Chapter II: The Arguments
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Jr. was the first to awaken. Most of the lights in the bridge were off, and he could see many tubes and wires dropping from the broken ceiling of the room. Sparks flew from Shion's terminal, and the jolt awoke her. The smoke made her cough loudly enough to awaken everyone else.
"Where the hell are we, Matthews." Jr. grumpily inquired.
"How the hell should I know? No one's ever gone through a black hole and lived to tell about it." said Matthews.
"That's because it's scientifically impossible to survive a gravitic warp of that magnitude. We should have been stretched out infinitely and compressed to plank scale on contact with it. But we weren't… What in the world has the ability to alter the laws of physics like this? As far as we know, only Wilhelm, the Testaments, and chaos had the ability to do that, but they're all gone." Shion said.
"How can you be so sure chaos is gone? None of us know what really happened." Jr. responded in an angry tone.
"You're right. As far as we know, all six of them could be wandering about. But at this present moment it isn't my main concern if any of them were still living. I am trying to find a logical explanation to what just happened back there."
"Who knows, maybe KOS-MOS saved us from our brush with death. Oh yeah that's right…."
"I have accepted the fact that KOS-MOS is gone. You on the other hand can't let go of the past. It's always been your weakness. Do you really think chaos is going to reappear out of thin air to satisfy your desire for him? At this point, if he were still alive, I doubt you would be his main concern."
"What are you trying to get at, huh? You must think you are on a pedestal amongst us all. The funniest part is in reality you and I shouldn't even be having this conversation, scratch that, you or anyone. You don't deserve to be on this damn ship after what you did to us. You know the part where you almost killed us. So, personally, if I were in your position I'd keep my mouth shut."
Before Shion could make Jr. feel guilty about his last comment Captain Matthews interrupted their conversation with startling news.
"Yo Ms. Vector, stop your whining and take a look at the screen!"
Shion hurried towards the screen only to be taken back with an image that would leave her in struck with disbelief.