I see the flashing messages from my AI appearing in front of my eyes.
"Critical...
Status Critical...
Calculating...
Travelling
Emergency home destination...
I didn't even felt the journey this time... I wasn't sure if I have even managed to travel...
I dream of Robert and the kids. Its summer we are out in the park eating ice cream. The kids are laughing out loud and Robert looks at me with love in his eyes... I am filled with love for them... I am so happy to... I laugh as I pull Robert to me and kiss him, while the kids make a noise of disgust at us.
I am pulled out of that dream. I can hear the waves... I must be at the beach, I feel the gentle breeze... It's so comforting...
I open my eyes and I am in a white room... I look around and there is no one here... Oh, my head hurts... I press my AI and ask
"where am I?"
"Emergency home destination, Europe, England 3073 AD " appears in front of my eyes
Oh... this must be emergency Michael's home... he is from 3073...
I decide to get up, my legs are still a bit shakey, but I seem to be fine... like nothing ever happened to me...
I stand up and look around the room. This is the room I was held captive with Michael... I remember... I walk to the door and try to open it quietly... I walk outside and to my surprise the hallway is white... That is different... I slowly walk to the room, where Michael showed me Isabel kept all the travel items. I open the door and walk-in. I see Michael's jacket laying on the desk I grab it and check the pockets... it's all empty...
"It's all empty" I hear Isabel's voice behind me " I emptied it out when you were sleeping, to recharge it." she continues
I turn around and half sit on the desk as my legs are refusing to carry me and I am struggling to breathe, but I don't want to show it. She continues
"This is crazy I travel across all times to look for you and you turn up at my home... how did you know where to find me?"
"Why are you keeping me here Isabel?"
"Oh, you know me?"
"If you consider kidnapping someone getting to know each other, then I guess I do know you. Why am I here?"
"Wait, what? I didn't kidnap you... you arrived at my home... all I did was trying to help you, you were seriously injured..."
"Drop the act Isabel, it doesn't suit you. What do you want from me?"
"Drop... what?" she looks at me completely shocked.
She is wearing a light pink dress with flowers at the bottom. she looks more like the Isabel that came to me in the forest, rather than the kidnapping vengeful Isabel I met in ancient Asia...
"Isabel..."I try my best to sound confident, but my eyes are becoming foggy and I feel very weak all of a sudden, but I continue "Isabel... where is Michael?" I say as I drop to the floor and lose consciousness.
***
I wake up in the same white room. Isabel is sitting next to my bed.
"Isabel?"
"Oh, you are awake... how are you feeling? You had a secondary internal haemorrhaging. You need to rest and let the nanobots do their job properly."
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Breaking Through Time
Science FictionI looked at Michael lying in a pool of blood. Emily and Jack were still off the side in a cage, screaming and crying while looking at this horrifying situation. Robert was cuffed to the wall crying and blood was sipping down on his naked torso as he...
