A lone jet bike raced along the road, it's rider checking the display in his helmet. He pulled over and look down at the city, Los Angeles, once in the distant past known as Truce Village. "Man, this is a great view. I wonder if I can see my house from here."

"Warning, warning. Time flux forming."

Max Triggara looked at his helmet in confusion. "Time flux?" A bright flash filled the sky, splitting the air with a deafening roar. Suddenly, LA started to vanish as a shockwave spread out from where a huge mountian appeared. "Oh boy, time to haul jets!!" Max jumped onto his bike, gunned the throttle and sped off.

"Warning. Time flux appicher approching. 40 seconds to impact."

Max hit the boosters and went as fast as his jet bike would go.

"Alert. Time flux forming. 5 seconds to impact."

Max stared at the display, finding no 'time flux' in front of him. "What the hell?" A time gate opened up right in his path, and his eyes went wide. "Oh sh..." The gate shut behind him and the flux wave continued it's path of destruction.

At the End of Time, an old man opened one of his eyes. "Time flows like a river... And history repeats itself." He looked to a pillar of light and sighed. "Guess I'd better get Janus."

Meanwhile, in the year 1002, Crono Triggara and Nadia Guardia were walking along the sea shore, hand in hand.

"Isn't the sky beautiful Crono?"

Crono nodded to the princess. "I can't think of a better night."

Suddenly, something fell from the sky and landed in the ocean near shore.

"Did you see that? It looked like it came out of a time gate." Nadia said, very surprised.

"I saw it, but I don't believe it."

Someone burst out of the water, coughing and trying to breath.

"Stay here. There's someone out there!" Crono ran and swam out to where the person was struggling to stay above the water, pulling him back to shore. "You alright?"

The person took off some kind of helmet. "I'm fine. Ah, crap! My jet bike!! That thing took me two years to build! Ah! Why me?!"

Nadia ran over to where they were standing. "Is he alright?" Crono nodded with a bit of a smile. "He's ok. Just a little wet. Who are you?"

"Max Triggara. And thanks for saving me. I only wish I could say the same for my jet bike."

Nadia stared at Max with shock. "Did you say your name was Triggara?"

"Yeah. Why, is something wrong?"

"Yeah, that's my last name," Crono quipped.

Max just smiled. "Hey, mabye we're related. So tell me. Where am I?"

"Truce Village, in the kingdom of Guardia."

"That's impossible," Max stated in confusion. "Guardia fell in 1698. My ancestors were the last rulers of Guardia."

Nadia just stared at him, then looked at Crono. "Crono, if this guy's telling the truth, that means this kid is our descendent. What year are you from?"

"1998...Wait a minute...your descendent?!!"

In the year 603 AD, a celebration was in full swing in honor of the queen's newborn daughter, and the newborn son of the greatest knight in all Guardia. People had come from all over the kingdom to give their wished to the proud pair of parents.

Most particularly a man wearing a light blue cloak, his eyes glowing bright blue. "It binds us, the blood. Ayla, Glenn, Robo, Crono and Nadia....we are all linked by not just destiny but by the blood in our veins..." he whispered, a smile on his face as he looked to the sky. "It's all coming together..."

He walked away and was about to leave when the old man appeared. "Gasper! Don't do that to me! It's good to see you again."

Gasper sighed as he shook his head in dismay. "If only this were a social call. Janus, we've got trouble. Lavos trouble."

Janus looked surprised. "Lavos? But we destroyed him, I saw it with my own eyes."

"If only it were the only one. Lavos's race, the Silcon, came into the past and destroyed the world. A young boy from the future has been thrown into the past, 1002 to be exact. You must go and help him find his destiny."

Janus shook his head. "Oh no. I'm through with that stuff, I just want to live my life. Go talk to Glenn, or Robo. They're better than me at that kind of thing."

Gasper sighed. "Sorry Janus, but you're the best there is, besides Crono, who's already met the boy. Janus, you have to help him. He's Schala's descendent, a part of your family. He's blood. Please, as a friend, help the boy and teach him what he needs to know."

Janus sighed; Gasper wouldn't leave him alone until he gave in. "Alright, you talked me into it. What do I do?"

Gasper smiled. "That's the spirit. Just get Glenn and head to 1002 AD."

"I knew you were going to say that. Alright, I'll get his help."

Gasper vanished as quickly as he came, and Janus walked to the center of the town, tapping Glenn on the shoulder. "What? Prince Janus, this is a surprise. What doth thou need of me?" Glenn said.

"I need your help, Glenn. The Silcon race has destroyed the world in the future and a young boy has been sent to stop them. I need you to help me teach him how to fight the Silcons."

Glenn smiled. "It would be my pleasure, Prince Janus. But how do we get to the proper time era?"

"I already thought of that. Simply write a note to Lucca and ask her to pick us up."

Glenn smiled and shook his head. "Thou art definitely the smart one in thy family besides thy sister. I shall ask the king to have the letter held for the proper legnth of time. What year should it go to?"

"The year 1002," Janus replied. "Here, let me." He pulled out a piece of scroll and conjered up a pen, scrawling a note, then handing it to Glenn. "Would you do the honors? I'm afraid no one will let me near the king after the War of the Mystics."

Glenn nodded with a smile. "I understand, old friend. I'll deliver it at once." Glenn ran up to the king and told him what needed to be done. The king nodded and whispered something into Glenn's ear.

"What was that about?"

Glenn didn't get a chance to reply as a bright flash filled the sky and a winged craft landed in front of them.

"Need a lift guys?" Lucca Arrowni popped out of the cockpit and smiled.

"Thank you Lucca. I believe you know what we're going for."

"Yeah, it's that Max kid, right? We've been trying to figure it out. Come on, let's go." The Epoch lifted off and blasted away at something close to mach 35 and warped into time.

Meanwhile, in the year 1698, Tykotious, master and first of the Silcon race, was planning the attack on time and the destruction of the Triggara line. But... as it soon realized, the last member is an immortal, an unkillable one to top it off. At least, through normal physical means. Means of time, that's a completly different thing.

"Alright, you all know what this is about. So let's get to it." Lucca hit the lights and turned on the screen. "Glenn, if you will?"

Glenn stood up, and nodded. "Thank you, m'lady. Now, as we all know, Lavos was not the only one of it's kind. As Gasper told us, Max is what this, Tykotious, is trying to destroy, because he is the last in Crono and Nadia's line. Prince Janus and I have been asked to train him to fight this beast. In order to stop Tykotious, Max needs a weapon, perferably a sword. Doth any one have a suggestion?"

"I have one."

Everyone turned to the rear of the room to see a blue haired girl standing in the doorway. "I'm sorry madame, but may I ask, who are you?"

The girl smiled. "Terra Matthews, from the Kingdom of Aldac. Our Oracle told us that something big was going on here in Guardia, and I figured you guys could use some help."

Nadia stood up. "Well, we need all the help we can get. Don't you guys agree? Max?"

Max just stared at Terra. "Huh, what, did you say something?"

Nadia smiled and shook her head. This isn't too hard to figure out. Oh boy, we're in a load of trouble. She thought. "Max, why don't you come with me for a minute."

Max looked blankly at her. "Um, sure."

'Keep them busy,' Nadia mouthed to Crono. She lead Max into another room and shut the door. "Let me guess, first love?"

Max looked at her with a dazed look in his eyes. "Huh, what, me? You're joking right?"

Nadia just smiled. "Come on, admit it. You like her. I can tell."

Max tightened up. "Hey, I don't even know her. Nadia, come on, this meeting is about me."

Nadia shook her head. "Alright, but don't deny it. You know you like her. Trust me, it's not surprising."

They walked back in and Max went back to his corner. "So," Nadia asked. "We have a weapon?"

Glenn nodded. "As a matter of fact, Princess Nadia, we do. It's a very old legendary sword called Ultima."

Max laughed. "Ultima? Please."

Glenn raised a brow. "And what might I ask, is wrong with Ultima?"

Max shook his head. "Well, nothing...except when you consider the fact that it's already been destroyed. Was back in 427 BC. I know of a better weapon, the best, if the stories are true."

Janus listened in. What could be more powerful than Ultima? Unless he means....

"And just what is this wonder weapon?" Glenn asked.

"Ever heard of Illumina?" The room went dead silent at the word Illumina. "I take it you've heard of it."

Janus finally spoke up. "You speak of a sword that lies on another world, a world that is sustained by magic. You speak of the one weapon that is the ultimate in the universe."

"So can we get it?" Max replied.

Lucca shook her head. "I don't think so. Illumina is on the planet Altara. That's 50,000 light years from here."

Max shrugged. "So what. We've got a time machine."

"Yes, but that's all it is, a time machine," Lucca shot back. "The Epoch wasn't designed to go into space. You fly it up there and it'll crush you."

"What if we reconfigured it to withstand a vaccum and supply oxygen?" Janus asked. "Would it hold up if we did that? The Epoch is capable of traveling well beyond the speed of light, more than 4000 times faster than light."

Lucca nodded. "You know, it just might work. The problem is it would take a couple months to do the job. But it can be done."

Max smiled. "That's the spirit Lucca. So, the only problem is time, and it's short."

Glenn spoke up after a deep thought. "What about Robo? He should be able to help us."

Nadia nodded. "I agree. Problem is, how do we get there if Lucca's working on the Epoch?"

Max thought hard. There's something we're missing here. Something important. Illumina is on Altara and we need a refit Epoch to get there. I wonder. Then it hit him. His father had been an immortal before Corliras Malatar took his head. If he was immortal, then I should be one too. "I've got it. My father, David Triggara, was an immortal before his head was taken. What's to say that I'm not one too?"

"But what does that have to do with the Epoch?" Lucca asked, and Max was ready this time. "It means that I can survive a vaccum enviroment. I can fly the Epoch into space and blast to Altara."

"You know," Lucca remarked. "It just might work. With the Epoch's advanced engines and hyperspeed drive, he should make it in no time at all."

Max nodded. "Then it's settled. The Epoch launchs at sunrise."

In the deepest, darkest part of an old fortress, an ancient being awakened to a ripple of magic. Strange? It thought. That thing can't be waking up...unless it's needed by someone. This should prove most interesting...

"You ready, Max?" Lucca called as the Epoch prepared to lift off. Max nodded. Everything was counting on him and he had to get Illumina. Crono gave him the Sun Sword just in case he ran into trouble. Robo had been updated on the situation and was ready to do battle with the new threat. They had tried to get Ayla, but when Janus and Glenn had gone back to the prehistoric era, they had found that Ayla was dead, killed in a final desperate attack by the Reptites. Janus, in vengence, had personally hunted down the perpatrators and wiped them out.

Glenn found it strange that Janus could take such a death so personal. He had to remind himself that this was Janus, not the Magus personality the prince had endured while under Ozzie's control.

The Epoch's engines roared with an ear spliting noise as flames shot out of the thrust ports, everyone running into the house.

"Good luck kid," Janus said under his breath as he watched the Epoch take off into the sky, reaching towards space.

Max looked out at the blackness of space and sighed. All my life, I've looked at the stars, always wishing to go to at least one of them. He smiled. Now my wish came true. Time to pour on the juice. He flipped five switchs and lifted a red cover, poising his hand over the button under it as the onboard computers locked in the course.

"Altara, here I come." He pushed the button in and stared into the bright starlines that streaked out in front of him as the Epoch accelerated to past the speed of light. Soon he would get the power he needed to save his world.

To be Continued.....