[ WP ] One day there is a knock at the door , opening you find yourself face to face with your exact double . They tell you that because you have n't managed to achieve it , they are here to replace you and get things back on track .

`` What is this?'' Ralph asked, gazing upon his clone. 
 
 `` I have very little time to explain. I thought you would have-rather-will solve it by now.'' 
 
 `` What the hell is that supposed to mean!?'' 
 
 `` The timeline. It has been, well, in your case, will be altered. I am not your clone. I'm you. From the future, that is. And I need to fix the timeline.'' 
 
 `` What if you ca n't?'' 
 
 `` I have no idea. And I-we can not afford finding out.'' 
 
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 The jump worked. Ralph Higgins found himself in a world very much alive. It was a first test jump with a craft containing a new, experimental engine, capable of connecting two points in space and time together, dubbed the wormhole drive. He set it to take him backward two days in time. It was having some technical difficulties. Michael said he had worked out the issues, and, so far, they do n't seem to have resurfaced. After doing some touring, he concluded the test was successful. He went back into his craft and plotted a course back into real time. The engine whirred itself to life, creating a space-time window and taking the vessel through. 
 
 Unfortunately for Ralph Higgins, creating a wormhole entry generates a very large shockwave from the energy not taken through the event horizon. A shockwave he could feel. It took a couple of minutes for him to recover. When he did, he was n't greeted by his lab assistant, rather the shaft of a gun. 
 
 `` Get out. I am taking this ship,'' a deep, grating voice replied. 
 
 `` Where to?'' 
 
 `` That is none of your business.'' 
 
 Higgins could not allow this to fall into anyone else's hands. He only had one option. He charged at the man. The man responded in kind, and he could charge no more. 
 
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 Gary could not believe his eyes when he heard about it, scouring the deep web. *A time machine. That's impossible! But could it be... * His wife, Rosalinda, died a week earlier. Stage 4 breast cancer. And Gary would do anything to see her living face again, to touch her once more. That includes stealing a time machine. 
 
 He pinpointed the exact location of the machine, a warehouse in Nevada. He grabbed his Glock, a box of ammunition, and some rope, and he drove like a madman. 
 
 Upon reaching the warehouse, he noticed that there were very few guards surrounding the warehouse. Only two at the entrance, one bullet for each. 
 
 Upon entering, he was greeted by three scientists. Two of them fainted. Gary tied the third to a pole. 
 
 `` Where is the machine?'' Gary spoke with a booming voice. 
 
 `` What machine?'' The scientist asked, fear audible in his voice. 
 
 `` The time machine. Where is it?'' Gary was becoming impatient. 
 
 `` I think what you're talking about. See, it's not a time machine, it's a space time trans-'' Gary fired a bullet into the scientist's folder. `` Okay! Okay! Please do n't shoot again! It's gone right now, but it will be back in 15 minutes! Just, please, leave me alone!'' 
 
 `` Thank you,'' Gary replied. He fired a second bullet, and the scientist dropped to the floor. 
 
 So, Gary waited those 15 minutes. First, he felt it. Then, he saw it. The machine appeared in front of him. He went up to it, and found a man visibly disoriented. He put the gun against his forehead. 
 
 `` Get out. I am taking this ship,'' Gary said. 
 
 `` Where to?'' The man replied. 
 
 `` That is none of your business.'' 
 
 The man charged at Gary, who fired by impulse. The man slumped to the floor, and Gary entered the machine. Upon reaching the control panel, he realized he had no idea how to operate it, and anyone who knew was either unconscious or dead, and the military was hot on his tail. Gary started mashing buttons at random, until a prompt came up. 
 
 *Location: 41.84°N, 87.68°W. Time: -172800 seconds. * Gary had no better option at the time, and selected the option. Gary felt the same shockwave he had earlier as the drive activated. But what he felt next was new. A collision. 
 
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 Higgins was almost back to the vessel from his first test jump when he was taken aback by a shockwave. A wormhole exit had formed, and another vessel, identical to his emerged, but one of the safeguards had failed. The drive was supposed to check if there was matter in the destination area and move locations if there was. It had failed, and the vessel collided into Higgins'. What he heard next as scarier. 
 
 `` CORE CONTAINMENT FAILURE. CRITICAL MASS IN ONE MINUTE.'' The second vessel was damaged due to the collision. Higgins had no idea how to react. 
 
 `` CRITICAL MASS IN THIRTY SECONDS.'' 
 
 Suddenly, Higgins had an idea. He got into his own vessel, and set a new destination. 
 
 `` CRITICAL MASS IN FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE.'' 
 
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 Ralph felt the ground shake like it never did before, knocking him over. He regained his footing and turned on the news. 
 
 `` A massive explosion has leveled the city of Chicago. All residents are encouraged to stay inside.'' He could not believe what he was hearing. Then, he heard a knock on his door. Ralph opened, and just when he thought he could n't be surprised any further, he saw the person who greeted him.
