– On Earth nothing can happen without planning anymore, and everything that has happened, can be found out – claimed professor Mulltigrad on the Worlds Physics convention in London.
– And some kind of a war, even a little one? – asked professor Klop, hiding behind the glasses and his big suit.
– Not even that! – said Mulltigrad in anger.
The great minds, fascinated with the knowledge of existence of the time machine, were being quiet, and the translators were slurping coffee.
– Professor Mulltigrad! – yelled Westbahnhof from Vienna – have you tested the machine?
– My dear college, you all know that my financial state allows me to build a real, big prototype. This model could theoretically bring someone to the past, or the future, but it certainly could not bring back the person from the time travel.
Tomorrow Mulltigrad flew to a hi-tech laboratory in Lab City. The flight was terrible due to the bad weather, and due to the rookie pilot who was flying the plane. Poor Mulltigrad couldn't wait for the plane to land. On the airport there was no trace of the driver that was supposed to wait him. Professor carefully puts away the model and sits on the box. Half an hour later a jeep stopped in front of the exhausted professor – probably the only remaining from the 2nd world war. The professor remembered that drive too.
Burning from anger the professor walked a few meters to the little building, and when the guard on the entrance after a million check-ups finally let him pass, he missed the elevator for the underground lab. Finally. The elevator started moving and suddenly Mulltigrads hearth almost hit his teeth. Crushed by the journey he couldn't contradict the laws of physics due to the sudden elevator stop: he falls, and the little prototype decides to engage. The elevator cabin, professor Mulltigrad, and a small piece of the steel cord disappeared in the past, or the future.
The safety department of Lab City tried to explain the professor Mulltigrad's sudden disappearance, but without any success.
Translation: Vedran Kranjcevic