Chrono Crisis
Chapter One: The Beginning
It was a nice, comfortable day, one of those days were you feel that everything was right. The water on the lake was smooth as glass and the pine trees never looked greener. Han had been fishing off the dock for 4 hours now, and made about 4 catches. Still, he laid back and relaxed, with the pole in his hand, thinking about random things. He was a man of solitude, usually liked to be alone when he felt like it. Han always kept to himself and never bothered with anyone but his close friends. Some people in town may say he's a shy guy, but most would say he's a sweet, patient guy, but always seemed to go to extremes. Either something is really bad or really good, or you love it or you hate it, that's the way he saw things. He usually never gets into fights, but is always ready for one. But usually, he was always eager to please and make people happy, even if he almost never seemed to talk. He had his problems, all sixteen year olds do. But there was something special about him that no one could put their finger on, something unique and strong.
"HAAAAAAAAAAN!" yelled Johnny, Han's little fourteen year old brother, "When are you going to come home?! I'm bored!" Han looked up at his puzzling brother, shrugged, and continued fishing.
Johnny was a strange one, kind of like a five year old trapped in a teen's body. He wasn't a bad fellow, never did anything to hurt anyone, but he made people laugh or wonder. He was easily amused at the simplest of things. He was type of kid who you could lock in a padded room with paper and crayons, and he would be amused. He and his older brother were very different from each other. Han was neat and clean, Johnny was lazy and weird. He's the type of person who doesn't take after anyone, and never seems to dress with matching cloths.
"Could you come with me later to buy some Potato Chips?" Johnny said with a big smile. Han looked up and raised an eyebrow "Um… maybe later. Its 2 o'clock, I'm not done fishing." Johnny stamped his feet and walked away. Han turned back, shook his head, sighed, and continued fishing.
Ten minutes later, Han awoke from a short nap. He stretched and found a tug on the line. He jerked the pole back, forcing the fish toward him. After a short and easy fight, he had the fish. It was a small one though, about 6 inches. He muttered to himself and threw it back into the lake. He looked at his watch and noticed it was time to meet up with his buddies. While gazing at the water for a few moments, a light, gentle breeze hit him in the face, and then he heard a voice.
"… Han… Han…" it said. He scratched his head, and gazed harder into the lake, with the sun making his Red-Brown eyes sparkle like the water.
"Han… Han…" It was a gentle voice, sounding each time the breeze kicked in. "… Han… Han…" He rubbed his eyes, and stretched, "Eh, I've been out here to long." he said to himself as he squinted, picked up his bucket and fishing rod, and walked off the dock.
* * *
"Bout time you got here, what's up?!" said Rad, Han's best friend. "Hey, I caught 5 fish today, you?" Han said while smiling.
"Eh, do'n good. We better hurry up and meet Sullivan so he can show us another one of his weird inventions." Rad said with a giggle.
"Yeah," Han said "maybe it's something cool like the last one"
Rad was a tall, nice guy who always had a joke. He never criticized anything or anyone, just liked to laugh. He was not that quiet and liked to talk about many things which helped make him a cool guy. But when a fight was about to start, he always backed out. He was smart and knew what he was talking about, and was always honest, kind of like Han, only much more talkative. Han and Rad were like brothers, always hung out and checked out the girls together. In fact, they hung out so much, people in town think they ARE brothers. Only that's not possible, they are both the same age.
The two started walking to their friend's house and talked about different things. The area that they lived in was not the richest, but was clean and organized. It was a small town in the middle of the forest and held many beautiful things about its past.
They arrived at Sullivan's house and Rad knocked on the door. Sullivan's mom answered.
"Hey guys! Sullivan's upstairs." said Sullivan's mom.
They walked up the stairs and knocked on Sullivan's door. It was slightly ajar, so Rad pushed threw. Books, tools, computer parts, all this was all over the place in Sullivan's room. Sullivan was a smart guy, loved to build stuff, read, anything like that. He talked quite often and always had something useful or nice to say. He didn't go out much, and usually had people over his house rather than have to leave his house. He was pretty critical when it came to his opinion on certain things; he always wanted to be heard. His jokes were also a rare thing, but were very funny. He always seemed to put his studies in front of everything except his family and friends. He was an inventor, constantly building stuff for his own pleasure. Sullivan was also pretty serious and would never do anything to hurt anyone.
"Hey guys, I'm glad you came." Sullivan said with a serious face. He sat back down and finished putting in the last screw in his invention. It was a man sized computer thing that someone could stand in with a computer screen on the side.
"What they hell does this do, boil eggs?!" said Rad with a funny smile.
"Nooooo…." Sullivan said with out looking up.
"Nononono, it makes hot babes for your own pleasure, way to go Sullivan!" Rad said laughing.
Sullivan grabbed his Squall plush and threw it at Rad with a smile on his face while Han's laughter filled the room.
"It's a transporting device." Sullivan explained. "I'm using the model that the great Lucca used 40 years ago to transport things to different places."
"Whoa…" Han said without a smile "that model made things go back into time, you're not planning to do THAT, are you? I mean, we shouldn't tamper with something like that."
"Relax," Sullivan said with a smile "I'm making this thing transport things to other areas. Like instead of using stairs, I can use this baby instead."
"Oh…" Han said.
A long, heavy silence was in the room for a few moments as everyone stared at the ground.
"Lesbians ROCK!" Rad yelled, breaking the silence in the air. Sullivan lunged forward and Rad ran across the room, grabbed Sullivan's favorite videogame, and held it in the air screaming "ONE MORE STEP AND THE GAME GETS IT!"
Sullivan dropped to his knees and pleaded to let it go. Rad then stopped laughing, placed the game on the counter, and tackled Sullivan. Han ran out of the way as someone knocked the switch to the invention on. Lights went everywhere and Sullivan pushed Rad out of his grasp and screamed "NO! I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO WORK!"
Sullivan raced over to the controls and franticly started pushing buttons while the lights started to get brighter. A loud noise was filling the air, and Han heard the same voice he did at the dock.
"… Han… Han… the chr.. no.. o… ttr…" the voice said. Han started to feel dizzy and his head started to hurt.
Finally, Sullivan stopped the machine and the lights and load noises went away. Rad was still on the floor, his eyes wide open. Han just stood there, looking at the machine, not moving or blinking at all. Han then closed his eyes, and fell forward to the ground like a rag doll.
"Han!" Rad said racing forward to Han.
Sullivan ran forward, turning Han around. Han's eyes where closed, but he was breathing. Sullivan shook him, but he didn't move at all.
"He's out cold; get a doctor in here, FAST!" Sullivan yelled.
Rad ran downstairs to get help for his friend while Sullivan sat there, wondering what the problem was. He began to thing to himself "Ok, what went wrong. What did I put into this machine that knocked Han out?! Could it be the settings? No, what's that got to do with it. Was it the Radioactive Lights? Naw, can't be. Wait… I never found out what that weird rainbow colored rock was that I needed to put in the system that Lucca said in this book." He kept thinking and thinking, then he noticed what the rock was and almost fainted. It could have been a fragment of the Chrono Cross.
Chapter One: The Beginning
It was a nice, comfortable day, one of those days were you feel that everything was right. The water on the lake was smooth as glass and the pine trees never looked greener. Han had been fishing off the dock for 4 hours now, and made about 4 catches. Still, he laid back and relaxed, with the pole in his hand, thinking about random things. He was a man of solitude, usually liked to be alone when he felt like it. Han always kept to himself and never bothered with anyone but his close friends. Some people in town may say he's a shy guy, but most would say he's a sweet, patient guy, but always seemed to go to extremes. Either something is really bad or really good, or you love it or you hate it, that's the way he saw things. He usually never gets into fights, but is always ready for one. But usually, he was always eager to please and make people happy, even if he almost never seemed to talk. He had his problems, all sixteen year olds do. But there was something special about him that no one could put their finger on, something unique and strong.
"HAAAAAAAAAAN!" yelled Johnny, Han's little fourteen year old brother, "When are you going to come home?! I'm bored!" Han looked up at his puzzling brother, shrugged, and continued fishing.
Johnny was a strange one, kind of like a five year old trapped in a teen's body. He wasn't a bad fellow, never did anything to hurt anyone, but he made people laugh or wonder. He was easily amused at the simplest of things. He was type of kid who you could lock in a padded room with paper and crayons, and he would be amused. He and his older brother were very different from each other. Han was neat and clean, Johnny was lazy and weird. He's the type of person who doesn't take after anyone, and never seems to dress with matching cloths.
"Could you come with me later to buy some Potato Chips?" Johnny said with a big smile. Han looked up and raised an eyebrow "Um… maybe later. Its 2 o'clock, I'm not done fishing." Johnny stamped his feet and walked away. Han turned back, shook his head, sighed, and continued fishing.
Ten minutes later, Han awoke from a short nap. He stretched and found a tug on the line. He jerked the pole back, forcing the fish toward him. After a short and easy fight, he had the fish. It was a small one though, about 6 inches. He muttered to himself and threw it back into the lake. He looked at his watch and noticed it was time to meet up with his buddies. While gazing at the water for a few moments, a light, gentle breeze hit him in the face, and then he heard a voice.
"… Han… Han…" it said. He scratched his head, and gazed harder into the lake, with the sun making his Red-Brown eyes sparkle like the water.
"Han… Han…" It was a gentle voice, sounding each time the breeze kicked in. "… Han… Han…" He rubbed his eyes, and stretched, "Eh, I've been out here to long." he said to himself as he squinted, picked up his bucket and fishing rod, and walked off the dock.
* * *
"Bout time you got here, what's up?!" said Rad, Han's best friend. "Hey, I caught 5 fish today, you?" Han said while smiling.
"Eh, do'n good. We better hurry up and meet Sullivan so he can show us another one of his weird inventions." Rad said with a giggle.
"Yeah," Han said "maybe it's something cool like the last one"
Rad was a tall, nice guy who always had a joke. He never criticized anything or anyone, just liked to laugh. He was not that quiet and liked to talk about many things which helped make him a cool guy. But when a fight was about to start, he always backed out. He was smart and knew what he was talking about, and was always honest, kind of like Han, only much more talkative. Han and Rad were like brothers, always hung out and checked out the girls together. In fact, they hung out so much, people in town think they ARE brothers. Only that's not possible, they are both the same age.
The two started walking to their friend's house and talked about different things. The area that they lived in was not the richest, but was clean and organized. It was a small town in the middle of the forest and held many beautiful things about its past.
They arrived at Sullivan's house and Rad knocked on the door. Sullivan's mom answered.
"Hey guys! Sullivan's upstairs." said Sullivan's mom.
They walked up the stairs and knocked on Sullivan's door. It was slightly ajar, so Rad pushed threw. Books, tools, computer parts, all this was all over the place in Sullivan's room. Sullivan was a smart guy, loved to build stuff, read, anything like that. He talked quite often and always had something useful or nice to say. He didn't go out much, and usually had people over his house rather than have to leave his house. He was pretty critical when it came to his opinion on certain things; he always wanted to be heard. His jokes were also a rare thing, but were very funny. He always seemed to put his studies in front of everything except his family and friends. He was an inventor, constantly building stuff for his own pleasure. Sullivan was also pretty serious and would never do anything to hurt anyone.
"Hey guys, I'm glad you came." Sullivan said with a serious face. He sat back down and finished putting in the last screw in his invention. It was a man sized computer thing that someone could stand in with a computer screen on the side.
"What they hell does this do, boil eggs?!" said Rad with a funny smile.
"Nooooo…." Sullivan said with out looking up.
"Nononono, it makes hot babes for your own pleasure, way to go Sullivan!" Rad said laughing.
Sullivan grabbed his Squall plush and threw it at Rad with a smile on his face while Han's laughter filled the room.
"It's a transporting device." Sullivan explained. "I'm using the model that the great Lucca used 40 years ago to transport things to different places."
"Whoa…" Han said without a smile "that model made things go back into time, you're not planning to do THAT, are you? I mean, we shouldn't tamper with something like that."
"Relax," Sullivan said with a smile "I'm making this thing transport things to other areas. Like instead of using stairs, I can use this baby instead."
"Oh…" Han said.
A long, heavy silence was in the room for a few moments as everyone stared at the ground.
"Lesbians ROCK!" Rad yelled, breaking the silence in the air. Sullivan lunged forward and Rad ran across the room, grabbed Sullivan's favorite videogame, and held it in the air screaming "ONE MORE STEP AND THE GAME GETS IT!"
Sullivan dropped to his knees and pleaded to let it go. Rad then stopped laughing, placed the game on the counter, and tackled Sullivan. Han ran out of the way as someone knocked the switch to the invention on. Lights went everywhere and Sullivan pushed Rad out of his grasp and screamed "NO! I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO WORK!"
Sullivan raced over to the controls and franticly started pushing buttons while the lights started to get brighter. A loud noise was filling the air, and Han heard the same voice he did at the dock.
"… Han… Han… the chr.. no.. o… ttr…" the voice said. Han started to feel dizzy and his head started to hurt.
Finally, Sullivan stopped the machine and the lights and load noises went away. Rad was still on the floor, his eyes wide open. Han just stood there, looking at the machine, not moving or blinking at all. Han then closed his eyes, and fell forward to the ground like a rag doll.
"Han!" Rad said racing forward to Han.
Sullivan ran forward, turning Han around. Han's eyes where closed, but he was breathing. Sullivan shook him, but he didn't move at all.
"He's out cold; get a doctor in here, FAST!" Sullivan yelled.
Rad ran downstairs to get help for his friend while Sullivan sat there, wondering what the problem was. He began to thing to himself "Ok, what went wrong. What did I put into this machine that knocked Han out?! Could it be the settings? No, what's that got to do with it. Was it the Radioactive Lights? Naw, can't be. Wait… I never found out what that weird rainbow colored rock was that I needed to put in the system that Lucca said in this book." He kept thinking and thinking, then he noticed what the rock was and almost fainted. It could have been a fragment of the Chrono Cross.