Pandora's Tesseract

Purpose (Part 2)

"Why her? Couldn't he have chosen another?"

"Because their mission was to save humanity at all costs. Sacrificing themselves was part of the deal, a mutual understanding."

"At least they saved the world."

"I'm glad for that, but it seems I'll have to deal with the same fate."

"You know the old saying. 'The past repeats until it reaches you.' Maybe you'll be that exception."

"Perhaps. But only time will tell."

"I would like to hope so. If I'm stuck in this cycle, I will die and nothing will change."

"I don't really understand your goal. What do you plan to achieve with this power?"

"There's no way of telling. Not until we get out."

"If you're that urgent, I'll fill you in. But you owe me one."

"Fair enough. I'll get you to a geneticist, bill's on me. I need you to stay silent about the matter though. I can't have anyone interfering with my plans."

"Right. I've only seen the monster once, but I was able to identify its weakness. First off, it's very large, with an indefinite shape. It can sense body heat, so you'll need an infrared shield. You can find those in the cryonics lab on the second floor. Also, this building has no security. As far as I know, it's condemned. The monster itself can move at half the speed of sound. You need to be extremely careful. Facing it alone is suicide. Be as stealthy as possible. There are timers and C4 where it is. I need you to set it up and create a distraction. Using a giant infrared laser and liquid nitrogen, I can effectively vitrify it, while you set off the fuse. It will only be brittle for so long, we'll have to bust out of there real quick before we get either blown up, eaten, or both. Make sure you have your shield up when I give the signal, or your body will combust."

"Right. Let's go get the equipment."

"On it."

We head to the stairs. Before we descend, I need to save.

"Move, Quick to Slot 1!"

Quick Slot moved to Slot 1.

"Save, Quick!"

1 previous delta found.
Comparing optimal states.
...
Creating new delta.
...
Finished.

"What was that?"

"I just saved the state of the universe. We can return here as a checkpoint if we don't completely die."

"How the hell did you learn to do that?"

"I got it as a prize during a science fair a few years back at Direach."

"Yeah whatever, I don't even know."

We descend to the second floor.

"Word of advice, hold your breath."

"What? Why?"

"Just do it."

He opens the door, and a thick asphyxiating fog engulfed our atmosphere.

"Telepathy, duplex!"

I took a breath before all the air was gone.

"Hey, Satman, do you hear me?"

"Yes, but how are you in my head?"

"Telepathy. Mind telling me what this smoke is?"

"The liquid nitrogen. You see, the cryonics lab just so happened to have a leak, and the rapid pressure and temperature gradient caused the gas canisters to break open. In this atmosphere, nitrogen makes up 95% by volume."

"If the canisters are broken, how do we freeze him?"

"Easy. I can operate an HVAC. I'm going to hit him directly with that cold stuff."

"Where are the shields?"

"Look under that shelf over there." He pointed to a small shelf.

I looked under, and the following was unsightly.

"Ewww dude! What the hell?!"

"I'm just messing with you! Come on, you never seen frozen alien animal penises before?"

"No! Have you?"

"Ummm, never mind that. The shields are actually in the red box with glass. Smash it open with something. The shield should expand by a button, as its portable."

"Got it! Now lets get out. I'm getting dissy. Must be acute hypoxia..."

We descend to the first floor. Here comes our first fight...

Possibly to be continued.