It's been 2 months.
Two months since Kira Yuunagi and Aoi Takamura were practically sealed inside an artificial dimension.
Kira suffered from extreme torture, almost killed.
While Aoi remained lone inside a cell, like a prisoner.
Month 2, day 3.
Aoi remained in his cell, waiting to see Kira. Or maybe the off chance that Jason would appear. The only noise he heard was the constant noise of variants that didn't stand for their containment.
—"Let me out! I'll kill him!"
—"Someone help me.."
—"I'll do anything! Just let me die!"
Those, were the types of responses that ringed through the prison. Some suffering mentally, others threatening nearby guards. Then there was Aoi, balled up in the corner of his cell. He no longer wore his nanotech suit as it's disk form remained in his hands.
Minutes that felt like hours. Kira limped in the cell with Aoi. Her body battered and bruised to no end as she collapsed right in front of him.
Aoi rushed to her side, "Kira?? They didn't heal you afterwards?"
Two guards stepped in and pointed at Aoi. "We need more energy for what we're gonna do to you."
Before he could question them, they both grabbed him by each of his arms.
"Let me go!!" He resisted , which only made them hold his arms tighter. There was nothing Kira could do, she could barely move.
Next thing he knew, Aoi was put in what seems like a hospital room. Before his eyes, was the Prime variant himself. "Nice to see you again, Aoi." He adjusted his gloves as he prepared different tools.
"What's going on?!" He gasps, the whole situation was overwhelming. He still had his desk in his hand, ready to use it if needed. The Tyrant reappeared in front of Aoi, snatching the disk before Aoi could even realize.
"We're not using that. Don't worry, we're going to fix that wound of yours. As well as take something from you." Just like that, Aoi was forced onto the bed. They strapped a mask over his mouth.
The process took hours. Hours that Aoi was forced into. Hours that Aoi, would later wish he could get back. Waking up, there was..no lingering pain. Aoi could tell that he was definitely healed. But he could tell that something was taken.
"There's..something wrong! What'd you do?! I…I…I can't see!" He screamed, his hands wandering around his face. The more he panicked, the more the smirk Prime Aoi's face widens. He sealed a jar that definitely contained something important as he poured an unique liquid to conserve it.
"Thank you, Aoi Takamura #42. You're..sacrifice, is appreciated." The man smiled before taking his leave. Leaving Aoi shaken and panicked, balled up in the cold blankets of the hospital bed.
"Where are my eyes?"
"Why can't I see?!"
"Somebody help me!!"
"Why won't anyone help me..?!—"
"I tried….I tried…."
"I tried to open my eyes..!"
Aoi couldn't even begin to breakdown, agents rushing into the room to snatch him away.
Aoi is pushed back into his cell. Mental wounds still fresh. All he had to show was healed physical wounds, and bandages covering his eyes. Next to him, was Kira, still immobilized.
Her eyes barely shown signs of life, due to the physical torture she had to endure every day, for 2 straight months.
Two agents along with Prime Aoi lingered around their cell. Like test subjects, The Tyrant releases a dark smirk, opening and stepping into the cell by himself.
"What's your plan now…Aoi Takamura?~" When he receives no response, his hand reaches out to grab him, choking Aoi. "What will you do in this situation?! Huh?! Aoi Takamura #42!"
"YOU ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO DO! Despite it being NONE of your business!" He showed his twisted smile as he held Aoi against the wall. The room was filled with tension, some prisoners stopping their groans and yells just to get a glimpse at what was happening.
Aoi was completely unresponsive. Not even his eyes showed any emotion behind him, anger, sadness, happiness, couldn't be revealed. Not because he couldn't feel them, because his eyes were gone.
Kira finally opened her eyes, her vision hazed, but clear enough to see what was going on right in front of her. She slowly stood back up and tried to intervene, only to get stopped and taken away by the TRA agents.
Seeing as Aoi didn't have a reaction, Prime Aoi backed off, loosening his grip. "This is why you should've joined me."
He calmly made his way out of the cell, not before looking back, reaching into his pocket and tossing Aoi's nanotech disk to him.
Timeline 02057
Jason had transported himself into yet another timeline. He'd already travel through multiple other dimensions before this one, attempting to find the location of Aoi and Kira.
He had landed on an island, tropical and beautiful. But that's not what he's for right now. He uses his blade to slice through multiple thick leaves and small trees. Stumbling across an alter in the middle of an open river. After approaching the alter, a man suddenly appeared right in front of him.
The man was no doubt, a Vanguard, carrying the legendary Kazan-Yari, a long battlefield spear forged for a true Vanguard. The Vanguard's expression unchanged, his eyes piercing into Jason's.
"What are you doing here? This is no His voice cuts through the silence, an iron grip on his weapon.
"I'm not here for you! I..Is, is there anyone named Aoi Takamura here..?..Maybe Kira Yuunagi?" Jason could've sworn that the man's face scrunched up when he mentioned both of those names. The man aimed his spear directly at him as Jason prepares for confrontation.
"You're a variant? Right..? You got a little offended when I mentioned Aoi.." Jason readied his blade, preparing himself for the power he knows this man possesses.
"Yeah." Were the only words he said before rushing in as a shadow, appearing in front of Jason with his spear ready to pierce him.
Jason counters last second, twisting his body before striking at the man's side.
The variant dodges and strikes Jason so quick he couldn't even prepare to counter. He purposely hit him with the wooden part of the spear. Although, the force was so great it sent Jason's body twisting and tumbling to the side. "You need to do better than that. Have you even trained with your blade?" He said with more concern than mockery.
Jason was just barely able to recover before the Vanguard continued. He tripped Jason, grabbing his neck before he could fall. "You don't want to do this. Just tell me who you are."
"That's all I've been trying to tell you dude!" Jason muttered weakly. He was realistically powerfless in this situation, the man heard the tone of his voice he let go of Jason. As soon as his grip loosened, Jason started violently coughing before continuing. "I'm Jason..Jason Cross. Uhm, yeah? Listen, I can tell you're a variant." Jason said as The Vanguard looked at Jason with an eyebrow raised.
"Never heard of a Jason Cross in my universe. That's beside the point. Before, you were talking about some people. Me and Kira Yuungai..? Who is that?"
Those words caught Jason off guard, a Aoi variant who doesn't even know Kira Yuunagi, It's rare. "So, you don't know Kira Yuunagi? You're serious? Bro—Where do I even start?!"
Before Jason could start his endless rambling, The Vanguard speaks up. "I know a Kira Nori. She's the Shogun." He said quietly, making Jason's eyes widen. The man looks back, the alter glows and beats with power. "That alter….is the cause of the zero hour event. Contains some sort of watch inside—"
"Chrono-Watch..? You never picked it up??" Jason interrupted, a variant that never picked up the Chrono-Watch was new to him. What was also suspicious was the fact that this variant just so happens to be living on an island.
"That's the name of that watch? How would you know?" The Vanguard raised his eyebrow. Jason could tell he was skeptical, at this point, the two were both suspicious of one another.
Instead of bombarding each other with questions, Jason attempts to reason this out, while also making a potential ally. "Look, what you want to do is reach into that alter and pull out the watch. Trust me, it'll change everything—"
"Aoi, Ms.Nori wants to see you." Jason turned around and there was a small girl, dressed in a soft white kimono.
The Paradox City, Timeline 05503
Above the people of The Paradox City, where the streets are littered with debris and people on the brink of death. The hero known as Chrono-Savior sits on a barely standing skyscraper. The hero didn't even talk, just emptiness, to him, for no reason. He still ponders on what he said to his own student, practically a brother to him, brushing him off, while also ignoring the fact that he killed another human. Digital billboards surrounding him, all talking about the cataclysmic damage he inflicted upon this city.
He clenches his fists, a sudden burning feeling engulfing his heart. The desire to find someone stronger, the desire to find The Prime. In a streak of blue and yellow, he flies off, arriving at his home. Once he reaches his destroyed workplace, digging in the rubble to find a remote controller. Pressing one of the buttons, opens up the wall, to reveal his newest suit.
The costume contained more power and strength inside. After all, Chrono-Savior has been slowly fueling the suit for 3 months with small doses of the Chrono-Watch's power. The suit was mostly a clean and slick white, outlines mixed with yellow and blue, the suit is accompanied by a long flowing white cape.His cybernetic limb, all white.
As soon as he got his first feel at his newest suit, he could feel the power freely flowing through the bodysuit. Using his Chrono-Arm to travel through time once again. Driven by the thought that there could be something that matched him in every attribute.
The Artificial Timeline.
Kira Yuunagi, was left broken and empty. When Aoi would speak to her, she wouldn't respond, they both felt alone despite being together. Aoi remained still in his cell, bandages wrapped around his eyes. He was seeing visions, when The Tyrant finally found out, his smiled widened, knowing 'he pushed him to the edge'.
To Aoi, it was torture. It was almost like he could hear the growls of a beast in his ear. He kept seeing a shadowy creature. Before he could say anything, he felt someone tap his shoulder, it was Kira.
"….Aoi?" It was the first time Kira talked to him since they came here. "I have a plan..to get out of here. Just follow my lead, okay?"
All Aoi could see…was a monster in front of him. An entity made out of darkness, reaching for him. "Get away! Get away from me!" He pleaded, Kira stepped back cautiously, Prime Aoi watched the interaction through the cameras.
The creature reached, its claws, the sounds of it's growls. It touched Aoi's face, and his mind went blank. Then he smiled.