"I
have pulled from The Knowledge tales from the Event that ravaged two universes.
I start at the beginning and will tell the important parts, and while
there are many stories to be told, this will be quick." Chief
Archivist of the Catalogers.
“Many
things have been culled from this universe, many lives lost, some heroically,
some fruitlessly, but everything and everyone met has had an impact. Some people and places are the same
regardless of the world on which it lay, it spreads like an infection.”
The Event 3 – Horizon
“Thank you
all for coming, I know that we do not have the best of relationships but the
Department of Superhuman Affairs needs your help.” She stood in front of a massive monitor that
covered an entire wall; a map of the Earth filled the screen, several small red
dots blinked. Several technicians were
watching these points vigilantly.
“My name
Agent Powerhouse and this is my wife Agent Frost, we are in charge of the DSA
in North America.” He clicked a device
at another screen and photos of the HelixONE breach started as a slideshow
moved the show on without anyone clicking anything more. “Two weeks ago we suffered a dimensional
breach that has ruptured our space/time continuum. The breach tore into a villain’s base that we
had been tracking, his name is Alpha and he has been targeting a hero named
Black Sapphire.”
“We have
reason to believe that Alpha has been repeatedly breaching into this parallel
Earth, for what purpose we do not know, but we feel as if he thinks we are at
war.” Agent Frost continued.
“What do
you need from us?” Aeon hovered slightly
above the ground, his air of superiority filling the whole of the chamber they
were in.
“We need
the members of Horizon to traverse the void and enter this other world and try
and stop whatever it is that Alpha is trying to accomplish before we end up in
open conflict with another universe.
Each breach is fracturing the structure of reality itself and if this
continues for much longer everything will be over.” Frost waved over another member of the DSA he
smiled at them all. “This is Breach, he
is one of our powered agents. He has the
ability to enter anything, breaching as it were including the veil between
worlds.”
“Sometimes
that is, I sort of teleport between places by bypassing the veil that lay
between realms, I can also pick locks very well.” Breach spoke quietly. “I can use one of the fractures to gain
access to this other place easily. We
have found an issue related to the whole process though, we can only take
people who have a copy on the other world, anyone who doesn’t have an analog
gets rejected.”
“How do
you mean rejected?” Soldier American
asked.
“Pushed
back away from the fracture, non-violently, so we sent a probe through and did
a scan for identical energy signatures and cross matched them against our
datatbase’s and called Horizon in. We
found matches on the other side for almost every person on your team and so we
ask if you will help us stop a war by going into another universe for the sake
of our universe and humanity?”
Powerhouse followed.
The
members of Horizon talked amongst themselves for some time before responding. Aeon spoke up and agreed to the task set
before them.
“There is
one last stipulation. We have three
prisoners from this universe and we want them return to the authorities
there.” Powerhouse asked Aeon directly.
Aeon
nodded, “Let’s do this then.” Breach
nodded and the Horizon and agents of the DSA transported the group to the
closest fracture.
John
Phoenix, Immortal. Born a completely
normal person until his genes kicked in and he became a flame specialist, then
one fateful day he was murdered during a mission and passed on from this mortal
coil that is until he woke up again.
Aeon is
also known as the sun eater. He was
exiled into a sun by his people where he escaped and absorbed the sun from
within which in turn led to the death of his people. His stance on justice is skewed which is do
it part in
Soldier
American was once a normal man until D-Day when the massacre at the beaches of
Normandy led to the slaughter of thousands of allied troops, he absorbed the
souls of all the men slain and gain their insights, strengths and stamina. He led the charge and won the day almost
single handedly in this reality.
Isabella,
the Warchild is a warrior from worlds unknown, a perfect fighter who knows no
losses in combat. Unlucky in love and
all the more bitter for it, works with the men on Horizon with great
trepidation.
Odin is
not the actual deity but an immortal who has taken the title for his own
purposes. Odin has lived for millennia
and has mastered hundreds of styles of combat, but his personal weapon is a
glaive called Ban’deth the Unrighteous Blade.
Android X is
cobbled together from parts pulled from various robot threats that world has
faced through the years. Built by Jarod
Blacknell and Mr. Amazing to assist with communications and tactical support.
Blrrr is
capable of pulling speed from the Earth’s rotation, and cybernetically
enhanced, his brain has been augmented to process information at a much faster
rate while he is in speed mode.
TBC in The
Event 4
