"Begin energy transfer!", worriedly speaks Lucca, the mechanical genius of robots. As the teleportal machine begins its metallic buzz, the unlucky volunteer's pendant begins to radiate. Electrical bolts fly back and forth between platforms. As question marks cover the crowd on hand, the pendant exhalts light beams that form a sort of portal to another dimension. And instead of Marle warping from one platform to the other, she is deatomized and sent in pieces into the portal, leaving the pendant on the floor of where she just stood.
"Cronoooooooooo...!" is the last thing heard before the portal seals up and dissipates.
"Nothing to see here, folks, show's over.", speaks Lucca's dad as he waves his arms, as if to swat away flies. Soon the crowd leaves in laughter.
"Hurry, Crono, you must go after her and rescue her."
"But, where does it go, Lucca?"
"That I do not know, but if you repeat her actions, it should take you to the same spot she has just been sent. Good luck."
So, with the pendant around his neck and the same procedures executed, the glow and portal manifestation occurs. Crono is whisked away. "Come back alive, Crono", she worriedly says.
Then, her prayers are distracted by a mysterious figure in the shrubs next to her, along with Ghaleon by his side.
"What do you want?!", screams Lucca's dad with a ratchet ready to throw.
"Hmph!" The figure casts an energy wave at the machine. Within seconds it explodes, casting flames and smoke high into the air.
"You bastard. What do you think you are doing?"
"This." and launches the same spell at him. It incinerates him instantly.
"Daddy!"
"Next.", and proceeds in the same manner at her, with imitated results.
Ghaleon looks at the smoldering metal and wood. This destruction appeals to him.
"That", begins the figure, "is so they cannot portal back here. We will intercept them at their new point of destination."
"But how do you know where they will end up?"
"Past experience." And at that moment they disappear, just before a crowd of worried guests return to see what the hell was going on.
Along the way he finishes his story of his team up with his enemies: Crono, Marle, Lucca, Ayla, Robo and frog. Of Epoch and the end of time. Of the knowledge he gained about the Trigger that not even the three wise men knew. And also of the time portals and their appropriate destinations. That is how he knows of where this portal directly goes.
"I grew tired of the peace and serenity that had ensued after the defeat of Lavos. So I stole a remaining fragment of the Crono Trigger and used to warp through space. I found you after hundreds of years of searching for the perfect ally with which shares my intentions and ideas."
"So, Magus, you intend to prevent these brats from beginning their quest in the past, which, if they continued it, would destroy you."
"Not exactly. I intend to warp the two of them to your planet of Lunar...."
"And my killers to yours.."
"Precisely."
"But of what bonus is that? Why not waste them now?"
"Because one of the three wise men, Gaspar, possesses the knowledge to bring them back from death. But, not if they weren't on this planet."
"You are quite clever in your methods,", chuckles Ghaleon.
"Now, my friend, onto 600 a.d., the year of my original war against the kingdom of Guardia." They now near the end of the trip back in time. They appear on an open field of lush, green grass and sunlight. They also notice imp-like creatures waiting next to them, startled, yet ready to fight. Magus releases his scythe, and with one huge slash in a circle, decapitates the whole group. Again, Ghaleon seems to appreciate this demon and his lack of remorse. They quickly run into the neighboring foliage and wait for their true prey. ..............................................
Moments later, a portal appears. It expands to let Marle get out. She looks around in confusion. Then, Magus appears from the shadows. "Well, well my dear, enjoy your ride." spoken with a smile.
"You...", Marle speaks with her eyes glared at him, "I know you. I have heard of you before."
"Why, I'm flattered.", and then a burst of light appears from his hand and Marle is imprisoned in a crystal, a state of suspended animation. Magus calls forth the crystal, which hovers toward him. He casts another spell and the crystal disappears. Again, they hide.
Crono appears minutes later in the same exact location, ready for anything, well almost. But all he finds is headless corpses lying around. "What the hell happened here?", speaking outloud, "Who could cause such a massacre?"
"I can.", proclaims Magus as he appears from behind the bush, and before Crono could ask who 'I' was, the Crono Trigger illuminated again and he was right away engulfed in white light. He too became crystallized, and then disappears.
"Part one is done, Magus, now what about my half of the deal?", Ghaleon's arms crossed, waiting for his share of the fun.
"Here, take this. When you reach your home planet you can choose to appear at any time you desire. As long as you possess the Trigger, time is your slave." He hands Ghaleon half of the present Trigger, "No matter where you wind up, those kids will be there next to you."
Ghaleon then teleports, thinking of the time era he wishes to live in. "Ah, yes, I seem to recall a day when Nash was to return and had a friend with him. That damned boy with the green eyes, Alex.", looks down at his new instrument of destruction, "This time no one will stop me!"
Because of the tremendous power of the Crono Trigger, he who possesses it can displace himself back in time as if it were the original encounter, thereby erasing his old self. Now, back in the past, he knows the future.
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