[Write the Story] Time Travel

Prompt: Time Travel

Words: hurricane, email, launder, pastry garlic, staff, germs, gallery, brace, share

Story

“Welcome to Infinity Enterprises. I am Claudia. I will be your concierge during your planning. Allow me to escort you to the gallery where you will choose your destination.”

I followed Claudia into a long hall with screens embedded into the wall flickering with scenes. Claudia settled me in a private booth with a beverage and a savory pastry redolent with roasted garlic. I still wasn’t sure why I was here. The email just said it had to be at this place at this time.

“There’s a message for you, but first I need to verify your identity.” Claudia very efficienty and painlessly extracted a DNA and blood sample.

“Making sure I don’t share any germs?” I asked.

“Leave the staff alone and brace yourself.”

I leapt to my feet because the voice that just scolded me? It was my own. And yes, coming out of the shadows was—me? Only a little—older? “What? I thought you weren’t supposed to cross your own time line.”

The other me waved that off. “Storybook stuff. No real basis in physics. But we don’t have time for that now. You have to do something for me—you—us.”

“What?”

“You’re going into the eye of the hurricane and laundering a lot of money.”

Before I could say anything, the other me shoved a tablet in my pocket, opened a portal, and shoved me through. When I stumbled out, I was in the past. Now to figure out how to get home and what I needed to do.

Word Count: 255

Written: 11/5/2019

Tags: fiction, flash fiction, Piccadilly, short story, time travel, Write the Story, Writing