A/N: This is my first Naruto Fiction. I don't own the characters from Naruto, but I own everything else. Ame, my alter ego, is also mine.
Chapter One: The Plan
"Jackson! Jackson! Come quick, I think I've finally done it!" shouted a voice in a relatively small laboratory. Power cords and computer screens twisted and nearly dominated the place. Shelves full of inventions with enough potential to win about a hundred nobel prizes stood calmly in the middle of the room. A man who looked to be about twenty-two peeked out from under his latest invention. Thinking that Jackson hadn't heard him, he called him again, "JAAAAAAAACKSOOOOOOON!"
Another man, who had pepper and salt hair, angrily strode over to his lab partner in annoyance. With a glare he answered in a low voice, "What is it this time ?"
"Come see Jackson!" said the man as if he hadn't heard the tone of anger in his partner's voice. "I think I've finally been able to make an invention that can transport anybody into any dimension or universe he or she would desire. Of course, I haven't tested it yet, but--"
"--That is impossible," said Jackson. "There is only one universe. You can't transport from one universe to something that doesn't exist!"
Shaking his head, the man asked, "But has it truly ever been proven that there is only one universe?"
"W-well, erm --no," Jackson stuttered. "But I think that this is one experiment that you should leave alone. And think with common sense for a moment, Daemon! If there was any error--- any at all--- the world could possibly be in danger. We'd never hear the end of it! Our careers could both be ruined, forever! Then where would we be?"
With a frown, Daemon began to pout, "But this could be our chance to finally get rich for once! We could make a difference in this world!" At this, Jackson began to laugh.
"And how exactly would this new invention do that?" he asked.
"Well, we could sell it to the government and they can use the device to make bases in a different dimension in case there is some kind of war going on. AND if our world was in danger, we can just move our people to another dimension and keep them safe," said Daemon, as-a-matter-of-factly.
Jackson raised an eyebrow and blinked. He didn't expect the kid to come up with a logical reason this invention could be useful in his world. Seeming more interested, he studied the hunk of metal with narrowed eyes.
Turning to Daemon, he asked, " You're sure it works?"
Blushing, Daemon replied, "Well, no…but if we find a good test subject, perhaps something with more intelligence than a monkey, we may be able to find out if there really is another universe out there faster than you can say supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!"
Jackson let out a small gasp. "Are you suggesting that we use a human being as a test subject?"
A menacingly determined smile crept on his face as Daemon replied, "I might be."
Jackson turned his attention back on the machine that could possibly make his partner and himself millionaires. He sighed away his doubts and muttered, "Let's get to work!"