Parallels
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Chapter 3
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The trio of two Mercurians and one confused Venusian arrived at a small house at the edge of town, a house that Isaac didn't recall ever seeing. Smaller than Kraden's hut, the yellow-tinted wood looked in mint condition. In front of the door to the hut was a stone table and four slabs of rock, forming seats.
Isaac followed Mia to the table, irked that she treated him as though he didn't know what was what. *Though she's not far off...* Alex made his way to the door, and entered after knocking.
A moment later, two beings walked out of the hut, making their way towards the table. Isaac ignored Alex, staring at the other figure.
"Ivan, we need you to check Isaac. We think he hit his head and has some kind of amnesia."
Ignoring the statement from Mia, Isaac focused on "Ivan." The "boy" was more like a tall man, easily as tall as Isaac, if not more so. His age seemed to be thirty or so, and had what looked like grey hairs in his head. No, not grey - lavender strands of hair milled in with blonde. His attire was drastically differient than the rest of the resident clothing that he had seen, more like Hamma's robes. *Maybe I've been nocked out for a few years... No, then why would Alex be here?*
Alex sat on the slab next to Isaacs, with Mia sitting in his lap. A surge of jealousy rose in Isaac's mind, but he quelled it, not wanting to make a crazy situation worse. Ivan sat on the slab opposite of Alex's, staring into Isaac's eyes. A faint glow surrounded the Jupitarian, and Isaac wondered what Ivan was doing - didn't he have to have physical contact with someone to read their mind?
*No, Sheba read my mind at Venus Lighthouse, and she didn't touch me. Maybe Ivan's improved. But this isn't the Ivan I rem-*
His train of thought was interrupted when Ivan suddenly began to speak. His voices sounded distant, but it was hard to tell - his tone was deeper than the Ivan Isaac knew could ever dream of.
"Nine people in a small house, cluttered papers everywhere. I see Isaac, Mia, Garet, Felix, Siba, Picard, and... I do not recognize the other three. A red-haired woman, a blonde boy, and an old man."
Isaac frowned. He was far from shocked that this Ivan wouldn't recognize the smaller blonde mage, but he didn't recognize Jenna or Kraden? *And who is Siba and Picard?*
Alex spoke up, and Isaac wondered why the SOB would try to interrupt a mind read. It was one thing to do so while the Jupitarian was in physical contact with the subject, but...
"Where am I?"
"I only see a small memory. A grave and a marker. A name that is associated with evil. Alex."
Isaac swallowed, slowly turning to glance at his "sister" and "brother-in-law-wannabe." Alex's face was one of shock and horror, and Mia was paler than usual. *Don't tell me that they thought that I want him dead...*
"I also see a love. A blue hai- Mia."
"WHAT?"
"Do not be alarmed, Mia. His mind shows no siblings, but a friend from a distant land, one that I do not recognize."
*They don't have an Imil? Then were are Mia and Alex from?*
Abruptly, Ivan sat up strait, the arua of psynergy dissapaiting. "It is Isaac, yet it is not. This Isaac is, for lack of a better explination, from another time or world."
Isaac blinked, wondering what THAT was supposed to mean. How could he have...
*Wait. Kraden's Gogoly Goop. Could that have knocked him around enough to make him dream up this fantasy?*
Ivan interrupted Isaac's train of thought, drawing the attention o fall that sat at the table. "From what I could see, Isaac was attending some kind of experament, kin to those that he would normally conduct in his hut."
*WHAT?*
"He was choosen as the test subject for whatever it was that was being brewed, and an accidental explosion threw him from the building."
"That sounds like what happened when we found him. But he doesn't remember anything!"
"Not exactly, Mia. The Isaac we knew is gone, but this Isaac knows what he knows. He is not suffering from a form of amnesia. He's sane, probably moreso than I've ever seen in him."
*If that's an indication of how the "Isaac" they knew is...was, then I'm dead.*
"This is hard to swallow, Ivan."
"Alex, I know it sound absurd. Believe me, I thought I saw it all when Isaac created a rabbit that glew in the dark and could talk, but this is plausable. And, for better or for worse, the only option available to us. I suggest that we try to make accomidations for him until we can find a way to send him back to wherever he came from."
Mia had a puzzled look on her face. *Apparently, the notion of Alex dead and me being in love with her has fried her mind... And she's not alone...* Isaac gently rubbed his forehead, trying to ease the pain of his headache.
"What exactly can we do? We don't know how the rest of the village will act, and unless you saw what it was that sent him here, Ivan, I don't see how we can send him back." A pause. "Isaac, what was it that you were experamenting with?"
Isaac resisted the urge to snap at Alex for that remark. To be associated with Kraden was a high form of insult, one that was used only if someone did something incredibly stupid. *Namely Garet or Piers.*
"I don't know. Kraden," he glanced towards Ivan, "the old man, was the one who did the experaments. I don't know WHAT it was he was making." He considered explaining how he had come to be roped in by Kraden, but he figured that Mia was already traumatized enough.
Alex frowned, and Ivan seemed to consider this. "If I read your mind some more, I might be able to isolate some of the ingrediants that were used. But you are obviously distressed, confused, and tired. I suggest that we proceed to make accomidations for you."
*Hopefully ones that are temporarry...*
"THERE YOU ARE! YOU LITTLE CRAP! YOU RUINED MY CROPS!"
Whirling more in shock than at the insult, Isaac stared at the towering form of Garet. He was just as tall as Isaac recalled, but he was bulkier than before. His hair was filled with streaks of black mixed in with his red spikes, and his clothes were the ones of a farmer. In his left hand, he had a handful of carrots, and they looked...burnt.
*Oooh Boy.*
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And yet another chance to end a chapter...
Sheba - @_@ My head is spinning...
Well, traveling in time or through dimensions is never easy, Sheba...
Sheba - And who is Siba, might I ask?
.....
Sheba - -_- You live to annoy me, don't you?
Yep.
Sheba - _
**Interesting note time: After writing this chapter (and Second Chances 13, I might add), I went back to reading a book entitled "Star Trek - The Eugenics Wars." At the beginning of the book was a reference to genetically engineering humans, with a test subject being a half-glowing mouse. To my shock, on page 516-517 of the novel, the author (Greg Cox) commented on an experiment in France in 2000 of a - you guesed it - glowing bunny. Ironic, no? For those that are curious, a website was listed in the book - www.ekac.org/gfpbunny.html. ^_^;;
REVIEW TIME! =D
Forgotten Souls - Watershipping? It's Imilshipping last I checked...@_@ Yep, they do... Past? What makes you think that? @_@ I changed the genre already, so that's done! ^_^;; Howz this chapter? Thanks for the review!
High King Isaac - Another new face... Hmm... When I said it wouldn't be permanent, I was unsure as to what direction this would take... Stupid me... Anyway, it will (hopefully) end with Mudshipping... Course, I might change it... Depends on how people react...XD Original Character? I don't like to add OCs that have romantic relations with main characters (and to my knowledge, I have not done so yet), so don't expect much. Besides, why would I need OCs when I have alternate Characters (ACs)? ^_^ Thanks for the review! Howz this one?
wildcats1310 - Alex/Sheba? Not in the current reality that he's in... How does he flip past the barriers of existance? With the help of a little computer called Ziggy...XD ... I hope you got that joke... ^_^;; Anyway, thanks! Hope you enjoy this one too!
Empress Dotdotdot - 0_0 I didn't think of that...@_@ *runs* Thanx for the review! ^_^
Dark Ice Dragon - 0_0 Why do people make these connections?? @_@ Dreaming? What makes you say that? =D Thanks for the review!
The 8BTFreek - Steamshipping? Which one was that again? Garet/Mia? Hmm... I've been away from the shipping titles for a bit... Thanks for the review!
Net Strife - Sarcasm or seriousness? Thanks for the review! ^_^
roc-girl - Ok...
Pyro1588 - 0_0 I do need to work on those... Mirror, Mirror... Not the episode I was thinking of, but simmilar. Check out the Star Trek - The Next Generation episode titled "Parallels..." ^_^;;
Thanks to all for the reviews! This is the most I've ever gotten for one chapter! ^0^
REVIEW!
Sheba - HE DOESN'T OWN GOLDEN SUN!
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Chapter 3
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The trio of two Mercurians and one confused Venusian arrived at a small house at the edge of town, a house that Isaac didn't recall ever seeing. Smaller than Kraden's hut, the yellow-tinted wood looked in mint condition. In front of the door to the hut was a stone table and four slabs of rock, forming seats.
Isaac followed Mia to the table, irked that she treated him as though he didn't know what was what. *Though she's not far off...* Alex made his way to the door, and entered after knocking.
A moment later, two beings walked out of the hut, making their way towards the table. Isaac ignored Alex, staring at the other figure.
"Ivan, we need you to check Isaac. We think he hit his head and has some kind of amnesia."
Ignoring the statement from Mia, Isaac focused on "Ivan." The "boy" was more like a tall man, easily as tall as Isaac, if not more so. His age seemed to be thirty or so, and had what looked like grey hairs in his head. No, not grey - lavender strands of hair milled in with blonde. His attire was drastically differient than the rest of the resident clothing that he had seen, more like Hamma's robes. *Maybe I've been nocked out for a few years... No, then why would Alex be here?*
Alex sat on the slab next to Isaacs, with Mia sitting in his lap. A surge of jealousy rose in Isaac's mind, but he quelled it, not wanting to make a crazy situation worse. Ivan sat on the slab opposite of Alex's, staring into Isaac's eyes. A faint glow surrounded the Jupitarian, and Isaac wondered what Ivan was doing - didn't he have to have physical contact with someone to read their mind?
*No, Sheba read my mind at Venus Lighthouse, and she didn't touch me. Maybe Ivan's improved. But this isn't the Ivan I rem-*
His train of thought was interrupted when Ivan suddenly began to speak. His voices sounded distant, but it was hard to tell - his tone was deeper than the Ivan Isaac knew could ever dream of.
"Nine people in a small house, cluttered papers everywhere. I see Isaac, Mia, Garet, Felix, Siba, Picard, and... I do not recognize the other three. A red-haired woman, a blonde boy, and an old man."
Isaac frowned. He was far from shocked that this Ivan wouldn't recognize the smaller blonde mage, but he didn't recognize Jenna or Kraden? *And who is Siba and Picard?*
Alex spoke up, and Isaac wondered why the SOB would try to interrupt a mind read. It was one thing to do so while the Jupitarian was in physical contact with the subject, but...
"Where am I?"
"I only see a small memory. A grave and a marker. A name that is associated with evil. Alex."
Isaac swallowed, slowly turning to glance at his "sister" and "brother-in-law-wannabe." Alex's face was one of shock and horror, and Mia was paler than usual. *Don't tell me that they thought that I want him dead...*
"I also see a love. A blue hai- Mia."
"WHAT?"
"Do not be alarmed, Mia. His mind shows no siblings, but a friend from a distant land, one that I do not recognize."
*They don't have an Imil? Then were are Mia and Alex from?*
Abruptly, Ivan sat up strait, the arua of psynergy dissapaiting. "It is Isaac, yet it is not. This Isaac is, for lack of a better explination, from another time or world."
Isaac blinked, wondering what THAT was supposed to mean. How could he have...
*Wait. Kraden's Gogoly Goop. Could that have knocked him around enough to make him dream up this fantasy?*
Ivan interrupted Isaac's train of thought, drawing the attention o fall that sat at the table. "From what I could see, Isaac was attending some kind of experament, kin to those that he would normally conduct in his hut."
*WHAT?*
"He was choosen as the test subject for whatever it was that was being brewed, and an accidental explosion threw him from the building."
"That sounds like what happened when we found him. But he doesn't remember anything!"
"Not exactly, Mia. The Isaac we knew is gone, but this Isaac knows what he knows. He is not suffering from a form of amnesia. He's sane, probably moreso than I've ever seen in him."
*If that's an indication of how the "Isaac" they knew is...was, then I'm dead.*
"This is hard to swallow, Ivan."
"Alex, I know it sound absurd. Believe me, I thought I saw it all when Isaac created a rabbit that glew in the dark and could talk, but this is plausable. And, for better or for worse, the only option available to us. I suggest that we try to make accomidations for him until we can find a way to send him back to wherever he came from."
Mia had a puzzled look on her face. *Apparently, the notion of Alex dead and me being in love with her has fried her mind... And she's not alone...* Isaac gently rubbed his forehead, trying to ease the pain of his headache.
"What exactly can we do? We don't know how the rest of the village will act, and unless you saw what it was that sent him here, Ivan, I don't see how we can send him back." A pause. "Isaac, what was it that you were experamenting with?"
Isaac resisted the urge to snap at Alex for that remark. To be associated with Kraden was a high form of insult, one that was used only if someone did something incredibly stupid. *Namely Garet or Piers.*
"I don't know. Kraden," he glanced towards Ivan, "the old man, was the one who did the experaments. I don't know WHAT it was he was making." He considered explaining how he had come to be roped in by Kraden, but he figured that Mia was already traumatized enough.
Alex frowned, and Ivan seemed to consider this. "If I read your mind some more, I might be able to isolate some of the ingrediants that were used. But you are obviously distressed, confused, and tired. I suggest that we proceed to make accomidations for you."
*Hopefully ones that are temporarry...*
"THERE YOU ARE! YOU LITTLE CRAP! YOU RUINED MY CROPS!"
Whirling more in shock than at the insult, Isaac stared at the towering form of Garet. He was just as tall as Isaac recalled, but he was bulkier than before. His hair was filled with streaks of black mixed in with his red spikes, and his clothes were the ones of a farmer. In his left hand, he had a handful of carrots, and they looked...burnt.
*Oooh Boy.*
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And yet another chance to end a chapter...
Sheba - @_@ My head is spinning...
Well, traveling in time or through dimensions is never easy, Sheba...
Sheba - And who is Siba, might I ask?
.....
Sheba - -_- You live to annoy me, don't you?
Yep.
Sheba - _
**Interesting note time: After writing this chapter (and Second Chances 13, I might add), I went back to reading a book entitled "Star Trek - The Eugenics Wars." At the beginning of the book was a reference to genetically engineering humans, with a test subject being a half-glowing mouse. To my shock, on page 516-517 of the novel, the author (Greg Cox) commented on an experiment in France in 2000 of a - you guesed it - glowing bunny. Ironic, no? For those that are curious, a website was listed in the book - www.ekac.org/gfpbunny.html. ^_^;;
REVIEW TIME! =D
Forgotten Souls - Watershipping? It's Imilshipping last I checked...@_@ Yep, they do... Past? What makes you think that? @_@ I changed the genre already, so that's done! ^_^;; Howz this chapter? Thanks for the review!
High King Isaac - Another new face... Hmm... When I said it wouldn't be permanent, I was unsure as to what direction this would take... Stupid me... Anyway, it will (hopefully) end with Mudshipping... Course, I might change it... Depends on how people react...XD Original Character? I don't like to add OCs that have romantic relations with main characters (and to my knowledge, I have not done so yet), so don't expect much. Besides, why would I need OCs when I have alternate Characters (ACs)? ^_^ Thanks for the review! Howz this one?
wildcats1310 - Alex/Sheba? Not in the current reality that he's in... How does he flip past the barriers of existance? With the help of a little computer called Ziggy...XD ... I hope you got that joke... ^_^;; Anyway, thanks! Hope you enjoy this one too!
Empress Dotdotdot - 0_0 I didn't think of that...@_@ *runs* Thanx for the review! ^_^
Dark Ice Dragon - 0_0 Why do people make these connections?? @_@ Dreaming? What makes you say that? =D Thanks for the review!
The 8BTFreek - Steamshipping? Which one was that again? Garet/Mia? Hmm... I've been away from the shipping titles for a bit... Thanks for the review!
Net Strife - Sarcasm or seriousness? Thanks for the review! ^_^
roc-girl - Ok...
Pyro1588 - 0_0 I do need to work on those... Mirror, Mirror... Not the episode I was thinking of, but simmilar. Check out the Star Trek - The Next Generation episode titled "Parallels..." ^_^;;
Thanks to all for the reviews! This is the most I've ever gotten for one chapter! ^0^
REVIEW!
Sheba - HE DOESN'T OWN GOLDEN SUN!