Timeline 2 A Blast from the Past
Chapter 3
Dead Meat
Abu Seibel
Rick had talked to Dr. Ilsad for a long time trying to get a place that was out of the way but where they could both reach easily. Finally Rick said Abu Seibel temple and it was agreed. Then by midday both of them remembered that no-one had said which temple to go to, and the fact that there were a lot of temples in Abu made it even harder but they found each other wandering near the market. They exchanged handshakes and ordered coffee from the nearest café and sat outside. Dr. Ilsad found it hard to talk to this imposing stranger, Rick was heavily built and had definitely played rugby or lifted weights but on the inside Rick was a big softie. He had done a lot of charity work before coming to Egypt and had also written poems and painted. Dr. Ilsad was small and wire thin with dark rings round his eyes making him look as if he was wearing eye-shadow. He had not done much sport but he concentrated more on his mental abilities, he had several degrees under his belt and worked best in chemistry. Rick picked up his coffee mug first, a giant with a thimble and sipped at it, then he spoke, " So I heard you dug up a fashion conscious mummy" and he laughed nervously, unsure how this archaeologist would react. Mohammed just stared, he wasn't in the mood for jokes, "Do you understand that this….incident could end our jobs?"
Rick smiled in a vampirish way, "What can they say? Two respected archaeologists dress up a 3000 year old mummy in a torn demin jacket and cell-phone? C'mon think about it? They have no motivation case! Anyway what's the carbon-dating like?" He was referring to the time not the procedure, Mohammed hesitated and looked side to side and leaned forward, he said in a whisper, "6000 to 6500 years, and the oldest pyramid in Egypt! But something is fishy about this, it doesn't seem right! It feels like a trap."
Rick thought to himself and then said, "You could go back…."
Mohammed was surprised, "Where to?"
Rick smiled, "Ancient Egypt!"
I-GENT Company HQ, USA
David Jeruir enjoyed his job as an electrician for the world's biggest computer company. His salary was huge and everyone in his sector was friendly, even his boss! A new project had come up strangely, 742 kilojoules of electricity and water shield were a high priority on the materials list but it was fine and the blueprints easy to read. David had done a degree in physics and noticed something as the machine built up, it could transform matter into electrical signals and back again, no that was impossible. But it really didn't matter; it rarely happened that the project builders got to see what their project does. It was easy to build compared to some of the circuitry they had soldered. Nothing could go wrong. Or so he thought.
6 Months later…
I-Gent Company HQ, USA
David and his team had finished the project 16 months early, without much effort. Rick Gardnett had arrived back from Egypt, he was the team's administrator and extremely good at his job. All the paperwork was finished in a day, definitely a record! And that night, David invited his team to the local pub and the lot of them had a great time except his wife who saw her husband come home 5 hours late from work. The next week went fine with odd jobs having to be done for each of the other branches until on Friday, the President came. David was expecting a red carpet and confetti made of money, Mr. Iushido was the richest man on earth. Mr. Iushido smiled warmly as David introduced his team and then sat them in the nearest conference room. He spoke gently, explaining how useful this machine was and how celebrated David's team would be. Then came the worst shock of all, Mr. Iushido laughed and said, "There is one last task for you to complete, you must test out the time machine!" David knew, for some strange reason,that his team was dead meat.
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