If any of you have read the first chapter of this story and then find it missing, it's because I didn't like it and redid it. Sorry guys, I just felt I could have made it better. Anyways, enjoy the revised version.
Present Day
Ethan walked through his bedroom door as his best friend Rory followed behind him before closing the door. Ethan threw his backpack onto the bed before he turned around and crossed his arms before looking into Rory's blue eyes.
"Come on Ethan! It won't be a disaster like last time, I promise!" Rory exclaimed as Ethan just rubbed the tip of his forehead before throwing his hands up into the air.
"Regardless of what I say, your going to do it with or without me anyway. Might as well be there to fix whatever mess you end up creating." Ethan said before Rory squealed for joy before throwing his arms around Ethan.
"Thank you! You won't regret it, I swear!" Rory said before letting go and digging into his backpack before pulling out a thick leather book with inscriptions on it.
"I'll start recording, just make sure you get the protective spell in place. Last time you let a whole squadron of ghouls loose in the town and then Sarah and I had to clean that mess up." Ethan said before taking a seat at his desk and opening up his laptop. Ethan opened up his webcam as he turned his head to see Rory raising his hand over the door and windows as a small blue light flashed over them.
"It's ready, are you?" Rory asked as Ethan turned around and began to type something into his laptop.
"Hello everyone, this is experiment one hundred fifty-seven. It is currently October Fifth, and it is three in the afternoon. We will begin the process now, cross your fingers and let's hope no one dies today." Ethan said before standing up and joining Rory at his side. He watched as Rory raised his hand into the air as he held the spellbook with the other hand.
"Rudecto Et Morphious Spectra!" Rory said as a beam of white and black light flashed from his hands before striking the very air in front of them. Ethan looked down at his floor as he felt the floorboards begin to shake slightly as the beam of light developed into a small sphere of light.
"What's happening!" Ethan said loudly as they began to hear a immense roar fill the room up as the windows began to rattle.
"I don't know! The spell is said to cause a ripple in the fabric of space and time!" Rory said back as Ethan shot him a glare before smacking him upside the head with force.
"You idiot! You told me it was stop time!" Ethan hollered out as Rory slightly laughed before a immense shock wave blew forth from the sphere, knocking them both back as wind began to pick up around the room and blow Ethan's papers everywhere.
"We need to close the portal!" Ethan said as he watched sphere begin to grow in size until it was the size of his walls.
"I don't know how!" Rory screamed over the immense roaring, holding onto Ethan's bed for leverage as the wind picked up even further. Ethan could feel himself sliding against the floor as he grabbed onto Rory's hand and held onto it tightly.
"Rory! I'm being sucked in!" Ethan said, fear evident in his voice as he watched Rory struggle to hold onto the bed and him at the same time. Ethan felt as his body lifted off the ground as the force of the pull grew stronger, the windows in his rooms blasting out as glass got sucked into the portal. He looked up into Rory's eyes as he saw his fingers begin to slip.
"Just hold on Ethan! I've got you!" Rory screamed, looking Ethan in the eyes as he gripped the wood of the bed for dear life. Ethan could feel his fingers begin to slip even further before he noticed Rory's grip on his bed begin to falter.
"Rory...it's either me or both of us!" Ethan hollered out as the walls of his room began to crack and collapse before bits of the ceiling began to fly into the portal.
"No! I won't let go Ethan! I've got you!" Rory screamed, a few small tears running down his face as he began to regret ever performing the spell as Ethan looked up into his best friends face before shaking his head sadly.
"I'm sorry Rory...I'm sorry!" Ethan said before letting go of Rory's hand as he felt himself sucked back into the portal as Rory screamed after him.
"ETHAN! NO!" Rory screamed as he watched Ethan disappear into the massive portal before it shrunk it size and disappeared all together. Rory felt the wind die instantly as the roaring stopped with it as he stood up suddenly and rushed to where it had been. He watched as the side of Ethan's room collapsed to the front yard below, exposing the rest of the neighborhood. Rory looked out and could see storm clouds moving in as lighting flashed through the sky as car alarms blared through the street. Rory felt himself collapse to his knee's as he began to sob before the door to Ethan's room fell away, Ethan's mother rushing in as she moved her hands through her hair and looked around.
"Where's Ethan! Where is he!" she screamed as she looked down at a sobbing Rory who just looked at her in dismay before shaking his head in sorrow.
"He's gone...it's my fault!" Rory said before Ethan's mom grabbed onto her chest before rushing back out of the room as she called out to her husband.
Time and Space
Ethan felt himself being pulled through a massive tunnel as colorful lights seemed to dance around it. He could hear voices, millions of them in every language and dialect as he closed his eyes and began to scream as he covered his ears. He felt like he was falling yet there was no bottom as he curled himself up into a ball. He felt a immense dizziness overcome his mind before he saw a end to the tunnel in sight. Ethan reached out towards it as it approached faster and faster. He could feel the dark abyss overtaking him as colors and voices faded into nothing.
Commander Shepherd's POV
Commander Shepherd stood there on the bridge of the Normandy as he moved his fingers across a holographic screen before he felt a shock wave hit the ship.
"Commander, I am detecting massive surges of cosmic and electrical energy on the bridge of the ship." came the ships Fully Self Aware Intelligence over the intercom. Shepherd watched as a immense glow of light began to shimmer from thin air as troops and people backed away from it quickly.
"What in Goddess name?" came Liara's voice as Shepherd looked over and saw the Asari female backing away with fear in her eyes as she looked towards him. Suddenly another massive shock wave blasted through the bridge as the lights began to flicker. Shepherd felt as he was pushed back from the gust of wind before he heard a loud crashing sound and suddenly the portal was gone.
"Oh my God!" came a soldier's voice as Shepherd rushed over only to see a young man slumped against the ground, the side of his head bleeding.
"Get Dr. Chakwas up here ASAP!" Shepherd said as he stood there, debating if he should take another step forward towards the strange man or if he should stay put.
"Initiating emergency protocols Commander." came EDI's voice as Shepherd looked around to see the red lights on the walls begin to flash.
Ethan's POV
Days Later
Ethan felt his eyes open slowly before he noticed he was floating in some kind of liquid with many wires hooked up to him. He could feel a massive ache in the side of his head as his fingers twitched before he tried to move his feet, successfully twitching his toes. Ethan moved his head slightly as he noticed he was inside a capsule of some sort before trying to move his arm towards the glass encasing him. Ethan could feel some kind of breathing device in his mouth as he took in a slow and steady breath before he noticed a shadow approach one of the walls of the capsule. Ethan tried his best to peer through the liquid and glass, only to see two green eyes staring at him from behind the wall before he saw a hand on the other side of the glass, meeting up with where his own hand was. Ethan blinked a few times as he took comfort in seeing the green eyes before they disappeared once more along with the hand. He could feel a sense of melancholy as he immediately began to miss the green eyes, before he felt his heart rate begin to increase. He could only hear the silence and the sound of his own breathing in his ears as he felt the pain in his head begin to grow more and more. Ethan began to breathe heavier as the pain became numbingly worse before he felt something stick into his side, yet it felt like it was a whole other world away at that point. That's when Ethan felt the pain begin to decrease quickly before he felt the world begin to slip away once more as he closed his eyes and slipped back into a coma.
I really feel like I did better with this chapter. Please let me know in your reviews on what you think!
