The asteroid comes close to them and overwhelms them in it's radiance, making them blind. They see nothing else.
Their eyes open once again, and they find themselves in the laboratory, but things and events seem to be moving at an unusual speed; swiftly passing like fast forwarded characters in a television set; they pass through several stages of their lives.
Eight years later, a legendary announcement from the European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN) saturates the entire globe; CERN has obtained the God particles, also known as the Higgs bosons. In few seconds, Mr. Basil visits the Fanfield Laboratory, inviting them to the God particle ceremony at CERN.
They get happy, knowing their mission there. They load their bags with drones, EMP jammers, detectors, and other gadgets, and they take off from New Haven in a private aircraft. And, afterwards, time stabilizes.
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