Running out of time

Chapter 5. The collision

The air was crisp and the grass was frosty. Anna had stumbled across a park bench and sat there, reading. Ben stared at her intently, there was something about this girl that seemed almost unusual, but she didn't notice him. Roy was running laps around the circuit that surrounded the park, closing it off from cars and other vehicles. Then there was Lucy, bundled up in a thick, warm jumper whilst gently swaying on a swing in the playground area.

Ben smiled at himself as he successfully kicked a football into the goal from the other side of the pitch. Roy slowed into a jog, watching Ben play, perhaps he could be his opponent and eventually score some goals himself.

Lucy took notice of Anna siting all by herself on the park bench and shifted herself over to sit next to this girl. Next thing was to strike conversation. "Hey, I'm Lucy, nice to meet you" she said holding out her hand. After waiting a few seconds, Lucy accepted defeat and pulled her hand back into her jumper. She shivered, she should probably go home, but then she'd have to face seeing the proud pictures of her older siblings on every wall of the house.

Suddenly, as if by magic, the sky turned a deep sea blue and the clouds began to whir. The four teens looked up at the sky in unison. And something was staring back at them. No one else could see this happening, it was as normal as normal to everyone - except this four. They stood still as the thing staring back at them began to speak. But it had no mouth, no human features, but they could feel its presence.

The guardians! It hissed fiercely the protectors! By now the children couldn't take their eyes away from the sky. THE SAVIOURS! It boomed sending the children flying towards each other. As they reached the middle of the park their eyes turned grey. It was as if their minds transported to a whole new world.

They saw the truth.

They saw the universe as a whole, and they saw humanity. They experienced the weight of the Galaxy. The whole world was in their grasp.

The children snapped out of their trance. As their hair floated back down and their eyes retired to their usual state, they looked at each other - and somehow they knew what they had to do.

Only, they had a time limit. Not even the Stars could have told them this, but they knew that somewhere fixed in the fabric of space and time there was an hourglass. Nobody knew when it would run out. But all creatures of the earth and all creatures of the Universe knew that time had almost run out. It was the sole reason for the existence of 'the saviours'. They were to bring back time and bring back cause to our world. Only they must do it before time runs out.

All the creatures of the universe pray that the saviours do not run out of time, for it'll be dangerous to all of humanity and the Galaxy as a whole.

Please, do not run out of time.

Authors note: I hope you're enjoying the story so far, the collision is meant to be a chapter about all of them as a whole, if you want more chapters like this one, please comment! If you wouldn't like a chapter like this please say too, I would really appreciate it!!💚Thanks so much for reading!💙