Dead Battery

"Celine, I think we have a problem…" Drake informed her.

She just got out of the shower and was confused with what the doctor told her. All she wants to do is to sleep already. It was a long day and she needs to rest. But Drake is being dramatic right now. He's sitting on the couch facing the veranda.

Celine approaches and sits with him. She might need to sit down in case it's bad news. Drake is holding both of their time travel devices. It looks just fine and she can't understand what could be the problem. Her mind is racing with different scenarios that might go wrong.

"What's the problem?" Celine asked nervously.

Drake stares at her and sighs, " They both have dead batteries! " He finally said.

"So, just charge it!" Celine was irritated by him.

"That's the problem! It only looks like a smartphone but it's a time-traveling device. The voltage of the electricity won't be enough." Drake explained.

"There should be another way to charge them. Common, you're the genius here. Do something!" Celine complained.

That's how she handles difficult situations such as this. It makes her angry when she knows that something bad is about to happen or already happening. They are stuck in this year and waiting for Chad to create a new wormhole.

But now that both of the devices are dead, they won't be able to hear anything from Chad. Even if he succeeded in using the time machine, how can he find them here? She started to panic so she got up from the couch. If the genius said it can't be done, that means it's hopeless!

"There's another way of charging the devices around here. But, it's a little bit dangerous.." Drake informed her.

"Whatever it is, we need to give it a try!" Celine replied with conviction.

"We need to wait for a lightning storm. The lighting is the only strong enough source of electricity from here." Drake explained.

"Whoa! Wait for a minute, there's no way we can be near the lightning storm!" Celine strongly disagrees.

"Stop talking like you're just a normal person! We're scientists, we can make it less dangerous." Drake snapped at her.

He's right, they are both scientists and they can make an electric conductor that they will connect with the devices. It's the year 2000, and they are not far from the past. They can find anything that they need from here.

"Alright, let's start working then!" Celine feels more hopeful now.

"Don't worry, we will have a lot of time theorizing and building that charger until the rainy season begins," Drake informed her and walked towards the bed and lay down.

"Wait, what date are we currently on?" Celine asked.

"It's the 5th of March which means it's summer in the Philippines. We can go to the beach tomorrow!" Drake suggested.

"That's three months or more before we can get our lightning storm!" She realized.

"Yeah, which means we have a lot of time to enjoy summer!" Drake replied.

Celine frowned at him. He's acting weirder than usual. Did he just make a joke out of their situation? Although it's all sarcastic remarks. But still, he seems cool about being stuck in this year. The bad part is, she's stuck with him!

Feeling defeated, she lay down beside Drake. They only have one bed and a couch in this room. There's no way that she will sleep on that couch and it seems to also be the case with Drake. She stares blankly at the ceiling trying to think of a better way out of this situation.

"I have another problem!" Drake said softly.

"What?" She asked with an irritated tone.

"It's my first time sleeping with a woman in one bed." He replied.

"Congratulations!" She said sarcastically.

Drake smiled at her and that caught her off guard. She just noticed how handsome this genius scientist looks. He normally wears thick glasses that hide his eyes. Not to mention that it's the first time she saw him smile. It's hard to take away her eyes from his pretty face.

"What are you looking at? Don't even think about it. I haven't done it for a long time." Drake asked nervously.

"Same here. That makes it harder to sleep in one bed with a guy." She teased him with her eyes.

"You wish! Let's go to sleep. We have a lot of things to do tomorrow." Drake dismissed her and that made her giggle.

If it doesn't happen just now, she wouldn't believe that a guy just rejected a woman. She missed teasing someone. It's been a long time since she and Derek have been with each other. That's because of the pandemic and he was gone before the virus outbreak.

She wondered if he would recognize her when she saw him from his past. It will be hard to pretend that she doesn't recognize him. If he was still alive during the present, she wouldn't be sharing a bed with another guy. Although they were platonic until they kissed earlier.

But even if they are now in the past, she can't seem to adjust to this timeline. She still thinks the same way she did. Traveling through time is not as smooth as it was in the movies. When she went to the future, she threw up like there's more next time.

The most challenging part is how to talk the way those people are in that timeline. Drake seems to already master time travel. He can talk to people from the future and the past seamlessly. He even uses the terms and slang of that timeline. Just like he did from that famous Chinese restaurant.

"Stop thinking and get some sleep. Tomorrow will still be our past. Don't worry too much!" Drake said softly to her.

Luckily, she can only see his back so she didn't try to conceal her smile. It was touching to hear him say those words. Coming from the cold genius scientists, she almost cried.

It's not every day she gets comforted by Dr. Cole. What made him so cool about what's happening on this timeline? Maybe she should just take his advice and stop worrying now.