Past future, or what was supposed to be chapter 2. And for the anon reviewer, the normal timeline takes place between 2009-2015. Deal with it.
~A Small Error~
Emiya's Heavy Industries Underground Testing Site - 2011
I look at the giant machine shaped into a ring with two tubes welded in the middle, floating above a glowing circular platform. The Hermes Relativistic Halo Collider Mark1. The new collider that is capable of accelerating objects beyond light speed. Allowing me to crack open the secrets of the fundamental forces of the universe.
It's actually more a Gravity Furnace rather than a research collider. It works by bending space through Gravitons and Neutronium suspended in Vizorium within a vacuum, artificial elements that is capable of affecting the Dark Flow Force that makes up half of the universe. Which in turn also affects Higgs field density in certain areas, able to push things through a space curvature without moving them through the conventional 3 dimensional space.
The Vizorium has the special property to prevent mass increasing too much, neutralizing any accumulating gravity fluctuations in space time from forming. although I still had to test the collider for problems I need to work out. So safety is always on my mind after that fiasco with the nanites. Even right now, my heart is failing me. Which I probably have to replace soon.
I am suddenly distracted from my thoughts by a call from Kuka standing before a console on the other side of the Halo Collider. The second series robot I made after the nanite disaster as a construction replacer reminiscent of the Builders from Blame!
"Sir, do we have permission to activate startup sequence?" It's mechanical voice spoke out excitedly but monotone. Just as I designed it to be.
"Permission granted. Switch from the arithmetic algorithm to the sub-quantum quadruple state manifold computation gestalt."
"Acknowledged sir, gestalt configuration hooked up to the Halo Collider systems."
The ring starts to spin in all kinds of directions. brightening up from the heat, transitioning from a reddish orange to a blueish white. The ring almost unnoticeable now from its considerable speed.
"Inject the particle bundles when the spin reaches light speed right about... Now!"
A blaze of light blinded me for a moment, the machine groaning in protest of the exotic materials. I look at the Collider spinning out of control, phasing in and out of reality.
Red lights flashing in and out with siren and speakers warning about the imminent continuum cascade cataclysm beginning at the underground base.
"Kuka what is happening!? The Vizorium should have neutralized any mass irregularities!" I yelled out through the screeching of the spinning out of control machine.
"It is doing that sir! But we have detected that the influx of exotic matter destabilized the capacitors and loaded the collider with a overcharge that gave too much energy for the collider to handle and created new fast decaying particles. I have readings of Tachyons, Antimatter and Chronitons that has spawned a self powering spacial anomaly well!"
Ideas and solutions were running through my head and I managed to formulate a tentative solution. Concentrating on my artificial prana manipulation aptitude cortex, I create a ZPE Anti-Reaction field made to neutralize any fast decaying metaparticles. Using all of my processing power available to increase precision, efficiency and power.
"Kuka! Lower the cast Rodinium composite encasement!"
"Affirmative sir!"
A circular wall lowers itself around me and the machine, trapping me within because I had to make sure the Anti-Reaction field is stable enough until I can formulate a more permanent solution.
'Reverse Pressure shields? No, that will only strengthen the anomaly well. I have to come with a solution really quick. The thing is sliding me forward even though I super magnetized my composite bones to the ground and wall on my back.'
"Huh, it seems I have no choice. I can expand all of my Od and Mana to create a dimensional collapse in a 13 square feet. The collective energy of the well will eradicate most of the planet if this goes further. Dragging this thing alongside me to higher dimensions will probably kill me... And I was so close too."
"Kuka, activate your A.I. shackle releaser if I don't come back. I give you the task of running everything in my stead... Well... Good bye... My friend."
"But si..."
I didn't hear him out because I already shifted out of the normal reality with the Collider. Instead, I stand at a middle of a white plane, our dimensions conserved but everything but else was fractured, like how I forgot to comprehend colors and find my limited dimension horrifying F̢̡͔̞̬͋ͅi̗̳̙̐ͭͫ͛̈ͫ̊͛͘̕ͅͅl̺̙̝͍̞̰͕͛̄͟lͪ̉͂̂҉̝͚̖̙̳͙̲͈ë̦͚̺̜̟̥̼̇̓̒ͩ̉̉ͯ́̀dͨ̿ͫͩͭͣ͏͏͏̝̼͉̼̞̼͎,̶̬̗͋̎ ̨͎̯͔̯̥͑͊̊̽ͫ̇̉̊͜s̢̞̲̬̦̰̞̫̤̊ͪ̅̔͛ͩ̋̈́͜ȩ͈̩̙͙̞̭̬̟̂͛͊ͧe̷͚̰̮͐͆̊̔ͥ̐̀ͪ͠ ̸̡̟̩̟͙͌̈́̅͊͆n̝̗͛̄̆͒ͤ̓̂ͩo̗̩̙ͤ̈́̿̎͐̇͡t̶͉̳͚͚̩̭̼̪̼̾ͮͨ̀ͣͦ͆̓͟h̻̰̘͔̞̗̦ͨͤ̈ͣ̒ͧ̆̓ͨi͍͇͈̼ͩͪ̾̑̎̕n̲͉͙̅̒gͤ̈́ͩͣ̃̉̀̚҉͓̟̩͖͔͖̕ ̷͇̼̟͚̪͍̭̪̐š̨͔͉̘̺ͧ̔̑w̳̳̯̦̙ͪ͜o̱ͣͩ̇͢r̎̔̏͏҉̟̫̣̙̻̬͞ͅd̑̄͏̵͙̤͓͎̺̥̗̳́s̸̷͉̺ͧ͑͢ ̪͈̖͚͎̼̬ͤ͂̓̉͊̒ͯ̇͘a̡̡̱͔͎̥̩͓̭͐ͩͪ͂ͩ̓̈n̖̤̰̩͎̞͖̥̓̾ͩ̓͂̔̈́̽d̈͟҉͚̙̜̺̯̯͕ ̧͓̫̍͌ͨͣ͌̈̐ụ̰͉̪̲ͤ̑̈́̈̅͛̑̈̚ͅn̏̽̓̊̍͌͏̳̪͇̟͘͟i͋̆͊ͨ҉͚̯v̤̬̮̱͓͙͂͛͆̓ͥe̪̥̬͓͔̪ͪ̽̋̇ͯ͜r̯̱̰̩̜̙ͧͯ͂ͨ̀͑͟ͅs̡͖̬͚̾ͦ̎ͧͨͨͯ͝ē̙̱͉̺̮͖̿ͧͭ̿͂ͭs̗̯̆̆̿̄̽̾́͞ ̲̰͕̜̖̠̙̬̥̃̔̕͝a̶̪̜͉̼̔͗g̛͔͎͙̹͖͓̲̯ͮ͗ͥ̏̏ͣͬo͙͓͙̖̩͓̥̤̙ͫṅ̲͙̥͔̆̕y̻̩̭̣͈̹͈͐̔ͯ̏ͅͅ ̫̩͖͙͔̣̬̻ͫ̒̌̀̚p̡͙̗̬͓͉̠ͬ̀̿̎͌ͅͅͅa̢̟̥̳̼̥̖ͪ͌̾͆́͝ĭ̶̢͈͚̹̊ͥ̀ṉ̛ͭ͆ ̴̡͙̘̳̃̃̉͌̋ͮ̊̏͝h̯ͥ̃̅̓͌ͥ̌̓͟e̶̴̪̠̞͈͖̬̳ͬ̒l̜͔̠͎͎̥͍̖̓̑ͤ̔̀͒p̢͕̪̓̊ͫͫ͜͞ ̟̻̗̗̎̃̃͋̾̚ͅͅȟ̛͔̥͔̗͙̻͌͋͂ͤ̉͟͡ȩ̳̪̗̫͙̇̐͛̎̎ļ̷̹̘̲̲̖̞͖̹̪͛ͬ͊ͭ̓͛͋̔ṕ̷̬͈̖̜̫̼̽̍͂̔͑̈ ̇̄̋̚͏̻̖̩͉̝͓͎̫̟ẖ̨͈̻̙̤̪̹͒̉́͒ͭͅe̟͕̳͇̘̻̯ͧ͑͢l̪̤̮̺̗͍͙̱͊̇ͮ̈́͐̂̂̀̋̀͠p̵̭̗̻̞̲͌ͥ̿ͣͨ̈́ͨ͆ͦ͜ͅ!ͫ̓̽͐͒ͩ͜҉̟̹̞̹̦́...
No... The machine brightening more now that it wasn't suppressed. Moments away before the capacitors failed and would collapse the machine in a planet busting explosion.
The plane explodes in a dark light. Negative charge de-illuminating the empty multidimensional space. My reinforced skin starts to disintegrate into unconceivable dimensions. I have a last glimpse of an endless expanse filled with spheres before I blacked out.
Earth - Fuyuki city - 2011
The fabric of space and time warped in the underground testing lab of the Halo Collider and Shirou disappeared along with the machine. The Rodinium walls retract back to the ceiling and available Vizorium proton equalizers compensated for the massless space left behind. Kuka mark two walked around the console and inspected the damage and analysed any issues occurred by the experimental transphasic reality marble conversion. It deemed the project a lost cause and scrapped the designs for other prototypes.
"Nice to see you again Kuka." A voice unexpectedly came behind Kuka.
Kuka turned around and sees a very different Shirou leaning against the cold metal wall. It recognized Shirou's DNA and prana output wavelength and assumed he returned as planned.
"No, while I did return it's been more than 24 years in my perspective. I just had many things to do and time travel to consider before I even had the proper motivation to come back from the slight temporal mishap that might be the best thing that happened to me."
"The chronotons particles were detected, we have calculated this variable sir."
"I didn't remember putting that much programming into you, you've must had have a taste of my Sphere of Control. It's infinite energy is evolving your physical complexity."
"Changes detected, firmware and rooted directories have been updated. Awaiting any commands you have sir, this bot is of any use."
"You don't need to do anything anymore here, I'm sending you to my ship as second servitor admin. I'm gonna clean this place up a bit after I've done the effort to sabotage it to create the temporal wave field. We don't any continuum cascade effects now that we are in our weakest points of possible time variables."
Kuka wanted interject but abruptly and silently disappeared to Shirou's ship. Shirou just languidly stepped through his lab reminiscing old memories while parts and metal plates twisted and transformed into more sophisticated but yet simple designs while machinery turned into star dust. He stopped before a a piece of paper suspended on a inertialess field. A letter scribbled with Jubstacheit Einzbern's signature.
"I'm sorry it took me so long father, but time travel ensured my victory long before the universe was even born. I can't risk doing anything in this previous timelines because I infected it too much already. I just can't risk destroying 24 years for nothing just to pull your soul from a calculation called Akasha. The calculation of everything just needs to wait a little while longer."
He grabbed the letter from the inertialess field and looked at a specific name on it that he's always couldn't get from his mind since his Ontological Predestination Paradox.
"Illyasviel Von Einzbern... I think its time to really do what I'm supposed to do beside aimlessly studying the concept of existence. The priorities are as easily changed as long there is a reason that transcends beyond it. While there is no reason to the universe at the human perspective, doesn't existence reasons itself within its calculations?"
Folding the letter into his personal universe that makes up his physical dimensions, he walks away with his dimensions expanding and something that was motion but beyond human comprehension.
"Only my ideals matter, if it clashes with others it should just mean that they do not fit within my perspective. So Jubstacheit, are you ready to meet your fate?"