Gods Of Time

Beyond Time

"Time is a construct" is a saying that we believe to be true because we dont understand it. We think we created it, however as we continue on we find out eventually that is false it existed long before we did. Whether we die finding this out or we strike the idea in our heads that maybe it isn't something we make up..." Professor Gary paused his statement and walked over to the seat I was sleeping in. He then quietly asked my roommate to hand him his book, and then dropped the book in my lap jolting me from my slumber. "... or
Imagine. Next time you come to class mister  Zayn, dont take a nap!" He finished saying. I handed my roommate Raza his book without looking over and seeing his grin I knew he had on his face.
"I'm sorry Professor, I didn't get much sleep last night and it won't happen again! " I say sincerely. He gave me a worried look on his face but then it returned to his normal  unemotional face.
" That will conclude our lesson today on the concept of time and it reality, and dont forget your 400 page essay due in a week, pick your topic and stick with it. Class dismissed!" The professor said. I got up from my seat with the rest of the class when professor Gary looked up and motioned me to come over to him. "Yes,Professor?" I asked hoping that he wasnt going to lecture me about the importance of sleep or his lectures.
" You can call me by my name Zayn, after all your parents left you to me when they passed away all those years ago. The least you could do is act as though you know me! Anyway I wasnt going to lecture you like you always assume, i was going to ask you how your project is going?" Gary said shaking his head and looking down at the papers in his hands as he stepped around the table that was set there on the stage at the front of the classroom. I looked at him and tried to remember what had happened the night before, and suddenly it hit me I managed to artificially age a rat to its death. I had manipulated  the cells of the rat to age significantly faster so it took only a few hours before the rat died and then decayed to a pile of bones.
" I made a breakthrough with the aging process that we have been hoping for, the rat I was experimenting on aged more rapidly than anything I've ever seen or heard of before! Maybe you should come by my home and see what I've been working on prof.... I mean Gary." I said excitedly. I had never been more excited before than in that moment when I realized I had made something so intense that Gary actually looked up from his papers to stare back at me, and then straighten up. He stands 4,5 ft tall, and I stand 5,0 ft tall, and yet he was staring me in the eyes seemingly eye level with me.
" Show me now! I will go with you now and see your research!" He said throwing the papers on the floor and walking with me practically shoving me along in front of him across the classroom and out the door into the hallway.
" Gary, it'll be there when we get there. What's the rush for?" I asked turning to face him while walking backwards down the hall. He didn't answer but seemed to acknowledge my question with his facial expression. The hall only ran about 50 ft. Just as we reached the door at the end of the hall, there was a loud tearing sound behind me and I look and see Gary's terrified face staring at something behind me as I hear many large footsteps. The hallway stands about 10 ft tall and as I turned around I catch sight of the large creature with 4  massive arms and two massive legs barely able to fit in the hallway they lumber toward us and we turn to run and I feel one of their hands grab the back of my shirt,and yank me back towards them pulling me off my feet, flying into the wall with a loud thud, and a spray of blood hitting the floor where I landed flooding the floor.
"Zayn! Don't you die on me!" Gary yelled charging the beast and elbowing it in what looked like the stomach and it  bent over to grab at him. It missed him as he dove under him between his legs, grabbed ahold of me and lifted me up off the floor wrapping my arm around his neck while grunting from effort as he got me to my feet. "Zayn, can you stand on your own?" Gary asked urgently. He started carrying me through the door, as the creature reached through and latched onto his waist. He let go of me as he was yanked back through the door, I barely managed to stay on my feet. I wanted to turn and help Gary but I knew better. So i continued to run away from the building, when I  catch a glimpse of a bright light out of the corner of my eye to my left 15 ft away. I turn towards it, and sprinted as fast as I can over to it. I stopped running, and looked for something that caused the light, but there was nothing. Suddenly, a human-sized hand reaches out, and yanks me into a human-sized hole from nowhere pulling me from the campus to a lightless room. I feel the hand tugging at my shirt to move farther into the room, I put my hands out to feel anything around me, but my hands never get any purchase on a wall or anything else for that matter. Finally, a female voice whispers from in front of me where the hand is leading.
" I'm sorry for not explaining your situation, but I had no choice but to bring you to safety." The voice said quietly. Unsure of if I could trust this voice, I reached out and touched the hand holding onto me. It felt cold, and yet inviting. It felt smooth, but harder than skin and bone. Suddenly before I could follow the arm to the thing it belonged to, it released me from its grasp, and then I was alone in the darkness.
"If you are here to help why am I unable to see you?" I asked, while listening intently. I hear the sound of eight rapid taps above me, and I look up instinctively, however due to it being pitch black I couldn't see anything.
"Because I'm not really here to help you, champion of Zarth!" The voice said from above me. I dropped to the floor, and rolled over just in time to hear something stab the floor where I was before. "I can see you, Zayn, you cannot escape me!" The voice screamed.
"I always hated spiders, but your something else! What are you?!" I yelledcrawling back the way I came as best as I could tell anyway through the pitch black room which was apparently large enough for some freaky spider thing. Suddenly I heard a massive shriek of pain and saw a flash of light fill the room briefly.
"You will leave this one alone Falia, you know I hold purchase on him, must i remind you that i could kill you with one look if i wished?" A older male voice spoke very sternly. Another shriek and then light fills the room and it is blinding for a moment before I look up and see the same light I saw before but this time someone was standing there before it. "Get up Zayn, you are safe now I'm here to help." The voice said softly. Blood still dripping from my mouth down my chin, now I realize that it is dripping I wipe it on my sleeve of my shirt, which I had worn a long sleeve dress shirt and dress pants to meet with some friends for dinner after class, which of course was delayed do to my situation. I get up off the floor now looking around the room, and see giant webs all around a 50 ft room and a hole at the far end of it. "She is gone for now come we have much to discuss!" The older man said.
"Who are you? And what do you want with me?" I asked getting closer to the old man. Stepping closer to me, he put his hand on my shoulder.
"My name is Zarth, and I want you to go home, of course I know I'll have to answer questions first, am I right?" He said. I felt his hand leave my shoulder, and then he stepped through the light. I followed because he seemed alot nicer than the creatures I had previously met.
"So Zarth..." I started as I walked into a massive room with a staircase to my far left, bookcases directly in front of me at the back of the room, and many chairs surrounding  many tables to my right. "...where are we?" I continued in awe of the beautiful magnificence all around me. He patted me on the back ushering me farther into the room.
"We are beyond time itself, I control time. It serves me as a pet would a regular human." Zarth said. He stood what seemed to be about 15 ft tall, looked very muscular. "This is my realm, I rule here and anything here obeys me. I shall get some medical personal to help with your injuries." He said walking through a door next to the stairs. I walked over to the closest  chair and sat in it. The blood pouring out of my mouth more heavily this time. Zarth comes back through the door with two beautiful women following behind him over to me.
"Where does it... oh I see, Gertrude hand me the bag." The woman who was directly behind Zarth said as she walked around him. The woman called Gertrude handed a bright red bag over to the woman standing next to me as they both got closer. They looked to be about 20 or 30 years of age, both very beautiful, blue eyes, red hair down to their shoulders. Both had fair white skin, and I couldn't take my eyes off of them.
"Sarah, I think he likes us." Gertrude said laughing as she started massaging  my chest and stomach. They both smile and laugh, while neither woman looked up at me. I still not remove my gaze from them, even though Zarth took a seat across from me. Sarah started to rub my temples, and suddenly  a flash of blue light and my blood was no long pouring out of my mouth. Sarah took a towel and wiped my face clean of any blood. "All better!"She said with a grin. I finally found my waits and turned away from her.
"Indeed, thank you for healing me,but..." I tried to finish, but the two women were already through the door they entered from. I tried to get a look through the door, but they had already closed it behind them. I turned towards Zarth, and he held out his hand. A blue ball of light appeared in his hand and then winked out of existence. "What did you do?" I asked.
"I looked into your future." He said walking towards the door we came from.
Something clicked in my head reminding me of my friend Gary. "What can we do to help my friend Gary, he needs my help!" I said. He turned towards me, and his face looked sad.
"Your friend is beyond help, i am unable to reverse what has happened to him."Zarth said with every ounce of sorrow in his voice. I stared at him, if you let me go back and find out what happened to him i'll do anything you want!" I said angerly. He stood there considering my purposal.
"You will need some power if you wish to survive this trip, here let me give you some." He said putting out his hand and a redish blue light appeared in it. I took his hand and the light flashed, and power i had never felt before coursed through my body. My body felt warm as it pulsed through my muscles. I looked up at him and he seemed slightly smaller.
He waved his hand towards the door, and it swung open and a rift appeared on the other side of the door leaving no room to pass by it. "Go through and you will be back in the schoolyard where you left it. Dont forget you have power to bend time to your will just will it and it will do as you tell it." He said stepping back. I turned towards the rift, and stepped right in front of it. I turned my head back towards Zarth nodded a thanks, and stepped through the rift.......