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The TV was still on, and filling the room with the sounds of static white noise. The clock on the wall read 3:17AM. I must have fallen asleep much easier than I had anticipated, but I was still half asleep. I was definitely not wanting to go on another early stroll through base, while everyone else was still sleeping… So I flipped my pillow over to the cool side, and I rolled over to my other side- pulling the covers up over my shoulder…
…
"Who would'a thought... that Arda would fall to the gods?"
"Good riddance! Wasn't nothin' but'a bad joke, anyways…"
"I could have predicted this..."
"Well obviously, robot!... No offense, Fury."
"Listen up everyone! We can't change the past, but-"
"I'm sorry to interrupt you, General Fury, but what if we can?"
"Can, what?"
"...Change the past…"
"And how do you calculate we do that, Mr. Robot?"
"My name is, Ultron… Eddie… And I have detected some interesting energy signatures, recently…"
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
… My alarm blaring, immediately woke me up!...
What was that!?...
… Where do I even begin to start processing that!?
While I got out of bed, and started making my way to the shower, I started thinking…