Chapter One
"OK, today we are going down to the auditorium to watch the news on the war today," Mrs. VanHorn said.
By the time the class got down to the auditorium, it was already dark and the projector was showing CNN. Everybody was saying how cool the war was, except for Joe, Ryan, Sari, Jonathon, Melissa, and Samantha Kaufman, who got to school late.
"What's happening today, everyone is talking about war?" Samantha asked.
"Didn't you hear? Congress declared war on Iraq, the idiots," Joe replied.
"Sam, you didn't know already?" Sari asked.
"No," she replied
"I only wish that they could see what war is really like!" Jonathon said.
"I really agree with that one," Ryan said.
"Me too," Joe said.
"Me three," Sari said.
All of a sudden the room started to glow with an unnatural light. Everybody was wondering what was happening. Everything then went white. The room started spinning around. A portal opens in the top of the room. Everybody was sucked into the portal.
What happened next was unnatural; the battlefield started to grow brighter until it became white. All of a sudden Gundams surrounded them.
"Troops retreat! It was a trap!" Gabriel shouted.
"Sir, why are we retreating? We were winning!" Brian asked.
"General, look around! We are surrounded on all sides except behind by Gundams! We have no other choice!" Gabriel replied.
"Sir, yes, sir! All troops retreat!" calls out Brian.
One thing that Gabriel didn't notice was that the Gundams weren't activated. They were standing there, dormant until their rightful pilots called on them. They had been sent there by the "Legends". The Legends also had called upon the pilots who would arrive at any moment. But Gabriel didn't even consider that the Gundams were inactive. He simply did the smartest thing and left, because at any moment the Gundams would have their rightful pilots.
What is life? Is it time? Space? Physics? A physical form at all? Or any thing at all? These questions and more filled Joe's head, but Joe hadn't even been thinking about all of this. He was simply wondering if all of his friends were all right. Then, out of nowhere all of these thoughts started filling his head. They started to overwhelm him, his head started to hurt so bad until he could do nothing from stopping himself from holding his head and crying out. It was too much for him; it was like he was chosen to hold everyone's thoughts and feelings. He felt everything, from pain, to fear, to hunger, to evil, to even joy. It was all too much for him. He started to reach down into his heart; there he found something to keep him going. All was then clear, he was able to see again, and the pain was gone. He could see that three others were in pain, Sari, Jonathon, and Ryan. They were all in his old predicament. They didn't have the truth that he had. But when he tried to speak he found that he couldn't, no matter what, he couldn't speak, scream, or even whisper. But he found that he shared a mental link with them. As soon as he spoke to them through this, they also grew calm and in the same state as him.
But it was too late, for things were starting to grow dark. Everything went black.
"OK, today we are going down to the auditorium to watch the news on the war today," Mrs. VanHorn said.
By the time the class got down to the auditorium, it was already dark and the projector was showing CNN. Everybody was saying how cool the war was, except for Joe, Ryan, Sari, Jonathon, Melissa, and Samantha Kaufman, who got to school late.
"What's happening today, everyone is talking about war?" Samantha asked.
"Didn't you hear? Congress declared war on Iraq, the idiots," Joe replied.
"Sam, you didn't know already?" Sari asked.
"No," she replied
"I only wish that they could see what war is really like!" Jonathon said.
"I really agree with that one," Ryan said.
"Me too," Joe said.
"Me three," Sari said.
All of a sudden the room started to glow with an unnatural light. Everybody was wondering what was happening. Everything then went white. The room started spinning around. A portal opens in the top of the room. Everybody was sucked into the portal.
What happened next was unnatural; the battlefield started to grow brighter until it became white. All of a sudden Gundams surrounded them.
"Troops retreat! It was a trap!" Gabriel shouted.
"Sir, why are we retreating? We were winning!" Brian asked.
"General, look around! We are surrounded on all sides except behind by Gundams! We have no other choice!" Gabriel replied.
"Sir, yes, sir! All troops retreat!" calls out Brian.
One thing that Gabriel didn't notice was that the Gundams weren't activated. They were standing there, dormant until their rightful pilots called on them. They had been sent there by the "Legends". The Legends also had called upon the pilots who would arrive at any moment. But Gabriel didn't even consider that the Gundams were inactive. He simply did the smartest thing and left, because at any moment the Gundams would have their rightful pilots.
What is life? Is it time? Space? Physics? A physical form at all? Or any thing at all? These questions and more filled Joe's head, but Joe hadn't even been thinking about all of this. He was simply wondering if all of his friends were all right. Then, out of nowhere all of these thoughts started filling his head. They started to overwhelm him, his head started to hurt so bad until he could do nothing from stopping himself from holding his head and crying out. It was too much for him; it was like he was chosen to hold everyone's thoughts and feelings. He felt everything, from pain, to fear, to hunger, to evil, to even joy. It was all too much for him. He started to reach down into his heart; there he found something to keep him going. All was then clear, he was able to see again, and the pain was gone. He could see that three others were in pain, Sari, Jonathon, and Ryan. They were all in his old predicament. They didn't have the truth that he had. But when he tried to speak he found that he couldn't, no matter what, he couldn't speak, scream, or even whisper. But he found that he shared a mental link with them. As soon as he spoke to them through this, they also grew calm and in the same state as him.
But it was too late, for things were starting to grow dark. Everything went black.
