A/N: Back to Cartman as he now makes his approach. Enjoy.

3: Touchdown

8 Months Later

INITIATING LANDING

The computer audio gave me my notification as to what time it was. As My eyes now burned getting the glimpse of earth from the small window in the cockpit. I see how much tech has evolved in a century.

"No WALL-E Junk but man that's a lot of space junk."

Satellites and a couple of space stations pass in my view but as far as I could tell It looks nearly identical to 2016 Earth. Nearly 3 more hours pass by as my view was mixed with the fires of reentry along with the growing landmass of North America. Until at long last the parachute deploys, and I could now see what look liked a vast wilderness.

"Oh, boy…"

From what the view showed most of the rest of the continent still attained modern improvements and while there were still vast amounts of protected land Colorado looked nearly untouched by a century of progress. The ground came closer and now I could start to see it. A bright red light far of in the distance along with some of the most unnatural cloud formations I could ever see.

"Looks really similar to…" Then it dawned on me what I had now realized. My love of game systems was great, and while I thought the XBOX One that I picked up during one wicked session of Game of Thrones cosplay was great. There was something about that Nintendo Switch that seemed really appealing. Mom thankfully had one reserved for me mentioning something about the preferred customer package at the Denver Gamestop I was most frequently in.

"I missed the Switch and Zelda?"

As my disbelief grew the ground now came close as the module finally touched down with the thud you'd expect to hear when skateboarding over a homeless guy like we had once did when the town was overrun with them. The door popped open and as I grabbed the slate and headed out, it now hit me exactly what I was now in.

"So this is the 22nd century?"

I was about a half mile ahead of what looked like a fence that stretched off into the distance. Garrison's wall must have been a lot further south then we figured. The landscape had its familiarity, but it looked like time had taken its toll. Grass had taken over parts of the highway. My nimble feet began to walk along the path. Earth had not changed one bit, before I knew it though I started running, faster than I ever had before in my life. As a wooded terrain rose up to a small cliff outlet I came up top and now I can see it.

"OMG…"

The land itself had now shifted and gained in both mass and size. What had once been a quiet mountain town now seemed to contain its own ecosystems. A desert to the west, a small village to the south, East had a wetland terrain and north was a vast snowcap.

Now my attention was fixed to an old man in the distance. He was rending to a fire and that did allow me to seek a path down through the brush and foliage that once dotted only the woods. As the old man now noticed me coming my slate beeped giving me a notification.

"Hey you…"

I pointed at myself to not startle him.

"Yes you…Come sit…"

I did just that as he offered me some bread. Finally real food, I gladly munched it down while he stared at my figure.

"Tell me, are you from around here?"

As I attempted to talk I suddenly noticed I had no sound coming out of my mouth. What the fuck….

"Oh, sorry, that's the effect that the calamity has on all non-natives."

Now I was curious. What calamity I tried to mouth, and he did get my wording, thank god he knew how to read lips.

"It happened about a century ago, this vast land used to be the town of South Park, After Troll Trace came online the program happened to gain sentience. It morphed into a foul creature that began to change and alter the landscape at its will. Five kids tried to stop it and when they failed most of the town left. Those kids who remained got as far away from the town center as possible."

Now after that info drop I shed a tear, Stan, Kyle, Kenny, Butters…

"Did you just mouth Heidi?" The old man could tell what I said and that made him shed a tear as well.

"Heidi Turner, battles the creature even as we speak…You see that black streak going up in the sky…"

Dead center of the landscape I did notice I black and red glow surrounding what once looked like the school.

"Troll trace has taken refuge in the old school, Heidi by a miracle has kept it contained for the past century but the Trolls effects still ravage the landscape in the mutant creatures that roam the land. Underpants Gnomes, crab people, joozians, among the leads."

Joozians?

"My oh my, I do seem to have taken up your time. My suggestion is to head south of here to the Cream village, there is a fortune teller who can point your direction."

As the guy got up my look was a bit rough as it was for a spacesuit. He pointed out a closet from an old house that was still standing.

"I do believe you'll find some more appropriate wear inside. Bye for now Eric Cartman."

Before I could turn and try to yell he was gone. So to recap, its 2117, I cant talk, South Park is now a continent contained within 45 square miles, and Heidi is somewhere in the middle of this madness. The slate once again beeped, and I took it out now seeing 10 pictures of various locations in and around this land.

"Let's get started." I yelled out but could only feel the air escaping my throat. I shouldered my bag hooked up my slate and began to prepare myself for the journey into the land of the shadow.

A/N: Cartmans journey begins in his own town of beginnings in Chapter 4: Reflections. As Always Subscribe for more.