It was magnificent. The Earth prospering with life, and the rich and poor lived in harmony. For years, it was scientific breakthroughs, one after another. It all started to go down the shitter once they decided to steal my plans. The people I worked for wanted ideas to create a machine to maintain the harmony that we had found. It took 33 years until I had finally found a working option. I prepared myself, got all the gear together and began to walk down the hall when a man stopped my path.
'Do you know who I am?' He asked, staring at me.
'Someone who isn't supposed to be here! Se-'
Before I could finish, the man disappeared and a pair of hands clamp over my mouth.
'You go in there, you'll change the world. This harmony will be gone Peter, you'll regret it. Don't question it, I've seen it.' The man removes his hands and steps back.
'I'm sorry mister, but I don't know what your talking about. The technology doesn't exist to allow you to see into the future. I promise you my design is perfectly safe.'
'Tell that to the people it will kill.'
I kept walking, the man kept yelling.
'YOU GO IN THERE YOU'LL KILL US ALL!'
Shutting the door behind me, the sound was dampened, but the man's violent screams could still be heard. The sound cut out, and silence filled the room.
'Senators!' I say turning around. 'Shall we begin!'
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The Machine (A COLD STORY)
Mystery / ThrillerBased after the events of Cold Peter Henders, a worker under the rule of Professor Harris, the man responsible for the nuclear explosions of New York and Chicago.
