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THE Edge of Nightfall

By Tony Stewart

“Are we going to watch the Grimshaws again?”   Johann P Biggs asked in a totally unexcited tone.

“I am afraid so,”  Archerious replied,”  If we hadn’t had that glitch and  jumped out of sequence earlier then it wouldn’t have been necessary.   But we did, so we do.  Every detail must be observed in the correct sequence of events.   If we don’t then we can’t be certain that what we see is correct.   The creature could very easily take advantage of an error like this and we would not be aware of the changes to history until it was too late.  And if that was the case there would be no turning back – ever.”

“It’s alright, it’s just that some aspects of what you are showing me are doing my mind in, I am afraid.   Time travel is one thing, being able to see alternative visions of what happened is bad enough.   But trying to comprehend that the second version would be the version, not an alternative being offered is mind boggling.   Anyway, the Grimshaws are not a problem, I do have a soft spot for them,”   Biggs remarked casually, though his empathy for the men set the tone of his voice, “it can’t have been easy for them.  And certainly not for Lord Trentham earlier in the piece … they were all cajoled into participation by their eventual killer.”

“But they were rogues – all of them.   They chose to take league with the devil and paid the price,” the guardian stated gruffly as he rebuffed his friends sympathetic comments, “you should not waste your kindness on the creature’s cast-offs.  The only accreditation that you should give them is that they allowed the opportunity to exist for you to and I to be in the position that we are in today.

I am certain, in my heart, that if I had not been able to have shown you the truth behind the legends*, then you would never have believed the events that had happened in the future … that are taking place as we speak.”

“Yes … you are right, Archerious.   The truth can be a frightening thing indeed … but I can still emphasise with them.   A poor man can occasionally have discomfort adjusting his life and ways to the suddenness of riches.   But a rich man can rarely adjust to becoming suddenly poor.   And it had not been of their doing.   Ironically, though they were not to know it at the time, the very cause of their horrid demise was created by the creature that had caused them their hardships in the first place.”

But you are correct in what you say, any dealings with the creature deserves whatever it gives in return.   Anyway, I am afraid that I am losing track of time this journey.   Is this when our young man begins his path to joining us in the fight, now that he is taking up employment at Johnson’s?”

“Not yet.   We still have a few of your earth years to go.   However it is an important point in the long journey.   It extends the journey that began before his birth.   It is, in fact a key implant into his subconscious that will slowly begin to trigger all the subconscious thoughts that have been installed into his mind over almost thirty six years.   Once the prime group begins to assemble in Trenthamville the information will began to unravel itself to him much faster.   But it will be limited to what he needs to know in the first meeting.   This will be the first time he will begin to learn how to use what he possess.  It will be at this point that I will make contact with him and help him make sense of some of his thoughts that came to him from what has been implanted in him over the past thirty six years

Thirty six years?   I thought that Joseph was only thirty five at this point in time?”

“He is.   We began the process once the conception was confirmed.   His programming began during the womb stage.”

Biggs shuddered at the thought of long probing devices making their way through layer upon layer of skin as they made their way to an embryo.   “It must have been risky in the circumstances, to guide your needles to exactly the right spot.”

“We did not use needles.   And we never make mistakes in this process,” Archerious replied, a soft smile on his face, “we cannot afford to.   Do not worry, my friend.   Everything is going right at this stage of time.   Once we view this following event to ascertain whether or not there appears to be any problems on the horizon we will return to the time of the beginning of the journey that gets the results we seek … or sees the world you know changed forever.

Remember, should the creature be allowed to make certain changes he will change the future … and the future will have a new ending.”

“There is a lot of time for us to view.   Won’t we run out of time eventually if we keep traveling through these years?    Won’t the creature simply select a time and do what he needs to do to change things while we are still moving in fast forward so to speak?

“In the creature’s dreams, as you humans like to say, Johann.   No, there are only seven possible entry points over eighty years that the creature can enter the time zones and change history.   As long we monitor these years sequentially and witness the same results happening at the end – then all will be right.   We only get one chance at resetting each sequence should we find the creature has managed to enter it, so we must be patient and do what we must do .    And as long as we get it right – that will be the end of the matter for all time.   But if one event moves out of sequence , just one … and we don’t recognise the change and correct it – then all will be lost forever.

And so will be all life on this planet of yours.”

*THE LEGENDS OF ZARGON: The Final Chapter – 2018

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