Possibly this is gonna be one of the weirdest plot ideas you could be reading
Inspirations: Dark, Steins;Gate Genre: Issekai
3rd February, 2021 1:14 am
“Love knows no barrier”. “Love happens no matter what.” “Love is blind”.
Scrolling through the comments section I was reading these remarks, the post being about a romantic relation between a father and her daughter, the term being 'taboo'.
I slumped back into my bed, thinking about the topic. Indeed, history has instances of love breaking barriers. Barriers of social status, religion, age, gender, even blood relations. But is it possible to go a step beyond?
I was raising heaven & hell in my thoughts when the bed under me started shaking. And the floor started shaking, and so did the roof. Was it earthquake? I looked around in panic. My phone started sending notifications about an upcoming cyclone. Was it going to be the apocalypse?
I jumped out of my bed & proceeded to hide under my bed. But to my surprise, the wall of my room started tearing apart like a long fabric revealing behind it an endless pit of darkness. Now I was utterly confused. A part of my mind said, I will wake up soon & find myself late for my classes again. But all this experience seemed too true & bizzare even to be a dream. And that reached the peak when stepped out from the dark pit a lady. She was clad in some black battle uniform that stuck tightly to her skin, a headgear that covered half of her face & left her full lips open to my appreciation. Even with death a few moments away, I could not help but agree, that she was beautiful.
“Grab my hand”. She extended a hand at me & commanded in a husky voice. I quickly grabbed her hand, and the next thing I knew, I was yanked into the same void she came out from, & everything became dark
“We're safe now”. I opened my eyes to her voice, & found ourselves in a hall. It was a rather futuristic one, for many of the gadgets I had never seen before. The occupants of the room were busy in some discussion, & they paid no attention that we had just appeared there. How strange! Even stranger I felt when the lady I came with took her headgear off. The bizzare similarity of our faces! Had I just momentarily developed a crush on someone of my own bloodline? My future daughter maybe? Or granddaughter? Almost instinctively I uttered, “W-Where am I? And who are you?”
“The question isn't where. You should be asking, 'When'.” The lady replied with a slightly bored tone to my question. “As for the second query, I am what you are. I am you. We are in the future, but you are an alternate timeline”. Le… What? Did I just develop a crush on.. Myself??!
“But.. Why me? And what is all this apocalypse about?” I literally had so many questions in my mind. “And how come you entered into my timeline?”
She rolled her eyes, exasperated from my questions but proceeded to reply them one by one.
“The apocalypse is just a cover”. She started from the first query. “Since the invention, different countries hv gone on war, trying to eliminate competition as much as they can. The entire world is on the verge of war, & they want strategically to eliminate as many soldiers as they can. Our task is to gather soldiers so we can hv a better army but unfortunately,..” she cast me a momentary glare. “I was left only with you”.
Wait, only me? Is that an insult or something? Why is she saying like she regrets it? I mean I regret it?
“Most of my other timeline versions hv been eliminated. Some were entirely different from my genetics. You, on the other hand were spared simply because… They thought you were too lazy & useless”.
Totally. Not. A compliment.
“But I had to stick in & grab you, for I could not trust anyone else, & you can act as a healer”. She said in a matter-of-fact way.
Wow. Since when did she- I mean I developed trust issues? I mean, I do hv a small friend circle, & am introvert, but… I guess I was stuck with Myself, in a war I had no idea about, to save my own selves. And I had developed a crush on her. I mean, myself. A path for a step beyond, eh?