Tragedy

---Ch. 2 - Tragedy---

     "Can you tell us what exactly happened in that office Ms. Serenity?" A large white man with short black hair who was dressed in a black button up shirt with black slacks and black dress shoes asked, his chubby hand reached for the blue ceramic coffee cup that was sitting on his oak desk. He grabbed it and put the cup to his lips and took a sip, [more like a gulp]. His name plaque on his desk read 'James Benjamin'

     "I called my boyfriend to check out my newest invention...But he wanted to go farther, he wanted to test it out and...And..." Dawn stopped as she tried to fight back the tears. "He just vanished before my eyes." She finished.

     "You do know that the head of the science comitee fired Gabriel because the two of you were going out while working together. To top it off you create this device without the approval from the higher ups. That causes big problems Ms. Serenity. Your obsession with universes and time travel caused you to lose your boyfriend." James said. 

     "Obsession?" Dawn scoffed. "While you sit on your a*s and do nothing but paperwork and drink coffee and make people feel like s**t, I am busting my a*s discovering new scientific stuff and creating things! I am not obsessed!" She got up but when she did a guard hancuffed her. She had a prostetic hand in place of the one she lost. "What the hell is this?!" Dawn asked.

     "You didn't really think you were walking away free right? You are a danger to society. Besides...I think you'll like your new home, it's widely known as the 'looney bin'" James said smirking. 

     "Let me go! LET ME GO! LET ME GO!!!" Dawn screamed out as she was led away with the police.

     James picked up his phone and dialed a number. "You know what to do. Lock that office up, so only we can access that building. Maybe we can do something with this P.T.T device." He said taking another sip/gulp from his cup of joe. The voice on the other end agreed and hung up. 

In the past...1 year ago...2019

     "So...Is there such thing as another universe?" Gabriel asked Dawn while making a thing of stir-fry in the kitchen for dinner.

     Dawn who was reading a novel, put the book down and turned towards Gabriel. "Well, there was a theory about how each universe is blocked off by one big invisble wall. The only way through is the openings in that wall, which we call them black holes or worm holes." Dawn said taking a sip of her soda that was sitting on the coffee table. "No one has ever returned after entering those imperfections in the wall. So no one knows for sure if there are other universes or not." She finished.

     Gabriel started to add the spices into the stir-fry. "Well what if someone were to break the wall?" He asked.

     "That would be impossible. The wall is impenetrable, the holes in the wall are just imperfections but even though we can go through them, we never come back." She said.

     "Nothing is impossible Dawn...Just don't delv too deep into the matters of black holes and time travel...Because obessions leads to bad things." Gabriel said as made both of them a plate of the food. He brought Dawn her food and hs sat by her. "But one of these days...Humans will find a way to cross the other side of the wall...Because there's always a way." He said and took a bite of his food.

Back in the present...

 Always a way..."

"Always a way..."

"ALWAYS A WAY"

     Dawn woke up in cold sweat, her breathing was fast, she looked around the room she was in. She got off of the bed and a man dressed in all white came into the room. He looked like an orderly.

     "Bad dream? Don't worry, happens to all of the people who come sleep here on their first night." The orderly chuckled and grabbed Dawns arm but she just pulled away. "Oh come on, don't be like that. It's morning! The birds are singing, the sun is shining!" He said.

     "I don't hear any birds or see any stupid sun. All I see is despair in this place." Dawn told the orderly.

     "Okay now your just pissing me off. Get your a*s to the cafeteria and get your damn breakfast!" The orderly said as Dawn was about to walk off. "Nope, I'm coming with you. I'm your escort for today. Better get used to it or else." He said as Dawn sighed.

     She was led to the mess hall where a bunch of people were, some were nuts. Most seemed like normal people who were deemd crazy by society. She got her food and sat down and began to eat. Once she was done and breakfasf time was over she was led into the rec room. Where she would spend the rest of the day until she was led back to her room for bedtime.

Somewhere deep in the dark reaches of the beyond...

     (Floating...Why...Am I floating?) A thought leaked through Gabriels mind. A group of men dressed in fancy black suits stood over the half asleep body of Gabriel.

     "He says he's floating." One of the men said as he read Gabriels mind.

     An older man chimed in. "He's in a dreamlike state, feels like he's floating in space...That doesn't explain why or how he randomly appeared here." He said. He looked at Gabriel and sighed. "How in the hell did he get on the other side of the wall?..."

TO BE CONTINUED