Heading towards the direction Anderson was facing in the log there was stairs and an opening in the wall. Running to the wall with the opening I jumped onto the wall to do a wall run to the opening. Jumping the parallel wall but the other side of it there were two Specialists and four drones. Landing behind them one turned to me as Sasha got the other and Rosy the drones and tick that were deployed. My specialist got a hit on the top of my helmet causing a ricochet that hit a drone's gun causing it to jam. I shifting to the present I find two stalkers were… stalking but with a blast of the mastiff they were no match. Moving were the spec should be I shifted back to the past I was mere inches from its back. I shoved my knife in the back of the head killing it. I look to the others to find that they were fine but Sasha found a new chew toy head. Rounding the corner at the end of the hall there were turrets.
"How do we get past them?" Rosy asked.
"You two don't, Rosy stay here and watch Sasha." I said and went to the present then ran out in the line of fire of the turrets if the path wasn't blocked and if still worked. Wall running to the fiery collapsed area but just before hitting concrete I shifted to the past and jumped sailing over the turrets before they could get a beat on me. Behind where the turrets are stationed is some spare satchel charges that I planted on each end of the lookout and blew them up. Sasha and Rosy followed after the explosion. Shifting to the present there was a stalker that came out of the floorboard but didn't get far as I shot it to hell. I joined back up with Rosy and Sasha in the past after finished up another spec.
We all go to the present to get past the laser gate then back to the past. "Spin up the outer rings. Test sequence will commence once Ark is in place." Farter said.
"He must love to hear himself talk." Rosy said.
"He does." I said as we moved through a computer lab then out the laser grid door on the other end. "This part we better ride Sasha." I said as we would have to jump from platform to platform while jumping in and out of time. Since we cannot see where each other when we hop through time that means it's dangerous to go one at a time since we could end up in the same spot then the other could combine with the other and kill us both.
Riding on Sasha and getting to the lab next to the windows that have a view of the fold weapon was easier than when I had to jump there. On the last platform, "I got the bottom you two got the top." I said and jumped to the bottom floor as Sasha took Rosy to the roof. Taking everyone out was a cinch except the shield dude. Shifting to the present I killed off some prowlers with a satchel charge. Shifting into past I killed the shield user and rushed to help Rosy, all I had to do was shoot specialist that was behind Rosy. "We need to head into the present and Sasha I'm afraid you'll have to find another way." I said walking to the powerline that doubles as a zip line.
"I guess I could call in my friend 2-4-1-xx." Sasha said. A loud howl rang and a Dragon/Flyer appeared by crashing through blast proof glass and took her away.
"Remind me to ask who and what they did to 2-4-1-xx to be able to do that." I said and started wall running till I reached the other end. Going down the zipline and to the wall in the past. "You may want to make sure you land on the ground in this timeline because in the other one the ground is on fire." I said and ran shifting in out of different timelines. "Come on!" I said to Rosy for her turn.
She came and tried to run across the glass, possibly to show off. I hit a button on a console that was glowing green and a bridge formed. Rosy saw the bridge and hopped onto it. Walking towards exit there were four drones that fell into the smoky abyss because of me and Rosy. The next room floor was unusable because of the electric current going through it. Performing a wall run we made to the other side by shifting timelines again. That's when we come to an area with a blown fan vent. "Okay on this one keep the T.S ready you will need to change timelines fast." I said and let her go first after waiting for a minute I went.
As I come out of the shaft I land on top of Rosy. "You didn't move why?" I asked.
"Now we're even." Was her reply.
She did have point, she did land on me earlier. "They were targeting this planet's moon as a test. This damn thing was just a test! One of our planet's is next, they're going to hit Harmony and they're moving up the timeline I have to get this intel to Sarah!" Anderson's log hologram of him said.
"Hold it right there pilot! I've loc-" The man who jumped Anderson said only for Anderson to try and turn the tides and during the struggle the T.S got damaged and malfunctioned. The one who tried to captured Anderson fell off the edge after Anderson got some distance from the grunt by kicking him. That malfunctioned caused Anderson to go through the ceiling/floor. If that's the case the piece that normally make sure when you time shift is where you stand is where end up got knocked loose.
"Wait a minute you! It just occurred to me!" I was attacked by Rosy but her feet were knocked out from underneath her. "You knew of this already! Why are we wasting time doing this and not reporting it!?" Rosy said as she got back up.
"Ripples." I said and Rosy stopped with a tilted head. "Ripples is a term used define changes in time that shouldn't be. Let's use you as an example. In the original timeline there was no you, Anderson never took on a trainee. Another would be Scout didn't have a gun for a hand. The reason is simple if I were to deviate too far from the original timeline, not counting the ripples, could potentially snap our timeline in half. I won't bore you with all the mumbo jumbo but if it snaps it could possibly cause it to rebuild and that could change some very important facts. Like no titans, no pilots, IMC could win battles we won, and one of the worst is the Militia never existing." I said and explained my actions.
"How?" She said.
"I don't know how it all happened." I said thinking she was talking about me going back in time.
"No, how do you withstand the pressure of having, possibly, the entire universe on your shoulders?" Rosy said more than asked.
"Pilot Jack Cooper's stress level is average out of combat, Cooper's stress level is slightly above average when in combat. This has been a noted change after a concussion and partial memory loss on Fracture." Empress said.
"Wait really?" I had to ask.
"And you don't know this yourself?" Rosy asked and I had to shrug, I only remember being in bed for injuries and was only given a short explanation on what happened. Injured in battle: concussion and possible memory loss along with shrapnel removal was all I was told.
Moving onto the next room we had little trouble until we reached the door that would lead to where Anderson should have been if we were in the present. "Okay get ready this is going be a cluster fuck, here there are men everywhere during this time zone, in the present there are going to be prowlers coming out of the vents. Make sure your clip is full." I said to Rosy and she nodded changed her magazine for a fresh one. I pointed to the door controls, "Okay there is a guy on the other side of this door open it as I get a running start." I said and back a way.
I started running and Rosy opened the door and there was a guy as I said there would be. Throwing a satchel charge on his back then jumped and kicked him far enough to tumble down the stairs. Blowing the charge blew up some others that tried using the stairs and launched a CAR at me that I used on a Stalker and drop it once the mag was empty. After that I grabbed a wingman and dropped my flatline. Shifting to the other timeline I found all the prowlers waiting but with Sasha commanding them as they tore the stalkers apart on the lower floor. I gave cover fire on the catwalks and soon Rosy joined me.
Finishing them off was easy now to switch back to the past. By killing them all in the past it made it easier so we don't get jumped when we hit the bridge controls. Heading outside, while shifting to the present, I hopped into Betty shifted to the past. Killing the titans before they came out was easy with Betty and Ivy and of course jumping out to place some charges and stealing some batteries on a live one helped too. Moving towards the Ion cannon the same thing happened as before, I looked at myself to find I'm wearing silver head to toe with a shoulder mounted laser. Fold jumping to Betty I was able to send our new member, Volt, to the present with Betty and Ivy. Jumping out of one of my BT's, Betty, I made my way to the controls. After making it to the control area and past the grid and transferred to the past, I found myself being bashed over the head with a fire extinguisher. Before the person could swing again I gave the person a right hook. It was a female of moderate size in multiple ways, black hair, and was looking for something. I flip her over to stab her until I saw the I.D tag on her, Doctor Colby Marvin. One of the original scientist working on the weapon was before me. Rosy who had been changing her loadout came and pointed her gun at the woman.
Dr. Marvin found what she was looking for and it was a pair of glasses. I hit her temple with the butt of the gun knocking her out. "Rosy take her to the titans she may have intel we need. Tie her up and put her in Volt. I will meet you at the bridge." I said and I watch them vanish, turning around I pried the keypad open with my knife. I hacked the console and it extended the bridge. Making my way to the Ark in the form of a walk, Rosy appeared to my right as I reached the bridge. Hopping into Empress and Rosy into Ivy, as we walked the bridge while IMC troops dropped in a last ditch effort to stop us.
I made it to the point where last time BT was frozen in time but this time everyone was frozen. Rosy was frozen, just standing there as she jumped over some troops to get to the Ark faster. But that can't be right can it? She has the T.S so she should be able to move but last time this happened the T.S got fried. So this time and the time before were from an external force, but what? I moved to the Ark and scanned it and I kept hearing this voice saying "Yes, yes, yes! Soon, soon!" Soon what?
With that all time anomalies fanished and everyone was at the foot of the bridge along with I'm guessing is 2-4-1-xx and she's already human like with four exposed tits. I had an idea and with a little scrunching and some blue prints from the titans were able to make a limited range aerial surveillance for 2-4-1-xx, I have not come up with a name yet.
TTF
Rock climbing up the mountain was great considering me, Sasha, Rosy could take a rest on the titans. We made it to a cliff side and we all started walking on our own to feet. As the beacon into view Ivy said, "The beacon is running on minimum power, it may need repairs." Now I better come up with an explanation that Sarah Briggs would accept why there's multiple BT-7274s.