"Malefactor, Reprobate, Charlatan, Neerdowell, or Gentlemen Thief,
names associated with villainy. I pull from the universe tales of Larceny
and Legerdemain focusing on the evil that fills the world." The
Nameless.
Saturday Super Stories – Skulduggery 110
Part 2
Darion
stepped from the portal, unsure of the year but knew it was the distant past at
least several decades removed from his future.
He followed what was traditionally the time traveler’s friend, looking
for a newspaper, something with the date on it.
OUR
PLANETS DAILIES
Monday August 26th
2233
The
Future of Science is Now!!
Super Scientist Dr. Kristoff Eston
unveils project to fix Earth’s atmosphere and energy problems.
Today Dr. Eston will unveil his project at the Grand Convention Hall in
downtown Megalopolis Superplex.
Darion
smiled, “Seems that I made a grand decision after all.” He waved a hand to hail a cab.
Later…
“I am Dr.
Kristoff Nathanial Eston the IV, Quantum Engineer.” He smiled wide at the assembled crowd
gathered in the auditorium. “I am here
today to unveil my newest breakthrough in science and fundamentally change how
we view the worlds.”
“I have
developed 5 of what I am calling the EON Links, referred to in my notes as L,
R, S, H, and P. Only three made it to
the final stages of testing as P and R had an encounter and it obliterated them
at a molecular level.”
“What do
they do?”
“They are
Quantum Entanglement Devices able to pull at the strings of reality and
re-write it as they see fit.” Kristoff
waved a hand and the EON Links drifted from the table and floating in the air
behind his head. “Take these flowers for
instance.” One Link peeled away from the
group and scanned the flowers and a beam washed over them and suddenly they
were a pizza, steaming from the heat of being cooked. Scattered clapping sounded through the hall,
and some murmurs.
“Organic
or in-organic it doesn’t matter I can rearrange the matter however I see fit.”
“So
potentially they could be used to turn water into something terrible, like
biological or nuclear weapons?”
“Um, yes
of course they could be used that way.”
“Then why
create something that could destroy the world?”
“Because
that’s what I want to do.” The crowd’s
stunned silence spoke volumes. “I plan
on taking over the world and with these none of you can stop me.”
One person
began to clap at the far end of the room and with the deafening silence it
echoed and carried to everyone present.
“Bravo!!” Darion Gray called to Kristoff, “Quite the
flair for the dramatic if I do say so myself.”
Kristoff cocked his head to the side to take the newcomer in.
“You have
a name sir?” He asked.
Darion
bowed with a flourish, “Darion Gray, futurist and man of mystery!” He shouted with a wiggle of his eyebrows. Kristoff narrowed his eyes at the stranger. “I have come backwards in time searching for
a cure to my condition and I hope that your ability to re-arrange the molecular
can assist me in this.”
The calm
back and forth between the two men finally made one woman in the audience break
and she screamed and started to run away and the crowd exploded into movement
and followed suit. In moments the convention
hall was empty except the two men staring at each other.
“Do you
think I am insane?” Kristoff asked.
“Slightly,
you did create devices that could unravel reality itself, and then announced it
to the world. When I come from we have
people that don’t take kindly to those sorts of threats and take it upon themselves
to deal with it.”
“We have
those people too; the remnants of the Spider Legion and the legacies that have
managed to elude the authorities since the Purge in 2200. I don’t know how far forward you have come
from but here they aren’t exactly a problem.
I can and will take what I want.”
Kristoff stepped away from the podium and stepped closer to Darion who
was smiling wide. “What’s so funny?”
“I
remember this moment from the archives on the net. This is the moment that the world realizes it
needs its heroes, someone to stand against the darkness, because without the
light the shadows will take over.”
“What are
you going on about?” Kristoff
demanded. Darion pointed at the camera’s
which were still transmitting the whole scene.
“HELLS!!” He screamed.
“You could
come with me and we could leave this time, I have an escape planned, but you
will never be able to return here, ever.”
Darion smirked as the sounds of engines roared closer from above. “Decide
quickly, you may be overwhelmed by the force they send against you.” Kristoff clenched and unclenched his hands
and screamed.
“Fine, let
us away.”
TBC in
Skulduggery Part 3
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