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My day started out as normal as it could get... for being a time traveler and all.Oh that's right my name is Daniel Forester and I'm a time traveler. I have traveled everywhere I could possibly go. I saw the first animals made, and all the way to when the earth explodes and nothing is left. So today I decided just to go a little in the future, 20 years to be exact.

As soon as the world stops moving and blurring things, I still can't make sense of what I'm looking at. I thought this time period would be full of people and amazing technology, but instead it's the complete opposite. I'm looking at run down and crumbling buildings that are covered in graffiti. There's no one in sight and it's dead silent. All I can see is the word croatoan graffitied everywhere. At first I'm confused but then remember my last encounter with croats and was petrified. I started to catiously walk down an empty alleyway and heard something behind me. I turn around just to see a ton of angry people glaring at me and realize they're croats. I immediately run in the opposite direction and pray to God that I don't die today. I turn a corner and run into a small hole in the building. I watch them run right past me and I sigh of relief.

After I waited awhile I came out and started to walk towards this path leading into the woods in hope that I'll find someone that's not infected. After I walked for a bit, I saw a beat up and faded sign that said 0.5 miles to campgrounds. Half of me is saying keep walking and the other half is saying turn back now. I decide what I find there won't be as bad as what just happened. I'm soon reaching the entrance of the campgrounds and I see regular looking people walking around. Just as I'm about to take a step, someone jumps in front of me and starts talking to me like he's crazy.

"Hey man! What's going on? Wait aren't you supposed to be on a mission?" he quickly asks me. "Uh, what?" I say very confused. "Hold on a second, I'm getting a weird vibe from you. You're you, but not you from this year anyway. Where did you come from?" he interrogates me. " I'm from the year 2014 but I'm also a time traveler and I've never been here before." I reply. "Oh man this isn't good you have to go back now, you can't be here!" he yells at me. I'm quite confused about what he's telling me so I ask him "What's your name?" "It's Carl and I already know yours, Daniel Forester. You still need to leave though." Carl says immediately.

Ok I'm officially weirded out now. "What do you mean I have to leave? How do you know my name?" I ask. "I can't tell you, but you just have to leave before anyone else sees you!" Carl exclaims. "If you're talking about the croats I already had a run in with them and know what they are." "Oh so you know that they are evil, murderous people that are really just infected by some kind of demonic virus, and they'll kill anybody they can get to, or worse infect you by putting their blood in yours?!" he screams at me. "Yes, I know all of that so I don't have to leave." I reply. "Yes, you do. That was only part of the reason you have to leave and you have to leave now!" he states determinedly. "No, I'm not leaving. I demand to know what's going on here!" I scream back. Carl then walks off to the side and starts to pace back and forth murmuring something. All I can catch is something about 'not meeting him, it will destroy the space time continuum, and this is probably the most he used his brain in 15 years'. "I know! Dr. Lauren will know what to do." Carl states as he starts dragging me along side the camp grounds trying not to draw attention to us.

We finally go into some type of cabin/hut. I walk in and see a blonde woman in a doctor's coat. She pulls aside Carl and I assume their discussing what to do about me. I try to listen in but they're too quiet for me to hear. Next thing I know the doctor is sticking me with a needle and pulling out some of my blood. The doctor put it under a microscope next to some other substince and after a few minutes she lifts up her head and nods at Carl. I was just about to ask what the heck was going on but someone suddenly came rushing into the cabin. Carl and Dr. Lauren both start to panic and then out of the blue, Carl tackles me to the floor face down. I start kicking and shoving him but he won't budge. I can hear Dr. Lauren telling the guy that came running in to leave but he only starts yelling at her and demands to know what's going on. I stop shoving Carl and listen to the mystery guy and realize he sounds a lot like me. I hear the guy push a side Dr. Lauren and pull Carl off of me. What I see next is unbelievable.

At first I thought it was a mirror but then realized I was looking at another version of myself. He seemed to be just as confused as I was. I stood up and was as speechless as he was. Finally Dr. Lauren cuts in and says " Daniel, meet Daniel." We look at her in confusion and then back at each other. I finally come back to reality and say " Uh hi ... me or Daniel or sir. I'm not quite sure what to call you." " Well I would prefer fearless leader, but Daniel will do just fine." he says calmly. " Leader? You run this whole camp rebellion?" I ask surprised. "Yes, I do. I felt responsible for what happened and so I said I would take care of everyone I could find and nobody has had a problem with it. So how did you get here anyway?" he again replied like nothing was wrong. I then told him my whole story that I told Carl and Dr. Lauren. Daniel's face remained calm through the whole story like it was nothing. After I finished my story I asked him " So how come you felt responsible for all of this? It can't be all your fault." "Well it is and that was quite a story you have there, but I've been through it all. Remember I'm you and your me." Daniel then turns to Carl and Dr. Lauren saying to leave us alone for a little bit. I half want them to stay because out of everybody I know, I trust myself the least.

As soon as they leave Daniel is looking straight at me with the most fierce look we could possibly muster up. "Okay, you wanna know why I feel so responsible for the croatoans killing most of the planet? Because I didn't say yes, that's why." he states slightly angry. "I'm confused, what do you mean 'because you didn't say yes'?" I ask. He rolls his eyes and replies "You know what I mean. I didn't say yes to Zachariah and because of my stubbornness this happened. So yeah I feel responsible for everything." he yells at me. "Oh, that yes. But there's another way I'm sure of it." I state. "Well you're wrong. I have done everything I can possibly think of and it all failed." he replied. "Oh. So what's our game plan for defeating the croats? You do have a plan right?" I question him. "Nope. I'm just going to make it up as we go along," he says sarcastically, "Yes,of course I have a plan." Daniel walks out of the cabin and motions me to follow him.

As we are walking he gets Carl and a few more people to join us in his cabin. Once we are all gathered around the table he pulls out a map and starts to explain the plan to us for tonight's attack on the croatoan's leader. After a while has passed, we all left and went to stock up weapons for the attack. When the sun started to set, we all gathered at the two jeeps we were going to be driving. When we all were done packing up we split into two groups of four with me, Daniel, and Carl in the head car together. Daniel gave the signal and we started our drive to the croats headquaters. By now the sun was barley visable and no one was around - it was like walking through a cemetary with no visitors. Everyone started to load up the weapons not even looking concerned about how empty it was here. Daniel got up in front of everyone and explained what was going to happen. He wanted the majority of us to go through the front while Daniel and I go in the back. When Daniel finished I pulled him aside and asked him "This is your big plan? We just barge through the front door and guns blazing? You know this place is empty so it's most likely a trap right?" "I know it's a trap and //they// are barging in the front door, //we// are going aropund back." he replied like everything was fine. "You're going to risk all those lives, including Carl, for what exactly? Just so you can be the one to kill the leader" I said angrily. No, you also need to see something important. The croatoan leader." Daniel said hesitantly. "Why he's just some murdurous guy right?" I say slightly confused. Daniel looks like he really doesn't want to say but finally he says "If only. No, he's your brother Daniel. Our brother."

I'm taken by shock at first but then realize that it's a very strong possiblity he is. My younger brother was always a real bad kid growing up without a mom. He constantly got into trouble which only got worse as he got older and seeing him as the leader of what caused the end of the world wouldn't be too hard to picture. Out of everybody though him and I were really close until recently because of a fight we had that ended up me leaving him and saying that I could never trust him again. After a few seconds of grasping what Daniel just told me I say "Ok well even if it's true I'm not going to let you get all those people killed because of it." Daniel smirks and says "Well that's too bad bad cause I can't let you stop me." Then the next thing I know I'm falling torwards the floor as darkness consumes me.

After a while I wake up to hear guns shooting like crazy and I'm all alone by the cars. I get up and run to the back of the building with a spliting headache from where Daniel hit me. I turn a corner just in time to see Daniel on the floor with a fancy shoe pressed up against his neck. He makes eye contact with me for literally a second and then the man snaps his neck, leaving his lifeless body on the floor. I finally get the nerve to look up at the man and am only slightly surprised when I see my brother's face. He turns to look at me and smirks just before he says "Well Daniel I'm just running into you all over the place today." I can't think of anything to say so I just glare at him. "What? No 'Hey brother what's been happening in your life for the past 20 years?' Not even a hello?" he says sarcastically. I finally get the courage to say " Shawn, what happened? I only left you a few days ago and because of that you destory the whole planet?" "No Daniel, not because of that. It's everything in general. I've always lived in your shadow and I thought that once you left me I could do something to be remembered by and this was perfect. You also didn't say yes to Zachariah and if you do that I won't have a need to become like this because I'll be better than you could ever be by me not saying yes." he replies smoothly, "So now you know what the future holds if you don't say yes I become this awful yet amazing creature that will kill anyone in his way, including his own brother." I don't even know how to respond to that so I just kind of stand there waiting for him to do something to me that would involve me ending up dead, but instead he slowly reaches his hand up to my head and says "Just say yes and all this can go away and never be a reality." With that one last sentance I'm put back through time and into the motel room I was in before this whole trip took place.

I slowly stand up and for a second I still think I'm in 2034 but see the newspaper next to me and read November 11, 2014. After I sigh of relief for being in my own time again, I start to process what future me and my future brother told me. I pace the room for a while deciding on what would be best for the majority of people. I finally decide on something and know that my brother won't like it so I don't call him before I do this. I walk to the middle of the room and take a big breath and say "Okay Zachariah, I'm ready. I'm saying yes to you so come and get me." The whole room starts to shake and there's a really loud ringing sound that makes me crouch to the floor and cover my ears. I start seeing this really bright white light coming through the ceiling. I close my eyes and then everything stands still and it becomes dead silent. I only hear this one voice that says "Thank you, your time has come." I'm then left in complete silence and darkness. I open my eyes and can only see out of slivers and that I can tell I'm not in my motel room anymore but I'm looking down at it and it's completely empty with no trace that I was ever there.

To be continued...



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