by T5 and The Eurostar
Trutopia City, Antarctica:
"We have detected a meta presence of the fifth class level. It must be him."
"Okay, proceed with capture and send him back. He doesn't belong here. I'll send you there with a D-Ball."
"As you wish. But...?"
"Yes?"
"Why can't you do it yourself?"
"I must not come in contact with that version of myself yet. It would be... dangerous."
"For the timeline?"
"Eh... yes. Mmm... send Cat, the Khan twins, and Crystal. They should be enough for him and the troops."
"I'm on it."
The U.S.S. Atreides:
"Captain, we a have a confirmed launch from the Ross ice shelf of Antarctica, sir!"
"Okay. Alert Command and await orders. This time we will capture those metas."
"Uhhh, sir? The last time we fought one of those spheres, we almost lost our ship. Is this the right...?"
"Yes! Ever since that bastard took that continent and claimed it as his own, he's been totally unreachable. This time we take a few of his men to drain some information out of them."
"Whatever you say, sir."
Edulcore Cicciotto:
Falling. I'm still falling. In the darkness. Total darkness.
Is this death?
Falling forever in the darkness, still sentient, unable to stop, unable to stand back.
Falling forever.
In
the
darkness.
A light?
The light at the end of the black tunnel that I was expecting after my death? It's a glowing point, enlarging second after second.
"Wrong!" says a voice.
"What's wrong?" I ask.
"You said seconds. In this realm, the term seconds has no meaning."
"So this is the afterlife. Who are you? Saint Peter?"
"Ha ha! No, I am not. You are not dead, and this is not the afterlife."
"No? Where are we?"
Suddenly, the glow takes the form of a man, which, with the ample gesture of a magician, puts the darkness behind him, like a cape.
In place of the infinite black appears a shining metropolis, with medieval towers next to modern skyscrapers and futuristic buildings made of energy walls. Every kind of vehicle runs on the streets or flies in the sky, and people dressed in every fashion and style walk around.
"Welcome to ChroniCity, Eurostar."