Chapter Two
I had worked all night last night, surprisingly. I wish I knew why, but it was as if something were compelling me to finish it. Don't get me wrong; I wanted to finish it very badly. The sooner the better. But I was nearly shocked when morning came that I had actually finished it. I could hardly believe it. I stood back, admiring my hard work, until Dawn waltzed in and interrupted my thoughts.
"Morning, Jakie!" she greeted cheerfully.
"Morning, Dawn," I answered. I admit, staying up all night can really do stuff to you. I'm not much of a morning person, anyway. I giggled when I saw the look on Dawns face when she saw the finished time travel machine. It was priceless.
"You finished it!" she exclaimed. I nodded proudly. I always took a lot of pride in my work, even if it was only a small trinket. Well, now to see if dawn was up for a good test drive…
"How about after breakfast we-" I was cut off.
"YES! Let's go!" she exclaimed. I cocked an eyebrow, and then giggled.
"Well, aren't you anxious?" I teased. "Come on. Let's get something to eat before anything happens. Besides, we have to be prepared for anything, remember."
"Oh, fine!" Dawn hopped onto my shoulder as usual. I smirked, but walked out of my garage and into the house.
I ate quickly, because I wanted to get to my dad's gun arsenal. Going back to save him from dying would call for a good weapon. Only problem was what to take. My favorite gun was the Peacemaker, but that was too powerful, and didn't have much ammo capacity. There was always the blaster as well, which was my second favorite. I didn't like a Vulcan too much. Too heavy, and I always have trouble aiming it. Hell, I'll just take the blaster. That was my best bet.
Once Dawn and I had finished everything up, I went to the back room to change clothes, then I grabbed the blaster, loaded it, and met Dawn out in the garage by the machine.
"Well… this is our only shot, Dawn… If we screw this up, we'll never see our fathers again," I said.
"I know that. Now just get that thing in gear!" Dawn responded, almost jumping up and down in anticipation. I scoffed and started putting in the coordinates.
Once I was done with that nonsense, I jumped into the car and started pushing buttons. I didn't have to wait for Dawn, considering she'd long since been in it.
"Ready?" I asked. She nodded anxiously. I watched at the warp gate started glowing brightly, while the engines hummed loudly. I took a deep breath, and pushed the launch button. The small car that Dawn and I sat in slowly moved along the tracks, then accelerated forwards, strait into the warp gate…
I don't remember the ride to well, but I do remember hitting the ground hard, tumbling over a few times, then landing flat on his stomach on solid concrete. That hurt… And to make things worse, Dawn landed right on top of me. That REALLY hurt… I took a few minutes to gather my strength, and then I slowly sat up. Everything seemed in order, until I realized that something had gone wrong.
"Dawn… we're standing in front of the pumping station outside of Haven City…" I said in near shock.
"Haven City? What the hell are we doing here?" Dawn demanded.
"I don't know… Something must've gone wrong…" I guessed. I cautiously approached the city entrance, and it automatically opened, allowing me passage through. Dawn quickly scampered up my leg and onto my shoulder. This was my first glimpse of Haven city in my life; minus a few things my dad had shown me in the past. Well, here goes nothing… the gate opened and I took my first steps into the city. But what I saw wasn't what I'd hoped we'd see.
"This… is very bad…" I managed to say.
"Why, Jakie?" Dawn asked me. I swallowed the lump in my throat.
"It's not how dad explained it to me… Dawn… we went way to far back!"