Braddock: (He finds himself in what seems to be a royal bedroom where he is on the ground next to a large king sized bed.) Argh... Fucking hell. (He gets up from the ground and sees a woman in nude sitting up on the bed tired with her long dark brown hair in a mess.) Tghn! It can't be... (his eyes are in complete shock as he recognises the woman to be Melissa a woman who has died in the Battle world.)
Melissa: (She stretches her arms with a yawn before looking at Braddock with a gently smile) Good morning... B.
Braddock: H-How are you... Alive
Melissa: hmm? What do you mean?
Braddock: I... I saw you die. (Tears form in his eyes) Wait... Is this an illusion.
Melissa: I think you had waaay too much to drink bae. (She pats on the sheets of the bed signalling him to get in with her as she smiles gently and speaks softly to him.) Rest with me.
Braddock: Don't...! Call me bae, Melissa. You and I have never been in a relationship and I don't get drunk. (He clenches his fists.) So i'll ask you this once, Melissa. Where am I?
Melissa: Hm... (Her gentle smile fades into a serious expression as she nolonger speaks softly to him and instead speaks coldly.) You not under the influence.
Braddock: Influence?
Melissa: The shards, especially the one you after. They have this... defensive mechanism that traps whoever it finds dangerous in a reality best fit for them, influencing their minds into wanting to stay in the reality. (Sighs) I guess it makes sense for you not being influenced. You are the same Jasper Braddock that overcame the commands set for the functions of the previous Nexus, you THE entity.
Braddock: Commands? The entity? Melissa, What the hell are you talking about!?
Just when Melissa's about to answer Braddock, her head gets twisted out of pocket in an instant infront of the now surprised and horrified Braddock as he slowly walks backwards before getting punched across the room by a red trail of lightning. He breathes in with his eyes closed concentrating his inner power, he hears footsteps travelling at an abnormal speed, he opens his eyes that glow in a blue color and sees a speedster heading his way once more and he swings a turned fist striking the speedster to the ground.
Braddock: (He chuckles as his eyes change back to his normal brown iris eyes, he looks at the speedster with his head tilted.) Jack? What the hell, man?
The speedster gets up running and bashing his shoulder into Braddock's chest sending him flying to the wall. He wears a dark grey suit well suited for his body physique. Unlike Jack's suit attire, he has a large red lightning emblem, red glowing eyes and dark brown hair.
Marcus: Some would call me the reverse.
Braddock: Argh... Marcus Tombs. (He cracks his neck) You picked the wrong guy to mess with.
Marcus: (He chuckles) You are all strength and no speed, Jasper.
Braddock: Really?! Then... How'd I managed to land a hit.
Marcus: (His body begins to vibrate) Just a beginners luck. You won't be landing anymore hits from here, I'll make sure of that in seconds.
They'd both stand looking at each other waiting for the other to make a move, after some time Braddock tried to make a quick dash but Marcus was just too fast and moved to stand behind Braddock in an instant with a hole in his body, Marcus holds Braddock's beating heart as Braddock falls forward to the ground. Braddock then finds himself sitted In what seems to a family dinner, he gasps for air before looking around himself and seeing his two children, Daniel, Leone and his wife Jessie who all look back at him worried.
Daniel: Dad... You alright?
Braddock: (He looks at them all surprised) Y‐Yes. I'm... alright... son. I just.... remembered something not important that's all.
Daniel: Uhm. Okay? If you say so. (He continues to eat his supper.)
Braddock: So... how's school, Leone?
Leone: It totally sucks! I'm the only one with no cool power, hell not even a lame one!
Jessie: Powers not meant to be cool sweetie.
Leone: Hm! Tell that to the guy who can LITERALLY CREATE ANYTHING FROM THIN AIR!
Braddock: Watch your tone Leone.
Leone: No! Why is it that You have Super strength, Daniel has foresight, mom has telekinesis and I have nothing!! And even bettwr question, why... why would you all even think to even take Me to that damn school.
Braddock: (He slams his fist on the table startling Leone but not Daniel who continues eating) I was never born with these powers, Leone. I was experimented on. Each and every muscle and bone cut out and put back together again and again. All my cells burnt and replacrd by mutated cells that shouldn't even BE in my blood stream right now. Your brother is from the future, the reason he knows what's gonna happen is because he already learnt about it. Everything happening now is just history to him.
Jessie: Oh! In some cases, It might take time for your powers to appear, mine started appearing when I was Sixteen.
Daniel: (Ignoring the whole conversation being held, he speaks to his mom with food in his mouth) Wow. This food really good, mom.
Leone: (Tears form in hers as she feels guilt she runs off upstairs to her room.)
Daniel: Tch. Dad.
Braddock: Hm?
Daniel: Go talk to her.
Braddock: Tch, why me?
Daniel: You're the one who dented the table.
Braddock: (He looks down at his fist on the table, lifts it up seeing the dent, he sighs before getting up and walking up to Leone's door. He'd knock three times and hear her yellow "GO away!") Leone... open the.... (His eyes widen as he sees what seems to be a Glitch occurring he'd then find himself in a rocky biome field on his knees with stained blood on his clothes) Huh. Where the hell am I now?
A man appears behind him wearing a long cloak with hood that hides his face and hands.
?: The one place the end was near and new beginnings where made.
Braddock: (Startled he gets up and turns around with his fists clenched.) Who are you?
?: The name used to be Barry.... Barry Griffin. (He takes his hood off revealing his face that's entirely aged, has a white beard and hair aswell as light blue glowing pupils.) Now... I am The breacher.
Braddock: Breacher huh? Why am I here?
Breacher: You're here because the shard wants you here.
Braddock: Really? And where's here?
Breacher: The one place that started it all. Same place that you and I were in. (He starts walk forward and around Braddock who quickly follows him.)
Braddock: Okay... What the actual fuck is going on here? Why am I being pulled into different realities instead of being in one
Breacher: It's the shard, Jasper. It wants you.
Braddock: For what?
Breacher: (They'd finally stop walking at the edge of the land and see a large bright and fiery light.) For what happened here.
Braddock: And what happened here? (He looks at him for an answer before his attention is srawn towards the light fiery that mesmerizes Braddock with tears.) So... beautiful. (His facial expression quickly turns into absolute horror as he continues to look at the light)
Breacher: The reset. You broke the laws of the universe, weakening its barrier for Zyr to get in and destroy and reshape the nexus.
Braddock: No, no... (He shakes his head and pants heavily in fear as he looks at the breacher.) Barry please, help me. I don't want this.
Breacher: I'm sorry Jasper, this is the universe's decision. It must have its revenge.
The light pulled the resisting Braddock who screamed in plea, "No, wait! Wait!" his last words being that thing heard before being plunged into the the light.