Time Liberators

I answered the phone.

"Katsu, are you ok? Tell me your position, we'll come to pick you up."

It was the voice of a man, shacky. I knew he was really scared for this dude.

"Katsu is unconscious. I found him in an abandoned factory, tied to a chair and covered in blood. There where also those who did this to him, but I took care of them, at least for now."

"Tell me who are you and why I should trust you."

You could tell from his voice that he was dead serious. I told myself that they must have some kind of special operation going on, and being found out is the last thing they needed.

"Name's Akira. You have to believe me for now. Think about it, if I wanted to I could have killed this man myself."

I had a notch that they might be on the same side as Hikari, but I didn't want to mention her name, just in case.

"...sigh...you're not wrong. I'll trust you for now. Just sit there, we're on our way."

ON their way...When did I say where we where?

"The phone."

I looked at it in disbelief.

"Can't be tracked...hah... I guess they can't be tracked by others."

The mysterious man spoke again.

"Hm? You know about the phones?"

Shit. I did exactly what I didn't want to do.

"I guess we have no choice but to use a bit of strenght."

Before I could even take a step, I was hit in the head from behind. I was directly put to sleep.

I slowly opened my eyes, feeling as my head hurt. I was in a dark room, tied to a chair.

"Man... I feel like a magnet for chairs and rope."

"Looks like you're in the mood to joke around."

A man, unknown to me, spoke from the corner of the room. There was one thing that gave his identity away. His voice.

"You...You're the one I talked to."

"Good, you seem to remember. Now, would you please be a good guy and tell me what you were doing there?"

"I told you. I am Akira, a random man. I just happened to pass by that factory."

"Say..."

The man slowly aproached me, looking down at me with a look full of anger and curiosity.

"What do you know about us? About time travell?"

"I am... one of those who...who can remember..."

"And who do you work for?"

"No one, I am also a victim here."

"Playing stupid, huh?"

He punched me right in the face. It hurt like hell, and damn didn't I think I'd kill this motherfucked if I could untie myself.

"SPEAK, WHO DO YOU WORK FOR!?"

"NO ONE YOU DUMB FUCKING MORON!"

He got ready to hit me again, but at that point the door had opened. The most beautiful women I had ever seen in my entire life walked in. She wore a dirty lab coat, long enough to almost reach the floor. She had long dark hair and her eyes, the most beautiful blue, made me want to stare at them the all day long.

The man stared at her like he had seen a ghost.

"Hikari, you weren't supposed to be here."

She walked up to him and straight up smacked his face so hard that he almost lost balance.

"HOW CAN I NOT BE HERE WHEN YOU ARE NOT EVEN LISTENING TO THIS MAN?"

"He...HE'S PRETENDING NOT TO KNOW, BUT I'M SURE HE'S A SPY!"

"Your so called spy is another one of us. Just like us, he can remember what happened before a time reset. I personally talked to him. Sometimes you're just a moron."

The man left the room, glaring at me before going out.

"I'm sorry for what he's done to you."

She started untying me from the chair.

"It's fine, it's not like it's your fault."

The room just went silent. I decided to talk a bit, trying to change the mood.

"We've meet way faster than I thought we would."

"Heh, I'm glad that we did, otherwise we might have lost another man."

"Another man, you say?"

"Yes. I have to explain it all to you. I'll only do it once, so you better listen."

I forgot about all my pain and got ready.

"We're an organisation called "The Liberators". Our main goal is to stop the ones who have gained control over time. There is another secret governamental organisation founded for this very reason. As you might have guessed, they have succeeded. Our organisation was founded to destroy theirs, or at least get rid of the time machine."

"What's so bad about them having the time machine? Are they hurting others"

"Yes, they are, even though they don't know it, or they don't care about it."

"You said you come from the future, right? In that internet post."

"I am not the one, it's The Founder who came from the future. We don't know his exact identity, but one thing is for sure. He's not telling us lies."

"I got one more question. JUST WHERE THE FUCK IS THIS PLACE?"

"I won't tell you, for now at least."

"Then how am I supposed to go home?"

"That's easy...You don't."

"What?"

I felt like I was made fun of, but she was serious.