"Reflections In Time"
Sequel to "The Chaos Demons"
"Prologue"
The world was supposed to end over two years ago…
It didn't…
But that wasn't supposed to happen…
It was a mistake…
A deviation from the path of destiny…
The world is on a collision course with oblivion…
It cannot be changed…
Only delayed…
And the inevitable can only be delayed so long…
Time is the enemy…
And time is running out.
Dear Journal,
The world was supposed to have ended over two years ago on that fateful day in September when Demons crossed over into our world and brought about the annihilation of mankind. But, like I said, it was supposed to happen. It did happen, but it also didn't happen. Confusing huh? Let me explain…
My name is Cody Martin and for my entire life I was just a normal person. Well, to be honest I did have some exceptional talents when it came to academics that my twin brother Zack didn't possess, but he had skill in sports that I lacked. We were normal…until the day when I was sixteen years old sitting at home with my mother and an eighteen year old version of myself showed up at our suite in the Tipton hotel to deliver a grave warning to us.
Future Cody told us a tale where in just a week, my brother Zack would be killed by an invading army of Demons and that I would barely escape with my life. We had been targeted first because we were the biggest threat to them.
What followed was a tale that would probably put me in the loony bin if I ever told it to anyone that hadn't been there. Future Cody saved us so many times as the day of the end of the world approached. He taught Zack and me how to summon our hidden powers and use them to fight, and when the day came, we were ready.
As myself, Zack and our friend Max fought back a never ending tide of Demons as they rushed through a gateway into our world, Future Cody battled the mighty Demon Lord nearby. Future Cody was getting pounded hard and was well in over his head, and just when it seemed like he was about to be finished off Zack and I charged the Demon Lord Ashani with everything we had. It wasn't enough to stop him, but it was enough to save Future Cody's life.
Zack and I went down hard as Ashani turned his fury on us, destroying our immortal souls but not our bodies. I only know what happened next because of what our world's demi-god Lord Guardian told us since Zack and I lie on the ground dead for all intents and purposes, but not completely dead.
Just as Ashani was about to kill Future Cody, Future Zack arrived with a new body that our Lord Guardian had provided to him since he had lost his in the apocalyptic future we had been told about. Together, the two future twins succeeded in destroying the Demon Lord, but at the cost of their own lives.
Their immortal souls should have ascended to await rebirth, but instead they were drawn into the bodies of my brother and I and gave us a new lease on life. They saved our world, they saved our family and they gave us another chance at life.
I will never forget the sacrifice Future Cody and Zack made for all of us. They were true heros. Every day of my life that I live today is thanks to their bravery and selflessness. I only hope that I can live up to their memory as it now falls upon me, and Zack as well, to be the new defenders of our world. We are charged with protecting it from any and all darkness that threatens it.
- Cody M. ~ May 7th, 2011
Turn the page and step into the alternate universe of the Light vs the Darkness...if you are as brave as Zack and Cody are that is...