I had this thought after I thought I was finished with this story. Turns out I had one more short little blip for it that I had to share.
Don't own M*A*S*H.
Year 2152
Jen loved being a World Order historian.
She was able to go through ever piece of human history is all it's detail at any point in any day. It was actually helpful to the schools and to the government when debates came in the council. She just loved it.
She smiled as she picked up a book that had once resided in her personal library when she was a child. According to her mother, it had been passed down through the generations with strict instructions that it could never be sold or donated.
Honestly it seemed silly. It was just an old history book on a country that no longer existed. What was the point of it?
She sat it aside and went back to what she had been working on originally.
As very little people actually visited the Library, Jen had days to work on anything she wanted. It made her proficient in a great many things.
Today, she was learning more about genealogy and was mapping family trees. She found it interesting to learn who she was related to going back in time and what her name had changed to over the years.
She was stuck however with one of her descendants.
Becca Winchester.
She could track Charles Winchester back and could even track his sister Honoria as well a bit. Then she seemed to have the same problem with Honoria's husband, Freddy Wills.
Freddy Wills?
Jen took a step back as she looked at that name. It was very familiar. She turned to the computer next to her and started looking for some pictures.
First she pulled up Freddy Wills, famous scientist who was currently working with Becca Coals to create time windows to help those with memory problems and advanced brain deterioration. The picture showed Freddy and Becca standing side by side as they were awarded the grant to start their research.
That was the easy part.
Jen then started on the long journey looking for pictures from the past. Luckily she knew wedding dates and looked for the photo from Freddy and Honoria Wills wedding day. She laughed at the thought that she might distantly be related to the famous scientist Freddy Wills.
The hours flew by while Jen kept searching. As she was waiting for a new picture to load she heard a voice.
"Excuse me?"
Jen looked up into the forest green eyes of Becca Coals. She blinked a couple times before taking a deep breath and smiling.
"Yes?"
Becca smiled. "I'm looking for a book about a region once called..." she looked through her paperwork, "...Korea. Do you have anything on that available?"
Jen nodded. "Yes we do actually." Normally, Jen hated being one of those people that hurried through their job, but she just wasn't interested in looking for an old book on Korea.
She nearly laughed when she saw the book lying behind her on the table was called "Korean History through 1987" It was fate! She grabbed the book with a wide smile and handed it to Becca.
"Here you go."
Becca took the book with a smile. "Thanks. I'll bring it back in two weeks?"
"You got it. Take out a lot of books?"
Becca shrugged. "I'm not a historian, but I do like being prepared."
Jen watched as Becca walked out the door, waving back at the historian. Once the doors were closed did Jen turn back to the screen and blinked.
There was her descendants, Charles Winchester, in a tuxedo standing next to his sister, Honoria, who was dressed in a wedding dress in a home library of all places.
However, Jen's eyes were focused on the other two people in the picture.
The first was Freddy Wills. He looked just like the Freddy Wills of this time. Every detail was exact. He even had a dimple in his right cheek when he smiled.
Becca Winchester was also a ringer for Becca Coals, the same hair length and smile. Although the picture wasn't in color, Jen was sure that if it was the coloring would be the same as well. The big difference between Becca Winchester and Becca Coals was that Becca Winchester was pregnant.
Jen heard the chimes then, meaning that the day was over. She sighed, wishing she could keep working, but it was against the law to work past ending time.
She stood and began gathering her things. She frowned as she realized that the history book was missing. She turned around and started looking all around her desk. She sighed as she tried to remember where she had put that book.
Becca Coals!
She had given the book to Becca. Jen groaned at her idiotic mistake. She had given a family heirloom to a complete stranger.
She shook her head as she shut down her computer, the pictures of Becca Coals and Becca Winchester disappearing.
"It'll be alright," Jen said to herself as she walked out the door. "Becca Coals has a good reputation of returning books. It's not like she's going to disappear with a history book."
