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Chapter 5: Start of the Journey
Marle woke next, and she sat up, resting on one hand, as she felt her cut lip. She wimpered and stood up quickly. She looked at Chrono, Magus, and the now stirring Lucca. She looked around her, and didn't see any sign of Robo. "Where did Robo go?"
"Robo went through the time portal. It closed right after he went through." Magus turned and walked a few steps away from the group, looking at the horizon, the wind across the barren landscape blowing his cape back. He stared out at the horizon, in deep thought. Marle lowers her head, then she looks up at Magus.
"But, can't you just open up a new portal?"
Magus shakes his head. "I can only control existing, unsealed portals. And that portal, to the future, is now sealed. I won't be able to open it again."
Marle looks down, slightly depressed, and then looks at Lucca. "But we still have Epoch, right?"
Lucca looks at the flying car, covered with scorch marks from the lasers and electricity. "I hope so. Epoch, if you're still functional, tell us a joke!" After a few minutes, Epock let loose a series of clicks, whirrs, beeps, then one long whistle. Lucca collapsed on the ground laughing.
"What's so funny?" Crono looks looks up at Lucca and Marle from his sitting position.
"You wouldn't understand." Lucca picks herself off of the ground and walks to the Epoch. "I can fix his time-travelling device in a few minutes. then we could track down Robo and find out why he went berserk, or what happened."
"Lucca, you're supposed to be the smart one." Crono stands up.
"What was that?"
Crono sighs. "Did you listen to anythng Robo had yelled out? Prometheus? Mission?"
Lucca's eyes widen. "Prometheus... That's what Mother Computer and Atrophos had called him! And they said his mission was to gather information on the human race..." Lucca shook her head. "We'll have to stop him!"
"No, we don't! Why don't we just stay here and let other people take care of it?" Crono sits down heavily. "I barely got a chance to see my folks before being carred away by balloons- BALLOONS- and now Robo goes haywire and we have to go again! I can't stand this!"
"But there are no other people here! Look around you! This place is a wasteland, what do you think you're going to do here?" Crono was silent, and Lucca continued. "Besides, we have Magus with us, and he can help us out if-"
"And that really makes me feel better."
"Crono, why do you always have to give Magus such a hard time?"
"Lucca, if you would see past your goo-goo eyes for him for one moment you'd realize 'Oh, this guy tried to kill us!' Did you forget that he'd have killed us when he had the chance?" Crono crosses his arms, looking at the dumbfounded girl in front of him.
"Wha- What are you talking about?" Lucca looks at Crono, and Marle looks at one to another in a slight confusion.
"You don't think I've noticed, Lucca?" Crono laughs out loud. "It wasn't hard to see you'd developed a crush on him. Everytime you look at him you have some sort of clouded look in your eyes. It's fine by me, but don't let that make you forget what a monster he really is."
After a few moments, Lucca walks up to Crono and slaps him across the face, leaving his cheek red. "Don't you dare talk about any more of our friends like that! Magus helped us with Lavos, and he put his life on the line for us, and you just sit here and insult him!"
Crono looks at Lucca with a sort of stunned expression, then he becomes angry again. "He didn't do any of that for us! He did it for Schala! everything he's done is for Schala, he doesn't give a rat's ass for us!" Lucca and Crono stare at each other, anger and frustration in their eyes. "But go ahead, go with your boyfriend. It doesn't matter to me, if you're really stupid enough to believe he really cares for us."
After a few minutes, Lucca turns away from him and walks to Epoch, as Marle glares at Crono angrily. "Crono, why did you do that? Magus cares for us, or he wouldn't have come to us to warn us about Zeal!"
Crono stares at the ground darkly, and Magus walks up to him. "The feeling was mutual, I'm sure. But, what would you gain just by staying here?" Crono's glare doesn't change, and Magus continues, "You are being selfish yourself. You have nothing here, yet you will not help your friends?" Magus walks away, and Crono looks up.
"What happened to you? Did time-traveling get too tough you you, tough guy?" Magus stops, but doesn't do anything else.
"Zeal did something to me, and I feel as if a part of my life was ripped from within me. I do not remember many events that have happened in the past anymore... and... I feel no more emotions..." Magus puts his hand to his head, as Crono's gaze changes completely.
"What could she have done to you to make that happen?" Crono stands up just as Lucca called out.
"Hey, I think I got it working! And with the new seat addition, we can fit up to five people now!" Lucca starts waving them over, apparently having decided to forgive Crono. As Crono was about to get into the cockpit Lucca pulled him out. "You sit on the tail." Sighing, Crono walked to the back of Epoch and sat on a makeshift seat facing backwards. Apparently, Lucca doesn't forgive that easily. Lucca calls out from the front. "Okay! I'm going to start the time travel now!"
"I'm afraid I cannot let you do that." A cloaked figure fell out of the air and landed on Epoch. He wore a dark blue cape, black chest and leg armor, dark blue boots, and a blood red shirt under his armor. His ear-length grey hair flew slightly in the wind as his purple eyes fixed on the four time-travelers. "You will disrupt my plans if you do. So... to each his own!" He points at Crono, who had just gotten out of his seat, and he was thrown through a portal that just opened up behind him. The portal sealed instantly. The other three were up in a heart beat, but they were knocked away by a burst of magic from the intruder. He then pointed at Lucca and then Marle, who shared the same fate as Crono. Then, he turned to Magus. "Zeal was wrong. You are the only source that can give her immortality. You will come with me!" He then materialized next to Magus, and he prepared to grab Magus as the wizard lets a blazing fire spell erupt into the other one's face. Magus prepared to follow up the attack, but without his scythe, he could do no real damage to the enemy wizard. As Magus attacked with an ice attack, the other wizard materialized a maul in his hands, then slammed Magus in the back of the head after smashing the ice away. Magus fell to the ground with a groan. After dematerializing the hammer, the other wizard picked up Magus, heaved him over his shoulder, and stepped backward into a portal.
Epoch whistled and clicked, then fell silent as the portal instantly sealed.
and its affiliates in making this game. The new character, however, doesn't.
Chapter 5: Start of the Journey
Marle woke next, and she sat up, resting on one hand, as she felt her cut lip. She wimpered and stood up quickly. She looked at Chrono, Magus, and the now stirring Lucca. She looked around her, and didn't see any sign of Robo. "Where did Robo go?"
"Robo went through the time portal. It closed right after he went through." Magus turned and walked a few steps away from the group, looking at the horizon, the wind across the barren landscape blowing his cape back. He stared out at the horizon, in deep thought. Marle lowers her head, then she looks up at Magus.
"But, can't you just open up a new portal?"
Magus shakes his head. "I can only control existing, unsealed portals. And that portal, to the future, is now sealed. I won't be able to open it again."
Marle looks down, slightly depressed, and then looks at Lucca. "But we still have Epoch, right?"
Lucca looks at the flying car, covered with scorch marks from the lasers and electricity. "I hope so. Epoch, if you're still functional, tell us a joke!" After a few minutes, Epock let loose a series of clicks, whirrs, beeps, then one long whistle. Lucca collapsed on the ground laughing.
"What's so funny?" Crono looks looks up at Lucca and Marle from his sitting position.
"You wouldn't understand." Lucca picks herself off of the ground and walks to the Epoch. "I can fix his time-travelling device in a few minutes. then we could track down Robo and find out why he went berserk, or what happened."
"Lucca, you're supposed to be the smart one." Crono stands up.
"What was that?"
Crono sighs. "Did you listen to anythng Robo had yelled out? Prometheus? Mission?"
Lucca's eyes widen. "Prometheus... That's what Mother Computer and Atrophos had called him! And they said his mission was to gather information on the human race..." Lucca shook her head. "We'll have to stop him!"
"No, we don't! Why don't we just stay here and let other people take care of it?" Crono sits down heavily. "I barely got a chance to see my folks before being carred away by balloons- BALLOONS- and now Robo goes haywire and we have to go again! I can't stand this!"
"But there are no other people here! Look around you! This place is a wasteland, what do you think you're going to do here?" Crono was silent, and Lucca continued. "Besides, we have Magus with us, and he can help us out if-"
"And that really makes me feel better."
"Crono, why do you always have to give Magus such a hard time?"
"Lucca, if you would see past your goo-goo eyes for him for one moment you'd realize 'Oh, this guy tried to kill us!' Did you forget that he'd have killed us when he had the chance?" Crono crosses his arms, looking at the dumbfounded girl in front of him.
"Wha- What are you talking about?" Lucca looks at Crono, and Marle looks at one to another in a slight confusion.
"You don't think I've noticed, Lucca?" Crono laughs out loud. "It wasn't hard to see you'd developed a crush on him. Everytime you look at him you have some sort of clouded look in your eyes. It's fine by me, but don't let that make you forget what a monster he really is."
After a few moments, Lucca walks up to Crono and slaps him across the face, leaving his cheek red. "Don't you dare talk about any more of our friends like that! Magus helped us with Lavos, and he put his life on the line for us, and you just sit here and insult him!"
Crono looks at Lucca with a sort of stunned expression, then he becomes angry again. "He didn't do any of that for us! He did it for Schala! everything he's done is for Schala, he doesn't give a rat's ass for us!" Lucca and Crono stare at each other, anger and frustration in their eyes. "But go ahead, go with your boyfriend. It doesn't matter to me, if you're really stupid enough to believe he really cares for us."
After a few minutes, Lucca turns away from him and walks to Epoch, as Marle glares at Crono angrily. "Crono, why did you do that? Magus cares for us, or he wouldn't have come to us to warn us about Zeal!"
Crono stares at the ground darkly, and Magus walks up to him. "The feeling was mutual, I'm sure. But, what would you gain just by staying here?" Crono's glare doesn't change, and Magus continues, "You are being selfish yourself. You have nothing here, yet you will not help your friends?" Magus walks away, and Crono looks up.
"What happened to you? Did time-traveling get too tough you you, tough guy?" Magus stops, but doesn't do anything else.
"Zeal did something to me, and I feel as if a part of my life was ripped from within me. I do not remember many events that have happened in the past anymore... and... I feel no more emotions..." Magus puts his hand to his head, as Crono's gaze changes completely.
"What could she have done to you to make that happen?" Crono stands up just as Lucca called out.
"Hey, I think I got it working! And with the new seat addition, we can fit up to five people now!" Lucca starts waving them over, apparently having decided to forgive Crono. As Crono was about to get into the cockpit Lucca pulled him out. "You sit on the tail." Sighing, Crono walked to the back of Epoch and sat on a makeshift seat facing backwards. Apparently, Lucca doesn't forgive that easily. Lucca calls out from the front. "Okay! I'm going to start the time travel now!"
"I'm afraid I cannot let you do that." A cloaked figure fell out of the air and landed on Epoch. He wore a dark blue cape, black chest and leg armor, dark blue boots, and a blood red shirt under his armor. His ear-length grey hair flew slightly in the wind as his purple eyes fixed on the four time-travelers. "You will disrupt my plans if you do. So... to each his own!" He points at Crono, who had just gotten out of his seat, and he was thrown through a portal that just opened up behind him. The portal sealed instantly. The other three were up in a heart beat, but they were knocked away by a burst of magic from the intruder. He then pointed at Lucca and then Marle, who shared the same fate as Crono. Then, he turned to Magus. "Zeal was wrong. You are the only source that can give her immortality. You will come with me!" He then materialized next to Magus, and he prepared to grab Magus as the wizard lets a blazing fire spell erupt into the other one's face. Magus prepared to follow up the attack, but without his scythe, he could do no real damage to the enemy wizard. As Magus attacked with an ice attack, the other wizard materialized a maul in his hands, then slammed Magus in the back of the head after smashing the ice away. Magus fell to the ground with a groan. After dematerializing the hammer, the other wizard picked up Magus, heaved him over his shoulder, and stepped backward into a portal.
Epoch whistled and clicked, then fell silent as the portal instantly sealed.