The Crawford's Multiverse of Madness

Prologue 2.5

*Beep*

*Beep*

*Beep*

"A foreign system is attempting to hack this vessel, Immediate action recommended."

"A foreign system is attempting to hack this vessel, Immediate action recommended."

"A foreign system is attempting to hack this vessel, Immediate action recommended."

The onboard artificial intelligence, coined 'STARS' was currently in a fierce battle with an unidentified cybernetic foreign entity.

The foreign entity sought to gain access to the submarine that held Zeel and Alice in their conjoined stasis chamber.

Zeel planned for every possible outcome, there was protocol put in place for such scenarios. The protocol varied in severity, but STARS didn't want to take any risks.

Feeling that it was only a matter of time until the foreign entity got access to her core, STARS initiated the awakening protocol.

"Measures have been taken, proving insufficient. Accessing protocol Delta 56. Upon encounter with an entity that is attempting to steal information that could compromise the host:

1.) Reanimate the host.

2.) Self-destruct and erase all information from the server."

Codes flickered across the onboard screen for a moment until a decision was reached.

"Conditions met: Reanimation of host Zeel Crawford and Alicia Crawford in progress. ETA 1 year and 6 months earlier than expected. Radiation poisoning cleansed to acceptable parameters,"

In a room near the rare of the submarine, a faint mist could be seen spreading. Something that had been asleep was currently de-frosting and re-awakening once more.

"Reanimation complete," STARS reported.

With the reanimation completed, the string of codes on the ship's mainframe slowly disappeared as the hack was once again held at bay.

"huuuuuh, huuuuh, *cough*, *cough*, *cough* Ugh how long has it been?" Zeel, who just woke up, was severely disoriented and confused.

He wondered if four years had already passed or could he have possibly been woken up earlier than anticipated?

What had the world become in his absence? Should he even care?

While in deep contemplations, Zeel then felt Alice thug on his hand with her own. Alice then began coughing up liquid nutrients as she collapsed on the floor.

Zeel would have caught her, but he was also incredibly weak at the moment.

The only reason he had not collapsed was due to the fact that he experienced stasis chambers before.

"Time for adjustment is recommended, it has been one year six months since entering stasis," The onboard STARS reported as it began to summarize extra information concerning Zeel's and Alice's health, before giving status updates to Alice who was concerned about the others still kept in stasis.

A couple of minutes passed by, Alice and Zeel now had enough strength to walk.

"Ugh, fuck. I can't remember much of what happened," Alice complained as she held her head with both hands.

"The host was in the blast radius of a nuclear fallout leading to heavy radiation poisoning.

This required the host to undergo stasis cleansing for three years to fully expel; however, due to Delta 56, the host is forced to be awoken 1 year 6 months in advance.