This chapter has been renamed due to the results of the voting...and after much delay due to life, I am proud to present:
Chapter 11 – Interlude: Spider-Fan
Tomorrow is the big day. It is the final day. I look out of my castle window, and see the rebels. This large group of people are ready to usher in a new era and put down the current people in power. According to history, these rebels are harshly put down by the Japanese army and the rebellion fails. This is what is meant to happen. It is destiny. There was a time when destiny was my religion. Time flowed in one specific way and everything happened for a reason. Too bad I am no longer a religious man.
I walk down the seemingly endless stairs to meet my two most trusted allies in this venture. As I walk down, I remember BizarroAids. He and I were like brothers. There was a time I would have died for the man. But, I realized what he really was: the guardian of mankinds greatest mistake. While he saw the dogmatic teachings of responsibility to protect time, I finally saw the truth. That truth being that despite our greatest efforts to ensure time’s survival, we were causing its ultimate demise. The idea of control our force was founded upon was the manifestation of just the opposite of what it tried to do. I could no longer follow this illusion. BizarroAids would never have turned on the force. His death was a necessity. However, at the present time, mourning my former brother is not at the center of my thoughts. My mind is more closely concentrated on one specific bit of information he revealed to me: that a man from my army was a traitor. This revelation has forced me to rethink my efforts ever so slightly.
I reach the bottom of the stairs finally, and see DRUMM3RBOY promptly waiting in my office. Given the cold expression he gives me, I predict that he has been there some while.
“Running a little late I see,” jabs DRUMM3RBOY.
“I’ve been busy ,“ I reply. “How are we doing on time? Is everything ready?”
“It is my lord,” states DRUMM3RBOY. “Tell me, when the rift is opened, what do you plan to do with time exactly?”
“I plan to fix it” is my reply. “That is all you need to know.”
“Fair enough” says DRUMM3RBOY. “I just wish you would be more revealing.”
“At this time, caution is my best ally” I state to DRUMM3RBOY.
DRUMM3RBOY leaves my office. He has done great things for me. However, he has been pressing for answers lately. Could he be my traitor? As my thoughts wander, Rando steps into my office. He is late, but I forgive him due to my own lateness.
“You called for me sir?” asks Rando.
“Sit down” I order Rando. He obeys. “I’m going to be completely honest with you. There is a traitor in our ranks, and you’re the only one I feel I can trust. Your lust for blood is so great, I know you wouldn’t miss out on the chance to end so many lives.”
“Do you have any hints?” asks Rando.
“Unfortunately no” I reply. “But, I want you to watch everyone closely. If anyone is acting suspiciously, you come to me. And reveal nothing to anyone.”
“You’ve got it sir” replies Rando. I waive Rando out of the room.
I get out of my office chair. My talents are required elsewhere for the plan to succeed. I walk toward the basement hallway, passing the lunchroom. I see Ziggyman and Two-Face practicing their individual abilities in the center of the room. Rando sits in the corner, watching intently. He notices me, and gives me a nod. I continue forth. I come to a room that is seemingly a dead end, sans the entrance. I go a third of the way into the right side wall, and a secret door is open. One that no one can see but me. Past the door is another set of seemingly unending stairs.
DRUMM3RBOY is very curious about what exactly I’m going to do when I alter time. All I tell him is I plan on making the world a better place, which is not a lie. When the Hiroshima bomb was set off in the second World War, the pilot of the jet is said to have looked back at the blast. He then asked himself “What have we done?” That is one of the proudest moments in the history of humanity from a technological standpoint. Who would have thought something like that was possible. But, was this change for the better? Since then, the world has been drawing nearer and nearer to destroying itself. Conflict is in the nature of humanity. What that bomb did was give us the ability to kill mass amounts of people with the push of a button. In a world ripe with conflict, that is a dangerous prospect.
Technology has advanced society so much over the history of this planet, but as technology has grown, the soul of humanity has died. Back in the ancient days of war, people had to confront each other on a battlefield in order to kill their enemy. More efficient weapons like guns, bombs, and such made killing another person a less personal prospect. Putting objects or bashing someone’s head in with your hands is difficult, but pushing a button is easy. As people became slaves to their technology, other prospects like hard work, exercise, and even thought more and more became things of the past. Why think for yourself when this little box has a man telling you what you need? Why work your body for a sport when medications do it for you? My plan is simple, I’m giving humanity back its soul. Down in this basement is the key to it all, but for him to break the spell, he must fall under the illusion. I send him a messenger I know he trusts.
“KenshinAtrain, you have completed your training” I tell KenshinAtrain, via the image of The-Dark-Knight. “Tomorrow, the fate of all time rests in your hands.”
KenshinAtrain coughs uncontrollably, unaware that this illness is all in his head. Nothing more.
“Have the others arrived yet?” asks KenshinAtrain, weakly and short of breath.
“Don’t worry. They are here, but can’t see you due to your condition” I tell KenshinAtrain, to keep him happy. He can never know the truth about what happened to his friends at BizarroAids’ castle. Every war has its casualties. Their sacrifice will have greater meaning when my new world is in place. A world where technology is controlled. A world where humanity cannot destroy themselves in one swoop. A world finally in peace and balance. Utopia. And it all begins tomorrow.
The battle for time begins tomorrow. The heroes lost their leader BizarroAids before, and need a new general to lead them into the coming battle. Who is that leader?
-Adhokk7
-Spider-Man Luvr28
-Logan’s Lady
This is a big decision, so choose wisely as you choose what happens next in Chapter 12 - Rebellion