Doors have been left open; car’s still running, and pets left to fend for themselves. Again there are no humans in sight. Something has gone wrong, very horribly wrong. Could it be because I travelled in time? Have we upset the space-time continuum that much, that it caused everybody to vanish?
My heart starts pounding so much, that I have to sit down on the stairs of one of the abandoned houses. Was Dr. Richards right? He warned us, but none of us listened.
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Two months earlier (a couple of days …show more content…
Since no humans are around, not only has Mother Nature started to take back the cities, highways, and villages, but also Animals have slowly migrated closer to the towns.
Anyway, this Gorilla must have gotten either lost or escaped somewhere, because as I rounded a corner in the city centre of Rio, this massive silverback Gorilla just stood in front of me. A few seconds passed in which we had stared at each other before he let out a big grunt and I turned and ran for my life. Happy Days!
My usual buzz cut has grown out during the trip, and I now look like Tom Hanks in Castaway. However, I have stopped at growing a beard. Mine just becomes patchy and even though there is no one else but me in this world, I still care a little how I look.
Now I am back here, and I will try to assemble the time machine to travel back in time. However, it depends on how badly the capsule was damaged.
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Two Months later
“What do you think?” I ask Max, my not so small Husky puppy, as I roll out from under the capsule. I found him on the base, as I got back. His mother must have abandoned him. “Will it work this time?” Max just looks at me and then continues to chew the bone I got him from the