Wasteland

It didn't take long for Crono, Lucca, Marle, Albert, and Nero to reach to structure that was in the distance. When the group walked in, they saw people dressed liked they were homeless as well as looking like they haven't had a decent meal in a long time.

"What is this place?" Nero asked one of the people.

"This is Trann Dome," the man weakly replied.

"Trann Dome?" Albert stated in a confused tone, "where is Truce Village?"

"Truce Dome?" asked the man, "never heard of it." Albert sighed.

"Is there any other place that we can go?" asked Lucca.

"Arris Dome," replied a woman. Crono, Lucca, Marle, Albert, and Nero looked over at the woman.

"Arris Dome?" Crono asked with a confused tone.

"Yeah," the woman replied, "but you have to cross Lab 16 to get there." All the other people seemed to shutter when they heard that name.

"Guys," Nero whispered to everyone else in the group, "lets back to the gate and decide what do to." Crono, Lucca, Marle, and Albert nodded their heads. Once they arrived at the gate, everyone sat down.

"We already know that going back the way we came is out," explained Lucca. Everyone else nodded their heads.

"So, that really leaves our only option to be crossing Lab 16," stated Crono. Everyone nodded their heads again.

"But the question is," stated Albert, "do we leave right away or rest first." Everyone was silent.

"Some rest would be nice," suggested Marle.

"Then we should rest and head out when we are rested," Crono stated proudly like a leader, "that way we will be fully energized for the trip." Everyone nodded their heads and laid down to rest. It seemed that everyone was tired. After awhile, everyone woke up from their naps.

"Okay," stated Nero, "I just want to do one thing before we leave here." Everyone looked at Nero. "How come you didn't tell Albert and I that you were Princess Nadia?" Marle was at a loss of words.

"Does that matter now?" asked Crono, "the important thing it to get back to our own time or world." Nero thought about it and nodded his head.

"I am going to want an answer later though." Marle smiled.

"Okay."

"Let's get moving to Lab 16 then," Albert said impatiently. Crono, Lucca, Marle, Albert, and Nero left the area and headed north to Lab 16. Once there, all of them saw wrecked buildings and ruins of the place that was before here. There were giant rats crawling all over the place. As well as, giant moving flowers from place to place.

"Let's get through the area with little to no contact with these creatures," Crono stated. Everyone nodded their heads but took out their weapons. The group did have to fight a little but nothing extremely major. The group then entered the nearest structure and entered it.

"So, do you think this is Arris Dome?" asked Nero.

"Lets go and ask someone," stated Crono as he went deeper into the dome. Crono, Lucca, Marle, Albert, and Nero went deeper inside and found some more people looking like the people that they met in the previous dome.

"Where did you people come from?" asked an old man.

"The labs in the west," stated Lucca.

"Did you hear that?" asked the old man. Everyone was buzzing with the news about the group coming from the labs in the west.

"I don't really see the big deal," Albert whispered to Nero. Nero nodded his head. Nero then turned around and saw a hole that had a ladder in it.

"Say," Nero said turning to the old man, "what's down there?"

"The food storage place and the info center," replied the old man, "but no one that has ever gone down there has ever returned." Crono, Lucca, Marle, Albert, and Nero looked serious.

"The info center could prove useful," stated Lucca, "we might want to check it out."

"We'll also grab some food for you guys," Albert promised everyone in the room. Nero then jumped down the hole to investigate what was down in the hole. After a few seconds Nero called for his friends. One at a time: Crono, Lucca, Marle, and Albert came down the ladder. One way was blocked but a different way was free. The group went to other way to find that they had to walk on steel beams to continue. Crono went first, followed by Marle, then Lucca, next was Albert, and finally Nero bringing up the rear. The group also found a statue, but they ignored it. Finally, everyone reached the end.

"Okay then," Nero whispered, "now let's get off of these steel beams." As soon as Nero was done talking, an alarm went off. Nero lost his balance by this surprise and fell off the steel beams and fell to the floor below.

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An alarm sounded as soon as Crono, Lucca, Marle, and Albert entered the next room. Albert looked back they way that they came and saw Nero loose his balance and fell to the floor below. Albert couldn't get there in time, but he heard something slam to the ground behind him. Albert turned around and found a metal monster, it wasn't like anything that he had seen before.

"What are we going to do?" asked Marle as she fire some arrows with her crossbow.

"SMASH IT!" shouted Albert as he started to charge at the monster. Then, two more metal monsters appeared but they were smaller. Albert raised his battle rod and slammed it into the giant monster. As soon as the attack hit, one of the smaller monsters fired a beam at Albert. Albert managed to dodge the attack.

"It seems that those smaller creatures attack you if you attack the big one," Lucca explained quickly and then fired her gun at the one of the smaller ones. The attack it the smaller creature and it was destroyed. Marle then ran towards the other one and jumped into the air. She smacked it with the butt of her weapon towards the ground. Albert was in position and was ready for the creature. As soon as it was in the right spot, Albert shouted,

"BASH!" Albert swung his battle rod horizontal and sent the small metal creature flying like a baseball towards the wall. It was smashed to pieces instantly. Crono then charged at the giant monster and started spinning.

"CYCLONE!" shouted Crono as he spun around and around at great speeds. When Crono's katana touched the metal creature, the metal plating was cut and Crono cut the giant metal monster in half, vertically. The giant creature split and exploded before it even touched the ground. Crono sheathed his katana and turned to Marle, Lucca, and Albert.

"Are you guys okay?" Everyone gave Crono the thumb's up signal.

"What about Nero?" asked Albert.

"Lets see what's ahead then look for him," suggested Lucca. Albert was a little hesitant but nodded his head slowly.

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Nero landed on the floor below with a great big thud. Not only did his butt hurt, but also his head.

"That wasn't pleasant," Nero said to no one. Nero looked around and next to him was a door. "This might lead me back up to the others," Nero said to no one again. Nero then opened the door, and was stunned at what he had found. It was a large screen and keyboard on a different panel. Too stunned to say anything, Nero looked around to see if he can figure out anything. However, Nero didn't know anything about technology and couldn't figure anything out.

"I'll just wait for the others," Nero said as he put his hand on the panel and accidentally pushed a button. The screen lit up and writing appeared. " '1999 A.D. the recording of the Day of Lavos.'" The picture first show green fields and happy people, but that soon changed. The earth started to shake, and the sky grew dark. Then, cracks began to show up in a specific spot in the ground. The earth shot up and something emerged from the earth. Nero stared at it intensely and knew that this thing was evil. It shot spines up to the heavens and came crashing down with a powerful force. As the spines came down, the picture began to fade from the screen. When the screen went blank, Nero sat down on the floor in a state of shock. For he knew, what this showed.

"We aren't in another world, we are in the future of our world." Nero silently stared at the screen a little terrified at what he had just seen wishing that this whole thing was a nightmare.

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Well, it's good that Nero isn't hurt, but his discovery leaves him in a small state of shock.

Crono and the others fight off a giant metal monster to see if there is food on the other side.

Will the group get reunited?

Find out in the next chapter of . . . .

Chrono Trigger

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