Dream Partners: Dark Rain (book 2)

Chapter 26: Unwinding Time

Maldor said, "so we need to find a way to bring all the gods forward in time without corrupting the timeline...is that correct?". Andrea smiled and said, "yes that's right". Maya said "why don't we go back in time to the day the first city fell and bring everyone forward" and Maldor said "no, because then the higher level anti-gods wouldn't reveal themselves and with no gods at their posts to distract them, they would immediately take over the universe even faster instead of wasting precious time hunting every remaining Astro god". Maya grunted and said, "what do we do then Mr. genius".

Before Maldor could speak, Jay spoke up and said "we can use Andrea's powers to clone the entire celestial plain and its civilians and bring it forward in time using my powers mixed with hers". Maldor said, "it's time-consuming and will be hard on Andrea but I believe we can pull it off...we can't recreate the gods but we can clone them". Andrea smiled and said "let's do it, before tearing open a portal and kissing her mother goodbye, and saying "I'll see you all very soon". Maldor interrupted and said "they can come with us since an hour from now they will freeze to death and be erased with the universe". After hearing that, everyone headed off to pack their new stuff until Andrea snapped her fingers and said "done...it's all waiting in the old house"

Everyone stepped through the portal and into the dusty living room of the replica house on the alien planet; it was 4 pm in the evening and precisely a year ago. Maldor smiled and said, "everyone get some rest, rebuilding the universe will take a few days so get comfortable". Andrea walked up to the replica of her old room a fell out on the bed as jay sat next to her and rubbed her back; noticing how tense she was. He smiled and said "you did amazing today" and she sighed and said "yea but I lost control of my emotions and nearly destroyed everyone again". Jay rolled up her shirt, continued rubbing her back, and said "it's not your fault you had a rough past, and no one blames you for killing yourself...it was a mistake that was corrected and everyone forgave".

She sighed and said then why was I still thinking about it?" and he giggled and said "the fear of death is what keeps us alive and on guard...you keep seeing my death because you know it could happen again and you see it as a warning and that's normal, besides, I see the same visions of you which is why I sacrificed myself in the first place...to keep you safe". Jay bent down, kissed her and said, "the only reason those violent painful thoughts came up was because the chaotic crystal was enhancing all dark things, including your memories to feed it and if your not careful you can go mentally insane or evil, that's why I had so much training but for your first time, you did well Andrea because if we're being honest, you should've gone insane or exploded".

He sat her up and pulled her into a deep kiss, before getting up and leaving the room and telling her to get some rest. Jay slipped downstairs into the backyard and spent the next few hours, working on his surprise for his beautiful fiancée. After preparing the backyard, he cooked and then used a few of his powers to finish everything else, before rushing back upstairs to leave her outfit on the chair with a note. Thirty minutes later, Andrea woke up; she had been asleep for 4 hours and she noticed it was dark now as she looked out the window. She slowly got up, ready to go find jay, but was distracted by the beautiful red dress laying across the recliner with a note that read: meet me downstairs.

After putting on the dress, she headed to the bathroom to do her makeup but found a big note on the mirror that read: no makeup!! you're beautiful enough. Andrea blushed before rolling her eyes and walking downstairs where Jay was waiting in his old white tux with a red dress shirt underneath. He smiled at her and said "you looking stunning tonight, my love" and she blushed hard and said, "so do you, my beautiful knight". She took his hand and walked with him out into the backyard with her eyes closed until they stopped walking and he smiled and said "open your eyes sweetie".

When she opened her eyes her jaw dropped at the beautiful sight in front of her. The backyard was lined with tiki torches, and palm trees, but what caught her eye was the table for two under a weaved canopy. Jay smiled, escorted her over to the table, and pulled her chair out for her before sitting down and waving his hand which was a signal to cue the romantic orchestra music. Andrea smiled and said "you did all this for me?" and he blushed and said, "there isn't anything I wouldn't do for you...you mean the world to me and when you're unhappy, I'm unhappy".

Andrea's mother walked over with two plates, sat them down, removed the covers, and said " boñ appetite" before walking off giggling. Andrea giggled and said, "oh my favorite, sausage, biscuits, gravy, and hash browns". Jay blushed and said, "well, since things have been upside down lately, I thought breakfast for dinner would be a nice change". Andrea smiled and said "relax I love it" before she tore her plate up, without spilling anything on her. After he finished eating, Andrea smiled and said "it's been a wonderful night". Jay smiled and said "well it's about to get much better" before he stood up, extended his hand, and said, "may I have this dance ma'am".