Paradox by Milles C. David

Author:Milles, C. David [Milles, C. David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: C. David Milles
Published: 2013-07-01T22:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

“What happened?” Zac heard as he arrived back at TEMPUS. He was still holding onto Emilee, and she let go of him as soon as she saw Rock stretched out on the ground outside the pentagon. He was surrounded by Zac’s dad and Chen; Bryce sat off to the side in a rolling chair, leaning forward and clutching his head. “What happened to him?” Dr. Ryger asked again.

“The wormhole malfunctioned,” Bryce said. “It set us down somewhere in prehistoric times.”

“What?” Chen asked. “But that’s impossible. I entered the coordinates myself!”

Emilee moved to Rock’s side and held his bloodied hand. Rock groaned. “Yeah, well, impossible or not, what do you think did this? Prairie dogs?” She stroked his arm.

“I just don’t get it,” Chen said. “I checked the parameters several times. I went through all of the precautions, everything. I don’t know how it could have gone wrong, Dr. Ryger.”

“Well, we’ll have to deal with that later. Right now, we need to get him help,” he replied.

Rock whispered something, and Emilee bent down to listen. “We have to get him to a hospital,” she said. “He said he can’t feel his arm where the dinosaur bit him. He said it’s numb and feels like it’s spreading.”

“Okay,” Dr. Ryger said. “Let’s get him to the main level. But we need a plausible explanation. We obviously can’t tell the hospital he time-travelled or survived a dinosaur attack.” He lifted Rock up and together they started walking up the incline. Emilee followed.

Chen ran over to help. “I got you,” he said, supporting Rock’s other side. “I’m so sorry, man. I have no idea how this happened.” He continued apologizing as they walked, and his voice soon became a murmur echoing off the walls as they ascended.

Soon, Zac was left alone in the room with only Bryce. He pulled up another rolling chair and moved close to him. “So what happens now?” he asked.

Bryce didn’t even look up. “I don’t want to think about it,” he said.

“Do you think Rock’s going to be okay?”

“I have no idea. He’s in pretty bad shape now. I don’t know about you and Emilee, but when we travelled together like that, it drained a lot more energy from me than I expected.”

“Same here,” Zac said. He still felt a bit dizzy and almost sick to his stomach.

“And if his arm is going numb like that…”

Zac looked at the pentagon. “He’s going to shut it down, isn’t he?”

Bryce took a deep breath. “I don’t know. Last time something like this happened, when Rock’s brother died, he shut it down for a month. But Rock convinced him to keep going. I don’t see that happening this time.”

Not that it mattered anyway, Zac thought. His Wand was gone, destroyed by the pack of prehistoric beasts. He couldn’t use the machine anymore unless his dad had finished making him the other Wand. But even if he did, he probably wouldn’t let Zac use it. His “great idea” to observe the past had blown up in his face.

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