Foreknowledge

by Mr_Hippopotomonstroses

Chapter 1: Across the boundaries that divide one universe from another

Date...August 13 2023
Location...Classified
Time...4:19 am

It was August 12 when I had gotten a text saying where the next spike would occur. I prepared and slept early in order to wake up and be there at 4:30 am. The government has been trying to pinpoint where these spikes where and try to predict them like when we did all those years ago. Members where in the government giving them false statistics and information until senpai could hide the spikes, which wont be easy.

I wasn't a morning person but I had a job to do. I woke up and got my stuff for my next jump. I got to the area, an abandoned factory. I slowly went up the stairs looking for the location of the next spike. It took me five minutes but I found it. I checked my phone for the time.

'6:20' ... '5:13' ... '4:00'

It was slowly counting down, that all to well felt and known wind starting to accumulate. I walked back down the small corridor. I checked my time.

'3:16' ... '2:30' ... '1:29'

I continued to walk back ready to charge at the spike. I decided to put my earphones on and listen to some irrelevant music. Man I havn't heard this one in about ten years. Ah, good times, good times. I checked my phone's timer.

'0:49' ... '0:40' ... '9͏̵̨̛9҉̴͝:̸͞9̴̧̕͠͏9̵̧͢'

I ran at the spike the moment my phone did that shit. I saw the spike appear, this weird blast of light blue light, the way to cross the walls that divide our universes. I ran and jumped into the spike. Man the feeling you get while in that thing is indescribable(aside from the jumping feeling I mean). It was a light blue tunnel, I was in it for about 10 seconds before it spit me out somewhere. I had had practice so when I exited I rolled and back flipped onto my feet to land. I stumbled a little getting my balance but hey I landed, that's what counts.

Once I made sure all my things where still on me, everything was there. I had my things in a back pack and strapped to my chest in the front for good measure. Didn't want to lose my key to survival now did I?

I took a look at my surroundings. It looked some what brighter considering it was night from the moon up in the sky. I looked around, a forest(I look at it now and it was cliche as fuck, that forest has something that attracts big energy, i'm telling you man). I took out my rubber ball sized nano bot container and threw it in a small clearing I saw. The nanobots slowly multiplied and multiplied until it took for of what looked like a big hill.

I walked up to it and it gave me a small console when it notice my presence. It was a verification device so only I could enter. I put my info in the console and waited.

DNA.... confirmed
Fingerprints... confirmed
Eye scan... confirmed
...

It went like that for another seven confirmations. Hey we take things seriously, especially our security. Once I was clear to enter I put my stuff down and set my communicator up to confirm my arrival at the new universe.

"C͏om̢͘m̨̕͜ưń̸̕i̛͠c̷̷á̷t̷͜i͘͜ơ͜ņ͠ ̷̡̕s̷̷t̕a͠b̢͘a̷l̛͘i͟͝zi̡n̷͘͡g̨̀ ... Confirm id"
"Id 1hy27fd8"
"... Id confirmed, communication systems stable on our end, confirm stable communication"
"Stable communication confirmed"
"Hello agent 13,of Project 501. Has your arrival alerted any living creature?"
"No. No living creature sighted yet. Scans say there can be life though."
"No creatures sighted yet?"
"No sir."
"Can you please describe where you landed?"
"It seems like a normal forest to me sir."
"Rest, and scout your surrounding in a few hours. Contact us if life is found. Attack if necessary. Confirm agreement to this task."
"Task agreement confirmed"
"... Good luck, agent 13."

"Senpai, why you make me talk like that. Its fucktarded...oh hey my fourteen year old body is back! Still not going to get used to it though."

I put the communicator away and programmed a bed from the nano bots. I swear these guys can make anything. They could control anything if they wanted. Thank God they are not sentient.I waited for the bed to be built by them. I set up scanners and what not to investigate what they could while I slept. Once it was done I just lay down and tried to sleep. I would explore come sunrise.

Morning came, seemed normal. I brought my Hyper-Time/DNA Replication Device/Nano bot healer wrist band. You know what lets just call it my nano band. So I took my nano band, a knife, and some water for the trip. I checked my scanners and see what it detected while I slept. In the time that I slept a small pack of creatures passed by, a big creature later, and another big creature about one hour before I woke up. So their IS life. I should check before reporting to senpai.

I walked out of my nano hill shelter and locked it. I walked out, having my nano band remember where I walked so I could get back. I walked around and found a small dirt path. I followed it until I heard footsteps far off to my right. I listened at its foot steps. ...Definitely a quadruped... a big one at that. I carefully followed it's foot steps. I was just out of the line of sight when I stepped on a twig. No, no, fuck, please don't notice me. FUCKING TWIG. The creature suddenly stopped and I then heard a flapping of wings. Oh shit this bitch can fly! I slowly retreated until I hit something... furry. I turned around.

"Oh...my...fucking GOD"

It was a fucking big ass manticore. It tried to hit me with its tail but I just booked it and ran for my life. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck FUCK! I could hear it closing in on me when I remembered. I'm a fucking idiot, my nano band! I reached for my band and tried to activate Hyper-Time. I activated it and had my eyes closed. I opened them and say its tail two inches away from my face. I panicked and got out of their. I waited until I was a good distance away from the beast before de-activating Hyper-Time. That was way to close, i'm activating voice command. I pressed a few buttons and activated voice command.

With that over I checked my nano band and saw I had ran about three fourths of a mile. I kept walking, way more alert now until i reached a small cliff and saw a small town. HA, there are sentient creatures here!I should enter in Hyper-Time and scan one of these creatures to blend in more.

"Nano band, activate Hyper-Time."
"Activating"

Oh so it can talk? Huh. Well now is not the time I should investigate. I walked into town and something was... not right. Why do I get the feeling I know this place? Probably nothing. I kept walking and I almost tripped when I saw it. It was a weird looking tree that struck me. Either I know this or i'm insane... both are actually a good possibility. I took a closer look at the sign. I froze when I saw what is said.