The Other Side
We went through the opening. We both expected to see some big evil entity, or a core, or something. We were entirely off.
There was Nothing.
Absolute Nothing. All of my friends, my family, myself...We went through all this trouble to destroy Nothing. I think we're missing something, but I don't know what.
"What the fuck?" my Other Self mentally said.
"This is the place," I replied in my head.
"You sure? This doesn't look like the point of origin we were all searching for. All that's here is-"
"Nothing, I know."
"This was a waste. Does that mean that all the aliens and past incarnates came from nothing?"
"No, the past stuff was a side-effect, remember?...And it's not 'nothing'. It's...It's Nothing."
"What's the difference?"
"Well, nothing means that there isn't anything there. This Nothing exists. There is Nothing that exists. Really makes you think."
"Okay, so we found Nothing. I still don't get-"
"Shut up for a second."
Nothing.
Nothing.
That word has popped up a lot during this journey. I've heard others repeat it. Nothing. I've heard Mothra say it. I've heard Baragon say it. I even heard my old man say the word. When I was trapped in the Mothership, Mechagodzilla even said that the only Thing that exists is Nothing. He must have known something about this. Was he hinting at it to me, without even hinting at it? Damn, what a clever bot.
"I-I think there actually is a deeper meaning to this," I thought.
"Hmm?" Other Self mentally replied.
"There's more to this than Nothing. I'm not trying to be a smartass, but Nothing might also be Something."
"Something."
"Yes, Something."
"What's next? It's actually Anything?"
"N-no, I'm not saying that. I mean, there's Something within this Nothing"
"What, exactly?"
"I don't know!"
"Well, think of something."
"Wait...I'm not in control of the body now, am I? YOU are. Since you're in control, why don't YOU think of something?"
"Fuck you...Okay, I'll try to think of something."
We waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited.
And waited.
And waited.
Aaaand waited.
Waited.
Wait-ted.
He had nothing. He didn't have an idea. Of course.
And then I had an idea.
"We need to stop thinking," I thought, "and blast it."
"Blast it?" Other Self replied. "While we're in here? Since when did you become part of the Old Way?"
"No, no...You see, if we blast the Nothing, it might cause Something to happen. Hopefully good."
"You want me to blast this thing, even though we don't know what could happen?"
"Isn't that your motto?"
"...Good point."
And we let loose atomic breath.
And Something happened.
Everything warbled and jittered, like we just broke reality or something. It got worse and worse, but we both kept blasting at it, praying this would work.
I'd assume so, because next thing I know, I'm staring at the most amazing sight ever.
Baragon.
?
Yep.
Baragon.
"B-B-B-B-BIG G!" He was hugging me. Tightly. And it actually felt really good. "I-I-We thought you were...you...we were gonna...we were gonna have a...funeral...but...WE DON'T HAVE TO!"
He was sobbing. What a weenie.
Baragon was soon joined by Mothra, who was also crying...I-I think? It looked like it, but, you can never tell.
"Thank GOD you're alive," she said. "When the Rift imploded, we thought we lost...you..."
"You're alive!" Baragon kept saying, still hugging me. "You're alive! You're alive! Ahahahaaa! You're alive!"
I felt loved. And kind of empty. That Other Part of me is gone. So are my chest pains. Huh. When the Other Part showed up, the chest pains left. I feel like that wasn't a coincidence.
Baragon and Mothra had been tagged along by the other monsters. The guys from now, I mean. I guess the past went back to the past.
I got a better look at where we were. We were back at Monster Island, now all messed up and destroyed. I don't know what happened while I was gone, and I don't care. I'm glad to be back. We all were. We were glad to be back to almost normal.
That's how it's been from the start.
Almost normal.
Author here. Yep, it's the end!
No, it's not the end. There's one more chapter left.
Or is there?
I'll just say there's one more official chapter left.
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Thank you all for the ride. It's been a great one. That doesn't mean I won't keep writing stuff. There might be more.
As I said before, stay tuned. There's one more official chapter left. You can interpret that anyway you want.