[ WP ] It 's the far future and information is money . Someone close to you is badly in need of medical care , but the medical staff want payment up front . What do you say ?

*OCTOBER 16, 4616 @ 21:57:22.10* 
 
 I was sitting on the couch when I heard my telecommunication device ring. I glanced towards it and saw that my friend was calling me. I answered. 
 
 `` Hello?'' 
 
 `` Hey Winston. It's Ned. I am really sick and I have no money. Since you are basically a walking encyclopedia, can you come to the hospital and pay to get this stupid disease out of my body?'' 
 
 `` Sure! Anything for you Ned! But I have one question...'' 
 
 `` What?'' 
 
 `` What disease do you have?'' 
 
 `` I have a very ancient disease that will cost a lot of money to fix since it was eradicated 2500 years ago. It is called the common cold.'' 
 
 `` Okay. I will teleport there immediately. Expect me to be there 1 minute ago!'' 
 
 `` Okay....'' 
 
 *OCTOBER 16, 4616 @ 21:57:49.64* 
 
 I hung up on the phone and I retrieved a teleporter I had invented that allows you to travel through time. I was approximately 99.58 % done with the machine. All I had to do was find the flux capacitor. I walked up to the attic and I ventured into the mess of boxes and I found it! 
 
 *OCTOBER 16, 4616 @ 22:03:00.00* 
 
 I retrieved my screwdriver and I added the flux capacitor to my creation. When I finished, my phone rang and I had a new notification. It was a news story that read; 
 
 > Man Dies from Ancient Disease 
 
 I scrolled down and here is all the information I could obtain. 
 
 > The mans name was Ned Philip De La Cruz 
 
 > Age 27 
 
 > Last words were `` Okay.....'' 
 
 > Those last words were directed at his friend, Winston Randell Thomas. 
 
 *OCTOBER 16, 4616 @ 22:07:07.07* 
 
 That man was my friend! He died only seconds after I called him! I was astonished that he did not speak after his phone call and sad that my friend has been deprived of the beautiful, elegant thing known as life. I then remembered my newest invention. I had set my destination as { OCTOBER 16, 4616 @ 21:00:00.00 }. Exactly one hour before Ned died. I pulled the lever and I went back in time one hour. I saw a sort of shadow walk out of me and do everything I had done in the past hour in reverse. Once stepping out of the machine, it had become me. I saw exactly what had happened in my home and I realized something. 
 
 *OCTOBER 16, 4616 @ 21:30:07.07* 
 
 If that shadow is my past self, then I have to disguise my self. I used my disguise device to disguise myself as Ned. I kept waiting and waiting for the time machine to approach my destination. Finally, it stopped. When it stopped, I felt that same shadow thrust itself forward into my body. I had replaced my past self. I was my own past self. I teleported to the hospital with my invention right into Ned's hospital room. 
 
 *OCTOBER 16, 4616 @ 21:00:00.00* 
 
 `` Hello Ned. I am here. I am from 1 hour into the future and I am here to pay for your treatment.'' 
 
 `` WHAT? HOW DID YOU KNOW? I HAD N'T EVEN CALLED YOU YET!'' 
 
 `` I invented a time machine. Now where is the doctor?'' 
 
 `` Behind you.'' 
 
 I turned backwards and I saw the doctor looking at me as if I had 3 heads. I told him that I was a writer and that seemed to calm him down. I told the doctor that I would be paying on behalf of Ned. 
 
 `` Okay Mr. Thomas, the price for the procedure is 153 words of facts.'' 
 
 I responded feeling very cocky, `` Pfft! Easy!'' 
 
 `` The ancient disease that my associate has is called the Common Cold. In the 3rd millenium, the Common Cold had an easy cure. Once the invention of medical nanobots came about in 2020, the human immune system diminished now that it became obsolete. These nanobots replaced the human immune system over tens of years. The Deinocheirus was a dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period around 70 million years ago. Complete specimens of this dinosaur were found in the year 2014 in Mongolia. The Mongolian Empire was one of the largest empires in history second only to the British Empire. The British Empire lost most of its colonies during the conclusion of World War II. World War II started in 1939. It was only 25 years after World War I which was caused by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Franz lived in Austro-Hungary which was located in the continent of Europe.'' 
 
 *OCTOBER 16, 4616 @ 21:05:53.78* 
 
 The doctor was very stunned and the treatment was performed on my friend. His nanobots were upgraded and everything turned out well. I then proceded to go back to my own time period. 
 
 *OCTOBER 16, 4616 @ 22:08:07.07* 
 
 I had finally returned and my time machine was still intact! I checked for any minor damages and there were none! I then proceeded to call Ned. I decided to tell him that in my alternate timeline, he had died. Before I could tell him, he said that his twin brother who was separated from him at, who happened to have the same name as Ned, actually had the same disease from meeting Ned. When going to the hospital, Ned's twin had actually been denied treatment because there was a patient with his same exact info. He was still given a hospital room but no doctor came to treat him. He then died at 22:00:00.00. I hung up on the phone in a state of complete astonishment. I heard a notification come from my phone. It was a news story titled `` Identity Stealer Presumed Dead From Common Cold''. 
 
 *OCTOBER 16, 4616 @ 22:15:00.00* 
 
 Here is the basic info the news story mentioned. 
 
 > The mans name was Ned Phillip De La Cruz 
 
 > Age 27 
 
 > Last words were `` Okay.....'' 
 
 > Those last words were directed at his presumed friend, Winston Randell Thomas. 
 
 > He attempted to steal the identity of his twin, Ned Philip De La Cruz. 
 
 I then remembered a minor facet that distinguished Ned and his twin. The Ned I befriended was named Ned Philip De La Cruz. The man in the news, who was the twin of Ned, was named Ned Phillip De La Cruz. The hospital assumed that Ned's twin was trying to impersonate Ned and denied him treatment. That must be why he called me pretending to be Ned! He must have known that we were friends so that must be why he called me. Ned called me and said, `` Hey Winston. About my twin, do you think you could time travel again to help him out? I would really appreciate it. We did not even get to know each other that much and I would like to change it.'' I responded, `` Okay! Sure. I will do it before this conversation!'' I then walked to my machine and stepped inside. Now, how was I going to help Ned's twin get treatment if no doctor will give him the treatment...
