(Professor)
Good, Liz.
Now drop the sample on the scale.
Be careful not to touch it.
Couldn't we have used gloves for this experiment?
Liz, I've told you countless times.
Gloves are for chemistry students.
We're better than that.
A little safety wouldn't hurt.
What happens if I touch it?
You like cheese, don't you Liz?
There's a small wedge of Gorgonzola in the faculty break room.
It's yours if you stop asking questions.
Fine.
Professor, where are we?
I beg your pardon?
Carl?
How the hell do you know who I am?
Over here, Razina.
I suspect time travel is afoot.
Judging by Carl's garb
those two are from approximately 5 years in the past.
(Razina)
That explains why they didn't recognize me.
Oh, excuse me.
Sorry, I don't know how we got here.
Edna?
Professor?
Professor?
Professors!
I am responsible for bringing you all here.
What gives, man?
I am from what you would call the future.
What do YOU call it?
The present.
How far into the future?
You look exactly the same.
For Carl's sake, I will get straight to business
Robo Bob, if you would, please.
2 months ago, we detected an X-Class particle.
X-Class?
-- Oh no, X-Class.
- Very intriguing, indeed.
We've got a roomful of Professors here
and ain't one 'o you's gonna explain what the hell that means?
It's theoretical, but at the same time
obviously confirmed as existing.
An X-class particle is an element of entropy in the purest form.
Should it come into contact with particles on the same wavelength
entropy would occur.
It would spread throughout the universe.
Everything would be consumed by entropy
and all that would be left would be nothingness.
Where did you find this particle?
The future.
But aren't you FROM the future.
My future.
Our future.
- The end of time.
Why should we care if entropy happens then?
It's not like it'll affect us or anything.
This particle has attached itself to a temporal particle.
MORE particles?
What the hell?
Once entropy occurs in the future
the temporal particle will allow the X-class particle to move to the past in order to consume more.
In a decade, this X-class particle will arrive from the future to my present
which is your future.
And it will continue spreading until all of existence
past, present, and future
is no more.
What do you hope to accomplish?
We need to determine what caused the union between the X particle and the temporal particle and
somehow stop it.
By going to the future?
That still doesn't answer the question of why you brought us here.
Who better to bring along than my past selves?
What about me, Carl, and Edna?
You were the plus ones.
I had only enough power to travel to three time periods.
You made the cut.
(Carl)
Whoopee.
Now, Robo Bob.
Activate the machine.
Wait, you're sending us to the end of time NOW?
There's no time like the present.
Is this really the end of time?
Are we on Earth?
Robo Bob, have you detected the particle?
Yes, it is in the process of forming.
At the citadel.
(Carl)
Oh, so there's a citadel now, huh?
Robo Bob, are you able to detect any signs of life nearby?
None besides the seven of you.
Come, our answers lie at the citadel.
What do you think, Professor?
I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name.
Oh, sorry, wrong one.
I don't like it.
Something about him makes me feel uneasy.
You mean Future Professor?
Whatever happens, be on your guard.
He represents a great unknown.
And of course, we should fear the unknown
is that right?
Not fear, just...
use caution.
He is YOU, though.
That's what I'm afraid of.
Now what?
Try knocking?
I am King Maharba.
Who dares to enter my citadel?
Maharba...
So, there IS life here.
King?
We are travelers.
Seekers of knowledge.
Please allow us entrance into your domain.
Only if each Professor
answers my three questions.
Oh great, here we go.
First question:
What is one word that describes you?
Hmm...one word.
Uh, intelligent, I suppose.
I AM a Professor after all.
Resourceful.
I had to be to last this long fighting the forces of darkness.
Regretful.
I have had to make many difficult decisions over the years.
Champion.
The world owes a lot to the protection I have given its people over the years.
What do you fear the most?
The death of myself and the ones I care about.
Failure, for it means the death of many.
Going too far
not knowing when to draw the line.
I fear nothing.
What is your one regret in life?
That I wasn't fast enough.
Letting people down.
That I was TOO fast.
Nothing.
I am made of every decision I have ever made.
To regret something I did is to forsake a part of myself.
You may enter.
What the hell was that bullshit?
I wonder
what kind of a man is King Maharba?
Based on the questions he asked
I am just as curious as you.
King Maharba, I presume.
You presume correctly.
Or should I say
King Professor!
You also presume correctly, Professor.
Oh God, another one?
Welcome to the end of time.
The Big Crunch is well in effect.
All that remains in the universe
is this floating island.
I am the sole survivor of humanity.
The holder of its legacy.
You must know why we're here.
The two particles.
Yes, here they are.
And there they go.
They served their purpose.
When the universe ceases to exist, so will I.
This is the only way for me to die.
I don't understand.
In all this time
the eons after I was you.
I was able to obliterate the boundaries between matter, thought, and energy.
Everything you see before you, I have created.
I have limitless power
and yet, it's not enough to get what I want.
What you already have.
Your endless babbling grows tiresome.
What do you want?
I wanted to see myself one last time.
And maybe, just maybe
let them see their final fate.
That is, if they don't alter their destiny.
(chuckle)
You taught me that, Robert.
Robert Goodfellow?
I have been alone for so long with my power.
The curse of immortality.
This is what you earned when you drank from Hawk's Well.
And being “resourceful”
I have survived all these centuries.
Millennia.
What do you want us to do?
Gaze upon me.
Look inside my tired old eyes.
I have seen so much.
Done so much.
But why?
For this?
Look at me.
Look at this place.
Was it all worth it?
To live forever alone?
What's the alternative?
That's up to you.
I want you all to remember me.
This sad old form.
Ask yourself what you really want.
Professor, your greatest fear.
Not knowing when to draw the line.
Look at me.
I am what happens when you NEVER draw the line.
Please, it's not too late to avoid this fate.
Always remember who you are.
Always.
Always...
What...
What happened?
We're back where we started.
Do you detect any particles?
X, temporal, or otherwise?
No Professor.
None were detected.
So, we're finished here.
Great, gonna send us back now?
I'm afraid your memories of this adventure will have to be erased.
What?!
But Maharba wanted us to remember it!
I'm sorry
but the threat of damaging the timeline takes priority.
Robo Bob, please prepare them.
- Of course.
I hope you're happy with yourself, Professor.
Making this whole thing an exercise in fruitlessness.
Not at all.
I will remember.
Well, goodbye everyone.
See you in a few years.
And I'll see you shortly.
Forgo the memory removal with those two, Robo Bob.
- As you wish, Professor.
Your time period is the most pivotal for...
making change for the better.
It's too late for me.
Are you certain?
Remember what Maharba said.
Stay true to your principles.
Never forget the pain you felt when you broke them to save Edna.
What Jebediah said
how your selfishness will cause a lot more death.
He's right.
Be careful, Professor.
For all our sakes.
Goodbye, Professor.
Now that the others have left
we need to talk.
Indeed.
I'm sure you have many questions.
How old are you?
What kind of a name is Maharba?
Are you immortal?
All of those will be answered in good time, Razina.
Promise me you will not mention what we went through to the others.
They need to know.
I need to close up the lab.
Good night, Razina.
Are you immortal?
In the sense that I do not age
yes, Razina.
I am immortal.
But please, keep that to yourself.
