Chapter 291: S17: A Stitch in Time

On top of Red Base in Blood Gulch we see Grif, Simmons, Ash (Who's in Scarlet armor.) and Donut, who's wearing red armor like Sarge.

"Private Donut, reporting for duty sir!" Donut introduces. "Ready to fight some aliens!"

"Couple things here, rookie." Grif starts. "First off, Private Donut? I think somebody needs a new nickname."

"I once built a gun in the shape of a donut." Ash states. "Then I got hungry and ate it; I coughed up blood for weeks." The others stare at him. "What?"

Grif looks back at Donut. "Secondly, what's with the armor color?"

"This is the standard-issue red." Donut explains.

"There's only two types of people who wear standard-issue armor: officers and uh..." Grif stutters. "The... uhhh...."

"Really trustworthy and likeable people?" Donut questions

"Hey, I'm the suck-up around here." Simmons exclaims. "Don't step on my territory!"

"I'm sorry sir, it won't happen again!" 

"THERE'S TWO OF THEM!" Ash yells.

Simmons becomes annoyed at Donut. "What did I just say?!"

Simmons turns to Grif. "Hey Grif, you okay?"

"Yeah." Grif answers. "Yeah. I just... I got the weirdest sense of deja vu... again. Why does this keep happening?"

"I've been getting it too." Simmons states.

"Me too, but then I proceed to build a weapon and forget about it. Then the weapon blows up. BOOM!" Ash laughs.

Simmons sighs. "Man, I bet the Blues never have to put up with this."

"I didn't feel anything." Donut says.

"Nobody asked you." Grif says to Donut in an annoyed tone.

Cut to Blue Team, consisting of Tucker, Caboose, and the soldier resembling Church. They are standing around, admiring the tank

TUCKER You know what, forget what I said before, We can definitely pick up chicks in this thing. Probably two or three-

"CHURCH" (at the same time as Tucker) Probably two or three chicks a piece, yes your heterosexuality has been noted Tucker.

TUCKER: Man, what's your deal Church? You've been acting like a real asshole today.

"CHURCH:" Yeah well, can you remember a time I haven't been an asshole?

TUCKER: Good point.

"CHURCH:" See? There you go, you... dummy.

CABOOSE: Sounds like good ol' fashioned Church to me!

TUCKER: Shut up Rookie, you just got here, and we don't need any suck-ups like that maroon guy over on Red Team.

CABOOSE: Ah, sorry sir!

TUCKER: (quickly) What did I just say?!

"CHURCH:" (angrily) Both of you shut up! Caboose, why don't you head inside and stand next to the flag, we are expecting a General to visit today. Make sure to give him whatever he wants.

CABOOSE: Oh um-

"CHURCH:" (impatiently) Just do it Caboose!

CABOOSE: Yes sir.

Caboose walks into the base

TUCKER: Hey Church?

"CHURCH:" (to himself) for the love of- (to Tucker, angrily) What Tucker?

TUCKER: How did you know the Rookie's name was Caboose?

"CHURCH:" pfft, what? He said it like, 10 times.

"Church" walks into the base

TUCKER: (to himself) But he's been here, like, 5 minutes...

"Church" enters a room alone in the base. Afterwards, his helmet begins to flash and Genkins Helmet appears over his briefly, revealing his identity to be Genkins. Scene then cuts to Genkins exiting a portal into Chrovos' lair.

GENKINS: Grandfather! Knock knock.

Camera cuts to a better view of the area. Parts of Chrovos' time prison are scattered on the floor, the real Donut is passed out on the floor with his Time-Portal Gun next to him. The Hammer lies on the other side of the room

GENKINS: Oh ho ho, what a cockup. (Walks to Donut's Time Gun) that irksome toy, (Looks at Donut) that idiot, (looks at The Hammer) A Hammer that makes prisons..

Genkins kicks the Hammer off the cliff.

GENKINS: Ridiculous.

CHROVOS: (voiceover) Genkins!

Genkins looks over to Chrovos who is now free from the time prison. We see his form to be that of a giant Monitor.

GENKINS: Chrovos! There you are. (sarcastically) tsk tsk, I never can spot you in here, can you please be larger?

CHROVOS: Do you bring good news from the past?

GENKINS: (Laughter) Nope! Also, why am I doing this again? We were meant to be done by now.

CHROVOS: There was a complication. If you want this over quickly, then there is the door.

Due to his form, he is unable to point at the door. Genkins clearly knows where he means, but uses this to annoy him anyway.

GENKINS: Sorry, where?

CHROVOS: There! There is the door.

GENKINS: I'm sorry, are you pointing at something?

CHROVOS: Yes, I'm pointing at it.

GENKINS: You're a ball! How are you pointing TO it, will you please take a proper physical form?

CHROVOS: Oh for crying out loud.

Chrovos changes his form to be identical to Genkins', his voice is also identical.

CHROVOS: (Genkins voice) There.

GENKINS: That would get weird.

CHROVOS: (Genkins voice) This would get weird wouldn't it? Fine. Here.

His form changes to be identical to Donut

GENKINS: You haven't seen many people over the eons, have you? That form is a bad idea and I'll show you why. Say something, anything

CHROVOS: (Donuts voice) I am Chrovos-ugh oh my god.

GENKINS: Horrible! I just threw up a little bit in my mouth.

CHROVOS: (Donuts voice) This is a disaster! Oh wait, I've been meaning to try this one.

His form changes one last time to that of a female in black armor with a green visor. His voice is now changed to that of a female as well.

CHROVOS: There we are, the shape of vengeance itself, an hourglass figure. Too on the noise? It-it's a time reference.

GENKINS: Grandfather, I don't even know where to start...

CHROVOS: So don't. Why should you get all the shape-shifting fun?

GENKINS: What should we do with the Shisno? A-and incidentally, who named them Shisno anyway? It's a derogatory term for "human", right?

CHROVOS: The prophecy predicted they would be human, and the fates are, I guess... racist? Leave him to me, He is just where I want him.

GENKINS: On his back and unconscious?

CHROVOS: (annoyed) No, ugh... will you get back to work?

Donut begins to regain consciousness as Genkins was leaving

DONUT: Oh what... What happened?

Genkins turns towards Donut and steps towards him.

GENKINS: Oh, still alive? Hm...

Genkins pulls out a Plasma Pistol and starts shooting Donut. Donut screams in panic although none of the rounds appear to actually harm him.

DONUT: (Panicking) I.. I don't-

GENKINS: Oh I love this. Gods can't kill Shisno, I was just releasing some pent-up aggression. While you have that fragment of Chrovos' power, you're like the world's best stress ball!

DONUT: I prefer if I wasn't.

GENKINS: Oh just one more reason I'm glad to have you! I know I had my doubts, but credit where it's due, from one relative of Chrovos to another, well done!

DONUT: I don't understand...

GENKINS: I'd love to stay and explain but... (laughter) NOPE! THAT'S A LIE! YOU'RE SO BORING! Toodles!

Genkins leaves through the portal behind them. He fires one last shot at Donut as he leaves.

DONUT: Ah, Hey! Just because it doesn't hurt physically, (emotionally) doesn't mean it doesn't hurt emotionally.

CHROVOS: (furiously) You struck me with a hammer...!

Donut turns around and notices Chrovos.

DONUT: (gasp) Chrovos?

CHROVOS: (furiously) I resurrected you from my own essence! Do you know what that hammer did?

DONUT: Did it give you a sex change?

CHROVOS: You owe a debt of pain too large for one mortal life. Your friends will pay dearly for this, young Donut.

DONUT: Pay dearly? For what? You got out Chrovos. You're-

Chrovos steps forward and it is revealed that Chrovos is standing behind a large forcefield, trapping them inside. There is a noticeably large purple jagged line across the forcefield, resembling a crack.

DONUT: -free? (gasp) It worked! You're not free! In your face you spooky freak! I knew I could do it, and technically no one can disprove that. I saved the.. the.. Universe, ugh, there's more to it isn't there?

CHROVOS: Yes Donut. True, the hammer touched me, binding me to this place, but too late. Your friends broke time itself.

DONUT: (gasp) My friends! Are they okay?

CHROVOS: (laughter) No. And it's not just your friends at risk now.

DONUT: Humanity?

CHROVOS: Bigger

DONUT: Earth?

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CHROVOS: I said bigger

DONUT: (gasp) America?!

CHROVOS: ...Light has yet to reach the depths of your ignorance. look-

Chrovos Indicates to the large purple line across the forcefield. At the end of it is a large purple mark. Two smaller lines similar to the one leading up to the mark, trail after it.

CHROVOS: This mark here is where your friend, um Washington was it? This is where he was saved.

The mark opens a small screen, showing Donut and Chrovos Washington, followed by Carolina killing the Blue Simulation Trooper who shoots him.

DONUT: (Joyfully) They did it! They saved him!

CHROVOS: -and utterly shattered time in the process.

DONUT: (Frustrated) Ugh, They did it? They saved him!

CHROVOS: Your very lives are now the weakness in my prison. Your shared history was the back-swing before the hammer strike, and is now a period of soft-time to be traversed, interfered with, poked at to create alternate timelines. Each another crack in my prison. Look:

Another screen opens near the start of the purple line, it shows Genkins, now back to impersonating Church without the other Reds and Blues knowing, hiding behind a rock on top of the cliff at Blood Gulch along with Tucker, whose armour is now painted black from the base teleporter.

DONUT: Church? Aw this is where he is killed by a tank. Why are you showing me this?

CHROVOS: Listen.

Audio plays from the screen

GENKINS: I'm going for the Jeep! Cover me!

DONUT: (Gasp)

CHROVOS: Say it.

DONUT: That's not Church!

CHROVOS: (smirk) No.

Scene cuts to the events playing out in the past. Similar to what happened in the original episode, "Don't Ph34r the Reaper," Caboose is inside the tank and struggling to control it as it blows up the Reds Warthog.

"Son of a bitch!" Simmons yells as he ducks.

"Son of a bitch!" Grif yells.

"Big... Boom? Huh? Have I said that before?" Ash questions as the tank aims its turret down towards Ash. "Son of a bitch."

GENKINS: (laughs to himself) Son of a Bitch.

Genkins begins to run down the cliff towards the Tank. Tucker watches from the cliff concerned.

TUCKER: Church?

As this is all happening, Chrovos speaks to Donut while the scene plays out.

CHROVOS: (Voiceover) Things are going to get very strange in your past-

TUCKER: Church? What are you doing?

At this point, the Tank sees Genkins running at it, turns to his direction and starts going towards him.

CHROVOS: (Voiceover) -Though your friends don't realize it-

Cut to Caboose inside the tank

CHROVOS: (Voiceover) -They are reliving their past-

Cut to Grif , Ash, and Simmons as they watch the scene

CHROVOS: (Voiceover) -on rails.

Cut back to Genkins. The tank fires a shot at Genkins which misses as he keeps charging.

CHROVOS: (Voiceover) It's as though they are rereading a story-

Genkins stops right in front of the tank. Scene Cuts to the tank's HUD, its crosshair right on Genkins. Genkins rises his Sniper Rifle and aims it at the Tank.

CHROVOS: (Voiceover) -and there in the story with them, playing whoever he pleases is...

DONUT: (Voiceover) ..Genkins.

Sheila's voice can be heard, confirming the tank is indeed her.

SHEILA: Firing main canon.

Genkins fires a shot from his Sniper right into the Sheila's cannon barrel.

SHEILA: Turret blockage. Canon offline. Please return tank to manufacturer for repair.

Cut to Grif, Ash, and Simmons who are surprised by the turn of events.

"Son of a bitch..." Ash, Grif, and Simmons are impressed.

Cut back to Chrovos and Donut

CHROVOS: Possessing AI ready individuals, unmaking history-

Cut back to the past. Tucker is running down the cliff towards Genkins. Both Genkins and Tucker briefly flash purple although neither of them seem to notice this.

TUCKER: Whoa, that was the coolest shit I've ever seen!

Cut to Caboose who is still inside the tank

CABOOSE: Phew, that was close.

Cut back to Chrovos and Donut

CHROVOS: -and creating, paradoxes.

Two cracks appear on the purple line on the forcefield. One near the start and one near the middle.

CHROVOS: Alternate timelines, methodically rupturing the integrity of time itself, freeing me. Crack by crack.

DONUT: Mother of gosh!

CHROVOS: But, there's something for everyone.

Another small screen appears at the first crack

CHROVOS: Lets see. In this alternate timeline here... hmm..

Scene cuts to the time shown on the screen. Tucker is standing on top of Desert temple from the end of Season 7 and is facing Fake C.T.

CHROVOS: (Voiceover) Tucker. With someone to look up to, your teammate finds his footing as a leader much earlier.

ALT. TUCKER: (To Fake C.T.) I AM LAVERNIUS TUCKER AND YOU WILL FEAR MY LASER SWORD.

Alt. Tucker stabs Fake C.T. with his Sword, killing him. Scene cuts to the future in Crash Site Bravo, He Singlehandedly destroys a Mantis and two Warthogs.

DONUT: Whoa..

CHROVOS: It is his undoing. He is eventually killed while trying to leap a Tank over a Battleship.

As Chrovos says this, Alt. Tucker gets in a tank and launches it off a cliff with him inside it. Scene then cuts back to Donut and Chrovos

CHROVOS: But he lives a powerful and confident existence.. briefly.

DONUT: That's not such a bad life.

We move in on another crack and see ALT Ash and The Meta standing across from each other in a snow and ice covered plain.

"This one is where Ash never met his A.I. again." Chorvos say.

The Meta runs at Ash and he freaks out and starts to run away. 

"WHY DID I THINK THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA!" ALT Ash yells as he runs away.

The Meta shoots his brute shot at ALT Ash.

"Oh, I feel bad for Ash." Donut says.

"The Meta then proceeded to throw Ash off a cliff and Ash falls into the icy waters below and drowns." Chorvos states.

"Now I feel really bad for Ash."

Screen now opens on the second crack. It shows Sarge with another red soldier with similar armor to Caboose.

CHROVOS: And in this timeline, it appears Caboose wound up on the Red team?

Scene cuts to timeline shown on the screen. Sarge and Caboose, now in red armor, are talking.

ALT. CABOOSE: Sargent, you are my very best friend.

ALT. SARGE: And you are like the delightful pet cat I never had, Muffy.

Cut back to Donut and Chrovos.

DONUT: Aw, that one's nice.

CHROVOS: Very. Now every one of them serves me. I'll be free in no time. (Soft laughter)

DONUT: Nuh-uh

CHROVOS: Interesting counterpoint Donut, Oh please, do tell me more.

DONUT: I'm gonna stop you!

CHROVOS: Doubtful. Your past has nothing in store for you but a maelstrom of time flowing in every direction at once. That and utter disappointment. Your friends lack our... perspective let's say. Any attempts to free them will only create paradoxes.

DONUT: (frustrated groan) I hate you time travel!

CHROVOS: You would be able to travel as Genkins does, possessing iterations of yourself anywhere along this... crack period? This... Singularity? What should we call this original crack here, the one representing you and your friends lives?

DONUT: I don't-

CHROVOS: Come on, humor me! This is a collaboration.

DONUT: uh, the Everwhen?

CHROVOS: (Disgusted) Ugh No! (Normally) Anyway, I'm telling you all this because your meddling will hasten my release, so have at it! Yesterday, you'll wish you stuck to tomorrow. (laughter) Little time traveler motivational there.

DONUT: I can't just do nothing, I have to try! Screw around with me, but don't screw around with my friends! If anyone is going to do any screwing around here it's me! Screwing you! (turns around and walks toward portal) I'm going to save my friends.

CHROVOS: (laughs delightfully) You're extremely welcome to try.

Another large crack has appeared on the forcefield as Chrovos talks. Donut runs through the portal.

DONUT: I'm comiiiing!

The opening credits plays as Donut flies through the portal to parts unknown.

RED VS. BLUE: SINGULARITY

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10-15-2022

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