RISK.. FOR JUST THIS?

He took me to his science lab, even sashank and sanay came along with me, I mean I've not hidden it from them.

"Well! This looks weird" Alok said.

"Hey old man! You are the one who told there's a way, right? What exactly is it? " asked Sashank.

" Can you guys maintain silence for a second? " That old man requested.

There's some kind of capsule-shaped thing which was covered with some cloth piece like a dust-proof.

That old guy taken off that dust proof thing.

" This is the way I'm talking about" He said.

" What the f.....?" Sashank said with a surprised tone and look.

" This is a Time... Machine, for a scientific name, I named it as fatum demutator, 'fatum' means fate and 'demutator' means changer in latin language" that old man said.

We went closer to it.

" You all might know about how does a fictional time machine looks like and how it works, but this one is little complex and distinct comparing to what you might know" old man said.

" How can you do this all by yourself? " Sanay asked.

" I was never alone kid, my wife and daughter might have left to heaven a long ago, but their souls never stopped supporting me even after they lost their lives, to get them and their memories back, i worked on it for so long, creating a time machine became my dream and aim project lately,..it nearly took half of my life to complete this innovation" old man said.

" Still! This looks ridiculously cool, just how can you do this?" sanay asked.

" I've gone against and through few physics laws, usually,... Time flows in forward direction in every universe and in every dimension, but by working up for so long, I made my dream come true, I've just reversed path of time in this machine, actually this machine can't travel to future, it can only travel backward in time, it travels through space time, I designed it so that it could go more than 50 times faster than speed of light but in backward of space time, and I've done a lot else using all the science I have in my brain cells, actually no one withstand that speed with normal dresses, but I've designed a specific suit for it so that you'll not burn away in travelling with such a high speed, but still there's one problem, I mean it's not really a problem, it's minimu limit to backward time(past time) is 8 years 2 months 5 days " old man said.

" I don't get it" I said.

" I mean you can't go to past for less than 8 years 2 months and 5 days, that's the minimum limit,you can travel back to even longer time than that but not to shoter period of time than that" old man said.

" So should we go back to those many years back to get him back? " Sashank asked by getting a little shocked, not little actually.

" That doesn't even matter, whether it's 8 years or more, I don't care, if this is the only way to get him back, I don't care about the consequences and limits" I said.

Sashank and sanay were little scared.

" But wait, I have one question, why haven't you gone back to get your loved ones, I mean by seeing you I can say you've not travelled yet?" Sashank asked.

" I don't know whether this 100% works, I was 90% sure, but the remaining percentage was still unclear to me, i mean I don't know where this machine needs modification and upgrades, if this works, then I can continue with this, if it fails, I have to upgrade to better version, I need volunteers to try, luckily your words have reached my ears aira" old man said.

" What the fuck do you mean by that?" Sashank asked.

" Don't be impatient! This is the only chance left for you to get him back alive, I'm still a little scared about how chains of time affects if we do these kind of changes in time lines, but still this is the only way left for you all, and one more thing, this time a little crucial one, when you entered in to the time capsule, the capsule won't come along with you to past, only you'll all be sent to the path that's leading to past through space time, this universe consists of two realities, one is our solar system and there is another mimic solar system, actually it's mirror solar system or to be more precise, mirror dimension, everything including planets, existence and everything else has a mimic version(mirror version), there's a barrier seperating our two dimensions, but if that barrier breaks I don't know what can happen, in midst of your path, if you lost control of the suit system, then you'll be deviated from your path to past and you'll break into that barrier and will be falling in past version of other dimension, as I said, time flows through all the dimensions and universes in a similar path, you are traveling through a path which defies time flow, but if you deviate away from your path, unluckyily you'll be entering past of other dimension, I got to know all this while dealing with physics, this machine and it's functions, I don't know what fatal can happen if you fall into that mimic dimension, so still if you are interested in it, I'll be starting preparations" old man said.

These words scared us more, maybe it's complex to understand all those points, but listening to them all, one thing we understand for sure is, this can take away our lives if a single mistake happens.

" But this is your only golden chance" old man said.

I've taken a deep breath and said " I'm in".

" What?Are you mad or what? Do you even understand what he's talking about, how could you risk for something that's not entirely sure to get him back, you'll die if it fails" sashank said.

" Either way my death is destined to happen, I'll atleast feel a little better if i die trying, if you are scared you can leave, but if you like to save your friend, it's all your choice, but my opinion and choice are never going to be changed no matter whether you are in or not" I said.

" Honestly! I'm still scared, but we are not letting you go alone, how can we not be brave when a woman is, still you are too stubborn not realising the consequences" sashank said.

" Like I said, it's your choice to get in or out, but mine's not going to change" I said.

They've given a little thought about it and agreed to come along with me, not just to save their friend but to protect me and never letting me be alone in this journey of mine to protect my loved one.

" Maybe this way, my sins can be cleared away, I've done many things that hurted him deeper, atleast this way, I'll feel little better by doing something good to him and for him, and we two will stay along with you and protect you till this journey ends" sashank said.

" Yeah! We are not going to leave you alone, look at him, he recently got married but still ready to do risky things, how can I not if you two are ready, mine was anyway a meaningless life, this way it can be little meaningful" alok said.

That old man given us few watches along with the suits.

" After you accomplish your mission, you need to push that silver button of that watch so that you'll return back to the timeline and the things will be changed in this timeline as per the changes you made, after returning back, only you guys and me will remember about all this, but listen to me once more, if you make too many changes, the time lines will become entirely inconsistent resulting in destruction of this universe, so be careful, this is like a do or die game, are you guys still ready to go in? " Old man asked.

" We'll always be, old man" I said.

" Not old man, my name is abhinay, anyways let's get... Started" Abhinay said.

TO BE CONTINUED...