Prologue

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Christian Aldini - Sunday, May 26th

Oh my gods, it's so tiring.

"But why, I mean you could take the children with you, it could be nice."says the hologram of my mother that floated in the center of the vehicle.

"Mom, I already told you, they don't want to come back, and I honestly don't understand why this topic is coming up on the table."She looks quite upset, but she must understand. It was better for everyone.

"But, it's their countries, their roots, they have to come you know he would like it too...

You are literally one of the leaders of the Varoline and one of them will become your successor."She really wanted to make me angry, I was in the car, heading to the portal station to finally get home and she was talking to me about succession again.

"Mom, don't worry about it. We both know that the current situation is not stable and that to bring them in would be to compromise their safety."she tried to retort, but I'm taking the lead.

"And regarding the succession, I don't want to talk about it anymore and if I still hear even once, the words "marriage" or "baby" come out of your mouth, that of your husband or anyone else, concerning me, I'll have you locked up."I told him before I hung up.

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I am so happy to come home, it is sad to leave my mother, my brothers, my sisters and my friends. But I miss my children and I won't have to see these boring ministers for at least four or five months, so I

am not complaining.

Going home has become much easier, I won't have to wait too long, because of the VIP portal that the government and other personalities can use, the only catch is the time they take to load.

I am sitting in the waiting room, alone and some memories that I had buried deep inside me are resurfacing.

I imagined him  sleeping quietly on my shoulder, holding my hand and his other hand on his slightly rounded belly.

Suddenly, the door opens and someone enters.

"Mr. Zlakov, please follow me."Said the man. 

He accompanies me to the gates. The principle is simple. There are a total of 5 types of portals, in general people only use 4 of them.

The different types have colors so that we don't mix: blue, red, yellow, black and white.

The red to travel from one continent to another.

The blue to travel from one planet to another.

The yellow one for traveling in countries has another

The black for of one solar system or one galaxy has another.

And finally, most often, white to travel from one dimension to another.

I enter the room of the white portals and I see one of my friends.

"Hey, Raviltse, how are you, man? "I wave to him with my hand, he gives me a smile.

"Not bad, no, actually bad, we have some problems with a new creature."Raviltse is a scientist who works on creatures that pose problems at an international and inter-dimensional level, we have been friends for a long time, unfortunately we have a lot of disagreements because of our political point of view. But we still talk from time to time and help each other.

"Ok, well I hope everything will be fine with you."And I hear the controller of the portal n ° 1547, who begins to bring people into the portal.

"Mr. Zlakov, I hope you enjoy your trip," the controller says, and I enter the portal. The darkness engulfs me,no sound is audible and when I open my eyes, I am on the other side.

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I land at Madrid Barajas Airport, where my driver is supposed to pick me up. When using a portal, you normally appear in an inconspicuous place where there are not many people. So, I was in the toilet. And another thing, traveling through the dimension was always something I hated. Most of the time I throw up when it's over. 

After emptying my stomach in the airport toilet, I call my driver and I head toward the parking lot.

After 5 minutes, I finally see the car.

"Hello Mr. Aldini, I hope your stay went well?"He says, smiling at me.

"Yes, thank you, Miguel."I answer with a smile.

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When I get home, I go inside and turn on the lights in the hallway.

"I'm home," I say, and I walk in the living room, I find Emma sitting on the sofa.

"Hey, old man," she said, jumping up at me. "I really missed you dad."I give him a big hug and kiss his forehead.

"Me too, kiddo. Where's your brother?"I ask, taking off my jacket.

"No idea, he told me he had new inventions, and everything. But I haven't really listened, it's so boring! So I guess he's in his room. "She answered, looking bored, and she picks up her phone again after hearing a notification.

"Anyway, I have to go to a party, I just wanted to welcome you."she said, walking towards the stairs.

"All right, and? "She looks at me annoyed and she sighs.

"I'm going to Francesca's party, I'll come around 3 in the morning, her house is in our neighborhood, yes, I'll send you the location, and it's her birthday. "She answers and goes into her room to get ready.

"OK, thank you my love, have a great time and take Richard with you please!"I yell at her as I head to my room to take a shower and relax a little with meditation.

I work a little and look for new faces for my next creations. But, I feel the need to see him, so I read some of our poems, I watch videos of him and the children, of us. I miss him so much.

After having filled my nostalgic need, I decide to see what my hermit son is preparing in his room. I was about to open his door when I heard a loud 'boom'.

I open the door violently, and I see him lying on the floor with black powder on his face. I immediately crouched down to see if he was okay.

"Are you okay?!"I said, checking his head to see if he had hurt himself.

He looks at me with round eyes and tells me :

"I found him.''