TRUNKS' CRAZY TIME ADVENTURE (CONT)
Esper Terra: *dancing like a lunatic* YAY! People actually like this story!
Esper Terra: *does anime sweatdrop and blushes* Sorry! That was very unprofessional... I'm leaving now...
Disclaimer: I still don't own DBZ.... or Chrono Trigger....
CHAPTER TWO: THE WORD "GATE" IS SAID..... A LOT
The Epoch jerked to a stop. Trunks turned to Lucca in surprise.
"Huh? Why did we stop?"
"Because we're here." Lucca propelled herself forward into the air. Crono and Marle followed her.
"Hey, wait up!" Trunks called. He flew up after them.
Trunks landed on a ledge, where the others were already standing. He looked around.
"Whoa..."
One word to describe the place was 'desolate'. It was a single platform, crumbling and dusty. In two corners were buckets. Beyond were several pillars of light.
"Pretty..." Trunks murmured. He turned his attention to a single streetlamp in the center of the platform. Lying near it was an old man, snoring away in sleep.
"So... this is The End of Time?" Trunks asked Lucca. He had grown accustomed to asking Lucca all the questions.
"Yep," said Lucca.
"It's such a dump, isn't it?" groaned Marle.
"Hey now!" cried a feeble voice. "I take good care of this place!"
The speaker was the old man, no longer asleep. He was fumbling with the hat on his head and glaring at Marle.
"Er... sorry," said Marle meekly.
"Gaspar! How good to see you again!" Lucca said good-naturedly to the old man.
"Yes, it's been quite a while since you youngsters last visited," sniffed Gaspar. "And o' course, you only come when you need me for something..." He blinked and stared at Trunks. "Say now! Who's this young lad here?"
"I'm... Trunks." Trunks greeted the old man warily. THIS was the great guru that was supposed to help him? "So... nice place you got here."
"Why, thank you," said Gaspar. "That's very polite of you." He turned to Crono, Marle, and Lucca. "You guys could learn something from him."
"Oh, c'mon!" yelled Lucca, very put out. "This guy isn't even from our timeline!"
Gaspar frowned. "He isn't? Well then, where is he from?"
"The future," answered Marle. "He came to the year 1000AD by mistake. At first, it looked as if he had come from a Gate, but he was really traveling in a time machine!" She pushed her dangling bangs out of her face. "But now both it and the Telepod are broken."
Gaspar stared. "And you're telling me this... why?"
"You're the Guru of Time!" Marle snapped. "You're s'posed to HELP us!"
"Help you? Help you do what?" asked Gaspar.
"Get Trunks back to his own time!" yelled Marle.
"Oh, right," said Gaspar. "Well..." He paced back and forth for several minutes. Finally he stopped and looked at the teenagers. "Didja try a Gate...?"
"The Gates are GONE!" Marle shrieked.
"What's a Gate?" asked Trunks.
"Oh, right. The Gates ARE gone, aren't they?" Gaspar said, ignoring Trunks' question. He blinked.
"...Since when?"
"SINCE WE BEAT LAVOS!" both Lucca and Marle yelled, exasperated with the old geezer.
"What's a Gate?" Trunks asked again. "And... who's Lavos?"
Still ignoring Trunks, Gaspar groaned at the two girls. "You don't have to yell."
"Forget about the stupid Gates, you old psycho!" snapped Lucca. "There's gotta be another way---"
"FOR THE LOVE OF KAMI, WILL SOMEONE JUST TELL ME WHAT A GATE IS!!??" Trunks screamed at the top of his lungs.
Everyone immediatedly stopped talking (with the exception of Crono, who even hadn't been talking in the first place---duh) and stared at Trunks as if he had transformed into a rabid Chocobo (Esper Terra: Rabid Chocobo... where did THAT come from!?). Gaspar stepped forward.
"This, my friend, is a Gate!" he said. Fumbling in his robes, he pulled out a small vial. In one swift action, he hurled it at the ground, where it broke.
POOF!!!
A huge, blue portal now took its place. Trunks' eyes were popping out of his head as he did an anime double-take.
"Whuh... whuh... whuzzat?" he uttered.
"A Gate," Gaspar said simply.
"How did you make that Gate appear!?" Lucca demanded.
"Sorry, trade secret," said Gaspar.
"Does it lead to Trunks' time?" asked Marle, peering into the Gate.
Gaspar shrugged. "How should I know? You'll just have to jump in and find out..." Suddenly, out of nowhere, the old man shoved Marle into the Gate.
"What the...!? AAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHH!!!! I'll get you for this, Gaspar!" Marle screamed as she fell.
"Bon voyage!" Gaspar yelled into the Gate. He looked at the others. "Now, who wants to go next...?"
Lucca sighed. "Oh, me, I guess..." She closed her eyes and jumped into the Gate.
Wordlessly, Crono jumped after her.
"Well, seeya later then, Guru," Trunks said, stepping forward.
"Don't break your neck going down," warned Gaspar.
"OK, sure..." Trunks leaped fearlessly into the Gate.
As soon as he was gone, the blue portal closed.
"Uh-oh..." Gaspar frowned. "I forgot to tell 'em the portal was a one-way Gate! Which means..."
Scary Chrono Trigger music started playing.
"...Crono, Marle, Lucca, and Trunks will be trapped forever in whatever time that Gate leads to...!" Gaspar finished. "...........................................................Oh well."
The crazy old man shrugged and went back to sleep near the streetlamp.
END OF CHAPTER TWO
Well, this's interesting.... where--I mean WHEN-- will Trunks and the others end up? (Sheesh, whatta vague and unnecessary question...) Find out in the next chapter!
Esper Terra: *dancing like a lunatic* YAY! People actually like this story!
Esper Terra: *does anime sweatdrop and blushes* Sorry! That was very unprofessional... I'm leaving now...
Disclaimer: I still don't own DBZ.... or Chrono Trigger....
CHAPTER TWO: THE WORD "GATE" IS SAID..... A LOT
The Epoch jerked to a stop. Trunks turned to Lucca in surprise.
"Huh? Why did we stop?"
"Because we're here." Lucca propelled herself forward into the air. Crono and Marle followed her.
"Hey, wait up!" Trunks called. He flew up after them.
Trunks landed on a ledge, where the others were already standing. He looked around.
"Whoa..."
One word to describe the place was 'desolate'. It was a single platform, crumbling and dusty. In two corners were buckets. Beyond were several pillars of light.
"Pretty..." Trunks murmured. He turned his attention to a single streetlamp in the center of the platform. Lying near it was an old man, snoring away in sleep.
"So... this is The End of Time?" Trunks asked Lucca. He had grown accustomed to asking Lucca all the questions.
"Yep," said Lucca.
"It's such a dump, isn't it?" groaned Marle.
"Hey now!" cried a feeble voice. "I take good care of this place!"
The speaker was the old man, no longer asleep. He was fumbling with the hat on his head and glaring at Marle.
"Er... sorry," said Marle meekly.
"Gaspar! How good to see you again!" Lucca said good-naturedly to the old man.
"Yes, it's been quite a while since you youngsters last visited," sniffed Gaspar. "And o' course, you only come when you need me for something..." He blinked and stared at Trunks. "Say now! Who's this young lad here?"
"I'm... Trunks." Trunks greeted the old man warily. THIS was the great guru that was supposed to help him? "So... nice place you got here."
"Why, thank you," said Gaspar. "That's very polite of you." He turned to Crono, Marle, and Lucca. "You guys could learn something from him."
"Oh, c'mon!" yelled Lucca, very put out. "This guy isn't even from our timeline!"
Gaspar frowned. "He isn't? Well then, where is he from?"
"The future," answered Marle. "He came to the year 1000AD by mistake. At first, it looked as if he had come from a Gate, but he was really traveling in a time machine!" She pushed her dangling bangs out of her face. "But now both it and the Telepod are broken."
Gaspar stared. "And you're telling me this... why?"
"You're the Guru of Time!" Marle snapped. "You're s'posed to HELP us!"
"Help you? Help you do what?" asked Gaspar.
"Get Trunks back to his own time!" yelled Marle.
"Oh, right," said Gaspar. "Well..." He paced back and forth for several minutes. Finally he stopped and looked at the teenagers. "Didja try a Gate...?"
"The Gates are GONE!" Marle shrieked.
"What's a Gate?" asked Trunks.
"Oh, right. The Gates ARE gone, aren't they?" Gaspar said, ignoring Trunks' question. He blinked.
"...Since when?"
"SINCE WE BEAT LAVOS!" both Lucca and Marle yelled, exasperated with the old geezer.
"What's a Gate?" Trunks asked again. "And... who's Lavos?"
Still ignoring Trunks, Gaspar groaned at the two girls. "You don't have to yell."
"Forget about the stupid Gates, you old psycho!" snapped Lucca. "There's gotta be another way---"
"FOR THE LOVE OF KAMI, WILL SOMEONE JUST TELL ME WHAT A GATE IS!!??" Trunks screamed at the top of his lungs.
Everyone immediatedly stopped talking (with the exception of Crono, who even hadn't been talking in the first place---duh) and stared at Trunks as if he had transformed into a rabid Chocobo (Esper Terra: Rabid Chocobo... where did THAT come from!?). Gaspar stepped forward.
"This, my friend, is a Gate!" he said. Fumbling in his robes, he pulled out a small vial. In one swift action, he hurled it at the ground, where it broke.
POOF!!!
A huge, blue portal now took its place. Trunks' eyes were popping out of his head as he did an anime double-take.
"Whuh... whuh... whuzzat?" he uttered.
"A Gate," Gaspar said simply.
"How did you make that Gate appear!?" Lucca demanded.
"Sorry, trade secret," said Gaspar.
"Does it lead to Trunks' time?" asked Marle, peering into the Gate.
Gaspar shrugged. "How should I know? You'll just have to jump in and find out..." Suddenly, out of nowhere, the old man shoved Marle into the Gate.
"What the...!? AAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHH!!!! I'll get you for this, Gaspar!" Marle screamed as she fell.
"Bon voyage!" Gaspar yelled into the Gate. He looked at the others. "Now, who wants to go next...?"
Lucca sighed. "Oh, me, I guess..." She closed her eyes and jumped into the Gate.
Wordlessly, Crono jumped after her.
"Well, seeya later then, Guru," Trunks said, stepping forward.
"Don't break your neck going down," warned Gaspar.
"OK, sure..." Trunks leaped fearlessly into the Gate.
As soon as he was gone, the blue portal closed.
"Uh-oh..." Gaspar frowned. "I forgot to tell 'em the portal was a one-way Gate! Which means..."
Scary Chrono Trigger music started playing.
"...Crono, Marle, Lucca, and Trunks will be trapped forever in whatever time that Gate leads to...!" Gaspar finished. "...........................................................Oh well."
The crazy old man shrugged and went back to sleep near the streetlamp.
END OF CHAPTER TWO
Well, this's interesting.... where--I mean WHEN-- will Trunks and the others end up? (Sheesh, whatta vague and unnecessary question...) Find out in the next chapter!