What Might Have Been
By. Tate Icasa
Chapter Five: Never Look A Gift OMANC in the Microchip
Keely Teslow entered to abandoned house of Phil Diffy. She opened the cabinet where Curtis had been discovered. There was a tiny box sitting there, the only thing left.
Keely opened the box and pulled out a tiny silver square. Tiny bits of circuitry lined one side of it. Each corner had a hole. In one of the hole hung a thin silver chain. The box had a little piece of velvet for the piece to sit on and Keely pulled it out.
The velvet was folded but on the back words could be seen. Keely unfolded the velvet and began to read.
"You gave her WHAT!" Lloyd Diffy exploded, almost losing control of the RV/time machine.
"I had to, dad-" Phil tried to explain.
"Phil, I don't want to hear it."
"Bad Phil!" Curtis said and threw a stone at his head.
Dear Keely,
This square is the most important piece of the time machine. It's the OMANC, or Original Memory And Navigational Computer. Without it we can't go back to my time. If we stay in this century there's always a chance that we may someday meet again. So I'm making sure we have that chance.
Phil.
PS. The chain isn't part of it. I added that so you can wear the OMANC as a necklace.