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 13th 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.
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 4th
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 13th 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…
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