Time Travel Mix Up

Synopsis: It’s a crisis of the time-space continuum when the Rangers and their friends go on a wild adventure across multiverses due to the chaos that Deadpool is causing trying to manipulate outcomes for his greater good and take no heed into the consequences for all other realms involved because...guess what ! Multiverses, pocket universes, inverses, reverses, all of them are connected in some way, fashion or sense.

‘What a long, strange trip it’s been.’--lyrics from ‘Truckin’ as sung by The Grateful Dead

‘I will get by. I will survive. Cuz every silver lining is a touch of grey.’--lyrics from ‘Touch of Grey’ as sung by The Grateful Dead

‘It sounds like you’re making this up as you go along.’--Danny Rand to Stick

‘That’s what survivors do.’--Stick to Danny, The Defenders

Chapter 1—You Have No IDEA What You are Messing With

Ever since Deadpool had gotten his crafty mitts on Cable’s time travel disc, he had been using it to fashion outcomes that favored him staying with his wife and having a daughter named Cher. Little did they know that their daughter’s existence was causing time and space to unravel.

The latest iteration of the Doctor had been tracing Cher’s biorhythm and life signs across all multiverses and the result had always been the same. Even in another alternate universe, an outbreak had occurred and most businesses were closed. Cher’s marriage to another mercenary named Darkblood had caused a whole mess of problems to crop up. In this AU, people were distancing themselves from each other and widespread panic had been unleashed. It was only those who were learned and more resolute in their actions that were able to maintain a modicum of sanity.

‘We need to stop him. The problem is there are probably alternate versions of Deadpool doing the same thing this Universe’s is...’, the doctor said. Her companion had no idea what she was talking about.

‘The minute you talk about M theory is when my head gets fuzzy.’, her companion, Yasmin said, massaging her temples. The Doctor laughed heartily.

‘It is all a bit wonky, I’ll give you that !’, she agreed. She knew she would have to enlist the aid of the god-being known as Q for his help. As soon as he was summoned by name alone, he already knew what the hubbub was about.

‘We’re going to need more than my help in this instance. I am a god-being, but I can still use help from others with more specific talents.’, he said. The 13^th Doctor raised a quizzical blonde eyebrow but she knew Q had far more a wealth of knowledge than she could ever wrap her quantum mind around. It wouldn’t only take her help but everyone they could muster, and that meant all the Doctors, past, present and herself.

Chapter 2—So, What Now ?!

Meanwhile, at Walt Disney World...


Doc Brown and Marty McFly had arrived on the scene to Walt Disney World picking up a ton of disturbances in the time/space continuum.

‘I’ve never compiled this level of disturbances before. Great Scott ! What the devil is going on ?’, Doc Brown exclaimed aloud, clearly concerned over the discombobulation ‘reality’ had taken upon. There was even an emergence of Rick and Morty from their own dimension, chuckling at the parody of themselves.

‘Oh, this is rich. Way rich. What brings you puerile imitations here to this so called ‘reality’ ?’, Rick questioned. A female Rick named Rickie and her Morty, Marcie, appeared out of their own portal, looking confused, agitated and bemused.

‘I have no idea what the #$@* is going on, Marcie. This is beyond my span of knowledge.’, Rickie explained.

‘Maybe a Time Lord would be the best solution.’, Merlin added, as he walked up to the group that was nearly ready to break into disarray. Only one Morty had begun to show panic but Rick kept him perfectly placid.

‘I understand this is unlike anything we have ever witnessed before. None of us know what’s going on, just that someone is piddling around with technology they have no business toying with.’, Merlin stated, clearly. It was then that out of thin air, a version of Deadpool’s daughter Cher zapped into existence.

‘I’m Cher Version 3.09871 but you can call me Cher Bear. Cute, aint it ?’, Cher said. This oddly vestiged immortal being had her own time control wristlet that she used properly and landed in the new century, trying to discover solutions to her dad’s indiscretions.

‘My dad. He means well, he really does. He’s just a bit impulsive.’, Cher said. All of them had so many questions and none of them were about to get answered in one meeting. It would probably take them their whole lives to truly grasp just how fractured Deadpool had made time itself, and all because he wanted a family more than anything in the world.

Merlin caught all their attention from their squabbling. Some of the friends were handling this crisis better than others.

‘Deadpool brought us together. We aren’t going to be able to do this alone. It’s bigger than all of us.’, Genie added. They all shook their heads but steeled their courage. Even European characters such as Asterix, Obelix, Tin Tin and Snowy, Lupe, Chavo and a multitude of others had literally ‘dropped in’ thanks to the many rifts that had opened and delivered them to a ‘way point’, which happened to be Walt Disney World.

Chapter 3—Operation: Destroy Time Travel Disc is Go !

Thanks to the Themascirans, the Rangers and everyone else converged upon the way point.

‘We all know that its the disc causing all of this ruckus. I could just snap my fingers and end all of this discord, easily, but it’s time and space. It is even more difficult than a God can untangle. Believe me, I have gone through all possibilities, probabilities, scenarios and some are even worse than allowing Deadpool to have Cable’s time traveling device.’, Q said. Q did not like feeling impotent, but he wasn’t against having human help. Cher Bear was even more powerful than he, and he was feeling a little emasculated about that, although he was loathe to admit to it.

‘We know what we have to do. We all need to split up. There are plenty of us now to form tiny battalions. If we come upon a weird situation we can’t face alone, Diana’s sisters will pinpoint us with our time signatures wherever or whenever we are in space/time and we’ll converge.’, the 4^th Doctor explained.

‘I didn’t understand any of that.’, Zach said, rubbing his temples.

‘Yeah, this whole thing has my brain hurting too.’, Synde remarked as he massaged the bridge of his nose.

Darkblood actually held all the cards in his own dimension.

‘I merely framed you. You only paved the way, merc.’, the dark clad, Gothic viking proclaimed, triumphantly. Deadpool was literally tied up for the moment. Darkblood knew that his father-in-law couldn’t be killed, no matter how hard he tried.

‘Your daughter is too sweet. That’s her only downfall. It’s a pity she won’t stand up to me due to her undying love of me...’, Darkblood said laughing. Gagged, Deadpool dared not let Darkblood see his pitiful tears fall, but he had a glimmer of faith and hope in his heart and mind. Understanding that the M theory did exist and was an actual, living, breathing construct, he was sure that another version of Cher was out there, rallying troops and they would come to the world known as ‘Forlorn Terra’. Prayerfully, they would arrive sooner than later since anarchy was the lay of the land and all villains were basking in their own glory, all because poor original Cher had been misled by Darkblood.

In Candy Cane Lane…

It was idyllic on Candied Island. Flapjack and K’nuckles knew no troubles. Bubbe was actually pleased they had come that far and come to their promised land. Sure, it meant a lot of cavities and dental bills that neither one of them would be able to afford but they were happy and that’s all that mattered.

It was a strange twist of fate that opened a vortex into Candied Island and twisted, mangled versions of the characters appeared. It was like something out of the SCP handbook only these grotesque cryptids were better left unperturbed.

‘What in the name of cherry phosphate is THAT eldritch beast ?!’, Bubbe shrieked. It was about to carry her away with its massive talons and resembled a multicolored tengu, straight out of a B movie horror reject film from the 1980s.

‘It’s like neon threw up !’, Flapjack yelped. It wasn’t long before the beasts were being subdued by the Rangers and their friends and sent back to whatever terrible world had vomited them into existence to begin with. These unusual characters had many inquiries that the Rangers didn’t have time to field, since they were looking for Darkblood but saw no trace of him anywhere. They didn’t reveal who they were but simply said

‘We have no time to explain. We’re looking for a fugitive.’

‘Uh, thanks for vanquishing those ugly creeps...’, Captain K’nuckles said as the Rangers winked out of their realm.

Chapter 4—Q, The Doctors and Time Travelers Unite !

In Forlorn Terra…

Q had narrowed down infinite possibilities to locate Cher Delight, who was the only version of Deadpool’s daughter who had recruited what she called the ‘Task Force’ to stop her unruly ex.

‘He’s about to get burned in the worst way. I’m one powder keg you don’t want to mess with.’, Delight said. Q was enthralled. Everything was going according to plan. If it didn’t work as he had foreseen, the Doctors were there as a ‘reset’ button, just like with a video game. They could do it infinite times, but he knew every angle, nook, cranny and situation that could or would be. There was absolutely no possible way it could go wrong.

Delight had the power of fire in her possession, as well as that of lightning and anti-gravity. Darkblood would be hard pressed to find a way out of the trap he had unintentionally set for himself. Cher 2.0 had known she had another version of herself in another timeline and knowing her unconventional thinking, she was aware bating her father had only delivered her freedom in this version of Earth and the eventual saving of all conventional timelines as a whole. It was a quick and easy ‘one size fits all’ solution.

The Doctors had their sonic screwdrivers ready if need be, but Delight and her Task Force had Darkblood literally tied up. The twine was made of impenetrable material. Even if Darkblood had Cable’s device, there was no possible way he could’ve cut the twine and made a break for it. Darkblood began to waver and shiver in his physical appearance to the point where he simply disappeared for good.

‘What just happened ?’, the 13^th doctor exclaimed, completely shocked.

‘Another version of Cher assassinated him. Seems like she was tired of putting up with Darkblood’s abuse. Let us hope we don’t meet DoomCher. She is most likely a woman bent on doing everything, even murder, to protect her family and her unborn child.’, Cher Delight said, as if she had felt the ripple effect from across time and space. Although the team had come together to stop Darkblood, it had been Cher all along who was the key to taking him out altogether.

Chapter 5—The Rifts Begin to Close and Heal

DoomCher remained as mysterious as her description. She remained hidden in her own dimension and it was better that she maintain her enigmatic presence as well as the intimidation that surrounded her.

‘We were only meant as backup. Who knew ? Well, it’s been real but Marnie and I gotta blow this s#$@ stain of a planet. No offense.’, Ricki said, vulgarly. Marnie hopped in their time traveling vehicle as its Lambo doors elevated and the two zipped off to parts unknown.

‘Profanity and all, I still find those two incredibly charming.’, Q added with a smile. Q knew everyone after all. So many colorful characters visited the Continuum in a blip here and there but some never popped in again. It made life as an immortal God-being boring, but that was why he ‘helped’ where necessary. This time, he had been simply an accessory, but he wasn’t complaining. He helped the rifts in time/space heal after they closed. There was no telling if or when they would open once more but it wouldn’t deter him from ‘assisting’ whenever and wherever he needed to be.

Epilogue

As quickly as they had been introduced, everyone had gone their separate ways. Deadpool was in a fixed timeline with his own version of Cher and it seemed that everything had worked out towards his advantage. Granted a certain sacrifice that ended in the loss of life was what had been needed to make an equivalent exchange but the heroes had won the day once more.

‘I don’t like it when bloodshed is involved. Rangers aren’t known for that.’, Rocky said, in disgust.

‘I know, but it wasn’t us. It was DoomCher. I think the less we know or understand the better.’, Jason said.

‘Agreed. The more I think about it, the more my brain hurts.’, Billy said, massaging his temples. The lot of them laughed in unison, happy that everything seemed to have been tied up in a neat bow. Granted, it wouldn’t be long before trouble was stirred up once again. Every party had a pooper and there seemed to be one such derelict. He went by the name Fear Monger. He had only begun broadcasting a signal on the radio that would make anyone nearby tremble and no one was immune. Before long, the world would belong to him, and he would be its dictator. For now, he had only begun enhancing the signal with the help of an alternate evil version of Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz. This particular version never did anything wrong. In his world, he ruled the entire tri-state area, and not even Phineas or Ferb’s inventions or Perry the Platypus could stop him. The world was about to turn very dark and the earth’s ‘happiest place’ was about to become rather occluded…

To Be Continued…