How is one supposed to feel when they are forced to let their father die? I should have felt agony, but I just felt numb. I had gone through some of the worst experiences humanly possible and didn't care what would happen to me next. It's the worst feeling when you stop caring.
I sat in the kitchen and debated with myself for the longest time about whether or not I should save my father. It was more than a little tempting just to let the timelines get screwed up again and ignore all the consequences. That's how I was going through most of the journey, anyway. This entire story happened because I did what suited my interests above everyone else's.
Finally, I threw away the Intertiza in the garbage and covered it all up with mounds of paper towels. I wanted more than anything for my father not to discover it and be saved as horrible as that sounds. If I saved him, CONIUM would exist, a company directly responsible for countless deaths.
As I time-traveled out of 2015, I closed my eyes to escape the horrible images I saw, only for them to follow me with my eyes closed. I saw myself at my father's funeral again, putting the amaryllis on his grave and everyone crying. No matter how hard I tried, I simply couldn't escape that memory. I saw my uncle pat my back and heard him say, "Sometimes these things happen, and we have no control over them." I hugged him for a couple of seconds before he disappeared into thin air.
Then, I finally made it out and went back to 2220.
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The October Amaryllis
Science FictionClive Andrews is a typical 16-year-old boy who never had anything out of the ordinary happen until May 16th, 2020, when he was struck by several feet of ball lightning and nearly killed. After being discharged from the hospital, he realizes that he...
