A hole to another world
Falling, they were falling and it felt like it took an eternity even though it was seconds. Max felt fear grip her insides, her right hand raising ready to make the rewind to stop this crazy ride to the ground before it was too late. Then there was nothing almost as if they had fallen into water. Everything was impossibly bright and she could feel herself now slowly moving downward spiraling toward the unknown. The whole world was just shimmering almost as if all light and sound had conspired against her to a point of total sensory overload. She could still feel Chloe's hand in hers the grip tightening and reassured her then as suddenly as it began she felt stones beneath her feet.
The light cleared away and Max closed her eyes letting them adjust before opening them. They were in a large circular room that honestly to her looked like something straight out of some mythic tale. Cut entirely of white stone, the rooms floor was covered in strange runes. A high vaulted ceiling held up by massive stone pillars with the faces of many animals carved in them. The most peculiar thing though was the books.. unending shelves of books all around the room.
Chloe was just standing next to her staring for a long time and then she delivered a perfect Chloe Price reaction.. " Holy shit.. " She said looking over at Max. The other guy was just kind of standing there as if he had been waiting on something. Chloe looked at him for a minute and then stormed over to him grabbing him and spinning him around. " Where the hell are we dude? ! " She seemed furious at the moment but she took a step back at the sad way this guy just stared at her. " We went through a hole to another world. " He said smirking before gesturing to the a door at the far end of the hall.
A moment later the door would swing open Samuel stepping through it. Only now he wasn't dressed as a janitor, he wore a completely white suite and seemed almost regal in the way he walked. He cast a side long glance at the stranger who actually suddenly seemed angry. " No need to look at me like that Jase" The guy was staring daggers through him.
Samuel would press his fingers together looking at Max and Chloe. " I imagine you two want some answers and Samuel has answers." It was an oddly well spoken interpretation of the way Max was used to him talking and she couldn't help but wonder if he was messing with her. " You were wrong Max saving Chloe didn't cause the storm...that was far from the cause" He sighed waving his hand as several all too familiar chairs appeared around them. " Chloe flopped down in one and Max sat down slowly. The stranger ... Jase Samuel had called him still just stood there like he couldn't decide if he should attack Samuel or not.
" This is the place were all worlds in time converge. The empty space between one world and the next. Time does not flow in this place and all things here are ageless. That I suppose is not important for now I should explain things yes?" He said smiling at her and for a moment Max could see the old Samuel in this man. " The universe has a balance Max the worlds .. keep each other in check an unending series of possibilities, for everything that happens there exists a world where the opposite took place. This counter balance is necessary for things to remain stable. " Long ago there was an ancient tribe secretly tasked with maintaining this balance.. They were wiped out in a war with a family who used the power of darkness to subvert the worlds.. In response to this the worlds reached out and created a guardian.. Through each generation a new guardian is born to protect the balance and thus it is preserved. This time though something went wrong.. the same people who broke the balance before Managed to kill the guardian" The line of ascension is preordained and as it attempted to pass to the next girl she too met a horrible fate. This left time without a direct line with which to choose a guardian" Everything is linked Max and searching for something even with the faintest line of connection to the heir time chose you as a guardian .. and miss Chloe Price as your protector. "
Max soaked this in completely unable to organize her thoughts but one thing broke out in her mind. " Rachel Amber.. she was supposed to be this new guardian not me? " Samuel nodded solemnly at her words. " Yes it is sad she had to be harmed in such a way but .. time needs you Max. " Max was just about to speak when the until now silent stranger in the corner roared out of it and into the center of the room.
" Fuck you squirrel dick why don't you tell them the truth.. why don't you fucking tell them they could die.. tell them what fucking happened to her!" He screamed at him his fist clenching at his side. Samuel smiled sadly. " The previous guardian.. was trapped by those with dark intent and though she and her guardian fought bravely against them.. in the end she was killed only her guardian survived.. " The other man just shook his head. " She was fucking torn apart man ... and now you're gonna fuck with my head by telling me this alternate her is the guardian of the new time priestess?"
Max just stared at Chloe so another version of Chloe had been this guardian .. and if that was true that meant.. " You were her guardian? " Max asked backing away that look of sadness that was in his eyes, the way he had dashed to protect her suddenly coming into focus. " He just shook his head at her " No shit .. ." He said as he looked away. " You deserve to know what you're getting into what it could cost you .. don't go into this ignorant like we did.. "
Samuel reached out touching Max's shoulder. " This imbalance left time vulnerable and exploiting this these creatures of darkness caused the storm,it was meant to wipe out Arcadia bay with no survivors. When you played with time you stopped that and caused a time space anomaly simultaneously thwarting their planes. You see Arcadia Bay is the ancestral land of the original tribe that guarded time itself. The destruction of it in any time plane would have caused a backlash that would have weakened things so much they might have been able to rewrite time itself."
Samuel leaned deep into his chair thoughtful for a moment. " Now in order to right things the two worlds which converged are becoming one the world you left behind and that of the original time guardian. " Jase actually spat. " What he's saying is your world is fucking eating my home and they are becoming one bizarre twisted version of Arcadia bay where your little fuck up didn't happen. "
" Fuck up.." Yep it finally happened Chloe jumped up out of the chair walked across the room and slapped the living hell out of him. " Max winced as she heard her hand strike his face. He just stared at her for a long moment and turned around without saying a word to her. " I am leaving .. I have to go home and see how fucked up shit has gotten... and fix this goddamn graze on my arm. " He said before seeming to step between the air itself and he was gone. "
Samuel frowned " Don't think badly of him .. he is a good kid who has lost something so dear to him he doesn't know how to live without it.. Looking at you can't be easy for him Chloe." Chloe crossed her arms her face said it all she was pissed at this guy for trash talking Max. " Max finally found her voice and turned the conversation.. " So how can I help.. what do I need to do?" Samuel smiled now. " You are a true hero Max .. you don't even hesitate. You need to step back into the world and protect Arcadia Bay from the Prescott family. They can't be allowed to win this time. " Prescott.. Max suddenly got angry she should have known they had something to do with this. Poor Nathan was probably just a pawn in their sick twisted game. The sincerity, the pain in his final message burned at her heart he should have been helped he shouldn't have died alone like that he was guilty but he had just been a kid being looking for someone who understood him the path he took didn't have to happen.
" Then I will do it ... you got my back Chloe? " She asked the blue haired girl just smiling softly. " You know it Super Max the dynamic duo is back in action again." She said walking over and pulling Max up out of the chair. " So when do we start this gig she asked. The sage Samuel just smiling. " Oh Chloe you already have. " And that was when they realized they were falling again.
( Here's chapter four guys I hope you guys that have been reading it are happy with some of the answers and I would just like to thank everyone for their Please if you like it do me a review or ask questions it helps me develop things and organize my thoughts who knows one of your ideas might even make it into the story.)