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July 15th, 1967
Day 67 of Time Traveling
We walk up to the altar, Jackson and I, with scowls across our faces. We knew he was there, the Dark One, we could feel it. I hesitated while walking up each step, I turn my head and saw that Jackson wasn't beside me. I turn my head again and see him at the bottom of the stairs.
"What are you doing?" I asked as I walked a couple steps down.
"50 years from now, a huge epidemic will hit the earth, killing every human and every animal. We're just two guys, we can't stop something that big from happening!"
"We don't have time to talk about this Jackson, we have to try to do something or everyone on Planet Earth will die. We only have...10 minutes until the Time Machine sends us back to 2015!"
"Then you go by yourself, there is no point in trying."
He turned and looked the other way, he completely gave up on trying, which is weird for him. If I remember correctly, he's always the one who would jump off his seat in excitement whenever we got a new mission. Now's he's quitting? What's up with him?
"Can't you just try? I can't do this by myself."
"Out of the question" He replied. "I'm giving up, I'm going back."
"Back where?"
"To 2015."
And with that said, he left, he punched the date July 25, 2015 in his watch and disappeared, back to 2015. Leaving me to face the Dark One all by myself.
I'm not gonna do this by myself, I have to go back and get him...
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Day 0 Part 1
The date? August 2nd, 2011, the time? 1:21 PM. I'm suddenly awakened from my peaceful slumber from a call from Jackson, no surprise there. I angrily pick up cell phone and answer the call.
"Hello?"
"Hey, buddy! What's up?" Jackson said in an enthusiastic voice.
"Get to the Point" I replied. "You interrupted my awesome sleep, what do you want?"
"Alright sorry, OK get this! I was talking to the prof about his new Time Machine and he said that he should be finishing them very soon! And he told us to come over to his lab!"
I let out a sigh and told him that I was on my way, when I was actually going back to sleep.
As I hung up on him and went back to sleep, he immediately called again, I answered it...again.
"What do you want this time?" I said in an angry tone.
"I'm coming over to pick you up." He said.
"Oh no, that's OK really--" I was cut off, I ran out of money on my phone. Damn it. Looks like I have to get ready.
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After a bike ride up the hill to the prof's lab which seemingly took forever, I finally arrive. And I see Jackson anxiously waiting for me, once he saw me he started jumping up and down and came rushing over towards me. He's 15 years old, I'd expect him to act more mature.
"Finally you're here! Did you get lost or something?" He said.
"I--"
"Whatever, let's just go, the prof is waiting for us!"
By "prof", we mean Professor Linely. He's...creepy to say the least, he reminds me of Professor E. Gadd from the Mario series. He's always making up new and weird inventions. He told us that he's making a time machine but I didn't believe that it would work. I'm about to find out...
"Hello, yeh fried pieces o' Haggis!"
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention he's Scottish.
"Prof! We're finally here! So? Is it done?" Jackson said anxiously.
"I'm glad you asked! Feast yer eyes on these!" The prof replied.
He took out a small box with a button on top, he pressed and out came two...watches?
"Um, these are wrist-watches, not time machines." I said, and to be honest, I'm not surprised.
"No no no no no! These ARE Time Machines! You just punch in the numbers, the year, the day and the time to want to go to and hit red button!" He replied.
"Have you by chance tested them yet?
"Tested them?" Jackson said. "He's the prof! Don't forget the awesome and magnificent inventions he has made in the past!"
"Oh yeah, how could I forget?" I sarcastically replied. "My favourite would have to be the Flying Turtle Launcher that blew up in my face, or the Floating House on Water that I almost DROWNED in but luckily you called 911 and had rescue saved me. I can't choose favourites you know!"
I could tell in the look of Jackson's face that he didn't know I was being sarcastic. I've never liked any of Proffersor Linely's inventions because they either don't work or get me killed! I always think of suing him but I don't even have a lawyer.
"Tested them?" The prof said. "What are you talking about? You're my lab rats! You're testing them!"
I should've known he would say that.
"Whoa whoa whoa! I never agreed to this! I didn't even want to come here! You're expecting me to test them?" I said.
"Not just you, but Jackson as well!" He said.
That's when Jackson started to jump[ up and down again like he did when I met up with him here. Doesn't he know that this is not going to work?
"You know I still have many more questions to ask, and I really don't want to test those." I said.
"Oh, don't worry about it, you've already tested them!" He said.
"What?"
"Just wait for it! You'll see in 3...2...1..."
"BOO!"
"Oh my god!" I fell right to the floor, I scare VERY easily. And before my eyes I see....Jackson and I. But...that's not possible! What the hell is this Black magic?
"Hi." I...er, my clone said.
"Professor! What the hell is this?" I asked.
"It's you! 3 minutes in the future! I eventually convinced you to test these out, once you agreed I told you and Jackson to scare the past you and Jackson so that the past you can believe me!"
"Wha-what?" I said.
Is this really happening? Did the prof actually make an invention that works? Could it be?
"Wait, do you know what you have done?" I asked.
"Of course! I made something that will change the world!" He said.
"No! You probably made a rip in the space-time continuum! The future me isn't supposed to scare the pat me just so you could prove a point!"
"Hey! Show some respect to the man who just made the first ever time machine!" The future Jackson said.
"Don't worry about it, lad. If it did make a rip in the time-space continuum, then it would be really small and hardly be a threat!" He said.
"I...I..."
I was in awe at what just happened. I've only seen time machines in movies and TV, I could use these as much as I want! I could see dinosaurs, cavemen, see the future and see if they had flying cars!
"This means...I can go back in time and fix the mistakes I've made!" I said.
"No, actually." The prof said.
"Huh?"
"One time may be OK but if you fix mistakes in the past, it will make an even bigger rip in the time-space continuum and might even destroy the world. Those mistakes you have made were destined to happen and weren't meant to be fixed. You don't know how dangerous time travel can be, ordering a burger in the past can drastically change the present and future!"
"How does make any sense?" I asked.
"OK...How can I explain this is a way you'll understand...look at it this way. Say you mt a friend 2 years ago. And that friend went on Vacation to Vermont or something. That was destined to happen, and then 2 years later you went back in time and stopped him from going on vacation. That could've drastically changed the future and therefore make a rip in the time-space continuum."
"OK. Makes a little bit of sense I guess...wait, why are you giving us Time machines? Just so we could have a merry little time with them?" I said.
"No, so you two can go back in time and fix the mistakes that were made by different people." He replied.
"...You literally just gave me a detailed explanation about why going back in time to fix the mistakes is a bad idea! Now you want us to fix those mistakes? Make up your mind!" I said.
"Look, sure there are things that were meant to happen, but then there are things that aren't supposed to happen."
"Like what?" Jackson asked.
"Wait wait" I interrupted. "Before you can any further...What do we do about the future me and the future Jackson?"
"Oh thanks for reminding me. I'll send them back 3 minutes in the future." The prof said.
"3 minutes?" Jackson said. "It's only three minutes, why do they have to go back?"
"No one can stay in a time period that isn't their own. Even if someone from a millisecond in the future stays here, it could mess the--"
"The time-space continuum, I know, I know. You've said that like 50 times." I said.
"Anyways. back to my point" The prof said.
The prof explained to us how some things were never supposed to happen. Like a guy murdering another guy, he also explained how things happen too early. Like A happens before B and B happens before C. But if something happens where C happens before B, then everything would be screwed up.
"So we have to go back in Time and stop certain from happening or keep things from happening too early?" I said.
"That is correct." The prof said.
"Sounds fun!" Jackson said.
With that, the prof gave us the time machines. It looks like a run-off the mill wrist watch so no one will bat an eye at them or think they look suspicious.
"So what do we do now?" Jackson asked.
"Wait until tomorrow when I have a mission for you. It could be in 1902, or 547 or even before Christ! Are you excited?" The prof asked.
"Oh yeah, I'm jumping out of seat in joy." I said sarcastically.
"Jumping? Seat? You're standing, not jumping..." Jackson replied.
"OK Are you serious?" I said.
"What?"
"It's called being sarcastic."
"I never noticed."
"Didn't you realize from my tone of voice?"
"No."
"You've gotta be kidding me."
"Hey, I just got a time machine, I don't pay attention to emotions!"
"Sarcasm isn't an emotion...."
"Oh, I knew that."
"Yeah sure."
"OK Boys! That's enough! Now, don't stay up too late because I want you here at 8:00 AM SHARP!" The prof said.
"8 AM?" I said. "I always sleep in 'til noon or later!"
"Well, looks like you're gonna have to stop sleeping in." The prof said. "Trust me, you'll both have a lot of fun doing these missions. I know you will!"
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We both said thank you to Professor Linely and left. That took longer than I thought, it's now 4:07. If I have to wake up at 8 o' clock, then I have to go bed at around 10 PM. So for these last six hours I thought I would play video games and go on the computer, but Jackson had other plans...
"So, we need to get a good sleep and the best way to do that is to be exhausted so I thought we would run laps around the block!" He said.
"What the hell? Are you high?" I said. The scary part about this was Jackson was actually serious. If he wants to do something, he will do it.
"No, I just thought it would be fun."
"When has running around the block a bunch of times been classified as "Fun"?"
"So, you're not gonna run?"
"No."
"Well, alright then."
I turned around and found a bench to sit on, I sat back, relaxed and watched Jackson run around, bumping into almost everyone in his way. I was annoyed at how he thought I would have fun doing this. I laughed a little at him running. I have to give him credit, though. He's always energetic when I see him.
I started to get hungry, and I mean REALLY hungry. I had to skip breakfast and lunch and I didn't even have a snack! I got up, walked around and looked for a pizza store or grocery store or anything like. Jackson was still running so he wouldn't notice. I think the only thing he does notice is the people giving him weird looks, I guess they have the same attitude as me.
I walked around for a couple minutes until I found a bakery across the street, I jaywalked over there and walked in. A minute later I walked out with a bag of cookies. I have a bag of cookies while Jackson is running around the block, that's tells you a lot about us.
As I was about to take a bite out of the first cookie, I was knocked over on my behind. Someone ran into me, and that person was, who else but Jackson. My cookies spilled all over the place, some even fell into the lake beside me. I should be thankful that I myself didn't fall into the lake.
"Jackson! What the hell?" I said with a dirty look on my face.
"Dude! You have to come see this! There's a big fight between these two big guys! It looks like it will get ugly!" He said.
"A fight?"
"Yeah!"
"Jackson, I care more about the bag of cookies you knocked out of my hand."
"Sorry, I'll get you some more later but you have to see this!"
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Part 2
Without thinking or having a chance to say another word, Jackson grabbed my arm and dragged me over to the scene of the fight. People were giving us weird looks as we passed by, I would tell him that I could walk myself, but I don't think he'll listen.
"Jackson, it isn't necessary to DRAG me over there." I said.
"You'll thank me." He said. "I hope the fight didn't start without us..."
"Frankly, I wouldn't care, I'm not a fight-watching kind of guy."
"We're almost here! Just sit tight!"
I look over and see a crowd of people gathered around in a circle, and in the middle I see two big guys, REALLY big. Jackson was right, It looks like they hit the gym a bit too often.
"OK We're here!" Jackson said to me as he let go of the collar on my shirt, making me hit my head on the ground in the process.
"Geez, you could have been more gentle!" I said.
As I got up, i heard the two big guys exchanging a bunch of swear words to each other.
"Your mother's a whore!"
"Don't talk about my mother that way you douche bag!"
"Screw you!"
"Go to hell!"
"Hey Jackson." I said. "Have they been talking to each other like this when you left to find me?"
"Yeah they have." He replied.
"You've gotta be kidding me."
Jackson bumped into me 5 minutes ago, meaning it took him 5 minutes to get to me, and it took another 5 minutes to drag me back here. Meaning that these guys have been talking trash to each other for 15 minutes! How lame is that? If nothing interesting is gonna happen soon, then I'm leaving.
"You'll regret saying those things to me!" One of the guys said. Let's just call him Guy #1.
"OK, people are starting to leave, Jackson." I said. "This has to be the most boring fight ever, these guys suck."
"What was that?" Guy #1 said as he pointed at me.
I didn't even realize that I said that last part out loud. The next thing I know, The two guys are walking towards me with angry looks on their faces.
"Hey buddy, I don't really like what you said to us!" Guy #2 said.
"Yeah! If you apologize, maybe I won't have rearrange your face too much!" Guy #1 said.
I look around and see people coming back to see the fight, I think I might actually die here.
"Look, I didn't mean it like that, fellas! I swear!" I said.
"Hey! He ain't looking at us! That means he must be lying!" Guy #2 said.
"Uh...Jackson, a little help here!" I said.
I looked to my right and saw that Jackson wasn't there. He ran away, what a coward.
"Um, I'm not lying!" I said.
Before I could say another word, one of the guys grabbed me by the collar of shirt, lifting me up 2 feet in the air. I couldn't change their minds, they were gonna bash my face. No one was going to help me out. They were all too excited about this fight. I swear to god, if I get out of this alive, I'll bash Jackson's face in the next time I see him.
"Say Good night, punk!" Guy #1 said.
"...Good night..."
*BOOF*
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8:37 PM
*KNOCK* *KNOCK* *KNOCK*
"Hell--whoa! Dude? What happened to your eye?" Jackson said.
"I went to Narnia. What the hell do you think? You saw me about to get beat up by those guys! Where did you go?" I said.
"Sorry, I thought they were gonna beat me up next, so I ran. I didn't want people to see me get beat up! What would they think?"
"Oh so now it's about your pride?"
"No, no. Don't take it that way. So, does it hurt?"
I really felt the need to slap him right then and there, but I decided against it. I'm angry but I don't want to hurt my best friend.
"Of course it F*cking hurts, you moron!"
"Please don't swear, you know I don't like that."
"...Sorry, just angry at what happened."
"How did you know I was here?"
"I literally spent 3 hours looking for you, I thought if you weren't here then you'd be in space or something."
"Oh I see. Why don't you come in, you look tired. It might be a good idea to sleep over here! We have a big day tomorrow, it's our first day of time traveling! Aren't you excited?"
"A little bit, to be honest."
"I knew it! Come inside, we'll get some food, play video games, watch TV and then go to sleep!"
I went inside and the first thing Jackson did was give me a pair of his pajamas, which I thought was nice, until I got a good look at them and saw that they were a pair of Superman pajamas. Don't get me wrong, Superman is cool but...I'm 15. I would feel really awkward wearing these. I didn't want to say anything to Jackson since it might hurt his feelings, so I went in the bathroom, got them on and came out. They're actually kind of comfortable!
9:30 PM, Jackson and I are playing some video games, Call of Duty to be exact.
"Ha! 3 kill streak! Beat that!" I said joyfully.
"Why do you always beat me?" Jackson asked.
"You know you can't beat the master!"
"Whatever whatever, Rematch!"
Some time passed and Jackson fell asleep on the couch, I decided to turn off the game system and go to bed as well. It's 10:30 now so I should get a good night sleep. I turned off the light, got a blanket and laid down on the couch, closed my eyes and fell to sleep.
Tomorrow is a big day. Who knows what will happen to us. What time period are we going to? Who or what are we stopping? There are more questions than answers, but I guess I'll find out tomorrow.
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