Epilogue

Kyubey perched himself upon a table of a café near the middle school. Staring down at all the students who passed, he checked each one for their possible energy potential. Unfortunately, most registered so low that it would cost more to turn them into Puella Magica then he could get out. He licked his paw, knowing full well that he was invisible to the naked eye and could mask his presence whenever he wanted. Time became a flowing stream again. The results of Project 24601 were nothing spectacular and only assured him that men made poor Puella Magica. Though all was not lost, he gained Mami, but at the end the day, she could have been gathered in other ways. Kyubey and his grand project turned out to be nothing more than a grand wild goose chase.

"How long have you been waiting here?" Kyubey turned to see his once commanding officer Themor approach. Still in his human guise, the Incubator took a seat at the table and ordered a coffee from the waitress. Their conversation would be masked by telepathy though Themor's departure from planet Earth offered little for his human shell, which would be discarded like all other shells.

"Only a few hours," Kyubey replied, "I'm waiting for someone?"

"Mami Tomoe?"

Kyubey shook his head. "Madoka Kanane. I've been monitoring her, and she continues to grow stronger at an alarming rate. It's as though her energy levels have been manipulated by an unseen force. She will be a truly great asset to the force if I can convince her to join."

Themor took a sip of his drink. "I heard you have mandated bodies like your own to the other Incubators."

"Girls love cute things," Kyubey replied, "So I'll give them what they want. It's a kind game with these humans. You have to trick them into thinking what they are doing will have no ill effects on them because you cannot reason with the truth. Humans are incapable of accept such a universal problem as they can only see their own species as the dominant ones in the universe. Their hubris is truly fascinating."

"I've been assigned back to our home planet," Themor explained, "You've been given complete control over this assignment. The top brass has high hopes because of your report." Themor finished his drink, setting the cup away from him. His eyes grew very serious. "I've come to warn you about a disturbance."

"A disturbance?"

Themor nodded. "Something in the space time continuum. We've received a blip that a distortion is growing around our world. It's like something is trying to enter it from another world. It's very powerful from what our instruments can tell." This was news to Kyubey. Because of his hands on job, he rarely looked at such reports, finding it paid off to spend more time on the field then in an office.

"Is it a witch?" he asked.

"Unknown…" Themor answered, "We're also unsure if it will pass right through our timeline or engulf it. This thing could come at anytime. It could be a few months or few days. It could even be a thousand years from now. We simply don't know."

"It could be nothing."

"But it could be something. I'm telling you to keep an eye for anything strange. I understand this Madoka girl is very important to you, but you shouldn't let that cloud your judgments."

Kyubey looked him directly in the eyes. 'You're acting as though I have emotions."

"I'm telling you to be careful." Themor stood up from the table and threw a few yen coins down. "I'll take my leave. Hopefully we can see each other again in the future after Entropy has been taken care of."

"Trust me," Kyubey assured, "it will be dealt with. I can tell." From the distance, he could see a girl with pink hair, done with lovely red ribbons. She was walking and talking with her friends. A big smile was on her. She turned her head, stared directly at Kyubey though her eyes could see nothing as of yet. Kyubey watched her smile never end.

"Isn't the right, Madoka Kaname?"

Project 24601 End

Hope everyone enjoyed this. Also, there will probably be a bonus chapter added to this story, but ti won't be written for several weeks as I'm going on a trip. Look for it in a little less than a month.