1 Chapter 1
The world has changed, humans evolved. The seven continents became the seven nations left on Earth. It's been two centuries since the arrival of the Oblivions creatures; all the humans are cornered to form a humungous circle. Humanity is on the brink of extinction until one person has solved the mystery of time travel, his name is Dr. Deviant Swan, with the help of others like him, they build a machine that will allow a person and an object to go back in the past separately.
After they have finished building it, the council which comprises of seven leaders per nation. The time travel machine they build-up has a set of rules that must absolutely be followed. The machine can be set in what time they and/or an object needed to travel through.
1st rule, the person who will be traveling to the past will experience a few changes, don't know what is, except that their body will change into the correct size or appearance in that timeline of themselves.
2nd rule, the object that will be going through the machine must have a destined receiver at the timeline. With the correct date and time.
3rd rule, only a person and an object will go through, and they can't go back to their present anymore, basically, the person is literally stuck in that timeline; no turning back.
4th rule, whatever the person brings to herself will go through with the limit of only six objects, the clothes are exempted from this rule.
The council, scientists, and technologists are concern about whoever will they choose. A person who is strong, smart, level–headed, calm in front of a crisis, has the skills to change the future or let humanity be prepared for what is coming. As for the object, they've decided to let a simple and plain but thick string notebook full of notes about the events that happened, sort of like a warning, and instructions to what to do.
"There are at least seven suitable warriors, one each per nation. In Asia country represent Ariella Lewis, she is the strongest of all the warriors in all the seven nations. She is perfect for the job." – a white hair, pale skin but smooth with no wrinkles evident on his young face. His voice is a husky and deep one. The young man is the assistant of the President of Asia.
"Yes, you are right, but we can't let our trump card go to the past. We're not even sure it will work, we can't take the risk if she were to go to the past her mission is to find at least four people that survive in this calamity and also a warrior like her." – proclaimed the President of Europe.
"We understand your concern, this mission has a 50/50 % chance of succeeding, we can't sacrifice our strongest warrior to a half-ass plan, there are still citizens we have to protect and survive. However, I personally can't ignore the remaining 50% chance for this plan to actually succeed, we just have to proceed and hope that Amelia and the machine will succeed. Because if we can't, then we might as well give up living, this is an opportunity for us, humanity to survive and not be cornered again, even if we did get cornered at least we can hope we will have higher chances of eradicating those creatures." – said the President of Oceania while propping his forehead on top of his intertwined fingers.
"Let's vote." – President of Africa
"Those who favored continuing this plan knowing the consequences, please raised your hand." - President of Africa
Four hands raised upending the vote immediately, four out of seven, majority wins.
"~sigh~ Fine, however, she will bring a tech phone that carries all of the knowledge we have accumulated, every step and words must be downloaded in that tech phone, even if it's the high confidential file. Also, that phone can be camouflaged as a normal phone in the timeline she will be going to. And last but not the least, include in the notes, a way to know who we will be sending and to communicate with her. Ah! Before I forgot she can bring her designated weapon and she can choose another four objects." – declare the President of North America.
"Well, that sounds fair to me, and besides she will need every help she can get, especially when there will be numerous outcomes that will eventually change." – stated the President of Antarctica
"We must also know who she is going to meet in the past for her team, Ariella in her childhood, she lived in the Philippines, study in a catholic private school until she moved in Calgary, AB, Canada. There must be someone she is close with that survive and became a warrior that is still alive until now. Call her now." – asserted the President of South America
Somewhere in the training ground, a lady in a sports bra and tight black leggings, holding a scythe which almost surrounded her train body. The scythe appearance is all black that has been tainted by green and blue, also is covered by fiery color like it's burning. Sweat covered her body, tensed and hard noticeable muscle clenched and contracted with each other, her breathing is almost heavy but still not quite there. Her long, hazel and brownish hair swayed in ponytail style on the top of her head.
A notification came into her wristwatch, it produces a sound then vibrates indicating a notification came. She stops to check on her wristwatch, reading the news that came, then pressing a button, the voice of the mainframe with a hologram of the order emerged right in front of her.
"Ariella Lewis. You are being called in the council conference at this moment and arrived there at exact 12:50." – the monotonous voice of the mainframe said.
Amelia looks at the time, 12:41, which left her at least 9 minutes to change to her formal uniformed, the conference is located at the very center of the building while she is at the training ground is at the west side of the building. She can take 3 minutes to change than the rest is to run towards the very center it will take her less than 6 minutes, give or take.
At the exact time that was ordered for her to arrive at the conference, Ariella is just in time the two guards guarding the door open the door for her to enter. As she steps in, a guard that is standing in her left an announcement of her arrival to those people inside the room.
"Major General Ariella Lewis has arrived." – the soldier announced while standing straight and salute then turn around to leave and close the door. With a loud bang, the true meeting descends.
"Major General, have a seat, and listen very carefully. We have given you a new mission that has a 50/50 % chance of succeeding, if this plan fails you will die if a miracle happens and the plan thrives then you'll go to the past to prevent the apocalypse or prepare humanity for the apocalypse. Do you understand?" – President of Asia
"Yes, sir" – Ariella
"Now, let's start the discussion of what you will have to do in the past. Ariella, before you go through the machine, an object will go through first. This object will be like the messenger of your arrival, it is also both a warning and instruction to guide the people who are guarding the seal in Japan at Mt. Kitakami. Only the powerful leaders worldwide know about this seal, and in that note have a way to find your whereabouts, identity, and a way to communicate your tech phone." – proclaim one of the scientists participating in the meeting.
"You'll be going back somewhere in the Philippines, the one you clearly remember. There's also a catch, your body will change. For example; you went back when you are still a toddler, and so instead of you going there as an adult, you'll replace your toddler self as a toddler but with a mind of an adult. We are not still sure if your accumulative body experience; strength, fighting skill, will be the same as right now. What year, month, date, and time do you want to go back to?" – continued the said scientist.
There's a slight pause before Ariella answers, thinking deeply trying to remember her childhood memories. She thought 'it will be better to go in a time when it's summer vacation in Rosales, so I can change my brother's fate; wasting his time. It must be before I go to grade 2 so I can be prepared and meet all my comrades at their young age, to let them prepare and not die.'
"Can you arrange it the year of 2011, the month of April, date of 29, time is 11:00 pm." – Ariella
"Yes, we can arrange that, ah! By the way, before I continue Ariella, you have to find 4 people who you can trust, and they survive the apocalypse and also, they became one of the warriors. Doesn't matter if they died in a mission or battle in our earliest year or middle. Let's continue, why did you choose that timeline." – scientist
"According to your explanation just now, it just made me go back in that timeline to be more reasonable and perfect. Kim L. Legaspi, I'm her niece, but because of the age gap between us, we became like a cousin or brother and sister. He died 5 years ago to exterminate the Oblivions in the north, he was also the last member of my family. At that year he was still young I can change his past and train him with me. Denise Whiteson will be my classmate in grade 2, Simon Alguera, I can also meet him in grade 2 but that will be hard because he's in a different section."
"Antonio Miller, he'll be entering the school in grade 3. Correspondingly, the month and date I gave is my cousin's birthdate and summer vacation will give me enough time to assess and adjust everything before the school start." – Ariella
"I see, is it a coincidence or destiny, the four strongest males to additionally, those four males gave us a chance to change the course of survival for the better. To think that they're all close together, Ariella the Death Reaper, Kim the Moonlight Twin Blades, Denise the Baneful Shadows, Simon the Adamantine Eclipse. Oh well back to the topic, the tech phone that you will be bringing has all documents in every archive in our system. No exceptions." – President of Antarctica.
Five hours have passed, all the people in the meeting have moved out into a room full of advanced technology, blue screens that are filled with charts, letters, and numbers or sequences. The staffs that wearing white coats are busy, scattering themselves in different sections in the room, buzzing here and there. The other staffs wearing blue coats have tools and some have flat tablet discussing their works. At the very center of the room stood an outsize see-through circle floating mid-air surrounded by small size screens, and on top of it is a tunnel-like machine right at the mouth is glowing blue light, and a tube-like wire is attached to it.
All the scientists and engineers that were attending the meeting have gone down to their respected position, as for the seven leaders are in a room upstairs to oversee everything.
Ariella is getting ready and one of the staff is briefing her on the basic and simplified instructions for her to follow. At this moment Ariella's weapon is getting minimized into a pendant and if needed her weapon will maximize to its owner's correct size. The clothes she's wearing will change into what her past self is wearing in that timeline.
As for her phone, Ariella is the only can hold, touch, or use it. For her team weapons will be their designated weapon before they died, Ariella chooses her team weapons as the things she wanted to bring, like how her weapon can be minimized and maximize it's the same for her team.
As Ariella changing and getting ready for her travel through time, the rest of the staff are transporting a notebook in the year 1999, the month of January, date of 15, time: 10:05 am, recipient is Edward Falcon. And now it's Ariella's turn to be transported to the past and prevent or prepare humanity for the incoming apocalypse.
"Please stand inside of the sphere, here is the phone, and five weapons are attached to your necklace, you will only give their designated weapons when you think they are ready to hold responsible for it." – and the engineer said.
"In 3... the energy source is 100% it's ready to go... 2... all the readings are all normal... 1... Good luck and see you soon Major General." – all of the staff said for her farewell and for the first time they all see their Major General smile beautifully even the seven leaders were in shock.
"She smiles... smile... her smile is so beautiful... did anyone took a picture of it... ahh I can't believe this... the recording it must catch that smile..." – every staff started talking excitedly, some of them immediately check the video record to take a screenshot and posted it.
