Chapter 1
Sins of thy Father
May 6th, 1990
"Dad, dinner's ready" A young boy with long black hair shouts down to his preoccupied father. He is wearing a blue Dragon Ball shirt with jeans. He is no older than 9.
"I'll be up in bit…" Wearing a lab coat, the father of child continues to write down complicated formulas. The boy sighs.
"You said that an hour ago!" The boy moans. The man, flipping through the pages of a journal, searching for something.
"Sorry Luke...I'm close to breakthrough. Tell you what, tell your mother I'll be up in a few minutes, and we'll go out for ice cream. Just you and me." The boys open bright and wide.
"You mean it?!" Seeing the excitement of his boy's face, the scientist smiles at his son.
"I promise."
"Ok, I'll tell mom!" The boy rushes with excitement up the stairs. The scientist watches the boy, and hurries back to his work.
"Where the hell is it?!" He moves the pages of journal with inhuman speeds. After a few minutes, he lays back in his chair, spinning around.
"Damn it! I know the solution exists. Where is it?!" He looks at an old picture on his desk. The picture of three students. Two of them were men, while the other was a woman. He signs.
"You three would know. You were the brightest kids I had ever known." He shakes his head. He smiles.
"Then again, you learned from the best. OK, back to work." The man continues his search.
September 23th, 1994
"Hurry up honey! You'll miss Luke's first game" A blonde women is pulling her husband with her.
"I'm coming!" The man, wearing a messy lab coat. His face is unshaven, and his graying hair is long, greasy mess. The couple hurries into the stadium, trying to find their seats.
"Do you remember our seats?" The wife asks. The man frantically looks in his lab coat.
"It's right...Here! The seats are right over there!" The two hurry over to their seats. As the game prepares starts, they notice their son down on the field. Wearing his gear, the team and him get into positions.
"I so proud." The woman responds with excitement. The husband smiles, until he feels a buzzing in his pocket. Reaching into his pocket, he grabs his massive phone. He answers.
"Hello?"
"Doctor Seele! Something's happening down at the facility!" The scientist mouth drops wife looks over at him.
"Are you serious?! I'm on my way!" He looks over at his wife. Sadness fills her eyes.
"I have to go. Tell me how the game goes." He hurries out to stadium. The woman just sighs as her husband leaves.
June 25th, 1997
"You think he'll show up for once?" A boy asks as he finishes putting on his shirt. He looks at his mother.
"Your father may miss a lot…"
"You mean miss all. He misses everything."
"He wouldn't dare to miss your graduation. I know he might forget and misplace his priorities, but I know he wouldn't miss your graduation." Responding sternly to her son. The young man looks at his mother, and just smiles.
"I know." After Luke gets his shirt on, he grabs his jacket, and he runs outside to his bike. He looks at his mom.
"I'll see in an hour mom. Remind him not to be late."
"I will." She says as the young adult drives off to his school. However, Luke has a new destination.
"Any news on the tear?" An older man asks as he enters the room. The room has a giant window, facing a massive structure. Computers and monitors cover the rest of the room, as people work feverishly. He is wearing a lab coat.
"Nothing at the moment Doctor Seele." A young woman responds. Doctor Seele looks out the window. The structure was two large pillars. In the middle, is an eerie azure tear in reality.
"How soon will we be able to send someone into the Phantom Zone."
"If there are no changes in the tear, it should be within the next few hours."
"Good. Good." The door slams open. A young man in letterman's jacket walks in the room, irritated.
"I thought you said you would come to graduation!?" The doctor looks at his frustrated son.
"Luke?! Why are you here! I thought I told you stay out!"
"Well, you said a lot things, and you never follow through with those. What makes this shit more important than your son!" Anger flowing from Luke.
"I never said it was more important than you!"
"Actions speak louder than words! My entire childhood you spent countless hours locked in your study. You said it was only temporary, but you lied about that too. You never went to my games, you never went to award ceremonies, and you could careless if I was graduating today! All you care about is this stupid experiment!"
"Luke! You have no idea how important this is to me. I have been working for the past few years to understand the world after this one. I have been ridiculed by the scientific community and by colleagues over my theories and work!"
"Doctor!"
"What!"
"The tear, it's growing." Doctor Seele moves the researcher aside, and looks at the monitor.
"You still ignore me when I talk to you! Listen to me for once in your life!" Luke goes unheard by his father.
"No...How is this happening! Everyone, evacuate immediately! Code Red! Code Red!" The researchers start to run out of the lab. Doctor Seele works frantically to solve the problem.
"Luke, get out now!"
"Go to hell, I'm not letting you ignore me any more!" Luke runs to the door to the structure.
"Luke! Don't!" The doctor runs after his son. As Luke reaches the structure, he turns to his father. The tear continues to grow larger.
"Luke, get away from the distortion!"
"I am tired of you ignoring me! I am not leaving!" Suddenly, a massive surge of energy explodes from the tear. A pulse of extradimensional, phantasmic energy pulses through the research center. Luke turns toward the structure, as doctor ducks for cover. The energy collides into Luke, surging through his body. Thrown back by the pulse, Luke's entire body begins illuminate with energy. The doctor frantically rushes toward his son.
"Luke!" A smoking, crystalline, and extradimensional substance covers Luke's face and body. The substance slowly begins to spread. His right eye is covered in the substance, as well as most of his body. His hair begins to change into a white color. In tears, the doctor howls,
"What have I done?!"