I watched the TeleCon.

A Time Machine.

It’s only 2253. I don’t know why it took them so long to build it, but it’s finally here.

I turned off the TC and leaned back in my chair. Finally, I could go back and stop what had happened so long ago. I could change my decision, and maybe even save those that were lost.

I turned on the TC again. I opened up the keyboard and went to the website on the ad.

They weren’t done with the machine yet.

Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there.

They needed people to test it.

And I would volunteer.

Good-bye, now. Hello, then.

I stepped out of the machine and looked around.

Phone booth?

Structures that are not made out of ReIn glass?

Vehicles that don’t fly?

What is this place?

I looked back in the Time Machine.

2009.

No.

I needed to be back in 2231! Not this heck of a mess!

I looked out at the city one more time and let out a grunt.

I was about to step back into the machine when…

It wasn’t there anymore.

I’m stuck here.

I can’t stay here.

No.

I can’t!

NOOOOOO!!!