Taylor ponders his thought as he decides what must be done. He knows in his heart that what he is thinking is wrong. That he must not choose the course of action he is planning... But it's too late. The memories hemade on this place, the people he madeit with is just too difficult to give up. He gets to a firm conclusion that he will choose the Idea Rourke proposed. As he did, time resumed. He looked at Rourke and said, "You got yourself a deal, Bastard." And begin to drain the heart into the Omega Mech. Rourke smiled slyly. Taylor looked over at his friend with a smile and said, "I'll find you soon." And boom. In a few moments, bright light took over the entire surrounding. Taylor found his consciousness floating and unknown memories and emotion flooding his mind. Memories of a family he never had. The emotions which he never experienced but he knows those are his now. As the light subsided, he found himself standing in the middle of Hartfeld quad. Groups of his fellow freshers passing by talking among themselves.
He understood that this is it, they changed the timeline and the World is saved. Just then, he noticed Quinn walking towards him along with Grace. He was overwhelmed with happiness and looked at the bracelet of their handfasting in his wrist. He called out to her. But was left in utter shock. Quinn was unaware of who he is. Even Grace doesn't remember. Deep in his mind, he understood that rest of the group have no memories of the other timeline. It was obvious, they were not a part of the decision that was made. He smiled and took his leave saying that he mistook her for someone else, on which she cheerfully bid farewell. But not before hearing Quinn and Grace's conversation. He found out that Quinn is still sick. The timeline reset took away the spirit and gave back her sickness. He felt upset for the decision he made but was interrupted by what he heard in his earshot. Sean, Craig, and Raj were talking together praising Sean for his amazing performance in the football (American football) match and asking him about his carrier. He replied by saying that he will think about it after completing his service for the Royal Rourke Army, on which they remarked that he will be the one to catch the traitors Jake and Mike.
Hearing this, Taylor turned around to look at the statue in the quad and noticed it. The statue was replaced by Rourke. He turned to look at the campus news screen and saw two news, one of the escaped traitors Jake and Mike and the other of captured spies Varynn and his men. Varynn, shackled called out towards the camera, though the audio is not audible, Taylor read his lips. He called out to Diego. Then, Taylor theorised that only two people other than the Vaanti remembers what happened in the past, him and, "Rourke", he said. When his anger was about to bubble out he heard a voice behind him, "He you look troubled, Need help finding your way around." He turned back to see it's Diego. Looking at him, all his tensions melt away as he realised that this is exactly what happened. This is how their relationship matured. He looked around once again towards all the people in the surrounding. Quinn, Grace, Sean, Craig, Raj, Zahra sitting in a corner with her Tablet, Estela walking into the coffee shop, Aleister carring books out of the library, Micelle walking towards Sean with a happy smile, and finally Diego. He smiled to himself and said while looking at Rourke's statue, "We beat you once, we will do it again" before walking away with Diego.
Meanwhile, somewhere in a palace, Rourke smiles to himself with Iris hovering beside him, he spoke quitely, "Here we are Taylor, we are back."
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A little while later, Taylor finds himself in a dorm room, his own dorm room. Even though he was calmer than before, he did had to find a way to bring all the Catalysts together again. But Taylor knew that to bring them all together he have to do it himself. He can't rely on nature to perform some miracle, it was he who must seek out opportunities to do so. He must manipulate the situations to his own advantage, and push them closer. He smiled to himself with a single though, "That just so happens to be a speciality of mine." As if waiting for that note, Diego knocked on his door. Taylor let him in and both sat down together to discuss about their academics since Taylor was extremely short on knowledge. He had memories of his family but he had no idea that where they are, plus aside from that he had no idea on how world operates. Sure, he knew the jist of it but what exactly happens in a college is a totally different scenario.
Hence, began the T-Questionnaire Round 1.
Question 1. Are we the only two staying in this dorm?
Ans: Oh hell no, it would have been amazing if that was the case, but there are 4 more. Another guy and 3 ladies.
Question 2. Who are the other roommates that we have?
Ans: You will be meeting them soon enough. Oh! Look at the time, it's 5 already, come on let's have a campus tour, we have meet at six we should be back by then.
Due to this interruption ladies and gentlemen, the T-Questionnaire Round 1 comes to an end. We'll see you soon.
Taylor and Diego leave the dorm and finds themselves looking at all the spots of the campus, the Computer lab, Amphitheatre, Bleachers, Library and finally they find themselves in the Coffee shop. Taylor saw two familiar faces in the students sitting in the crowd. Even though, he was aware the time wasn't mature enough, he couldn't help himself from talking to them. The forst person was Sean. Sitting alone after his football practice, he seemed a little down. Taylor sat across from him with a charming smile and introduced himself, Sean reciprocated the action and they soon began talking. Sean found Taylor extremely interested in their conversation which ultimately made him happy. Maybe, it was because of this feeling that he decided to share why he was sitting here alone after Taylor pressurized him on the topic. Trusting his gut, Sean told him that he was having a hard time in his relationship. Just listening to those words, made Taylor have a long flashback. And he knew what he had to do. Taylor faced Sean and looked him dead in the eye and said, "Whatever you do, make sure to talk to your partner before coming to a conclusion. I don't have any right to tell you this but I can tell you from experience misunderstanding can destroy even the strongest base." After a little while, Taylor took his leave.
Now it was time to look for the second person. He found Estela sitting in one of the corner alone, but it wasn't unusual for her to be alone. Taylor sheepisly sat across her but as he did, she stood to leave. He said, "Your shoulders are still flimsy, look out for the amount of weight you have them hold." That one sentenceade her sit back down. But Estela wasn't the person to have small talk and directly asked Taylor what he wanted. Taylor saying that he just wanted a friend started talking. The conversation was not much long and pretty one-sided, Taylor noticed a hint of smile on Estela's face when she left.
After this small excursion, it was time to head over to the meeting that Diego talked about. Going back to the dorm, Taylor met his third roommate who was Grace. Just after seeing her, his mind was filled with all the moments they spent together. But being here, right now, with her devoid of all of her memories of them and the previous timeline was a fact that he had to face. He plastered a broad smile on his face to greet her. Whatever happened, he was happy to know that three of the Catalysts were together, all that was left to start his new life was know who awaited him on the roof but what he will witness at atop the roof of their dorm was nothing he could have anticipated.
As soon as he went up, he noticed three pair of eyes staring at him and all of those gazes were familiar to him. He just uttered the following words with a smile, "I know you."