Alternates

## The Beginning

When an unforeseen alien strike plunged the world into darkness in the Chaotic Timeline, the radioactive cloud caused a change in some of those who survived the strike. These included John, Jonathon, Sam, Levi, and two more named Andrew and Todd. However, they were no longer ordinary people. The radioactive change in their bodies allowed them to harness almost-supernatural abilities. From the ashes of the strike rose an organization of geniuses who speculated that this could have been prevented. When proposed with the idea that there were alternate universes that survived the alien strike, the leader of said organization, 46 Intel, demanded that the technology be explored. Only a month after the attack, a set of space-time dilators were developed that could give access to alternate dimensions, as well as manipulate both time and space. When a target was set, 46 Intel sent these mutated superhumans, nicknamed "Alternates" by Andrew (Alternate). to go and destroy all human life in the Main Timeline, allowing the inhabitants of the Chaotic Timeline to enter, and indulge in the life that was stripped from them by the aliens.

## Life in the Main and Lawful Timelines

After the alternates entered, there was no going back. The portal was deliberately closed by 46 Intel. The first to enter were Andrew (Alternate) and Todd (Alternate). In an effort to live a normal life, Andrew (Alternate) catches a job at a local Subway. However, after long, Todd (Alternate) gets a job at the same Subway, and steals Andrew (Alternate)'s money. In a fiery rage, Andrew (Alternate) confronts **Todd** about his earnings, tests his power against him, and wins a climactic duel in Andrew VS. Todd. However, since their supernatural abilities are so strong, **Todd** does not die from this altercation. Before long, 46 Intel realizes that the two alternates they sent were not aligning with the original ulterior motive, and sends four more to accelerate the execution of the grand plan, John (Alternate)**,** Jonathon (Alternate)**,** Sam (Alternate) and Levi (Alternate). These alternates had been given extra time to be corrupted by 46 Intel, so they were far more chaotic and heartless than Andrew (Alternate) or Todd (Alternate). As time goes on, Andrew (Alternate) gets weaker, and begins to lose battles with Todd (Alternate), however, his mind grew stronger, slowly realizing the horrors of the evil that they were intended to commit.

John (Alternate), Jonathon (Alternate), Sam, and Levi grow paranoid that they are all out to betray one another, and they commence a great duel to settle it. In an unexpected turn of events, Jonathon (Alternate), Sam (Alternate)**,** and Levi (Alternate) all gang up against John (Alternate) and kill him. However, a power-hungry Levi (Alternate) attempts to assassinate the other two with a bomb in John VS Jonathon VS Sam VS Levi. This plan fails, and Jonathon (Alternate) and Sam (Alternate) choose to turn against **Levi** in an act of rebellion in Sam VS. Levi II. One thing to note about the Alternates is that they are obsessed with power, so when Jonathon (Alternate) learns that Sam (Alternate) is not as strong as he, Jonathon (Alternate) turns against him and attempts to kill both of them. This also fails, but Jonathon (Alternate) escapes unscathed, having learned a lot more about his enemies than before. Sam (Alternate) and Levi (Alternate) continue their duel, but it once again ends in a draw. Their next battle, John VS Jonathon VS Sam VS Levi II, also ends in a draw, but Sam (Alternate) and Jonathon (Alternate) remain allies.

## The Third Apocalypse

On May 1st, 2022, with the coming of the Third Apocalypse, Andrew (Alternate) decides to go against 46 Intel, and besieges their HQ to steal some of their time-transcending equipment. The plan was a success, and Andrew (Alternate) returns to the Main Timeline to fight against the aliens. He meets a battle-torn John and Jonathon, who hear Andrew (Alternate)'s warnings about his alternate peers. He explains that a person from the Main Timeline cannot cross paths with the same version from another timeline, or else their souls will fuse and they'll be subject to internal terror and suffering for all eternity. This anomaly is called The Rule of the Alternates. Andrew (Alternate) admits that John's alternate is long dead, but also that Jonathon's alternate (Jonathon (Alternate)) still roams the plane. Andrew (Alternate) later explains the use of the space-time dilators, and helps John and Jonathon fend off the aliens. After Jonathon is suddenly hit by an alien laser, John attempts to undo the entire apocalypse by using the dilator to return to the past and warn his past self. In the the paradox preceding the apocalypse, the John of 2022 warns the John of 2016 of the first, second, and third alien attacks. He advises him to not invite Lucas over, and to use the dilator to send the aliens to the void. The plan is a success, and when John returns to the present, Andrew (Alternate) is no longer there, Jonathon is safe and sound at his house, and it seems that the action had also kept Lucas alive. Since the timeline was modified, no one has any recollection of the apocalypses other than John himself since he was outside the Main Timeline when it occurred.

## The Fate of the Alternates

Andrew (Alternate) wakes up following the Third Apocalypse, unsure of where he is. After a short bit of walking, he finds Todd (Alternate) awaiting him. Eager now more than ever to destroy what 46 Intel set out to do, Andrew (Alternate) knows he must end Todd (Alternate), even if it means his end, too. Andrew (Alternate) disguises his true motives, and a gut-wrenching duel takes place. Andrew (Alternate) grows tired, and he knows he will lose if he tries to win outright, and so it was. He was going to sacrifice himself. After a standoff, Andrew (Alternate) confesses that it is too late for him, but its not too late to avenge himself. With a quick blast of energy, he disintegrated both himself and Todd (Alternate). Two alternates down, four to go. Andrew (Alternate) later finds himself in the The Place of the Captured in 072216.

5 years after their third bout, a fed-up Levi (Alternate) decides to take his power to the next level. He develops a special type of energy that he is sure will destroy his enemies. In John VS Jonathon VS Sam VS Levi III, Levi (Alternate) confronts both Sam (Alternate) and Jonathon (Alternate) head-on, and commence one final duel.

> This is where the timeline splits. The event has two separate endings, which are a part of either the Retribution Ending or the True Ending. In the Retribution Ending version, the battle ends in a draw yet again, and all the alternates survive. In the True Ending version, a John from the future returns to the past to send the remaining alternates to the The Place of the Captured.
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### True Ending

After the John of 2035 sacrifices everything to destroy 46 Intel (Character), His alternates, and the dreaded Chaotics, he uses the space-time dilator left by his past self to returns to 2022 to thwart any chance of them existing any longer, thereby creating a split in the timeline.

### Retribution Ending

While the True Ending version concludes with the secure destruction of the alternates, the Retribution Ending version keeps them alive, free to roam the Earth and continue to cause havoc. After more aggressive tactics from 46 Intel, Jackson Leyda is possessed by its leader. He uses Jackson Leyda's body to kill Marshal Smith, Jude Lovra, and Jonathon Baker. Sam (Alternate) and Levi (Alternate) neglect logic, and confront the Main Timeline versions of themselves. Their souls are fused, and a mutated, Chaotic Sam and Chaotic Levi emerge. In The End of It All, John, having lost all his friends, decides to lure Jackson Leyda, now 46 Intel (Character), Jonathon (Alternate)**,** Chaotic Sam, and Chaotic Levi to his own backyard to end it all. John realizes he can't keep them at bay for long enough to complete his plan, but in his moment of desperation, Lucas surprisingly shows up, and offers his own life for John's plan to succeed. Lucas integrates himself into the backyard, and puts himself amongst the alternates. While they are busy trying to tear apart Lucas, John throws buckets of gasoline into his backyard, and prepares a match.

In a crucial moment, Chaotic Sam, now a shell of the man he was, speaks in backlash against Chaotic Levi, Jonathon (Alternate), and 46 Intel.

> Chaotic Sam: No! I will not stay quiet, you should. You all failed me. I was promised a video, a sweet, delectable, entertaining video from the P-Palladium, but alas, I was fooled by YOU, LEVI!
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> Chaotic Levi: How DARE you shift the blame to me!
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> Chaotic Sam: Well, you are incorrect! I am the god in this world, I hold the power, and I will not be shun-
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In their moment of distraction, John lights the match, casts it into the yard below, and uses a speaker to anonymously speak to the soon-to-be-dead alternates.

> *"Connection terminated. I'm sorry to interrupt you, Samuel, if you still even remember that name. But I'm afraid you've been misinformed. You are not here to receive a video, nor have you been called here by the individual you assume, although, you have indeed been called. You have all been called here, into a labyrinth of sounds and sights, misdirection and misfortune. A channel with no exit, a hub with no prize. You don't even realize that you are trapped. Your lust for content has driven you in endless circles, chasing the thumbnails of videos in some unseen chamber, always seeming so near, yet somehow out of reach, but you will never find them. None of you will. This is where your story ends. And to you, my brave volunteer, who somehow found this channel not intended for you, although there was a way out planned for you, I have a feeling that's not what you want. I have a feeling that you are right where you want to be. I am remaining as well. I am nearby. This channel will not be remembered, and the memory of everything that started this can finally begin to fade away, as the agony of every tragedy should. And to you monsters trapped in the corridors, be still and give up your spirits. They don't belong to you. For most of you, I believe there is peace and perhaps more waiting for you after the smoke clears. Although, for one of you, the darkest pit of Hell has opened to swallow you whole, so don't keep the devil waiting, old friend. Jonathon, if you can hear me, I knew you would return as well. It's in your nature to protect the innocent. I'm sorry that on that day, the day you were shut out and left to die, no one was there to lift you up into their arms the way you lifted others into yours, and then, what became of you. I should have known you wouldn't be content to disappear, not you. I couldn't save you then, so let me save you now. It's time to rest - for you, and for those you have carried in your arms. This ends for all of us. End communication."*
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46 Intel screams, knowing all that he worked for would result in his own death. John watched as all his former friends slowly burned in their hatred. He thought of Jonathon, who didn’t suffer the same fate Sam and Levi did, as well as Lucas, who sacrificed himself to distract the alternates and help John finish his plan. But then, he felt selfish. “Why should I get to live, and they don’t?” It was that moment, he knew what he would do. Before ending his own life, he would right the wrongs of the past, and do good for another timeline. He returned to the moment of the alternate's final battle, and sent them all to the The Place of the Captured, creating the True Ending.