New story once again. I need to stop, yeah I know. But, I was recently inspired to do this story after reading another fic on here! This is also loosely based on the show, Flashforward. I had seen a couple episodes a long time ago, so sorry if my facts aren't exactly right.

I changed up the year. In the show, their blackouts occurred in 2009 .. but seeing as I am the author, I decided to make it so it was 2011, going to 2012.

Enjoy.

[October 6, 2011]

Today was simply an ordinary day. To anyone who asked what the date was would also say it was an ordinary day. That's all it ever was. Just a regular day in Seaford. A regular day in October, to be exact.

But, no one would have ever guessed that on such an ordinary day - the most unusual and extraordinary thing would happen. No one saw it coming.

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Rudy Glesby quickly walked over to the front doors of his dojo before turning over the cardboard closed sign so it said open to the people viewing outside. A light glow from the sun outside caused Rudy to scrunch his eyes. He took a few steps back before rubbing the over-tiredness from his eyes.

His eyes then traveled to the clock.

1:32.

In a couple of hours, some of his students would be traveling through those doors - ready for another class. The only problem was that Rudy's business was slowly decreasing. The Bobby Wasabi Martial Arts Dojo wasn't doing too well. He had received many phone calls and e-mails from Bobby's people about how if business does not pick, they would be forced to close doors forever.

But, Rudy Glesby was no quitter. He would have to die way before he would give up this dojo. Karate was his life which meant that he would not go down without a fight.

And without a fight he would go.

Jerry Martinez groaned to himself as he had to sit in yet another boring physics class. How he got placed into a physics class, he would never know. There was apparently a mix-up when he was signing up for classes and unfortunately, the Latino would be stuck listening to Mr. Baker's incessant lectures about who knows what.

As he surveyed the rest of the people in his class, he silently laughed to himself as everyone portrayed the same bored expression. Everyone except for the two ultra-nerds that go by the name, Julie Leighton and Milton Krupnick.

Jerry leaned back into his chair and crossed his arms. You would think considering they're the nerdiest of the entire high school that they would be the best of friends. However, these two hated each other with a burning passion. They've exchanged their hate for one another multiple times. The brunet never really understood why she would hate him and vice-versa. But, then again, why should the brunet be concerned? It's not like he was friends with them.

They were merely nerds.

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Milton stood up at the front of the class with a huge grin on his face. Mr. Baker quickly clapped his hands together to get the attention of the class. Some merely leaned on their arm while others snored quietly in the back of the class. It was truly quite amazing how Mr. Baker never noticed these things.

"Class, we have a special presentation today by one of your very own classmates, Milton Krupnick!" He patted Milton on the back and allowed him to step forward.

He quirked an eyebrow when he saw Julie purposely let out a yawn. He would not let her have the benefit of ruining his good mood.

"Alright. So today, I am here to talk about the Many Worlds Theory." He started off and he could've sworn he saw a glint of interest shine through Julie's eyes before it was replaced by complete annoyance.

"The Many Worlds Theory is pretty simple. It merely talks about how there are many different 'worlds' or 'universes' other than the one we are on right now. And, I'm not talking about how we're on Earth or the other planets like that. What I'm referring to is different realities. You guys might not realize it but there are many different realities other than this one. Our decisions and choices are what affects our reality."

So far so good. Surprisingly, the people at the back of the class were finally awake.

"Many examples have been done before, but I think the one that really sticks the most would be the Schrödinger cat. It's a hypothetical cat so don't worry. The cat is placed into a box with.." He eyed his classmates carefully as each of them stared back in a horrific manner. "I said it was hypothetical!"

He paused for a moment as he tried to think of another way to explain his example. He then looked over to Jerry who was sitting of to the side, completely blocking out his entire presentation when he got the best way to explain it.

"Let's take Jerry for example." Jerry's head shot up almost instantly when he heard his name being called. "So, last month - remember when he was on camera at the strip plaza for the eating challenge. He only had one more corn dog to finish. So there was a 50/50 outcome. If he ate the last one, he would win. If he didn't, he would lose. Right now, that's two worlds split - one where he would win while the other would be if he lost."

The class began to sort of understand.

"But, let's say no-one was watching. What if it wasn't on camera? What if it was merely Jerry by himself eating the corn dogs? Since we don't know - both worlds currently exist. So, did Jerry win or lose?"

"Jerry won." Julie answered for the class.

And in a way, it was true. Jerry actually won the corn dog eating contest.

Milton seem slightly appalled that Julie answered his question, "Right. So, in this world, Jerry had won. But in another world, he would've lost. That's the alternate universe. Again, we may not realize it but every choice we do can affect our world. Once wrong choice could cause a ripple and change your future entirely."

"So, what happens if your future changes?" Jerry asked earning a huge gasp from everyone. "What? I'm just saying .. what happened to the future before? Is it now gone since there's a new future?"

"Well, it just so happens, that along the road - these two worlds will eventually meet. It's inevitable. It's sort of like destiny or fate. For example, two people were supposed to meet at a certain time on a certain day and unfortunately, one of them couldn't make it. The worlds would re-arrange themselves in a way where they would meet again in the future. I'm not saying that you should try to interfere with your future now just see if you can make your two worlds connect because it does have it's repercussions. Life is very fragile. You only get one chance to live, so be careful with your choices. You may never know what the impact it can have on your life."

People were walking around doing their normal routine. It was simply an ordinary day.

But as the clocks in Seaford turned to 2PM, Eastern Standard Time - everything changed.

Rudy who had just tucked away some of his rags in a nearby locker collapsed suddenly - his eyes shutting almost instantly after collapsing. Milton who was standing at the front of the class just fell face forward to the unforgiving floor. Julie smashed her face on the desk when her whole body went limp. Jerry's neck leaned out awkwardly as he fell into unconscious state.

It wasn't just them. Outside, all around the world - over seven billion people - collapsed into a soft slumber. Others were lucky as they were either taking a nap, or they had fallen into something softer like grass. While many others, fell asleep at the wheel causing them to crash into other cars.

Today, on October 6th, the entire population on Earth had blacked out for two minutes and seventeen seconds.

And in those two minutes and seventeen seconds, they had seen their future.

So, what did you guys think of that so far? I hope it wasn't too confusing. Don't worry - Jack, Eddie, Kim and Grace are all in this story. They'll be making their appearance soon. I just sort of wanted to do an introduction and I thought about using Rudy, Milton and Jerry.

This is something totally new from me. I was really inspired by the show. I'm actually re-watching the episodes now. It sucks that they only had one season :(

Anyways, review!