I had the same dream again, my friends\u2019 corpses accusing me of failing them, Richard\u2019s hand making contact and decaying me, and the dream ending when the decay reaches my jaw. I woke up again. This is absurd, I thought talking to Gandalf would help! I did my usual dress routine and headed to the gateway. I saw Gandalf and Wyldstyle talking to each other over tea. Gandalf was talking about the time a friend of his, Radagast the Brown, outran a pack of Orcs on dog-like creatures called Wargs while Radagast was on a sled pulled by rabbits. \u201cI had never known Rhosgobel Rabbits to outrun Gundabad Wargs!\u201d laughed Gandalf. \u201cIn hindsight, it was rather funny!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis was the guy that lived in a crooked house?\u201d asked Wyldstyle in a tone asking for confirmation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, he\u2019s odd, I grant you,\u201d admitted Gandalf. \u201cHe\u2019s led a solitary life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI hate to interrupt,\u201d I called, surprising the two, \u201cbut sleep won\u2019t come to me. I had a horrible dream.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWas it a dream where our corpses were accusing you of failing us and Richard grabbing you and infecting you with decay, but the dream ends with the decay reaching your eyes before you wake up?\u201d asked Wyldstyle. I arched an eyebrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes, except change that to the decay reaching my jaw,\u201d I replied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI woke up when the decay reached your neck,\u201d answered Gandalf. Okay, this can NOT be coincidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWas that true when your corpses were accusing me of failing you?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot remotely,\u201d assured Gandalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou haven\u2019t failed us by any stretch,\u201d confirmed Wyldstyle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, there\u2019s that bit of ammo if I dream that dream again,\u201d I mused. \u201cMay I join you? I don\u2019t think there\u2019ll be sleep for me tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGo ahead,\u201d invited Wyldstyle. I sat down and poured some tea as we sat on the gateway pad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo,\u201d I began, \u201cI know of Batman and Hongo-san\u2019s backstories when they couldn\u2019t sleep\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhy do you say Hongo-san?\u201d asked Gandalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSan is an honorific like the English Mr. or Mrs.,\u201d I explained. Gandalf understood. \u201cIn any case, why don\u2019t you tell us your tale? What made you use magic?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cActually,\u201d began Gandalf, \u201cI\u2019ve had magic my entire life. I am a Maia spirit, the plural of which being Maiar, sent to Middle-Earth, by the Valar of Valinor, to keep watch over the free peoples that live there and aid them where possible against Sauron, a fallen Maia. We were an order of five called the Istari. Although Sauron\u2019s power was great, the Valar had already seen the tragic consequences of direct interference at the end of the First Age when they brought their total strength against Morgoth, known also by his first name as Melkor and as Sauron\u2019s former master, resulting in the destruction of a country touching the sea called Beleriand and reshaping the world. The Valar also knew of the corruption and lust for power from even the Maiar\u2019s use of magic as evidenced by Sauron. So, the Valar sent us, the Istari, to help Middle-Earth, but were forbidden from using our full power or attacking Sauron directly. Thus, we take the form of old men so we could speak to both elves and Men as equals to win their trust. Our leader was known as Curumo and was sent by a Vala known as Aul\u00eb. He was a wise and respected figure in Middle-Earth and was declared the leader of the White Council, a group of Elves and Wizards to combat the threat of Sauron. I was called Ol\u00f3rin in my younger days and was sent by my teachers Manw\u00eb, Varda, Nienna, and Irmo. I had originally considered myself too weak and frightened to be of any use in the fight against Sauron, but my teacher saw potential in me and ordered me to go. There was one that was originally not considered to go with the Istari, but joined us at the insistence of his teacher, Yavanna. He was known as Aiwendil, but later called himself Radagast the Brown. He spends his days looking after the plants and animals of Middle-Earth. The last two were a pair of blue wizards called Alatar and Pallando. Only Alatar was asked to go, but his friendship with Pallando allowed them both to go and renaming themselves Morinehtar and R\u00f3mest\u00e1mo. I believe they were responsible for starting a magic cult or two in Middle-Earth.\u201d Gandalf lit his pipe while Wyldstyle and I processed the info.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s\u2026quite a lot,\u201d I gulped. \u201cI wish I had met Curumo. He sounds like a nice guy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe was,\u201d answered Gandalf, \u201cbut power corrupted him. You\u2019ve already met him, but he called himself something else.\u201d He faced us. \u201cHe rode atop a giant snake in the previous dimension we were in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSaruman?!\u201d I yelped. \u201cNever mind.\u201d I turned to Wyldstyle. \u201cWhat about you? What\u2019s your story?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot really as elaborate as Gandalf\u2019s,\u201d replied Wyldstyle. \u201cI was 9 when things went sour for Master Builders. I said to my mom that I could see numbers and had an urge to build every single day. The robot Mom had bought heard that and tried to take me to jail when Mom intervened. My dad, an alcoholic, had left us, so we couldn\u2019t depend on him to help us. Mom told me to run. I hesitated, but Mom ordered me to run again and I did. The robots surrounding my home leveled it and took my mom to jail. From what I heard, she never told Lord Business what happened to me and so suffered. I don\u2019t know how. I suffered from insecurity and changed my name a lot. A man named Vitruvius helped me master my Master Builder powers and helped me start the resistance movement against Lord Business. From there, I discovered Emmet, dragged him along for the ride when he found the Piece of Resistance, and helped him discover his Master Builder powers to fight Lord Business and stop his Kragle plan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKragle?\u201d asked Gandalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA substance that freezes you in place,\u201d I explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cInteresting backstories,\u201d rasped a voice. We jumped to see Batman standing with the rest of our group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHow long have you guys been there?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLong enough,\u201d replied Hongo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIs it morning already?\u201d quizzed Gandalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt would appear so,\u201d I replied. \u201cBreakfast, everyone?\u201d They all agreed. We had pancakes this time. After breakfast, we mounted our vehicles. \u201cAll set?\u201d I asked. Everyone confirmed. \u201cCHARGE!\u201d I shouted. The portal opened and we all went through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We travelled through the vortex a bit. A bit longer\u2026longer\u2026\u2026longer\u2026\u2026\u2026 \u201cShouldn\u2019t we have arrived by now?!\u201d asked Wyldstyle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes,\u201d answered Batman. \u201cSomething\u2019s up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWyldstyle, check your relic scanner,\u201d I said. Wyldstyle pulled out the scanner and took a reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUh, not good!\u201d she gulped. Our hearts sank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo, what do we do?\u201d asked Gandalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, I suggest you mind your heads!\u201d called a voice with a Scottish accent. That\u2019s when something whizzed over our heads. What was it? You\u2019re not gonna believe this, but it was a blue box. I kid you not! It read \u201cPolice Public Call Box\u201d on the top on all four sides, had a light on the top, which was blinking in rhythm to the noise it made. At best, I could say the noise was a Vworp or a whoosh. The box had two windows on each side, with the front having two signs. One of them read \u201cPolice Telephone. Free for Use of Public. Advice and Assistance Obtainable Immediately. Officers and Cars Respond to Urgent Calls. Pull to Open,\u201d and was square shaped while the circle sign read \u201cSt John Ambulance.\u201d While the doors told the person outside to pull to open, judging by the way the doors were pulled open from the inside, I\u2019d say the outside person had to push to open. The person was an old man with short, wavy hair, the fiercest expression I\u2019ve ever seen, eyebrows that could tell stories without a mouth, and a set of navy blue clothes with black clothes. \u201cHold on a sec!\u201d called the man. He shut the doors and we heard his voice from the box. \u201cNot that you have a choice in the matter. You\u2019re stuck in a rift loop!\u201d The box matched our speed but stayed ahead of us. The doors opened again and the man fired a grapple gun, specifically Batman\u2019s! \u201cGrab on!\u201d encouraged the man. Was he gonna pull all 20 of us into that tiny box?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no room!\u201d I shouted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh yes, there is!\u201d cheered Michael as he grabbed the line. I saw that and thought him mad!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAre you out of your mind?!\u201d I shouted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJust trust me!\u201d called Michael. \u201cWe\u2019re about to go on an adventure through time and space!\u201d I blinked. Off his rocker, but I grabbed on and ordered everyone to do the same. Our horses grabbed on with their mouths, Hongo passed the line through the spokes of his bike and Batman hooked the end of the line to the Batmobile\u2019s front. We were all pulled inside. When I got my bearings, I couldn\u2019t believe what was inside! You would think that being a small box, it would have a small inside! What I saw was some sort of large interior with a set of panels done in a hexagonal shape with a central cylinder going up to the ceiling and some sort of mechanism going up and down inside!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEr, what happened to three-dimensional Euclidian geometry?!\u201d yelped Lukas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Time Lords tore it up, threw it in the air, and snogged it to death!\u201d cheered Michael. \u201cThus, a human\u2019s entire understanding of physical space is transformed by Time Lord transportation! Our grasp of the universal constants of physical reality is now changed\u2026forever!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOkay, you\u2019re impressed by my home, thank you!\u201d snapped the man in a dismissive tone. \u201cCome on! Don\u2019t just sit there! You\u2019ve got a bunch of monsters to meet!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWho are you?\u201d demanded Batman. \u201cWhat did you do to us?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIs he always like this, Megumi?\u201d asked the man. Wait, what?! \u201cI assumed I just caught him at a bad time before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUh, what?!\u201d stammered Wyldstyle. The man took the relic scanner and waved some sort of wand with a green light on the end over the thing. He put the wand away, earning a groan of disappointment from Michael.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m the Doctor,\u201d introduced the man. \u201cI locked on to your scanner. Remember that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBefore?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou said before,\u201d observed Batman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIs this some sort of time mess?\u201d asked Hongo. \u201cThere IS a Kamen Rider that can help in that regard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell spotted, Batman, Megumi, and Hongo. Go to the head of the class!\u201d commented the Doctor. \u201cThis is the TARDIS.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShort for Time And Relative Dimensions In Space!\u201d cheered Michael. The Doctor blinked, then continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt travels in time,\u201d he went on. \u201cWe\u2019ve met you lot before, but you haven\u2019t met us yet. That\u2019s time travel for you.\u201d While the Doctor was explaining, Gandalf touched a panel, got a shock, briefly turning him into Gandalf the White, before he returned to being grey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019re lying!\u201d accused Batman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, here\u2019s your grapple gun,\u201d explained the Doctor as he tossed the instrument to Batman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cClearly a copy,\u201d dismissed Batman as he pulled out his own grapple gun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAgain, no,\u201d hissed the Doctor, a little irritated. \u201cLike I say, time machine! Not a 3-D printer! Just give me your grapple gun later.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDoctor,\u201d I said, \u201cyou said \u2018We\u2019ve met you before\u2019 as if there\u2019s another person.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDoctor, can I release the button now?\u201d asked a voice. It came from a Japanese man in a teacher\u2019s suit. He had a pompadour hairstyle, not usual to anyone from Japan. Hiroki arched an eyebrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKisaragi Gentar\u014d?\u201d he quizzed in Japanese name order. \u201cWhat are you doing here?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Doctor said I was needed to help some people,\u201d explained Gentar\u014d. \u201cHe said that holding this button down would help the TARDIS get into the rift loop you guys were stuck in, otherwise the harmonics core would implode.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat was an act,\u201d muttered the Doctor. \u201cThere\u2019s no such thing as a harmonics core, at least, not yet. You said you couldn\u2019t understand gobbledygook, so I had you do something to keep you occupied.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou could have said for me to not touch anything!\u201d protested Gentar\u014d as he released the button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGiven what Kengo said about you,\u201d argued the Doctor, \u201cI couldn\u2019t take any chances, even after you told me not to listen to him. Pretty feeble attempt to change history. You\u2019ve only ensured that events in your timeline will happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut\u2026I never did that\u2026\u201d muttered Gentar\u014d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAgain, time travel,\u201d said the Doctor as he tossed a device to Gentar\u014d. The device had four slots in different shapes, had red tab switches under the slots, and had a handle on the right side. Gentar\u014d\u2019s eyes went wide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut\u2026this thing was destroyed!\u201d he yelped. \u201cI threw it into molten steel!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou gave it to me earlier, after I first met you,\u201d explained the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhere did my future self get it?\u201d asked Gentar\u014d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe just got it when you caught it,\u201d commented the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAh, a causal loop!\u201d called Michael. The Doctor got up from the console.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo, you know about the bootstrap paradox?\u201d he asked. \u201cGo ahead, share it with the class.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith pleasure!\u201d cheered Michael as he grabbed a chalkboard and a piece of chalk. He drew a stick figure and made a curved line downwards and writes 1700\u2019s. \u201cSo, the situation is this: a time traveler that loves Johann Sebastian Bach decides to meet his musical hero and so goes to the point when Toccata and Fugue<\/em> is first composed. When he asks around, he realizes that there\u2019s no one by the name of Bach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe time traveler is distraught and decides to copy the music FOR Bach. History goes on with barely a quiver. He returns to his time,\u201d he draws another curved line going up back to the stick figure, \u201cand is left with a conundrum. Someone is going to be inspired enough to travel back in time to hear Toccata and Fugue<\/em> but will be distraught and so copy down all of Bach\u2019s music.\u201d He picked up an electric guitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo, where did Toccata and Fugue<\/em> come from?\u201d he asked. He strummed the opening notes of Toccata and Fugue in D Minor<\/em>. \u201cThis is an example of a causal loop, or bootstrap paradox, named after Heinlein\u2019s book, By his Bootstraps<\/em> which demonstrates this rather well in terms of a book. The time traveler is inspired by the music and ends up \u2018writing\u2019 the music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn effect, the time traveler inspired himself. He copied \u2018Bach\u2019, who copied the time traveler, who copied \u2018Bach\u2019, who copied the time traveler, and so on and so forth ad infinitum, without a beginning.\u201d Emily raised her hand and Michael pointed to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWon\u2019t that mean that the results fade, in this instance, the music?\u201d asked Emily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNot at all,\u201d explained Michael. \u201cAristotle once said that you don\u2019t have to prove \u2018immediate knowledge\u2019, so Bach\u2019s Toccata and Fugue<\/em> must have been written in order to exist. As demonstrated by this figure here,\u201d he pointed to the drawing, \u201cthe reason that the music exists is why the traveler went on this journey. To him, it\u2019s a straight line. To time, on the other hand, he went in a circle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNow, of course, a bootstrap paradox is not particularly useful, it simply IS. We\u2019ve side stepped the question of \u2018who wrote the music?\u2019 by rendering the concept of beginnings moot. We are given a totally different sort of answer, which is the same as not answering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSuch an answer makes me miss my companions of old,\u201d mused the Doctor. \u201cIt holds together, but it\u2019s also infuriating.\u201d I raised my hand and Michael called on me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI hate to muddy the waters,\u201d I asked, \u201cbut what about alternate timelines?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEssentially, the theory goes,\u201d explained our teacher, Michael, \u201cthat there MUST have been a sequence of events in which Bach, or some other third party, let\u2019s not make this more complicated than it is, wrote the music. However, that timeline was derailed by something that didn\u2019t happen in the original history of events and so the time traveler is forced to intervene. So, what changed in the original timeline?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMaybe the arrival of the time traveler himself? Perhaps Bach was too busy throwing his wig at the Doctor when he tried to explain the bootstrap paradox to the composer. Maybe meeting a fanboy put him off music all together. Whatever the reason, the time traveler must intervene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBut, what happens in the new timeline, when someone decides to meet his hero, Bach? And in the timeline that follows that one? And so on and so forth? Time changes from a line stretching to infinity to a branching tree stretching to infinity.\u201d Richard raised his hand and was called on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDoesn\u2019t that imply that the theory begins with the assumption of an original composer and that composer is Bach?\u201d asked Richard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes indeed,\u201d confirmed Michael. \u201cWhich is what we\u2019re trying to prove. The Greeks call it \u2018begging the question\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey can call it what they like,\u201d exclaimed Gentar\u014d as he rubbed his head, \u201cI\u2019m calling it a massive headache!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo, class,\u201d asked Michael, \u201cwhat did we learn?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cParadoxes, in general, can keep someone awake,\u201d I muttered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cToccata and Fugue in D Minor<\/em> is an awesome tune,\u201d said Emily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTime travel and logic are not friends,\u201d commented Lukas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTo use my words,\u201d supplied the Doctor, \u201cit\u2019s all wibbly wobbly, timey wimey, stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWell, whatever happened,\u201d mused Gentar\u014d, \u201cI\u2019m glad my old friend, the Fourze Driver, came back for now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFourze Driver?\u201d I asked. \u201cAre you a Kamen Rider?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI sure am!\u201d cheered Gentar\u014d. \u201cI\u2019m the Rider who will befriend everyone I meet!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat may prove challenging if you meet people that hate me,\u201d remarked the Doctor. The TARDIS\u2019 noises became louder until I heard a thud. \u201cAh, we\u2019ve landed. Okay, out you go.\u201d We were shoved out of the TARDIS. We had landed in a control room of some sorts. Batman looked out the window to see a probe float by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhere are we?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDoes it matter?\u201d replied the Doctor. \u201cCall it, I don\u2019t know, \u2018Dave\u2019!\u201d Batman shook his head as the Doctor handed a piece of paper to Wyldstyle. \u201cThis is my phone number, you\u2019ll call it when you get into trouble and I\u2019ll help you out. I\u2019m nice like that.\u201d Wyldstyle felt creeped out when the Doctor winked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAren\u2019t you coming with us?\u201d asked Gentar\u014d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLook, normally I\u2019d come along with you,\u201d explained the Doctor, \u201cbut if I cross my own time-stream here, it\u2019ll rip a hole in the universe so big you could drive his ego through it.\u201d He pointed to Batman who snarled at that comment. \u201cAnyway, good luck.\u201d He scurried into the TARDIS and took off by fading away with what Michael called a Vworp. I checked over my team and saw Gandalf just staring at where the TARDIS was. Poor guy, he was out of his element. The wizard blinked a few times before speaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCan someone explain to me what\u2019s going on, please?\u201d he had asked. Wyldstyle\u2019s scanner started blinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNot really, no,\u201d she replied, \u201cbut, I think another Keystone\u2019s here.\u201d I yelped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI forgot to ask who controls the Elemental Keystone!\u201d I cried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBe at peace, my lady,\u201d assured Gandalf as he held up his left hand as it wore a Keystone Gauntlet. \u201cWyldstyle helped me puzzle this thing out.\u201d Judging by his expression, I\u2019d say Gandalf had found some familiar ground to work with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGuys,\u201d called Emily, \u201cthe transmitter\u2019s in that tube.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBlast,\u201d hissed Gandalf. \u201cIt\u2019s blocking out the Keystone. I cannot use it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd there\u2019s ice everywhere,\u201d muttered Hiroki as he shivered. \u201cSome of it is blocking out a grapple hook.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019ll have to get the transmitter out,\u201d declared Batman. Gandalf looked around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis place is unlike anywhere I\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d he mused. \u201cLet us hurry and find the Keystone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSearch for the controls to open the tube,\u201d I said. We started looking around, but most of the controls were dead. I heard something metal falling. It turned out to be Wyldstyle and Hongo bringing a ladder down. \u201cLet\u2019s hope any controls up there will prove functional,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMaybe we don\u2019t need to use buttons,\u201d observed Wyldstyle. She pointed to a piece of machinery on top of the transmitter\u2019s prison that could be knocked loose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI think one batarang should do it,\u201d rasped Batman. He threw one and it knocked the tube open, allowing the transmitter to be blown out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAllow me to handle this,\u201d called Gandalf. \u201cElemental Keystone, activate!\u201d He was surrounded in a light that shifted from blue, to cyan, to red, to green, to blue again, and so on. \u201cLet\u2019s see,\u201d muttered Gandalf, \u201clet\u2019s have you try fire on the ice, Sir Richard. Element of fire, Richard!\u201d Richard was surrounded in a red light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNow this is interesting,\u201d he chuckled. He then summoned a fireball. When his face lit up, he put his hands together and fired a torrent of flames at the ice, melting it quickly. The ice exposed the grapple hook and wires that needed to be connected. Richard grabbed his i.d tag while I grabbed mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHenshin!\u201d we announced. After the transformation sequence, Gentar\u014d gawked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou guys are Kamen Riders?!\u201d he gawked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe sure are!\u201d confirmed Guard. He then swapped out his i.d tag for the Batman one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBatman Steel!\u201d announced his belt. I swapped mine out for the Gandalf one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGandalf Steel!\u201d called my belt. As we settled into our new armor, Batman and Guard got the grapple hook to come loose while Gandalf and I got the wires connected. Batman and Guard\u2019s part caught fire while Gandalf and I had no mishap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cElement of water, Batman!\u201d announced Gandalf. A blue aura surrounded Batman. He summoned a water ball, then put his hands together and doused the flames. Wyldstyle took the pieces and made an electrical coil. \u201cHm,\u201d mused Gandalf, \u201cmost of us are used to a Keystone\u2019s power except Gentar\u014d. Would you like to try?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSure!\u201d confirmed Gentar\u014d. \u201cSince I don\u2019t have my switches on me now, I\u2019ll go with the Keystone, whatever it is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cElement of lightning, Gentar\u014d!\u201d announced Gandalf. Gentar\u014d was surrounded by a cyan aura, generated lightning from his fingers, and zapped the coil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cElec on,\u201d he joked. The door opened and revealed a humanoid, silver creature walking towards us with an arm outstretched. It had silver handles going up from where ears would be to the top of the head, a slight \u201ctear-drop\u201d design to the holes that work as eyes, and a blue light in the center. Iron Man should sue. It stomped forward for a bit, then slowed down, then fell. I cancelled my transformation to roll him over. The light in the chest had gone out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWell,\u201d I jested, \u201clow batteries?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe should move,\u201d gulped Michael, looking a little scared. I arched an eyebrow but got everyone to move. We arrived in a room that had a hidden alcove in the wall, frozen over. A Keystone transmitter was being guarded and I could see security cameras around that area. Richard was still in Batman Steel, so he turned invisible and headed to the transmitter. He managed to lower the guard and turn off the cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cElemental Keystone, activate!\u201d announced Gandalf. \u201cElement of fire, Gentar\u014d!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFire on!\u201d called Gentar\u014d. I had no idea why he was doing that, but, oh well. He melted the ice on the alcove doors. It seemed to be missing a design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHey, this image looks like that space man robot we saw!\u201d observed Wyldstyle. \u201cIt looks incomplete, though. Maybe completing it is the key.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI think I can help in that regard,\u201d replied Gandalf as he used his magic to complete the image. The alcove opened to deposit machinery at our feet. I heard stomping and saw one of the strange robots fire at some debris blocking the way with a concealed laser weapon, then stomping back to a window. Wyldstyle saw some cables on the ground and got an idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLoose cables everywhere?\u201d she muttered. \u201cIf we can create a generator, we can power up the base.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf this isn\u2019t their base,\u201d gulped Michael, indicating the robots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat are you so afraid of?\u201d I asked as we helped Wyldstyle gather materials. \u201cThey\u2019re robots. We can take them if they\u2019re hostile!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf they were just robots,\u201d replied Michael, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be so worried.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cElement of water, Gandalf!\u201d announced Gandalf. He was surrounded in a blue aura and doused the fire on the stairway the robot shot at. He climbed up with Wyldstyle as she opened the windows to reveal a barren, star studded landscape. The surface almost looked lunar. There was a probe next to a platform. Gandalf was about to go outside when I told him that that area had no air. There were areas with an atmosphere, according to the computer terminals I had read, but the area we could immediately see was not one of them. Gandalf had then used his magic to move the probe onto the platform, which moved on tracks to bring the probe inside. Wyldstyle needed it near the alcove, so Gandalf had a solution. \u201cElement of lightning, Richard!\u201d Richard was surrounded by a cyan aura and moved towards an electric coil to bring the probe down. We cannibalized the parts to make a generator and two backups with the cables used to send power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cJob done,\u201d called Batman. \u201cNow, let\u2019s power this place up!\u201d He flicked a switch on the main generator. An unearthly hum indicated that it was working but needed a little more juice. I saw an electric coil in the alcove and requested the use of lightning from Gandalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cElement of lightning, Megumi!\u201d announced Gandalf. I felt a buzz as the cyan aura flowed over me. I fired a lightning bolt at the coil. It fell off a giant version of the full torso unit of those robots. Arms were attached by machines and legs came up from panels in the floor. They attached to the hips. A light in the center came on, showing blue. Again, Stark, sue! A giant head with the same teardrop eyes, single mouth slit, and handles from the ears to the scalp came crawling in on cables that held it up. The cables buried themselves into the neck, completing a giant version of those robots we saw. The eyes and mouth flashed orange and the eyes stayed on. The mouth switched off and only turned on when it spoke in a robotic monotone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUpgrade complete,\u201d it boomed. It turned down to look at us. \u201cOrganic lifeforms detected,\u201d it observed. The robots then stopped stumbling. They straightened themselves so that the chests were held high and the arms were out, poised and ready for action at a moment\u2019s notice. The feet were shoulder width apart and they stomped with the left foot leading and the knees bending at a 45-degree angle. They marched with purpose until they took their positions. Two of them flanked the doors of the alcove. Two of them guarded a door to a hallway above the alcove. One of them was at an airlock leading to the outside where the probe was. There were two at the door we came through to get here and one at each of the five computer terminals. Two of the robots at the terminals had black handles. The two flanking the giant\u2019s alcove had\u2026an organic brain?! Are these guys just brains in humanoid jars!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHey, check this out!\u201d called Gentar\u014d. He pointed to a tube that suspended 40 switches. A robot at a computer terminal with black handles flicked a switch and opened the tube. The switches were deposited into a black box with an image of their head on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese devices are called Astro-switches,\u201d reported the robot to the giant. \u201cThey harness an unknown energy called Cosmic Energy to summon equipment. We can manufacture such a device.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cExcellent, Cyber-Leader 449,\u201d praised the giant. \u201cAnd what of the final experiment on the new rebreathers?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt is initiating now,\u201d replied the robot that reported, Cyber-Leader 449. At that point, I saw two astronauts stomp outside. What were they doing? They started undoing the locks to their helmets while in an airless environment! I rushed for the airlock, but the robot guarding it stopped me. All Vortex Riders rushed for the airlock but were halted as two robots fired a warning shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNow look,\u201d I hissed to the robot that stopped me, \u201cI don\u2019t know what you\u2019re planning, but those people need to get inside!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey will not return inside,\u201d boomed the giant. We all asked various versions of the phrase \u201cwhy not?\u201d \u201cThey are performing the final test for new rebreathers so we can breathe in any environment, even in the vacuum of space,\u201d replied the giant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBut we have to get them in!\u201d I insisted. I tried to get around the airlock\u2019s guard, but it grabbed my shoulder. They\u2019ve got quite the grip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere is really no point,\u201d droned the airlock guard. \u201cThe doors will not open until the test is complete.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBut, don\u2019t you care about those people?!\u201d I shouted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018Care\u2019? No,\u201d replied the giant. \u201cWhy should we \u2018care\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBecause they\u2019re people!\u201d Hongo shouted, \u201cand they\u2019re going to die!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI do not understand,\u201d quizzed the giant. \u201cThere are people dying all over the universe, yet you do not \u2018care\u2019 for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTest complete,\u201d reported the second Cyber-Leader. We turned to the window to see the astronauts with their helmets off. They had the handles of these robots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBring them inside,\u201d boomed the giant. The airlock guard then released me, turned to the keypad, typed a code at a very fast pace, and opened the outer door. The astronauts marched like the robots into the airlock. The doors then shut to let the inner doors open. They marched inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUpgrade successful,\u201d reported one of the astronauts to the giant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cReport for complete conversion,\u201d ordered the giant. The astronauts marched to another room. I tried to stop them, but the airlock guard held me back. \u201cYou are wondering where you are,\u201d observed the giant. \u201cFrom the fragments of security footage our cameras picked up, you were left here by the Time Lord known as the Doctor and he did not tell you where you are, is that so?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes,\u201d I hissed, not even bothering to disguise the newfound contempt I had for these creatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou are one of many fragments of our ancestral home world,\u201d replied the giant. \u201cIt is called\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAncestral home-world?\u201d interrupted Michael. \u201cYou mean Mondas?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCorrect,\u201d confirmed the giant. \u201cYou were under the impression that Mondas had vaporized?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes, that\u2019s what the UNIT files left by the Doctor said,\u201d lied Michael. Good thing he didn\u2019t reveal we were from a different dimension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Doctor is incorrect,\u201d replied the giant. \u201cMondas simply exploded.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat was Mondas like before you came to power?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEons ago, Mondas was Earth\u2019s twin planet,\u201d relayed the giant. \u201cBut the arrival of a new celestial object that became Earth\u2019s moon interfered with the orbit, thus making us drift to the far reaches of space. We had returned to Earth\u2019s orbit to drain its energy, but that was when the Doctor first interfered, thus making our planet explode. Now, we are gathering the fragments of our home and using artificial materials to make a new world. We are 45% completed but will require more fragments to complete the equator and southern hemisphere. If needed, we will extract parts of Earth and take its population to increase our numbers. However, another race is interfering and will stop at nothing to destroy us. We had met a version of our kind from another universe where they came from Earth to become the next level of humanity. They had crossed into our universe and we upgraded each other to take the shape you see before you. That has doubled our efforts, but the work still goes slowly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat still doesn\u2019t answer who or what you are!\u201d cried Sheela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey\u2019re called the Cybermen,\u201d explained Michael.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCybermen?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCorrect,\u201d confirmed the giant Cyberman. \u201cI am one of currently 16 Cyber-Kings. We answer to the Cyber-Planner. These Cyber-Controllers,\u201d he indicated the Cybermen with exposed brains, \u201canswer to me as other Cyber-Controllers answer to the other Cyber-Kings. The Cyber-Leaders answer to the Cyber-Controllers. The Cyber-Deputies answer to the Cyber-Leaders. The rest answer to the Cyber-Deputies. We were like you once, but our scientists realized that our race was getting weak.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWeak? How?\u201d asked Gentar\u014d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur life span was getting shorter,\u201d elaborated the Cyber-King. \u201cSo, our scientists and doctors created spare parts for us until we could be almost completely replaced.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBut\u2026that means you\u2019re not even like me!\u201d shouted Hongo. \u201cYou\u2019re practically robots!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are cyborgs like yourself,\u201d argued the Cyber-Kings. He must have taken a scan of us. \u201cWe just do not have genetic modification. As the Cyber-Controllers can clearly show you, our brains are like yours, except certain weaknesses have been removed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat weaknesses?\u201d asked Irina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou don\u2019t consider emotions a weakness, do you?\u201d Mikhail quizzed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEmotions are a weakness that must be removed,\u201d replied the Cyber-King. \u201cWe are doing organic life a favor by doing so.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat\u2019s awful!\u201d I shouted. \u201cYou mean, you wouldn\u2019t care if someone was in pain?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere would be no need,\u201d answered the Cyber-King. \u201cWe do not feel pain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe do!\u201d I yelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat will be changed when you are converted,\u201d boomed the Cyber-King. \u201cYou will become like us.\u201d That concluded negotiations as I grabbed a pole and drove it into the head of a Cyber-Controller. It fell with a loud death rattle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cJudging by her actions,\u201d said Batman, \u201cI don\u2019t think so.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHostility detected,\u201d answered the Cyber-King. \u201cFailure to comply with upgrading is not an option.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt is for us!\u201d called Gentar\u014d as he put the Fourze Driver to his waist. It formed a belt strap on its own. Gentar\u014d then split the case in half and attached each half to the sides of his belt. He pulled out four Astro-switches. They were of different colors and numbers. Number 1 was orange, number 2 was blue, number 3 was yellow, and number 4 was black. Gentar\u014d inserted the switches right to left from 1 to 4 as the belt announced what the switches were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRocket! Launcher! Drill! Radar!\u201d announced the Driver. He then flicked the tab switches down. Hongo struck his initial henshin pose as we got out our i.d tags. \u201c3! 2! 1!\u201d said an electronic countdown from Gentar\u014d\u2019s belt. While that went on, he struck a pose that had his left foot forward, his left hand across his front, and his right hand on the handle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRider\u2026!\u201d began Hongo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHenshin!\u201d we all shouted We all transformed and got ready for battle. Gentar\u014d\u2019s Rider form looked like it was made from the material needed for an astronaut\u2019s suit and had a conical helmet with a black diamond in the middle with orange insect eyes and a pair of small antennae. He had gauntlets around his wrists and ankles. The right arm had an orange circle on its gauntlet, the right leg had a blue X shape on its gauntlet, the left leg had a yellow triangle on its gauntlet, and the left arm had a black square on its gauntlet. He looked almost like a space shuttle. Gentar\u014d crouched down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUch\u016b\u2026\u201d he began before popping back up and spreading his limbs out, \u201cKIT\u0100\u0100\u0100\u0100\u0100!\u201d (Space is here!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFourze kit\u0101!\u201d (Fourze is here!) cheered Sengoku.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFourze?\u201d I asked. I turned to the new Rider. \u201cThat\u2019s your Rider name? Fourze?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat\u2019s right!\u201d confirmed Fourze. He turned to the Cyber-King \u201cKamen Rider Fourze! Taiman harasete morau ze!\u201d (Let\u2019s settle this man-to-man!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou will not escape,\u201d boomed The Cyber-King as more Cybermen entered the room. \u201cWe knew that somebody like you would come here. Now you must be upgraded.\u201d We started attacking the Cybermen, but they anticipated our moves. I then decided to slap my Cyberman. It titled its head as if it were trying to process what I was trying to accomplish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere is no logic in your actions,\u201d it observed. \u201cWe can introduce that into your brain when you are upgraded.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOh, but there IS logic to that slap,\u201d I argued. I held up the new i.d tag. \u201cCheck this out!\u201d I did the i.d swap and summoned the wardrobe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCyberman Steel!\u201d announced my belt. Apropos, given what it was made of. The new armor had the handles of the Cyberman\u2019s head. I had the blaster out and had the boots on as well as the chest unit. Tony, I take it back, don\u2019t sue! I fired on my Cyberman right in the chest unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCyberman firepower is being used against us!\u201d reported a Cyber-Leader. \u201cUnable to upgrade!\u201d The rest of my people go the idea and activated their own Cyberman Steel. That was the final straw as the number of Cybermen went down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey are incompatible!\u201d boomed the Cyber-King. \u201cDelete! Delete! Delete!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat does that mean?!\u201d quizzed Fourze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt means they\u2019re going to kill us instead of upgrade us!\u201d yelped Battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou know,\u201d mused Fourze, \u201cI think I have an idea!\u201d He took out the Rocket and Radar switches and took a cellphone out with a red front with an N and a blue bottom with an S. Both ends had a switch on each end. Fourze opened the phone and split it in half. He inserted the red switch into the right arm slot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cN Magnet!\u201d announced the belt. Fourze then put the blue end into the left arm slot. \u201cS Magnet!\u201d He then pressed a button on the switches where the phone halves were. \u201cN\/S! Magnet on!\u201d called the belt. Machinery appeared, resting on Fourze\u2019s shoulders. It had a twin barreled gun on the back and a helmet that went over the head with Fourze\u2019s antennae and eyes on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFourze, Magnet states!\u201d announced Fourze. He grabbed the phone halves and pressed concealed buttons on them, firing magnetic bursts at the Cybermen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAlert! Alert! Cannot upgrade! Cannot Upgrade!\u201d cried a Cyberman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLet\u2019s see,\u201d muttered Fourze, \u201clet\u2019s have you guys on your king\u2019s arm!\u201d He moved the Cybermen and magnetized them to the left arm of the Cyber-King. The weight brought it down to our level. We soon used the strength of our Cyberman Steel and ripped the arm off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat is the meaning of this?!\u201d boomed the Cyber-King. \u201cYour species belongs to us! Your species will become like us!\u201d More Cybermen marched in. \u201cDelete! Delete! Hostiles will be deleted! Delete the rogue elements! Delete!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe get it!\u201d called Fourze. \u201cYou want to kill us!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThose who are not compatible for upgrade will be deleted,\u201d droned a Cyberman before Fourze tried the same trick again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou are incompatible! Delete! Delete!\u201d boomed the Cyber-King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWould you just shut up!\u201d I shouted as I touched Fourze, gaining his i.d tag and swapping it out with the one I was using. I selected the magnet states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFourze Magnet States Steel!\u201d announced my belt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cN\/S Magnet on!\u201d called the voice of Fourze\u2019s belt. I had gained the same magnetic shooter backpack and almost fell over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHow do you walk around in this thing?!\u201d I yelped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s meant to be stationary,\u201d explained Fourze. I then regained balance and helped Fourze as I mimed pulling the triggers on the handles. We sent the Cybermen onto the Cyber-King\u2019s remaining arm. We then tore that thing apart!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNO!\u201d it defied. \u201cYou will perish under maximum deletion!\u201d It started sparking. \u201cUpgrade process is\u2026FAILING?! What have you done?! This is not possible! The Cybermen are superior! We are the Cybermen, and you are inferior!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe have it on the ropes!\u201d I called.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAllow me!\u201d replied Fourze. He pulled the handle on the side of his belt. Three klaxon alarms sounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLimit Break!\u201d announced the belt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRider Super Electromagnetic Bomber!\u201d shouted Fourze. He flipped the cover off the red phone half and pressed the button. The guns on the back came off and united in front of him in the shape of a u-shaped magnet. The new weapon fired as a railgun would and destroyed the torso and legs. All that was left was the head. It removed itself from the remains and scurried up the stairs into the hallway above its alcove. The vortex riders returned to their original form, while Fourze returned to Gentar\u014d. We pursued it with Cybermen coming out of the walls, literally! The Cyber-King\u2019s entered a room then shut the door as it entered a hallway. We couldn\u2019t near enough to the keypad as the Cybermen swarmed us. We were starting to tire out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnyone have a plan?!\u201d I asked. Then I noticed one of the enemy\u2019s numbers waved at us. \u201cWhat the?\u201d A Cyberman caught it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cExplain your actions,\u201d it quizzed. \u201cIt does nothing to delete these rogue elements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat, myself included?\u201d it asked in a synthesized man\u2019s voice. Wait, what?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat is the meaning of this?!\u201d asked a Cyber-Leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSorry, old chaps,\u201d replied the rogue Cyberman, \u201cbut these people must pursue the Cyber-King.\u201d It then fired on the rest of the Cybermen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRogue unit detected!\u201d reported the Cyber-Leader. \u201cDelete! Delete!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cQuickly!\u201d called the rogue Cyberman as it opened the door. \u201cThrough here!\u201d We entered the door with the Cyberman behind us. We escaped and got out into an area with air. We released our transformations and started catching our breath. This dimension had a lot of running involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I had the same dream again, my friends\u2019 corpses accusing me of failing them, Richard\u2019s hand making contact and decaying me, and the dream ending when the decay reaches my jaw. I woke up again. This is absurd, I thought talking to Gandalf would help! 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