28 hours
At that moment, throughout all of time and space, the heavens began to rumble – faintly but noticeable to all. Eyes began darting around looking for the source until...
"Captain, we're getting multiple abnormal energy readings coming from outside the ship. It looks like multiple slipstream vortices are opening" a Marine calls out to Lasky, hurried but cool.
Lasky, Chief and Thel ran over to the console that the Marine was simply staring at. Sure enough, the trio stared in awe as they watched holes begin to appear in the simulation of space. Moving straight from the monitor to the window, Lasky could see these black expanses of nothing starting to appear too. Though small as pinheads, these vortices stood out well in the bleakly colorful expanse of space.
"Forerunner or Covenant?" Lasky professionally and coolly asked.
"It's hard to tell sir. Their appearance in space is rapidly increasing" the Marine replies hesitantly. Likewise, Chief and Thel had a difficult time understanding the spiking increases in energy. Soon, the duo joined Lasky in peering outside the window.
"Sir. We just received word of what is happening out there. Orders?" the familiar voice of Sarah Palmer comes from behind the Captain.
"Every person on this ship to their battle stations. Whatever is on the other side of these subspace vortices that is coming through, will have to get past us first." Lasky said with sheer determination as Palmer acknowledged and moved out to give the order.
After another close glance at the energy readings showing on the monitor, Chief said "Permission to speak, Captain"
"Granted, Chief. What's on your mind?"
Not wanting to sound hesitant, Chief stated his rather firm belief that neither the Covenant nor the Forerunners are responsible for the spatial anomalies.
"Well regardless of whoever it is opening up these portals, I wanna make sure that we are prepared to fend off an oncoming attack. Not like last time with the Reapers." Lasky sat down on his own battle throne overlooking a projection of the Infinity and the space around it.
Chief shot a glance at Thel before the two of them went up to the window to see for themselves the vastness of space being tainted by dots of jet black. At that moment, the Chief and Arbiter knew what was truly happening.
...
27 hours 50 minutes
On board the pirate ship
The deep thrumming of the universe echoed throughout the vessel and all fighting ceased in an instant. Frozen in place by the unnatural sound, both Shepard's crew and the pirates started to trade looks with each other, instinctively seeking for the source.
Without a beat, the pirate grappled to the floor by Shepard knocked his opponent down on his back before getting up to his feet. Shepard looked on in amazement as his opponent simply walked away and gestured to his comrades.
"Back to the ship, crew! It is almost here!"
It is almost here? Shepard thought "What is almost here?"
Shepard repeated that last thought out loud, loud enough for the captain to hear. Facing the fallen Commander, the Captain eerily and calmly uttered "The end of everything and the beginning of something beautiful."
"Shepard!" Ashley called peering outside the vessel window "You need to see this"
Everyone's eyes were glued to the spectacle that was going on deep in space. One by one, the stars of the universe started to fade away; in its place was a hauntingly jet black hole, only it wasn't a black hole sucking everything into oblivion. Rather it was just a black blip on the universal radar.
"What's happened to the pirates?" Tali, astonished at what the pirates were doing as Shepard was, asked.
"They simply got up and left, as if..." Shepard trailed on his words, remembering what the captain said The end of everything and the beginning of something beautiful.
"As if what, Commander?" Miranda asked worringly. Before Shepard could answer however, Joker's voice rang through the intercom.
"Shepard. That pirate incursion Hackett wanted you to deal with? Abort the mission. He wants everyone back at the Citadel."
"Any particular reason why?" Shepard messaged his shipmate back.
"The Council and the Admiral think that another attack on the Citadel is imminent and requires your assistance."
"That's funny. A call like this coming in the same time the pirates just run away?" Garrus noted with concern as he put his Avenger behind him.
Shepard stayed silent as he too gestured to his crew to return to the Normandy. Without a word, everyone followed behind him. Miranda and Tali paused for a brief moment to look out into the depths of space once more to see the number of black dots growing like warts.
26 hours
At the Citadel Tower
All eyes were trained at the Commander as he and his motley crew of space-farers entered the Chambers, as if he was expected to give them the answer to the most troubling question on their mind. Not all four members of the Council were of a content disposition under the circumstances but they maintained their courtesy to the Commander as he approached.
"I can see you understand why we have called you to this place on such short notice Commander." Tevos started to speak.
"Of course ma'am. Hackett needs all forces on deck that are fit for defending the Citadel" Shepard duly noted for the councilors.
"We also are asking of your opinion on these strange anomalies appearing in space. More specifically their origin and their ultimate purpose by whoever created such a thing" the Turian councilor Sparatus spoke next.
"Don't you have expert scientists who can determine this rather than us?" Liara questioned.
"The current epidemic of insomnia affecting the entire galaxy has stretched our resources thin" the Salarian councilor Valern noted with a hint of worry in his voice.
Taken aback by this, Shepard started to think deeply – could the two incidents be linked in some way? Could this be the start of the end of everything?
"Well..." Shepard hesitantly started before Garrus stepped in
"The Commander and, as I am sure you are aware of this, none of us are able to discern where these black holes are coming from or who made them. Certainly looks a bit sophisticated for the Reapers to create."
"You do have to understand, councilors," Liara continued "that our idea that this has been facilitated by the Reapers is unlikely. Whatever is going, it is more than likely that the Reapers are not responsible for this"
"Another multiversal incursion then?" Sparatus says
"Hard to say for certain, but whatever it is-" Shepard said before another deep, almost rhythmic rumbling softly shook the area. Shepard looked back at his team-mates with concern – whatever it was, something monstrous sounded like it was about to hatch from its celestial cocoon.
...
26 hours
Justice League Watchtower
Booster Gold continued to fly past other Watchtower personnel and League members on his way to the meeting room. He had been receiving some distressing news from Skeets – his ever-so-loyal mechanical assistant trailing feet behind him – that warranted the attention from the League. Despite all the jeering and "Excuse you!" exclamations from those in his path, Booster's face remained stern.
Inside the Conference Room, the heroes stand up from their seats - their meeting to do with the recovery and repair of the JLA Watchtower, the Earth and all its people adjourned. The moment they turned for the door, Booster flew in to the chagrin of the seven heroes.
"Dude, we were just ready to use that!" Flash exclaimed as the door slammed straight onto the wall.
"Couldn't you see we were busy, Carter?" Batman glared at the showy superhero but the expression on Booster's face did not show any signs of remorse or agitation.
"Sorry to drop in like this but something's wrong with the time stream and I need your help" Booster started explaining before being cut off by Superman's strong arm.
"We're not in the mood right now to be discussing issues of time travel. We have a city to rebuild down there" he politely said before almost walking away.
"I know that, Supes, but I think this is way more important and you need to hear about this. You could be in serious danger for all I know."
Hearing this, the members turned back and sat down back on the conference table, annoyed but offering to hear out their fellow time-traveller's plea.
"Skeets and I have been monitoring the time stream and something strange is happening on both ends of it." Skeets projected a hologram of a visual representation of the time stream as a tubular construct, with certain periods in the universe's timeline shown at the bottom as a line. However, the hologram being shown to the League has left them a little stunned - they could see the cylindrical construct of time but the shape has been marked by rough edges where there shouldn't be.
"For some as-of-yet unknown reason, certain periods of history have been... vanishing from my radar."
"What do you mean 'vanishing'? A whole period of time cannot just simply disappear like that" John Stewart the Green Lantern chimed in.
"Well it just did. Right now it may be of little threat to us but sooner or later whatever this is, it may reach us." Skeets turned off the hologram and returned to Booster.
Batman continued to concentrate on the space where the hologram was, his eyes squinting like he is deep in thought.
"Hey, is everything alright?" Wonder Woman noticed.
"Time is not vanishing. It's being consumed" came the caped crusader's answer. Much like Booster's announcement, this caused a bit of a stir and disbelief among his fellow members.
"Consumed by what exactly?" Shayera asked.
"A being that is able to harness the full power of entropy" Batman replied.
Flash/Wally West became confused - he may be a scientist but he wasn't that bright-minded. "Entropy? What is that?"
"It is the force of the universe that brings out the chaos in everything, from the smallest atoms in your body to the brightest stars in the galaxy" a voice suddenly appears in the darkness of space. Space that is now starting to short out its beacons. Space that now only reveals something bleak and empty emerging."
"Who are you? Show yourself!" J'onn calls out looking around him for a sign of life. Suddenly a being of blue sitting on a throne of gold fades into view of the League.
"I am known as Metron. Much like your friend I have been looking into the flow of time and made the exact same observation as he did and have come to the same conclusion as you did."
"How do you know that we can trust you? For all we know, it could be you who's doing all this handiwork" Superman called out.
"I may possess the power to control and rewrite time but I am merely a witness to the universe and its wonders. Besides, I was the one who aided in your victory over Darkseid that fateful day"
A sudden shock wrapped through all the members, none more so than Batman and Superman. The invasion of Earth by Darkseid had almost come to a standstill in the ensuing melee between Superman and Darkseid if not for the sudden appearance of Luthor in a tuxedo holding an object of indescribable luminance and disappearing with Darkseid in a fury of dust and smoke. It did not really matter to the duo whether Darkseid and Luthor died following this or not but with Metron's revelation about aiding Lex, that was one mystery solved.
"OK, we'll trust you. For now at least" Green Lantern said lowering his ring and floating gently to the ground.
"Do you know of who or what could be responsible for all this strange activity?" J'onn asked the New God.
"An ancient evil from outside this universe. One that seeks to bring all those who live back under his mighty thrall once free from his tomb within the Earth." In that moment, Metron's foreboding tone shook everyone to the core.
"So what can you do to help us?" Batman queried.
Metron stared at the heroes in front of him. While his duties to himself and the universe were merely to bear witness to what unfolded in the universe - good and bad - the need to act and stop the crisis was more important as a priority.
"I must communicate with the other heroes. We may need all the help we can get."
"I'm sorry but most of our friends and allies are out of commission. I mean, we've been unable to catch a break in 2 months now and you want us to go back out there? No way am I saying yes to this" Flash interjects.
"I understand the troubles burdening the Justice League, young man. If we don't act soon, however, all the worlds and all the universes out there - including those of your friends - will be gone forever" Metron sharply retorted at the speedster.
The League, including Booster, looked at each other and gave pause to think. Another multiversal incursion was the last thing the League would expect but with time running short, there is not much of a choice to be made.
...
25 hours
Minas Tirith
Gandalf flew through the narrow corridors of the citadel on his horse relentlessly.
"Stand aside! I need to speak with the High King of the Reunited Kingdom!" he kept shouting to those who blocked his path. He didn't even stop to look definitely at the hard men, women and children trying their best to rebuild their lives in their activities of work and play. He could sense it though, the tireless effort that occupied the streets and houses of all who fought bravely against the Reapers; time, to him, was of the essence.
Reaching the palatial gate, Gandalf drew his horse to a slow trot and stopped just outside the main entrance. Already however, King Aragorn was on his way out from his quarters to inspect the fuss. Upon seeing his old friend, Aragorn was more inquisitive than annoyed.
"What is it Gandalf?"
Slowly catching his breath, Gandalf addressed to Aragorn "My king, I come bearing grave news, far worse than what I may have told you before"
"Has this to do with these evil dreams people all over Middle Earth are suffering from?" Aragorn asked.
"I fear that this event I have witnessed may be the cause of this epidemic" Gandalf looked back outside the palace and saw the sky still as bright as ever. What he saw however upon ascending to the zenith of the Misty Mountains was an astonishing and disturbing sight.
"Gandalf," Aragorn inquired as he, Queen Arwen and the courtiers gathered to listen "What is it?"
Staring blankly at his audience, Gandalf proclaimed how the stars of Vaiya were being extinguished one by one, that the stars of Ilmen surrounding Arda are in danger of suffering the same fate and that maybe this was the sign that Melkor may be returning.
Despite the deep foreboding tone of Gandalf's voice, the King remained steadfast and quietly walked back to his throne, his Queen and entourage following him slowly.
"What do you want us to do, High King Elessar?" one of the courtiers spoke up
Seated back on his throne, Aragorn contemplated for a few seconds. The stars in the night sky were disappearing, visions of evil have been plaguing the survivors of the multiversal Reaper War for a couple of months… indeed a terrible force of nature was arriving but surely it cannot be Melkor coming to reclaim Arda, right?
"Leave me with Gandalf. I need to discuss this matter with him alone" the King simply replied.
Without a word, nearly everyone vacated the main throne room leaving only Aragorn and Gandalf. The two stare at each other, expecting their companion to come up with an explanation. A few more silent moments later, Aragorn spoke.
"Gather the leaders of the Dwarves and the Elves. I will need to speak with them about the matter. Whatever dark force is coming our way, we shall be prepared for it."
"As you wish my King" Gandalf exited the room, got on his horse and sped away just as quickly as he came. Time was of the essence for the wizard and if help wasn't rallied soon, the end of the world will leave all of Middle Earth in a very bad scenario.
…
28 hours
Harwood City, United States
The ground beneath their feet trembled softly but deeply. Ripples of fear and terror shook all those who felt it for a fraction of a second. Troy and his friends, however, were more fixated on an impossible commotion going on right next to them in the square.
As if appearing out of nowhere, a silver van marked with the red words GO-ONGER zoomed past the quintet, swerving haphazardly. With grave concern, the Megaforce Rangers rush after the speeding vehicle.
Inside the GO-ONGER van, the 7 Rangers inside it hold on for dear life as Flynn tries to find a safe location to stop.
"Flynn! Do something, will you?" Summer yelled from her seat.
"I can't. There are too many things in front of me" Flynn replied with his eyes still glued to the windscreen and the unfamiliar territory that lay in front of him. Gripping the steering wheel mightily, the RPM Red Ranger tried to gain control of his vehicle before someone got seriously injured. Suddenly, the van jerked to a stop as it collided with a tree. Lucky the crash wasn't too serious or the airbags would have deployed and an uncomfortable situation ensued.
"Everyone OK?" Dillon said as he looked around trying to clear the smoke away.
The other Rangers acknowledged as they plied themselves free. Looking out through the windscreen, Flynn realized they were no longer underneath the dome of Corinth. A confused look ran about his face however, since an hour prior, the Rangers were roaming around the streets of the domed city. Snapped out of his confusion by the sound of footsteps approaching the vehicle, Scott looked at the rear-view mirror to see the Mega Rangers arrive.
"Hey! Is everyone alright in there?" Troy barked out at the distorted mess in front of him. Coming closer, Troy and his friends could see some people trapped inside the vehicle. Without hesitation, the Mega Rangers got to work clearing out the wreckage and helping the survivors out of the vehicle one by one. As Troy and Emma got Flynn, Scott and Summer out of the van, he made a mental note about the mobile phones they carried that suspiciously remind him of Morphers.
For the Ranger Operators, the faces of Troy, Gia, Emma, Jake, Noah and Orion were nothing new – they saw those faces in the flesh before when, as part of the Legendary Rangers, the Armada surrounded the Mega Rangers. The trouble was, however, that they are now seeing the Mega Rangers when they themselves are un-morphed. Scott remembered full well that he expressed caution about revealing his true identity to the Samurai Rangers, citing the "air toxicity" as a valid excuse. Now that he was out of his "dimension" and in the dimension where that claim was no longer valid, it seemed that he had to let the cat out of the bag soon.
"What happened? You looked like you came out of nowhere" Noah asked Ziggy as he sat down and tended to his wounds.
"I think we took a wrong turn somewhere" Ziggy replied, holding his head as it continued to throb heavily from the collision.
"You look a little familiar…" Orion said as he hauled Dillon to a bench before grabbing the Rev Morpher and Engine Cell from his pocket "As do these."
"Hey! Give that back!" Dillon tried to snatch his Rev Morpher back from Orion but the alien was too quick for him as he stepped aside to look at its markings. It was a strange recollection he had, seeing a Power Ranger with that kind of marking on his chestpiece, but…
"This is Tensou calling the Megaforce Rangers. Tensou calling the Megaforce Rangers" a squeaky robotic voice came from the Legendary Morphers.
"What is it, Tensou?" Troy responded immediately, walking away from Scott who was looking confused at what his rescuer was doing.
"Gosei requires you back at the Commander Center immediately. We may have an emergency on our hands!" Tensou replied.
"We'll be there as soon as we can… right now we-" Troy said but before he could explain the current situation he was in, Tensou asked Troy to bring in his "accidentally arrived friends" because they may have something to do with the emergency at hand.
Looking back at Scott, Troy acknowledged his companion before holstering his Morpher.
"Looks like you need to come with us" Troy said to a bewildered Scott. It sounded to him like he may be taken away like a criminal, except this police officer he sees is not wielding a badge of any kind. Before he could get into a defensive stance, Troy said "Apparently my boss Gosei needs to see you and your friends too. We may need your help."
Turning to the others, both Troy and Scott called their respective Ranger friends and motioned them to follow them. Without any hesitant words, all 11 followed their leaders away from the wreckage.
26 hours, 12 minutes
Megaforce Command Center
The moment the Ranger Operators stepped inside the meeting room where all the other Legendary Rangers stood idly chatting to one another did they truly understand who they encountered. Their mouths gaped in awe looking at the statuettes displaying all the other Power Ranger teams from days gone by. They felt like fish out of water, to know that in this "reality" there were more Power Rangers than there ever were.
"Ah I see that our new friends have arrived. We can begin this meeting now" came the deep throbbing voice of Gosei on the wall infront of them. At that moment, all chatter ceased and all eyes pointed towards Gosei and the Megaforce Rangers walking towards the front of the room.
"Gosei, is there any particular reason why the Legendary Rangers are assembled once more?" Troy asked his mentor.
"I think I can answer that question" Jen Scotts said as she entered everyone's views with the rest of the Time Force Rangers from the 31st century "But you won't like what you might hear"
With everyone paying attention, Jen drew them to the Rangers' computer screens. On it was something that froze all in place – the stars of the universe suddenly fading out one by one. Simultaneously playing with it were the transmissions picked up by the Space and Galaxy Rangers from distant planets across the vastness of space. Transmissions with panicked voices, talking about an all-consuming white light approaching them before being cut out. Planets filled with teeming alien life – from KO-35 to Hercuron, from Rashon to Gamma 4, and even Aquitar – now suddenly silenced by a great power emanating from the universe.
"As you can see, the Time Force, Space and Galaxy Rangers have been monitoring all of time and space while everyone on Earth was rebuilding" Andros started speaking while the other Rangers had their eyes still glued to the screen "Jen and her team managed to spot the threat first and thus used their time ship to come back to this time period and present these findings, corroborating the findings of both mine and Leo on our patrols"
"So is this all-consuming bright white light that all these distress calls are referencing… have you been able to determine what it is?" Cole asked.
"The best theory I can come up with is that it's a concentrated mass of entropy stemming from within the flow of time itself" Trip said, his green hair ruffled up as a sign that he was hard at work putting his scientific brain to use with Circuit by his side.
Meanwhile…
26 hours
On the Gokai Galleon…
"Entropy?" The leader of the 35th Super Sentai team Captain Marvelous questioned as before him and the rest of his team stood Tsukasa aka Kamen Rider Decade.
Hearing about the Entropy wave from Den-O, Tsukasa quickly had the Den-O Crew head out to gather the Kamen Riders while Kouta left the DenLiner to warn the Super Sentai teams about the incoming wave and the dangers that would come with it. Tsukasa meanwhile used his powers to bring him to the ship of the Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger which was deep in space at the moment as the Gokaigers were on another one of their searches for adventure.
"Yeah. Apparently it's a cosmic force that involves the chaotic disordering of atomic matter. As we speak this wave is traveling through time and space, causing everything that exists to disappear from all existence." Tsukasa says.
"EH!? Really?!" Doc says terrified by this news.
"What's causing it? Is it the Reapers again?" Ahim asks.
"I don't know. I know for sure though that it's not the Reapers. They were all destroyed when the Commander activated the Crucible and released that energy wave." Tsukasa says.
"But if it's not the Reapers, and there's no way it can be any of our enemies. Who could it be?" Gai questions.
Just then the alarms of the Gokai Galleon go off loud and clear.
"Danger! Danger!" The Robotic Parrot Navi yells in a terrified scream as she twirls around like crazy in the air behind the Gokaigers who all quickly turn around towards her while Joe quickly rushes over to one of the ships control panels.
Looking at the screen Joe becomes wide eyed in terror at what he sees, "Marvelous!" Joe yells catching his Captain's attention and everyone else's over to him.
"What is it, Joe?" Marvelous asks.
Joe presses a few of the buttons as then a large holographic screen appears in front of the Captain's chair and everyone looks at it. Before them the blackness of space as well as the stars, which begin disappearing one by one as then they take notice of what appears to be small black vortexes appearing all over what the screen is showing.
"What?" Marvelous says in angered curiosity.
"Marvelous, you're with me!" Tsukasa says as he then quickly opens up a dimensional portal.
Just then the crew take notice of the stairs of the Gokai Galleon as they appear to be consumed by a bright white light.
"EVERYONE INTO THE PORTAL!" Tsukasa yells as everyone quickly turns around runs towards the portal with Navi flying after them.
The bright white light meanwhile appears from the other staircase as the white light envelops much of the ship around the group. Everyone quickly manages to make it through the portal as it immediately closes behind them. The white light, the chaotic entropy born from the end of time, envelops the entire Gokai Galleon and leaves behind nothing.
…
25 hours
Fairy Tail Guild Hall, Magnolia Town, Fiore…
Carla slowly begins opening her eyes, her vision is blurry as her eyes open a bit before closing again.
"She's coming too." The voice of Erza is heard.
"Carla! Carla!" Wendy's voice is also heard.
As Carla manages to finally open her eyes she sees before her; Natsu, Happy, Lucy, Wendy, Gray, Erza, Gajeel, and Lilly.
"Carla you alright?" Happy asks worried about her passing out.
The Guild Hall of Fairy Tail is all but empty except for the group of wizards. All the other Wizards being out on jobs at the moment and Master Makarov at a meeting with some of the other Guild Masters.
"Carla what happened?" Wendy asks her Exceed partner.
Carla finally regaining her full senses remembers what she saw in her vision and remembering fully well, her eyes widen as she gasps in shock.
"Where is everyone!? We're all in danger!" Carla says shooting up catching everyone by surprise.
"Huh?" Erza says a bit taken back by what Carla says.
"Carla what do you mean?" Wendy asks.
"We're all in danger! And not just us! Every universe out there is at stake!" Carla says as sweat runs down her face and her eyes are still widened in horror.
"What?!" All of the Fairy Tail Wizards scream with incredulity.
Pandora…
Across the planet of Pandora, it seems that all of nature is at unrest. From their home tree, the Na'vi people can hear the cries of the animals of Pandora echoing throughout the forest as Banshees fly through the air, all in one direction. Jake Sully, Neytiri and the rest of their tribe look on wondering what has every single animal on the planet disturbed.
"Jake…what madness is this?" Neytiri asks aloud.
"I don't know. Something has them spooked. But what in the world could have every single animal spooked this much?" Jake says.
Manhattan, New York…
From the top of their home at the Clock Tower, Goliath and the rest of his clan all look up at the night sky. All of them sensed something incredibly evil upon awakening as to their shock they see as the stars in the night sky blink out, one, by, one.
Yen Sid's Tower…
The powerful magician quietly sits on his chair at his tower, his eyes closed. All of a sudden a gust of wind blows through his window and upon feeling it, his eyes shoot open.
"It's begun" Yen Sid mutters to himself "There's nothing that can be done now"
…
24 hours, 4 minutes
Coruscant…
All over the city alarms go off as citizens on the ground all run in fear and Clone Security Forces rush about with their weapons at the ready as overhead many LAAT gunships are seen flying over the city. A LAAT Gunship arrives at the steps to the Jedi Temple as the door opens up to reveal Captain Rex along with a squad of other Clone Troopers. Anakin, Obi-Wan and Ahsoka having been contacted ahead of time rush towards the LAAT.
"Rex what's going on?" Anakin asks.
"Something big sir. We're getting reports from all over Republic controlled space, whole planets disappearing, this white light engulfing people making them disappear. Not just us sir, we've intercepted transmissions that the same things happening to the Sep worlds as well." Rex replies in a calm but worried tone.
"Well this at least supports our theory that the Separatist aren't behind what's been happening these past few months." Obi-Wan says.
"What do you mean whole planets are disappearing?" Ahsoka asks in a worried tone.
"Like I said entire star systems gone in the blink of an eye. No one knows what's going on planets and people are all just disappearing." Rex replies.
"Whole planets don't just disappear in the blink of an eye. What in the world could be causing this?" Anakin says.
"Not anything we know." Obi-Wan says.
Anakin looks over at Ahsoka and then takes notice of her eyes being closed, "Ahsoka what is it?" Anakin asks.
"Master...do you feel that?" Ahsoka asks.
Anakin and Obi-Wan exchange looks knowing that Ahsoka must be sensing something and so close their eyes to concentrate as well. What the feel next is…nothing.
"Nothing… Master. I can't sense anything." Ahsoka says.
"Neither can I Snips. The Force. It's… off for some reason." Anakin says.
"I also have that feeling. But I'm also sensing…billions of lives, all of them…just disappearing. Not just our universe though…" Obi-Wan says.
"What?" Anakin asks as he and Ahsoka snap towards him immediately upon hearing universe.
"I'm…I can sense the other universes. The ones where our friends are." Looking glumly at Anakin and Ahsoka, Obi-Wan says "Whatever's happening here is also happening across the Multiverse as well."
"Wait, are you saying the entire Multiverse is disappearing from existence?" Anakin says.
"Yes I am! Whatever's doing this is VERY powerful, maybe even more powerful than the Reapers." Obi-Wan sounded more forebodingly.
"What in the world can be more powerful than the Reapers?" Ahsoka says.
Just then terrified screams erupt from the Jedi Temple drawing everyone outsides' attention to it.
"What in the world?" Anakin says.
From the steps of the Jedi Temple, many Jedi appear running away in terror from something, many not looking back while some turn around for just a second before continuing to run. At the steps Mace Windu appears, "Obi-Wan, get out of here now!" Mace yells.
"What's going on?" Obi-Wan questions.
"Get out of here now!" Mace Windu says as all of a sudden the entire Jedi Temple becomes enveloped in a bright flash of white light drawing the three Jedi's and Clones to it as Mace turns around to see what has happened to the Jedi Temple.
"The temple!" Ahsoka says.
Mace Windu turns around as the bright light approaches him from behind, "JUST GO! GET OUT OF—"
However before he can say anymore he lets out a shriek as he is swallowed by the white light, "Master Windu!" Anakin yells.
Seeing this Obi-Wan quickly turns towards the others, "Quickly, onto the gunship!"
The three Jedi and Rex turn and rush to the gunship quickly boarding it as one of the Clones slams his fist against the ship, "GET US OUT OF HERE!" The Clone yells to get the pilots to take off immediately.
The Clone pilots quickly power up the gunship and take off as the white light closes in on them. The gunship then shoots off towards the city, the Jedi and Clones look out the doors to see as the white light which has engulfed the Jedi Temple spreads outwards, engulfing anyone and anything in its bright light.
"What…in the world is that?!" Anakin says.
"The Temple! The Jedi Council! Everyone there's gone." Ahsoka says in utter shock as to what just happened.
"We can't get in contact with Admiral Yularen. We're getting nothing but static." The Clone Pilot says over the comms.
"LOOK!" One of the Clone Troopers says as he points towards the city.
Everyone turns and to their shock as they all grunt and gasp in horror the white light that has engulfed the city is now expanding and getting closer to the ship.
"It's gaining on us!" Ahsoka says as then everyone takes notice of the white light coming towards the ship with increasing speed. A lick of it taps the edge of the gunship and suddenly the whole vehicle begins to slow.
"What now, sir?!" Rex asks.
None of the Jedi present had any idea what to do as they've never seen anything like this. As the white light slowly crawls through the passenger bay, something blue zooms through the gunship as the white light engulfs the gunship, with no occupants left inside of it.
…
For a moment, the Jedi thought they were going to lose their lives in that flash of light. When they opened their eyes however, all they could see was a strange silver coloured room, but the design of it, reminding them of the certain interior of a Time Machine.
"Master? Are you alright?" Ahsoka looked around her to see her fellow Jedi teachers and Clone troopers come to.
"Did anyone see that?" Rex exclaimed rubbing his noggin as he doffed his helmet.
The first expression that appeared on Obi-Wan's face was not of utter confusion but of awe and wonder – he wasn't expecting to survive the catastrophe that claimed the life of the Council but he could have never guessed who it would have been to save the day.
"Doctor… you saved us!" he exclaimed as he looked at the figure standing by the TARDIS console.
Peeking his head out, the Doctor in his usual brown suit, Converse sneakers and blue necktie quickly acknowledged Obi-Wan with a grin before quickly going on a spiel:
"Right then, it's so nice to see you all alive and in one piece but right now I have more pressing issues to worry about. The entire multiverse is being destroyed piece by piece and I can't do this gallivanting about and rescuing all my heroic friends without some help."
Coming up to his Jedi and Clone friends, he stared down at them like a man who desperately needs help. He then asked "I need your help for this but you will have to trust me, no questions asked. Got that?"
(To be continued in Chapter 1, Part 3)
