Gateway

Jason's story

What happened that night when I disappeared in Tuscany Lab. Hmm...let me see...., I said and Jessica with Brian who just entered the clinic slowly sat near my bed as I was about to tell my story. Jessica came close to me sitting in the bed with me while she held my shoulder to tell me that it's okay not to push myself to but I still continued to do so for my peace or mind.

(Janice, Blake, Grey, Feline are the major collaborators to handle this case. Janice just informed me that they are set to start the job as soon as order them to do so. Hmmm....haa...sorry dad but we need to make sure you are what you say you are and if we don't find anything wrong with you then we will proceed to our normal processes.

Janice is the scientific programmer. Blake is the physicist/physiologist, to make sure that dad's body and systems are working superbly. Grey, the psyche-psychiatrist, is the only man in the team who checks on the physical and mental health of dad. And finally, Feline, who is the quantum expert who studies and makes sure that dad is still human and that the universe he came from won't be a problem for him staying in ours and our time or generation, the future.)

Janice was silent. Blake wanted to talk but Grey and Feline stopped him. I'll go and get everybody doughnuts, want some coffee or chocolate to go?, Feline added chucking ger way out of an awkward situation.

I don't think he is...or Dr. Gates is a traitor nor an alien but just a father who wants what's best for his family, his child. Why can't we just let this go, him go?, Janice whispered.

Let go such a specimen and one of the world's great scientist who lived for more than hundreds of centuries? No way!, Blake replied.

I understand he is very valuable but ...., Janice added. Okay guys stop it, shhhh!, shut up, the doctor is going to tell the story!, Grey interrupted.

Dr. Gates!? What are you doing here, in the middle of the night?, one of the guards said when he same me in front of the laboratory. Digi Lab is the center that was renovated since one of the largest in the world in the year 2023. Yet many has changed especially in the year 30000. Since humans and cyborgs can already travel to and fro inter-gallactically, it's easier for me to even teleport or use the elevators of the Port. The elevators before are machines to lift you up or down but in 30000, it's instantly and instantaneously teleporting you to another world, galaxy, planet or universe.

Ever since my childhood, I was always drawn to Saturn and when I disappeared that night, or let's just say teleported to another world, realm or universe. I had proof that I miscalculated my time to travel back to New York, just a millisecond and I went straight to the future. Time flies slowly in outer space and the farther the universe, the slower the speed of light and sound reaches earth. Maybe at about trillions of light years away, that I lost count of the hours, minutes and seconds I spent in my new world, which I called Earth.2. I didn't know where it is in the galaxy but, I was no longer in Milky Way but another universe which I don't really know what or who I would be able to meet there. Until, I arrived and fell to a town called B-52. The names of their towns or cities are composed of letters and numbers. The streets and blocks that looks exactly the same as the streets or blocks in Tuscany or Italy or what, but still different since the people and the constructions are made of steel and flickers in the light of a their Sun but not really like our sun or a star. From where I was standing in that universe I can see the Milky Way like it was carved in that Earth's sky and really colorful, beautiful. The place is cool but not too cold and when it is hot it is never that hot. The place is so neat that I didn't really want to leave, ever.

Their moon is so near like it is part of the sky, like a mountain but round. Their ocean and seas are so clear that animals swim freely and pretty. Trees, rainforests and terrains, mountains and hills are preserved and oh so beautiful. The air is so fresh that I can smell that flowers when in bloom and fruits of the trees when they ripen. Like there is no pollution, war, poverty or injustice. Why I said that, is because I see every person smile and greet me as they welcome my kind to their place. They know I'm not from around there because my suit is totally different from their tight and skin like clothing. The material is like rubber but when I tried to touch it, it is smooth and light. Haaa....I thought I was in a dream, a haven of beautiful things which aren't real but are, real.

The world I came across is, perfect, but I felt confused, scared, sad and alone, so I walked and asked for a laboratory, or if they have a hospital or a science, engineering departments, that I can ask for information about where I was or who I need to talk with about the situation. One kind lady said that I can find Dr. Gwen Gates and that she is the head of the laboratory in this side of town, B-52.

I was shocked to hear about Gwen and that maybe this is just a joke or a simulation. But I needed to make sure I'm not going crazy, so I rode their speeding, floating cars towards a rocky and deserted place where the laboratory is built.

I saw people and they are like grey in my eyes, maybe it's because the world that I was in is not earth but a world void of feelings. Or maybe I was the one lost and no longer feels anything since I came to it and was missing you and your mother.