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As the little girl’s IV transparent bag that hung by the hook of a metal pole
decompressed with each drip, Archie pulled his daughter into one last tight
embrace before pulling up his zipper up to neck length, sewing his yellow suit
closed.
“I love you,” Archie mouthed misting the surface of his glass transparent helmet.
Though the words were not audible, the little girl understood clearly. So much so
that she curved the fingers of both hands and put them together forming a heart
to return her father’s a ection.
With one sharp intake of breath, Archie set foot in his cubicle. Once inside, he
pulled the metal door towards him and steered the metal cob web designed handle
attached to it and the door clicked to a lock.
“2030, here I come.” Archie pressed the buttons on his keypad and the words “Year
2023” emerged on the small screen that had attached itself to the keypad, making
it look like a digital calculator.
The cubicle vibrated and the door swung open. It was empty.
***
THUD! Archie landed on the ground with a thump. When he sprang back to
standing position, realization struck him. The realization that he had traveled a
decade into the future.
He sprinted towards a nearby local, tapped the stranger’s shoulders and asked, “Is
this 2030?”
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