Finale

“I wish I had the power to do what has tobe don!” shouted John Freeman.

Everyone else looked at John Freeman in surprise. “I’m sorry John, but I don’t-” Mr. Phane began, but before he could finish there was a bright flash of light that enveloped John Freeman. When it faded, he held a strange object in his hand. Phane seemed to consider the scene for a minute. “Well then… I suppose that settles that. My assistants can hand out licenses to you all. But for now, I take my leave of this universe.” And with that, he was gone.

“Okay, can someone please explain to me what the hell is going on right now?” Lyarlei shouted.

However everyone else seemed to ignore her. They were all far too focused on the item in John Freeman’s hand. It resembled a black triangular prism that emanated an orange glow. “It’s… a radioactive isotope,” the Doctor stated as he scanned the item with his screwdriver. “But it’s volatile… very volatile. It doesn’t even have a half-life. It has a quarter life.”

“That doesn’t make any sense,” Upgrade stated.

“No it doesn’t,” the Doctor agreed. “I rather think that’s the point.” He turned his attention to John Freeman. “John Freeman, if you do this, you almost certainly won’t come back. You will-”

“Face full life concequences,” John Freeman finland.

“I… I see,” the Doctor responded, a bit taken aback. “Well in that case-” He quickly slung the Zero-drive off and with his screwdriver opened the top. John Freeman tossed him the isotope and he quickly placed it in the core of the machine before closing it again. The Zero-Drive shifted from blue to orange, and began to start sparking.

“Doctor, what are you-” Ruby started.

“What is happening?” Kraven added.

“GET BACK!” the Doctor shouted. Everyone else looked at each other hesitantly. He tossed the Zero-Drive to John Freeman before running back as well. He then turned to everyone else. “I’m combing the power that isotope with the Zero-Drive. Combined with John Freeman’s own nature, this should allow him to break the bounds of this timeline.” He turned back to John Freeman, and gave him a nod. “Good luck.”

John Freeman knodded at Doctor Who, Peter Johnson, and Red. He put on Quarter Drive and then plled ripcord. Orange lighting sparked around and glow but he didn’t care and then time broke and ground tore and universe open and he fell through.

- - -

The man opened his eyes. He was in a simple room with four walls. Or rather it should have had four walls. Because while the first three walls were merely cracked, the fourth wall of the room was shattered. Beyond the wall he could see the observers, beings far beyond him that watched the events of his timeline unfold.

Of course none of this was surprising to him. He had been here before, as a result of fighting the girl known as Ebony Dark’ness Dementia Raven Way. And much like last time, his mind had been altered. He thought differently, as the world beyond the wall invaded his mind.

Which meant the plan had failed.

He looked back at one of the intact walls and placed his hand on it. Out of the fifty-eight timelines, only two remained now. Yet as he watched, the two timelines slowed down. And then, much to his horror, they stopped.

(...)

“You really have two options. Option one is that I heal you and... actually I might as well do that anyways.” The being snapped its fingers and suddenly all of the man’s wounds vanished. “Option one is that I send you back to your timeline. Then we wait for the final judgement. But no matter what, I use my power to keep your timeline moving no matter what.”

The being looked up to see the man nod in understanding. “Option two, we make it so that everyone timeline is moving again. Of course for this one I’m going to need you.” The beings face suddenly fell, dropping all of the humor it held. “And I’m sorry, but the Doctor was right. If you take option two, you’re not coming back, at least not in the way you are now.”

“I will take option too, it is what has tobe done,” the man replied. “But y?”

“Right now, Phane Enterprises holds all of the timelines together, and Phane’s presence keeps them running. But now he’s left. So if you want to make it so that everything is moving again, you pretty much have to take his place. And even for someone like you, that’s too much to handle.”

“It is what has tobe done,” the man repeated.

The being smiled, before placing a hand on the man’s shoulder. “You know, last time you were here I think you came to the wrong conclusion. You might not be the original. But I think you’re still John Freeman.” The pulled his hand away, before walking back towards the broken fourth wall. “Well then, I’ll leave this up to you.”

“But the machine doesn work and plan failed!” shouted the man.

“Maybe,” the being replied as he stepped out of the room. “Or maybe the isotope just hasn’t hit quarter life yet.”

Suddenly, the quarter drive on the man’s back started sparking. Bolts of orange lighting shot out and sparked across room. Energy pulsed and shockwaves hit floor as isitop hit quarter life and hit man but he didn’t care because he was John Freemn!

John Freeman, who was Gordon Freeman’s brother, turned and saw wall which was cracked but not broken and should be broken, so he walked up really fast and started punching it. As punched he yelled at top of lung.

“I will do what has tobe done and face FULL-“

He punched.

“LIFE-“

He punched.

“CONCEQUENCES!!!!”

He punched and then wall broke and then room broke. He fell relly far and then landed on his timeline which was stoped and not moving. “It’s time to end this ones and for all!” So he looked at timeline and then he pushed it. He felt piece of mind being torn away but he didn’t care because it had tobe done and he kept pushing and timeline moved forwards to future!

Then he want to next timeline and start pushing it as well and broke off more of mind and body but timeline move again. He saw more timelines and pushed them and kept braking apart but kept doing it. He kept working and pushing as time flowed in worlds that had stopped and people started moving and were happy because they were not frozen. He kept working, and more and more timelines moved as he lost more pieces of himself.

Finally, all 58 timelines flowed again. However, by that point, he had been torn to pieces.

(...)

“Eh-hem,” a voice called out. Everyone turned to see an attendant looking at them. “Glad to see all of you are here. It’s time to hand out your licenses. I’ll admit, the recent loss of Mr Celo Phane has been troubling, but I’m happy to announce that our company has a new CEO, and a new name. In fact let me introduce him now.”

From down the hallway a man approached, holding eight envelopes. Percy and Ruby gasped as they saw him. “Hello,” he said as he stood before the group. “My name is John Freeman. I am the CEO of the newly renamed Freeman Enterprises, and the head of the Hunter’s Association.” He paused for a moment, as everyone else stared at him with a shocked expression. “The fact that you made it this far should not be understated. Receiving this license is probably one of the most important moments of your life.”

“So…” Percy asked. “Will we face full life consequences?”

Mr. Freeman gave Percy a curious look. “Not entirely sure what you mean by that. But anyways it’s time to hand out these seven… wait, why are there only six of them.”

An attendant leaned over to whisper into John’s ear. “Uh, sir we’re fairly confident seven people passed the exam. However our memories of the final round are rather spotty.”

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