Chapter 3: Mistake

That nerd next Door: Yeah, it's pretty weird though :)

JJZ-109: Glad you like it. Yeah, I have to get used to it. To be honest, I can't really imagine Mufasa being the weaker guy :P

Kblade: I know, they're so cutee :)

Simba didn't even bother to change his clothes. He just made himself comfortable and fell asleep in matter of time. The numbers on his clock changed. It was 12:28.

"RING! RING! RING!," the phone rang and Simba woke up to answer it quickly so he could continue sleeping while he can.

"Hello," he said sleepily, barely keeping his eyes open.

"Simba, you didn't fall asleep, did you?," an old voice said over the phone.

"Doc. No. No, don't be silly," he said and looked over to his clock.

"Listen, this is very important. I forgot my video camera. Can you stop by my place and pick it up on your way to the mall?," he asked. He was breathing heavily.

"Umm… Yeah. I'm on my way," Simba said and hung up. He got out of bed quickly and picked up his skateboard lying by the door. With taking the camera out of Rafiki's house, he lazily drove himself to the mall's parking lot. It was straight 1:15 a.m. He spotted Einstein, Rafiki's companion. Einstein had problems, he couldn't talk and he looked silly.

"Einstein! Hey, Einstein, where's the doc? Huh?," he asked him ignoring the fact that Einstein has no ability to speak. Simba turned his head when he heard some humming. Machine humming. Rafiki's truck's gate opened slowly. There was a DeLorean standing right in front of Simba. The license plate said "JJZ-109". Rafiki opened the door and scanned his surroundings with his eyes wide open.

"Doc!," Simba said fascinated.

"Simba! You made it!," Rafiki said happily.

"Yeah," he smiled looking at the DeLorean.

"Welcome to my latest experiment. This is the big one, the one I've been waiting for all my life!,"

"Well, it's a DeLorean…" Simba's smile slowly dropped.

"Bear with me, Simba. All your questions will be answered. Roll tape and we'll proceed," he rushed him.

"Doc? Is that a DEVO suit?," Simba turned around and pointed at the white suit Rafiki was wearing.

"Never mind that now. Not now," he said. Simba turned on the camera and started to film Rafiki.

"All right. I'm ready," Simba said.

"Good evening. I'm Dr. Rafiki Brown. I'm standing the parking lot at Priderock Mall. It's Saturday morning, October 26, 1985, 1:18 a.m., and this is temporal experiment number one. Come on, Einie. Hey, hey, pal, get in there," he said and pulled Einstein by his tie, "Sit down. Put your seat belt on. That's it," he added and helped Einstein get in the car, "Please note that Einstein's clock is in precise synchronization with my control watch. Got it?," he turned his attention back to Simba.

"Right. Check, Doc," he said.

"Good. Have a good trip Einstein. Watch your head," Rafiki took the remote control and closed the door.

"You got that thing hooked up to the car?," Simba asked.

"Watch this," Rafiki ignored his question.

"Yeah. Okay. Got it," he said and put the camera up. Rafiki started to control the DeLorean like it was a little toy, "Great Kings!," Simba gasped.

"Not me! The car! The car!," Rafiki yelled realizing Simba was taping him, not the car which was now circling around the parking lot. Tires squeaked, engine was running like crazy, "If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour you're going to see some serious shit," he added and made the speed the car should go higher. When the speed was 68 miles per hour Rafiki released the car. It was going faster and faster. When it hit 88 miles, metal was heard cracking and the car disappeared leaving tire marks on fire.

"What did I tell you?," Rafiki screamed and laughed crazily, "88 miles per hour!," the license plate of the car fell on the floor, "The temporal displacement occurred exactly at 1:20 a.m. And zero seconds!,"

"Holy Ahadi!," Simba exclaimed as he touched the license plate, "Holy Ahadi, Doc! You disintegrated Einstein!,"

"Calm down Simba! I didn't disintegrate anything! The molecular structure of both Einstein and the car are completely intact," Rafiki explained calmly.

"Then where the hell are they?," Simba yelled.

"The appropriate question is: 'When the hell are they? '! You see, Einstein has just become the world's first time traveller. I sent him into the future! One minute into the future, to be exact. At precisely 1:21 a.m. and zero seconds, we shall catch up with him and the time machine,"

"Wait a minute. Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me that you built a time machine out of a DeLorean?," Simba gasped.

"The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why don't do it with some style? Besides, the stainless-steel construction made the flux dispersal…" he stopped talking when his clock beeped, "Look out!," he yelled and pushed Simba out of the way. Something passed quickly behind them. The DeLorean's tires squeaked as it stopped. Rafiki and Simba just looked at each other and headed towards the time machine. Rafiki moved his hand to open the door, but quickly pulled it back.

"What? Is it hot?," Simba asked worried.

"It's cold. Damn cold," Rafiki replied and opened the door with his foot, "Einstein! You little devil! Einstein's clock is exactly one minute behind mine and still ticking!," Rafiki laughed. Einstein just looked at him and rushed to the truck, holding his head.

"He's alright," Simba blinked once, not believing his eyes.

"He's fine. And he's completely unaware that anything happened. As far as he's concerned, the trip was instantaneous. That's why his watch is exactly one minute behind mine. He skipped over that minute to instantly arrive at this moment in time. Come here. I'll show you how it works," he said.

"All right," Simba obeyed and followed Rafiki to the DeLorean.

"First, you turn the time circuits on. This readout tells you where you're going, this one tells you where you are, and this tells you where you were. You input your destination time on this keypad. Say you want to see the signing of the Declaration of Independence or witness the birth of Christ. Here's a red-letter date in the history of science. November 5th, 1955. Yes of course. November 5th, 1955.,"

"What? I don't get it. What happened?," Simba asked confused.

"That was the day I invented time travel. I remember it vividly. I was standing on the edge of my toilet, hanging a clock. The porcelain was wet, I slipped, hit my head on the edge of the sink and when I came to I had revelation, a vision, a picture in my head, a picture of this. This is what makes time travel possible. The flux capacitor,"

"Flux capacitor," Simba repeated after him, "This is heavy-duty, Doc. This is great. Does it run on regular unleaded gasoline?,"

"Unfortunately not. It requires something with a little more kick. Plutonium,"

"Plutonium. Wait a minute. Are you telling me that this sucker is nuclear?,"

"Hey, hey, hey! Keep rolling . Keep rolling there. No, no, no, this sucker's electrical, but I need a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity I need,"

"Doc, you don't just walk into a store and buy plutonium. Did you rip that off?," Simba asked suspiciously.

"Of course. From a group of Trailer Park Hyenas. They wanted me to build them a bomb, so I took their plutonium and, in turn, gave them a shoddy bomb casing full of used pinball machine parts. Come on! Let's get you a radiation suit. Great Kings!," Rafiki gasped. Simba turned around and saw a blue truck getting closer and closer.

"What?,"

"They found me. I don't know how, but they found me,"

"Who? Who?,"

"The Hyenas!,"

"Holy shit!,"

The Hyenas drove all over to Rafiki, who was standing still, in shock. The female one pulled out her gun and shot him several times.

"NO! YOU BITCH!," Simba yelled. When he realized what he said he ran over to the DeLorean and got in quickly. He started the engine and the car was slowly getting to its highest speed. The car soon reached 88 mph. Rafiki warned him. The tires were squeaking and the car suddenly disappeared with flames on his sides. Simba was in the past and Rafiki was dead.

That's it! I have to apologize for not updating for a long period but I had my reasons. Please review! :)