Chronicles of Time

The Higher Ups

Barten and Hane laid back on a door. Hane was panicking and breathing heavily. A loud boom was heard above them, the two had gone underground.

Hane: What are we gonna do?!

Barten: Gear up.

The place around them shook as they heard lightning strike multiple times above them. Barten bit into an apple made of gold he pulled out of his pocket. He grabbed a black sword from a chest in the room and held it tightly with his mechanical arm. With his other arm, he grabbed a light-blue sword and put it towards Hane.

Barten: So are we gonna do this?

A hole appeared abover the two, The Stranger hovered down between Barten and Hane, his blindfold and cape now gone. He was covered in blood, his eyes were entirely gray, no pupils orr anything else.

The Stranger: If they ask if you saw me here, you didn't. For your own safety never mention me. I'm sorry I can't assist you anymore but they felt my presence here. Good luck..

The colors around them turned a monochrome white blue. The Stranger and the hole disappeared entirely as the undead was heard just outside of the door. Hane moved away from the door and grabbed the sword that Barten still had forward. The two stood side by side, the undead breaking down the door.

Hane: Here goes...

Before even another thought could occur from any of them, everything froze. No noise, no movement, not anything was happening. Hane and Barten couldn't even move their eyes. Another hole appeared, this time, in reality. A person with gradient hair appeared through it. Two wings on the left and two wings on the right is what Barten noticed first. He knew who she was immediately.

"Sargas Evergreen. Codename: Barten. You may speak." said whoever walked through the hole in reality.

Barten: Lady Luna! Why the sudden check-up?!

Hane was also able the move his head, he had never seen Barten scared like that.

Luna, the Angel. She was one if the Higher-Ups, specifically the one who chose Barten to be a dimension hopper.

Luna: Have you come into contact with any other Hopper here besides... Nad Aldine, Codename: Hane here?

He took a second to respond to the question.

Barten: No, although some weird things have happened in this dimension. Loud noises from a distance, already built places not of the Ascended kind.

Luna: Is that true?

She looked over at Hane and snapped her fingers.

Hane: Y-yes! I have seen some weird movements from a distance every now and then but when I go investigate, nothing's there.

Luna: Noted. We will personally handle this dimension from now on. Thank you for your services.

She snapped her fingers and everything around them flashed a monochrome white. Barten had closed his eyes to avoid the bright flash, once he opened then he was somewhere entirely different.

Barten: Man... Again from zero?

He sighed and began to punch a tree to get materials. Barten realized the tree was not coming down. He looked around, something felt different. Quickly, he took notice of someone on the ground near him, sleeping.

Barten: Ain't no way he's still asleep after being transferred somewhere else...

He looked at the person still, brown hair, blue cloak with a moon on the back. Definitely Asellus. Barten pushed him so he would wake up.

Asellus: Huh- Wha-

Barten: Wake up buttercup. We got a dimension to level.

Asellus: What the fuck? Wasn't I just-

Barten: - in a different place? Yeah. Welcome to the club.

Asellus got up from the ground and brushed the dirt off of his face. He looked at Barten, still drowsy.

Asellus: You look like hammered shit.

Barten: And I feel like that too, even after eating one of those golden apples.

Asellus: Your situation was that bad?

Barten: I think it was worse than we saw it. Luna intervened.

Asellus: What did you do?

Barten: I think I crossed paths with someone who is being hunted.

Asellus: Don't Dimension Hunters handle that?

Barten: Yeah. So if Luna was directly after them then must be real serious.

Asellus: Hm... As long as they're not watching you, we're fine.

Asellus looked at everything he had on him, he was surprised to find he had an axe, a shortsword made out of and orange metal, a pickaxe and a bag.

Asellus: Uhh, what do you have one you?

Barten: Nothing, we-

Barten checked the things on him.

Barten: -usually start with nothing? What?

He also had the same things as Asellus.

Barten: Oh. This is gonna be interesting.