The Stragus Magus Adventure Vol 1

Chapter 4 : The memory remains. We'll miss the game shows.

Many things have happened in the farthest reaches of our galaxy since Manami exited the conference abruptly, spilling his day old coffee cup on the ground. This in turn caused a janitor to stay longer on the job that night after everyone left. Interestingly enough, the janitor went to a late night astro-bar where he met a most interestingly lady who liked cotton towels. Elated, the towel-loving janitor expressed his love for the same articles of sheep fur. Three years later they were married and united as Mr. and Mrs. Ainoyu. They grew up in a happy, loving atmosphere of two daughters and a son. The son was the youngest, and consequently, the subject of the next 30 years of discussion. They chose the name Duu, because of a family history of that name, however in the end it turns out the father chose it from the back of a cereal box. Duu graduated from the finest university in his quadrant with honors, and was immediately appointed chief officer of Time and Sub Spatial Law Enforcement (TASSLE). Among his top ten list of fugitives included Blaf Grauda (ancient dimension hopper), Twink Finklemen (time traveling murderer), and Manami Kantusee. Manami in the next 40 years developed the Time Traveling device to which his thesis was about back in the science convention of commdate 45609. He was sponsored by Twink himself, who thought it would be "pretty cool" to kill people before they were born. Apparently, homicide lost its charm in his own time, so effectively with time travel he could conceivably kill someone over and over again by going back one day every time he killed him. Manami had the advantage here, because the prototype that he gave to Twink was a cleverly concealed bomb that detonated on first use, and then took all of his money afterward by going back in time to the bank and cashing the same check over and over again.

So, Manami built his empire on one check, and oddly enough, and was the prime suspect in every TASSLE meeting, and Duu Ainoyu made it a personal objective to catch this man. Oddly enough again, for if it weren't for him, he would not exist. It wasn't until 5 years later that Duu finally was rid of him.

The fleet of TASSLE flies in on planet SEPAEHTFO, where, after a hot tip on a stellar pay phone, it was discovered that Manami's secret base was hidden there.

"Open a channel to our friend, " Duu commands. Duu was in command of the entire fleet of spatial ships. It was the only fleet that could track and follow Duu's time ship.

"I'm not answering any hails, " Manami answered, "I'm busy trying to get away."

"We can't let you do that, " Duu states, "for all we know, your next target may render us non-existent in this time period."

"You'll just have to TRUST me." Manami answers laughingly.

"I'm sorry, " Duu replys, "in all the wonders of this universe there exists a chance. A possibility no matter how small. The opportunity given to us as living creatures in this vast universe. You deny the most basic fact in this or any other lifetime, but only if you go through with eliminating us. One thing you will regret"

"What in Optimus's small energetic spark are you talking about?" Asked Manami.

Duu answered, "We'll miss all the game shows. Fleet ready…. FIRE!!"

In a stroke of light, the Duu three main ships equipped with protoplasmic dilation weaponry fired all at once, causing the largest chain reaction of events to partake. The sole purpose of these weapons was in fact to destroy the planet that Manami was on. However, these weapons were made to set its firing range to exist outside of space-time, and effectively, the main blast of the energy cannon was to hit the target before the shot was even fired. However, Manami's escape ship had a similar system in case of such a disaster, so that he could escape before the button was pushed to execute the time travel. However, the instruments were so timed in sequence that the planet was destroyed in the process, and Manami's ship was damaged before the time sequenced started. In the end, Manami was killed inside the time ship, and was sent to a different space and time altogether. The exact spot was 1 mile east of the future site that a town called Thamasa was to be built in 100 years.

The explosion also caused three men sitting in a bar halfway across the universe to think of the mass to energy equation that would one day help them build a nuclear bomb, caused a nearby planet to lose all dolphin-like creatures that had 27 fins, and on the planet earth, it gave an evil demon creature super powers.