Saving Time - A Caleo Story

Prologue

The year is 2300.

The world is not at war anymore. The countries haven't known what a war is for the past two hundred and fifty years. Democracy has been on rise since then and had not stopped until each and every country had one way or another of it. Peace and human rights had been at prosperity around the globe and people are more inclusive and welcome to better ways of life.

At the center of all this pleasurable and very sought utopia, was Olympus Inc. Also referred among the people as The Council.

Olympus Inc. had rose from the shadows in the beginning of the twenty first century. Slowly, it managed to gain the attention of the governments because its ability to predict disasters, control problems and offer solutions that people had been searching for the past millennium. Slowly but safely, Olympus Inc. became an essential member of the human society.

Olympus Inc. started working on the base of favors. They did something for someone, let's say a politician and, in return, the politician had to do something for them or mention them in some speech, making them take the credit for it. Soon, Olympus Inc. was something that people couldn't live without it.

The first action that made Olympus Inc. stood from the crowd was their fight against world hunger and economic disparity. That made people less poor and accessible to basic needs. Luxury items and needs disappeared and everyone was able to get the same level of education and health care, not to mention the improvement of clean water and choices of food.

The ones in charge saw this and immediately jumped the wagon of popularity. Though the governments were chosen by the people, the chosen ones were not long afterwards checking with the international conglomerate if their next move was the correct one. Everything that everyone did in the world must had the endorsement seal of Olympus Inc. So much, that people wouldn't get married or even have kids without the approval.

Soon, Olympus Inc. was playing matchmaker for people, connecting them because of simple data analysis. That came with the consequences of when the first divorce after this phenomenon appeared. Assault of any kind was forbidden and the society was encouraged to support the hurt party, even more if that party had kids.

This lead to society to practically toss away their believes in religion and worship a new kind of it. Singles and widows/widowers parents were welcomed with open arms while perpetrators of any kind rarely saw the light of sun again, unless they had done so by pressuring or orders of someone else, or if they showed genuine remorse. Divorces were rare, but the few amicable ones had the option of reunite again, if things didn't work for the best.

In terms of science and technology, Olympus Inc. was in the vanguard of it. International famous companies were soon making a fusion with the conglomerate, losing their individuality but earning more ability to research and innovate. Most of the diseases were eradicated and people were having very longevous lives.

Their latest invention had been time travel. Many theories had been had been formulated and many had been invented by the greater writers of their times, making it almost close to impossible to choose one to investigate. In the end, and seeing the upcoming questioning, the company decided to create a group of scientist that would study and analyze the different versions of it.

It took the team fifty years to finally reach an unanimous decision and plan. Seeing as how their bodies would not stand the travel, the people on charge decided to pick new recruits for this trips, chosen from the different fields around the world. The first recruits were the worst kind of criminals and people with little possibility of seeing the sun again.

Needless to say, those first tries had ended the recruits' lives. No one was mourning those loses in the name of science. Slowly and safely, the scientists moved from parolees to young scientists, traveling around history, collecting data and witnessing important historic events. This enforced the rule of no interfering in time or could alter the future they knew already.

Like it was mentioned, this happened in the year 2300. A hundred years after the first theory of time travel was put under the microscope, a group of extraordinary people gathered to use this extraordinary machine, without the Council to know. Because, right under the nose of the Council, a rebellion group emerged. The reason why they had broken into the facility was because they knew they would be shut down if anyone knew.

"Does anyone wants to back down now? No one will held a grudge over it..." One of the men said. Everyone looked at him as if he was insane.

"We came this far for you to start doubting the mission!" One of the women argued with him. "Besides, we already broke in, the penalty for that is something I won't like to face..." The man shrugged as if saying 'just wanting to make sure'. "You sure know how to operate this thing...?" She turned to another man, who smirked at her.

"Pays to be chosen by the Council to learn to use it..." He bragged, more to break the tension from the situation than anything else. Everyone rolled their eyes, smiling. "You got the list?"

"Right here." Another woman showed a little paper, all with dates, names and locations of- well, they knew of what. Speaking of that out loud would bring them bad luck. As silent as they could, they walked into the time machine. None had time to wonder why, from outside, it looked like a gigantic delivery box.

"Everyone ready?" Asked the second man, looking if everyone was in their seats. The rest of the crew nodded, some more nervous than others but determined. "Set the coordinates in." At his order, the woman with the list write down the asked information before a final look was shared before calibrating the machine. "We are in Fate's hands now..." He mumbled before turning the machine on.

A second later, they were gone.

A second later, the world changed.

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Welcome to my newest adventure! Caleo with Time Travel! I hope I'm doing a good job, and you are free to tell me so... or not...

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Part 1/2

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Good morning/afternoon/evening, guys!

First, I want to apologize for not posting last weekend but I was without internet and almost close to lose electricity too. When I recovered, halfway through the week, I decided to post cleaner during the weekend, which is why this post today will be the double as usual!

Also, this weekend, I'm starting a new story! The title is Saving Time - A Caleo Story (I added the 'Caleo' in case other stories are called the same and you can recognize them). The basic premise of the story is that of Time Travel! I hope I do a great job, but that would be up to you...

So, the updates!

The First Times: 3 chapters!

Saving Time - A Caleo Story: 2 chapters!! Please, read and review!

See you guys next weekend!
xoxo, SilverHuntresses