Sonic the Hedgehog and the Space Ace Transformers - Episode VII by Space Ace Part 1 With another victory under our belt so to speak for the Alliance and another black eye insult for the Empire that is things around headquarters and the metropolis quieted down for now. Meanwhile Sally and I paid a visit to King Elias and the council to let them know of our intentions of getting married. ELIAS: So you decided on tying the knots, he? Settle down and start a family, yes? SALLY: Indeed, brother. In fact, I would be honored to have you and members of the council as witnesses to the wedding ceremony. ELIAS: It will be my honor to be there in person to witness this historic event in Mobian history, the first ever marriage of two beings from two different worlds. ACE: Uh-huh, Earth and Mobius that is. ROSEMARY: Will your warriors be there also, the Autobots? ACE: Certainly, your highness. Somewhere out there across the universe, on my home planet my father must be thinking of his son, wondering what Junior is up to, that is. ROSEMARY: Who is your father, he? SALLY: I didn't know you had a father, duh? You never told me this before. I scowled back briefly, shrugged before continuing as usual while the Council of Acorn listened. ACE: My father, the great scientist Dr Emmett Brown is the genius who discovered time travel; he believed that it was possible for anybody or anyone to traverse the fabric of space and time itself to relive events in the past or present or witness events yet to come in the future. HAMLIN: Very interesting, sir. How did he come up with this idea of traveling through time? ACE: Dad got the idea from a book "The Time Machine" by H.G. Wells about an inventor in the 19th Century who built a time traveling vehicle and then journeyed way ahead into another universe where two forms of life exist, the peace loving Eloi and evil mutated Morloks. SALLY: Eloi, Morloks? CHUCK: Never heard of life forms like those before. ELIAS: Or me neither. ACE: The story is make-believe, council members. But it was from the book that my father built his own time traveling vehicle a sports car, the DeLorean DMC installed with a powerful battery generator the Flux Capacitor. ROSEMARY: Goodness, how does this DeLorean travel into space and time? I decided on showing a video recording illusion of my father, Doc Brown and of his time travel vehicle to which I did so, using my morphing ring to cast a 3D hologram image of the time travel genius standing beside the DMC-12 car as he spoke. EMMETT: Greetings, I am going to demonstrate for you how the DeLorean time vehicle transports anybody or anyone through the space-time continuum whether it's to relive moments in the past or witness events yet to come in the future. The DeLorean is powered by the Flux Capacitor battery generator which supplies the juice necessary in a matter of speaking to power the control systems of the car itself. ROTOR: Sure hope he reveals how to operate the mechanisms soon. ACE: He will, just watch. EMMETT: Once you seat yourself behind the wheel, if you are traveling alone or have a partner/ sidekick join you on your adventure into time, you turn the time circuits on, like so. The interior of the DeLorean displays lit up and sound effects are heard before quieting down again. Doc points to a three-display console set into the dashboard on one side of the steering wheel. EMMETT: This console display shows the exact time coordinates of your journey. The DESTINATION screen, tells you where you are going in time. The PRESENT screen, tells you where you are right now. Finally the PREVIOUS TIME screen, tells you where you were recently. SALLY: Oh? HAMLIN: I'm a little confused here... EMMETT: You input your destination coordinates using this keypad, say you want to see the signing of the Declaration of Independence. ELIAS: When did that event take place, on your world? ACE: That occurred in 1776 at the height of the Revolutionary War between the American Colonies and the British Empire. ELIAS: Really? SALLY: And this Declaration of Independence, what did it stand for? ACE: It stood for liberty and freedom of British rule over the 13 Colonies who wanted to rule their own way and not by the King himself at the time. ROSEMARY: Duh?! ELIAS: Hmmph... ACE: It has nothing to do with you, I promise. Both Elias and Rosemary frowned at me but said nothing. Meanwhile the 3D illusion of Dr Brown went on with his narrative of the DeLorean time vehicle. EMMETT: There are many combinations of time coordinates to choose from depending on where or when in time you plan on visiting. Now, once you've selected your DESTINATION you next accelerate the DeLorean to 88 miles per hour to activate the Flux Capacitor, which in turn creates a wormhole-like vortex that propels the vehicle headlong into the space time barrier in the blink of an eye. HAMLIN: Uh-oh, there it goes. ROTOR: Look at how fast it's speeding. SALLY: What-the?! Why is it glowing like that...HUUUUUUUUH?!! Before the startled eyes of Acorn and company as they watched with eyes wide and mouths open the DMC appeared to shimmer with a crackling-glowing bluish white lightning that surrounded the car. In an instant it seemed to disappear in a bright flash and loud explosive boom! In its wake were two burning streaks of rubber and bumper license plate lying face up on the asphalt surface. CHUCK: Did I just see that? PENELOPE: It, it disappeared! DYLAN: Impossible! ROSEMARY: Where did it go to, huh? ACE: Where else, ma'am? Into the future, of course. ELIAS: Holy cow! SALLY: I don't believe what I just saw, that car vanished like a ghost. ACE: Exactly, but there are some no-no's about time travel I should warn you about. That made the council give me worried-nervous looks my way but I grinned and went on to say the following. ACE: The important thing is not to create paradoxes while visiting events in time by interrupting or disturbing the normal flow of things that already transpired. HAMLIN: What happens if you accidentally create a paradox? ACE: Then you cause a disturbance, disruption in the flow of time and space itself and thus change history and screw up events in their normal time-line patterns. ROTOR: Oops, not good. SALLY: Gosh, is it that dangerous? But I assured my soon to be wife and queen that time travel was a fun-safe way to explore the space-time barrier if you knew what you were doing at the moment. Sally relaxed somewhat after I said that to her, including the king and court. ELIAS: But how do you return home, I mean...how do you get back to the place you left behind? ACE: Of course, sire. Again the illusion of Emmett Brown came into existence as he explained on getting back to your starting point in time travel. EMMETT: In order for you or other time travelers to return to your starting departure point in time you left behind, simply re-enter the coordinates into the keypad except this time using the PRESENT display screen so you will know where to get back home again, in a matter of speaking, I mean when to get back home, ha-ha...great Scott! This time the hologram showed an empty area, the parking lot of a shopping mall at night-time and nearby an 18-Wheeler semi and trailer standing guard. All of a sudden there came three loud sonic booms before a brilliant flash of light flared instantly then replaced by the appearance of the DeLorean itself popping out of nowhere like a ghost or phantom before screeching to a stop with what looked like mist condensation water vapors hissing-steaming off its surfaces. ROSEMARY: Good grief, it just reappeared again. DYLAN: It sure did, ma'am. PENELOPE: Why is it smoking? ACE: That's water vapors evaporating off its hull, the engine cooling down as the Flux Capacitor shuts down all systems. HAMLIN: Ah, of course. ROTOR: So it does travel through time, amazing. ELIAS: Yes, amazing indeed. Thanks for sharing this with us, Ace. ACE: My pleasure, sire. SALLY: Ah, excuse me, a moment... where is your father, is he still alive? ACE: Yes, he still lives on Earth. SALLY: Really, is there anyway I can meet him, make contact with him? ACE: I can arrange that, boss. ELIAS: Are you two planning something behind my back, he? We both looked up and grinned sheepishly-weakly back at his majesty who continued glowering but then grinned when he saw our looks we gave him back. Shaking our heads no in reply I spoke up. ACE: Sally wants to contact my dad on my world, I'm sure he would like to meet you also. ELIAS: Certainly, I would be happy to meet your father. ROSEMARY: As would I, sir. SALLY: Cool! Who knows, ahem... perhaps he can let me try out the DMC time vehicle myself, no? Say, go on my own time travel expedition into the future? ACE: That too can be arranged, boss. SALLY: Yeehaaw! We slapped high five, stacked fists in the same manner that Sally and Sonic did after defeating Dr Robotnik so long ago. That made Elias and others laugh out loud. HAMLIN: By the way, when are you two planning on getting married? ROTOR: Any ideas of when to have the wedding? SALLY: Gosh, I don't know. ACE: D'oh! DYLAN & PENELOPE: Uh-oh. ELIAS: Not to worry, I will arrange everything myself personally. ROSEMARY: Everything will be taken care of; we will let you know when it is time. SALLY: Thank you, council members. ACE: Yes, I owe you one. ELIAS: Oh, hmmmph... sure you do. Again the council laughed, this time with me and Sally joining in afterwards before we left the chambers and headed back to headquarters. On the way Sally and I continued debating on what our future children would be when they came into the real world. SALLY: Gee, I don't know if they will be twins, two girls, two boys or one boy and girl, I don't know... ACE: Great Scott! I got it. SALLY: You do? ACE: I know what the babies will be when they arrive. You remember that DVD movie I played for you, "Rock and Rule" SALLY: Yes, I recall watching that animated film. Wait a minute... you're not suggesting the babies will look like Angel and Omar, he? ACE: Oh, no? SALLY: Get out of here, get real. Laughing again, we play-wrestled with each other, grappling fiercely about before settling down, strolling arm in arm all the way into the sanctuary of Freedom Headquarters. TO BE CONTINUED... www.geocities.com/silverstarr3224/