20/7/2019
“Hi, my name is Emily and you are watching ‘Sunday News’. We are live here in Florida, where a hurricane named ‘Bulum’ is leaving behind what seems to be the largest damage that one hurricane has ever done.”
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20/7/2039
Exactly 20 years ago the largest hurricane ever attacked Florida. Florida never recovered from the attack.
Ever since then, all scientists around the world had worked really hard to develop a formula whose purpose is to prevent the hurricane from wreaking havoc on Florida. They finally developed it and it was ready for use. All that was left to be done was to find someone who would travel back in time to when the catastrophe happened, throw the formula into the eye of the hurricane and stop it.
They found that ‘someone’. It was one of the most successful FBI agents ever, and her name was Catherine McDeBetts, senior agent Catherine McDeBetts.
Now, you all must be wondering how she would be able to go back in time. Well, she has got a small globe that represents the Earth. Every turn around its axis to the left is one day forward into the future, and every turn to the right is one day back into the past. Catherine turned the globe exactly 7,305 times to the right and the globe took her to July 20, 2019 – the day when Florida was hit by the notorious hurricane.
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20/7/2019
“Where am I?” – she wondered – “Am I in the right place?” That’s when she heard this:
“Hi, my name is Emily and you are watching ‘Sunday News’. We are live here in Florida where a hurricane named ‘Bulum’ is leaving behind what seems the biggest damage that one hurricane has ever done.”
“That must be it” – she said.
She looked around and realized that she was in danger too. Hurricane was less than 1 km away. She had to think fast. “What now? What’s the next step?” Then she remembered – “Oh, right! The formula! Where have I put it? Is it in my pocket? Yes, it is. But when will it be the right time to use it?”
While she was thinking, the hurricane was getting closer and closer.
“I no longer have time to think. I must throw it in now!”
Less than a second later, the formula was already flying towards the hurricane.
Formula hit the hurricane and splashed all around. The hurricane changed its course in the direction of the Atlantic Ocean where it was supposed to disappear without hurting anybody and leave Florida almost untouched.
Everybody started celebrating except Catherine. “Somehow it just seems too perfect. Something isn’t right.”
Because of the hurricane, all winds blew in one direction creating a circle. They were all moving towards the east. It caused the turning of the globe to the east and sent Catherine to July 20, 2049.
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20/7/2049
“Woah! That was weird”, she said while holding her forehead – “I have a headache. What year is it, anyway?”
Catherine turned around. Everything was full of robots, cars were flying in the sky and most people weren’t even walking on the ground – they were walking on tall bridges that connected large skyscrapers all the way above the clouds. Catherine turned around a little bit more. In front of her was an electronic shop. Along with a lot of equipment, they were also selling televisions. One of them was turned on, broadcasting the news and the news presenter said:
“Thirty years ago, one of the world’s largest catastrophes ever happened. A hurricane named ‘Bulum’ was about to attack Florida, when for some unknown reason it changed its course to the Atlantic Ocean and hit Portugal and Spain. The person who most people blame for this catastrophe is a senior FBI agent Catherine McDeBetts. On the screen now you can see her picture. If you see her, please immediately report to the local law enforcement robot…”
“Oh no! What have I done? H-h-how?”
In the meantime, one man was taking his dog for a walk when he saw Catherine and the picture on the news. He soon realized that it was the same person.
Catherine saw him and understood that she needed to move fast. She started running. The man was already talking to a police robot.
A whole army of robots started chasing her. But not for long. She wasn’t a very good runner, unable to run for long, so she stopped. She reached for her gun, but when she turned around in the direction of the robots, it was already too late. One of robots took the shot first…
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20/7/2039
“Wait… is this heaven or my living room? Nah, definitely my living room. Whoa. What a crazy dream!”
All of a sudden, her phone rang.
“Hello? Who’s this? Hello?”
“Good job Mrs. McDeBetts. MISSION COMPLETE.”
