Chapter One
3:00
Manhattan, New York City
VOLTIC energy lab
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“Dr Matthews, we're not going to make it in time if you keep stopping along the way"yelled Phil Daniels in a voice laced with frustration while trying to make his way through the lab- to the panic room 3 feet under-without falling which seemed almost impossible at this point as the building still suffered signs of the fire outbreak that took place here, “You know it's just a matter of time before it reaches here" he finished.
“I know, I know, I'm just trying to gather as much database as possible, for us to be able to..."
"This place just literally went into flames, I doubt that you're gonna find anything useful," he said interrupting Matt "Now stop what you're doing and let's get moving fast" finished Phil in an authoritative tone he never used on Matt
Dr Matthews slowly but surely left the debris he was trying to sort out and started towards Phil, with eyes still roaming around looking for anything useful and sensible
In a rather odd looking small bag, Matt carried a small portable time machine that uses about 1.21gigawatts to dematerialize a human body slowing down the passage of time eventually taking the person back in time to that particular geographical zone but in a different time region.Right now the time possesed an energy of 4.64 gigawatts in order to take the both of them back in time, to fix the world, then back to their present, when their done, and hopefully it changes before then.
Then it occurred to Matt"Hey...hey" he half yelled, calling out to Phil who was ignoring him " Hey Phil"
"What" he said in a strained voice still running but slower this time
"Phil if we go to the panic room, when we re-materialise we're going to go back to that same place"
"Your point exactly?.."
"The panic room wasn't built back then... we'llbe buried alive"
Phil came to an abrupt stop “I... hadn't thought about that"
“Well thinking is my speciality, action is yours"Matt said with a shrug
“What are we going to do now''
“We can uhm... we can go into the uhh..maybe like a.."
“Well wherever we stay we are going to appear there right,"
“Re-materialise but go on"
“Well it doesn't matter where we stay then"
“Of course it does, we can't afford any witnesses"
Then suddenly the engines of the aircraft were to loud to ignore. They came back to inspect, Phil was sure, then he quite swiftly pulled Matt towards him, wrapping himself around him, while at the same time placing his finger on one of two small finger scanners installed in the device that was brought out earlier.
Everything went black
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James Matthew, Matt to his friends- not that he had any- is a 6'2 tall, well built but nerdy man. He was quite the sight with his salt and pepper hair, perfectly symmetrical face, nice chiseled jaw, pointed nose, ocean blue eyes, heart shaped pink full lips and ears that sit perfectly at sides of his face. He honestly could stand as a sub for Superman.
He had a rough stubble, which with his other features, gave him a mysterious and dangerous aura, which was contrast to his character. He always considered himself an open book, which was true, well most of the time.
He is a 32 year old Nuclear scientist/engineer with also a Doctorate in Bio Chemistry. He was raised in an orphanage, or whatever they call those four steel walls of suffering, which meant he had no family, he also had no friends because he wasn't popular and nobody like nerds, especially skinny ugly one with a lisp, which was, of course, before puberty came knocking
Matt was alone in this life, and had nobody to call a friend, till he met a certain Phil...
Phil, on the other hand was a 5'4 tall- or short- man with Chestnut brown hair and soft curls- a little boyish- that falls over his forehead right above his eye, a classic boy next door- or man if you will- look
He had almond eyes, a tiny nose, thin pale lips, and a clean cut shave that makes one wonder what he would look like in a suit.
Where Phil lacked in height, he made up for it in charm, confidence, charisma. Phil had a sister, with whom he was staying with, but she was killed by a stray bullet, which was why he had taken to the streets before he met Matt.
Matt gave him shelter, which in return he payed for some of the convenience. His knowledge of technology helped along the way, fixing up people's craft and machines, though they had robots for that, the people preferred something cheaper and it fetched him decent credit.
Matt worked for one of the VOLTIC energy lab branches in los Angeles, California. He was the head of his department, which automatically meant he had access to information about HQ and other branches of the lab.
He also had access to all the equipment, which was how he started working on the time device, well that and loneliness. The only person that knew about the device apart from him was Phil, his roommate ant best friend
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The feel of transporting through this little device was eerily exciting. As they opened their eyes, the shattered, broken glass and ashes filled room, was suddenly spottless and shone of new equipments indicating the machine had worked, a happy surprise for them, considering the fact they had not done the final testing.
Then suddenly they heard a voice behind them causing them to jump as they turned around “Oh my God”...