Our Story (Part 2)
As I entered through the doors, my anticipation was overwhelming and my heart was pounding like a war-drum in a mythical tribe of warriors. I loved science fiction, so I knew exactly where the area was. I found Professor Ziggy and another gentlemen sitting on chairs and they promptly got up to greet me.
“This is Mr. Wells”, said Ziggy.
We shook hands, Mr. Wells got me a chair and we all sat down.
“I guess you thought I was deep in this fine Missouri dirt by now, didn’t you?” – continued Ziggy. I was perplexed as I looked at Old Ziggy; he looked younger than I remembered.
“Professor, I have to ask; how did your time machine work out for you.” I probed, just to calm myself. Instead, my brain was telling me something that I should have realized sooner:
“H.G. Wells for Heaven’s sake, only the original author of the Time Machine!”.
I was dizzy and almost fell off the chair. If only my Dad could be here, I thought.
Then, I started asking myself; is this real? Am I dreaming? Just what is going on?
The questions came like a huge tsunami, and my brain was nothing more than a sailboat ready to sink at any moment. I looked at Mr. Wells, and my mind short circuited when I remembered that he was born in the Nineteenth Century. Wait a minute, “That can’t be” I told my self. He would be well over one hundred years old. I must have looked stupefied because they both pulled up their chairs close to me.
Ziggy looked straight into my eyes.
“Please don’t try to understand all this at once-he said and squeezed my hand – We are here, because we may be able to save the World. Have you ever heard of the prophesies of 2012?”
I did hear about that. I even watched the History Channel’s presentation of the topic, with all the different prophesies from ancient civilizations. I found those interesting, but I also found the “2000 Millennium” end of the world scare interesting, and nothing happened. Right about this point I wished that my alarm clock would go off to wake up from this nightmare, but again I realized this was real. I couldn’t stop thinking and must have pretty well shut out the world around me, because Ziggy was talking to me but I didn’t hear anything he said. I shook my head to clear my mind and heard old Ziggy
“Now, here is the plan……”
Dale, that was great! I love what you wrote, and the character emotions and detail really got me hooked. I wish you had written more, because I want to know what the plan is : ) The 2012 prophesies are all the buzz too and it is fascinating to hear what everyone is saying about it…H.G. Wells, huh? Nice touch!
Great story beginning Dale! I have to say it was really challenging to come in and add to it. This is a great exercise for writers, but it is also a little intimidating as I feel that my thoughts may change the entire goal of the first writer. Good luck to the next person!