LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 5: The Portal
Jenna stopped walking and turned to meet Rohan, "I gave you that blaster Rohan."
Rohan tried his best not to meet his gaze of Jenna, "Well, after what happened, I don't think I'm meant to use it."
Jenna chuckled and slapped a palm on her forehead, "It's specifically designed for self-defense, and it did its job perfectly".
"Can we just stop talking and get the hell out of here?" a tiny little voice squeaked from beside Rohan. She was the youngest among all of them, with white pale skin, she looked like she was lacking a whole lot of blood.
Jenna turned her attention to the other two captives, the other was a young male but he looked older than them all, and he hardly spoke.
Jenna asked them for their names, turns out the little girl's name was Annie, while the boy, was Leon. "Look, I get you all want to get out of here, but how would you do that? The entrance and exits are blocked, even if you find a way out, they'll still come looking for you in the open, trust me". Jenna stopped walking once more and looked at Rohan, "Besides, the end of the world is here anyway..."
Rohan asked suspiciously, "What do you mean by the end of the world is here?"
Jenna didn't answer right away as she kept on walking, she led them into a large bright spacious room covered in white that looked unreal. They couldn't believe their eyes, though there were science instruments here and there, the room was incredibly phenomenal. The atmosphere around them looked like it contained plasma, white and blue colored plasma, and everywhere looked like it was painted in an aqua theme.
"What is this place?" Allison muttered out loud.
"Oh, this place, this is just the outskirt of everything" Jenna replied, her eyes scanning the area. Rohan looked up, he could bet the ceiling was almost sixty feet tall, what kind of place was this? He thought.
Jenna took them through a bridge walkway which seemed like it was crossed over empty darkness. Annie gasped in fear as she looked down. There were all sorts of large machines here and there, some looked like turbines, and others had swirly coils on them.
Seeing a watch-out guard, Jenna tased him with a taser, a weapon that electrocuted the target. "Don't worry, he's not dead" she said as she crossed over the guard and opened the metal door.
"As to answer your question, Rohan, this is the end of the world."
"What the hell is that thing?"
"What in the world-"
"Holy Shit"
Rohan could not believe his eyes, what the hell was this? He had never and would never see anything like this in his life. Allison stared in amazement, Annie looked like she was going to pass away, and Leon's expression was quite normal. The aqua-themed atmosphere had become more saturated, it could easily make one feel wobbly.
Across the spacious chamber was a large vertical hole, it looked like it was fifty feet tall. The hole seemed to have torn from nowhere in the air. It emitted a bright light that no one could see through it. The hole seemed to be rippling, getting bigger and bigger, it looked so unreal.
Rohan knew from the start that E O S I S was into some cocky science projects, but he never expected to be this. It looked like a two-D-dimensional portal, he bet one could cross over to another universe if they stepped into the portal.
"To answer the pondering questions in your minds, that's the Sumarick Portal" Jenna explained, she seemed to be looking out for oncoming troopers. "An unexplainable phenomenon, it appeared right here nineteen years ago. At first, it was just a measly thin line, but now...." She looked up at the portal, "....it's bigger." She turned to her audience, they were all jaw-dropped. Jenna sighed. "You can take a look to your right, that's where you guys were meant to stay awaiting to be flung into the portal, to never return" She looked at Allison.
"Why are you showing us this?" Rohan managed to ask. If she wasn't going to help them escape, why bring them to the most important chamber in the facility, in the universe?
"Why?" Jenna gave a short laugh "How old are you, Rohan?" She asked. Rohan felt she was trying to mock him. "No, I'm serious, just tell me, what's your age?"
"Sixteen" Rohan replied.
Jenna flung her hands in the air before resting them on her waist, "Did you hear that, did you guys hear that?" She asked the clique gesturing towards Rohan "He's sixteen!"
"And so?" Allison chirped in.
"And so it is time for the whole thing, I mean, no wonder it's been growing faster," She said taking another glance at the oval-shaped prodigy.
Rohan seemed to lose his patience, "What the hell's this thing for? What's the end of the world? What's so special about my age? It's time for the whole what?!" He howled.
Jenna walked slowly towards him and met him eye to eye."You don't know, do you? Hell, did you even go to the room I directed you to?"
Rohan could tell she was strong-willed and a no-nonsense person, he was a few inches taller than her, but he felt she was hovering over him. "Don't worry I'll tell you, I'll be quick with it and I want no interruptions from anyone" She said and stepped back.
"Your real name is Rohan Nile not Rohan Hol. Which is your mother's last name? Your father used to be the Chief of the Nile nation, Erkan Nile" Jenna spoke very quickly, "nineteen years ago, this shit appeared out of nowhere in your dad's nation, my father and Lirk's elder brother were the other Chiefs from their respective nations. The three nations came together into the Nile because of famine and drought in the other two nations except for the Nile. After a while, population, and demand increased, so your father, mine, and Caperon Lirk the first all entered into the portal thinking it would open into a whole new world and solve their nation's economic problems, but....." She stopped and shrugged.
The five of them were quiet for a while before Rohan opened up, "What did you just say?" He asked. No way he was gonna believe this story.
"I told you I was gonna be quick" Jenna replied.
Allison turned to Rohan who looked like he was slapped, "Hey buddy, we don't have to listen to what she just said, I say we get outta here OK?"
Rohan shoved Allison aside, charging towards Jenna, "What did you say?" He demanded angrily.
"I told you everything about your father didn't I?" Jenna replied casually, mocking Rohan's sudden temper to everyone's calmness. Rohan took in quick deep breaths before asking, "You're telling me my father entered the portal and didn't come out?" Jenna kept a dismal look. She took multiple steps away from Rohan and shook her head.
"What! Tell me! Say it! What happened to him?" Rohan yelled. What doesn't she want to tell me?
"Rohan" Jenna looked up with concern, "Your father made it out of the portal, he was murdered immediately after he stepped out. I'm sorry"
"Do you think, it's going to happen?" Lirk asked Damie, they were all rushing behind security, all in pursuit of finding the Nile son.
"Don't ask me such questions Renald, of course, it's gonna happen, haven't you seen how fast the portal's been growing recently?" Damie replied.
Lirk cursed. If only he had noticed the resemblance and slit the boy's throat earlier on the Parade grounds. Erkan had told him and Damie to take care of his son, he even mentioned his name, he felt stupid for not catching such obvious details. So what? Even if he did kill the boy, would it stop Erkan's warning from coming to the past?
"Captain, we have an unresponsive crew around the Portal terrain, we believe they might have breached in there" An officer announced to Lirk.
Lirk looked stunned, what was he doing there? He thought.
"Send a crew to keep on looking, You and the General follow me to the Portal" The officer passed Lirk's order and then joined Lirk and Damie towards the Portal.
Suddenly there was a huge vibration for a few seconds, the floor shook and the lights blinked. Lirk caught Damie's eyes, they both knew what was about to go down.