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It was a gloomy day on May 14th 2078. You could feel the tension and sorrow build as she put the car in park. So much had changed in so little time. The world had transformed in the blink of an eye, all from a simple mistake. High healed shoes hitting the pavement were the only sound breaking the silence. She walked carefully and slowly as though stalling herself from reaching her destination. When she finally arrived she kneeled to the ground and placed a single red rose in front of a grave stone, belonging to her husband Christopher Palmer. It had been two years since his passing, and yet it seemed like only yesterday she was sitting with him in the kitchen enjoying his company. Not only had he made an impact on her life, but he had changed the world.

“It sounds amazing” Jennifer said as she picked up the daily news journal. “It is, after I finish the vaccination, the common cold will be a thing of the past. This is the beginning of something great! Next, who knows what we will be able to prevent.” Christopher put on his coat picked up his keys and headed towards the door.

“I’ll be late tonight so don’t wait up for me Jenny, I have a few changes I have to make to the vaccination before I ship it off to get it tested by the lab in New York. It’s got a long way to go, but this time I really think we’re on to something.” A great smile stretched from ear to ear as Christopher thought of what he had created. He sad goodbye to his wife Jennifer and headed out the door. Jennifer couldn't help but smile as she watched him drive off into the early morning sun. He was the only person in the world who called her Jenny, and she loved that.

She told him how her life had been the past few months, and how she missed him. She didn’t stay long; she had little time before she had to leave to fix a disaster in year 2076. She walked to the car and drove home.

Jennifer walked down to the basement and over to the time machine covered beneath a white sheet. Dust lingered in the air; she had not been down there in almost two years. She opened the door; sat down and put on the safety belt, when she was sure she was secure she shut the door, and turned on the machine. Jennifer took a nervous breath, "This has to work, it just has to..." she thought. She placed her trembling fingers on the control panel, and started turning back time. She set the date back two years, to the day when Christopher made his his fatal mistake, the mistake that destroyed humainty.

Something went wrong with Christopher's vaccine, something that he didn't intend. He meant to send out a cure for the common cold, but he sent out the wrong formula to the testing facility. Instead of the vaccine, he sent out an unknown deadly virus, one that no one had encountered before. When he realized what he had done, he panicked. He hopped in his car and raced back to the post office to stop the virus from spreading, but he never made it. He got in a car accident before he could stop the virus, and he died. He was the only one who knew what had happened. So naturally, people around the world lined up for what they thought was a cure for the common cold. The virus infected everyone who took it, and those who didn't take the vaccine caught it from those who did. By the time people found out what happened, it was too late. It spread, and it killed everyone. Every last human on the planet, except one; Jennifer Palmer. She was so saddened by the death of her husband Christopher, that she cut herself off from the world for days, and she didn't even leave her house. Little did she know that her sadness would keep her from getting the virus and save her life. Now it was up to her to save humanity.

Jennifer reluctantly pressed the activation switch, and sent herself hurdling through time. The view outside the window of the machine changed from her musty basement to a swirling black hole. Hours, days, months passed by, and then - a sudden jolt. The machine came to a screeching halt.

The night was crisp and cold. The rain had not stopped all day. The temperature continued to drop, and it soon froze over. The ground was covered in a shiny blanket of ice, the roads just as slippery. //Ring Ring....Ring Ring.// Jennifer shot out of bed like a bullet from a rifle as the sound out of a telephone ring sliced through the night like a knife through butter. She was weary from her lack of sleep and frightened of what this telephone call would bring. She had an eerie feeling in her bones about this call, she knew something was wrong.

There was much tension in the room. No sound was heard other than the crickets underneath the motionless night sky, and the pounding of Jennifer's heart within her chest through the silence of the night. She begrudgingly answered the call...

“Hello” said Jennifer as she placed the phone on her ear with her trembling hands. “Is there a Jennifer Palmer available?” A man asked. “Yes this is her, may I ask who this is?” Jennifer replied. “Yes, I am an officer down town, I’m sorry to report this Mrs. Palmer, but your husband was involved in an accident this evening, we rushed him to the hospital as soon as we arrived on the scene. But he was pronounced dead shortly after he arrived. There was nothing we could do, the damage was too severe. I’m very sorry for your loss Mrs. Palmer.” Jennifer stood in shock, saying not a single word to the officer. “Mrs. Palmer…Jennifer?” She slowly hung up the phone, and sank to the ground. It was almost like the breath was swept right out of her. Lines of sorrow were etched into her face. Jennifer sat life less on the floor, waiting and thinking. She realized that she would have to go on in this world with out the one she loved so dearly. Thoughts started racing through her head and she stood up with a quick burst.

Rain fell, and lightening brightened the dimly lit sky. Three teenagers lounged on a sofa in front of a television, flipping through channel by channel. A pillow flew across the room and hit the couch. “J.J! That almost hit me!” Yelled Lorraine. “Just thought I’d liven things up, there’s nothing to do these days” J.J replied. “We could go out for ice cream!” exclaimed John as he picked up the remote and turned off the television. “No, it’s freezing outside, not ice cream weather. I wish something would actually entertain us in this town” said Lorraine with a sigh. J.J nodded his head in agreement. He walked over to the coffee table grabbed his car keys and said “Let’s just drive around, maybe we’ll find something to do” John was all for getting out of the house and Lorraine didn’t want to be the only one to disagree so she went along. They all put on their coats, as they went towards the front door they heard a crash in the basement. Lorraine looked to John and asked “I thought you said your sister was over your Aunts for the weekend” “She is” said John. “Well you’re parents are at work, so who else is here?” J.J asked. “No one…it’s just us” John’s voice faded. He walked to the door leading to the basement, and just as he went to turn the knob the door flung open and there stood Jennifer Palmer. The kids were speechless. Jennifer had made a slight mistake and ended up a few blocks away from her house, in John Sincere’s basement instead of her own. There was no way she could get out of this situation with a lie, she had appeared in their basement, and her time machine was now on top of his destroyed air-hockey table.

"Uhh uhmm... hello everyone" Jennifer said. The kids standing with a blank look of confusion on there faces just stood there in astonishment. "Jennifer?" said J.J "Yes..." Jennifer replied, while thinking in her head of an excuse of why she was there and why there was a big machine on top of there hockey table. "Why are you here, where did you come from, what is that!?" J.J asked. Jennifer stopped and thought and finally came to the conclusion that she couldn't find an excuse and thought seriously about running. Then she suddenly replied " do you kids have time, its a long story." " Well we were going to go out for a drive, do you want to come and tell us everything on the way, that is if your not here to murder us or anything." J.J said in a joking but a serious matter. " Sure." Jennifer replied. they all put on there coats hoped in the car and headed on there way. "So...do you want to tell us why you were in my basement, and what the machine was?" " It was a time machine" Loraine said, out of no where. " What? You're so dumb Loraine there no such thing " J.J said to her in a annoyed voice. " No, shes right. it was a time machine." Jennifer said. "What?, how ?" J.J asked in a confused voice. " Alright i think this is the right time to come clean, and tell you guys everything." " I made a time machine about four years ago, but i never used it, didn't even think it would actually work. anyway my husband, Mr.Palmer two years ago made a shot that was suppose to cure the common cold. the main word in that sentence is supposed to... he realized that something went horribly wrong the night before it was going to be released to almost every person in the world. So he got in his car that night and rushed his way to the hospital to stop the vaccine, but he never made it. the roads were icy that night and and he got a car accident. thats how he died. when i found out about his death, it tore me up inside i completely isolated myself from everyone and the world. then one day i walked outside for the first time in seven months, and no one was outside, no one was home. there wasn't anyone any where. that when i put everything together and realized that my husbands vaccine killed everyone, and thats why he rushed to the hospital that rainy night. to stop the shot from going to everyone. So I went back in time to fix everything and some how i ended up in your closet, and now were here our driving." "Wow..." said Loraine and J.J at the same time. "Yeah, do you guys believe me?" Jennifer asked hesitantly. "Well its a bit much to all take in, but.." J.J and Loraine both stared at each other " ...surprisingly we do, and we want to help you prevent the virus from being let out." "Are you sure? I mean its going to be risky, were going to have to break into the the lab and steal it. If we get caught we could go to jail for a long time, and then the human race will be wiped off the face of the planet." Jennifer said in a hesitant voice. Then J.J spoke, with a snicker on his face, the most refreshing words Jennifer had been longing to hear throughout her entire ordeal. "Ok Jenn. We'll help you. Let's do this jawn!" Half relieved, half scared, Jennifer told her three associates, "Okay well I have a plan but im not quite sure if it will work". So they all headed back to John's house for the plan that could cost them their lives. Once at John's Jennifer made it clear that they are not to say a word to anyone. "All of you have to promise me that you will not say a word about this to anybody, even if they beg you or are willing to pay you!" "We wont, we promise", they all chimed in. "Well my plan is..." continued Jennifer. "To meet at the ice-cream parlor at 8am the next morning. There we will drive quietly to the Hickory ISS Corporation Lab. Once at the lab we will..." The three friends paid their full attention to every word Jennifer Palmer said, and made sure they understood what was to be done the next morning.

"Well, we all really miss you Jenn, I really think it would be good for you to get out of the house. You've gone out twice since Christopher's death. You need to get out of that house." A woman said on the phone. "Wendy I'm fine, really I'm okay.I'm busy you know? I've been cleaning and...and...well I've been doing lots around the house." Jennifer replied in a sullen monotone voice, void of any spirit. "Well are you at least going to come out to get your vaccination?"Wendy asked. "My vaccination...well I don't know, I don't usually get sick, I'm not sure" Jennifer replied. "Everyone's been getting it, Christopher really did something great, it would make him happy if you got it ya know. I got mine today, I'm feeling a little under the weather, but I suppose that is just one of those side affects..." Of in the distance, a loud whistling sound went off. "Well I should get going my tea is done, it was good talking to you Wendy" said Jennifer as she hurrily hung up the phone.

The next morning, Jennifer awoke with a bone-chilling shiver,as if awaking from a terrible nightmare. As she got out of bed, she wearily got dressed and made her way into the living room, where the crew was already to go. "Did you make sure the tank is full, and we have everything we need?"Lorraine asked John. "Yeah, J.J and I got everything together last night, and we double checked this morning"John replied. "Well than let's go, we can't be late" Jennifer said.

That morning was just like any other. to all the unsuspecting casualties of this vaccination, it was a gorgeous day with the sun shining and the birds chirping. Yet little did they know, the fate of the entire human race depended on the success or failure of four individuals. As John drove the car towards the hospital where Jennifer's husband worked, they all became as silent as the night. they all had one thing on their minds, and that was to successfull retrieve and destroy Dr. Palmer's deadly virus. Thus upon arriving at the hospital, they all went straight to work. As the four walked past the metal detectors, only J.J did not make it through. "Please remove any and all metallic items and place them into the tray." demanded the security guard as he reached towards J.J. However before he could finish his movement, J.J opened his jacket, revealing all assortments of weapons, which he then used to incapacitate the remaining guards around the entrance. "GO NOW!" J.J boomed at the top of his lungs. "I'll give you guys time to find the virus, just get it and destroy it!" Then without another word, J.J went off galavanting around the hospital securing any threats posed towards the mission. The rest of the group headed towards the labs on the lower floors. So far everything was going according to plan. J.J was distracting everyone, while the others sneak in and find the virus. Jennifer searched door to door as quickly as her legs could, searching for her husband's name. There at the end of the hall way, stood the room they were lokking for. Without a moments hesitation, the three busted in, however, what they found, none of them were prepared for...

"CHRIS?!" Jennifer exclaimed. Low and behold, there in the middle of the lab, stood the dearly departed Dr. Christopher Palmer. "Hi Jenny" he said with a slighlty cheerful tone. "I can't explain right now, but i know what you are after and i'm here to warn you, abandon your mission. It will rain nothing but pain and suffering upon the world. Everybody wi-" He started to say, but was cut off thanks to John's solid right hook that connected to his jaw. Without even saying a word, he leapt towards Dr. Palmer. grabbed the box that he was holding, grabbed both Lorraine and Jennifer, and bolted down the hallway. "WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?! THAT WAS MY HUSBAND YOU INCOHEARENT LITTLE BRAT!" Jennifer exclaimed in outrage. "THAT WAS NOT YOUR HUSBAND! HE IS DEAD! YOU'VE BEEN TO HIS GRAVE! HE IS OBVIOUSLY A FAKE, TRYING TO KEEP US FROM RETREIVING THE VIRUS! GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF WOMAN!" John bellowed back in her face. Then, as if a veil was removed from her eyes, she realized that it couldn't have been her husband. He died. She saw him. There was no possible way he was still alive. So she shook off her feelings of doubt and ran as fast as she could back to J.J. They arrive back at the hospital entrance, only to find J.J handcuffed and badly injured, surrounded by police officers. He made eye contact with Jennifer, then he was the box John had grabbed from Dr. Palmer. In an instant of seeing this, J.J smiled a huge smile, somehow managed to get to his feet, then in an all out frenzy attacked the officers blocking his friends' path. Realizing his sacrifice, Jennifer took the box from John and ran to the car with John and Lorraine quickly in toe. Not a word was spoken. They had just witnessed their friends sacrifice himself for their cause, and were left in a stupor from his heroic actions. Jennifer sped back to John's house as fast as his car would go. She then ran inside, only to find her husband standing before her once again. "No," she cried, "No, This can't be true. You died! I've been to your grave! You can't be real!" "Jenny, it's really me. I can't tell you how or why, but it's really me baby." he said reassuringly. "We don't have much time. Please, give me the virus!" "NO! YOU AREN'T REAL! YOU'RE NOT REAL! YOU'RE DEAD!" she exclaimed as che ran screaming for her time machine. He tried to stop her, however John once again intervened and tackled him to the ground. "NO! DON'T DO IT JENNY! YOU HAVE TO TRUST ME!" he laid there screaming to her, "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING! THE WORLD WILL---". Too late. She closed the door to the time machine.

After a long rough ride, Jennifer opened the door of her time machine to reveal her old house. It was the same exact scene as she left it. Then the phone rang. “Hello” “Is there a Jennifer Palmer available?” A man asked. “Yes this is her, may I ask who this is?” Jennifer replied. “Yes, I am an officer down town, I’m so---" she hung up. Without even putting on her shoes, she ran to the car, and started driving towards her husband's grave. No one was out. She passed house after house, but she saw not one person. She finally arrived at the grave, "No, no. this isn't happening." she muttered under her breath. She arrived at her husband's grave, and broke down into tears. "Here lies Roger Jefferson. May he rest in peace." she read out loud of the gravestone. "NO! Why did this happened? We got the virus, this should be back to normal! What happened?!" she sat there on her knees crying profusely. There were footsteps behind her. Then a familiar, soothing voice flowed through her ears. The voice spoke to her and said... "Jenny, what have you done?"

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