John saw everything in amazement. He was seeing two unknown individuals standing face to face with each other in front of him as the right hand of both of them glowed in the fire.
"Don't get in my way, Rico. Your father is the one who ordered to remove Pica's as well as this boy's existence.", said Seto with a grin on his face.
"This boy is the proof that Pica is no longer a 'Shatru' like us. I won't let you lay a finger on him.", replied Pica.
"You are asking for it. Let's get this started.", said Seto.
Seto attacked Rico with his glowing fist while Rico was calm as if nothing was happening. John suddenly felt the cold breeze suddenly stop. A moment of his life suddenly flashed in front of him. It was when he was just eight years old. It was his birthday. Riza, Sam, Pratik and Pranjal were invited to the party too. The echo of everyone singing a happy birthday song for him was reverbing in his mind.
Suddenly, the cold breeze started again. Seto's burning fist was stopped with just a single hand by Rico. Seto shouted as he tried to punch Rico with another hand.
John suddenly found himself on his way to school. He looked at his dress, he was wearing a school uniform. John couldn't comprehend what was going on. He looked around to see everything paused. Suddenly, he realized something was off. He realized he was at a different time. He was at that time when he first stopped the time.
"It's my turn now".
John was once again at his original time. The time when Seto and Rico were fighting in front of him. Rick had stopped yet another attack of Seto with ease. Rico grabbed Seto's neck and disappeared suddenly.
John once again had a vision. This time the vision was a little confusing. This was not one of the moments of his life. He saw himself fighting with a pink-skinned reptile-like creature.
John came back to his senses when he saw both Seto and Rico suddenly appear in front of him in the same position they disappeared. Though they were in the same position, they were not in the same state. Rico was perfectly fine as he was before but Seto was covered in blood. His hand had deep marks of teeth as if a monster bit him.
"You??!!", said Seto in a weak and surprised tone.
"Surprised? You should've considered father's suggestion and took every captain from the soldier unit with you. But you were one hell of an arrogant bastard thinking you could defeat Pica on your own."
"....."
"How can you expect to take down Pica if you can't even take me down. "
Seto suddenly gasped.
"Ohh..looks like father is contacting you. Talk with him."
Seto closed his eyes. John couldn't understand what was going on. Rico pushed Seto on the ground.
"Return to Trintola. That's what my father ordered, right?", said Rico.
Seto felt humiliated. He left right away without saying a single word. Rico turned towards John as Seto left and smiled.
"You seem pretty injured. Give me your hand. Let me heal you."
John slowly held his hand towards Rico. John started healing as soon as Rico touched his hand. John was surprised.
He had a lot of questions in his mind. At last he couldn't hold his thoughts inside.
"Who are you? Who is that guy called Seto? Who is Pica? What connection does he has to me? Why does Seto want to remove his and mine existence? What happened to my dad? Why did the past change? Wh-"
"Calm down."
"....."
"I think it's time to tell you all you need to know. So listen carefully."
"Y-Yes, please.", John eyes startled with happiness as all the questions in his mind were about to be answered.
Rico took a deep breathing and started to talk.
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"We are called Shatrus in our planet. We are what humans would describe as 'Aliens'. Our home planet is called Trintola, a planet that revolves around a star named Viola. It is the nearest star from Sun and it is called Proxima Centauri in your planet. Pica is a Shatru too.
We are evolved too the point where we can physically see, touch and control the 'Dimension of Time' to a certain extent.
The fight between two Shatrus is something no human brain can ever imagine. The fight between me and Seto was affecting the 'Dimension of Time' itself. That's why, you were seeing the visions of past and future repeatedly.
Some of the Shatrus, once came to Earth 30 years ago. My elder brother, Pica, was one of them too and while everyone else returned to Trintola after completing their mission, Pica never did."