Chapter 21 – Different Dimension Gate
Crow's POV
I held my breath, waiting to see the card in his hand –the tense feeling spread all over my body. I kept my eyes wide open with great expectation, feeling the standby burning me. I saw in the corner of my eye my old teammates and the rest of my friends doing the same.
"Is it the Rainbow Bridge Bifrost?" Rua asked as his patience seemed too exhaustive from waiting.
Dragan and Brave shook their heads.
"The last time you were in the need of transport to get yourselves into the Ark Cradle. So the Rainbow Bridge Bifrost was the perfect choice," Dragan explained.
"So using our three cards of Aesirs, we managed to create a replica of the mythic Rainbow Bridge that spanned from the Daedalus Bridge to the Ark Cradle, granting you access." Harald continued, "Now you need something different than a bridge."
"Actually this time we need energy," Ruka remedied, "sufficient enough to trigger the Momentum to reopen the gate to other worlds."
"What are you talking about?" Ushio asked with wonder all over his face.
Mikage's voice had a hint of fear asking, "What gate do you want to open?"
I forgot about them. They had no idea about our new information and evidence. They came today because of the Momentum's activity that caused many problems into the city. I wanted to face them and explain everything, but seeing Team Ragnarok smiling widely and the runes still flashing in their eyes, I just forgot about them again, looking at the three men with wonder and watching that everyone turned their heads and attention to them too, I can say that we simple ignored them.
"Or the gate itself," Harald said with a grin and I held my breath again.
The man slowly moved his hand, turning the card towards us so that we could see it with our own eyes. It was a spell card like last time, but when I turned my attention to the name, I felt my eyes goggle from surprise. That was beyond our expectations, beyond our imagination, beyond our craziest dreams. It was…
"Exactly what we need," I exclaimed, filled with joy as I was looking at the card without even daring to turn my eyes or my attention to anything else.
"Different Dimension Gate," Jack read, with the same excitement that I was feeling.
"It's better than I thought. But how…" Kiryu muttered.
"Where did you find this card?" Carly asked, lifting her eyes to look upon the man.
Instead of an answer, the three men pointed to their eyes.
"The rune eyes," Aki muttered. "Of course! You know more than we think."
"We will use the Different Dimension Gate to help you," Harald said with a calm voice, like he was talking about something common and simple.
"How are you going to use this card?" Sherry asked, knitting her eyebrows.
"The same way we did last time," Dragan explained, looking at the French woman. "We will use our Valhallander to upraise the Momentum's energy and with the power of the Aesirs cards, we will have all the energy we need to activate the card."
"With this, you will have the chance to pass through the gate to another world," Brave added.
Kiryu and Misty exchanged a glance. "That's more than helpful," he said.
"Since the Momentum energy won't increase for several days," Misty continued rubbing her arms, as she was feeling something. "It's the best solution you can have."
"And we're in a great hurry too," Ruka added.
"Guys, I have a question," Rua said, lifting a finger in the air. "I don't understand one thing. You see…Well, maybe it's stupid, but…" he started a little uneasy as everyone's eyes were on him and scratched the back of his head.
"But maybe it's not, so don't worry about it and spill the question," I encouraged him and Rua smiled at me sheepishly.
He took a deep breath. "Well, you said the Momentum's energy won't increase for several days." He turned to Misty and the top model nodded. "Is it necessary to increase the energy that much and cause chaos to the city just to open the gate?" he asked.
In the end I have to admit it, he had a point.
"Rua is right," Aki agreed with wide eyes. "The gate had been opened before, that's why Yuusei is trapped there."
Jack turned to Mikage. "And the energy never reached such a high level, am I right?"
She nodded, confused. "The energy was increasing, but this was the first time it grew so much," she affirmed.
"This time it passed the security level. That's why there was panic everywhere," Ushio explained.
Kiryu cleared up his throat. "You are right; all of you. The Momentum is unpredictable and the gate has opened many times, but if the energy is high, then it's easy to pass through."
"And there is a chance to increase the energy without opening the gate, but if the energy reaches a high level, then the gate will open for sure," Misty continued. "But since we can sense that the energy won't change again for quite a while, we can't be sure when the portal will reopen."
"But since we have a way to open it, we don't need the Momentum to do it for us," Sherry pointed and we all turned to Team Ragnarok again.
"You are right," Harald smiled calmly.
"And what about now?" Rua asked again.
I gasped at the realization of his question. "Rua is right. What if the energy passes the security level again? We will cause chaos again and it will be our fault!"
"This is something we cannot allow to happen," Jack stated and I saw Carly squeeze his arm with fear.
"Can someone explain to us what you are talking about?" Mikage interrupted us, raising her voice to catch some attention and this time she succeeded.
"Oh, yeah. I forgot," Jack turned to his old secretary. "You have no idea about our new evidence."
Ushio frowned. "What evidence?"
"We have no time, guys," Ruka interrupted suddenly. "Regulus warned us that we must hurry, time is against us."
"Right, that too," Jack muttered and turned to the police officer couple. "The last few days we found out many…" he started to explain in hurry, but I cut him off.
"Yuusei's mind is trapped in a Different Dimension because of the Momentum. We must follow him there in order to save him."
Mikage and Ushio exchanged startle glance and turned to us with wonder. "What are you talking about?"
"I mean…" I started, but Jack interrupted me
"We have no time to explain more, but it's true."
"The Momentum brings energy to earth, but it's also a portal to other worlds," Ruka explained in a hurry. "I'm sure you know what I mean, Mikage. You worked for Goodwin. You must have read my file when I was three years old, right?"
"Yes, I did," she confirmed, slowly, and her eyes widen as she remembered something. "Wait a minute, do you mean the same thing happened to Yuusei?"
"What happened?" Ushio was still out of knowledge.
"Unfortunately, this is the truth, Mikage," Aki said, a little sad. "You said it yourselves, we must wake him up; we need his help to seal the energy. You saw what happened today."
"That's more than true, but it's dangerous."
"May I ask…?" Ushio started, but his wife cut him off.
"I will explain everything later," she told him and he shrugged.
"So we intend to go through the gate and follow Yuusei, wherever he may be," I said and at the same time, I felt a hand squeeze my shoulder lightly.
I turned my head and I saw Sherry behind me, looking at me with worry all over her beautiful face. For a moment, I wanted to wrap my arms around her and keep her tightly in my lap, just like Jack did with Carly. I wanted to assure her that everything was fine and there was no need to worry about me, but I stopped myself at the last minute. It's been years since the last time I held her in my arms and many things can change in a shorter period than six years.
Kiryu waved his head in disappointment and pulled me out of my thoughts. "That's why we told you to come here. All this energy opened the portal, but… We missed our chance."
"But it doesn't matter anymore, right?" Rua hesitated, looking around the tall tower and then us.
"If Team Ragnarok can provide us with all the energy we need, then yes, it doesn't matter," Jack commented, staring at the three men.
"We will open the gate at any cost," Harald confirmed and his teammates nodded in agreement.
"And what about the Momentum?" asked Carly, knitting her eyebrows. "What if the energy goes out of control again?"
"It's too dangerous to let you try it," Mikage announced seriously.
"I don't want to think about it, but Mikage is right; we can't take such a risk." I sighed, disappointed.
Brave flashed a smile. "Relax! Team Ragnarok is here again to save the day."
"You don't have to worry about it," Dragan comforted us.
"We already know the risks and we know how to avoid them all," Harald announced.
"How?" I asked, holding my breath.
"Even if we increase the energy intentionally using our Valhallander," Harald explained calmly, "our Gods will keep it controllable and we will open the gate, using the card and not the Momentum itself."
"That makes sense," Sherry mused.
"And this way, everything will be safe," Misty exclaimed, smiling.
"And you don't have to worry; we will inform you if the energy will pass the security level," Kiryu warned.
"Any possible help is welcome," I grinned to my friends. "We will do it."
Finally, we knew what we had to do and how to do it.
Ushio waved his head, placing one hand on his wife's shoulder. "I can't say that I completely understand, but I trust you guys. We can help too, if you need it."
She looked at him, confused. "But…" she started, but he grinned lightly.
"We will let them do it," he said flatly to her. "If it was dangerous then we know that they wouldn't even try."
Mikage nodded. "Okay," she said, taking a deep breath. "What is needed to open the portal?"
"We already have what it takes," Dragan replied politely. "We have the Different Dimension Gate card and the three Gods of Aesirs. The only thing we have left to do now is to connect our Valhallander with the old Momentum."
"Let's do it," Ruka's voice was difficult to explain, she was a bit scared, but she also couldn't wait anymore.
"Are you ready?" Harald asked, raising his voice and looking at everyone carefully.
Aki was pale as a ghost and her eyes widened in shocked. "As ready as we can be, knowing that we are going to travel to Another Dimension."
I felt sorry for her. She was more than terrified about the idea of traveling to Other Dimensions through Momentum and I couldn't blame her. I was terrified myself, but I tried really hard the last few days to chase this fear away, and I wasn't the only one with the same reaction. Jack didn't like Kiryu's words when he informed us about it, but since it was the only chance we had, he put the need above his fear. Everyone thought of him as an undaunted man, ready to do anything without fear, but I knew him better than all the others. After all, we grew up together.
Only the twins were feeling okay with it somehow, especially Ruka. But that wasn't much of a surprise since she had traveled to other worlds many times in her life because of her special ability. Her behavior about this 'trip' was like her reaction to any other common idea.
Rua was less familiar with traveling to other dimensions, but he was okay with our only chance. Maybe he was a little excited about having the opportunity to travel there too and not only his sister.
"Alright, we have work to do!" Harald motioned. "We must connect our D-Wheels with the old Momentum's reactor."
"Right," Jack said. "And I hope you know how to do it because last time it was Yuusei and Bruno who helped out with this."
"And we have no idea what to do," I added.
Dragan smiled. "Don't worry, Jack. We know what to do, but we will need a hand."
Ushio took control. "Alright, I can help too. Just tell us what to do."
Harald, Dragan and Brave grinned and drove their D-Wheels inside the building and we followed them. They explained how we could make the connections and with our help, everything settled down really fast.
Harald was on his duel runner when he announced, "Everything is ready. Anyone who wants to stay on earth must get out of here," he suggested calmly.
Everyone except Kiryu and Sherry nodded their heads. I stared at her in astonishment before I gave her an angry look. What the heck was on her mind? This was dangerous and there was no way I'd let her follow.
"You are not coming," I stated to the blonde woman.
"I have some experience with other worlds, maybe I can help," she protested.
"I want to help Yuusei too," Kiryu complained.
I opened my mouth to disagree, but I lost my chance.
"No," Ruka exclaimed and everyone glanced at her. "You can't come with us." Her eyes were wide with concern.
"Why?" Kiryu asked with wonder.
Sherry pursed her lips. "Yeah, why not?" She was a bit angry, but I was relieved.
"Ancient Fairy Dragon said we are the only ones who can to do it. And Regulus warned me too. Only us… No one else."
"Ruka, what do you mean?" Aki was as confused as I was, but I didn't say anything. If this was true, then I'm glad and I didn't really care to find out why.
"Only Rua, Aki, Crow, Jack, and I must pass through the gate. Only us, no one else must try to follow," Ruka stated.
Aki frowned. "But why?"
"He didn't say exactly why, only that it's dangerous for anyone else," Ruka replied looking away.
"We don't have the time to wonder why," Jack said immediately. "If he said only us and no one else, then this is what we are going to do."
Kiryu made sighed as he gave up. "Alright, you will stay here, near the Momentum." He pointed to the place we should stand. "Everyone else, out!" he shouted. He turned his head to look at me and Jack. "You will be okay."
"Atlas-sama, take care," Mikage said with a hint of fear in her voice. "Good luck to all of you."
"Thank you, Mikage," Aki muttered, nodding her head.
"We will do our best," Rua's voice was calm and strong.
"Don't worry we will be fine," Jack tried to sound confident, but without success, at least to my ears.
I nodded. I was scared, like Aki. In fact, I was feeling sick to my stomach and I had a feeling that if I opened my mouth to talk, I would throw up.
Ushio gave us an understanding and carrying look and took his wife's hand as they both left the building.
"If anything bad happens, Misty and I will inform Team Ragnarok to immediately stop," Kiryu said.
Misty nodded. "You will be safe."
"Thanks," I whispered, feeling the beats of my heart grow stronger.
"Be careful, Jack," Carly's voice was ready to crack.
I saw my childhood friend wrap her in a tight and warm embrace and Carly returning it, pressing herself into him, burying her face in his chest.
"Promise me you will come back," she begged, it sounded like she was crying.
"I promise," Jack bit his lip and after he squeezed his arms around her a little bit more, he released her from his grasp, making a serious look on his face.
I wanted to believe him too. I looked at my old teammates, feeling weak somehow. But I couldn't allow my fears to take over me, I had to keep in control of myself and I had to master my fears if I wanted to save Yuusei and the world again.
Carly lifted her head. She was crying, and for a moment, she stayed there, staring at him, unsure of what to do. She looked like she wanted to say something.
"You should go," Jack's voice was cold and with no emotion.
Misty placed her hands on Carly's shoulders and pushed her to move. "Come."
Carly bit her lips and obeyed. She threw one last look at Jack and buried her face in her hands, following the top model. Misty embraced her with sympathy as she was leading her out of the building.
I felt sorry for her. I turned my eyes to my friends, ready to speak when I felt a smooth touch across my hand. I turned my gaze and I saw Sherry near me. She knitted her fingers with mine.
I stared at her. Her face was an indescribable mask. But through her eyes, I could see beyond that mask and deep into her heart. I saw every untold feeling. For a moment, I forgot everything; where I was, why I was here, where I would be soon, everything. My heart bounced in my chest. My heart was beating fast, but it was beating for her. I was so stupid and I realized it right now while looking deep into her eyes. I should never have left Neo Domino city all those years ago, I should have stayed here, stayed with her.
She bit her lips, just like Carly. She wanted to say something, but in the end, she shook her head, taking a deep breath as she came closer.
"Be careful," she whispered in my ear and squeezed my hand.
I nodded. I wanted to say something to her, anything. But my voice was lost. She lifted her head, looking at my friends.
"See you soon," she said with no emotion and with that, she turned and left the building too.
I stood there, unable to move, speak or think when Kiryu approached, bringing me back to our scary reality.
Everything is ready! They are going to open the gate. Again thank you all for your support! It means a lot to me! Please be patience, almost everything are going to reveal soon!
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