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Time Traveller

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Alex Copper_10:30pm 20 August 2020:
Where are you? The Wedding photographer is taking the group photos . Hurry up you will miss it ".

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Alex Copper_11:10pm 20 August 2020:"Hey Penny, I was searching for you at the Buffet counter.Daphne told you left. Why did you leave without meeting me.

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Alex Copper_11:25pm 20 August 2020: i tried calling you,your phone is switced off.Is something wrong? Reply ASAP."

15 missed calls.

It was painful to see all these text messages from Alex. I thought i could handle all this with grace ,but I guess I couldn't and I ran away from the reception party. After all Alex was the One...and him getting married to someone else was something i was not ready for.

I called Alex....phone rang and went on voice mail.
' Hi...Sorry i left in such a hurry, actually got a phone from the company about some issue in the important project i told you about. My Phone was with the security so didn't get your messages. Text me when you wake up.Bye, take care.'

I woke up from my uncomfortable chair,seems like I fell asleep here itself. I was streching my aching body.

"Are you Okay? " Daphne, College Intern who was helping me in my thesis.

"Damn! Daphne, you scared me." I shouted.

"I am Sorry...I didn't mean to...umm..I thought you heard me entering your cabin . The security told me you came last night so I thought of bringing you coffee." Daphne fumbled.

I felt guilty. "Oh sorry I snapped at you. I am little stressed because of the project ,it will be a major breakthrough if things go as planned."I said.

" i understand, today is the big day. Everyone has kept their fingers crossed."
Daphne smiled as she started tidying my desk.

I took my bag and went to the ladies room. When I came back, Daphne was not in my cabin. I checked my phone,no reply from Alex. Daphne came with coffee and breakfast tray and kept at my desk.

" can I say something? " she asked.

" Yes" I said ,gulping down sunny side eggs and toast.

Daphne started "This experiment seems very dangerous.I mean -"

" I have been working on Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity for past 6 years, which laid the foundation for the theoretical possibility of time travel. Don't worry, many Theoretic Physicists have analysed Dr.James's work. Nothing will go wrong." I answered.

Daphne just smiled.

I know traveling nearly the speed of light would be lethal but have to take the chance because if this works out our university would be awarded with big grand from the government.

Physics lab
11am, 21st August 2020.

James Anderson, Well-known Theoretic Physicist who spend 40 years of his life trying to make the vision of Albert Einstein a reality . He was watching me intensely and noting down everything. Daphne helped me to get on the high chair inside the vacuum room. Damien, Physicist from Dominatrix town came specially to help us in this project. Damien started pluging me to the machine. Dr.James handed me 5 sets of today's newspaper, it was morning newspaper. I turned the page of newspaper and saw wedding photos of Alex and Rachel with headline "Exclusive wedding photos of famous fast-food Hotelier's Daughter " I folded it back and kept it in my bagpack.

Task was simple. I will be going back in 1990 and leave those 5 newspapers at 5 designated places which after my sucessfull arrival in 2020 we will retrieve and thus proving successful completion of our time travel project. This experiment requires lot of energy.We have limited energy source so it can only go on for 90 minutes. So I have 90 minutes to complete this.

Everyone left the room and were watching me from the glassframes. Air pressure went down,vacuum started forming inside the room.Room was blasted with white light. My eyes started getting heavy and I drifted into dreamless sleep.

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11am,21st August 1990.

I woke up I was sitting on bench in some park. My entire body was aching and everything was disoriented. It took me some time to recollect everything. I opened my bagpack. There were 5 sets of newspaper, some currency, Map of the city with my 5 destinations marked on them.

I had finished placing 4 of those newspapers. Though just 30 minutes had passed I felt strong hunger feeling and it was becoming unbearable every second. I saw a small family breakfast Cafe. I couldn't stop myself from going inside.

I sat on table next to the window and
ordered their breakfast plate, which had freshly baked bun slathered with a generous amount of butter, a huge serving of spicy mince meat and scrambled egg served with buttered bread and finished all this with a cup of heavily spiced milk tea. After finishing my heavenly breakfast i paid with the currency I kept in my bagpack for such emergency.

Next destination was small temple near kingston lake. I asked the cafe owner for the directions , he seemed oddly familiar. He called his daughter and told me the place is just behind their cafe her daughter will show me the place. A 6 year old came running towards us.

I went down on my knees and smiled at her. "Hi..what's you name? "

"Rachel.....Rachel Richard Andre" she answered.

"Ray, this is Penny. She is a photographer. Show her the temple near the lake." Richard said.

Something was so oddly familiar.Maybe it is the time diffence taking toll on me.

Rachel held my finger and said" Come with me I show you the place."

We reached near the lake. It was beautiful. Rachel sat near the lake and was throwing stones.

I removed the final newspaper,wind blew the page and I saw Alex's marraige article.I recognised the other people from the wedding pictures.It didn't took me much time to finally understand why they felt familiar to me.

It was a cruel coincidence. I turned to look at her again.
She was at the edge on the lake,trying to pick something, next moment I heard a big splash. Rachel fell in the lake ,I rushed to help her. Suddenly something inside me clicked.I had no control on myself, I did something unthinkable.
The bubbles finally died. I removed my hand and her body disappeared in the lake.

The seriousness of the situation dawned on me. I ran back to the temple, i sat there for few minutes. Before keeping the newspaper at the designated place inside the temple I turned the page. The wedding article was changed to some other article . I turned to the 5th page and saw a similar face ,it was 20th Death Aniversary article of 6yr old Rachel Richard Andre who died by drowning in the Kingston lake.

It worked. I changed the past.
Too bad i can't reveal this to anyone.