The Timegate Part Four

Those of you who are new to my blog (which is just about everybody besides Cloudless, Web, and Jason) probably do not know about The Timegate. I started writing parts of stories awhile ago for lack of anime to post about and as expected I grew bored and stopped posting updates. Since I’m somewhat back and some of my readers were slightly invested in this particular story I thought I would continue writing it for giggles and as a way for some of you to pass the time. Yes, the names are not even close to being original. You can find Part Three here if you’re even remotely interested or want a quick refresher on the plight of our four young heroes as they journey through and confront the problems of time.

Without further ado I present the EXTREMELY well written Timegate Part Four:

Whir… Click… My world exploded with the sound of gunfire. I was disoriented from the dramatic scene change but my hand still gripped Kagami’s tightly. All I could see in front of me were red and black blotches. When the world had stopped spinning and my eyes had cleared I realized what the blotches were. They were corpses, a wall of corpses that blocked the rest of the world from view. I could feel my stomach turn over and I could feel the bile threatening to come out. Aravis and Huer apparently unable to resist were splattering their breakfast over the blood soaked steps to the timegate.

“Where are we” asked Kagami, plugging her nose to keep out the stench?

I shrugged, and tilted my head towards Aravis and Huer trying hard not to be sick. She looked at them then back at me.

“We need to take stock of our situation. Even if we don’t know the year we should be able to determine our situation” said Kagami.

“And how do you propose we do that”?

I knew her answer before she said it but her eyes traveled to the mound of bodies. I had made my eyes avoid them, but my retinas were no longer obeying me. They cautiously traced the red marble of the stairs then took in the first body. The soldier, for that’s what he looked like, was wearing baggy black pants, a black utility vest and a black shirt. I wasn’t impressed by the color choices but the red and black burned face was more than enough to make my eyes scamper back to my feet where they were more comfortable looking.

“Do you want me to go” asked Kagami quietly? “I seem to be the most comfortable with this”.

Fearing that my manhood was at stake I groggily shook my head to indicate that this wasn’t what I wanted. I edged my way to the first step and bravely forced my foot down it. I inhaled (not realizing I had been holding my breath) and came to know the smell of burnt flesh. It was more horrible then Christmas with my grandparents and that’s saying something. I took the next step while thinking “I’m on a role” when I felt a hand land on my shoulder. My body lurched before I looked up to see Heur’s stark white face. I would have believed he was a corpse but he had more skin than the other corpses lying around. Together we reached the mound of bodies.

Now I like to think that I have a strong tolerance for death. When I was four the family cat brought home mice and small birds on a daily basis. Monster, the cat, would often deposit these little treasures outside my door while I was sleeping, sometimes while they were still alive. I couldn’t help but think the sadistic feline enjoyed my looks of utter astonishment and horror as I opened the door to use the bathroom. When I was seven Monster met her end when a car ran over her right in front of my house. I still remember the eyes as they looked at me in her death stare. I had more than a few nightmares. When I was ten my parents asked me to deliver a misplaced letter to our next door neighbor. She didn’t answer the door so I walked in and found her lying on the ground slightly decayed from lying there for a few days. Later I was told she had overdosed on her prescription drugs. My parents sent me to counseling, but it hadn’t lasted long. Thus I thought I was fairly good with death. But this…

This was different. I didn’t want to touch the men in their black uniforms let alone put weight on their stiff bodies to see what was happening on the other side. So instead I tried a little trick they taught me in therapy. I closed my eyes and imagined a happy memory. The warmth in my hand helped me remember my first crush. A girl named Kristina who sat next to me in middle school. I couldn’t help but grin. I imagined the mound of bodies in front of me was actually the hill we watched the meteor shower from; the night of my first kiss.

I started climbing the mound of bod… flowers unaware of anything but the lights streaking through the sky and the warm hand holding mine. Before I knew it lights really were flying through the sky. I rubbed my eyes in disbelief but sure enough there were more of them. Then they exploded. Behind me I heard Kagami yell “Cover your head” before a big slab of metal hit the mound right next to me. The mound of corpses was a mound of corpses again. I couldn’t control myself anymore; I bolted up the mound only aware of the need to get to higher ground. Once my head was above the pile the sounds grew even louder.

In front of me as far as I could see there were explosions smoke and humans fighting. The corpse mounds were not limited to in front of the gate I could see them being used as cover by other men in all black as they fired their guns at things I could not see through the mist. There were fires everywhere and for the second time today I felt like going home. Going through the Timegate was crazy. Screw the world, screw time sickness, I’m going home. With that thought planted in my cerebrum I slithered down the mound of corpses and walked back to the timegate. I walked towards the panel that had blood smeared all over them and pressed in the digits 2054, my time. Kagami was already beside me.

“Gideon what’s wrong” asked Kagami?

“I want to go home” I wish I could lie to you, but my voice cracked as I said this.

“We can’t” said she.

I began to throw a tantrum “Yes we can! We don’t have to cure stupid time sickness, or save these stupid people. They’re all just going to kill each other anyways. I’m going home and eating my mom’s pie and then… and then I’m going to take a bath, a long bath. I’m going to wipe all this crap away and none of this will have ever happened: None of it”.

“Gideon” whispered Kagami.

“Don’t you can’t stop me I’m going back”.

“Gideon the gate doesn’t work” said Kagami just as quietly.

I stopped mashing on the numbers. Nothing had been coming up on the display, the timegate’s black vortex swirled calmly but I didn’t dare guess where it would take us. I was trapped here. I curled up into a ball and pretended this wasn’t happening.

I could hear the other two approaching through the fading sounds of gun fire. They talked quietly with Kagami while I pretended they didn’t exist either since it directly conflicted with my delusion of this whole thing not happening.

“What did you do Kagami? Looks like you broke him” said Heur.

“I didn’t do anything, whatever’s over there must be pretty bad”.

“I can guess” said Aravis “it sounds like ….” Another sound wave from an explosion rolled over us cutting off her last words.

“When did you take us” asked Kagami?

“2682, a year before the timegate’s destruction according to the doc” Heur answered.

“I see” said Kagami, and then all of them were quiet for awhile.

“Can’t we just go back” asked Aravis.

“No, the panel is broken, without it we’ll never reemerge on the other side” said Kagami.

“Can’t you fix it, you built the timegate” asked Heur?

“I’m afraid this isn’t the panel I helped build. They must have changed it in the future” said Kagami. She kept her voice low as if she was talking to an animal that would startle at the slightest movement.

“So we’re stuck here with two groups fighting a war all around us” asked Heur to no one in particular?

“They’re probably fighting over the gate” said Aravis, none to happily.

“We’re stuck here” said Kagami.

I was starting to feel rather silly sitting in a ball but then I felt a warm pressure against my back. I removed my head from my arms and twisted my head to see Kagami sitting with her back against mine. All three of them were sitting in balls with their heads in their arms.

We were trapped 629 years into the future. Two large armies were fighting all around us for the big hunk of metal we were sitting next too. I had felt like giving up only moments before, but when I saw those three young adults curled up like little children I laughed.

End Part Four

And that’s it for this little installment. Sure it’s a bit short, but I imagine looking at it get’s a little hard after awhile so I try to keep them short. As always tell me if you like it and want me to continue and hopefully I won’t flake out if you do .