Operation: NECSUS, Chapter 7

Siiiigh, sorry I took so long again, but we’re sort of moving, and the process takes a while. :/ Anyway, here is the next chapter, introducing Amazonia’s ruler, but it’s mostly a MaKayla chapter. In fact, today is actually Divachick86 (MaKayla)’s birthday, you know. So wish her a happy birthday!

Chapter 7: Back in Time

Somewhere in space

After leaving the space-pirate fleet without detection, Nebula and Vweeb were back in their Shooting Star and flying for Amazonia. “So what’s Amazonia like, again?” Vweeb asked.

“I figured you would know of all people.” Nebula stated. “Amazonia’s the matriarchal world of giant women. Men are absolutely forbidden from entering, and if they do, they’re not treated well.”

Vweeb gulped. “Well, technically I’m a boy, not a man, so by general thinking I should be safe.”

“I think the same rules still apply. Unless of course those men are working under a woman of higher power, they might be spared… in exchange for a few foot rubs.” Vweeb shuddered. “But be thankful for your size, ‘cause the harder you are to see, the better.”

Vweeb prayed that she was right and faced ahead with hope. However, he noticed something odd and looked back up at his leader’s face. Nebula’s eyes were half-closed, and she struggled to keep them open. “Um… Nebula? Aren’t you tired?”

“What? No, of course not.”

But Vweeb could see the bags under her eyes. “Nebula, at my size, these things are a hundred percent more noticeable. You’re sleepy.”

“Well, I haven’t exactly slept since the assembly. Excluding when I was knocked out. But I don’t have time for sleeping. We need to stop Tachyon as soon as we can.”

“You won’t be able to stop Tachyon if you’re too tired to fight. Come on, Nebs. Let’s find the nearest asteroid and park for the night.”

Nebula released a long yawn as her response. You couldn’t hide anything from Vweeb, she couldn’t deny. “Siiiigh… fine.”

The two flew over to a nearby planetoid that had its own gravity. Nebula parked the ship on the side of the planet and switched the engine off. “We’ll crash here for a few hours… then get back on track.” She said in a tired tone.

“Yaaawn.” Vweeb was just as tired. “Think you can tune in some radio music? It’ll help me sleep.”

“Sure.” Nebula turned on the radio and set it to a station that played some calm traveling music, turning the volume to a low level. With that, she got on the ship’s floor and fixed herself in a rather uncomfy position, her legs curled as she rested her head on her hands. She slipped her shoes off as she closed her eyes and let the calm tunes put her to sleep.

Vweeb was right about the radio: it eased the boring quietness of space and made the air(?) feel more peaceful. In her uncomfortable position, some calming music is what she needed. Vweeb had a better time, though, as he simply fixed himself under his leader’s ear and covered himself with her hair. He was very comfortable and would get lots of rest. Why were little guys so lucky? The region of space was vacant and quiet, except for their radio. As they drifted peacefully into sleep, their heads seemed washed of all worries.

Amazonia; Hancock’s Temple

The Amazon women led the Sector V group up a steep staircase to the entrance of a huge temple. “Soooo what’s this Empress Hancock like?” Aurora asked.

“You’ll really like her.” An Amazon named Daisy said. “She’s the most beautiful woman in Galaxia. And she’s the strongest Amazon warrior.”

“Strong AND beautiful?” Haruka smiled. “I like her already!” The boys rolled their eyes.

“There’s a legend surrounding her and her sisters,” the Amazon, Ran said, “that says that they once clashed with the Queen of Snakes, Medusa. They defeated her and ended up cursed, which is why Hancock can turn people to stone, and her sisters are part-snake.”

“Is all that true?” Aurora asked.

“We never really knew… but we didn’t know where else their powers could’ve come from. But for their victory, we recognized them as the strongest warriors of Amazonia. That’s why Hancock easily took her place as empress. It’s also why we call her the Snake Princess.”

They were led to the throne room, going up more wide stairs as two huge women stood at the top. One was Boa Sandersonia, who was thin with long green hair, sharp green eyes, and a snaky tongue sticking out. The other was Boa Mariegold, who was very chubby with orange hair and orange eyes. Between them, sitting on the throne, was the Empress of Amazonia herself. She was a slim woman with clear, smooth skin and sharp black eyes. She had raven-black hair, red high-heels, and a red robe, which hung open to reveal part of her cleavage. Just as well, her sisters were also fairly exposed.

The guards stopped before the empress as Sector V stared up at the towering Amazons. Hancock was twice as tall as the other Amazonians, but her sisters were even taller. The empress spoke with an angered tone. “Kug! What are these humans doing here?!”

“Mighty Hancock:” the blue-haired Amazon, Kug began, “Drophyds land on Amazonia with hand-cuffed kids. We squish Drophyds, but not know what to do with kids.”

“I don’t understand, are you people cavemen or Greek people?” Mason questioned.

Chris snickered. “Hancock! Kug! You women have funny names!”

“You dare mock Empress Hancock?!” Mariegold yelled.

“Our names are special!” Kug stated. “Each name hold special meaning!”

“Sure it does.” Artie remarked.

Hancock stomped her foot and made the ground shake, startling the kids as she reached down to grab Artie. “W-Wait, wait! I-I didn’t mean it!” Artie whimpered.

“Hmph. You men are all the same.” Hancock stated, holding Artie close to her sharp eyes. “Especially little boys, trying to think up the quickest excuse to save their sorry butts.”

“If it makes you feel better, my mom beats me pretty hard when I lie, so if we explain this whole situation, I can assure you she won’t let me off easy. Heheh, hehehehehehe.” Artie sweated nervously.

“Oh… but why would I want to do that?” Hancock said with a more teary look.

“Huh?”

“I wouldn’t want you to get beaten… when you’re so… cute…”

“Ehhhhh.” Artie was suddenly blushing and wearing a goofy smile. “Y-You’re actually kinda hot. I can feel the heat from your hand…”

“She can’t be serious.” Harry said disbelieved.

“Oh!” Hancock blushed. “Do you really think so?”

“Of course I do, My Empress…” Artie sounded out of breath, his temperature rising.

“Mmmmm.” Hancock held him close to her bare chest as she stroked his hair. “Would you… do something for me?”

“I would do anything for you, My Empress…” He was madly in love.

“Hm hm… then…” Hancock smirked, “FREEZE!” At that instant, Artie turned to stone, his goofy expression still visible.

“ARTIE!!” Haylee screamed, the others gaping.

“Hm hm hm.” Hancock still petted him. “It’s impossible for any man or woman to resist me. If I squish a puppy… or twist someone’s back… it won’t matter. Because… I’m beautiful.”

“You sure are…” Chris’s cheeks turned red, suddenly feeling infatuated.

“So pretty…” Mason sweated.

“She is…” Haruka’s eyes were wide.

Sheila just looked baffled, seeing the lovey-dovey expressions on her friends. “Oi, crikey, wot got in to them?”

“He should learn to keep his mouth shut.” Hancock smirked, holding the frozen Artie close. “He’ll learn that in due time. In the meantime… I’ll just keep him. He’s an adorable prize… and he’ll love staying with me.”

“Men are forbidden on this planet.” Mariegold said. “Empress Hancock makes them into stone. Others get snu-snu.”

“What’s snu-snu?” Aurora asked.

“It’s what your parents did to make you.” Sandersonia smirked.

“EWWWWW!” They were disgusted.

“Hm hm…” The thinner sister stuck her snake tongue out. “Now what were you kids doing here?”

“Well, we were trapped on the Drophyds’ ship, but we tricked them into flying to this planet, which we didn’t really know about.” Aurora explained.

“Blonde female claim she is leader of tiny humans.” Kug mentioned.

“So, you boys work under her?” Hancock asked.

“Yes, they do.” Aurora smiled and nodded. “And they are very obedient. Chris, give me a shoulder rub.”

“Uuuugh.” Chris begrudgingly rubbed his sister’s shoulders.

“Hmmm.” Hancock seemed convinced. “But judging by their remarks previously, it seems these boys don’t know their place. Girls, get the handcuffs off the girls. The boys will be sent to the dungeon to do our laundry.”

“Of course we’d get THAT as our death sentence.” Chris remarked.

“And make sure they wash the very DIRTY ones.”

“You really don’t know how to keep your mouth shut, do you?” Harry glared at Chris as they were led away.

Coruscant; MomCorp H.Q.

“FASTER! Work harder, you bastards!” demanded an old, thin woman in a blue jumpsuit and black boots, and heart-shaped pale-white hair. “A multi-million corporation doesn’t run itself!”

President of MomCorp; one of the Corporate Presidents For Children’s Entertainment
MOM (Real name: Carol)

“Tachyon ordered a thousand robot sentries by tomorrow morning, and I don’t rip off my clients ‘til they paid every last PENNY!” She sighed as she leaned against the railing of the walkway that overlooked the factory. “Oh, 142 years old is not as young as it used to be. I need some coffee.” She returned into her office, and immediately yelled, “WHERE’S MY COFFEE, you bastards?!”

“Over here, Mother!” her son, Larry said with a vibrant face, bringing her a cup of steaming coffee.

“THANK YOU, LARRY!”

“Ow!” Mom smacked Larry as she took the coffee.

“Mother, our cameras in Dagobah Outlet picked up a couple of GKND stragglers.” Her oldest son, Walt spoke, showing her some images on terminals of Nebula and Vweeb in the mall. “And it seems they’ve become acquainted with Professor Pollyx. The man who is supposed to be working for us. I believe they are plotting against us.”

“Should we send the Killbots, Mother?” her other son, Igner asked.

“The Killbots have more important matters! Like disposing of that useless bending robot who left those graffiti markings everywhere. Besides, Pollyx knows what’ll happen if he thinks about stepping out of line.” Mom smirked. “I have an ACE up my hole.”

“I believe the expression is ‘ace up your sleeve’, Mother.” Walt corrected.

“I’LL ACE UP YOUR SLEEVE!”

“Ow!” She smacked him.

“Now let’s focus on a way to get those renegade space-pirates back under our control. We built them to hunt ancient weapons of mass destruction for us, but they’ve decided to take ‘em for themselves! Tachyon even thinks they’re hunting this Dimensionator he keeps ratting about, SO HURRY UP AND-”

“Hope I’m not interrupting anything, Carol.” Tachyon spoke, suddenly appearing on their large window TV.

“Ohh, nothing I can’t slap my boys for, later. What do you want?”

“We have a problem, Carol: the Drophyd Transport Ship I ordered to take Sector V to Zordoom Prison seems to have shifted a change in schedule. I project a virus entered my network just now. While we resolve the issue, I want you to locate the Sector V group on Planet Amazonia. I know that you and Hancock have a, mutual understanding.”

“Oh ho, but of course.” Mom smirked. “Hancock may manipulate people using her petty looks, but even SHE can’t deny a request from ME. GET ME MY fat-suit, Larry! We’re going on a little TRIP!”

“And while you’re at it, help us capture the rogue half-Zathurian that’s been flying around. Her kind is the only one that has a chance at stopping us, so we MUST do something about her. Until next time…” The screen went off.

“Sigh, it’s always one favor after another. He can’t expect me to do EVERY thing…”

“Perhaps we should send the Killbots after them, Mother.” Walt suggested.

“GREAT idea!” She pressed a button on her desk and ordered, “SEND the Killbots to dispose of the Kateenian and Zathurian, Jerry! Upload the images captured from the mall into their minds and HAVE them blow them to pieces!”

“But the Killbots was MY ideaaaa!” Igner whined.

“YOU SHOULD HAVE SUGGESTED IT BETTER!”

“Ow/Ow/OW!” She smacked all three of her sons.

Great Clock

Sigmund hummed to himself as he tried to repair a terminal in the hallway. The robot turned to grab a tool from his box, but- “GAAH!” was surprised to see MaKayla standing behind him, staring with her mysterious glowing blue eyes and holding the Chrono Staff. “You know, just because we robots don’t have hearts, doesn’t mean we don’t have something in our circuitry that projects a similar feeling when we get scared!”

“…”

“And you really should give that back to your father. That thing’s dangerous, you know.”

“…”

“…Why do you keep staring? What do you want with me? Unless…” Sigmund studied her closely for a few moments. Her mysterious silence… glowing eyes… holding the Chrono Staff as if it were her own. …It finally dawned on him. “I see now… you want to be a Junior Caretaker also! You secretly admire me and want to follow in my footsteps! Your eyes are brimming with excitement, and you’re too embarrassed to say it! And you’re hoping the staff will help, right??”

“…”

“Say no more!” Sigmund perked as he wrapped an arm around her. “Sigmund will teach you EVERY thing he knows! Um, I’m sure your father won’t mind about the staff. Haha. Anyway, I guess I’ll start by teaching you about these things.” MaKayla looked to the various broken terminals and pipes along the walls. “You see, the pipes help with the flow of quantum energy, which is the essence of timebending, and these terminals keep watch on their data and status.” He floated over to continue fixing his previous terminal. “These nasty creatures called Teratropes feed off quantum energy. They’re a regular nuisance and they eat away everything, so it’s our job to fix ‘em. When the terminal’s broke, you-…”

As he spoke, MaKayla simply walked up to a pipe and bashed it with her staff. Sigmund heard this and looked up, watching as the pipe fixed itself to normal. “Huh… well, that works. But can you-” MaKayla ran around and bashed all the broken material, and soon, the hall was fixed back to its regular self. “Well… you handled that faster than I would’ve. B-But this job won’t come right away, it takes years of work!” He spoke defensively. “Though come to think of it, Clockwork sorta gave it to me right away… b-but it was still a lot of work, and it was only because there wasn’t anyone else! Ahem…” he calmed down, “let’s move on, shall we?” And so, they continued down the hall.

“The Great Clock is made of 4.3 trillion moving parts,” Sigmund explained as they walked along an outer walkway, “making it the most complex piece of machinery in the known universe. Next to it is the IRIS Supercomputer and Terachnoid juice-maker. It is also the oldest piece of machinery, being around since the beginning of time. But due to the quantum energy, its kept young and vibrant. So since you’re walking around barefoot, you won’t have to worry about dusty floors… But while its primary purpose is keeping time balanced in the universe, no machine can run without someone operating it. That was the job of Clockwork and it’s now the job of your father. But we Junior Caretakers are a major necessity, too. …Ahh, and I think I hear our favorite pests.”

They entered a small hallway where some buggy, crab-like creatures roamed around, eating wires. “These are the Teratropes. Really annoying. They’re mysterious creatures who feed off quantum energy. They’re about as annoying as any other bug, and just as hard to exterminate.”

MaKayla simply jumped around and bashed all the Teratropes with her staff, easily taking them out. “Very good! Now let me show you something really cool! Your brain might get a little confuzzled… see these switches right here?” There were 3 switches stationed before a wall. “Two of them, along with a third one, need to be held down to open the door above. But the middle one activates moving Wall Jump walls, to get up there. If you’re familiar with an ability called Time Recordance, that’s what you need to do.”

Of course, MaKayla was familiar with the power. She twirled her staff and stuck it in place to begin recording. She went to stand on the left switch before snapping her fingers, restarting to her original spot. Her hologram mimicked her previous movements and stood on the left switch, while she went to stand on the right. She restarted again to stand on the middle switch, making the two parallel walls stick out and scroll up. She restarted again, so her clone held down the switch and let her Wall Jump up. On the higher floor, she pressed the third switch to open the large door ahead. She then restarted one more time, letting her clones do their duties while she entered the opened door.

“Wow, you learn fast!” Sigmund proclaimed. “But hey, only because you had a great teacher! Anyway, we’ve made it to Planet Room Area 2. As your father explained, time anomalies are a common thing, so it’s his responsibility to fix them. And he does so using that Chrono Staff. Computer, what’s the status on the planets?”

“Time anomalies detected on Planet Bespin.”

“Hmm, I should call Jagar to fix it. But just this once, I’ll let you take a crack.”

“Ahem.”

“Oh… and this is Doris, our main computer. She watches over things, too.”

“A lot more than you do.”

“Hey, who’s the Junior Caretaker here??”

“I’m still at a higher rank.”

“Ugh. Women. …Uh; no offense.” He said to MaKayla. “Robot women, though… Anyway, let’s look at this anomaly.” He led her onto a floating platform which carried them to a higher floor, where Sigmund guided MaKayla to Bespin’s holographic image. “If you look on the planet, there’s several blue beacons sticking up from the surface. Those represent time anomalies. If you aim your Chrono Scepter, you can zap the anomalies and fix them. Use the panel to turn the planet.”

MaKayla noticed the mini blue beacons moving about the planet. She turned the planet around and zapped every anomaly she found. Soon, the planet was back to its normal state. “Time anomalies restored. Bespin will now return to its normal flow.”

Cloud City

With time having returned to normal, the building that kept falling over and over was able to fall all the way. Cleveland Brown was exposed in his bathtub, and we all know what happened next. “No no no no NO NO!” He fell out. “In retrospect, a city hanging in the sky is a bad place to live.”

Great Clock

“Wow! You know, you’re actually kinda good with that thing!” Sigmund commented.

“Someone’s gunning your job, Sigmund.”

“Errrr. Uhhh.” Sigmund felt more nervous as he stared at MaKayla’s glowing eyes. “Shut up! Uhhh, well that’s enough training for tonight, I think. Any, uhhh, questions?”

“Yes.” MaKayla finally spoke. “Can you show me to Earth’s station?”

“Earth? Oh, uh, sure. Come this way.”

He led her to a transporter and warped to Sector 5, showing her Earth’s holographic image. “Thanks.” With that, she twirled her staff and stuck its handle into a slot, opening another portal. Before Sigmund could say anything, MaKayla jumped inside.

Punk Hazard Frozen Lands; several weeks ago

MaKayla took land in the snowy landscape, her feet buried beneath the thick snow. As the blizzards raged forth, the glow in her eyes vanished, feeling the cold upon her skin. “Brrr-r-r-r-r-r-r!” she shuddered. “You should NEVER go out in the snow in pajamas. Hu-u-u-u, why Suki gets a thrill out of frozen feet, I will never know. Okay, time to get moving. A wrecked train shouldn’t be too hard to find…” (Play “Freezeflame Galaxy (Ice)” from Mario Galaxy.)


Stage 6: Punk Hazard Frozen Lands

Mission: Find the R.O.C.K.E.T.-T.R.A.I.N.’s wreckage.

MaKayla started the journey across the snowfields as Ice Chuchu already emerged from beneath the snow. She threw a Time Bomb to slow a group down, proceeding to bash them with her staff. She hurried to a mountainous area, where she had to cross a short chasm, in which the parallel cliff was higher than hers. There were Ice Keese flapping over the pit, but MaKayla tossed a Time Bomb to slow them down. Afterwards, she got on her Chrono Staff and bounced around like a pogo-stick, bouncing the slowed Keese and making it across.

She was at the base of the mountain, walking up a zigzaggy pathway where White Wolfos jumped out at her. She quickly tossed Time Bombs and bashed their heads, swiftly dodging any more that lunged at her. She got to a chasm with icy stalagmites sticking up from far below. On her right was a small path leading to a frozen plant with a frozen plumb. She aimed her Chrono Staff and Rewinded its time, causing it to eventually unfreeze. With that, she grabbed it and tossed it to the first stalagmite, sticking it on to make a platform.

Below the ledge on her left was a small platform, which she jumped across to reach a small opening further left in the cliff. She repeated the process on another plumb to unfreeze it. However, she couldn’t jump back up the cliff while holding the plumb, and she couldn’t throw it without risking it falling. She set it down for now and activated a Time Recordance, then tossed the plumb over the platform, letting it fall. She restarted the Recordance and quickly jumped to the platform, so her clone would throw it, and she would catch it. With that, she tossed it onto the ledge, where she jumped up and tossed it to the next stalagmite. With these two plumb platforms, she was able to jump across.

She came to another chasm where an avalanche was falling from above. There were several large stones mixed in with it, so MaKayla tossed a Time Bomb to slow the whole thing down. She jumped her way up the snowfall and landed safely on the ground above before its time flow returned to normal. As she continued along the snowfields, a swarm of White Wolfos leapt out, charging at her one at a time. She swiftly dodged and bashed them all with her staff, but more were coming rather quickly. When the next one came, she jumped and bashed its head as she flipped several feet away, falling into a hole covered by snow.

She found herself rolling down a hill inside a cave, getting trapped in a snowball as she rolled. She had to make the snowball jump any pitfalls or ice spikes, then eventually made it outside. Some White Wolfos were trying to jump at her, but the giant snowball easily trapped them in its thickness. The snowfield became flat again as she rolled to a wide lake with a few islands in it. She rammed another large snowball beside the lake and pushed it in, freezing an ice trail for her to roll across. She rolled to one of the islands and hit another snowball to roll an ice trail. She rolled across and then had to jump a series of small islands before hitting a snowball on the last one, rolling an ice path that took her to the shore. MaKayla finally rolled off a ledge and broke the snowball upon her land, freeing herself.

She stepped down a snowy hill and entered another ice cave. There was a river of shivering cold water and a raft that looks like it was frozen for decades. Using her Rewind, she unfroze the raft and got in, but since the paddles were lost, she used her staff to row it. She had to maneuver around mini icebergs and had to dodge falling icicles from the ceiling. The river started to flow downward in a snaky path, becoming much more rapid as she had to quickly maneuver around obstacles. It finally came to a forceful crash against a shore, flinging MaKayla headfirst into a snow mound, her legs sticking up. She forced herself out, landing on her rear as she shook snow off.

She reached a long, bottomless chasm with several giant icicles hanging overhead. They began to fall, one after another, so MaKayla had to be fast: she tossed a Time Bomb at the first one when it was low enough so she could jump across its top, then had to use Time Bombs to slow the following ones. ‘Course, since only one Time Bomb could be active at a time, she had to jump and throw them at the same time. It made her kind of frantic, but she was able to make the tricky jumps and reach the end of the cave, immediately catching her breath.

She looked before another snowfield, seeing a burning mass in the distance. She hurried forward, knowing her destination was in sight. (End song.)

Finally, MaKayla made it to the burning wreckage of the R.O.C.K.E.T.-T.R.A.I.N.. The children that were previously onboard had already chased Dillon’s team across the fields, she knew. With a twirl of her staff, she jumped around and whacked every part of the train. The fires disappeared as the parts fixed their selves back on. The train was good as new. “Yoohoooo! SMILEEEEYY!”

MaKayla looked in the distance, seeing the mountain of sludge that was Smiley. “Ohhh, Smiley, it’s been so LOOoooong! And I’ve got you a SPECIAL treat!” MaKayla hurriedly got in the train and started it up, getting ready for liftoff. In a few moments, the explosion of Bang Gas-Z started to engulf the whole island.

At Punk Hazard’s lab, Nolan and the operatives escaped their cuffs and prepared to get away from their hanging cell. Above the skies, the R.O.C.K.E.T.-T.R.A.I.N. was soaring away from the island.

Sector W7 Treehouse; after Punk Hazard

Apis and Aeincha were in a videogame match while the others watched. April and Aisa were sitting on the floor, and Chimney sat on the chair by the couch. “Uwaaaah. I can’t believe they never got my Rocket-san outta the gas cloud. Is Bang Gas-Z really that scary??” (“Gyom, gyooom…”)

The treehouse suddenly shook slightly, making the girls fall off their seats. “Yaaaaay!” Aeincha won the game as a result, despite her Lilliputian size.

“Oi, who’s quakin’ our treehouse??” Chimney yelled as they hurried to the hangar. The girls’ mouths dropped, seeing the R.O.C.K.E.T.-T.R.A.I.N. back where it’s always been, much to Chimney’s delight. “OOOIII! ROCKET-SAAAAN!” She immediately dashed in, happy to see it in perfect condition, like it never crashed. “YOU ARE HOOOOOME!”

“Whoooa! What coulda happened?” Apis asked, studying the train’s interior.

“My train is so awesome, it decided to FIX itself and come on home!” Chimney beamed.

April wiped some dust off the control deck with her index. “Doesn’t know how to clean itself, though. Oh?” She noticed a paper on the deck. She picked it up and unraveled it to read it. “Someone left a note for us.”

Chimney took the note, and the others stared over her shoulders to read it. “Aaaahhh?”

Great Clock; present time

MaKayla appeared back in the Planet Room and began the walk back to her room. “There you are!” Sigmund yelled. “Where in the cosmos do you keep warping to?? Only a Senior Caretaker is allowed to Time Warp, if you did any major damage, Mr. King’s gonna-”

“Yeah, yeah. Yaaaaaawn.” MaKayla yawned. “I’m tired. Good night, Siggy.”

Sigmund reached out for her, but was at a loss of words again. “Ohhhh…”

“Hu-u-u-u-u. I can’t feel my toes.” MaKayla shuddered as she walked down the hall. “If I was going to a snowy wasteland, couldn’t you have warned me to bring my coat?” Her eyes brimmed blue, and the world around her turned black. In the darkness, Clockwork’s ghostly form appeared before her.

“I thought you’d enjoy it. You’ve always enjoyed exposing your body to the spiritual energies of the universe.”

“I still don’t understand. You’ve always said that it was dangerous to alter the past using timebending. So why are you asking me to do these things?”

“Time is nothing but a large, flowing river of events. The river leads to many alternate directions. In the great quest that the universe follows, it sometimes requires to take one route, then return to follow another. Know that Time is deeply linked to Space… so when traveling through time, it is almost like crossing different dimensions. Some parts of the river last only for so long, having split from the main path, but in time, they return. This is one of those moments. Several individual parts of the timeline reach their end… but only by your hand, can they return to the full path.”

“But it’s… so hard to understand.”

“It is what was to be. If it were not… the clutters would do more harm than good. Several comrades of yours are in great danger right now. By fixing these clutters… you’ve made the water of time healthy for consumption.”

“Uhhhh…” She didn’t get these metaphors.

“Good night. And, better take a bath in hot water.” The vision vanished, and MaKayla’s eyes dimmed to normal.

Her mind still swimming in confusion, she decided to head to the bathroom.


You know what, I am officially at a stump, so I’m gonna end it here. Next time, Neb and Vweeb will OFFICIALLY head to Amazonia, and we’re gonna get our first major collectable, fighting the boss and everything. Siiiigh… this is the slowest progressing story. XP But hey, better than rushing it. I really can’t wait to get through this, ‘cause exciting stuff happens after this story. Soooo next time… progression. And maybe some Hancock background, but I dunno if that’ll be now. Later.