"Okay are we all set ?", Rufus asked sitting in his usual seat.
"I am, but Wyatt's still not here", Lucy said frustrated at trying to buckle her seatbelt.
"I'm here", Wyatt said jumping inside the lifeboat.
"Okay, 3, 2,", Rufus said counting down, while buckling his seatbelt.
"No, wait what the hell?!?", Rufus said confused.
"Rufus, what's going on", Wyatt said holding on to his belt, as the machine was violently shaking.
"The lifeboat is malfunctioning, it's changing the destination", he said trying to fix it.
"Someone's hacked the machine", Rufus said turning around.
"Can't you fix it?", Lucy said joining in on the conversation.
"No, it's not letting me", Rufus said panicking.
Wyatt immediately detached himself from the seatbelt and started banging against the metal door of the lifeboat.
"Wyatt get back in the seat, if we jump, you'll get hurt", Rufus said concerned.
"Wyatt!", Lucy yelled.
"Look, we have to get out,", Wyatt said feeling the lifeboat shake even more.
"Wyatt please", Rufus said recalling concerned now.
Lucy unbuckled her seatbelt and jumped, from all the shaking, falling to the floor where Wyatt was kneeling.
"Lucy not you too!!", Rufus said really scared now.
"Lucy get back in your seat!", Wyatt said holding her steady.
"Wyatt, get back in your seat then", Lucy said compromising.
Wyatt looked at the door and at his seat.
"Fine", he said surrending.
They both got back in their seats, which let Rufus feel relieved.
"So now, what, we just keep shaking inside the lifeboat until someone fixes this", Wyatt said annoyed.
"No, we're about to jump", Rufus said with wide eyes.
He turned back to the panel, and saw the life boat choosing a destination.
"Where to?", Lucy asked.
"London 1952", Rufus said trying to read the screen.
"No!", Lucy said shocked.
"What's with that date", Wyatt said confused.
"It was the great smog, it killed thousands", Lucy said scared.
"5, 4, 3, 2, 1", Rufus said counting down.
The time machine vanished to 1952.
As the machine landed in 1952 London. The team waited for the machine hum to die down.
"So where to first?", Rufus asked curiously.
"I don't know, I mean 12,000, people died, then 200,000 people were diagnosed with a medical condition.
This place is basically a death zone", she said unbuckling her belt.
"So it's easy, we just wait here and jump back, we just wait in here for Rufus to fix the panel", Wyatt said smug.
"A problem with that Mr Genius, the battery got drained from the malfunction", Rufus said calmly.
"So?", Wyatt said confused.
"So if your phone has no battery it doesn't work, just think of the machine as a giant phone. Currently it has no battery so we're dead", Rufus said explaining it to Wyatt.
"Guys...", Lucy said pointing to the entrance of the door.
"What Lucy!", Rufus accidentally yelled.
"Hey, hey don't speak to her like that!", Wyatt said siding with Lucy.
