Between worlds

To come to the Omniverse was unlike everything. There was an almost infinite number of each person, but when a person entered the Omniverse it was only about half the number of this person that came there. The rest would remain in there respective worlds due to different choices that had been made in some worlds.

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They didn't appear every single one of them, but was squeezed into one body. The sensation was a unique one. To only have lived one life time, but have the memories from a million or more. That was what Tessa and Shaw experienced when they arrived in the Omniverse. Shaw doubled over clasping his head trying to grasp what had happened. Tessa simply frowned and started analyzing all the memories as the shaking slowed down and finally stopped.

"What the hell did you do?" gasped Shaw once he had gathered himself enough to speak.

"Nothing. My conclusion is that there must have been life sign detectors in the chamber that activated the transporter once all was between the platforms."

"So we're here and so is the world. No harm done."

"I would not be so sure. We know nothing about the longtime effect or how any other dimension has been affected. We can not even know that the Omniverse is supposed to be this way."

They were in a wasteland very similar to a desert of gray sand. The black sky held many, many stars which faint glimmer was the only light source. Well, almost the only source. There was a other one and it looked similar to a very large star, just above the horizon.

"If we're to find something here, I bet that it's over there." Shaw said pointing at the light.

~o~

Roma was worried. It had been ages since something like this had happened. Despite all her warnings, someone had activated the transporter. She wondered if it had been wrong to have the tablets made and if it had been better to just let if be forgotten. But then someone eventually would have found it and used it unintentionally.

Merlyn, her father, found it amusing that some new people had stumbled into the Omniverse, even though both of them struggled to hold the worlds together and prevent them from shattering.

They were so different and yet so alike, father and daughter, together running the universes. Now they would have to wait and see how events unfolded themselves. Roma hated when she couldn't manipulate the outcome. And not knowing who had come through bugged her.

~o~

Many hours had passed since the started walking and it didn't seam as if they made any progress at all. But slowly and then rapidly a city like complex grew bigger. It was bright and shining with a white light and it's lowest point hovered a few meters above the ground.

Below it stood a old man with long silver hair, dressed in white and gold.

"Welcome to the Omniverse. I am Merlyn and this-" He waved his hands at the large city above him. "-is the Crystal Palace."

"You mean that you are Merlin from King Arthur and the knights of the round table?" Shaw asked skeptically.

The old man nodded. "You are welcome to stay as long as you wish, but I am sure that we can find a way to send you back if that is what you want."

"Thank you." Tessa said.

"I think that we will stay for a while." Shaw stated and got a glare from Tessa.

"Well then, I'll show you to a couple of guest rooms. You must be tired after that walk. Or would you prefer a shared room?"

"Separate rooms." Both of them coursed."

"This way then."

~o~

"This will be your room Mr. Shaw." He opened the door reviling a magnificent chamber.

"Sweet. Wait a moment, how the heck did you know my name?"

"I know very much. If you need anything just go to the dining hall and there will be someone there to help you."

Shaw stepped in and closed the door behind him.

"So I guess that you have some telepathy and plucked the name from his mind." Tessa said to Merlyn as soon as Shaw was gone.

"Correct."

"What is my name?"

"Tessa Niles."

"You took that from Shaw's mind as well."

"Correct once again. Not even I can break through the protections on your mind. They are very impressive. Now your room is behind that door." He pointed to the door on the other side of the corridor from Shawn's.

"Thank you, but I am not tired. I would prefer if you would show me around and tell me about the Omniverse as well as the Crystal Palace."

"Of course, of course." Merlyn started walking with Tessa at his side.

"The Omniverse is the place between all worlds. From here all of them can bee watched over and manipulated. It is also much easier to travel to one dimension to a other and then get back here again. Usually the problem is to get here in the first place. For some, like me and my daughter it's not a problem, but the others have either been brought here, fallen through cracks in time or as you did, created your own crack. Those are rare, but it happens. The major problem about that way is that smaller cracks spread to other places, disturbing the balance in those worlds. Roma and I can prevent worlds from shattering, but it takes a loot of our power. There for most of those who has chosen to stay here is in the most damaged worlds, trying to fix the cracks. It is very important, for the state every dimension is in affects the Omniverse. If too many worlds are damaged, so will this place bee. The Crystal Palace, the very place we is in right now, is the built in the center of everything and will most likely bee the last place to fall, after everything around it is gone. If it would fall, we don't even know if it is possible that anything like that could happen. An other scenario is that the Crystal Palace would be a last oasis in a whole lot of nothingness. But as I said, that's just speculations."

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Authors Note: Here we go again. Hope you liked this chapter and that you will read the continuation next week.