The radio fails. We knew it would. The phones we brought were ploys to make us feel normal. The large spinning rings passed us through to another place.
The science was clear. It would be another time but the same place. They told us to be back to the landing point after six hours.
That would be fine had we landed. But the wormholes don’t keep time. We are traveling. Our useless devices tell us ten hours have pasted. We were going into the future. Saving ourselves is never easy.
Two people harnessed into a sphere. Disappear in time. Someday, they will land. The future doesn’t depend on them just civilization. Cures are out there, they have always told us that.
This sorta sounds like the movie I watched Monday. I watched 2001 A Space Odyssey. I’m reading the book now. I hope to finish reading the book today.
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Hmm, I forgot to include the primates beating the ground with sticks and a monolith around Jupiter. 😉 Great movie, I never made it through the book. Arthur Clarke likes his detail in descriptions. Thanks for the kind words.
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Very interesting. Two people going into the future sometime to save humanity. There’s a cure for whatever humanity has been infected with. Can they find it and go back, save everyone? Or are they going into the future to save themselves, already infected? Very neat Mark. So many possibilities with this story. Would make a cool continuation.
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I was thinking about the trapped in suspended time part. That would be a scary thing! Finding a cure and not getting back would be another possibility. I’ll let it roll around a bit. Thanks darling. 😃
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Ops. Another rescue plan gone wrong. You did leave us the faint hope though that all is not lost. Nice story.
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As long as we breath, we have hope. 😀
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Love that you saw this photo and thought ‘wormhole’. Super creative!
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Bottle seemed a little too easy. 😉 Thanks darling
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Going into the future to find a cure to save civilization! Very imaginative! Just the thought of going through a wormhole gives me the chills! Great story, Mark!
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I liked the wormhole idea but you need a reason. I was thinking a plague but didn’t need to add those extra words 😎
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I like the wormhole idea too! I don’t think you need to name the disease because just letting us know there was one that was killing everyone off is enough. It leaves it to our imagination.
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Your imagination is far more likely to scare you. Like any horror story, reading it scares you more than seeing a movie
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Haha! That’s very true! Our imagination scares us more than the movie! Sometimes leaving things to our imagination is a smart move when it comes to stories.
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Word counts do have a purpose. Saving us from ourselves
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LOL! That is true! hahaha!
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