THE JOURNEY (DESTINATION IN OBLIVION)

JOURNEY SIX

Immediately he commanded, one of the armored guys whipped out some kind of colorful handcuff from his suit and put them on one of my hands, i wanted to protest but I suddenly felt a calm sensation like i was being hypnotized, so i followed him willfully, it was like i was controlled. After walking a few, we got to a shining portal, the armored guy entered and i inadvertently followed. I suddenly met myself in a transparent white tube, and each tube seems to be arranged in a pattern. I tried to move my legs but they were stuck, within a blink, I was moving through the vacuum tube, then suddenly, I paused and a door suddenly opened. I walked into the room and looked back, but the guy behind me was gone I was starting to get scared until a robotic voice echoed across the room “welcome to your room, I am vMax a help bot, here if you need me” the room went all silent again and I moved around, 'how has it come to this' I looked around and the room is the most beautiful place I have ever set my eyes on. Well, that's the least surprising thing I have seen today, suddenly the door dilated but I didn't bother to look up and i pretended like i was asleep, suddenly, strong arms lifted me and put me in a chamber, I know you can hear me, i am sorry for the prejudice, I should have told you that the cuff was meant to calm you down so that you wouldn't develop any effect from freaking out, and if you don't like the room, just tell vMax, anyways welcome to the "COSMIC STEWARDS HQ'',i suddenly sprung up and asked, please explain everything to me? Uncle Lance turned back, smiled and moved closer, 'explain from where and when?, He asked, 'the beginning' i replied, okay, in the beginning was total darkness……. No!! 'Not that beginning' I said cutting him off, i knew he was just being sarcastic. Okay, no problem, he continued, as far as I can remember, this hidden association was created to maintain social stability both locally and internationally, and to maintain proper power distribution among nations, you will get to know about all later, he emphasized, few years into this association, two of the most powerful continents of the world decided to have a war, just to show off their arsenal and everyone knew that it was a one way ticket to destination f**cked, it all started as a challenge until it escalated and the whole world was falling apart, your dad and I were pawns of war for the demagheddon the war that almost ended the earth, your dad and I were teenagers then and we were fighting for opposing parties, and your mum was also in the war to treat wounded soldiers, the war was hot and the ground was soaking up blood every second, the CS arrived and they didn't hesitate to increase the number of recorded deaths, they absconded with we the helpless ones and that's when your dad met i and your mom.

So after years of intense training, i and your dad turned out to be the best of all the learners, then we noticed that the Sage in charge of martial arts and sword 🗡️ fight defense was planning a conspiracy so we tried every means to stop him but since everyone was oblivious of his actions, they began to aid him inadvertently. Then one day we stumbled upon a book called 'The rules' it is a book that holds all the rules guiding this association so it's the oldest book in the secret meeting chamber, the book claims that when a learner challenges a sage and wins, he becomes the sage and if he loses he gets banished from the association but without his memory. What does that mean? I asked, they use the brain wiper on such people and they remember absolutely nothing, not even how to pee, the only thing they remember is how to breathe. But despite being aware of all these dangers, your dad decided to do it anyway, and of course he failed, I had warned him to wait and plan things out but his intolerance for injustice took the best of him and just like that, his dreams were shattered, i made up mind to help your dad while he was locked up in the frost cell, i met with 'Grey Greg' he was the oldest man in the association then, he couldn't see nor move but he gave me a piece of advice 'the ability to gain victory by changing and adapting according to the opponent is called genius ' i challenged the sage again and replicated his tricks, this made him really angry then I dealt the last blow and won. I pleaded for your dad's release and the panel agreed but on the condition that he will be under constant monitoring, Alicia your mom followed him when he was to be sent out. Uncle Lance took a deep breath, and stood up, I brought your luggage, 'here' he said and pointed to the place he had put it. 'vMax, cloth store out, he said and immediately, a strange looking wardrobe came out. I packed the few clothes I brought with me out and arranged them carefully in the cubes, i lifted something solid, and I quickly recognized it, it was that strange metal ball from Dimi crimelord's vehicle and as if it was never there, the [CS] sign on is in absolute similitude as the ones that I have been coming across since the beginning of this weird experience. From the black car to the helicopter,and pretty much everything I have seen today has this sign. Uncle Lance noticed my absent mindedness so he leaned closer to check things out and he looked completely awed by what he saw 'how did you find the intelliprobe 212' he asked still awed. 'Maybe it's just a fake' , he said, holding it and approaching the tubes, I will be back, he assured. Wait!! , pls how can I speak to my best friend, I have really missed him, I said, with teary eyes. Am so sorry but we are far above your world when it comes to technology ⚙, and we are far beyond the surface on the kardashev scale. Our modes of communication really doesn't mix, am so sorry, He pleaded. Mr Lance walked through the door and immediately the tubes took him away with the speed of light. I sat on the bed trying to process the weirdest day of my entire life and didn't even realize when I drifted into sleep paradise.

I woke up, and I felt very relaxed, seemed the bed had tilted to my convenience and massaged all my body when I was asleep, there was even a place to pee and poop in, I stretched and asked vMax the time, "it seems your perception of space and time is different from mine, I will not be able to provide you with a numeral indicating a particular motion and presence of matter in the void of space and time" too much college physics, I thought, it's preety boring listening to vMax explaining stuff all day, just take me to where Uncle Lance, I mean emperor sage is. vMax responded with a green color and immediately the door opened. I walked carefully and fearfully into the transparent tubes and was awed by the network of tubes. Unexpectedly I met myself at what seems to be a training ground for fighters, it was a pretty large room and there were few people compared to the room size. Everyone of them were wearing white clothes of which material I have never seen before but they weren't dressed in robot looking exoskeleton. They noticed my presence but cared less about me as they listened to uncle Lance explain stuff to them. Uncle Lance also turned a blind eye to my presence so I walked down the completely white room, to find a place to sit. After walking for a while, I realized that the trainers were divided into many parts across the big room, infact, a large hall is a more precise description, they were all so spaced that the other training set across the room will look like Lego figures to you. After walking for a while, I saw a black figure from afar, this counter colouration made it easier to detect the figure, but as I walked closer, I realized that it was a person who just put his head on his laps like he was asleep, I walked closer and finally found a sit beside him. Immediately I sat, he lit his eyes and threw me a deadly glare, I was terrified, at the moment and my heart started pumping faster, he had a cold and emotionless stare. and I felt like he would devour me.

TBC.