Alternate Worlds - Secrets Of The Universe - Volume 2

Chapter 10. Last hope, last Goodbye

Deka tracked the girl down to speak.

They stood twelve feet away from each other.
Deka formed a sword in her hands and dropped it.

The girl understood the reasoning.

"I don't know if you can understand me, but I don't want to fight. You need to stop this! I can get you out of here, it's not to late!" Deka begged.

"I can't stop it... I'm sorry," The girl replied. Deka stood there in disbelief, there was no hope left. Deka knew there was another possible way, but she couldn't dare consider it.

   
Lydia and the family were on their sofa watching the News from the TV.
The universe was panicking; something worst then a pandemic was occurring, it was a massacre!

"I don't think she fixed it..." Lydia doubtfully said.

"Things would have restarted," Rick said.

"Minute by minute, millions of planets are vanishing, the universe is slowly shrinking as it takes us with it. I could not name all the planets that have now disappeared because there are to many of them... it would be easier to name the many left. Hold your loved ones close, it does not look like it is slowing down... This could possibly be our days of existence," The news reporter reported.

Everyone was scared. No one knew what was happening, and trillions of planets have already vanished.

Muffin started to cry since matt was not with them for their last moments and Lydia and Rick were both disappointed.

  
Deka knocked on their door as Muffin opens it.

"Rick! Your friend is here!" Muffin blew her tears away into a napkin.

Lydia and Rick rushed to the door! "Did it work?!" Lydia was worried.

"No... the tree of unity was erased before I could place the book back," Deka pouted.

"Is there any other way?" Rick questioned.

Deka looked up at him. "Only one...but I'm not sure..." Deka answered. "What is it?!"

"It's Lydia," Deka looked over at Her.

"Me?" Lydia didn't understand.

"You have the Data in your blood, you have it in your DNA. Sense the core is still here, you could give it back. This book has no energy which is useless now," Deka threw "Secrets of the Universe" to the ground.

"But you can give the energy back to the core... the only thing is you'd lose your life."

Lydia took a second to think of her words. "Lydia..." Rick didn't like the Idea.

"But once it reboots, you will be reborn in the same way you were, But Rick won't since he's already in the system, he can't exist twice," Deka explained. "But if you want to vanish so you could also be reborn-"

"No!" Rick interrupted. "I- I want to stay..."

"Rick...?" Lydia had got sadden.

"I don't want to live threw my past again," Rick said.

"But I don't want to live without you," Lydia replied, pouting.
Deka backed away.

"But-" Lydia quickly hugged Rick. "I know I'd still grow up to be great even without you... I'm just glad I even got to live a life with you,"

Rick teared up.

"You know I have to do this," Lydia said.

"I know..." Rick replied.

Deka pulled Lydia out from Rick's arms.
They walked down the path and watched the Universe quickly vanish before their eyes.

It came closer as it started to come to them. Deka quickly formed a safe field around them all to keep them from getting erased.
They watched the ground disappear as the planet got gulped out of existence.

They could see small lights that looked like stars beyond their universe in the blackness.
They stood on the field Deka made as the core of the universe of shining bright light blue glared from inside the erased planet.
The core was not yet erased, but it was slowly being eaten.

"It's time," Deka said.

Rick grabbed Lydia in for a last hug as he started to cry.
Lydia hugged back as she laid her head against his chest.
"Thank you, Rick, I can't imagine where or what I'd be without you," Lydia started to tear up. "You've always been there, even when I couldn't see you. You surrounded me with your arms and kept me safe from everything to ever harm me, even if it harmed you," She hugged him tighter. "I love you,"

Rick cried harder and tried to get his words out. "I love you too,"

She pulled his head down and gave him a kiss on the forehead. "Goodbye Rick," She let go and backed away. 
She looked up at the core four times the size of her body.

She looked at Deka and knotted. She walks off the field and takes another step slowly to the core.
The closer she get's the more energy she could feel.

She walks up and puts her hand out. She starts to give her energy out offering it to the core. The core takes It in as it gets brighter!
Lydia looks back to Rick and smiles.

Rick falls to his knees as he is weak.

Lydia gives all of her energy back to the core as light shoots out, blinding everyone!

KABOOM! A big bang erupted!

Deka looks around as the Universe quickly was reformed! She feels joyed and relieved, things had been fixed!

She looks over at Rick on his knees and feels remorse.

She walks over to him and puts her hand on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry... sense you didn't want to go; would you want to come back with me?" Deka questioned.

Rick looked up at her. "Where?"

"Beyond the Stars" Deka answered as she smirked.

No End