Useless recycling project, I thought. Two hours collecting and sorting garbage? Only twenty minutes had passed, yet it felt like I was stuck in the dark, smelly alleyway for an eternity. Ave 17 was sandwiched between two old, broken down office buildings serving no purpose. No sunlight came through here leaving a mysterious,spooky, eerie light all day long. There was always a foul smell coming from all the garbage which was now getting picked up by me. I stared down the road at the many endless piles of garbage. I longed for adventure, something fun, exciting, and out of the ordinary. I wanted to get out of there. I wanted to be somewhere other than this dump or my everyday home. Even going home and staying there was better than this dump. I groaned. I moaned. I kicked a soda bottle out of frustration. It bounced off the wall of one office building, the metal clang echoing. With a sigh, I reached down to pick up a Doritos bag and stuff it into my huge garbage sack.
Suddenly, I heard a small, faint noise coming from behind me. It sounded like the hum of a computer in a quiet room. I swiveled around to see the Coke bottle I had kicked trembling on the sidewalk. It was bouncing up and down as if there was an earthquake. However, everything else was silent. A ton of thoughts ran through my head: What if it's a trap? Should I pick it up? Should I tell someone? The logical answer seemed to leave it there and tell an adult. But I wasn't about to do that. My heart was pounding. Could this be my chance for adventure, something different? As soon as I came close to it, the trembling stopped and it rolled toward me. With a trembling hand, I picked up the bottle I looked at it- it was an ordinary Coke can, rusty and dented from where I'd kicked it. I was about to put it back down, thinking it was nothing special when something slipped out from the top. It looked like a small, black tube the size of a crayon. I turned it around in my hand and noticed that it had words on it in pale, silver letters: Time Capsule Tx7.
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Timecrash
Science FictionWhen Chelsey Martin finds a time capsule, she thinks nothing of it. Her adventurous nature pulls her in as she travels back in time to the Mayflower. Little does she know what can happen if you meddle with time, and learns it the hard way. Will Chel...
