Second Story!?!

   So the Time Travel series has come to an end (maybe), and I have started to think about making a second story series. I made some ideas, although most are half developed ideas, and most of them are really unrealistic. Comment on which idea I should use, and also what kind of story I should make. Feel free to include the names of characters and the setting.

1. Someone finds out about a very powerful object that can grant you whatever wish you want.
2. The world is in poverty because of overpopulation, and only one thing can solve it. Groups start to form and massacres happen for competition of resources. A boy’s parents are killed in this and is forced to join a gang. He then has to kill a village girl, but instead escapes with her into another place and tries to survive.
3. Disease starts to spread. World population remains at 20,000. The last cities are Los Angeles, Shanghai, Berlin, New York, London, and Tokyo, all with a mere population of around 4,000. Then, a revolutionary medicine is made, but in it’s early stages. 50% of people who eat this might die. But everyone tries it.
4. The ocean completely covers 98% of the world. There is barely any land left. People are fighting to survive. Then a boy realizes that he can live underwater. He is outcasted as a freak when he was young, but as the oceans keep on creeping up, humanity realizes it’s last hope. Scientists try to inject his DNA to other people, but the ones that are injected with his DNA die instead of having the ability to live underwater. What will happen next????
5. A boy goes crazy and kills everyone in his classroom. He is sent to an asylum, and dies there, but soon after him, another boy gets crazy. Scientists realize it’s a deadly and very contagious disease called Crazy Richard. It only can affect boys though, and terror is spread through all the schools. Richard, a boy in a school, is very afraid. He thinks it could be no coincidence that the first infected boy was named Richard, and the second infected one also Richard. Peculiarly, all the boys infected were named Richard, and all came from cities with more than 10 million population. His situation was exactly like that. He was named Richard, and lived in New York. OH NO WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HIM? Suddenly, right about at this time, the world is facing a meteor that will kill them in about a year. Scientist, also about this time, are realizing that Crazy Richard has a side effect of being able to live in intense heat, just like the environment the meteor will bring. Now everyone wants to get this disease,but when they get it, they still have the natural tendency to kill people. As a result, the worlds population decreases by half, and the meteor comes closer.
6. A girl fell off a cliff. A flying elephant caught her. She went into the clouds to only realize a herd of flying elephants lived up there. She joins the elephants. But living with the elephants changed something in her brain. She is now crazy. She acts like elephants, eats like elephants, and does everything like an elephant does. One day, a passing plane saw this herd of elephants, and the pilot thought he was helping the stranded girl by killing all the elephants and lifting her to the safe plane. She gets very angry and kills everyone and the plane as a result starts to plummet to the ground. Before the pilot died, he sent out an emergency call. In the end, she is put in a zoo.

Time Travel-Part 5

“I think it is,” Tom said. “Maybe if we break it, then the world would be safe from the dangers of taking things from the past!” Annie looked at her feet. “But how do we destroy it?” She said, “Also, if we destroy the time machine, then that would mean we could never get back to my dad right?” Tom considered this, and he scratched his head in worry. Annie is right, if we destroy the time machine, then the world would be safe, and we would also be safe, but Annie’s dad and my dad might make another one. Suddenly, an alarm went off. Tom and Annie looked around in panic, would if it was Tom and Annie setting off the alarm? Footsteps sounded in the distance. Suddenly, the door to the first room opened.

“We have to destroy the time machine now!” Tom said in a panicked whisper.

“No! We have to save my parents,” Annie said. The footsteps grew closer “I think they are in here,” One voice said, dangerously close to the secret door. Tom’s eyes widened with alarm. “We have to go through the machine now, and destroy it. Your dad can always make a new one anyways. The only way to be safe if to get through the machine and destroy it!” Tom said, still in a whisper. A banging on the secret door started, and Tom looked toward the door in dread. “If they break down that door, then we are dead for sure,” Tom said. Another huge bang landed onto the door. The walls shivered from the impact.

“Destroy the machine Tom,” Annie said, with fear in her voice. Tom nodded, and started to inspect the machine. There were many buttons, thankfully all labeled. There were choices to set your time, where you wanted to go, and so on. He couldn’t spot any button saying emergency destruction or anything like that. Tom started to sweat in worry. Then, a crack appeared in the wall.

“Tom, hurry!” Annie said.

“I know, I know. I can’t find emergency destruct!” Tom yelled in frustration. Another bang shook the room and the crack widened. Tom could already see the shoes of men on the other side. They seemed to be backing up, looking like they were about to strike again. Time seemed to slow down as they did, and the final bang, louder than all the rest, broke the whole wall down. Annie screamed, and Tom grabbed her hand. Tom tried to find an exit as more than a dozen men piled into the room with weapons in their hands. The only exit now would be the time machine. He charged toward the machine, with Annie screaming and crying behind him. As he jumped into the Time Machine, he turned to see one last glance back at the men. For a split second, he could see Annie’s dad and Tom’s dad at the back of the room, trying to get to the front. Suddenly, all the yelling, screaming, and objects all disappeared, and Tom closed his eyes in satisfaction.

When Tom woke up, Annie was already awake. They were both in what looked like a grassland, peaceful and quiet.

“Tom. I see you've woken up,” Annie said.

“Yeah, I’m awake,” Tom replied.

“I found a button when you were still asleep. It was right by your hand. It said something about emergency destruct. I wasn’t sure what it was,” She gave Tom the button. It was simple, just a round circle with letters on the top.

“I guess we should just press it then,” Tom said.

“Yeah, OK,” Annie replied.

“Let’s press it together!” Tom said. They both held the button in their hands.

“Ready? Three, two, one,” Tom said. They both pressed the button at the same time. There was no after effect of the button, as there shouldn’t be. Tom looked at the grassland. THe sun was just setting, making the scene look even more peaceful. They were away from all the chaos now. Away from panic and fear and misfortune. At least for now. Tom and Annie walked toward the small town they saw in the distance, smiling along the way. A little kid ran up to them. “Who are you?” He asked.

Time Travel-Part 4

She led them through another long corridor and into a room, not as big as Tom’s dad’s, but still bigger than any room Tom had ever been too. When the woman left, Tom and Annie started talking.

“I don’t trust your dad at all,” Annie said.

“I really don’t know who to believe. It makes sense for my dad to do what he did. But I still don’t know why he needs us,” Tom said.

“Don’t you get it. He is using you as bait. My dad wants you back with him because it was part of the deal,” Just then, they heard a commotion outside the building. They looked out their window, which was facing the main entrance. It was hard too see who was causing the commotion, since they were surprisingly very high up and many people were crowded around the person, but Tom caught a small glimpse that he couldn’t believe.

“It’s your dad Annie. He came here,” Tom said. Annie looked to Tom in disbelief.

“We have to go get him! We have to save him,” Annie said. Tom nodded in agreement. “But how do we get to him. These hallways are too confusing to navigate,” Tom said.

“We have to try at least!” Annie said. She bolted through the doors. Tom ran to catch up with her. When they got out into the hallway they were already lost.

“I remember us coming from that way,” Tom said, pointing to the right. They came across many more intersection points and after the third one, Tom was just guessing on where to go. On about their seventh intersection, they bumped into someone unexpected. When they were turning to another hallway, Annie crashed into Tom’s dad. He seemed very mad about something, probably the fact that Annie’s dad had shown up.

“Hello, Tom and Annie. I see you’re going on a walk,” Tom’s dad said.

“Umm, yeah. Just going for a walk,” Tom chucked nervously. Just when they were about to continue their search for Annie’s dad, Tom’s dad said something. “Tom, I just want you to know that I sent you back in time to here because I thought that you were finally old enough to learn the truth,” With that, he left them to themselves again. After a few more turns, they found a door slightly ajar.

“Maybe that’s the exit!” Annie said excitedly. The opened the door and walked in, only to see that it was just a room, and not a door leading to the outside. When Tom was walking back out of the room, he hit a board. He cried out in pain, but just as he did, all the lights in the room turned on, and a secret door opened.

“What was that” Annie asked.

“I have no idea. But it could be important,” Tom replied. Annie and Tom cautiously walked into the secret door, only to find a huge rectangle with a lock on it.

“Should we try the lock to see what's inside?” Annie asked.

“How could we guess the lock correctly?” Tom said.

“It is your dad that designed this place. Maybe he said the password before,” Annie said. Tom thought about his past. When had his dad say number over and over again? Then he remembered something. He remembered that his dad was trying to teach him the alphabet when he was younger, but his dad kept on repeating the same letters over and over again, that weren’t even in alphabetical order. It had started with an A...He couldn’t remember the rest. Annie saw that Tom was struggling to remember the code, so she gave a tip. “Maybe you could remember it better if you said it out loud,” Annie said.

“OK, I’ll try it. A, uh, E, I, Q,” Tom said. “It should be AEIQ,” Tom approached the lock on the rectangle. Him palms were sweating as he entered the letters, hoping that he could open it on his first try. The A was entered, then the E, and I, and at the end, the Q. Right when he pressed enter, a long buzzing sound appeared, and to Tom and Annie’s disbelief, the metal rectangle fell open, revealing what was inside.

“What is that,” Annie said, astonished. It was a metal frame, but Tom could tell that being a metal frame wasn’t it’s only purpose. It had many complicated buttons on it, and a huge lever. Tom slowly walked  toward the rectangular device, and saw that the huge lever meant turning the device on. He hesitated for a few moments, but then he decided that he would pull the lever. A loud sound rang Annie and Tom’s ears, and instead of a blank rectangle, the frame was now swirling masses of purple air.

“Could that be the time machine?”

Time Travel-Part 3

“No. Wait. Father! Father!” Annie’s crying started again. But this time, Tom didn't try to comfort Annie. He couldn't believe what he just heard. How could it be possible that his father was actually from 1776? Tom felt like crying himself, and just as he noticed that Annie was crying also, something crashed down from the ceiling and trapped Annie and Tom inside. Annie’s crying abruptly stopped. Two men approached Annie and Tom, one with a gun, the other with handcuffs.

“I told you they would come out when we closed a door.” The first man said. The second man just shrugged his shoulders. They handcuffed Tom and Annie, and forced them outside of the house, where a car was waiting. Once Tom saw the car, he immediately felt another pang of familiarity. It was just a plain white van, but Tom swore he saw it before. He shook of the feeling, thinking that it was just a coincidence. Tom and Annie were shoved into the car roughly, with the first man pointing a gun at them the whole time.

“You guys better not try anything funny, or you’ll be dead before you know it,” the first man said. Tom and Annie both nodded, and sat still for the whole journey. During the car ride, Tom kept on thinking back to Annie’s dad's last words. Could it have just been a slip of a tongue? He thought. The fact that Annie’s dad was his real dad made things much more complicated. How could it be possible that someone from the 18th century is his father? Then again, how did he get to the 18th century? The ride was over before he knew it, and he was shoved out of the car, and toward a small log building. The building was fenced in with electrical barbed wire, and the second man punched in a code to the keypad. When they crossed from into the fenced in area, the whole scenery around them changed. The lush green forest turned into a dirty, deforested pasture. A huge building loomed over them, covered in smoke and ash.

“Welcome to Future Tech Industries!” The first man said with a mischievous smile. His words made everything seem worse. Annie and Tom looked around in horror at their new surroundings, but they were quickly shoved into one of the many towers dotting the area. The inside of the building was polished and clean, unlike the dirty outside.

“Tell Boss that were here with the children,” the first man said to a lady that greeted them. The lady nodded, and typed something into a small keypad that she had with her. She led them down many hallways and into a huge room with couches and glass windows that covered the walls.

“Welcome!” a booming voice said.

“Hello sir. We brought the children,” the first man said. Then he and the second man left the room, leaving Tom and Annie by themselves in the huge room. Tom looked around in confusion. The man that said welcome was no where to be seen.

“Children. Don’t worry, you will be safe here,” the mysterious voice said in a soothing tone. Tom looked at Annie to see what her reaction was, and surprisingly, she looked very angry.

“First, you kill my father. Then you send me to this place. And now you don’t even show yourself and tell us we are safe!” Annie yelled. He voice filled the room and echoed. The room was silent for a long time before the mysterious man found a reply.

“Please let me explain myself. I didn't show myself because I don’t think Tom is ready to know who I really am. And your father probably isn't dead.” the voice said. “In fact I’ll be quite surprised if he is,” the voice chuckled. Then the voice’s tone went back to a serious one. “But now, since you seem to eager to know, I will show myself.” A door appeared on one of the walls. The door slowly opened, and Tom’s eyes widened with it. Out from the doors came a man Tom had seen almost every day of his life. Out from the door came his father from the 21st century. Tom didn't know how to react. He felt anger and happiness from seeing his ‘father’. His ‘father’ was the one that sent him back here, but why? Annie looked at Tom in confusion. Tom saw the confusion and explained to Annie that the man was his father from the future. Tom’s dad continued to talk.

“Tom and Annie, you probably don’t really like what I have done so far, and that is reasonable. But please let me explain why I started Future Tech Industries” Tom’s dad said. Tom and Annie both nodded, though Annie’s nod was more like a half nod. “If you fast forward to 2100, the world is a mess. There are no more resources. Half the world is starving. People are killing each other just for food or any other needs. Annie’s father made a time machine with the help of me and my son, not directly for the purpose of getting resources from the past, but to teach the people of the past what would happen in the future. Of course, it didn't work. People still continued their regular everyday lives without even thinking twice about the consequences. Meanwhile, things are getting worse and worse in 2100. All government is abolished. There is no more order. And even though me and Frank, Annie’s dad, were partners in making the time machine, I couldn't bear watching my family starve. So I took a sneak back to the past and made a small pasture and made some food. When Frank found out, he was furious,”

Annie interrupted. “Why was my dad furious? I have lived with him for most of my life. He never got mad.” The fury was still in her voice.

“Well, this was a different case,” Tom’s dad said. “The past is very closely interlinked with the future. Any difference that is made in the past directly affects the future. That’s why he thought that I was only making things worse by using the time machine the way I did. So he locked the time machine away. Naturally, we were both really angry at each other. Then, my real son died. I was heartbroken, but around the same time my son died, you were born. I kidnapped you from Frank, and I told him I would only give you back he gave me the time machine. But I had already spent some time with you, and I couldn't bear to lose another ‘son’. So I broke the deal and took the machine and you. Then, I starting making frequent trips back and forth from the 18th century to the 22nd century. Things were starting to get better in our times. The global population rose from 100,000 to 300,000 and my company starting getting bigger. Things were looking good for us. Then Frank found us in the 18th century. I was forced to put my company in hiding, and we weren't as successful as before. People starting to go hungry again. The only way to regain my success was to make Frank back down. So I tried multiple times to take Annie.”

Annie interrupted again. “So that's why my Dad always got really mad when I let people onto our log cabin, or when I wandered far from our house.”

“Yes, that is probably the reason. Anyways, this is all why you guys are here today,” Tom’s dad said.

“So my Dad was the bad player in this. I refuse to believe it,” Annie said angrily. She stormed off, about to exit the room.

“Annie, wait!” Tom said. He walked over to Annie and whispered in her ear. “I don’t believe him either, but we have to pretend to be on his side or else we will never escape this place,” Annie looked like she understood, and they both walked back toward Tom’s dad.

“Do you guys now understand the importance of Future Tech Industries?” Tom’s dad asked. Tom and Annie both nodded, and Tom’s dad continued to talk. “You both will be sent to rooms where you will stay in, until I can get Tom back into his regular time period, and Annie to find another family. See you soon,” Tom’s dad typed something into his keypad, and the woman that greeted them came into the room and took them out.

Time Travel-Part 2

Tom paced around the living room that Annie had led him too. He had no idea what had just happened. Was he seriously in 1776? More evidence appeared that he was in the past when he saw a newspaper on a table dating June 22nd, 1776. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. Sitting down on the soft leather couch, he tried to calm himself down. But his mind kept wandering back to when Annie’s dad had fainted. It couldn't be possible that someone in the past recognized him. It had to be a mistake. A voice interrupted his thoughts.

“Tom,” he said. Startled, Tom turned around and saw that it was Annie's dad.

“How do you know my name?” Tom said, more curious than scared.

Annie’s dad sighed and said, “Because you are-” A loud rapping sound was heard at the door. Annie ran down the stairs to the living room.

“There are strange men at the door, Father. They are carrying guns,” Annie said in a panicked voice. Annie’s dad looked like he was about to faint again.

“This is really bad. You have to hide,” Annie’s dad said.

“Yes, Dad,” Annie said. Tom was surprised to see that the bold side of Annie was gone and replaced with a frightened one. Tom followed Annie to a hidden basement, but along the way, he couldn’t help but notice the strange room they passed by, locked up with multiple locks. As they hid in the basement, Tom could hear the breaking down of the door, and Annie’s Dad yelling. When the men yelled back, Tom felt a sharp feeling of recognition, the voices sounded so familiar, but he couldn’t place who they were. Suddenly, gunshots rang out, and a scream erupted from Annie’s Dad.

“Father!” Annie shouted, and opened the latch to get out of the basement.

“Annie, wait!” Tom said. “Youre going to get yourself killed out there. I think they are trying to find us.”

“My father is already dead. What more can I lose.” Annie said. Her tears already covered up more than half of her face. Suddenly, the sound of footsteps approached their hiding place. Alarmed, Tom yanked Annie back into the basement and closed the door. They hid behind some leftover boxes as the footsteps become even more close. They stopped in the middle of the hallway, as Tom held his breath in fear.

“Did you find the boy?” One voice said.

“No. Boss is going to get so mad,” A second voice said. Both voices sounded very familiar to Tom, but he still couldn't connect them.

“Why did we have to mess up the teleportation? He was supposed to end up in the same place we are” the first voice said.

“That doesn’t matter anymore. What matters is that we have to find him, or we’ll be dead for sure,” the second voice said.  Tom started to breath again, and relaxed as the footsteps faded away. Tom sat with Annie behind the boxes for a while until Tom heard the sound of the door opening and closing.

“It should be safe now Annie. I think we can come out,” Tom said. Annie nodded, and soon, Tom and Annie were out of the basement. The house was a mess. Chairs and tables were overturned and walls were broken. Annie rushed over to her dad and started crying. Tom didn’t know what to do. He had never felt the pain of losing a relative, so he tried to comfort Annie by patting her back, but she just sobbed more.

“Annie. Tom,” a croaking voice said. Annie’s tears abruptly stopped.

“Father! You are alive!” Annie exclaimed.

“Not for long. I need to tell you something Tom.” Annie’s dad said. “Tom, I am your Dad.” With that, Annie’s dad closed his eyes.

Time Travel-Part 1

The wind was howling as Tom took a stroll down the eerily silent streets of New York. Tom shivered in his hoodie. Usually, there were always people around him in his busy city, but there wasn't a single person in sight. Probably the cold weather, Tom thought as he continued to walk around his community. Suddenly, just as Tom was about to cross the street, a car’s headlights raced toward him. A long zapping sound echoed through the streets of New York, while Tom disappeared.

When he regained consciousness, he found himself in a place he had never seen before. Panic filled his mind. What had happened to him? Most of all how could he get back to his house? Walking out of the cluster of bushes he found himself in, he looked at his surroundings. All there was to see was a log cabin, overlooking some sort of valley. I must be really far away from home, he thought as he continued to survey the area.

“Hey!” A voice yelled from behind him. Startled, Tom turned around to see a girl around his age running towards him. When she got close enough to him, she gave Tom a glare that he never seen in his life.

“Who are you? You’re not supposed to be here,” she asked.

“Uh, who are you?” Tom asked back, trying to have the same forceful tone as the girl.

“Stop trying to act tough and tell me who you are.”

“Fine, I’m Tom, from New York. And I don’t know how I got here. I just got hit by a car and now I’m here.” Tom said.

“What’s a car? And New York? Then you must have traveled far,” the girl said. Tom would’ve laughed out loud if it weren't for the girl’s serious and threatening demeanor.

“Do you live in the 18th century?” Tom jokingly said.

“Well of course. What other century would we be in right now? It’s 1776,” the girl replied.

“1776?? This joke has gone too far,” Tom said.

“It’s no joke. Why would I be joking about what time it is? And tell me what a car is,” the girl replied.

“Fine then, an answer for an answer. A car is something that you sit in to move from place to place. What’s your name?” Tom said, still thinking the whole 1776 thing was a joke.

“Annie. And cars do not exist yet.” Annie said. “You’re still not supposed to be here. Dad is about to come home, and when he finds out someone trespassed, he’ll be mad for sure.”

As if on cue, the sound of horses whining appeared and a booming voice shouted, “Annie. I’m home!”

“There’s Dad, you better get out of here,” she whispered to Tom. “Coming, Dad!” She yelled back. Tom, instead of hiding like Annie suggested, followed Annie into the little cabin. What’s the worst he can do? Call the police? Tom thought as he walked into the cabin. Just as he took his first step into the cabin, Annie’s dad cried out. And fainted.