Michael Tomlinson/History

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This page chronicles the history of **Michael Tomlinson**, a major protagonist in *The 48th Street Fellowship*.

## Early Life

Not much is known about Michael's early life, but he has lived in Dewberry for most of his youth. He was welcomed into a group at school who all lived on the same street, becoming the first outsider in the 48th Street Fellowship.

## Season 4

### Sensing the Enemy

Twenty-three years after the events of *Season 3*, Michael is revealed to have been the sole member of the core Fellowship to have stayed in Dewberry. He began working as a mathematics and economics teacher at his old school, Dewberry High. He also served as a councillor.

#### November 22nd

Michael and Brooklyn arrive in L.A and spend Thanksgiving with James and his family.

## Season 6

### Discovering Time Travel

#### Entering the Crossroad

Still following the voice in his head, Michael made his way through the Lesher lab, fighting back against a few gobdogs as he travelled deeper into the basement of the power plant. As he progressed, he avoided large, overworldly spikes; the Voice explained that these were "solid pieces of time", disrupted by interacting with the flora of the Dark Dimension.

After breaking through the last of the adolenscent goblins, Michael's geiger counter suddenly spiked as he lay eyes on the mysterious MacNamera Threshold. Michael then activated the caesium-137 sample he had stolen from the Bureau, awakening the threshold. Silently saying his goodbyes, Michael was reassured by the voice that he would "probably survive". Michael then stepped into the threshold and was carried into the Time Crossroad, eventually landing in 2145.

### 2145

#### Seeing the Apocalypse

Michael landed in the exact same place as he had left - the basement of MacNamera Power Station - only the environment was now drastically different; the building was completely destroyed, the earth around him was scourched, and the sky was on fire. Michael sprinted away from an incoming wave of intense fire, but he quickly tired because of the hot air burning his lungs.

### 1923

#### Meeting Eve

Michael woke up, tied to a chair and a bag over his head. The bag was lifted and Michael was interrogated by Spire guards, who proceeded to beat him, demanding to know the location of the hidden caesium-137.

Before they knocked Michael unconscious, they were stopped by a woman in an elegant red dress, who revealed herself to be Eve, a high-ranking member of Finis Temporis. Michael instantly recognised her as the lead agent who had nearly killed Brooklyn and almost attacked her, but she quickly disarmed him. On the floor, Michael then recognised the tattoo on Eve's ankle, and quickly deduced her true identity: the future version of his close friend Rose McCarthy.

As he stood silent from shock, Eve explained that she turned against the Fellowship upon seeing the future the Speaker could create: a paradise safe from the Apocalypse. She then cryptically claimed that Michael would soon get his answers. Feeling her emotions, Michael realized she was lying.

#### Confronting the Speaker

Michael was led into a grand study by Eve and looked around at the paintings on the walls. His attention was eventually drawn to a painting depicting the Apocalypse, discovering it was meant to occur much earlier than he thought: in February 1990 of the New 1989. He was then confronted by a heavily-scarred man in a suit, who cryptically told Michael that he had a greater role in the future than he realized and "everything was in place for it to start again". Michael then asked who the man was, to which he replied "can't you see". He then undid the buttons of his coat, revealing his throat...and the same pain-driven purple energy that Michael possessed. As Michael took a step back in denial, the Speaker delivered the truth: "I am you".

### Return to 1923

Michael once again landed in 1923, unaware that Brooklyn had also landed at that time after breaking jumping into the wormhole generated by the Speaker.

#### Reuniting with Brooklyn

Michael ducked into a room containing several gas canisters, relieved as the Finis Temporis soldiers ran by. Suddenly, Michael was grabbed and choked from behind, only for it to be revealed to be Brooklyn. She immediately stopped and, in shock, the two embraced and kissed passionately. Initially, Michael was unsure if she was "his Brooklyn" but Artemis assured him that she was from his timeline.

#### Discovering the Lie

Eventually, only the Speaker was pursuing Michael and Brooklyn, following them all the way to the top of the Spire. The Speaker once more tried to convince Michael that his path would eventually lead him into leading Finis Temporis, but Michael remembered how the Speaker had almost killed Brooklyn. Knowing that nothing would ever drive him to do so, Michael deduced that the Speaker had been lying to him and was not his future self. The Speaker finally conceded, revealing that, while his body was that of Michael, his true self was something more sinister: the Dark Lord.

The Speaker revealed that, following the Apocalypse, he opened the Dark Dimension to the few hundred humans who survived; while they were kept safe, they were slaves for all eternity as part of the hive mind. Possessing the badly-burned body of Michael, the Dark Lord returned to 1923 to start the cycle all over again.