It was a being of unimaginable power trapped within a continuum too small to contain it. In its quest for freedom, the Arc touched a handful of lives:

Filling a frail Asian man with unimaginable energy.
Freeing a middle-aged American from the chains of time.
Wrenching a lonely Parisian girl from the depths of madness.
Opening a bitter young Hawaiian punk to hope and love.

Together they joined in a visionary quest to save teh Earth from destruction.