[ WP ] Teleportation is finally invented . Your friend is one of the first people to use it . After coming out on the other side , the more time you spend with him , the more you realize that this is not your friend

Maury and I instantly bonded in college, our love for science and physics sparked a loving friendship. We both had high hopes for our careers, our senior thesis revolved around the idea of teleportation and how it might be theoretically possible. 
 
 Half-way through our research Maury found out that his mother was deathly-ill, this took a great hit on him as his father had abandoned his family when he was a kid. I always looked up to him, he was so strong and ambitious; he fought my demons for me, he told me I was smart enough and that one day our dreams would come true. When we both failed our first physics final I sank into depression, I realized I was not as smart as I thought I was. He joked about us being dumbasses and flunking out of college but he showed so much optimism and he knew that we would be okay and we would get better. We did, we had the highest marks but I could not credit it all to myself, Maury pushed me to be better. However, with all his might he could n't take the news of his mother being sick and he broke down. I knew what he was going through, I had lost my father at a very young age too and I was finally able to be the strong one for the both of us. His mother passed away after graduation and we mourned together. 
 
 Over the next years we got out Master's degrees and our Doctorate degrees, and I could see the drive in him again. Our research and our institution allowed us to successfully create the first teleportation device. Maury suggested I be the first to use it, he joked `` I do n't want to go in, I'll probably die.'' I retold the story about our first failed exam in college and about his mother, I confessed that he gave me the courage to fight my sense of worthlessness and that he deserved this more than I. `` You're a good friend Aaron. Thank you for being there with me this whole time. If I die, I'm coming back to haunt your ass.'' Maury strapped on the device to his head and his body, he appeared calm and focused. 
 
 Unfortunately, teleportation was still too complex for computers so the computation processes for teleportation are done through cognition. Wherever the mind wants to go is where the body will be taken. In an instant he was gone, but the trackers found him again, just outside of his hometown. We panicked at the 10 minute mark as he had made no contact, the vital scanners were picking up increased heart rate and mental activity. Everyone ran around the room, shouting and figuring out what could have gone wrong. I froze, my friend, he was gone. People panicked for another 10 minutes before they finally gave up. As we contacted the authorities outside his location he was back again. 
 
 We all just stared at him as he stood there. He looked up to me, his eyes red and watery. He walked closer to me and embraced me just as hard as he had when his mother passed away. He whispered something to me, something that changed our lives forever, `` thank you, brother.''
