Daksh Nair

Action Crime Thriller

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Daksh Nair

Action Crime Thriller

The Time Machine (Part 2)

The Time Machine (Part 2)

7 mins
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In the previous part:

The leader of the group spoke," I have been waiting for someone to test this time machine on. Now that I have got you both let us test it on you." Rest of them agreed to the idea. The leader ordered the rest of them to put Clint and Daniel inside. The leader started it and in the next 10 seconds, they would be traveling in time. 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0!

To be continued.


23rd Century, a month before they time travelled.

A groaning Clint and Daniel regained their consciousness. When they opened their eyes they were in the very same deserted building, but there was no sign of The Time Machine or the gang of robbers. They got up and looked at each other, the same thought running in their mind "What date is it?". Together they rushed out of the building and saw a man wearing a hoodie. Daniel asked the man," Sir can you please tell us what day it is?". The man without looking at them answered, "It is one month before you time travelled". Clint said, "Tha-" " How do you know that we time travelled?" said Daniel cutting across Clint. The man looked. He was the leader of the gang. All the color faded from Clint and Daniel's face. Clint immediately took the phone and just when he about to call the police, the man said, "It is of no use, no one will believe you. And anyways the police officers have more respect for me than you do. So be good boys and hand your phones". Daniel said, "As you wish" and reached his pocket. Clint thought that Daniel was going mad, what was doing giving a criminal like him his phone. But in a flash of light instead of giving the man his phone, Daniel gave a punch right in the middle of his face. Groaning with pain the man rolled on the ground. Clint who hardly realized what happened was dragged along by a running Daniel.


 After reaching home, panting and coughing, Daniel opened his laptop. "What are you doing?", asked Clint. "Finding where that man lives, and I assume you want to know it as well?", answered Daniel. "Yes, I want to, but how are you going to do it?" asked Clint. "Remember that tracking device our friend Jake built? You know from the Software department. How about we use that?", asked Daniel. "Yeah that sounds like plan. But we do not know that man's name. How are we going to do it?", said Clint. "It says that we can also use photos to track the person and for that we can use the CCTV footage from that street.", said Daniel. "We can go and get it right away.", said Clint. Half an hour later, they returned back to their apartment. Daniel uploaded the photo they got from the CCTV footage. "Got it", said Daniel, "Name: Adam Fernandez, Address: 132, Clausterhair Avenue, London- WC2". "So, let us see how Adam Fernandez is doing, shall we?", said Clint. 


After reaching where Adam lived, they knocked on the door. Just as Adam opened the door, they knocked him out. When he regained his consciousness, Adam said, "Hello Clint and Daniel, I have been waiting for both of you. Would you like something to drink?". "Do we look that stupid that we will take something you offer?" asked Clint. "Let us move straight to the point", said Daniel, "Why did you steal the time machine?" Seeing no answer form Adam, Daniel said, "Do not make us persuade you". "Okay, I will tell it to you" said Adam. "I was police officer. A Superintendent of Police (SP). I led an investigation against a famous politician. There was a famous politician who was the leader of drug mafia." Adam looked out of the window and took a deep breath before narrating his story.

 He led an investigation against the famous politician regarding the drug mafia case. The politician covered all of it up and wanted to take revenge. He went straight for his family and sent some goons to his house. Adam was at the police station going through the files of investigation of the politician's case. He got a phone call, it was his wife's call. He picked and heard the voice of one of the men who were in his house said that they had planted a bomb in his , "Your house will turn into ashes in the next fifteen minutes, save them if you can." and hung up the phone. I took my car keys and rushed home. The moment I reached there the house went up in flames. Again I received a call from an unknown number, "Look at the terrace of the building next to you", the man on the phone said. When I looked up I saw that politician waving towards me. "We waited for you to come. It was set to explode when I click the button. And I have another surprise for you, check your email you might have got a mail from your boss. Goodbye my friend." And he flew off in a helicopter. He was devasted, his heart was broken beyond any repair. Adam looked towards them and said "That is why I stole your time machine, to save my family and kill those guys in revenge. So there you have it, that is my whole story." Clint and Daniel were flabbergasted. They did not know what to say. Finally, Daniel mustered up some energy to say, "Adam, we thought of you as a a bad person. You were an honest police officer. It will be our pleasure to help you in any way we can." "Yes, whatever way we can.", agreed Clint. "Thank you. I cannot believe two great scientist like yourselves would do these things for me." said Adam, with an ecstatic face. "We will take you to our house, we have very advanced technologies to track those people, one by one." said Clint. After moving to their house the trio started tracing people one by one using their images that was saved in house due to the CCTV camera. At last, only the politician was left. He was asked to bring a ransom, just an excuse to meet him personally. Adam insisted on killing him all alone. When the time came, Clint and Daniel bid adieu to Adam. Clint said, "My friend, our task here is finished. We are glad that we could help you. Goodbye." "Thank you for all the help that you have given me, I will be indebted to both of you forever." said a grateful Adam.


They parted their ways. After an hour, they received a call from Adam. Surprised, they answered the call. Adam told them to come quickly to the place where it all had started, the isolated building. When they reached there, Adam was waiting for them at their entrance. Adam said, "Come with me. You are in for a surprise." When Clint and Daniel went with him, they realized they had walked right into a trap. They were surrounded by a gang. They were tied up to a poll by gangsters, they decided not to try to escape or they could lose their lives right away. "Well my friends", said Adam, " you might want to know why I did this. After my house exploded I wanted to check where they got the explosives from. They were not any explosives, those were the special type of explosives used by the British Army which was provided by the SDMT which I believe is under your supervision only. Today I want to kill both of you so that no other families would have to suffer. And you are here in front of me because, like always, I thought a step ahead of you. This day was always planned." Suddenly he could hear a lot of footsteps and a moment later all of they all had a laser point on their heads 10-20 military officers had arrived. Clint said, "We outsmarted you there. One night, while you had gone to the washroom, I saw all your plans on your laptop. The next me and Daniel informed the military intelligence about the plan and the date we were going to be trapped. This all was planned, my friend, it was all planned." At that moment Adam reached out for his gun the officers shot him. The rest of him were taken into custody. "Thank you for helping us catch the most notorious gang." said one of the officers. "His circumstances made him do it officer. I believe you are acquainted with his story?" said Daniel. "Yes, I am, but I wanted to have my family and my job. The politician is a lot influential." said the officer. "Anyways, thank you officer for saving our lives." said Clint "Goodbye officers." 

After some days, they were transported back to the place this time no Adam or any gangsters. Clint said, "Well now, I guess we should take a vacation to dial down the craziness level, don't you think?" "Oh yes we should!" said Daniel. And they went back to their home for a well deserved break!

                                                        The End


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