45 Spirited Away (1/2)

It appears that there is some kind of temporal distortion happening in the apartment.

And it is getting worse with each passing second.

I could feel it, the fluctuation in time and space.

Unlike me, normal people are not aware of the temporal distortion or the bodily horrors.

Good thing that I am so experienced with seeing grotesque imageries.

My stomach would have lost what remains of a very delicious turkey sandwich from before if I didn't.

Furthermore, my power protects me from all kind of temporal effects as well as from death itself.

Sometimes I wish it doesn't.

At least then I don't have to come face to face with the all the contorted person as they try to evacuate from the building with their belongings.

Seeing them startles me again and again, especially little children running down the staircase.

They looks like abomination crawling down a spiralling well of steps, which seems to stretch or expand into oblivion.

The distortion of space and time also gives me this tingling sensation.

It is hard to describe, but it feels like thousand of tiny insects are crawling all over my skins and inside my body.

Creepy as hell, but I have handled much worse before.

I try to ignore the feeling since it is more of a distraction than actual pain.

Before investigating the apartment and the odd temporal phenomenon any further, I decide to give a call to the owner of the building.

Getting his number is easy thanks to all the terrified tenants.

With my generous offer, the owner becomes a very happy man. He immediately sells me the haunted building, citing that whatever happen afterwards does not concern him. This includes all the reporters and public servants.

Chrono Reserves will work out the legal side of thing for me. It is one of their jobs.

I request a division of Shield personnel as well. Several dozens of men arrive to the apartment in SUVs within the next couple of hours.

Alongside with them are some Hydra scientists.

The scientists are there to confirm some of my theories. I do have better understandings of the natural world than them due to my studies in the 31st century, but it is good to have a scientific discussion.

They also brought along much needed equipment and measuring tools.

”From the initial examination, there are temporal fluctuations all over the building, Lord Maxwell. It is highly unstable at the moment. It is also expanding, but losing intensity at the same time.”

The guy named Hammond Washer tells me once the building are emptied of people.

Everyone has gotten evicted from the building by the people from Shield Security. They are forced to leave their belonging behind since taking those will only slow them down.

A couple of the men have gone missing in the process. Like the other victims, they just vanish without a trace.

Even the tracker embedded inside their body stop emitting signals.

To stop losing more men to the temporal distortion, I have them retreat away from the building.

They are to set up a perimeter and negotiate with the public instead.

Having the police and politician in your pocket does help things along. The cover story is some kind of chemical spill.

Of course nobody with a working brain buys that fictional shit like they do in the movies, but the cover story does give the media something to focus on for now.

”Tell me something I don't already know, Mr. Washer.”

I snort. Even without all the high-tech measuring tools, I could have figure that out myself. I suppose that I should give Hammond and his men a break.

They are not witnessing everything happening like I do.

”Umm... the effect will dissipates with time. We just need to evacuate everyone from the surrounding area to prevent them from being spirited away. In a couple more weeks, this building will be habitable again, I think.”

Hammond responses.

He is unsure whether the building can be occupied in the future, but from the preliminary readings he got so far, it does seem to be likely.

”You think? Is that a scientific thing to say. What about the people who are... what did you say it was? Spirited away? This is not a supernatural event.”

Hammond shrugs at my question. He doesn't really know, but he does have some theories about what happened to those people.