Origins- A Raven Saga Side Story

Prologue: The Crazed Scientist

"...Yes...I have done it..." The man steps back from a lone table, eyeing his creation. "At long last...The Omnitrix...the watch of morphing..." The man picks up the device and looks at it. A leather band surrounds the device, engraved in runes. The watch itself is a bright green, inlaid with black and red stones. At first glance, it looks like a normal watch, but the Mage knows better. "This watch is infused with powerful magic...hopefully someone will need it more than I will..." Then, someone rushes the man from the shadows, knocking the device from his hands. "No!" The man gets up from the wooden floor and turns to face his long-time foe. "Conner." He snarls. The man nods. "Jason. Long time no see, eh? I see that you have finished that device of yours..." Conner strides over to the device, which was not harmed from the fall, and picks it up. It flares up in his hands. "...Yes...this is a true Animagus device...I wonder if I could use it..." Jason rushes towards Conner, waving his arms. "Conner! No, stop! You don't know what it could do! It's untested!" Conner merely stares at his one-time collage. "...I change my mind..." He moves towards an un-open window and holds the device outside. "No! Conner!" The man smiles an evil smile. "...Let's see who finds this, shall we?" He lets go of the device. Then Conner notices something else. "...You made extras? How many?" "...Four." Conner smiles, grabs those four, and throws them out the window. "...What have you done!?" "...I gave my race a chance...to thrive again..." The man seems wounded, but he is remembering the Past Heroes who have fought him...most of them on the Hero of Twilight, the one who shared the bond of Shape-Shifting... He turns back to Jason. "I must go. Can you tell me if someone finds those watches?" The battered man nods his head. Conner smiles and disappears.

Jason slowly walks over to the window, staring down at the forest beneath him. Something snaps in his brain, and those around the tower can hear this...mad laughter... "No Conner, I will tell you if five people found those watches, but only after I kill them and get their powers first!"

NOTE: Conner is the same man in the Raven Saga. If you read it, you'll know exactly who I'm talking about. For those of you who have played Zelda, you know who this guy is.