The year is "2098" civilization has advanced technologically.
In a briefing room in The United States of America.
"we've done it, folks, we have built the first-ever time machine!" the announcer exclaimed.
I listened to the speech in the back of a brightly lit room. The people who attended this meeting were upper-class citizens in fancy clothing. Meanwhile, I was dressed in plain clothes. My brown hair hung right above my eyes. Unlike the rest of the people here, I wasn't an upper-class citizen. I was a nobody with no identity or family. This scientist offered me the deal of a lifetime. If they use me as a test subject, I would get paid $100,000. As any person in my financial situation would, I happily accepted the proposal.
*Applause*
*Applause*
After they finished the briefing. A female scientist with a nice slim figure and white lab coat walked up to me. "Ready to go, Jason?" she asked. I looked up at her and nodded my head. She escorted me out of the briefing room and walked me down a long, bright hallway with a single elevator at the end. "How long will the experiment take?". Secretly, I was hoping it would take less than a day. "It will be over before you know it", She stated cheerfully. I looked up at her with a worrisome expression, knowing she was lying. We headed down the elevator to what I presume was the basement. When the elevator doors opened, I saw dozens of scientists working on futuristic items. Flying cars, holographic phones, and the largest project, the Time Machine. The scientist rushed me in and put a hazmat suit on me. They strapped me into a shuttle-like box with a bunch of confusing buttons on the inside. "We will send you 24 hours into the future." the scientist stated. I tried not to panic as I was the first test subject. They put a watch on my hand that tells me the correct time no matter what timeline I'm in. The lady who I now know is Savannah told me to hold my breath. I did as she said and they turned on the machine. A bright light was beaming inside, and then the shuttle shook violently. All I heard was a noise that sounded like...
*Warp*
When the shuttle stopped shaking, the doors opened. Revealing a destroyed lab. I assume I was 24 hours in the future like they said. I looked around to see a destroyed lab with fires everywhere. It was dark. I saw the flying car they were building torn to shreds. And they wrote a message on the wall in blood.
"You aren't the only one they sent, but I will make sure you're the last.
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Futures Past
Science FictionIn your current time they build a time machine. They send you 24 hours into the future. What they don't know is what goes missing has to get replaced and when you went forward something came back. draft (0)
