Playing With Time - part 1

Chapter I: The day from where it all started

 "17th June, 3013, a day many couldn't forget, a day that killed many innocents in front of my eyes; people's eyes, the Aneantir, huh...... everything will be changed, we will change the history.", I muttered these words inside my mind while I was looking at my image formed by the mirror and tying up my collar tie. All of a sudden, I heard a familiar sound of a car being screeched to a halt, I called up the sound at once — it was TRO ( Time Research Organization), the organization in which I was the head researcher and scientist at the same time. I looked on and stared at my watch, it was 10:15 am — 30 minutes before the revealing ceremony of Alpha-I, the time machine made by me and the other members of TRO. I went to the car sent by TRO and they with me drove towards the ceremony. 

 

When it was around 10:40 am, I said to Dave, a member of TRO and a close chum of mine, who was seated beside me in the backseat, " If we can somewhat revert the Aneantir, then I am sure, it will show the world an evolution of technology, an advent of the new age is coming then.."

"Yes, Gil.......you are as fervent and optimistic as ever.....by the way, see we have arrived! " 

I looked outside the plate of the transparent mirror and saw that the electric car garage had a slot left, so I told the driver to park the car there and we exited the car. 

Dave told me " Hey! Gil let's go and meet the secretary, he will say you the time when you have to give the explanation. "

I agreed with him and went to the secretary, who was talking with a worker of TRO. 

" Sir, when will I give the explanation, to be specific, I am asking the exact time."

"Well, Gil, it will begin in 3 minutes, wait a little while, your name will be called soon to deliver the explanation, and of course don't make a mistake, a little mistake can ruin the ceremony."

Suddenly, the announcer announced " Gil Robinson, the head researcher and scientist of TRO, is going to present an explanation about his new devised mechanism, Alpha - I, a time machine. Mr Gil please come to the stage and kindly present your explanation about your new invention. "

I was startled by the announcement and looked at the secretary right away, but the secretary was shrieking producing a whistling sound that seemed to me, he was just trying to cover up by ceasing the future disputes. Anyway, I went up the stage by gathering a little aplomb and 

coughed a little in front of the mike prior to delivering the explanation. 

"Dear, gentlemen, women, and everyone present here by now on this auspicious day, welcome, welcome to this ceremony, I will not waste your priceless time here, so well.... let's go on to the point — what is time? — Time to be specific is defined as the progression of events from the past to the present into the future, now according to my, theory, time does not flow in a single line, in fact, time is divided into 'Time dimensions', each created especially for each individual and it changes the future of that respective individual according to the actions of that individual, ok, suppose, it is an animal, tree and so on, everything has their individual 'Time Dimension'. Now from here starts the complicated part — if a person, time travels to the past or rather to be briefer, the set of all events that occurred before a given point in that person's time, then the flow of time of that individual's 'Time Dimension' will be unbalanced and a 'Sub-Time Dimension' for that individual will be created, and will be merged with his 'Time Dimension', as a new past. If we think carefully about it then, we will find, one more thing, the person who time travelled to the past, for him/her, it would look like he/she travelled from the present to past but the jarring

 reality is that the present here in the future there and the present there in the past here, it completely depends on the perspective of that person but, the problem is that he/she cannot return to the present or from our perspective cannot return to the future because time travelling to future is impossible with our current technology!"

Soon, the huge thronged area of listeners started to be of a place full of bustle. 

I continued, " Now to the more complicated part, please use your own intelligence and intellectual ability; to think logically and rationally —what happens after time travelling to the past?— Everything living or non-living that exists in the past after time travel can be categorized as either permanent, meaning that it will exist forever, or temporary, meaning that it will end. For example: if a person, time travels to the past and dies there, then his existence from our memories and from this world will be erased and time will change again, this is categorized as temporary. We don't need to discuss the permanent one because it is not for us, humans. Let me make one thing clear, the person who time travelled to the past, cannot meet with us, but he/she can meet with our past selves, he/she has to think and do something so as it doesn't affect the present here in such a change, that it would be a big disadvantage, if he/she don't then, then the present here will change drastically. Let us, understand time travel through a brief and understandable example: suppose, I time travelled to the past and meet you all there before today, then the present will change and in your memory, I will be there. Now, then — how can I meet with you again here? — 

So, as mentioned earlier, I can't meet you here again, but if you also time travelled with me to the past then, I can meet you there. Let us understand a difficult theory of time travel through another example: if we sent a Coca-Cola can to the past, suppose, 2 hours back, then if also we have eaten the cola inside, the cola will return to its original state .i.e. 2 hours before. Also, it will return to the same place where it was 2 hours before. These are some of the important facts and theories of time travel. That's all, thank you for listening! If anyone has any questions, then they are free to ask me, now."

One of the listeners, stood up from the seat and asked " I am Ena Robinson, from England, your explanation was very good, you have my gratitude, so, let's go on to the question.......could you tell me, how you got your hands on that data about time travel, which even many great scientists could not get? "

"Ms Ena, first of all, thank you for appreciating me, next to your question — well.....this research is the fruit of all the scientists, who worked in the past and the 10 years hard work of mine and my TRO friends, this is the most logical and simple answer, I can give for your question. "

"Yes, of course, you have solved my question. There is another question, I want to ask you, could you please show me Alpha-I and tell me, how was it made?

"Quite a good question, I can show you Alpha-I, but I can't tell you, how we made it ."

"Oh! You must have a good reason to decline."

"Of course, I've. If I told you how we made it then the information will break out and eventually leak out, this may cause even small organizations to make their own time machines, which will be put on to sell, the normal public will show great interest in time machines and out of anxiety, they will buy it. This may cause, a huge unbalance in the flow of time."

"Oh! I didn't though, so much, how thoughtful of you, anyway, I don't have any more questions to ask. "

"Ok..........as she asked me to show Alpha-I, I will now ask my friend, Dave Keillor to bring Alpha-I to the stage kindly."

Dave came and stepped down from the stage after handing me a packaging box. I opened the box. The listeners were anxious to see how the time machine looked. I put my hands inside and took out the time machine, Alpha-I — it was an electronic watch. The listeners were flabbergasted by the view, they were seeing, suddenly, Ena Robinson stood up and said, " What am I seeing? Is this a circus? We need an answer, how can a simple electronic watch time travel? Are you a lunatic? "

The listeners were laughing and yelling " He's mad. "

At that moment, I had gone off the deep end "Mrs Ena, pardon me, but I can't stop laughing, a watch is a portable timepiece intended to be carried or worn by a person. It is designed to keep a consistent movement despite the motions caused by the person's activities. But this is different, this watch is a mini time machine, this watch sends us to the exact time in the past, we input here. Don't judge a book by its cover, if you are still not convinced then, may I show a little glimpse of this watch?"

"No, I am really sorry for not understanding, I am really sorry. Please accept my (sincerest) apologies."

"Ok, does anyone have any more questions?"

The laughing audience was quiet as a mouse. There was pin-drop silence all over. 

I said, "Then, I suppose no one has any more questions. So, again, thanks for listening. That's all. "

I stepped down the stage with the box and the time watch. The people were leaving, the place was becoming deserted, Dave came running towards me and said, " Hey! Gil, it was a great explanation, I liked it more when you became angry and said those words to that girl - what was her name anyway?

"Ena Robinson ", said a similar voice - it was Ena Robinson, herself only. 

"Oh! Speak of a devil"

"Are you Gil Robinson's friend, Dave Keillor by any chance ?"

"Yes, I am. "

"I have some business, with you — I have joined TRO, nice to meet both of you. May we get along soon."

The volume 1 of this story is released here — https://storymirror.com/read/story/english/9cdxrxd2/playing-with-time-vol-1/detail