Everything was black then slowly the darkness started to fade. He blinked a few times and noticed something important. My eyes are closed no wonder the light is acting strange. When he fully opened his eyes he found himself standing in a wall-less purple space. Small orbs of a pale yellow light would appear, float upwards then shrivel out. Though the orbs weren't necessary since the space was well lit alone. Where am I? Am I dead?

"Welcome Basil Burnish. Moon Guardian." A female voice said. Basil looked all around but couldn't find the source, it seemed to becoming from everywhere all at once. He heard this voice before but where?

"How do you know my name? And what do you mean by Moon Guardian? Where are you anyway?" He asked the mysterious voice.

"We've always known who you were. It was only time till you did." Another voice laughed. Now he knew where he heard these voices. They were the same voices from his planetary nightmare. There were so many questions he wanted to ask, where was he? Was his family safe? Can he finally know what's going on? But he settled on,

"Am I dead?" His voice was lifeless and still.

"You are not dead." The laughing voice giggled. "You far from it!" On one hand Basil was relieved that he wasn't dead but then where was he?

"What do I need to do to get back to everyone?" Basil asked. The calm voice returned to answer him,

"Now you are asking the right questions but you haven't met anyone yet."

"Are you saying there are people I need to meet first?" He got the hint. The laughing voice giggled.

"Oh I have always enjoyed the intellectual capability of the Moon Guardian." Wait I'm not the first? There were people before me?

"Take your Elemental Ring: Ring of the Moon." The calm voice said as light gathered into a single orb. The more of the light that gathered the heavier it behaved. It slowly sunk down to him. He cupped his hands to hold the orb. It gave out one last burst of energy than began to fade. What was left in his hands was a single ring. It hard a dark grey band with a silver trimming. On the front had a medieval coat of arms shield and an engrave picture of the moon in the center in the silver color. A lone cloud covered the bottom left edge, stopping the complete circle. A decorative design of twisting lines brought life to the dark grey band.

"Ring of the Moon?" He said in a low voice tilted his hand so the ring was now in just one hand. The metal was smooth and cool to the touch.

"Yes." The giggling voice said. "The Moon Ring will become your most powerful weapon." How can a ring be a weapon? Other than in a fist fight. But this doesn't look it would do much damage, it's too smooth and flat for that. Despite his question he slipped the ring on to his middle finger.

"First you must find your partner. You will find him in the place of your last memory." The calm voice told him. The light started glow brighter and brighter, but before it blinded him completely he could hear them say in unison,

"You're ring is the key." He didn't have time to ask or think what that meant. The light took him over then just stopped. Basil cracked his eye opened to test the lighting. Seeing it was an optimum level he opened them completely stunted at what he was seeing. The sky was a light green color and giant mushrooms stood tall like tress dominating the land.

"Wh-where am I?" He shouted at the environment and himself.

Johan had never felt so useless before. Here Matt and JB were helping them fix time, and he couldn't think of anything to say that wouldn't make them upset or have him come off as a jerk. A few tears made their way down JB's face. Either he didn't noticed or if he brushed them off new tears would take their place. Johan was thankful that Katherine spoke first.

"Maybe we should try and figure out where the boss went." She spoke choosing her words carefully. JB took a deep breath then nodded. He put a hand on Matt's shoulder and pressed something on the Elucidator and a fast moving video appeared. The two didn't seem to be paying attention much. Their faces were heavy like they were like about something else as their eyes watched the screen.

"I can't do this!" JB said abruptly. He turned around and walked to the farthest wall just to slide down and drop his head between his knees. Johan went over without really thinking about what he was doing. JB must have heard him or seen him because when he sat down he spoke quietly.

"Johan, do you have a wish right now?" Johan squinted his eyes at the shell of JB. What kind of question was that? Normal people when they're depress they tell people to go away not ask if they had a wish. Johan shrugged,

"I wanna fix time and go home." He instantly regretted saying that.

"Johan all I really wanted to do since all this began was go home, kiss and tell my wife I love her, tuck my kids into bed, raise them to the best of my ability." JB got choked up and rested his head against the wall angling his head towards the ceiling. Tears came out and made their way to the ground. Johan knew he was thinking about Basil. He wanted to apologize but nothing in his head sounded like enough.

"I'm really sorry for what happened." He whispered. JB didn't respond, a new tear streaked down.