“Death is gone?! Ah ha! See! We are alive because of my luck!” says Lucky throwing his arms up.

Ya and all my years of training in the between dimension was nothing.

“Pretty much, this is all Cole’s fault.” says Lucky grinning.

“Me?! Uhhh, thanks?” Cole replies slightly confused.

“It’s because you were nice to me, Cole. You were the first one in who knows how long. After that I started to notice my luck changing.”

Cole nods replying, “I think Death was siphoning your power leaving you with only bad luck. Once you meet with The Enlightened Ones they will teach you that your power is tied to your emotions. Now that you have a better outlook on life, you should have better luck.”

“I don’t know who The Enlightened Ones are, but yes! I feel it!”

Arch takes Cole by the shoulder redirecting him from Lucky, “Don’t worry we’ll look for survivors and start our investigation. Don’t you have somewhere more important to be?”

“What do you mean? There’s so much to do?”

“Gaze is pregnant, remember? She’s waiting for you back at the base. From the look of it things were moving pretty fast. You better get over there.”

The look of terror coming over Cole’s face was priceless. In all the commotion he had completely forgotten he was going to be a father. Not just any father. A father of two Ultrasapien twins who already seem to be very powerful. Twins born to parents who are versions of each other from different dimensions, and Ultrasapiens themselves. The possibilities of what this could mean for Cole and the world they are living in sends Cole into a dizzy spell.

Arch catches him, “Whow are you ok there?”

“It’s ok, I’m good now. This world is too much for me sometimes. I haven’t even had time to think about being a dad!”

Without anything further Cole springs to action. He blasts out of the base pausing only for a moment to take another glace and Byson and Apeiro. Still they haven’t moved a muscle. Not even their eyes are moving. They appear to be frozen in time.

Don’t worry Byson. We’ll figure out a way to get you free.

Cole continues to the NGP base as fast as he can, realizing on the way that he lost his bow staff at some point. Well before he reached the base he discovered a new strange sight. There appears to be a giant force field bubble surrounding the base. Though translucent and infused with rainbow-like colors, he notices it also has a slight luminescent property. Cole stops just short of the entrance of the bunker not wanting to touch the strange bubble.

Magi’s voice calls from an intercom, “It’s ok Cole. It’s safe to touch.”

“What is this Magi?”

“It’s, a bubble. Just walk through it, come inside, and we’ll talk on the way. We’re all waiting for you.”