Epics of Noche 3, Limbo

EON CH 38

GLITCHY FRIEND.

 1774, NOVEMBER 28th, MONDAY7:30 pm.

Noche took a deep breath as she stood before the lighthouse door. She closed her eyes and gathered herself, before snapping them open and reaching out for the knob. Her fingers wrapped around the handle, tightened, and twisted. It didn't budge.

"What the?"

She tried again – nothing.

"Noche, are you sure this is the way out?" Shaylin asked.

"You saw the memory in the beam of light too. This is the way out!" Noche swore. "I don't get it. Why isn't this working? Fuck. Fuck!"

"Bruh calm down."

"I am calm!"

"You know, I'm a higher rank than you," Mary smirked. "I can technically give you orders."

"Orders? Here's an order. Kiss my ass."

The blonde continued to pull at the doorknob as Alice began glitching. A moment later, the violet-haired girl vanished.

Alice stood outside the gymnasium at Cross HQ. She looked around and tried to gather her bearings. It wasn't the first occasion where she had glitched through time. The only question being was this the past or future? Alice walked forward and Noche turned the corner ahead.

"Alice! Your horn!" the blonde shouted, "What happened?! The left one is broken in half!"

Alice's hand went up to the missing bit.

"... You broke it," Alice said.

Noche's brows lowered.

"I what?"

"... Never... Mind."

Alice walked past Noche and pat her on the shoulder.

"... Goodbye."

Noche could only furrow her brows and watch Alice walk away. It seemed she was in the past; probably during the Cross entrance exam. For a moment she wondered if she had revealed too much of the future by telling Noche it was her who broke the horn. Probably not.

With a sigh, she continued down the hallway. It was always so frustrating to be sent to a random period in time. It made her feel like a gray piece of paper that's been dipped in black ink and left on a forgotten road under a clouded night sky. With a heavy heart, Alice began her search for Mary.

Back in the present, Noche continued to struggle with opening the lighthouse door.

"What just happened to Alice?" Shaylin asked.

Mary frowned and turned to face the ginger.

"Alice has a... condition. She's a VIP. Her ability is time travel. But when she was younger, she abused her power. Now it's broken," she said. "Alice glitches through time and she can't control when it occurs or what time she ends up in."

"T-Time travel! A-Are you serious?" Tak asked.

"Dude, of all people you shouldn't be surprised. You're the one who has unlimited drive," Mary said. "Combined with immortality, a photographic memory, and your kinesthetic ability... You're way too powerful."