

We all shook off what just happened and presume our daily training. Ron kept an eye on where we have to go and Vince was in charge of the machine. Joseph worked me to master the basics of Time magic.

Alpha to Omega

Ron announced our approach to Alpha Century system. We all stopped what we're doing and headed to the bridge. The sun of the system began to shine bright blue hue. Once the ship was out of jump drive mode, we noticed a strange space anomaly. Ron was beginning to freak out. "Abram, I can't steer the ship away from this thing, we're going in."

The ship entered and a loud thunder rang throughout the ship. We looked through the viewports and saw that we're traveling through a blue and white energy tube. With another clap of thunder, we were out of the anomaly. "Huh, same planet as the last one everybody." I got a funny feeling that I was wrong.

Ron started to get the ship ready to land on the surface. "Abram, what do you think the surface will look like." The voice came from Vince, "Well, I don't know actually? That was not a time warp anomaly, looked like what my dad said long ago about warp space."

Everybody turned to me with creepy faces. "Warp Space?"

"Guys I can't explain as well as my dad. I need his journals about the subject."

Ron's look had a bright idea ringing in his head. "Abram, once we get out of here, we need to get your father's journals. It might explain everything, or lead us in the right direction."

Vince and Joseph agreed fully and even I thought it was a great idea. "Ron, you're on fire lately, but I need to know where he did his research and where he hid it."

Joseph was confused. "Wait a minute? After all the time you spent with your father and help out with his research, you didn't see where he put his journals."

I felt insulted but he had a point. "Well… he always gives his journals to my uncle Mark or puts it in a vault on a moon near Titan."

Ron was next to question me on my memory. "Do you know whether both are at?"

This one was less invasive. "They both are located near the Capital of the Israel Syndicate, except the vault is…"

I looked out the view port on my right side and noticed that we landed near a very large city. "Guys, were here!" I got out of the ship and notice the place very much looked like Earth in many ways. The language everyone spoke and the names are very familiar. "We landed in an alternate Tokyo."

I looked at all my comrades and they had a more vibrant look. Emotions seem to stand out more. I looked out into the ocean and found a huge set of buildings in the distance. "Hey guys, let's get on this monorail thing and head to that place." We hopped on board and relaxed until I started to see these creatures floating around me. Vince and Joseph also noticed these creatures, Ron on the other hand didn't. "You see them too you guys." They gave me a nod and told me not to worry about it. We got to the station of the large set of buildings and we came up to a set of guards. One of the guards walked up to us began to speak. "What you guys doing here on school grounds?"

Ron fell to the ground and quickly bounced back up. "YOU'RE TELLING ME THIS IS A SCHOOL!"

The guard laughed at Ron and replied. "You guys don't know about this school of young and talented minds. Actually, you know what, I'll give you a personal tour of the place."

I smiled and said. "That will be great sir, lead us the way!"

Everybody thought I was kidding, but the guard was so gracious to let us in on a free tour of the place. Very scenic indeed, then something or someone caught my eye. A girl with a two-handed sword chopping down bamboo trees. With instinct, I walked up the girl and ask for her name.

She looked up, smiled and sheath her sword. "Hello, my name is Crystal."

"Nice to meet you Crystal, what are you studying at this school."

"Killing Demons at the Cram School, but I take high school classes at the main campus. Also I didn't catch your name?"

I was shocked about what I heard, but ok. "OH, my name is Abram Yugotav, and you said you're studying on killing demons right."

She laughed and giggled. "Well Abram, I want to be an exorcist like my father and defend my friends and family from demons. Right now I'm just an ex-wire. You can join me later in my training."

I was now very interested on what's happening and followed her to her class. "Umm, your class is underneath a bridge."

"Well yes you silly goose, now let me open the door for everyone."

Right behind us came a group of students I believe. Then a loud voice rang out from the crowd. "Who are you guys, and why is one of you a pony?"

What did I just hear him say? I looked down and I looked human, so I don't know what he's talking about. I looked at everybody in my group and they look as much as a human as I was. "I don't know what you're talking about over there!"

A man with large K9's and pointed ears came up to us. "Oh, the sun made look like your something else, my apologies."

"All apologies accepted, and what is your name."

"My name is Rin."

"My name Is Abram!"

Honestly though, this guy creeps me out.

Crystal's admission

It's been a week since we entered this dimension and we're not dead yet. Crystal is a very skillful at sword arts and take out a whole platoon of goons in less than ten seconds. We need a person with that talent with us. How I'm going to ask her is the question. Here goes nothing! "Crystal, may I speak with you minute."

She turned around with a big smile on her face. "Sure, what you need to ask me Abram?"

"I want you to join my crew on a big adventure, if you choose to accept it."

She looked surprised and question. "Wait what do you mean by adventure."

Darn forgot to say that in the question. "I'm not from this dimension Crystal, you see. We went through some type of warp anomaly and ended up in your dimension. If you want solid proof, I can show you my ship we're traveling in. Vince, Joseph, and Ron are waiting for us."

Her look had disbelieve written all over it. "Ok, I'll see the so-called ship. If it's true, THEN I'LL Totally GO!"

I got my chance, we left the school grounds and boarded the monorail back to the ship. One thing is for sure, these trains are fast as heck. We'll be back at the ship before high noon. The scenery always will get me about his place. Then the train slowed down to get off, but something was up. I can tell like a sixth sense in my body. Crystal had the same feeling while being along the lines of nervousness. We got off and headed down the trail to where the ship is at and noticed gun shots in the distance. "That's coming from the ship."

Crystal was scared to death while being super excited. "You guys have a good choice of parking in the dark wood."

I looked over while running towards the ship. "The Dark Wood?"

Crystal looked back with an annoyed face. "You got to be kidding right, you guys are definitely not from here. The dark wood I loaded with demons that want human blood."

"Great!" sarcastically. "This should be fun."

We approached the ship and it was being swarmed by demons. Crystal charged into the wolf pack and slaughtered a great many. She still needed help though, so I fired some light magic and annihilated the rest of the pack. "Let's get out of here, Crystal let's go."

We all jumped on board and Ron got us out of there. We might be plastered to the wall for Ron's great accent rate but it was good to be alive. Once he got the ship leveled, we started walking around to get our legs back. Vince and Joseph were surprised how good Crystal is with the sword she's got. Vince was too eager but to ask. "How did you get so good with the sword? You were so fast and agile."

I left the room and took a sort walk around the ship. I went into one of the hangers and saw a something that caught my eye. Six original Buzzkill fighters, and on the other side four Strato fighters. The Buzzkill fighters can be retrofitted for anything, even for space. The Strato's have enough weapons to take out a small T.C. flotilla. With the maneuverability of an acrobat. I got on board with one of the Stratos and notice a log book of some sorts in the cockpit. "What can this be?" I open the hatch and grabbed the book. I opened up and notice my dad's handwriting. The star date was 2950. "Wait a minute, this was just written right before the incident."

I read the journal even when we passed through the warp space. Crystal was walking around based on her foot steps on concrete. "Abram, where are you. Everybody is wondering where you're at?"

"Ugh, I'm over here Crystal!" I can't seem to investigate anything without something popping up.

"Abram, I didn't get the chance to choose if I want to go with you guys or not."

Man she knows how to get a person's attention. "You don't really have a choice do you."

Crystal was laughing her head off. "Abram, you're funny. I know how to fly you know."

"Really, I need to take lessons from you then." I smiled back.

"Well anyways, I made my decision. I'll join you guys."

"Good to hear Crystal! Hey! Come up here for a minute, let me show you what we're trying to figure out."

That's how the adventure began to speed up a little bit. We talked about the theories of what happened and we gathered everybody in the mess hall with a digital chalkboard with all the theories on it. We all agreed where we should head next. The Capital of the Israel Syndicate!

Old Times?

"We're going to the moon Titan!" Ron yelled furiously.

I know Ron what's going on in Ron's head. We're heading right into a trap, but it's going to sweet to go back to the Sol system. It's been 72 years too long now, besides our biggest clue is lying hidden in my dad's old research lab. Ron gasp and put the ship into jump space and whoosh. We're looking at Titan, but we're not alone. Paradigm ships and Israelite ships surrounded us. "Abram we're being hailed."

The voice sounded familiar but the screen wasn't functioning properly. "The crew on the Paradigm Destroyer Leviathan, Please surrender your crew and the time device at once! If you don't accept my offer, you will be destroyed with extreme prejudice."

Everybody looked at me to decide what to do. I looked at Ron. "You think we can escape Ron?"

Ron looked down and back up, "Abram… we need to get your father's work. We'll have to escape and come back on the Stratos you found in the hangar."

He's been in these situations for years on end. "Ok Ron Let's do this!"

No hesitation, Ron put the ship into high gear and we got plastered on the wall again. We managed to end up near Jupiter with no one following us, nor anything on radar. Ron jumped up and yelled. "We got no time to spare! Vince and Joseph, watch the ship, and we only got four of those fighters."

Then out of nowhere I was in the hanger. "How did I do that?" I looked around and saw Ron running in. We stood there, just staring at each other. "Abram, how did you get here so fast?"

"I don't really know Ron, I thought about the hanger and flash, I'm here."

"Abram, we really need to get out more."

"I need to stop taking that medication."

"Yeah right, and letting you go crazy again."

"I was just kidding Ron, gosh!"

Crystal came running in and jumped into one of the fighters, "Come on you two, we don't have all day!"

Ron and I hopped into our fighters and took off. Then it happened again, but I was already at the research lab my dad worked at. The fighter was on the roof, and powered her down. "WHOA! I did it again. Hmm, the possibilities are endless here. Let see, where is my dad's old lab office? Ah ha, here we go." Next I knew, I was sitting in his chair with his desk in front of me. Everything was the same as it was long ago. I pulled open the drawers and there were some old log books at the bottom of each one. A crackling sound rang from the door. I quietly closed the drawers and hid under the desk. The door opened and what sounded like high heels came walking in. The voice sounded like a girl, but why in this abandon place. Was she looking for the same thing I was.

"Cronos's lab." The female rang out. "I remember the times my grandma worked here. It was all good until my grandma started noticing that Cronos was acting weird. That was the last thing I remembered about she said about him."

Next I knew, my elbow hit the side of the desk and the woman came running up to the desk. "Whose THERE!"

From the looks I had no choice but to pop out. I slowly got up and the girl had a 44 magnum pointed straight at me. "WHO ARE YOU!" she screamed.

"Please don't shoot me, I'm Cronos's son Abram."

The girl's eyes widen to disbelieve, but turned back to anger. "I don't believe you one darn bit, and if you think I won't fire the gun." BANG!

Luckily for me however, I can stop slugs with my magic, but I can't take the gun away from her without setting off the ammo. The girl on the other hand was freaking out and dropped her gun. "Only Cronos can do that, you must be his son. Let me apologize…"

😏 "Please, don't apologize. I would do the same thing if I was in your shoes. What is your name lady?"

😌She flushed wildly in embarrassment. "My name is Jane, Mr. Abram. Also if you're wondering why I'm here, it's because my grandmother worked here long ago with your father. How is he by the way?"

😔"Jane, that's what I came here to find out, but nothing led me anywhere. His journals are full of good information but none leads me to what happen 40 years ago, nor what happened to him as a matter of fact. His time machine, is not even a real-time machine. It's just a training device."

😞"A training device." She questioned."

😒"Yes a training device, but it does actually work with humans though, if lucky. He built the machine to help me learn his abilities. I don't know what he is now. I only knew him for a human."

😤Jane looked surprised about something. "You didn't know that your dad wasn't human! Wow, I thought he'll definitely tell you guys."

😣I was started to get frustrated that no one can tell me anything. "Please tell me what he is please!"

Jane can easily tell I was getting desperate and started to grin. "You'll find out sure enough, and I'll even join you in your quest to find out."

Well…can't win them all can I. "Fine, but please don't point that gun at my friends ok!"

Jane was understanding on the last part I said. "There's more of you guys looking for the same thing."

"It's complicated by the fact that Ron (the Italian Mexican dude) and I were kidnapped and put on a ship that contains my father's machine. On top of that, I don't know what happened to my wife and kid and we met Jesus. Also… you'll meet them when they actually get here…eventually."

A rumble of two ships came rushing overhead and seem to land on a neighboring roof. Jane obviously saw Ron but asked about the other person. "That's Crystal, she's not really from this dimension."

"Well Abram, let me buy you guys some drinks at the pub downtown."

"Hmm, sounds good to me." We waited for Ron and Crystal to show up at my dad's office and introduced them to Jane then headed out. The city was actually quite antique with the 1800's architecture and marble pillars. The pub was made specifically out of cedar wood and marble walls and counters. Jane explained why this section of the city looked like this and it was quite unique. It brings history to life, now we just need a bar fight to brighten the atmosphere.

We got to where we can order the drinks but it was written in hard to read characters. Jane looked at us and noticed that we had a hard time reading what it said. "You guys don't worry about it, I'll just order some good old Scotch with rocks." We all agreed with Jane and went along with some conversations. Then the door rang and some officers from the navy came walking in with some posters of…US!

One of the officers recognized me and pointed a gun straight at me. "PUT YOUR HANDS UP! You're under arrest for violating code 483 use of technology!"

Everybody looked at me and wondered what that meant. "Guys I got no time to explain but the punishment is usually death." So I took Jane's 44 magnum and shot the officer's head off along with the other officers that were with him.

"Abram, you got a plan?" from a voice behind me. Most likely Jane or Crystal.

"Actually I can't trust anybody but you guys, so… kill them all and head to the ships!"

The pub quickly turned red with blood. Everybody here either had a gun or a knife and maybe both. Gun fire and missed swings rang out everywhere. Holes were blown through the walls and everybody started firing at each other. "Guys quickly get to the roof!"

The roof top was free from the mayhem below, but police patrol craft are starting to enter the district. I started the charge back to the ships but it felt like time was slowing down except for me. I know it's not an adrenaline rush or everything will be slowing down. I looked down at my feet and the stone roof was busting underneath my feet. I looked behind and everybody was 12 buildings behind me. Looked back and busted though a stone bell tower and felt nothing. My skin has a blue aurora around it and then I knew something was up. I stopped and time went back to normal with a loud clap of thunder. A trail of destroyed roof tops quickly followed me and I leaped out-of-the-way. By the time the dust has cleared my friends were surrounded by the police. "NO!" I sprinted back to them as fast as I could and my mind went blank. I woke back up in the Leviathan's hanger with everybody and the fighters. Crystal and Jane was looking after Ron and I; Vince and Joseph are still at the bridge. "What happened?"

Jane looked at me with a smile on her face. "You saved us all. It was pretty cool how you did it. You tackled us and teleported back to the fighters and teleported again back to the ship's hanger."

Crystal came in and finished off Jane's story. "When we did make it back, your body grew pale and you fainted from exhaustion. But I have to say though, how did you run that fast. No human managed to run faster than 22 miles per hour, you made a sonic boom and blew us off our feet."

Jane started to laugh, "Hmm, Abram what are you going to call that move!"

"Let's call it telejumping and let's call the supersonic sprint…well… a supersonic sprint."

Telebombing

In less than a few months I gained five new friends and to me, their like family I miss so much. They got my back and I got theirs. They even assisted me with my training exercises and even solving the task God and Cronos has giving me. Many mysteries still need to be solved. What happen to my wife and my son Cloud, and what happened to my father? Being chased down by bounty hunters and other fractions doesn't make it any easier.

"Ron we need to head back to Markus."

"Why Abram?"

"I need to check out something that's all, and I'll go down there alone."

"Whatever you say Abram, off we go."

The trip didn't take us long at all, I told Ron to go into low-earth orbit and let me do a halo jump with no suit. Ron looked at me as if I was crazy. "ABRAM DON'T DIE PLEASE."

I laughed and back flipped off the hanger deck. "Just stay within communication range Ron!"

"Whatever you say fool."

"If something happens, don't come after me?" The radio went silent. I can now think on what I need to find. My dad had a journal dating back to the beginning to when he disappeared. If I can get a hold of that journal, I can get find out what happened and what's in that covenant that he made to God. The air started to get warmer…home at last. Then the clouds exploded in front of me and teleported to my roof and fell off into the pool. Ouch!

I got out of the pool and walked to the safe my dad put in long ago. He told me he forgot the combination but I knew a way to blast open the door without destroying what's inside. It's just a little move I was working on. BOOM! The door went flying off into oblivion, never to return. I grabbed the satchel that was inside and headed out the door with a picture of my son. I stepped outside and I was surrounded by merchs. One of the merchs has a bullet wound on his left shoulder and a scar on his wrist. I didn't have time to question so I telebombed my way to the top of a skyscraper a mile away. "Ron! I got the package, come pick me up!"

Ron's response didn't quite surprise me at all. "Abram, we are being followed up here, we'll drop a buzzkill fighter and the next low pass we make, teleport back on board."

"Ugh, Ok! Let's do it then."

The Buzzkill fighter flew in and I teleported into the cockpit and left the skyscraper decapitated. The merchs weren't far behind. I began doing evasive maneuvers and a voice started to ring in my head. "Try to Cross the Great Divide." Without even knowing it, my fighter began going faster and faster, eventually catching up to the Leviathan. I pulled up to get close enough teleport to the hanger. I looked back and a white vapor trail marked where I was. "Whoa that's cool!" I grabbed my radio and contacted Ron to go full speed ahead. Then a large explosion rang from the engines. "Ron what happened up there?" The only thing I heard was static, the ship was falling out of the sky and I saw the ships in pursuit. I called up again, "Ron what's happening?" Except this time I got something.

"Abram, we got hit by an E.M.P. missile, I can't let her go into space without the main engines."

"Ok Ron, let me get back out there and hold them off!"

"Hey this time Abram, have some back up!"

I looked at the entrance of the hanger and standing there was Jane and Crystal. Crystal was first to exit the hanger followed by Jane. I restarted my fighter and headed out to cause a diversion until Ron gets the engines back online. The ship that was following us was pretty small frigate. From the looks, it's the newest P.R.N.'s Seto class frigates. There meant to be used for reconnaissance or private enterprise defense vessels, but what's the nagging feeling this is a trap.

I pulled my joystick to the right and looked over the towering peaks of the Golands. In a valley between two large peaks lays the merchs headquarters. With a perfect way to distract the merchs and foil any trap, I lay waste to the base with fire. The ship that was chasing mine came flying above. Along with 45 other ships. "OH, CRAP!" A barrage of missiles came flying towards me with flak cannons from below. If I use my magic now, it will drain me of every bit of energy. I was stuck on an impasse, nowhere to run. Bail or die trying. I choose neither. Time slowed, to where I can shoot every missile while I travel ever faster forwards. I got to where I can bail the Buzzkill and have enough energy left to get back onboard the Leviathan. I hope this wasn't a mistake. I shouted on the radio, "I might be bailing, but I got their attention."

I looked up at the sky and the sky turned dark as night. A loud screaming thunderous noise was bellowing behind me. My fighter started to go in reverse into the source of the sound. "What's going on here?" I made every ditch effort to get out of it, but it was no use. I was going in.

Tiberium Twilight

I got sucked in with an atmospheric fighter. If this thing leads me to space I'm doomed. The ride was rough, but it lead me to a well-known T.C. outpost of Tiberium. Large green crystals tower over the landscape. For now, I'm all alone with little hope of escaping this hell. I found a good place to land and glided my plane to safety. I got out and the electrical energy from the crystals started to zap me, but it didn't hurt me at all. Instead, it was like I was being recharged, but I got to remember that contact with the crystals themselves is hazardous. I pushed forwards and climbed a mound with no Tiberium on it. I found what looks like a Hamlet a few clicks from here. I got my ship and slowly progress to the small village.

I landed in an open field with nothing growing in it. People came out and walked towards me. One of which was an elderly gentlemen came to me with a smile on his face. "Hello there. Are you a freedom fighter?"

I was confused to what's happening. "Why do you ask sir?"

"We've been trying to gain our independence from the T.C. for more than 50 years now and so far we're putting up a good fight. I'm Commander Erwin Chang, head of the Northeastern fighters. Where are you from young one?"

"I'm Abram Yugotav, I'm from the planet Markus part of the Paradigm Republic. Did you say you're trying to gain your independence?"

The old chap was smiling bigger than ever before. "Yes sir, so you're an independent soldier I see. Can you help us gain our independence for us?"

Honestly I got no choice. "No problem. Just give me the game plan."

He led me to a bunker with a large interactive map sitting on a supercrete table. He got a pointer and showed me where we are at on the map. He looked up and said, "Our main issue for the war front in the northern frontier, is to eliminate the T.C. base on Mt. Augusta. Once the base is destroyed, our tanks can move up and defeat the T.C. We're counting on you for air support since our air force is tied up in the western front. Good luck Abram!"

Well then, I went from being lost to enlist into the military, what else can possibly go haywire. The merchs are on this planet too or worse of all, a foreseen enemy. Anyways, I hopped back into my ship and took off towards the base they want me to destroy. From above however, I can tell where the brutal battles are held. The smoke choked air doesn't help me find the mountain base their talking about either. Then a dull light shined ahead, I pulled down my infrared sensor and it was confirmed that it was the base Erin wanted me to get rid of. I detached my bombs and circled the target. BOOM. Then something strange happened. The ground tuned light green and exploded. Leaving a massive crater as far as the eye can see. The plane started to rock heavily and I was falling out of the sky. A flash of light beamed from the crater. "What the," whoosh!

"Ugh! That hurt a lot. Why is the ground shaking." A shadow appeared over the plane and I looked up. "OH, COME ON, REALLY!" A gigantic beast was looking down on me with a smiling face. "Umm, that's not creepy at all. It's somewhat human without any reproductive parts." The beast launched at me with great speed. But I was faster and hopped and chopped all the way to his head with my powers. He fail like a baby. A whole bunch of noise bellowed everywhere. Breaking the skyline was more like the one I took down. "BRING IT!" Timed slowed, the beasts didn't see what's coming to them. I felt stronger than ever. Taking down five beast per second. Then they were all dead. I've noticed a large wall to the south of here and made my way there as fast as I could.

The wall was massive, and from the looks it's posed to keep whatever is outside out. I jumped the wall and landed in between a group of soldiers the looks. Almost all of them had green hoods with a pair of wings on them. Others had leather jackets with the same emblem. I looked around and everybody was scared to death and mumbled. "How did he do that without 3d maneuvering gear?" I slowly backed up to the outer edge of the wall. "Hello guys, my name is Abram Yugotav or you can just call me Abram." A small group of the green coats heard my announcement and walked over to me. One of which had no emotions what so ever. Another was a rather young fellow to join the military and other was a girl with glasses on. The guy with no emotions was first to introduce himself. "Hello stranger, my name is Levi. Are you a human or a Titan?"

He pulled out a blade and put it up to my neck. "I'm most diffidently a human sir." A strike of lighting flashed behind me and everyone was blown away off the wall. Without even hesitating I jumped towards where the sound was. This creature had no skin what so ever. It's just made of muscles and tendons. This should be a piece of cake, just chop off his legs. I drove deep into the creature's leg and broke all the way through to the next one. I landed on the ground and jumped to the top of his head and smacked it right off. Then I noticed that it was regenerating its ligaments real quick, and it grabbed me with its right arm. I had to do something, I blanked out. I woke up with a scorched dead corps right beside me, and also it looks like I flew over the wall and landed in a market of some kind. The green coats flew in what they called 3D gear. It's just a couple of pairs of grappling hooks with two compressed air tanks. And, from the looks of it, a pair of sheathes to put their blades.

The guy with no emotions landed right on top of me and once again putting his blade to my throat. "Where did you come from?"

"Outside of the wall there."

"Impossible, how can anybody survive out there? You better not being playing games with me."

"I can show where I crashed landed."

"Ugh, 'he looked over to the young soldier.' Erwin mount your horse and join us. Jean give us your horse for Abram."

"That's ok, I'll just walk!"

"Well that's settled, move out."

We walked a very fast pace to where I landed. The two noticed all the chopped up giants that were burning along my way to my ship.

Erwin was amazed at the sight of the fallen titans, or b, he's happy just to be away from the walls. Levi however, he scares me to death. Too serious to look at their enemy burning. The ship was in sight three days later. "There she is. The nano bots fixed her up nicely."

Levi and Erin both have shocked faces as we gotten within waking range of the ship. "What is that machine you got there?"

I didn't quite tell who was talking to me but I responded, "It's a plane, ship or a space craft…whatever you want to call it."

They both gave me some intriguing looks but I have no time to stay, I must get back to where I'm from. This world has too many creepy monsters to be wasting time on. I looked up and saw the portal which I came through. I pulled up all the way on the throttle and made my way to the portal. My powers gave it an extra boost to conserve fuel or prevent damage. On my way through I've noticed something, this one was similar to the alternate Tokyo dimension.

My exit was more intense, I landed right back onto my ship. "What the heck! How did that happen?"

Test of Friendship with the Rainbow Factory

Crystal heard the crash in the hanger and went down to investigate. Honestly I don't know where Abram went. Jane, Vince and Joseph, were all confused on what happened at Markus. I followed Crystal after a quick hesitation, could this be Abram or simply a pipe bursting from the fight earlier. Crystal screamed "Abram!" and everybody made a run for the hanger. Once there Abram looked very different or that can the ash or blood of a crash, who knows. I walked up to the wrecked fighter and patted my friends back. "You fool, where did you go?"

He looked up at me with a smile. "It's good to see you guys again. I was so close to the ship and I got sucked in by the blast. I first crashed landed on a planet named Tiberium, and then got sucked into another blast, but this one produced a warp anomaly. The world I landed into was filled with giant monsters with weird smiles. I killed them all, which explains the blood, and found myself in front of a gigantic wall. So I leaped over it and landed in the middle of platoon of soldiers about my size luckily. Next thing I knew a guy with no emotions what's so ever came up to me and asked, 'are you a human or a Titan?' My response was easy 'I'm a human.'"

Abram kept going but everybody knew something that Abram didn't. I interrupted him quickly as possible. "Abram!"

He stopped for a moment and noticed that everybody knew something that he didn't. "Abram, you're not a full blown human. The journal you took from the house has written down DNA results that you're actually a pony with 25% human genetics. Since your mother was a human, you were born of a human birth. Also we read from the beginning to the end of that journal so… we're heading to the northern sector of our Galaxy or on the brim of it."

Abram's look amazes me to the fullest. He just sat there like a child that is totally confused. Funny thing is that, he was only gone for three weeks, and to him it's only been one week. If we do find his father in the Northern Sector, we might find a whole wealth of information. Jane is one of those keys to the puzzle. An experiment of Cronos himself, she can turn into any metallic weapon or machine. I don't blame her for not doing it at all. That power can go to her head, but she'll need a partner to make it work. Crystal, Vince, and Joseph never handled a gun before, but they did drive a space craft of some sort. Since I'm the only one with gun experience, Jane and I teamed up. Next, we made a rule that "If, at any circumstance that Abram disappears or unable to perform his leadership duties, that the oldest one will take over. Funny thing is, it's me, UGH!

Vince came over on the ship's intercom system. "We're approaching the planet of Cloudsdale in the Vulcan system." I entered the bridge and noticed the planet looks very vibrant in ecosystems. We took the ship down to low orbit to get a better look on ground conditions, but something caught our eyes. The only person we know that can perform that kind of jump to get a better look at what we're seeing is Abram. "Wait a minute, is that Abram heading right towards it. I'm guessing now that he can read minds. Does he actually have telepathic powers now?"

Abram's voice rang in my head. "DUH! Also I'm about to land on a cloud. OH!"

Every body's eyes widen as he lands on the cloud without busting through. Except, for me, his actions lately would've gotten us killed. Honestly I'm about had it, he's going to abuse his powers and lose his path on finding out what happened to his father and his family. Might as well come up with a backup plan just in case something happens. "Crystal! Jane! Come with me!"

The Rainbow Factory pt. 2

"Whoa this place is very…different, unlike other worlds. This one can allow you to walk on certain clouds without falling through. It's still has the feel of a cloud, awkwardly. Ok, snap out of it, I need to investigate that…" I just sat down with my mouth drawn open at the spectacle. A factory like structure with rainbows flowing out of it. "I gotta see this with my own eyes."

I snuck in and horror filled my spine. This place was like hell, blood filled the air with choking ash. Can't even see five yards in front of you. It was hot, but the ground turned to metal and I looked down to see cages. I didn't know what was in them but it will never be me nor my friends. My human curiosity was kicking in and ventured further through the factory. I turned a corner and I find myself standing on a look out. I look down, but only a thin glow of three colors appeared to me, red, green, and blue. Then I felt the metal beneath me give in, "It was a trap this whole time."

The fall felt forever, I hit a couple of slopes and was bruised up badly but nothing was broken. I landed in front of a dozen or so cages. All of which had a creature laying down in them. I got up to get a better look, but I can't make of anything of it. A robotic toned voice came from above, "Welcome to the Rainbow Factory. Where all your fears and horrors come true." Then I felt something grabbed me and through me across the factory. I landed right in front of some weird creatures that didn't look like anything I saw before. I was fearless, but frighten at the same time. I need to get away from these guys, but how. I don't have any knowledge of this world what so ever. I don't want to give away my friends… wait duh. I can use my telepathic powers to communicate with them. My hands glowed a dark blue, dark enough to not be seen by the creatures in front of me, "Alright here we go" I said in a whisper. "Ron, this place is plain and simply evil. I'm trapped by these weird creatures, can you guys help me get out of here."

Ron's voice came channeling back, "Why should we, you been a jerk these last couple months and would've gotten us all killed."

My heart sank and my eyes opened, "True, but I was hungry to find out what happen to us and to find my father. I was naïve, I apologize for any misrule behavior I committed. Are we cool?"

"Sigh, I guess we're cool now, but I'm still furious."

I kinda want to speed this up, "Cool, but please hurry, these guys are pointing scalpels at my head and body while on a conveyor belt of some sort."

As quick as a whip, I heard them flying overhead and blew the roof open. Crystal came in and chopped off the shackles that held me down. "Alrighty Abram, get us out of here."

With no hesitation, we teleported to the fighter Crystal was in and flew off. Ron was on my right wing along with Jane on my left. We managed to get back to the ship with no resistance from the enemy and got out of there as quickly as possible. "I got a funny feeling though, that it won't be the last time I see that place. Nor… ugh, sigh, I don't want to talk about."

Crystal from the looks, didn't get what I was going for. "Abram, I think you need to get some rest sweetheart. You have enough excitement for one day."

Ron's voice came on the radio, "Ok ladies and gentlemen, once we get back on the ship. Get those Stratofighters fueled up and ready to go. We'll take shifts of two at a time. Jane and I will take the first shift. Abram and Crystal will take the second, and Abram get some rest please. You're freaking me out these last two months."

Well it will be rest that I will get then!

Merchs Return

It was a good night sleep, or just a good short hibernation! "I've been asleep for 14 hours!" I rushed out of bed and grabbed a quick bit to eat. Teleported to the hanger and got into my fighter and took off. Crystal was doing well, I wondered how long she's been out here. "Crystal, how long you've been out here?"

"Only, three hours so far Abram. It's been kinda quiet, Ron told me there should be a major trade lanes five kilometers from here."

Funny thing is, she's right. The North Orion Space lanes is among the busiest in the galaxy. Ships loaded with rare cargo from the Sol System to the frontiers of the Northern Sector. But something was nagging me to death. "Crystal let's hang back a bit."

"Why?"

"Just a gut feeling crystal nothing more I hope."

Once we're good kilometer to a mile away from the ship. Objects started to appear on radar, the space lane is easily notable with a streak of dots on one side of the screen. However, a cluster of ships are in formation to the west of the ship. "Crystal do you see what I see on your radar."

She hesitated a good while before answering. "Yeah… what should we do?"

"Right now we should just watch them from a distance. We don't know what they have or what they want." She quickly agreed to the idea, and we monitored their movements for a good while now. Then our shift was almost over. The ships in formation held their region of space and Crystal and I headed back to the ship. A flash of light caught my attention and I pulled hard on the controls. A dummy missile flew past my nose and exploded. Crystal wasn't hit but was spooked. "Everybody we got company!"

Crystal mike broke my attention of the situation. "Abram should we wait for Ron and Jane?"

"If wait for them, we'll get blown to pieces, we must engage so they can help us."

"Ok, but I'll tell Vince and Joseph to provide some cover fire."

"Roger that Crystal, we got fighters 11 O'clock."

The fighters… merchs! "Crystal it's the merchs again!" I banked to the left to head back to the ship and regroup with Ron and Jane. Crystal banked with me and headed back. Rockets are flying all over the place, some even exploding just feet from me. Then a massive explosion flashed behind us while Ron and Jane were coming to help us. "Crystal, those boneheads opened up a warp zone, everybody jump in before we got shot up."

Vince's voice cracked in, "Abram, I don't think the Leviathan can fit in that small space!"

"Vince just get out of here then, everybody else follow me. NOW!"

Everybody put their Stratos to max power and forced our way in. Ron and I entered first, followed by Crystal and Jane. I don't know where we're headed, but it's better than getting killed.