The Chaser

Walternate Universe – OKIO-2305

The skies were dark as storms formed in the distant horizon
The braces indicated that my alternate was somewhere near
The landscape was wide and with nothing but open fields
As the approaching thunder and lightning caused some fear

Then in the distance I could see the contours in quick flashes
Funnels descended from the heavens right into the ground
I stood in the middle of that open field by the side of the road
Until suddenly rain out of nowhere started pouring down

More lightning and flashes showed a tornado’s silhouette
Then another, then another formed across the plains
The brace had teleported me deep into tornado alley
Where severe weather came and went with surprising rains

Then a truck appeared over the road and spotted me
It slowed down to where I was and I began to rejoice
The driver said “what are you doing out here in the dark?”
I was about to answer when I suddenly recognized my voice

“Walter?” I said
“Walter?” he replied with the exact same sound
“R-O-O-92” I answered
“OK-IO-2305” he said. Hop in and let’s go chase some storms down

He had been a storm chaser for the last twenty years
Working for the National Weather Service
He had done some verse jumping when he was younger
But being in this field he felt he had found his purpose

“Beta 2 contacted me about five days ago” he said
“Communications are very unstable and falling apart
Now here we’re experiencing this extreme unusual weather”
I said “Something is going on and we don’t know where to start”

We drove for hours through dark and straight roads
Until we came up on a small town and stopped at a diner
“Is that your twin Walter?” one of the waitress asked him
“Yeah, this is…Wallace” he said, “today he’s my driver”

We sat at a table and ate breakfast and talked some more
“Beta 2 gave you another one?” he asked me surprised
“Yeah, I think it’s supposed to help me by increasing power”
“Yes, but with whatever is going on it may not be very precise”

“Let me give you these new coordinates” he said
“It’s a ship near the north pole studying magnetic fields
Something may be causing disruptions across the universes
Our alternate is there so make sure you’re quick on your heels”

I slept for about two hours as he drove his truck through roads
I’d wake up every now and then, witnessing more tornadoes
“That’s an F3” he said excited and he’d point his cameras
Watching these destructive monsters in the distance with halos

“You don’t need to wait for a jump time anymore” he said
“Are we going to see each other again” I asked the Chaser
“Brother” he said “can pigs fly? Look over there, a pig is really flying!”
After seeing that I left thinking I can go somewhere else to be safer

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