Chapter 2:

Chapter 2: Free-Dumb

For All The Time


Previously on For All The Time,

“Find her! Find the Saints of Last Resorts!”

“What is happening to me?!”

“You're Arth right? Arth, The Space-Time Voyager!”

“Looks like you finally recovered some of your memories, Arth”

Waking up from a splash of water in my face..Two men with black glasses that wear a pair of black tuxedos are in front of me..

Staring at me…

“Who are you people?” I asked

I tried to move but I was tied up on the chair.

“It's out of the question who we are, Mister Arth” the taller man in black said

“Our time is running out, Ese” the other said

“What do you mean our time is running out” I asked them both.

“Open your ears and listen clearly” they said “We’re gonna tell you everything we've been hiding”

“Our time have been fractured on constant death and rebirth caused by you”

“By me?”

“Indeed, each time you died the stability of space-time crumbled”

“I saw my dead body last night”

“Yes, he's the latest version of you” the other said “Now in order for this crisis to be averted”

The tall one took out a box on the briefcase. It was illuminating a bluish color. He let me stare at it for a split second and I saw the whole universe on it.

“What is that?” I asked them

“This is the Cosmic Hexahedron Model G9JB, it contains all the knowledge you needed for this journey” the tall man said “Your last iteration made just this in case something happened to him”

“QWER-1MA-T3-1324897” the other said

“What's that supposed to mean?” I asked “It's just a bunch of letters and numbers”

“That's the password for the cube for it to be activated” the tall man said as he took a notepad and wrote it down “Here so you can remember it”

“Thanks” I said “I guess”

“Can you release me now?”

The tall man then untied my ropes as I stood up.

“Much better” I said in relief as I stand up

“The fate of the entire universe depends on your hands, Space-Time Voyager” the other said

The two went to the door as they closed it.

“Hey wait!” I tried to chase them down to the door but they're nowhere to be seen.

After my encounter with those two peculiar men in black..I went out to do my duties.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday… And now Sunday

I'm now at the park where I meet Miss Coppenheimer and her daughter.

I'm riding the seesaw just like Cierry but now…

I'm the one in her position now.

Confused and Bewildered with revelations

My whole week is not the same anymore after what happened last week.

"It's always the same, and I'm sick of it
Every day the same To do, I've had enough
New things are No More, everything's similar
It's just place to place"

It's much colder today so I brought my trench coat with me, and I'm lucky that it's my day off so I have so much time for myself.

I took out the cube those two gave to me and looked at it as I saw my reflection into it.

“It's all just things that don't interest me anymore” I said

“What did you just say about my dad, you jerk?!” A heard a voice of a girl full of rage

I took out the cube to my pocket and run to the scene.

“Because I'm right, your dad is a psychopath” the boy said “he burned down your house along with your mom on it”

“My dad is my hero!” She said as she punched him in the face “He didn't kill my mom!”

“Hey!”

They both looked at me…

The boy took his chance to run away from her as I looked at the bruised up Gabby.

“Let me help you out” I said as she fell in her knees

Taking out the emergency medical box at the park’s rest house…

“Why did you pick up a fight again, Gabby?” I said. “What would your Nanny think of you getting yourself into a fight again?”

“I was defending myself” she said “Ouch!”

“Don't make excuses, Gabby” I gently put some alcohol in her bruise “I heard everything you said”

“I'm not just defending myself, Mister Arth” she replied “I'm also defending my dad”

“I know you looked up to your dad so much, Gabby but that doesn't mean that you can just punch your way out of everything” I lectured her “Plus you wouldn't wanna go to juvenile prison are you..what if that kid got hurt by you so badly?”

“Then he's weak then plus he's like 2 times my size!” She ranted “You don't know anything”

“I do know anything” I said and put the alcohol again

Figuratively and Literally

“If you think your dad is a good man, do you think he would get himself into a fight?” I asked her “Think about it?”

“But he is innocent!” She cried

“I bet the judge who dropped the verdict would disagree otherwise”

She lowered her head in defeat as she started to cry..

“So you don't believe my dad is innocent?” She said “You're so mean, Mister Arth!”

I hugged her to comfort her but she was punching me but I disregarded it.

“I'm sorry that I said that” I say “I believe that Mister Cadavier is innocent too”

“Stop hugging me! You don't mean it! You're just like the others saying that he killed my mom!” She cried

“No, I'm not like them Gabby” I said as I comforted her “I promise that I will try my best to investigate your dad's case”

“You mean it?”

“Yeah, I read your dad's files and there's a lot of loose ends” I said “I think something is missing”

She wiped her tears and said “Thank you, Mister Arth!”

“You know you're lucky you still have your dad, I meet someone who doesn't even have a dad” I said recalling my meeting with Cierry “But she do have a lovely but kind of busy mom”

“But my mom is gone now” she said in a melancholic tone.

“It's alright, Gabby” I ruffled her hair “Your mom is in a better place now and she's watching over you and your dad”

“But I want to be with her!” She cried “With us, with dad so we can be a whole family! I see a lot of kids with their mom and dad all the time and I'm getting jealous because my mom is gone and my dad is in jail!”

She cried on my chest as her tears were going into the fabric.

“Be strong and be kind, Gabby” I say “That's what would your parents wanted”

“How about I drop you off now to your Nanny?”

She nodded in agreement as I took out the medicine box and put it in its place.

We arrived shortly at her nanny's local eatery where I usually eat my lunch during duty.

“Gabby! What are these bruises?! Did you get yourself into a fight again?” Her nanny said

“Sort of, Nanny” I say as I scratched my nape “But I already patched her up so she's alright”

“How about I treat you to some chili fries, Arth?” She said offering me some chili fries.

“No thanks, I'm just doing the right thing” I said not wanting to eat chili fries again after that little accident I have last week.

“No payments needed, for today it's free for you” she said and she gave me a bag.

“Alright thanks” I said and took the bag not wanting to disappoint her.

“Bye Mister Arth!” Gabby said to me.

“Goodbye too, Gabby” I said as I ruffled her hair “Be a good girl for Nanny, okay don't get yourself into trouble again”

She smiled and nodded.

I left her and her nanny as I went back to the park again since the air there is so nice.

“What a wonderful world” I said as I breathe in relief

But when I was looking at the cube again, I took a bite from the chili fries that nanny gave me as it tastes the same as the last one I have.

“Oh god” I said but I couldn't help myself again and started digging up.

“Alright! No headaches, No nothing this time!” I celebrated

My eyes glowed as I took out the cube in my pocket.

“QWER-1MA-T3-1324897” I said it in order…but i did it out of control

As everything flashes before me like a calm river flow, not something that happened last time.

“Now I know what I have to do” I said as I stood up and cleaned my hands and mouth from all the sauce of the chili fries.

Before the Error pops up
Throw everything away

The ground shakes as I feel like glitching..

“What's happening?!” I said as I looked at the sky

The sky turned blood red.

“It's the red sky of death!” I shouted

“Oh my goodness, What should I do! What should I do!” I was panicking and thinking at the same time on how to fix this.

“I know now!” An idea click into to my mind “I'm going to find her...The Saint of Last Resorts

As I said, a portal opened on my feet and I fell into it.

My eyes are bombarded with a lot of flashy displays as I feel like I would be blind after this.

On Another Universe

A portal opened above a car as I fell off the roof and into the pavement.

“My back” I groaned “My back”

“Hey! What did you do to my car?!” A voice of a woman said

“I'm sorry”  I replied to her and apologized for damaging her car.


Chapter 2: Free-Dumb End