Грань будущего
Chapter 1
Irememberreadingacomic,backwhenIstillreadcomics,aboutaguywhousedatimemachinetochangethepast.Itseemedtomethatifthepastchanged,thentheguyfromthefuturewhowentbackintimetochangeitshouldhavedisappeared-liketheguyinthoseoldBacktotheFuturemovies-butthecomicglossedoverthosedetails.
IhadbecomeanunwillingvoyeurtothedreamsoftheMimics.Inmyveryfirstbattle,theonewhereRitasavedmylife,IhadunknowinglykilledoneofthoseMimicsshecalled"servers."Ineverybattlesincethen,fromthesecondrightuptothe158th,Ritahadkilledtheserver.ButthenetworkbetweenmeandtheserverhadalreadybeenestablishedtheinstantIkilledit,meaningIwastheonetrappedintheloop,andthatRitahadbeenfreed.
TheMimicsusedthelooptoalterthefuturetotheiradvantage.ThejavelinthatmissedYonabaruinthesecondbattlehadbeenmeantforme.MychanceencounterwithaMimicwhenIranfromthebasehadn’thadanythingtodowithchance.They’dbeenhuntingmeallalong.Ifithadn’tbeenforRita,theywouldhavehadmeforbreakfast,lunch,anddinner.
Thefightingcontinued.Chaosstalkedthebattlefield.
Islidintoacraterwiththerestofmysquadtoavoidgettingventilatedbyasniperjavelinshot.Thesquadhadmovedahundredmetersnearertothecoastsincethestartofbattle.Theconicalholewehadtakencoverinwascourtesyofthepreviousnight’sGPS-guidedbombardment.Astrayroundlandednearmyfeet,sprayingsandintotheair.
