The Starfire Witch and the Gunfire Ranger

[Reader advisory: Before you begin, please check your brain in at the front desk to avoid any unnecessary intelligence debuffs.]

After a boy from the [Present] is accidentally drawn into a conspiracy, he travels back to the [Past] and, in a daze, saves the world. Then the [Future] that follows is rejected, along with his very existence.

“Don't worry. We agreed I'd take you back, and I never break a promise!”

So said the artificial-life girl, who seemed to be short on emotion.