BEYOND THE TIME: EPISODE 1

BEYOND THE TIME:  EPISODE I.- THE BEGINNING OF THE JOURNEY

BY: VICTOR HUGO BARRERA ARELLANO 

Year 1993…

In the archaeological zone of State X, Professor Strambotik and Cilian Mattews scale a pyramid of the Xeche culture. Prof. Strambotik brings with himself the coordinates of the last message of the Dr. Pekovic. When arriving at the top, Strambotik and Mattews discover that the pyramid does not have some entrance.

Then, the elemetary School of the Industrial Zone gets from excursion to observe pyramids. The guide explains the children, teachers and parents on the characteristics of the pyramid. The Girl Deanna is pushed towards a water channel, the Kid Henry jumps of the channel to help Deanna. Without wanting, Henry recharges himself in the wall of the pyramid, entering a secret passage falling within the pyramid along with Deanna. The teacher along with the mothers of Henry and Deanna and the guide tries to remove them but they do not find form to do it.

Professor and Cilian listen the shouts of Henry and Deanna. Immediately, Prof. Use his gadgets to enter by the ceiling of the pyramid. Henry and Deanna observe hieroglyphics in the walls, Deanna raises a stone table where there are four diamonds in corners observing one of them. The Professor is closely together to lower, but without wanting, he drops a giant stone formed stone of colors, which falls in center of the table activating a mechanism that transports Henry, Deanna and the Professor to the past.

Henry, Deanna and the Professor, appear in the middle of a battlefield, the armies of Persya and Babylon is about to face. The Prof. Covers the children while the armies approach to fight. Before the armies hit, the Prof. and the children disappear again appearing in the pyramid. Security Personnel of the archaeological zone removes the Professor and the children. The Professor affirms to Cilian that found the power plant to reconstruct the machine. Within the pyramid, Julian Mattews, son of Cilian, observe the hieroglyphics and diamonds.

MONDAY APRIL 10^TH 1999

1 DAY, 10 HOURS IN THE PAST

In the industrial city of the state X, from a country called...

In a humble home, Henry O'Neal gladly rises from his bed to go to school because he realizes that the trip back was not a dream. With slight marks on the face, Henry is eager to return to school and reconnect with his past.

Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

Job 8:7

At school, Henry is shown astonished to see the school, as he remembers, too, Henry is reunited with his friends Lucy, Luis, Ralph and George with whom she shared different experiences in school.

When updating himself what happened in his absence, Henry receives the news that Luis, Ralph and George entered the soccer team of the school, which was a dream for Henry, nevertheless by reasons for health he could not test in the team.

After the 5 friends have left their first class after the vacations where Henry received the welcome by his partners and teacher, these decide to go to have breakfast to the cafeteria of the school, but in the way Henry almost hits a new student, Jaroka, which has drawn attention of Henry from the moment at which he saw this one for the first time, but the emotions of the boy must be stopped by his 4 friends when informing him that Jaroka has boyfriend and who this one is the heaviest boy of all the High School, and worse still is the new captain of the soccer team and does not conform that, Ian (the boyfriend of Jaroka) is super jelous in which her girlfriend respect, because he has commanded 3 boys to the hospital.

It is why Henry decides to take the situation peacefully and to dedicate himself to leave solely well in his matters and to obtain his 4 friends inform him that they have written down him along with them in an extra activity curricular call “Beyond the time” with Professor Strambotik whom Henry must himself meet at the 12:00 p.m. hour in which George, Ralph and Luis will appear their first training in the soccer ground of the school. Fact that is only a meeting so that Henry meets professor Strambotik and this one meets him.

At the midday, Henry attends the research laboratory to appear with professor Strambotik, Where they both are recognized and they are updated on the issue Ian.

Professor Strambotik explains Henry how it was that he, along with his mentor at the University, and fellow thesis, they made a machine that allows humans to travel through time, which Henry and Professor they will introduce it to the other boys the next day to begin their research.

This research aims Henry has major physical and psychological strength to turn to face Feller in the future and prevent him from killing Deanna, but at the same time, Henry will have to change various events that Professor he scored on a notepad and dramatically transformed for the better future of Henry O'Neal.

Prof. tells Henry that his mentor, Dr. Pekovic discovered that our world is a lefty, and then it turns left. In doing so, it has increased energy and therefore adds time, or rather, subtract time. But still it would be impossible to make the Earth rotates clockwise.

However, Pekovic designed a machine that works with a flow condenser. This condenser containing positrons and neutrinos (Positrons discovered in 1949, are antiparticles of electrons, i.e. electrons are moving backward in time. And neutrinos are extremely small subatomic particles that can move at a speed slightly higher than the light) With the help of these ones, Professor will be able to create within the time machine a gravitational field turn right and dense enough to send Henry and his friends at past breaking the space-time continuum.

Astonished and incredulous, Henry finishes the meeting with professor Strambotik and he goes to see his 3 friends in his first training, when arriving at the field, Henry observes that Jaroka has attended to support her boyfriend Ian and who Lucy is supporting Ralph, Luis and George.

At to be next to Lucy, Henry observes that Ian is very strong and that has a good kick of average distance, only who is not very technician with the ball and he only looks for to be brilliant in front of his girlfriend. Luis however is good average camper, George is an excellent central defense and Ralph plays the middle camp, only that at the end of the training the coach Jacob informs them what will be the titular team to initiate the championship where emphasize: Ian like the captain of the team and foward, George like defense, Ralph like forward and some other partners of them like Roland, Tom, Freddy, Jason, etc. But Luis is in the reserves, being object of the ridicules of Ian, which does not stop funnty himself causing that Luis asks Henry who humiliates Ian entering to the team, because Henry plays the same position that Ian, and according Luis, Henry plays far better and will send Ian direct to the bank, which is discarded by the same Henry, because he is not in conditions for playing according the recommendations of his familiar doctor.

After the school, Henry comments his parents which will be his work in the scholar investigation, something that bothers and worries his father, but at the same time is proud his mother, but to calm the spirits of his ancestors Henry disclose that he is their son from 2012 and that his duties this year beyond the duties of a young school boy.

The next day, the 5 friends take the class from mathematics with Professor Strambotik, class that Henry to see that serves Jaroka is excellent in mathematics impel, something that he ask her that she reduces her notes to him that Henry does not have by reasons for his disease, and that will occupy for the test. When seeing professor Strambotik who Jaroka is amiable with Henry decides that both work together throughout the semester then in the class will work in pairs and Luis will work with Ralph and George with Lucy. Reason why Henry will work with the girl whom nobody is wanted to approach and it is not for less.

After classes the 5 friends meet in the research laboratory of the school to begin the adventure, where the Prof. Shows them the machine of the time and he asks to Lucy that she be his assistant in this first test since the machine will be proven with the 4 men only. These men try their equipment with which they will work: A recorder of video voice, one headset and microphone to communicate and several notebooks and pencils to write what is necessary as well as a special suit that change according the clothes of the time to which they will travel. And in the coordinates of the machine Lucy locates the Babylonian civilization, but she must turn off the cursor so that they test first with the machine without running risks.

Once the 4 dressed and equipped, the boys enter the machine of the time which by orders of the professor was designed to only travel at the past. When entering the machine the boys begin to become bored because they do not see results, nevertheless when occurring whatever the professor that need more energy, sends Lucy that she starts the generator that the W& PC factory; facilitated him, when Lucy starting the generator is so much the energy that the cursor starts and the 4 boys disappear of the machine. Appearing in a place unknown for them, in fact Henry and Luis appear in a place and Ralph and George in another one. The disturbed professor helps himself of a monitor to review the exact position of the boys, nevertheless Lucy must activate a second monitor to be able to observe his 4 friends at the same time, which moved and decided to explore the place causing that the effects to travel in the time are delayed in them. Also making difficult the communication with the professor and that can communicate with the people of the civilization in which they are.

Meanwhile, Luis and Henry are cornered by a legion of Persian soldiers, who have cleared them all the technological equipment even the signalers. The unique thing that they can do is that Luis and Henry obey, because they do not understand a single word than the soldiers say who take the travelers as if they were his slaves.

Ralph and George on the other hand, enter the hanging gardens of Babylon, where they are very good received or that seems, because they do not understand anything either than the people say them who have found them. Nevertheless they are taken to the feet of king Belshazzar, but as they do not understand a single word than he says them, the king feels like victim and decides to send to cut the head to them, in spite of all Ralph and George understands that the things do not go well and tries to communicate with the Professor and Lucy, but at the same time, Henry and Luis are jailed, but as Luis snatched his micro to one of the guards, they also decide to communicate with the professor, is why none of the 2 conversations can be carried out.

Desperate, the professor tries to block one of the two communications to be able to speak at least with an team. Lucy supports in which she can, but is not sufficient, the desperation becomes prey of the 4 friends also, because two are jailed and the other 2 they will cut them the head and the worse thing is than they do not understand anything than the people speak of the place, is more not even know where they are. Will be able professor and Lucy to help Henry, Luis, Ralph and George? …

TO BE CONTINUED…

(C) COPYRIGHTS 2010 VICTOR HUGO BARRERA ARELLANO