[StealthAssassin9 (Earth): How the fuck does this guy keep getting all the women?]
[Handsome3horns (Vinox 2): Well, he did just help destroy a fleet that was attacking her planet and save her race from extinction.]
[Celebrityhunter69 (Earth): Shut it, you morons, can't you see that she is crying?]
[Handsome3horns (Vinox 2): Yeah, but why does she have to do it into his chest?]
[Tessisdabest (Imperial Down): To hide her embarrassment and not look weak among her people.]
[StealthAssassin9 (Earth): Huh?]
[Tessisdabest (Imperial Down): She is the princess of the Phoenix race and soon to be empress; it wont do for her to look weak before her subjects. With her family gone, who else is there, other than a stranger from another time, that she can show her weakness towards?
[OfficialLorelie (Oceana 7): You seem awfully knowledgeable about this?]
[Tessisdabest (Imperial Down): It just seems obvious, especially after coming out of an event that almost caused their extinction. What the Phoenix race needs most of all now is strong leadership while they rebuild.]
[DeverinianLordMalacoss (Deverinian 9): Very true.]
"Sniff, sniff. Sorry about this." Revi said while sniffing after she calmed down enough that she was no longer crying heavily.
"It's fine, I know what it's like to lose a loved one, so take all the time you need," Adam said as he looked up at the sky, as thoughts of Jenny once again appeared in his mind.
"Mmm," Revi mumbled with a small nod as she continued to bury her head in his chest while Tephe just stood quietly to one side.
Finally, Revi managed to calm herself down and stepped away from Adam with a slight blush while saying, "Sorry about that."
Adam was about to reply when Spector suddenly made an announcement.
[[Analysis of temporal fluctuations on me have now been completed.]]
"What did you learn?" Adam asked in surprise.
[[I have determined that my theory regarding the unknown energy affecting my neutron reactor in a way that, along with the temporal fractures, created a miniature black hole that sucked us in and sent us back to the universal year 972 was indeed correct.
I have since created countermeasures to protect against this in the future.]
"Why were only we sent back but not any other ships? Surely you weren't the only ship with a neutron drive?"
[[Indeed, however my neutron reactor is different compared to those you would find on large ships because of its compact nature, it is likely the reason why I was effected and the other ships where not.]]
"Since you know the cause, is there a way to replicate the effects and send us back to our time?"
[[Affirmative, I believe that if I replicate the unknown energy at the exact same levels but reverse it we will be sent back to the moment we left.]]
[OfficialLorelie (Oceana 7): Oh, thank god.]
[OfficialRowena (Oceana 7): See, I told you they would find a way back.]
[StealthAssassin9 (Earth): I thought the AI said before that going forward in time was impossible?]
[Whostolemyduck (Earth): It also said that because they are from that time originally, they can return there. They are not travelling forward into their own futures; they are returning to their present.]
[StealthAssassin9 (Earth): Ahhh, gotcha.]
[Justiceistruth (Earth): Time travel gives me a headache.]
"When will you be ready to proceed?"
[[I am ready now. We can proceed at any time.]]
"Then I guess it's time for us to go."
"What?" Revi asked in surprise since she had only heard Adam's side of his conversation with Spector.
"The AI on Adam's ships has figured out a way for us to return to our own time," Tephe said.
"I see, but do you have to go so soon?"
"We have already altered the timeline in a major way by helping your race survive. While I'm fine with that, it would be best if we avoided any chance of changing it in any other way," Adam replied.
"I see." Revi replied in a sad tone before forcing herself to smile at them and say, "I will miss you guys, I can't believe I have to wait two thousand years to see you again."
"I will miss you too," Tephe said as she gave Revi a hug, which the other returned.
"Technically, you only have to wait two thousand years to see me. You can see Tephe in around fifteen hundred years, though she will be a baby."
"Oh, I can't wait to see Tephe the baby dragon," Revi said with a chuckle.
[Superhearofangirl (Earth): I bet she was so cute.]
[Animefangirl (Earth): I wish I could have seen her as a baby dragon.]
[StealthAssassin9 (Earth): Wait, so she was born as a baby dragon and not a baby human?]
[Celebrityhunter69 (Earth): Don't you pay attention, idiot? Dragon Princess Tephe is a dragon, her true form is that of the white dragon. This is just her humanoid form.]
[Justiceistruth (Earth): Does that mean Princess Revi was born as a baby bird?]
[DeverinianLordMalacoss (Deverinian 9): A baby Phoenix, yes.]
"Well, this is goodbye," Revi said as she clasped her hands in front of her and looked at Adam.
"Yes, it was nice meeting you, and I hope we get to meet again."
"As do I, though I hope next time we can talk without you wearing your helmet."
"Yeah, sorry, but as a lowly human, I can't handle your planet's atmosphere."
"Make sure to get some weather control tech in the future so that if we come back here, he can walk around without his anti-gravity armour," Tephe suggested.
"Weather control tech?" Revi asked in a confused tone.
"Oh, forget I said anything, spoilers," Tephe replied as she stuck out her tongue.
[Handsome3horns (Vinox 2): She totally just gave away more of the future, didn't she?]
[Prestigious3horns (Vinox 2): Yup.]
[DeverinianLordMalacoss (Deverinian 9): Silly brat.]
[LadyErkath (Oceana 7): Go easy on her, I doubt telling her about weather control tech will drastically change the future.]
"See you in the future," Revi said with a smile.
"Or the present," Adam replied before he flew back up to the cockpit of Spector Unit 6 and climbed in.
A moment later, it took off and started heading in the direction of the Spector while Tephe waved as her dragon wings sprouted from her back before she took flight and followed.
Revi watched them leave before saying to no one in particular, "I look forward to our next meeting," after which her own wings appeared and she flew back towards Pyro City.
It didn't take them long to arrive at Spector's crash site, and Tephe followed Spector Unit 6 as it flew inside the hangar bay and touched down.
Adam once again descended from the cockpit and landed next to Tephe before saying, "Take us back, Spector."
"Affirmative", Spector replied before announcing shipwide.
[[Bringing main power back online]]
[[Neutron reactor online]]
[[Anti-gravity drive online]]
[[Shields to minimal levels]]
[[Weapons systems offline]]
[[Defensive systems offline]]
As the anti-gravity drive came online, Spector started to move and unburied itself from the ground before hovering slightly above the planet's surface.
[[Replicating unknown energy and reversing it]]
[[Matching energy levels]]
[[Energy is effecting my neutron reactor]]
"Let's find something to hold onto this time," Adam suggested before he and Tephe quickly grabbed hold of something secure in the hangar bay.
[[Neutron rector reaching critical levels]]
[[Detecting the emergence of temporal fractures.]]
[[Initiating automatic activation of condition purple]]
[[Activating condition purple]]
[[Weapons systems offline]]
[[Shields to maximum]]
[[Energy output to maximum]]
[[Redirecting energy output]]
[[All hands brass for impact from temporal waves]]
Outside, anyone who happened to be present would see that a strange purple energy that crackled with lightning seemed to be forming around Spector before it all of a sudden vanished.
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Universal Year 3247
The instant before Spector reappeared, changes suddenly took place in the universe.
All those who had been watching Adam's stream forgot everything that they had seen as if it had never taken place.
Members of the Phoenix race suddenly started to appear across the known universe, and people near them didn't seem to notice, as if they had been there all along.
Within the Universal Senate Dome, the empty and sombre chamber of the Phoenix race that contained black shrouds suddenly changed to red-gold and orange banners that bore the Phoenix race's insignia, while the Phoenix senator sat and listened to the other senators.
The chamber of the Hepolisk race that had once been sealed shut and stripped bare now housed the Hepolisk race's banners that bore its insignia, while the Hepolisk senator also listened to the other senators.
Members of the Hepolisk race started to appear in public locations around the universe.
On the planet Elysium, a meeting was taking place as the group discussed the Terrana situation, a female blindfold-wearing Nonpareilus suddenly turned and looked in a specific direction as her eyes glowed golden behind her blindfold
"Is something wrong, Andromeda?" The male Nonpareilus with white Light wings asked as he noticed her suddenly turn away, as her eyes glowed
The other Nonpareilus all went quiet at his question and looked at the blindfolded Nonpareilus, who didn't answer for a moment.
Finally, she opened her mouth and spoke.
"No, nothing at all," Andromeda replied with a kind smile.