The Door to the
Future
Original Story by
Kristin Rutledge
Chris and Macy were going about their daily duties, same as
usual. But something was different about
today. Macy wasn’t sure what it was, but
she knew something was going to happen.
Only moments after she had this thought, an urgent letter for Chris was
slipped under the door. It read: “Come
quickly! We need your help!” Chris stopped reading and looked at the date
of the letter. It was dated in the year
3005! He had no idea what this was, so
he continued reading aloud so his wife could hear too. “I know the date seems kind of weird, but you
are the man we need. As soon as you read
this sentence, a door will appear to your left.
You must kiss your wife goodbye and immediately go into the door. It will bring you to our time. Don’t waste any time, we need you now.” Chris looked to his left, and there was the
door she spoke of. He immediately kissed
his wife, told her he loved her, and went in the door. He had no idea what he was getting into, but
he knew he must hurry, for the letter seemed urgent. But his wife had no idea that she would never
see him again.
Meanwhile, Tom Benson was going about his usual business in
the blue world, when a piece of paper slapped him in the face. He read the letter to himself, “Come
quickly! We need your help. Jump in the door that appears on the ground
when you read this sentence. It will
take you to the year 3005 where we are.
Come quickly!” Tom wasted no time
looking down and seeing the door there.
The year 3005 sounded so exciting, so he immediately jumped in it.
Ben and William were sitting around telling jokes, just like
always. But suddenly, one of them saw a
figure coming. It looked like a ghost. The figure spoke only a few simple
sentences. “Come, we need you! You must go through the door to your right
and it will bring you to us. We are in
the future, in the year 3005. Come with
haste.” Ben and William knew that this
was no time to make jokes. They were
about to ask questions when the figure disappeared and all that remained was a
glowing arrow pointing to the right. They
went with haste and entered into this unknown world.
At last, all four of them had ended up in the year
3005. They were all exhausted and
confused. They had no idea what was
going on. There was a sign right behind
them that read, “Hiroshima, Japan, 3005”.
Then someone came running up to them shouting, “Hallelujah you’re
here! We are currently engaged in a
nuclear war. Take up arms and follow me!” Seconds later, the shooting began. They all got the general idea that you just
point, shoot, and hide, so that’s what they did. They fought day and night for months.
One awful day, a bomb hit the barracks. Ben and Tom got out alive, but William and
Chris weren’t so lucky. Months later,
after the war ended, Ben and Tom were told that they were stuck here in the
year 3005. As days went by, strong
storms came and went. Ben and Tom were
eventually killed in these fierce winter storms.
Back at Chris’ home, Macy received another letter, telling
of her husband’s death in the war. She
was told that her husband was one of the bravest soldiers ever. She mourned his death for several days. And she never got to tell him the news: she
was going to have his first child.
Tom Benson had no relatives.
No one even noticed that he left.
He was never missed and never grieved over. He died a lonely man.
Ben and William’s relatives were told of their deaths. Their relatives were heartbroken. But they knew that if those two died in
battle, they must have died for a good cause.
All this because of a door to the future, and a nuclear war.
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