The Time Traveling Roommate

sharp contrast to the chaos she had encountered earlier. Despite the silence, the weight of unseen eyes bore down on her as if th

med to blend into the shadows, a part of the twisted reality that Mia had found herself in. The closer she

ace was obscured by a hood, but she could just make out the sharp lines o

down Mia's spine. It wasn't just the words-it was how he said th

dy. "I don't know who you are or what this place is, but

ing her as though she were an anomaly. "You're not from here," he said, more a st

You mean that machine-whatever i

mile. "Mistake? Perhaps. But nothing in time is eve

't have time for cryptic riddles. "I don't care about reasons. I jus

out, the tension thick enough to cut with a knife. Finally, he

barely more than a whisper now. "Time is fractured, splintered into a tho

beat. "Fixing it? What

is world," he began, "this place you've stumbled into, is not just a broken timeline. It's a convergence of all possible ti

reight train. This wasn't just about her and Liam anymore-it was bigger,

nection to time-an anomaly that ties you to this fracture. But it won't be ea

form in her th

rst place," the Watcher said darkly. "They're aw

ed through the city, vibrating the ground beneath her feet. She glan

he asked, her voi

entinels. They guard the fracture, ensuring no on

ice. "You're telling m

nd Liam are anomalies-threats to their control. If you don't find a

ut the gravity of the situation was crushing her. Trapped here foreve

adows shifting in the smoky air. Whatever was coming, it was fast, and

s voice urgent now. He turned sharply and bega

ith adrenaline. The ground shook beneath her as the rumbling intensified, and

lem-like sentinels with glowing red eyes and long, spindly limbs that crackled with energy. Their

Watcher hissed, q

its once majestic structure now crumbling and worn by time. As they reached the base

against the cool stone wall. The Watcher followed, slamming the door

outside, like thunder rolling across the ground. She shudde

heart of the clock tower. The air grew colder as they ascended,

appening, but one thing was clear-time itself was fractured, and somehow, she

a small, circular room filled with ancient-looking devices and charts. In the center o

crystal, "is the core of the fracture. It

esmerized by its glow. "And

ime in ways others can't. You can repair the fracture, but it won't b

she and Liam were connected to time, but she knew one thing for certain-she wasn't goin

to do?" she asked

ments of time scattered throughout this world-pieces of the past, present, and future that were t

racing with possibilities.

amed. "Then, and only

d crash echoed through the towe

illed with urgency. "Find the fragment

e turned and ran, her determination propelling her forward. She didn't know where to start or h

no turning