Masterminds: A Waverly Place Fanfiction Story With Surprise Characters From Different Shows
Part 3:
Approximately 50 minutes after the Mental Bang incident(originating at Variety Court, physical nighttime)…
A familiar voice asked, "What…what's going on?"
Justin Russo rubbed his eyes instinctively.
He was making sure there wasn't something in his eye for either eye.
He looked wide eyed in shock.
He gasped in shocking disbelief at the scene he found himself in.
Justin found himself looking at the random darkness and glares of space itself.
The contrasts were seeming to cancel each other out in matters of perception.
Justin exclaimed nervously, "how can this be?! There's not supposed to be oxygen here!"
He took a sniff of the area to check.
Justin realized, "and yet there is. Maybe this is all in my head."
For a moment?
He smiled in mixed relief.
Then... He noticed something even stranger
Justin deduced in mixed beliefs, "okay then. What's an arcade console doing in the middle of nowhere?"
And... Indeed there was.
Ironically? The arcade console was the only physical object in Justin's proximity…and no random floating either.
The arcade console had white coloring with black controls and a smoke colored screen.
Justin sighed deeply in reluctance.
Justin reasoned, "this may not be real at all. But the only memory... If memory at all that I have now... Is my name Justin. This device may be the answer to more."
He went on to assure himself, "in fact? It seems most likely that I suffered some kind of concussion since I must be at least multiple years old with no recollections. Not even what toys I played with as a child. Moderate sigh. But... Exploring within dreams is a way to pick up the pieces because of how much they draw on experiences and desires from within."
Justin smiled some in mixed feelings.
He glanced at the buttons and double set of mini-joysticks on the arcade console.
Yet... There were puzzlingly only 5 buttons.
They each had a label with one letter:
O, A, R, N, and Y.
Around one joystick was the letters A-M in a ring. The other was consisting of N-Z.
Yet... No on/off switch to be found.
Justin looked fairly confused.
He deduced, "the pieces of my memory must be really split…for this symbol to represent so many questions and answers."
He glanced around the surroundings for some hint of what to do.
He moderately sighed in frustration.
He muttered, "darn it! Guess we're...or I am back to the beginning. Deep sigh! Why can't I remember my own family?"
Justin paused.
He took a few seconds to collect himself.
Then... He got a idea.
He smiled a little.
With slight attitude alteration?
Justin reasoned, "or…are we?"
He cautiously pressed the N button.
And... To Justin's relief?
The screen for the arcade console came online.
A computerized voice sounded, "password required."
Then... Justin heard something.
He looked worried.
He turned straight for the direction of the sound.
And... He looked wide eyed in fear.
He saw a big asteroid coming...coming right at his body a distance away.
It was like a boulder tumbling down a hilltop.
But... It had a comet tail that begun to unnaturally consume the mass.
Justin groaned in frustration into his hands.
Justin said, "come on! The answer must be in plain sight due to lack of information of oneself."
And... With only one guess that seemed closest to fact?
Justin used the joysticks to display his name on the screen.
The screen repeated, "password required."
To Justin's frustration?
The asteroid was halfway there.
Justin figured, "wait: It must have an enter button, or the attempt would be erased. Now...which button is it?"
He turned his attention back to the buttons nervously.
He thought out loud, "it can't be the button that turns it on. Yet, there must be a theme with these buttons for it to be truly logical."
Justin already ruled out his own name. No other button label from the arcade console matches.
It was also mixed of consonants and vowels. No pattern there.
Justin assumed, "letters are parts of words. They must be part of a word or multiple."
He hurriedly tried matching all the letters O, A, R, N, and Y together several times to make a word.
But... No single word came close but yarn.
The asteroid's heat was beginning to be felt by Justin.
This added to his inner heated turmoil of panic.
And... In equal counteraction?
Justin lightly realized, "of course! The only yarn here is strings of space, and the only knot here is the Big Bang itself. This almost total absence of matter merely highlights my missing facts…represented by the simplistic questions of life! Therefore, who, what, where, when, and why...are symbolized."
His spirit was feeling inflamed by nearly completely turning into steam.
And... With a outstretched arm out of the steam cloud?
Justin quickly pressed the O button.
To Justin's relief?
The arcade console literally shifted him out of range of the asteroid in time.
Furthermore... The arcade console was transforming in shape into an escape pod.
Justin looked wide eyed in amazement.
A buckled seat branched out from the morphing machine is what carried him to safety.
Justin looked wide eyed in amazement at the escape pod around him.
The computer screen had converted into a windshield without wipers.
The internal parts had combined into a small rocket engine within this pod.
Justin chuckled in relief.
The asteroid unnaturally exploded...away from him.
The pod was propelled forward by the external acceleration.
Justin reactively held on to the armrests of his escape pod.
Somewhat tensely... Justin muttered, "now what?"
He caught sight of a moving asteroid field...made up of space fireballs.
In a second?
He caught sight of a video game joystick.
He reached for it just in time to steer the pod past the moving asteroid field.
Justin barely made it through.
Fulfillment was in his eyes.
He concluded, "I'm on my way home."
He smiled.
Just then... A wormhole had formed around Justin.
It was accelerating the craft into a blur of light.
Justin reactively covered his eyes from the bright flash of light.
He groaned.
Suddenly... He heard a different voice.
Compared to the computer voice? It was more humane.
The voice uneasily chuckled some.
The voice suggested, "well...not fully."
Justin asked cautiously, "who are you?"
His smile faded.
The voice remarked, "someone who's telling you you can open your eyes now."
Justin rubbed his eyes and opened them again.
The pod and the light? All gone.
In fact... There was only a plane of endless darkness before him.
Justin inquired, "I don't see you. Where are you?"
The voice insisted, "if I choose to reveal my identity within this disturbing time at a better time? You'll find out Justin."
Justin commented nervously, "then...it's not just me trapped in my own body. Is it?"
A figure forming its own white outline was facing him.
The figure chuckled.
In impressive expression?
The figure pointed out, "not exactly the way I'd phrase it. But, everyone does seem to be stuck inside their dreams."
Justin deduced nervously, "then you're not…confined to your brain?"
The figure answered, "we're now in it Justin...lying inactive until my soul activates it again."
The figure sounded amused.
Justin was looking nervously toward the figure.
And... In his growing nervousness?
Justin wondered, "how...is that possible?"
