Chapter 1:

Three years... No, four. It could've been four.

Nobody really paid attention to the time that passed by. All that they cared about was the bright blue sky, the hot shimmering sun, the trees and flowers that danced with the wind, and the birds that happily chirped in response to such weather.

They cared about meeting old friends and new friends alike. They cared about ditching past enemies and former memories that only did them harm. It wasn't their… "cup of tea", if you could call it that.

There was one event that seemed special. Not that they didn't care about it, but they wanted to forget this part of History:

The halt of the Earth's spinning core.

With all of the casualties and damage caused, it was easily one of the reasons that people started working towards helping the Earth recover. The one thing that made it worse was the fact that Purcell and those working for Project D.E.S.T.I.N.I had to keep whatever they were doing secret.

Why? Because they were the reasons for the damage.

Easily, Dr. Zimsky could blame himself for the damage. He knew that stopping the Earth's "heart" was a major flaw that affected his reputation, but he cared less. Dr. Keyes was also, unknowingly, part of the problem, but it wasn't his fault.

You see, he worked with Zimsky before. However, he didn't know what the Project was meant to do, or what catastrophic events it would eventually cause, and he was upset with the fact that he could've stopped it before it even fired.

But now, that was simply a part of the forgotten past. Everyone was now in the present... Or were they?