I Fall In Love In Another Dimension
Chapter 16

They ran away, fleeing in the opposite direction of the shots, it was very difficult because David went into shock, which caused Orion to go into action with all his potential, he had to charge him, until a few blocks ahead they found themselves face to face with the army of Pollux who were already heading to fight the battle, They clumsily believed that they would be safe and that they were going to be protected by their compatriots, but these also confused by the stress and fear of death, received them with gunshots viciously killing Yací's brothers who were in front of Estiben and the doctor, who screaming disconsolate fainted in shock. Estiben almost ran away, only that a mysterious and unknown force made him throw the doctor over his shoulder without thinking, to then flee quickly through the rubble without realizing that he tripped over a stone, falling face first with his precious cargo in a basement of a ruin.

In that basement they were sheltered listening to the sound of gunshots and agonizing screams outside, they could smell the sweetness of tons of blood, but this was not enough to bring the doctor back to her senses.

Hours or perhaps horrible minutes passed, until finally the screams and gunshots ceased, Estiben stealthily went out to check, to suffer the great disappointment that the army of Pollux had been reduced to dust, the others had very large weapons that they had to carry on several horses, although that was not what surprised him most, at the head was neither more nor less than Altares next to a strange being who saw him saying:

-Mr. Estiben, you are the character I wanted to meet.

His voice was familiar, the one who approached him was a kind of person with parts of a monster with a solid and translucent structure, he still could not distinguish who it was, so he asked him as always the obvious: -Who are you?

The mysterious being stopped looking at the sky, began to touch his belly with both things that looked like hands-tweezers and launching some long laughs, to finally say:

-it hurts my delicate feelings not to recognize me, for I am your adored dictator Pontoon.

Looking at him closely one could see that it was as if he was in both planes at the same time, perhaps the explosion that sent Estiben to this world, that one left him between both planes or something like that.

Estiben found himself lost, he was surrounded by a powerful army, the city had practically fallen, maybe he would be defeated, now who would save him, maybe one of his favorite superheroes that in his comics always arrived at crucial moments like this. He evaluated the situation, he knew that if he tried to escape he would be a target of a thousand shots, his only option would be to surrender and then look for a way to try to escape, suddenly his rambling was interrupted when Altares himself came walking softly with open arms and a big smile telling him:

-estimated doctor Estiben, I am very glad to see you, it is a marvel to be able to replace you, it was surprising to discover that you were in this dimension, unfortunately the soldiers that I sent to look for you were very rough and insensitive, maybe I was also very exalted, when we discovered that maybe you had passed to this dimension, added to when we found my friend the dictator Pontoon completely transformed into a mixed monster, besides I knew that you would come here to deliver our idea to this soft of the rat of Pollux; I am fascinated that you managed to survive so many hardships, since I am not an animal like my counterpart, I know how to recognize the talent that you have to spare, besides, I identified with you, since I am also very curious, I have spent days with your nights studying your world, it is fascinating how a handful of men improved a civilization so much; I was fascinated by the history of the country called China which is so called because a peasant named Chin, invented the first gun that fired bullets, with which he dethroned and expelled the invading barbarians, which unfortunately did not happen here, so we have this great Mongol empire, also James Walt here was a woman in a time of obscurantism in which women could not be intellectuals was burned at the stake along with his infernal steam engine, here although we had great geniuses like Edison or Tesla, We didn't have world wars either, there was no Hitler or anything like that, but now we have light, now thanks to you and Dr. Yací we can access to the knowledge of their universe, that's why we could elaborate better weapons, vehicles, and other things, you know a story that also fascinated me was how a country made another one of great pride, where their subjects were capable of immolating themselves for their emperor, It was his turn to surrender because he detonated two powerful bombs whose power was so great that each one reduced a great city to dust in a matter of seconds, it is wonderful the possibilities, I do not know how none of the other imbeciles did not think of it, they let themselves be blinded by the hunger for power, like this phenomenon that is obsessed with demonstrating that his race is superior because it is pure, a very stupid idea at this point in evolution there is no such thing, we all have in our family tree a little bit of everything, I know that in my country people do not like foreigners, something that I used to get to power, I have not tried to change it either because it is very easy to manage the masses by their feelings, especially hatred and fear, well I went out of context, the fact is that I love to learn, for me to succeed having you, I would only need your counterpart and I would turn back, I would leave triumphant.

Estiben remembered that he had left the doctor in those tenebrous ruins, without a doubt she would be his heroine, the one who could save him, only that this hope withered when a group of soldiers came marching happily, bringing a big package, which when they were close he could see that sadly it was his beloved Dr. Yací.