Authors note: English is not my first language. It's russian. As I said in my previous chapter this is a fantasy based on reality. Please leave constructive criticism
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"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."
-Mae West
I awoke to the noise of banging metal chatter, shouts and the sound of animals. My old wounds start to hurt and I quickly remember the events that transpired. The reality really hit me like a ton of bricks. I was angry and fueled by my adrenaline but now I'm hurt and sore.
(What have I done....?) I thought looking at my hands. I pushed the unpleasant feeling that began to rise deep into the recesses of my mind
I steeled my mind, closed my eyes and took a series of 12 fast but powerful breaths before taking one deep breath. I than held my breath for 30 seconds and felt my heart rate plummet. It was a technique that I learned from Systema.
I opened my eyes and looked aroynd. The walls around me consisted of large natral stone. There was a bed that I was sitting on, a dresser next to it and across from me about 5 meters away was a wooden door.
It felt my hip and my pockets. Good everything is there. (Strange considering that I was being held prisoner) I though
(Now that I think this is kind of too nice too be a prison) I said to myself. (They even gave me a bed) I mused
(Am I am really held prisoner? I expected something like a dark dingy iron barred cell) I thought as I walked to the door confirming that it's locked (Well I guess that as answers that question..)
I went into my cargo pocket and took out an Allen key set. I took the 2 smallest keys. (Good thing that the locking mechanism are....were simple then then...I mean now) It's all really confusing
I put the keys into the key hole and I began to fumble the tublers. It took a while but I managed to finally open the door.
(I have to get back to the boat) I thought as I slowly walked down the hall. I heard approaching foot steps and I ducked into the closest doorway I could find to avoid detection
"I really do have the worst luck" I said with a sigh. Out of the frying pan into the fire. William Wallace himself was there looking over some maps with 4 others. They looked up and saw me "Fuck me..." My heart sank (The door...too late. I closed it...) The men in front of me drew their swords and axes. Wallace raised his hands to stay theirs. In unison they quickly sheathed their weapons
"If you would" He said gesturing at the table. I had no choice but to follow. 2 men who were around the table broke of and followed wallace to the table.
They all sat down and I followed their lead.
"Well first things fist" he started "who are you and with who does you allegiance lies?" He got straight to the point
"My name is Alexander Mahailovich Borisov. I am an engineer. My allegiance lies with my self."
"Don't lie!" A man next to Wallace yelled standing up but Wallace motioned him back down
"Are we supposed to believe you a simple engineer? If your an engineer than I'm a priest. You're obviously too wealthy and skilled to be just a simple engineer." The other man said
"I never said that I was "simple"" I said
"Enough" William Wallace said. He looked at me straight in the eye and then continued "I also have many questions"
(I need to get back to the boat. I don't know how long since I left yuri there...) I thought. (He was still unconscious when I left)
"Are you listening?" I heard
"Yeh. Listen...As I said I'm not a citizen of this country. I'm from a country called america that's across the Atlantic ocean. On our way here we experienced bad Weather and my friend got injured we traveled up river to find people. That's how we......" I had a flash back from yesterday and I felt my rage ooze out of (You're fucking lucky you're so hystericaly important" I though as I fought back my anger "I" I continued "That's how I ended up on the battlefield." I said in a way to let them know that their actions haven't been forgiven.
"Long story short my country is many times more advanced than yours. Ask me to make you anything and it will be done. In return you have to take me to my ship"
One of the men was about to speak but Wallace cut them off. "The elixir then" He quickly said.
"The elixer?" I was confused.
"Yes" he said "It was in this strange chrystal" He put the empty plastic bottle on the table
"It don't know what it was but even my doctors were amazed. My wounds...they should have festered. Yet it is like I was never cut"
(Oh. He must be talking about the antibiotics...I put 4 crushed tablets in the water)
"Done" I said. Wallace looked at me with a surprised face that couldn't contain his happiness.
"Do you still have my bag?" I asked
"Yes, it's in my chest" He said walking up to his chest and opening it
He took out my bag and tossed it to me. (That's probably why they didn't check my pockets.....modern pockets didn't get created until 1784.) I thought
I opened the bag and took out a small white plastic bottle I poured half of them on the table then I took a quill and a parchment and wrote down instructions.
How to Make Penicillin
Step 1:
Use leftover crust of bread or the peel of some citrus fruit. The mold will start out gray, but as it develops will turn a bright blue-green.
Strep 2:
Once it gets started, cut the bread up into pieces and put it in a sterilized flask. (You can sterilize a flask by putting it in an oven at 315 degrees for an hour.)
Step 3:
Incubate it in the flask for about a week at around seventy degrees.
Step 4:
Into 500ml of cold water put
44.0 grams Lactose Monohydrate
25.0 grams cornstarch
3.0 grams sodium nitrate
0.25 grams magnesium sulfate
0.50 grams potassium phosphate mono 2.75 grams glucose monohydrate
0.044 grams zinc sulfate
0.044 grams manganese sulfate.
Then add enough cold tap water to make one liter. Use hydrochloric acid to adjust the pH to between 5.0 and 5.5.
Step5:
Add the spores from the moldy bread. Another seven days incubation will leave the penicillin floating in the liquid portion of the results. A quick filter and you have penicillin.
Then I gave him a list of how to make the above chemicals in case they haven't been created yet
"Is this enough? I said as I handed him the list.
He looked at the list with astonishment
"Mold?" His face showed a hint Skepticism
"Is this good enough?" I asked
"Yes" Wallace said before continuing "when do you plan to depart?" I could see his suppressed excitement
"Now" I said. I didn't want to waste any time
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It took us a whole day to reach my boat. On the way I was machine gunned with questions. Questions from the name of my country to our method of transportation to the civil affairs.
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I didn't lie. It's better to let them think that I'm an engineer from a super advanced civilization then to tell the story of how I'm a time traveler.
They were astonished
I told them about magnelev that floated on the air and it was so fast that it easily surpassed the speed of sound.
I told them about personal cars that use ion engines. I told them about floating fortresses that run on a titanic gyroscope engine.
I talked about how It uses a series of rings each ring has 4 evenly spaced neo magnets with a pulling force of 10 tons. I helped developed this engine.
When I was younger I remember this neo magnet that was 3 inches long. It had 1000 pd. + pulling force. I had the manufacturing company make me magnets for the ring that were tens of times stronger.
They gave me a molded large magnet that had 10 tons of pulling force. We crated a gyroscope engine that nullifies all outside influence. By building a craft around this gyro we could make an air craft that completely negated Earth's gravity. By constructing an electro magnets around those magnets we could speed up the gyro by amplify the neo magnet's magnetic field or completely stop it by completely smothering It.
There is no limit to the size of the engine that we could build.
I showed them a toy I had in my bag to demonstrate
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I told Them about huge ships that could travel under water and on top of the water as if it was natural. Our Yatch was such a ship
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I told them about how nobility got replaced with class system. I told him how moving up in class is just a matter of hardwork and exemplified it by telling him a little about my upbringings. I told them that any land can be sold and bought by anyone. I told him about the corporate stucture of our financial center which was the stock morcket. I told them about the evolution of warfare. I even told them about the atomic bomb.
Such discussions usually make me excited and they brings about my inner child.
They all looked at me with amazement and longing and sorrow. No doubt they considered such a place a paradise but they knew that if such weapons as the atomic bomb or chemical gass were introduced in today's day and age that power drunk rulers would no doubt use them freely and without care. Such a paradise was out of reach
"Such paradise is unachievable..." sorrow filled Wallace's voice.
"Such paradise can only be achieved by man who value life." I told them of our legal system and use of media to change public opinion. I told them about jails and how people who involved with any part of the legal system make money.
I told them of taxes and about our education system. I talked of how any child can go to public school free of charge. I told them that if they have good grades that you could get somwthing called a grant. I told him about my education and how I got 8 years of school paid for.
"If we elevate our society then we elevate ourselves to get a step closer to paradise..."
All three men had resolute faces.
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As we approached my ship the 3 men and few hundred men behind them stared at it wide eyed. It made of materials not known to them and it was bigger than any ship that they have ever seen. They pestered me about allowing them onboard so I let them I under the condition that they didn't touch anything. As we approached I saw a figure step out of the yatch.
He looked at me with disbelief and confusion.
"Good to see you Yuri I said. I've tried to get back sooner but I got injured and then captured. Sorry for taking so long."
"...You....You left me for dead and now you come back with an army?..Where are the other? Are they hid-"
"The other are dead!" I interrupted "..or they soon wished that they were..." I finished in quiet bitterness.
He looked at me with disbelief. ".....No way..." his words almost didn't come out
"..what...happened" I could see he was ready to talk and I explained him all the event that transpired thus far."
. I...I see" he said gloomily. "Well, were stuck here"
Yuri didn't understand Celtic so I spoke to him in russian
"Then it seems that were stuck here"......he said "I wonder what they're saying back home...world renounce Doctor and his team of researchers left for Bermuda Triangle only to never been heard from again...." He had a sad face.
"We're not dead yet" I consoled him. "We can still change the world...Just think, religion has prosecuted any scientists who contridicted the church with his finding. They have stalled human progression for over a thousand years. We can change that. The man behind me is as I've said before William Wallace. I have already sown the seed of the modern utopia in his am his men's mind. We have a chance to really do something that will matter. By stopping religion we could stop future conflict.
"......" Yuri just listened in silence "we should tell them the whole truth then. It would be too suspicious if we don't leave for home after a while"
The three man just sat there on the couch quietly waiting for us to finish talking. All three of them couldn't believe how luxurious the seat was and I would often see them feeling the couch.
"I have to tell you three something" I turned my attention towards them.
They looked at me with curiosity
"I have spoked the whole truth and I have not lied. However" I continued "I have not told you the whole truth. "I'm actually here to help develop a country." I did not lie. Yuri met my words with shock.
"Do you know do you know such individuals?" I asked already knowing how they will respond. "Why you're looking at him" one of them quickly said. Wallace was about to interject but he got caught off by the other man before he could protest. "Currently we are suffering under tyranny so if you want to help a developing country to build great relationship with yours it would be a great start to help us. This would be especially good for long term relationship which I'm sure you are planning to build. "
"That settles that then" I said.
I took a piece of paper and started to write a contract on it. At its time a man's word equalled his worth. If I have a written documents to record that someone game me their word then they will be less likely to break it.
After I wrote out the contract I had them sign it and put their own respective seals.
"Ok, then" I said with a big smile on my face "from now on were freinds"
"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."
-Mahatma Gandhi