CaptainWacky
I want to smell dark matter
The first thing he noticed was how small he was, back in the body that had once been the Squidinator. But he wasn't even the full Squidinator anymore, was he? Memories rushed back as he found his place in space and time. He'd been trapped in a hole for one hundred and seventeen years. It had seemed like a long time, though of course it was nothing compared to the millions of years he'd spent in space. Space...it had happened. It wasn't some wild deslusion he'd suffered in this hole. He compared the darkness he now found himself in to the darkness of space. It was just as dark. His body felt so weak and pathetic. And he could not feel any other lives. He was so used to feeling his ink-slaves in his mind. Now he was alone. He even knew that the voice of the Squid God in his head was just another aspect of him. Of course it was. They were the same. Alone, trapped, and pathetic.
"Well, you're home," said a voice. It ws the Time Demon, standing in the whole next to him. He could feel its breath on him.
"Where's Chloe?" he asked. "You said she'd be here with us."
"Oh, she's coming. She's heading here now to meet you, drawn by your mind. Except she remembers everything. Maybe she'll kill you!"
"Maybe."
"It's strange, isn't it? I can travel back millions of years with no problem, but arriving at the right minute...well, it's hard. But she'll be here. At least we have time talk."
"Why are you even here now? You're free. Go do whatever you want to do."
"I have all the time in the universe for that. I thought I'd see what you were like before your dark tendrils reached across the world. You're not so impressive."
"No, I'm not. But I wll be, when I'm free...or I was. The first time around. I don't know what I'm going to do now."
"It's a head-scratcher!"
"You took me to this time because you were using Chloe's mind as an anchor, yes?"
"Yes. I couldn't go back to before she was born because I needed her brain to help with the travel."
"But you could now take me back a further hundred and seventeen years. I could avoid being in this hole. I could rule the world then as the Squidinator. Chloe would never even be born..."
"Yes, I could do all that. Do you wnat me to?"
"No, I don't think so. I think I belong here. This is where I get to decide what kind of a man I'm going to be. I can't take back everything I've done. But here I'm in control...I can decide what the world should be."
"Aww, you're sweet. Well, I hear Chloe coming. I'll see you later. Or maybe I'll travel back to this moment and undo it some day, just to fuck with you. Who knows. I'm the fucking Time Demon!" And with that, the Time Demon was gone. The Squidinator was nearly blindied by light from above. Someone was standing there. Chloe. Human again. So young. So beautiful. So sad.
"Chloe..." he said.
"You," she said. "So what now?"
"Well, you're home," said a voice. It ws the Time Demon, standing in the whole next to him. He could feel its breath on him.
"Where's Chloe?" he asked. "You said she'd be here with us."
"Oh, she's coming. She's heading here now to meet you, drawn by your mind. Except she remembers everything. Maybe she'll kill you!"
"Maybe."
"It's strange, isn't it? I can travel back millions of years with no problem, but arriving at the right minute...well, it's hard. But she'll be here. At least we have time talk."
"Why are you even here now? You're free. Go do whatever you want to do."
"I have all the time in the universe for that. I thought I'd see what you were like before your dark tendrils reached across the world. You're not so impressive."
"No, I'm not. But I wll be, when I'm free...or I was. The first time around. I don't know what I'm going to do now."
"It's a head-scratcher!"
"You took me to this time because you were using Chloe's mind as an anchor, yes?"
"Yes. I couldn't go back to before she was born because I needed her brain to help with the travel."
"But you could now take me back a further hundred and seventeen years. I could avoid being in this hole. I could rule the world then as the Squidinator. Chloe would never even be born..."
"Yes, I could do all that. Do you wnat me to?"
"No, I don't think so. I think I belong here. This is where I get to decide what kind of a man I'm going to be. I can't take back everything I've done. But here I'm in control...I can decide what the world should be."
"Aww, you're sweet. Well, I hear Chloe coming. I'll see you later. Or maybe I'll travel back to this moment and undo it some day, just to fuck with you. Who knows. I'm the fucking Time Demon!" And with that, the Time Demon was gone. The Squidinator was nearly blindied by light from above. Someone was standing there. Chloe. Human again. So young. So beautiful. So sad.
"Chloe..." he said.
"You," she said. "So what now?"