Doctor Who: A Struggle During The American Revolution

I looked out the window to see the USPS mail van pulling up to my mailbox. I look back at my television playing Doctor Who. When a thought comes into my mind, what if that is the package I have been waiting for. I reach for the silver and black Comcast remote to pause the show. I pause it, put the remote back on my bed and got up. When I get to the door, I realize it was raining out so I ran to the mailbox, got the mail with my package and ran back inside. When I got back I opened the letter from my school and I pulled it out. It was my grades and one of the comments was "Great problem solving skills." I opened the package and pulled out the vortex manipulator out and put it on my wrist. A vortex manipulator is cheap and nasty time travel in Doctor Who. I plug in a day during the American Revolution. The next thing I know is that I am standing on a brick structure. I look around to see where I am. I see two lanterns with one lit and a guy trying to light the other one. He glanced at me and immediately panicked. I was just as surprised to see him as he was to see me. The next thing I know is that he is jumping off the steeple onto the roof and running off the roof. …show more content…
Ok I need to brainstorm some ideas. Ok I need to brainstorm some ideas now and I am having a hard time coming up with any. My brain thinks about the stress and I take a deep breath to calm down, then two ideas come to mind. The first is to grab the already lit one to light the other one, but the melting wax would burn my hand and hurt a lot. The other idea is to grab the unlit one and hold it over the lit one to light the candle I would be holding. It might burn my hand but it would be easier then then the other idea. I would have to be quick but not too quick to cause the light to go out. I rushed to do so and when it lit up I slowly put it back in the lantern, as if not to burn my hand or let the light go