[Robert]

Elsewhere...

       “Jackie...Jackie,” Scott said, while shaking Jackie, trying to wake him. “Jackie, wake up.”
       Jackie slowly opened his eyes, noticed us standing around, and sat up quickly.
       “What happened?” Jackie asked.
       “When we got to this dimension, you fell unconscious,” I said.
       Jackie stood up and walked out of the tent we were in, probably to look around. I decided to follow him and look around with him, since I haven’t had the chance to look around yet. The rest of the group, followed me and Jackie, as we walked around town. The streets were empty of people, cars, and anything else that would show signs of life, as if the town had been abandoned.
       “This can’t be,” Jackie said, referring to the apparently abandoned town.
       “We figure the city has been abandoned, but why is the question,” I said.
       “Well not completely abandoned,” Brandon said.
       “What do you mean?” Jackie asked.
       “Oh yeah, there was a young and beautiful Asian women attending to you, while you were unconscious,” I said, just remembering about her.
       “Did you get her name?” Jackie asked.
       “Nope,” Shaun said. “But I will get it when she goes out with me.”
       “Keep dreaming American,” a female voice with a Asian accent, coming from behind us, said.
       We all turned around to find the women who had been attending Jackie while he was unconscious.
       “Oh, you are finally awake,” the women said, talking to Jackie.
       “Yeah, my friends were just telling me that you were attending to me while I was unconscious. Thank you,” Jackie said.
       “My pleasure, I was just looking for my fiancee, have you seen him?” the women asked.
       “No, sorry, what’s your name, I would like to repay you the favor someday,” Jackie said.
       “Is it just me, or does she look familiar?” Doug asked.
       “It’s Ursula, and I’m a Asian amazon and skilled assassin,” the women said.
       “Even the name sounds familiar,” Doug said.
       “So what does your fiancee look like? I would like to help you look for him,” Jackie said. “And do you have any friends here?”
       “Why are you asking her so many questions?” Scott asked Jackie.
       “It’s okay, I don’t mind,” Ursula said to Scott and then looked past Jackie. “Yes I have friends, and there is my fiancee, so thanks for the offer of helping me look for him.”
       We looked to see the person Ursula was pointing to, then as the guy looked in our direction and noticed Ursula, he ran in the other direction.
       “Ranma, wait,” Ursula yelled toward him and ran after him.
       “This is really weird,” Doug said.
       Then from out of nowhere a Asian guy jumped in front of Jackie and pointed a blade in his face.
       “How dare you speak to Ursula,” the guy said with a Asian accent like Ursula. “You shall die.”
       Jackie gulped and then ran off while the Asian guy chased him. Then I saw Shaun and the others fall to the ground face first, and then I felt something hit the back of my head and I fell unconscious.

       When I came to, I was in some sort of a jail cell with all new friends, and four Asian people were standing around me, probably to see if I was okay. Out of the four Asian people three were male of obviously different age groups and one was female, who looked about the same age as the youngest boy.
       “Who are you four, and where are we?” I asked.
       “My name is Ash, this is Kiri, Miroku, and Gohgei,” the youngest of the males said. “And you are in the dungeon of Prince Moose’s castle.”
       “Okay, one, those are some awfully weird names, and two, I didn’t see any castle when we were in town,” Shaun said.
       “They are Asian names, you dimwit,” I said, and slapped him on the back of the head.
       Suddenly a dimensional portal opened in the large corridor outside of the cell we were in. A truck drove out of the portal and it screeched to a stop before it crashed into the wall. The truck looked identical to Akira’s truck. Three people stepped out of the truck and they were Akira, Alan, and Maurice.
       “Hey guys, what are you doing in that cell?” Akira asked, noticing us in the jail cell.
       “What does it look like? Get us out of here,” Shaun said.
       “Okay genius, how do you expect us to do that?” Maurice asked, looking at the lock on the cell door.
       “With these keys,” a voice coming from down the corridor outside the cell we were in.
       Akira turned toward the direction of the voice, as a guy who I recognized as the guy who pulled a sword to Jackie, walked toward the cell door, opened it and let us out.
       “Who are you?” Alan asked the guy, who let us out.
       “I am Prince Moose. I apologize for the little mishap, I didn’t know that you were the Destined,” the guy said.
       “How did you find out?” Jackie asked.
       “From me,” a male voice coming from the other side of the truck said.
       A male and female around Akira’s age appeared from the other side of the truck.
       “Hey that’s Nicolai Fai and Daniel Housachi,” Jackie said.
       “Ah, I see you got the message from our ancestors, with the exact same names as ours,” the male said. “Does Akira know?”
       “Do I know what?” Akira asked. “Hi Daniel, long time no see, and what are you doing here Nicolai?”
       “You know them?” Jackie asked Akira.
       “Daniel, or Dan was a friend of mine, that is until Aaron and Dan didn’t get along anymore, and they asked me to choose which one I still wanted to be friends with. Since I knew Aaron longer, I choose to stay friends with him. Nicolai, or Nikki, on the other hand, she is the girl...well, you know,” Akira said.
       “Oh, you mean the girl in your class who you had a crush -” Jackie started and then Akira punched him in the arm. “Oww, what was that for?”
       “You had a crush on me Akira?” Nikki asked him.
       “Uh...umm...uh,” Akira stuttered while scratching his head and blushed.
       Nikki smiled when she saw Akira blush, then she blushed.
       “Looks like they really ‘like’ each other,” Shaun said, elbowing me in the side.
       “No we don’t!” both Akira and Nikki said and turned to face away from each other.
       “Yo, Moose,” a voice from down the corridor called out.
       Ranma, Ursula, and several more people walked up toward where we were.
       “This isn’t real, I must be dreaming,” Shaun said.
       “Why would you dream all this then?” Akira asked him.
       “Good point,” Shaun said.

[Sam]

       “So you’re Ranma, I heard you are a skilled warrior. I wish to fight you, do you accept?” Akira asked.
       “If you wish, I accept,” Ranma said.
       “Are you crazy?” I asked Akira.
       Akira stood there as Ranma ran toward him. Akira still stood there until Ranma got close enough, and then he jump-flipped over Ranma. While in the air he kicked Ranma in the back causing Ranma to fall on his face and landed at Ranma’s feet. Ranma quickly got up and started punching and kicking at Akira. Akira didn’t flinch once, and seemed to be dodging everything Ranma came at him with. Then Ranma kicked Akira in the stomach and chest but, Akira seemed stunned for only a fraction of a second. Akira then ran up to Ranma and a half a second later Ranma fell to the ground unconscious.
       “That was fast but, what happened?” I asked.
       “Akira won,” Ursula said.
       “Obviously, but how?” Shaun asked.
       “Through speed and around a million or so punches before any of us could blink,” Moose said.
       Then I noticed the millions or so of fist-sized bruises all over Ranma.
       “Akira beat Ranma, so Akira is new fiancé,” Ursula said.
       “What?” Akira, Shaun, and I asked, surprised.
       “It’s a way of getting a man,” Ash informed, while forming a ball of fire in his right hand. “Okay, I still got it.”
       “Don’t do that,” a guy among the group of people that came with Ranma and Ursula said , and shot a beam of water at the ball of fire in Ash’s hand, extinguishing it.
       “Vahn! Why did you go and do that?” Ash asked the guy that extinguished his ball of fire.
       “You know pyrokinesis?” Akira asked Ash.
       “Yeah,” Ash answered.
       “You’re Vahn? And you know hydrokinesis?” Akira asked the guy that had extinguished Ash’s ball of fire.
       “Yep,” the guy said.
       “What about you three?” Akira asked the others that were in the cell with us.
       “I’m Miroku and I can form and become rock and cause earthquakes,” the oldest of the three males said.
       “I’m Kiri and I can form mist,” the female said.
       “I’m Goghei and I can make anything I draw come to life,” the middle aged of the three males said.
       “That’s interesting, but who are all these people?” I asked, referring to all the people that came with Moose.
       “I sense that they are also members of the Destined and that they each have a power asleep within them, some have their’s already awoken. Ash, Kiri, Miroku, Gohgei, and Vahn already have their power awoken,” Dan said.
       “He’s just as bad as Seek when it comes to being wordy,” Alan said.
       “So how many are there?” Jackie asked, while standing on his toes briefly to try and see them all.
       “Well, let’s see...” Dan said. “At the moment there are 50 Destined discovered so far, and 5 of them have died, so there are a remaining 45 Destined, two of which aren’t here at the moment.”
       “Woah you sure? That’s a lot, so that means that there are 43 here at this moment, am I right?” I asked, knowing the answer, but just making sure.
       “Yes you are right,” Dan said.
       Three of the females of the group caught my eye, one had two large white wings growing out of her back, another had ears that came to a point, and the last had a cloak covering her body and most of her face, but I could still tell that she was a female. The others appeared normal with nothing to hide, but I knew that we all were different in some way, otherwise we wouldn’t be here.
       “So how about we introduce everyone, for better relations,” I said.
       “Not a bad idea, I’m Akira, I’m 15 years old, and I am well, I guess I’m your leader,” Akira said.
       “Hello Akira,” the female with the large white wings said, stepping forward for everyone to see. “I’m Nina, and I’m 15 years old, nice to meet you.”
       “I’m Ash, and I’m 10 years old,” Ash said.
       “I’m Alan, and I’m 14 years old,” Alan said.
       “I’m Daniel, you can call me Dan, and I’m 21 years old,” Dan said.
       “I’m Kiri, I’m 11 years old,” Kiri said.
       “My name is Miroku, and my age is 13 years old,” Miroku said.
       “I am Nicolai, please call me Nikki and I’m 14 years old,” Nikki said.
       “I’m Goghei and I’m 12 years old,” Goghei said.
       “To my friends I am known as Yamato, I am 13 years old, It’s a pleasure to meet you,” another Asian male said.
       “I’m Jackie and I’m 15 years old,” Jackie said.
       “I am called Mimi, I’m 13 years of age,” an Asian female said
       “I’m Akane and I’m 16 years old,” a Asian female said.
       “I’m Ranma and I’m 16 years old,” Ranma said, fully conscious now.
       “I’m Brandon and I’m 13 years old,” Brandon said.
       “I’m Doug, and I’m 16 years old,” Doug said.
       “I’m Flint, and I’m 15 years old,” a different Asian male said.
       “My name is Kari, and I’m 9 years old,” a young Asian female said.
       “I am Luna and I’m 14 years old,” a different Asian female said.
       “I am known as Sora to my friends, my age is of 13 years,” another Asian female said, and bows to Akira.
       “I’m Maurice and I’m 15 years old,” Maurice said.
       “I’m Miyu and I’m 18 years old,” the female in the cloak said.
       “I’m Moose as you all may know and I’m 16 years old,” Moose said.
       “I’m Nabiki and I’m 17 years old,” another different female said.
       “My name is Takeru, I am 9 years old.
       “I’m Nene and I’m 9 years old,” another young Asian female said.
       “I’m Robert, I’m 15 years old,” Robert said.
       “I’m Royce, my age is 17 years old,” a female who looked like a mix between Asian and Caucasian said.
       “I am Rutee and my age is 15 years,” yet another Asian female said.
       “My name is Ryuda and I’m also 15 years old,” another Asian male said.
       “Please call me Sam and I am 16,” I said.
       “I’m Koushiro, I’m 13,” another Asian male said.
       “I’m Scott, I’m also 16,” Scott said.
       “I’m Stahn, and I am 16 as well,” another Asian male said.
       “I’m Taichi and I am 13,” yet another Asian male said.
       “I’m Tara, my age is 15,” a Caucasian female said.
       “I’m Thomas, I am 16 years old,” Thomas said.
       “I’m Joshua, call me Josh, and I’m 13 years old,” another Asian male said.
       “I’m Tobias, I’m 14,” a Caucasian male said.
       “I’m Toni and I’m 15,” a female that looked like between Native American and Caucasian.
       “I’m Ukyo and I’m 16,” another Asian female said.
       “I’m Ursula, nice to meet you all, I am 16 and I’m also Akira’s fiancé,” Ursula said, clutching onto Akira, and I saw Akira roll his eyes.
       “I am called Vahn, my age is 17,” Vahn said.
       “And I am Shaun, I’m 15,” Shaun said.
       I noticed that there were a total of 44 people here instead of 43. Did Dan count wrong? Or did one of these people not belong here? I didn’t want to think about it and shrugged it off. Then I started wondering why most of them were Asian. I also noticed that there were 27 males and 17 females in the group, one of which didn’t belong or Dan missed, and I wondered who it was.
       “There are many more Destined then there are here at this moment,” Dan said abruptly.
       “Is it possible to give them all the morphing ability or whatever it is called?” Akira asked.
       “Not unless you become more powerful,” Dan said.

[Akira]

       “More powerful? How?” I asked.
       Then everyone disappeared and the surrounding environment changed. This time it was dark outside and it seemed I was just outside of a construction yard of which I didn’t recognize at all.
       “What are you talking about Nathan?” a voice coming from directly behind me asked.
       I quickly turned around surprised and found two people standing there. They looked like Alan and Jackie, but they looked about four years older, the Alan I knew was 14 years old, and the Jackie I knew was 15 years old like me, but this Alan looked 17 and this Jackie looked 19. I wondered to myself, where am I, and where did everyone else go? But asking myself those questions I knew I would never get any answers that way.
       “What is going on Alan and Jackie, why do you look so much older? Where is everyone else?” I asked them.
       “What did you call us? Our names are Jeremy and Jackie,” the older looking Alan said.
       “Are you okay Nathan?” the older looking Jackie asked me.
       “Why do you keep calling me Nathan?” I asked them, getting frustrated.
       “Because that is your name, what’s wrong with you?” the one who called himself Jeremy said.
       “This has to be another dream, it just has to be,” I said, raking my brain, trying to figure out what was going on.
       Then something emitting a bright light flew overhead.
       “There it is again,” Jackie said.
       “Come on, Nathan,” Jeremy said.
       “I wish they would stop calling me that,” I whispered to myself.
       I then followed Jeremy and Jeff to the middle of the construction yard. There was a small ship, more like a shuttle that landed before us. A door appeared from what appeared as the back of the shuttle and formed a ramp going into the shuttle.
       “It’s as if it’s inviting us in,” Jackie said. “Should we go in?”
       “Yeah, why not?” I asked rhetorically.
       I decided to walk in, thinking no harm could come from it. Jeremy and Jeff followed closely behind, and I could tell they were a bit scared. After we all got into the shuttle the door closed behind us, and I began to get scared. I felt the shuttle jolt a bit as it lifted off, so I decided to sit down, and so did Jackie and Jeremy.
       {I apologize if my flying isn’t perfect} A voice of a young male said in my head.
       “What the?” I asked aloud.
       {Oh sorry, I’m the shuttle’s computer, nice to meet you all} the same voice said.
       “I see...where are you taking us?” I asked.
       {That is a secret} the computer said.
       “Can you at least tell us your model number or name?” I asked.
       {I am known as Wing} the computer said.
       “Okay, Wing, nice name,” I said.
       {Thank you, my creator named me it} Wing said.
       Wing took us out into space where a much bigger spacecraft was orbiting Earth. The spacecraft was shaped very similar to that of a submarine except that it was much larger than a submarine, it had three cylinder-shaped objects, that I believe were engines connected to the back of the ship, a large sphere-shaped object on the front end, possibly the control room. I could have it backwards, where the sphere is the back and the cylinders are the front, but it just seemed to make more sense the way I had it.
       “Wow, that thing is huge,” Jeremy said.
       From here the ship looked the size of an entire city, and I wondered why no one on Earth even noticed it orbiting the planet. The sight of this large ship both surprised and frightened me more than I already was. The large spacecraft then started to open on the side, revealing a large docking bay.
       Then Wing flew into the docking bay. As Wing hovered in place, mechanical arms reached out and clamped onto him. Then a ramp came out and connected to back of Wing. After all that, the shuttle door opened, allowing us to get out.
       We walked out of Wing, into the larger ship, and started looking around. We came to what appeared to be a train, which I assumed was to get from one area of the ship to the next. I looked around a bit more to find a highway with many roads branching off. Along the side of the roads were many parked cars. All of this was within this large ship.
       “We have got to look for the bridge or control room or whatever it’s called,” Jackie said. “Someone just has to be on this ship, it can’t be empty.”
       “You’re right,” I said. “How else could the ship have opened up and allow us in?”
       {Welcome} A voice said in my head. This one different from Wing’s, like it was from an adult male. {Please board the transport train}
       I started to look around, but figured I was just hearing things, or that the voice belonged to whoever was piloting this ship.
       “I’m sure someone is here,” I said. “What else could have talked in my head?”
       “You heard the voice too?” Jeremy and Jackie asked.
       “Yeah, so you heard it?” I asked.
       “Yeah,” Jackie and Jeremy said, glancing at each other as they said it.
       We got onto what the voice I heard called the transport train. I walked up to a console and saw a list, most likely of all the different areas on the ship. It saw some sort of writing, and oddly enough I could read it. I pressed part of the screen that said “English Translation” and everything changed to English. I then pressed part of the screen that said “Control Room Area”. I felt the transport train move, and shortly after stop. We exited the transport train and into a corridor.
       We then walked down the corridor and came to a elevator. I stepped onto the elevator, while Jeremy and Jackie followed, and rode it up to a short hallway leading to a door. We walked down the hall and through the door into a room that had computers all over and a few chairs attached to the floor around the room. This could very much be the control room.
       “Did we land in some science fiction movie?” Jeremy asked.
       {What is “science fiction”?} the same voice from earlier asked in my head.
       “Who are you?” I asked toward the source of the voice, while turning my head, looking around. “And where are you?”
       {I’m...well, I’m the ship computer} the voice said.
       “Ship computer? Is there any living beings, other than us, on this ship?” I asked.
       {No, sadly. The crew disappeared over a century ago} the ship computer said.
       “Spooky,” Jackie said.
       “Is there a designated name, model number, or whatever for you?” I asked the ship computer.
       {I was never designated a name, since the crew disappeared shortly after I was created} the ship computer said.
       “How were you activated? I mean, how did you turn on, with the crew having disappeared?” I asked.
       {That even I do not know} the ship computer said. {You can give me a name if you would like}
       “Hmm...how about Wayfarer?” I asked.
       {It is a very nice name, thank you} the ship computer said. {Now may I know your names?}
       “I am -” I started.
       “Don’t!” Jackie interrupted, pulled me over to the side to talk to me, and Jeremy followed. “Don’t thrust this thing.”
       “Why not?” I asked angrily, pushing his arm off of me. “Wayfarer is nice, and a great ship, I feel like...I know him.”
       “It,” Jackie said. “It is a computer, it doesn’t have a gender, plus it doesn’t know good from bad. I’m leaving, I’m not going to stay here.”
       {Please don’t go} Wayfarer said. {You were chosen}
       The word “chosen” caught my attention.
       “What do you mean by ‘chosen’? Chosen for what?” Jeremy asked, Wayfarer having his full attention.
       {To be ruler of one of three planets in need of leadership} Wayfarer said.
       “Really? A ruler? Cool,” Jackie said, Wayfarer having caught his full attention now.
       {But it involves you needing to become part alien. Are you up to that?} Wayfarer asked.
       “Sounds cool, what are the planet name? Which one will we rule? What do the aliens look like?” I asked.
       {First I’ll need your names} Wayfarer said.
       “I’m Jackie, or Jeff for short, this is Nathaniel, or Nathan, and this is Jeremy,” Jackie said, pointing to us as he said our names, still calling me Nathan.

       “For the last time, my name is Akira,” I said as the scenery changed around me.
       “Of course it is, I just said that,” I heard a familiar voice say.
       I turned around to find Maurice standing where Jeff was and Jeremy looked the same way I remember Alan.
       “Alan, what is wrong with -” Maurice started.
       “Wait a minute, you said Alan,” I said. “What is going on?”
       “What are you talking about? You blacked out just a little while ago, if that’s what you mean,” Maurice said.
       {I’m detecting a time distortion surrounding Akira} Wayfarer said.
       “What does that mean?” Alan asked.
       {It means that Akira just traveled through time} Wayfarer said.
       “So that explains what I saw, I think,” I said, a little confused.
       “What do you mean?” Maurice asked.
       “Well I saw someone Jackie, but he said his name was Jackie. Also someone who looked like Alan, but he said his name was Jeremy. That’s not the only thing though, they both called me Nathan,” I said.
       “Someone who looked just like me?” Alan asked.
       “Yeah, except he looked about four years older,” I said.
       {This is not good. If you had mentioned the difference to this Jeff and Jeremy, you may have changed the time line} Wayfarer said, with a very concerned tone in his voice.
       “Oh, but I did mention the difference to them,” I said, a little worried.
       {This is definitely not good} Wayfarer said. {Let me check some information. Akira, I will ask you some questions and I want you to tell me if anything is different from you remember, understand?}
       “Okay, go ahead,” I said.
       
A few moments later...

       {Oh, this is weird} Wayfarer said. {Yet from all your answers, the time hasn’t changed, at least not yet}
       “What is it?” I asked curious.
       {You and Alan aren’t really brothers, you’re actually cousins. You were adopted by your aunt and uncle on your mother’s side} Wayfarer said. {Who are also the last living relatives of yours}
       “What? That’s not true,” I said.
       “You mean my mom and dad adopted Akira?” Alan asked.
       {Yes} Wayfarer said.
       “If I’m adopted where are my real parents?” I asked.
       {They died in a car accident when you were three years old, and you were raised by your aunt and uncle. I’m sorry to give you the news in this way} Wayfarer said.
       “You’re sorry? For what? For telling me the truth? There’s no need to apologize,” I said. “You weren’t the one that kept that information from me, my aunt and uncle were.”