"And advanced grade too!" Tina was shocked as she analysed and checked the blueprint's specs.
"Also here, have this" Tisane said solemnly.
Tina saw the crystal like object that had materialized in Tisane's hand. This was a high grade dimensional capsule!
Tina's hands shook as she received this object from Tisane.
"Heok!" once her hands touched it, she almost dropped it in shock. "Master this--"
she stopped mid-sentence as she looked at Tisane's face which was clouded with sadness.
"Forgive me Tina" Tisane's shoulders dropped guiltily. "I should've given this to you guys earlier before.....before..."
'He Died' Tina completed the word in her mind. 'No how can I think of such a thing? Master is alive and standing in front of me!'
"Master you are here now and that's all that matters" Tina moved closer and held Tisane's face with her palms.
"You're right" Tisane nodded after some time as he regained his composure. "With all those weapons and equipments, you guys can be able to fight back and hold on till my plan is completed"
Tina nodded. The dimensional capsule was a device that was created to manipulate the laws of space; that is, it was spacious enough to hold and contain matter that was a thousand times it's normal size.
With the weapons and equipment that she was seeing that was present in the dimensional capsule, they would not just hold on but also be able to establish their own territory and maintain it for a while.
"How long will it take for you to build the time machine?" Tisane suddenly asked.
"A year should be enough" Tina said and this was because it has been a long time since she practiced her engineering, if not, six months would have been sufficient to build a high grade time machine!
"Good" Tisane nodded in approval. "A year should be enough for me to set my plan in motion"
"B--but master" Tina stuttered.
"Hmm?"
"Do you think it would work?"
"What do you mean?" Tisane bent his head sideways in confusion.
"Your younger self" Tina continued. "He seems....erm"
"Too naive and distracted right?" Tisane replied with a smile.
Tina bowed her head in embarrassment as she scratched the back of her head.
Tisane chuckled as he saw the adorable posture of Tina and he couldn't help but pinch her cheeks.
"M--master!" Tina flinch in surprise as she rubbed her pained cheeks.
"What?" Tisane shrugged. "You look cute when you blush"
"Hmph" Tina snorted with a pout.
"Okay...okay" Tisane raised his arms in apology. "You don't have to worry Tina I was once him remember?"
"But wouldn't it be faster if you just take over his consciousness?" Tina persisted.
"No" Tisane shook his head; "I told you earlier, his mind and body are currently too weak to contain my essence and power"
"But how are you going to train and prepare him in just a year?" Tina asked.
"When I took over his consciousness, I saw and was reminded of something that I didn't begin to develop on time when I started this journey five hundred years ago" Tisane said.
"And what was that?" Tina asked.
"The feros" Tisane said.
"Willpower?" Tina asked with wide eyes.
"Yes" Tisane nodded; "The feros is the greatest form of power in the entire realm of creation, if I could get my younger self to activate his on time, then his training would proceed at an exponential rate"
"But master, to activate the power of will is one thing, then to develop it is a great chasm to cross on its own" Tina said.
"Yes I know" Tisane nodded; "But it's what must be done if we are to prevent history from repeating itself"
"But what if he can't make it?" Tina asked still doubtful and worried. "What if he can't pull through like you did?"
"Do you trust me Tina?" Tisane smiled and put his hands on her shoulders.
"With my whole being master" Tina said with fire in her eyes.
"Then I want you to put the same faith in the younger me"
"...." Those eyes again. Tina stared into those eyes as she saw unbridled confidence. It was this same confidence that brought so many wonders and breathtaking achievement s.
~Sigh~
Tina closed her eyes as she reminisced on how far her bothers and sisters have come under the leadership and tutelage of this man. So why shouldn't she trust him now? He said it is possible and so it will be.
Opening her eyes, she nodded. Her confidence reflecting his own. "Okay master"
Tisane smiled as he heard those words that gave him the greatest soldiers and the best pupils the realms had ever seen.
"Okay then, go to your spatial domain and begin the construction of the time machine and in a year time we will meet again" Tisane said.
"Yes master" Tina nodded.
While they were about to depart, Tisane turned his head sharply.
"What is it master?" Tina asked noticing his reaction.
"It seems we have company"
"Monsters?" Tina asked after some thought.
"Hmm" Tisane nodded.
"Hmph. It seems that lightning douche wasn't joking when he said he was calling for reinforcement. Well no matter, I'll just slice them up as I did him" Tina said as her aura sharpened.
"No" Tisane shook his head. "There's no time for that. I have stayed in my transmigrated state for too long which will put heavy strain on my younger self's mind and body. We need to leave now"
With a reluctant look on her face, Tina nodded. "Okay master"
Dashing towards the pillar of light, they both vanished from the rocky landscape.
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A certain black car drove into what seemed like an abandoned warehouse. As the tyres of the car stopped rolling, two men came out of the passenger and driver's seat. One of the men walked to a wall and pressed a red button embedded in a switch like object.
~Rumble~
The huge warehouse door vibrated as it slide down.
Walking towards a door in the warehouse, the same man opened the door and pulled out a stretcher and passed it to the other man waiting behind.
"Captain?" Agent Tolu looked at the stretcher uncertainly.
"Strap him in" captain James said as he pulled out another stretcher and pushed it to the other side of the car's backseat door. Agent Tolu obeyed as they both opened their respective backseat doors and pulled out the still unconscious boss Ajasa and Tobi the courier.
"Should we sedate them captain?" Agent Tolu asked as he noticed boss Ajasa regaining consciousness.
"No need" captain James replied as he fastened Tobi's hands and legs to the stretcher. Agent Tolu did the same to Ajasa after which captain James walked to another part of the wall and put his finger on a slot.
~crick~
~Captain James~
After the electronic voice rang out, a part of the wall parted to reveal a long passage.
"Come on" captain James beckoned to Agent Tolu as he pulled the stretcher carrying Tobi towards the revealed passage way. Agent Tolu followed behind with the stretcher carrying Ajasa and couldn't help but display the shock he was feeling on his face as he looked around.
Some moments after, the end of the passage revealed a cage like elevator as wide as a room.
Captain James walked to the side wall of the elevator where a bunch of buttons numbered zero to nine were embedded on a steel case fixed into the wall. Captain James pressed the button zero and the passage vibrated as various compartments in the passageway opened to produced short submachine guns that were automatically controlled.
"Heok!" Agent Tolu flinched grandly and reflexively pulled out his pistol as the passage way was bathed in red light and yellow laser dots swarmed he and captain James. Even with his gun in his hands, agent Tolu had never been so scared in his life to the point of almost actually peeing his pants!
~Identify yourself or die~ a rather coarse electronic voice sounded out.
"Captain James and guest" captain replied with a nonchalant look on his face.
After a few seconds, like a lie, the entire scenery did a reverse as everything seemed to vanish leaving a brightly lit passage and a wide open elevator.
"Come on" captain James said with a straight face to the dumbfounded agent Tolu. They both pushed their stretchers into the cage like elevator which closed and swiftly moved down.
While they were still in the elevator, captain James noticed the extremely anxious look on agent Tolu's face.
"You have some questions?" captain James asked with a smirk.
"Yes captain" agent Tolu couldn't help but admit. He seemed to be bursting with curiosity.
"Then ask. But whether I answer or not depends on me"
"I understand" agent Tolu nodded. "Captain what place is this?"
"My bat cave" captain James held a straight face as he gave his answer.
"Eh?"
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As the elevator doors opened, captain James and agent Tolu pushed their stretchers forward into a room that was as sophisticated as that of the control room in the pentagon.