the place was dark, no trees, nothing.
"are we at the End of Time?" whisper Marle, "it's been 2 years we ever been here.."
"yep. this is it." said Lucca
"there you are!!!" calls a voice. it's Gaspar. he's with Melchoir and Spekkio.
"OLD MAN!!!" shout Ayla
"we've been waiting for you all!!! i know that you all will make it!!!" smiles Melchoir, "come with us."
Crono and his friends follows them..
"[GASP]"
they all stood there, speechless.
Marle cries..., "daddy.."
King Guardia (the past), Queen Leene, King Guardia (now), Taban, and Lana is all here!!
"DAD!!!!" freaks Lucca, and runs to her parents
"hmm..where's Frog?" asks Leene
"Frog will be here soon. he wants to be alone." said Lucca, "but i'll bet he's gonna be very happy to see you my queen!!"
"ayla happy. all family of ayla friends here, safe." said Ayla.
Marle hugs her dad.
Magus turns his head away...
"..." Crono lowers his head, "all except my mom.."
"...Crono.." whisper Marle, and went to hug him.
"i'm sorry, lad. i tried my best to get your mother, but she refuses to come with us." said Gaspar, "in her last words, she say "my job is done" "
"we have just enough time to get the kings and queen and lucca's parents out of there." said Spekkio.
"now, if you all follow me. i have something important to show you." said Gaspar, and lead the way..
"WOW" whisper Lucca.
a huge info computer stood there.
"WHERE DID YOU GET THAT???" freaks Lucca, her glasses almost fell off.
"well, after Lavos is gone, i thought that peace will be there forever, so me and Spekkio build something of our own..something that we can do during the time in this empty place. we want to explore other galaxies and planets that normal people can't...and we did discover something incredible.." said Gaspar. Spekkio begin to press the buttons.
the huge monitor shows the Earth, a tiny planet...
"!!!!!" Magus gasps, something shocked him.., "the black wind..!!"
then a gigantic dark ship appears...
"THAT'S THE SAME SHIP THAT ATTACKED US!!!" freaks Crono.
"sshhh...just watch." whisper Melchoir.
the ship heads for Earth...then it begin to land...in a sudden, once it's landed, it gives out a huge energy ripple..!!!!
[ZZZZ..]
the ripple is so fast..
[BLURRING..]
[ZZZZZZZZZZZZ...ZZ]
the whole screen is gone..then it comes back.
"oh my god." gasps Marle.
everything is destroyed. all living things were dead..nothing but ashes.
"this can't be.." cries Lucca.
"i wish it wasn't, Lucca. but it is." said Gaspar, "we found out this thing can control time and space...i think it came from the future, then goes to the year 600 A.D. to destroy the world."
"but why that time period??" asks Taban.
"we don't know..we hardly know anything about this ship that we call "Dark Ship". " said Melchoir, "but we do know it's destroying our world, sucking up all life energy inside of our planet."
"Crono, that was scary." whisper Marle, hugging Crono, "we don't know its weakness, how are we going to defeat it?"
"the Star Ruby can." said Magus.
"?!" freaks everyone. they thought Magus wasn't here at all.
"the legendary ruby??? but it's just a mere story. we don't know if it's true.. besides, we need the 3 keys to open the sealed door." said Spekkio.
"i have the first one." said Magus, and pull out the silver key from his pocket, "it must be true."
"but that was a thousands years ago. the legend may be just a fake.." said Gaspar, "the power of the keys must've worn off during those years.."
they all are quiet..
Crono take his sword out, "BUT WE HAVE TO TRY!!!"
"crono.."
"WE CAN'T JUST LET THESE JERKS TAKE OVER OUR WORLD!!!! NOT WITHOUT A BATTLE!!!!!!!!" shout Crono, "IT'S OUR ONLY HOPE. THE RUBY IS THE ONLY WEAPON AGAINST IT. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I KNOW THAT WE ARE SOMEHOW, DESTINED TO SAVE THE WORLD!!!!!!"
"YEAH!!! AYLA AGREE!!! AYLA FIGHT!!!!" hisses Ayla
"COUNT ME IN!!!" smiles Lucca.
"...let's just go." said Magus.
"ALL RIGHT MAGUS!!!! YOU'RE A PAL!!!" smiles Crono. Magus take his scythe out, ready to strike Crono by the throat,
"don't ever say that. we're NOT pals, and never will be."
Marle hesitates, "fight again..?"
"c'mon Marle!!" smiles Ayla
"hmm..all right." whisper Marle.
"GREAT!!!!" Spekkio press buttons, "i've found it!!! the second key is at 1999 A.D., and the last one is at 2300 A.D."
"1999???" blinks Crono, "this is gonna be cool!!"
"off you go!!!" said Gaspar, showing them the pillar, "this one leads to 1999. GOOD LUCK!!!"
Crono nods, and they all disappears to 1999 A.D.