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To the five, this Alternate person is certainly a mysterious character. Even his face is being kept hidden because of that massive cloak he’s wearing.

“I see that all of you are getting along so well back there. Oh, how it makes me happy,” the Alternate commented while approaching to the five.

“W-Who are you,” Gabriel asked. The Alternate immediately stopped his approach and introduce himself as the Alternate again.

“No, who are you really?”

“I am just the Alternate. Nothing more.”

“Well, whoever you are, let me ask you this one question,” Sarah butting into the conversation.

“Don’t you mean one more question?”

“Shut up!” she snapped. “Now tell me, did you bring us here?”

“Well of course. Who else beside me, the Alternate, could have done such a thing.”

“C-Could you please take us home…mister?” Emma asked as she’s trying her best not to cry as much as she did.

“Aw, I’m so sorry little girl. I’m afraid I cannot do that, nor can I tell you why?”

“And why not?” Hideyoshi said with agitation.

“Well, it would spoil the fun we’re all going to have soon.”

“You take us home right now!” Dirk enraged as he charge straight at the Alternate. With just a right jab, he has successfully deliver a hit at the face. However, instead of the Alternate trembling down onto his knees, Dirk became the one to have been knockdown.

Gabriel, Hideyoshi, and Emma came to his side. His nose was bleeding. Fortunately there doesn’t seem to be any other fatal wounds anywhere else on him.

“What did you do to him?” asked Gabriel.

The Alternate didn’t say a word. Sarah, who was closer at the time, was more fazed than Dirk because of what she sees at the time he was struck down. She approached him and slowly moving her hand towards his face. Just as Sarah was about to touch him, her hand has somehow landed onto her own face instead of his. Everyone was speechless.

“I see now you all realized what would happen if we get physical with each other. Especially me.”

“What do you want?” Sarah sighed

“First, let me explain a few things before we all begin the fun. You all, of course, know that this is a train. But unlike an ordinary train, this one has the ability to travel from world to world.”

“You can’t be serious?” Dirk commented.

“Indeed I am. This train can take you to any world; however, it cannot take you to the world you wanted yet.”

“Yet?” said Hideyoshi. “So then, we can just wait it all out until we reach home?”

“Waiting isn’t a good option,” said Sarah.

“Why is that?” Gabriel asked.

“How many worlds do you think there are?”

“Quite perceptive,” the Alternate complimented. “Indeed, there are more worlds than what any of you can imagine. Simply waiting to arrive to your world will take years. Most likely a century, perhaps.”

“Then how else can we get home?” Hideyoshi asked.

“You’ll need the sacred keys. Five keys to unlock every cargo leading to the train's engine. By controlling that engine, you can control the train.”

“And if we can control the train, then we can all control where it’s heading, right?”

“Can’t you take us home instead?” Emma asked.

The Alternate was strangely silent. He also stands very still like a statue. He suddenly disappears. Before his departure, he announced an important message: you have arrived to you’re first destination.