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Friday, January 23, 2015

Today's #flashfiction #TheTimeTravelersPlan

“I'm feeling a little blue.”
Jake Sully, Avatar* #quote


     Today I went to my card game thing. Tomorrow CJ might be coming over. I hope he does as he would be helpful in stopping the plans of our evil twins to take over the world.

The Time Traveler's Plan

          “And with the shot of the plasma cannon I will destroy the meteor and stop the dinosaurs from becoming extinct. Humanity will evolve never walk the Earth. I will be the unsung hero of nature!” Johnathan the time traveler raved to himself since according to his plan he figured he would know no one for the rest of his life. He needed to assure himself in his own ambition and views. He created a time machine to carry out this out. It only had one use since he needed enough power to run the massive cannon he brought with him. He watched the dinosaurs in front of him. They would run their course anew.
         A human voice responded to his proclamations, “At least your lack of understanding of time travel means you won't be that much trouble.” Johnathan froze as another person made no sense. He felt like he must be hallucinating. But when he turned around he found another person in a time travel suit like him. The same solid white covering. Except the person he faced carried some sort of gun.  “You do realize that if your plan worked you wouldn't have a reason to go back into the past. This creates a classical paradox. If you try to time travel while doing something that will cause a paradox then your time machine's engine won't work. The universe has to make sense that's how science works.”
        “Who are you?” Johnathan asked, “And who are you to say this won't work! I spent twenty years of my life inventing time travel to destroy humanity and save the Earth!”
The man replied, “My name's Officer Cedric. Time police. And that's a lot of arrogance for you to say that you invented time travel first. Though with time travel it's kinda confusing what 'first' is. Either way you'll cause more trouble if we don't take you in. Thank goodness you never figured out how it worked.”
         The officer handcuffed Johnathan as he stood there bewildered. The plasma cannon only grazed the meteor. Cedric met many ambitious time travelers trying to manipulate the time line to their benefit or the destruction of others. He never did tell anyone that really nobody ever figured out exactly how time travel worked. The officer's rule was smile and keep trying to fix whatever the meddler did until it stops raining cheeseburgers or whatever else started happening.

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