Time Traveller
After a few moments there is the ear splitting sound of a horn being blown, and a roar as the troops begin to charge.
"Forward!" Shouts the woman. You advance alongside her, and head towards the West wall of the imposing castle. The defenders fire a rain of arrows, but neither you or the woman are hit. You reach the walls, and the laddermen rush up and put their ladders against the walls. You try to climb, but are swamped by your own forces as they charge up it screaming. When there is a break, you rush up the ladder, and hack down two defenders. You hope that it will not affect the future. Suddenly, there is a sharp pain in your side, and you see that someone has jabbed their sword into you. It is a deep cut, but you don't think it will kill you. Just as you are nursing it however, a defender shoves you, and you topple from the walls. You scream as you fall, but it does no good. You think you have definately had it, but you land on a pile of your own injured men, and are unhurt by the fall.
"I've had enough of this!" You say to yourself, and make a run for it, through the carnage. Suddenly, you come face to face with the woman. She must have followed you and somehow got in front of you.
"Where are you going, commander?" She asks. There is a deep cut into her shoulder and a slice across her cheek. She looks like she needs medical help right now.
"I'm going back to the future, to be healed," you say. She looks at her own wound.
"Take me with you!" She says, grabbing the sleeve of your lab coat. You are dubious about this. Taking someone back to the future? After a few moments thought, you make up your mind.
"Yes, alright, follow me, but you must come straight back once you are healed, or my own future will be disrupted."
She nods her understanding, and you both make your way through the battle and through the forest to the machine. When you reach it, she stares at it.
"Tis truely a wonderous invention," she says, her hand clamped to her shoulder. Your own wound hurts, so you climb in the machine, and she carefully climbs in with you. Gritting your teeth against the pain, you press the panel on the machine, and with a lurch and a bump, you are back in the lab.
"Welcome back! Did you get those..." The overseer trails off and his mouth drops wide open as he sees the woman.
"What have you done?" He says in shock, "This could disrupt our entire future!"
"No, it won't, because it was my fault she was wounded, and I am intending to take her back as soon as she well again. Now would you mind giving us some help?"
"Oh, of course, of course." The overseer leads you and the woman to the medical block. She stays close to you and looks around her in a mixture of fear, disbelief and shock. You reach the medical block, and the doctors, astounded at the woman's presence, clean the both of you up, and patch up your wounds. You remain there a few hours, and then you take the woman back to the machine.
Getting in, with the woman, and pressing the panel, you arrive back in the medieval ages. You climb out with her, and she embraces you to your surprise.
"Thank you for showing me that amazing place, my friend." She says, smiling.
"That is alright," you say, "But you must never, never tell anyone what you saw there, or the entire place you saw might be destroyed."
"I'll tell no-one. Goodbye, Commander White"
You climb back in the machine, waving goodbye, and press the panel. The familiar lurch and bump hit you, and then you are back in the lab.
"Good, good," the overseer says, checking the database, "It appears she told no-one."
The overseer glares at you.
"I need more research from other time zones, and please, try not get so involved this time!"
He gives you a list of places you may go, so which one will you head for?
"Forward!" Shouts the woman. You advance alongside her, and head towards the West wall of the imposing castle. The defenders fire a rain of arrows, but neither you or the woman are hit. You reach the walls, and the laddermen rush up and put their ladders against the walls. You try to climb, but are swamped by your own forces as they charge up it screaming. When there is a break, you rush up the ladder, and hack down two defenders. You hope that it will not affect the future. Suddenly, there is a sharp pain in your side, and you see that someone has jabbed their sword into you. It is a deep cut, but you don't think it will kill you. Just as you are nursing it however, a defender shoves you, and you topple from the walls. You scream as you fall, but it does no good. You think you have definately had it, but you land on a pile of your own injured men, and are unhurt by the fall.
"I've had enough of this!" You say to yourself, and make a run for it, through the carnage. Suddenly, you come face to face with the woman. She must have followed you and somehow got in front of you.
"Where are you going, commander?" She asks. There is a deep cut into her shoulder and a slice across her cheek. She looks like she needs medical help right now.
"I'm going back to the future, to be healed," you say. She looks at her own wound.
"Take me with you!" She says, grabbing the sleeve of your lab coat. You are dubious about this. Taking someone back to the future? After a few moments thought, you make up your mind.
"Yes, alright, follow me, but you must come straight back once you are healed, or my own future will be disrupted."
She nods her understanding, and you both make your way through the battle and through the forest to the machine. When you reach it, she stares at it.
"Tis truely a wonderous invention," she says, her hand clamped to her shoulder. Your own wound hurts, so you climb in the machine, and she carefully climbs in with you. Gritting your teeth against the pain, you press the panel on the machine, and with a lurch and a bump, you are back in the lab.
"Welcome back! Did you get those..." The overseer trails off and his mouth drops wide open as he sees the woman.
"What have you done?" He says in shock, "This could disrupt our entire future!"
"No, it won't, because it was my fault she was wounded, and I am intending to take her back as soon as she well again. Now would you mind giving us some help?"
"Oh, of course, of course." The overseer leads you and the woman to the medical block. She stays close to you and looks around her in a mixture of fear, disbelief and shock. You reach the medical block, and the doctors, astounded at the woman's presence, clean the both of you up, and patch up your wounds. You remain there a few hours, and then you take the woman back to the machine.
Getting in, with the woman, and pressing the panel, you arrive back in the medieval ages. You climb out with her, and she embraces you to your surprise.
"Thank you for showing me that amazing place, my friend." She says, smiling.
"That is alright," you say, "But you must never, never tell anyone what you saw there, or the entire place you saw might be destroyed."
"I'll tell no-one. Goodbye, Commander White"
You climb back in the machine, waving goodbye, and press the panel. The familiar lurch and bump hit you, and then you are back in the lab.
"Good, good," the overseer says, checking the database, "It appears she told no-one."
The overseer glares at you.
"I need more research from other time zones, and please, try not get so involved this time!"
He gives you a list of places you may go, so which one will you head for?